Quote (ampoo @ Mar 27 2014 12:19pm)

media reports that the "class of 92" consisting of united legends wants to take over the club

what do you make of that?

Quote (chelsea11 @ Mar 27 2014 02:19pm)

Azpilicueta should easily be on the Spain's national team starter...

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Manchester United star Adnan Januzaj will play for Turkey or Kosovo according to NTV Sport.

The Turkish sports channel reported the the United player's father Abedin Januzaj as saying: "My son will play for either Kosovo of Turkey."

Turkish national team manager Fatih Terim recently revealed that the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) have offered Januzaj the chance to represent Turkey.

"The TFF president, staff and myself have been asked Januzaj to play for Turkey," Terim said.

"His father is Turkish, his mother is Kosovan and Albania, England, Kosovo, Belgium all want him to represent their country.

"We are working towards the possibility of Januzaj playing for Turkey, I mean if he decided he wants to play for us we have the right to play him."

The 19-year-old winger is eligible to play for several other countries including Belgium, Albania and Turkey.

Januzaj would be able to play for Turkey due to having Turkish heritage and relatives living in Turkey.

Despite being born in Belgium, Januzaj has never represented the Belgium national team at youth level and has refused all previous call-ups.

Quote (Pozer @ 27 Mar 2014 00:23)

Why is Casillas still no 1 for Spain when he doesn't even get a game for Madrid is beyond me.
What are the odds on Juan and Fernando going at the moment?

Quote (chelsea11 @ 27 Mar 2014 15:19)

Azpilicueta should easily be on the Spain's national team starter...

Quote (zarkadon @ Mar 27 2014 05:09pm)

Fernando's chances are very small because Negredo and Costa are definetely going and it's unlikely Del Bosque will call a third striker... and, if he does, he'd have to compete with Llorente for that spot, who Del Bosque always said he liked having on his team due to the fact his height can come in handy in certain phases of the game.

Juan has pretty much no chance, there's a lot of competition in midfield and other players are having a better season than him.



Yeah, he should, but Del Bosque will probably use Juanfran

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Manchester United's senior hierarchy is “evaluating all possibilities” as it attempts to arrest the club's steep descent under David Moyes. Contrary to public statements that Sir Alex Ferguson's successor will definitely be granted at least a second season as manager, Moyes' dismissal is prominent among those possibilities.

Though Tuesday's humiliating 3-0 home loss to Manchester City ensured that United's first post-Ferguson season is statistically the club's worst in the Premier League era, the review of potential candidates to replace Moyes should not be regarded as a knee-jerk reaction.

Key decision-makers within the Old Trafford board have been assessing potential replacements as manager for several weeks and further talks are planned.

Having already sanctioned a spend of over £60 million on two headline transfers, handed Wayne Rooney a club-record contract renewal, and approved an unprecedented recruitment spend for this summer, the Glazer family is said to be concerned that the Scot will continue to damage the value of their asset.

Recruited on the recommendation of Ferguson, Moyes was not the majority shareholders' preferred choice for their first managerial appointment as owners of the club.

The award of a six-year contract was essentially a PR play, with Moyes' contractual terms including a break clause that enables the Americans to sack him at far less than the full salary costs of that term.

Promoted to chief executive officer in the same summer that Moyes was appointed, Ed Woodward is also conscious that his effectiveness in the new post has been assessed in the context of results delivered by another man's choice as manager.

In addition to overseeing a series of performances that saw the Premier League champions' title defence effectively end in January, Moyes' managerial decisions have fomented grave internal dissent within United's coaching, scouting and recruitment staff. A strategy of attributing under-performance to the allegedly severely sub-standard squad he inherited from Ferguson has proved particularly divisive.

Key players are said to have had enough of the way Moyes is destroying their reputation with his repeated assertions that a squad that won the Premier League by 11 points last season required a radical rebuild to have any chance of retaining the title. On the contrary, they believe the Scot's errant tactics and man management have caused the team's decline.

Senior players talk of Moyes' failure to understand the essence of Manchester United, and the confusions produced by his management following years of crystal-clear leadership under Ferguson.

Characteristic of such problems was Moyes instructing the team to employ a 4-3-3 formation against City at Old Trafford after preparing to play a 4-4-2 in pre-derby training sessions.

Moyes' decision to bring Rooney on board with his tenure by reinstalling a player who had repeatedly placed his own interests above those of the club as the team's most important figure has also angered and perplexed.

The level of discontent with Moyes among United's squad is such that there is now discussion about making a direct request to the board that he be replaced.

Quote (Pozer @ Mar 27 2014 11:23am)

Dead man walking.

Quote (Edgard @ Mar 27 2014 06:51pm)

5 more years

Quote (Mr_Mill @ 27 Mar 2014 19:04)

Do you think Cazorla has a bigger chance of going than Juan? Is spain also still interested in using a false 9 such as Cesc?

Quote (zarkadon @ Mar 27 2014 09:37pm)

Yes, I'd say Cazorla has a greater chance, but I'm not sure he will make it either. He was in Del Bosque's last list, which is definetely a good sign for him, but due to lack of availability only 5 defenders were called, so 1 or 2 midfielders will be dropped for the WC.

As for the false 9 thing, I doubt it's his plan A... or even B... but I'm sure he still considers using it in certain situations. I hope I'm right, I don't usually like the whole false 9 thing, but it does work well in the right scenario; for me it's a situational backup tactic.