Some media sources claimed that the Portuguese press had Bébé’s new haircut down to Sir Alex Ferguson’s strict orders. However, I think that’s stereotyping the old Fergie. He’s not so much like that now. Just like he didn’t actually ban Nani’s extravagant celebratory flip and just like he allowed Anderson to have long braided hair, it’s probable he had no problem with Bébé’s hair.
“It’s one of our policies, one of our important policies, to identify young players that can grow into the club and develop here,” said Ferguson. “We’ve always worked on the age-factor here. We have several players in their thirties, a few in the mid-twenties to late-twenties, and the rest area all young players who are improving all the time. So I feel it is the right policy for Manchester United. We’re good at producing our own young players and we’re also good at developing young players. The three young players sitting here today are part of that.”
Man Utd News 24/7
i bet fergie forced him to cut his hair lol
Slight deer-in-headlights look from Bebe there. Welcome son!
The only thing I liked about Bebe was his hair. Now he’s just someone with regular hair who will be on loan for the next 4 years.
I don’t think sir alex force him, just a new style to begin the new life ,welcome to Manchester!
Some world class players on show there then!!!!!!!!!! . what do we do when scholes the best player at the club does not play
Chicharito is always smiling, I fucking love it. Quality signing that.
heard on the flight over to sign for united , bebe picked up a copy of robbie savages autobio from a bargainbim in the airport gift shop and while thumbing through it taught, Fuck this bad attitude , I’ll just cut my hair
All for the price of one milner
he used scare the gals now he is gonna get laid
tottynham 1 down
It would be so like Tottenham to fuck this up.
2-0 Young Boys
Chicharito is going to be a great signing for Man U but he has got to loose the name!! Yeah I know its in honor of his grandfather but seriously…….the little green pea? It just asking for mockery.
Anyone got a link to the press conference please?
Cheers
Bebe looks much more menacing without the dreads
they said its young boys against men but its turnin in2 young boys against ”des BEBEs”
I like it. Sign of seriousness like when Keano and Becks got skinheads ahead of the season back in the day. Showed they meant business. With an approach like that Bebe will do well.
Skinheads http://blogs.indiewire.com/images/blogs/twhalliii/archives/images/mufc.jpg
Spurs 3-0 down! Unbelievable!
just down the pub here in ireland and for some reason there is a gang of about 40 catholic priest watching the match- wonder why they are hating spurs – strange one-
Give them a chance… at the end of last season… the more and more time went on… without any marques signings i was hating summer… but the more i see young lads coming through the ranks and being purchased, kinda makes me get more excited that buying world stars.
Lets say that these kids bought and produced pull out the goods… deliver trophy after trophy after trophy.. and the bitter blue nose twats over at wastelands throw hundreds of millions at it and dont get anywhere…. then just think how we can sit back and gloat.
I love a challenge… so does Fergie…im sure you lot do as well..
Well its a challenge i think everyone will rise to… the fans love to see youngsters playing at OT… so the crowd will be louder than ever..
Think its gonna be a good season…pick a number any number… i just picked “19″
Anyone know what number Bebe has been given?
Bebe’s jersey number? Wanna get me a Bebe19 hopefully.
Even better, a Bebetov19
Bebe interview: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/video/2010/aug/17/manchester-united-bebe-transfer-window
Seems like a good lad. He can’t believe his luck.
Chicha love to smile. Even at the pitch he love smiling. Keep smileing boi.
Don Pablo
He was unvailed today but yet he’s still not 100% a united player – his registration should be complete on wednesday and then he’ll recieve his offical fors jersey and number
Ghtt, saw the unveiling so assumed he’d been given a jersey number. Number 19 is vacant, crossing my finger he gets that.
Does it really matter what number he gets, just as long as he makes it.
I’ve this to myself for too long, but theres no better place to air this. I’ve always had a vision/dream about a young nobody coming to United, unheard of with little or no background in professional football, but very talented and a unique playing style and mean looking . A rampaging forward that takes no prisoners.
When we signed Bebe i couldn’t believe it (I’m going to play the lottery, who knows i may get lucky) and after watching his videos it just feels like it was meant to be. Everyone is of the opinion this guy will go out on loan or shipped out, i personally believe this guy will be a revelation. i feel confident he will take the challenge head on, no fear just raw passion. This guy is going to be it. Whew that feels better, this is what it must feel like coming out the closet.
just noticed something- in the ‘filed under’ section theres no place there for bebe’s posts.
does he go under ‘busby babes’???
@GHTT
If your in a pub and RoM and your iphone are your only friends i feel dearly sorry for you
i think bebe cut his hair, cause fergie said “Bebe Bebe, it’s NOT a wild world”.
