The Stretford End chanted “Fergie, sign him up!” over Sir Alex Ferguson’s speech on Saturday, (rudely) showing how keenly they wanted Carlos Tevez to stay.
One contributing writer on RoM argued it was time to say goodbye to Tevez last week, but today, another begs to differ.
With a record equalling 18th League title secured, and the possibility of becoming the first club in history to retain the European Cup, in its current format, it has truly been another great season for the Reds. But is the ‘Carlos Tevez Affair’ threatening to take some of the shine off a majestic campaign.
I remember the last day of the 2006/07 season, when Carlos kept the ‘bogeymen’ of East London in the top flight with a great goal in front of the Stretford End, and as he left the field to a chorus of ‘You won’t be seeing him again’ I thought to myself, what a player he could be in the United shirt. And I was right, he was immense last season scoring 14 goals, and forming a formidable partnership or ‘Holy Trinity’ with Rooney and Ronaldo, the abundance of pace, skills and firepower of United going forward led to the retention of the Premiership and beating Chelsea in the early hours in Moscow, winning the club’s third European Cup.
With Cristiano Ronaldo deciding to remain a red and the last day addition of Dimitar Berbatov to the squad, it looked like another promising season, and one that would surely yield a bag full of goals. But it was not to be, despite playing well in almost every game, this season was more about staying solid at the back, keeping the ball and at times, grinding out wins, which occasionally looked doubtful. (Federico Macheda springs to mind). Berbatov hasn’t made the start expected; Ronaldo was never going to get near his tally of 42 goals from the previous campaign, and Tevez’s contribution, although full of energy did not bring enough goals. But we can’t complain, we have played sublime football this season, and with the prospect of retaining the European Cup in 10 days time we should all be grateful, but should Tevez really be signed up?
You can’t fault the lad’s work ethic, he’s got bags of energy and his movement causes havoc for defenders. But his touch lets him down too often and has only netted 5 times, playing 29 games, of which he started 18, the stats don’t lie, and the emotional exit from the field yesterday made it appear that perhaps he won’t be pulling on the red jersey next season. We obviously haven’t heard the end of this saga, and I can see it being drawn out all summer long. So what should Fergie do?
I think they should sign the boy up! He’s adored by the Old Trafford faithful, and never leaves the pitch not having given his all. If we don’t sign him, then another club will, and it may well come back to bite us. We wouldn’t sell the bitter Blues or the Scousers shit off the car park, but we don’t own him and he can walk away to the highest bidder, leaving us empty handed. If he doesn’t shape up next year he isn’t going to drop dramatically in value, we can cash in on him then and sell him on our terms, and if he provides the performances we know he is capable of, and has begun to show in the last few weeks, then we may long be chanting ARGENTINA!
With thanks to Dom Ansell!
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super post from Dom Ansell
David Gill said it will be sorted next month each way
In Gill I Trust
just focas on the 27th of this month
I think all the fans wants him to stay, the only issue is the money, if the all round “package” is £32m then that is far too much for him.
Also I feel he now wants to go, he has been in the press almost every day moaning about the lack of games, I would not be surprised if has has already agreed a deal with the Dippers. He wants to play in the Premier league, he sayes he is settled where he lives and also Mascherano plays for them, seem logical to me.
I think we better have a strong eye on champion league final rather than talking about Tevez.come on united.
i do believe he still has something to offer to united. but the issue here during this credit crunch, even big club as united need to carefully negotiated every transfer. plus, we still dont know the fate of AIG. we know we could easily get another shirt sponsor, but will it be enough? so to speak, maybe all these issue regarding the money also will have some issue in terms of our spending during the summer. and the timing of tevez so called saga also not being right. hopefully gill can negotiate with kia and come out with solution. 26 million for tevez is quite overpriced in my book, but 15 mill could be justified. up to management to negotiate. but i do personally think we will lose a good player if we let him go.yes, he didnt score enough goal to justify his existence, but he certainly help in gameplay.
I dont agree Stephen as liverpool have only 20£ summer budget to buy players unless
They r willing to sell Alonso and Babel.anyhow i feel Tevez is over reacting , hope he changes mind and stay
The 30 odd million is our price to include the two year loan, also they have said Carlos will play where he wants to, they probably would get for £20m or there abouts, and FSW is talking about a clear out, but obviously this could be me getting paranoid!