I wonder why Anderson has never cut his… If he did he would get more playing time… Way to go Bebe
http://soccer.mynucleus.org
Bebe is starting to look like Evra’s Bebe.
I cannot begin to imagine the ridiculous amount of chants we’ll have for Bebe.
7 mill for an unknown and unseen player takes some heck of a confidence in the player,, I hope his not a Manucho even though I think he did not get a real good chance at UTD…But 7 mill is not £7 so I hope we got a gem for a reasonable price.
I hope Bebe didn’t lose his mojo when he cut his dreads! In all serious though, he looks raw but strong and unorthodox. He is different to the rest of our srtikers in that respect. When can we expect to see him?
I hope you’re right, Slim!
Oh speaking of Bebe, after the Spurs game finished, the stream I was watching started playing “Baby Baby” by Amy Grant, which bizarrely had been going through my head [don't ask me why?] *two days before* we signed Bebe… Coincidence? I think not…
We should wait on Chicharito ..he will need a few games until goals are flowing! … Bebe may be given a chance in League cup …let’s see what can he do with the reserve team first…
Good Luck
What was missing from SAF’s quote was:
There were a couple of higher profile players we looked at this summer but if you buy someone like that you have to put him in the team, and I wasn’t sure there was anyone who would actually make the team that much better. I asked myself would they do what Eric Cantona did for us, or Wayne Rooney or Cristiano Ronaldo, and in the end I didn’t think they would.”
Obviously, this refers to Mesut Ozil who might be a great talent but wasn’t as highly regarded as Nani and/or Valencia – the two players he would have to battle for a starting role. I think that SAF is also saying that a guy like Ozul might eventually be a better player than Nani and/or Valencia but that that’s not the case today – or tomorrow. That being the case, Fergy was unwilling to pay the amazing weekly salary – rumoured to be 100,000 a week – for a guy who might be a back-up for twelve or eighteen months. So, Mesut Ozil can join Karim Benzema on the bench at Madrid, collecting his weekly salary and watching CR9 and Kaka get the starting roles. I suppose, too, that SAF reckons taht even now – at 35/36 – Paul Scholes/Ryan Giggs are likely to offer more to his team in the coming year. Watching Scholes roll back the years last night, it would be hard to argue with him.
Kinda sad. The dreads looked pretty badass. Really curious about him though I doubt we’ll see him for atleast a year.
@ Don Pablo
The number 19 belongs to a very talented footballer of ours, Daniel Welbeck, so Manchester United should keep his number unattached while he’s away on loan. Bebe can have no. 33, it’s free, since Diouf wears 32 when he’s with us, and 33 will suit good on Bebe’s big back.
@ denton davey- when did Fergie say that? link please! and who was he willing to offer 100 grand per week to? i feel so out of the loop lol :S
i actually think that ozil seemed like the kinda kid who would be willing to learn and develop his game, instead of moaning about not getting games. but it seems as though Real has turned his head, not just with cash, but also by convincing him that he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread, so he actually believes that he’ll quickly become a part of the “elite” primadonnas. but whatever the case, we don’t really know whether Utd had made an offer for him or not, because if they didn’t, talking about him is moot. he’s very talented, and maybe Jose will actually change this team around, and Ozil will get his chance. as for the very small matter of replacing Paul Scholes, that will never happen. it’s been said many times before, that some players are just irreplaceable. so you tweak, and you adjust and find other players with diff qualities, and Fergie is the master of that.
I prefer the second picture scrolling down but I guess thats being a bit gay!
He is gonna be HOT. And linesman your too fucking slow he was onside. Well from my view.
lol @ RedScot- Chicharito’s adorable, in a very baby-faced assassin way. cept OGS didn’t have perfectly groomed eyebrows :S chicha’s eyebrows trouble me…
Bebe doesn’t look bad ass anymore.
August 17, 2010 at 19:49
20legend99 says:
Chicharito is always smiling, I fucking love it. Quality signing that.
News dwight yorke? o.o
new*
not to worry lads about missing out on Ozil. he will be like
“Its my dream to play for Real” Benzema,
“Its my dream to play for Real” Robinho,
“Its my dream to play for Real” Sneider,
“Its my dream to play for Real” Gago,
“Its my dream to play for Real” L Diarra,
“Its my dream to play for Real” Robben,
“Its my dream to play for Real” Drenthe,
“Its my dream to play for Real” Canales and all the rest of “Its my dream to play for Real” brigade all down the years.
Wait till next summer when he hasn’t had a chance the wonderful Real fans have booed and abused him after Real have again won fuck all, and if frergie really fancies him then we will get him on the cheap
A trio of “small babies”: Smalling, Little Pea, and Bebe (is it pronounced ‘baby’?). Fergie sure sign them young nowadays!
“Its my dream to play for Real.”