I really want him to stay. If we cannot afford the previously agreed amount to take up the option then all we can do is make our best offer and hope that it is accepted. I do hope we are not just low-balling and miss out because our bluff gets called. I will miss him if he goes but as always Fergie will be two steps ahead of all of us and if Carlos goes you can rest assured there will be some big money being spent on necessary replacement(s).
I know a lot of you disagree with me but I really would like to see Karim Benzema come to Old Trafford. He is a big strong lad with loads of goals in him and would be the perfect accompaniament to Ronaldo, Rooney, and Berbatov.
First things first – Lets do the business in Rome. BELIEVE.
i don’t want him he said he will definitely go to boca in four yrs. he’s not worth £25mil for 4 yrs when we could have dzenko, benzema or ribery
1. he isn’t worth an additional £24 million
2. he is being pimped by kia, who will make a financial decision, and he can’t or won’t stop that
3. rooney, ronaldo, and berbatov are all better strikers (goals and assists)
4. but he can’t accept being a squad player
5. he is (maybe?) considering joining the scousers
= he isn’t treally a united-type player, so cheerio.
more a variety of heinze than an ole, or teddy…
Tevez is just over priced by that bloody Kia. Fergie & Gill definintely don’t want to pay the remaining 22 million which was agreed earlier.hope they sort it out next month or we go for another striker.
I believe the damage in relations between Tevez and United & Fergie are now are beyond repair. He shoul dgave though twice before obeying that idiot Kia. As wonderful player as he is, it’s beter if he leaves. We may get a suitable replacement over the summer, or alternativel ythat may prove to be e blessing in disguise and present a true chance for Macheda and Wellbeck.
I wouldn’t be suprised if he never plays for us again, and is ommitted from the Champions League fianl squad.
Fergie,sign him up!i kno the talks of joining the scum is an act of desparacy. Call it a kick of a dyin horse. His heart is at Utd.
His pre season games show that the explosive patnership he could have developed with Roon,had he got playin time, which he didnt. Although i understand fergy’s dilema,in making selections given the available strikers and the fact that tev doesnt seem to play better only when roon’s playing, i think he should have and should be given a chance.
Tev has been tried in the PL and his substitues havent. 22 mil and keepin tev versus tev with the scouses?Seems obvious to me.
Money shouldnt be an issue, we had no problem forking out 30 odd for berbatov after city came into the picture, were we would have got berbatov for 20 odd a few weeks earlier, so why is it that after may the 27th we’ll have made a fortune wether we win in rome or not, that we havnt got the money for him? debt or not, its not excuse.
why isnt this going to a player who along with kiko has proved to be a key in our squads winning the prem this season, in gill we trust? not a chance not after his antics with uncle malcolm and the 3 stooges who run our club now.
30 million is a fair deal for carlos, he is without a doubt the best player to put on the red shirt since rooney came. he puts in over 100% every game when ronaldo puts in half that 80% of the time and his few super games he just comes close, tevez dpesnt stop even after he runs out of idea’s to break down the oppositions defence,
last season was the best weve seen in along time, and after a long european campaign during the summer players came back tired this year, a long rest and a tough pre season ahead will see the fantastic four start august off to a flyer just like 07, 08 and we’ll be back with ronnie scoring 50 to shut the scouse and stevie me up when they are 18 points behind after playing 9 less than us, Tevez should be part of that squad and there is no reason why he shouldnt
money is no problem when were after winning the league and reaching the final of the champions league…
I think he wants to leave so really the fee is irrelevant to some degree.
Chris20legend: at the end of the day, money won’t be the issue. Carlitos wants to play all the time, SAF doesn’t see things that way. And, we all know that SAF is the main man.
It’s just his first touch that makes me a bit frustrated.
I never had this complaint with berbatov.
Tevez has a big attitude problem. Such disrespect to SAF is unacceptable. His ego is bigger than Ronaldo’s, but Cristiano is a genius and Tevez is just an ok player. Technically, he’s just average. The price tag- way too high. His work ethic is the only thing in his favor, but Macheda or Wellbeck or any of the youngsters would work just as well for us. Plus, Tevez seems to do better from the bench. For a substitute, that’s too much money. I’d say bye bye Carlitos. You’ll be remembered
think its time to say thanks carlos but we dont actually need him, macheda welbeck and frazier next year to make an impact and maybe even manucho