-every paycheck-seeking gloryhog namebrand fuckhead that doesn’t fancy the Champions League quarterfinals.
Come on Bebe! Is he moved in?
it shouldnt have been these 3 players…it should have been sneider,benzema ,saf, (and any defender apart form this useless smalling total waste of a 10m)…then we would have been talking of an incredible team…but i guess they can play their part in helping us win.
the more i looked at Chicharito the more i feel like his Owen’s son hahahahah just saying…
Yikes, reading the comments, its crazy to see some of the sudden Ozil hate / contempt that’s going around. He is a stunning player, and he joined Madrid… This could be because:
1. We didnt want him
2. We wanted him but he wanted to go to Madrid
3. We wanted him but he wanted more money and Madrid were willing to pay. (P.S: he’s on 75,00,000 pounds per week at Real, not 100k pw)
Whatever the case, it does not take away from the fact that he’s one of the only players today who you is a young, world-class play making midfielders with an eye for goal. Who are the others? Eden Hazard, Gourcuff, Cesc etc. Apart from Cesc, the others havent proven themselves for their club completely, nor have they performed on a high pressure stage like the WC. The other quality play makers are are guarded like the family jewels by their teams… Arteta, Pirlo
I think Fergie missed out on a relatively cheap (12mn transfer fee, 4mn pa in wages) yet world class player who had a lot of scope for improvement. Club loyalty is good, but please lets not assume we did good business in this case.
Damn….Bebe looks like a Boxer….and im not talking about the short hair….just take a look at THAT NOSE!!!!
Geeee….
When all said and done this 3 could out do Man Chitys crop of players. David is class but this is the EPL not every players cup of tea.
Hernandez and this Bebe could end up dwarfing the shity boy’s contribution -Miller has not signed as of yet and even with him.
SAF and JOMO got together and JOMO told SAF Bebe is the man you get him I’ll take the Gecko and when I take over for you Bebe will be my engine in my 4-5-1 or whatever formation I play. Salute wine glasses clash…………
Does anyone know if Bebe was warming up on the pitch the other night? There was a fucking HUGE black lad warming up and it wasn’t Pat or Valencia?
http://www.overthebluemoon.net/2010/08/manchester-united-in-embarrassing-website-gaff/?
hahahaha… look at that. those bitters are really deluded arent they?
Looking at the news a day ago and now, i couldn’t recogise bebe well. He looks so different.
I think his haircut is due to him having a fresh start and nothing to do with Fergie. Just like Nani and Anderson, no problems now.
Cant wait to see how good he is.
@huzi
… yeah I may have just stoked the fire on that article…
ForgetCR – Ozil isn’t world class yet mate, far from it. Fergie rarely plays with “playmakers”,
denton – Yeah I noticed that line as well by Fergie, he is spot on.
@huzi – they are incredibly deluded, but unfortunately a good number of our own fans were deluded by that link as well. Good to see that you posting the link has encouraged some setting the record straight on their site though.
bigphil – hello mate. Yeah I had my two penny worth on that site. I see you are on there. I like your (last minute header) comment!
Mourinho’s comments on Ozil and Kaka
http://tribalfootball.com/mourinho-real-madrid-signing-ozil-well-below-his-true-value-1053321
@bigphil
I never comment on there because I know those guys are way too deluded. They can’t see the facts staring at them in the face. Good comments though from some of you guys.
@arijc
Thanks. Doesn’t sound like he has much faith in Kaka. Can’t say that I blame him. I wonder if Kaka will be back in Italy this time next year.
@ huzi, bigphil2003, & King Eric
So thats what a cit-eh blog looks like. Feel sick NEVER post a link on here again lol.
It’s true how it confused some of us myself included but the explanation was perfectly reasonable. Trust the ABUs to jump on the bandwagon though. Typical. It’s like every time we sign someone and say its an excellent signing the ABUs all mention Veron, Djemba-Djemba and the luckless Kleberson or when we spend big on Rio, Berbatov and Rooney. They forget about Cantona, Irwin, Schmeichel, Solskjaer, Johnsen, Bruce all who came to the club for a combined total of less than £10 million. There are others too. Why are any of us surprised?
@King Eric – Hi mate, yeah I enjoyed your comment on there as well, nice and straight to the point as usual! If City weren’t such a joke they’d really piss me off. But they’re more like an annoying fly than a wasp.
bigphil – Cheers fella. Yeah it wasn’t everything I typed, some bits were moderated but there were’nt even any swear words. Just “4-3 mate” and “34 years f all!
Haha, then I’m surprised my last minute header comment got through!
Bebe now look like a footballer…in the old photo, he looked more like a ganja farmer
welcome to united kids you are the future
ben laden is red hey do me a favor four planes into the city of manchester stadium without killing anyone of course because you guys have surely family there, just joking