With Manchester United’s £16 million deal for Wigan’s Antonio Valencia set to be sealed today, Bryan Robson has claimed that Ecuadorian is not going to be a replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo. Whilst Valencia will be running down our flanks as Ronaldo did, there isn’t the expectation that we will see anywhere near the same amount of goals from him, given his past scoring record.
Robson believes, like most of us do, that Ronaldo won’t be replaced by one player, but that we will see the positives for other players after Ronaldo stops stealing all the limelight.
“The one thing everyone has to realise is that United are not going to replace Ronaldo,” said Robson. “He’s a one-off. Valencia is a good winger but he’s not going to score the goals Ronaldo did. It wouldn’t surprise me if the boss brought in another winger, even if he got Valencia. That would leave Wayne Rooney free to play down the middle. In fact, I can see Wayne and Dimitar Berbatov coming out of Ronaldo’s shadow.”
My fellow MUFC fans. each year some of us question Alex, and yes once or twice a bad player has come our way “Veron”. but we have all been having a wonderfull time over the past PREMIERSHIP years. Valencia is not costing us what some might and i think there is less risk because he has experience in the prem. Just hope Berba does well, Roony will always be quality, and whoever we get i want them to feel a little proud to be in our shirt, like we as fans are. UTD forever
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2506396/Barcelona-star-Xavi-We-wouldnt-want-Ron-here.html
lol ronaldo barley says a word and xavi runs rampent!
NO MORE VIVA SONGS! we have very original chants at United no need to keep re using the same tunes.
a new chant will come along for Valencia if he joins and after a couple of games for us.
Anyone who doubts Fergie is a fool! He has had valencia watched time and time again and if he goes for him i am happy with that!
I think the point Robbo was trying to make was to help the player! To remind everyone that Valencia is not going to play in the same role or the same level as Ronaldo!
As a team our formation will be adapted for life without ronaldo! We will have a wider spread of Goals throughout the team!
Valencia will have more assists than Ronaldo had but less goals! But in the same instance Rooney and Berbatov will have more goals than their time with Ronaldo!
Just read the link in the article to SSN and they say in the last paragraph its still unclear wether he will be give the legendery number 7 shirt, never thought about that really i’d be very suprised if he did but who knows he could turn out to be a great but i wouldnt of thought he’d get the number 7.
what would everyones reaction be if he did get the legendery number?
Red-Manc…
confusion
its a viva john terry chant and thats it
Nobody should be given the number 7 shirt this season.
Let them fight it out and allocate it the season after next.
the number 10 shirt is as big as the number 7
look at the players who where 10 when best was 7
when cantona was 7
when whiteside was 7
when robson was 7
when beckham was 7
when ronaldo was 7
and for an amazing 4 of them look at the number 11
Valencia should deffo not be given number 7, it needs to be reserved for someone truely special. Out of the current squad i would be more than happy to see Kiko wearing it.
I doubt Valencia would get number 7.
People would argue about Ronaldo being given the number 7 when he did, a player who hadnt played that many games for his previous club and a player who was raw.
Why would you give it to Kiko? The blokes not even played 4 full games.
Beckham had 2 oher numbers before he evntually got the number 7 shirt.
As for singing Viva john terry, the question begs, why?
The number 7 shirt is for players to grow into and not be given on a plate. Too much pressure for them otherwise. Why are people still wanting Aguero? No more Judas Argies at United.
Number 10 shirt:
Bobby Charlton
Dennis Law
Mark Hughes
Wayne Rooney
Alpha, don’t forget Ruud mate.
@GHTT: Yeah I gotta agree on that, Fletcher has gone up in my books. I have nothing but respect and love for him. Just tryin’ to tell everyone to trust Sir Alex! When we bought Carrick (our only purchase for that season I believe) everyone (and some Utd fans) believed we won’t win the league and we did!
In Fergie I TRUST!
@Farhan Borst: Amen!
carrick has never not won the league since joining
If only United fans would realise this also. United will NOT replace Ronaldo, we’ll just have to evolve our play without him. Plus I think he was gonna come anyway, whether Ronaldo left or not.
10 reasons why valencia is a good signing:
1. He is 23
2. Played in the premier league for about 3 years
3. Good crosser
4. Tracks back
5. Good goal provider, will assist a lot
6. 16 million is a good price for him
7. Can score
8. Shines in the ecuadorian national team
9. Not argentinian
10. Wants to play with us > chose us over RM
fze123 i think its also fair to say he has great power in his shot. plus we have to bear in mind with man utd he will given many more goalscoring opportunities than at wigan.
Fze123 sums it it perfectly there to be honest.
point number 10 being very important aswel. Sick of us signing pre madonnas (ronaldo,tevez,benzema if he came) we should sign people who genuinely want to play for our club and wont just run off to the highest bidder with the biggest wage.
I’d be very happy to see Valencia in the red shirt.
yes, he has a lot of power indeed. but we’ll be buying a striker. with 3 strikers up front, i think he will be the main goal provider and may increase his goal tally, maximum 15 goals a season only though, which is perfectly fine as long as he provides more rather than score.
I have said it a few times and I know it is just one game, but he tore the argies to shreds in the World Cup Qualifiers the other week. Looking forward to seeing him in a United shirt.
What if Valencia gets the Number 7 shirt does that mean we won’t be signing anymore players, cause if he gets a other number we’ll probably sign someone for the # 7 shirt
united line up ( assuming hargreves returns)
VDS
rafael vidic reo evra
—————harg—————-
valencia———-carrick——-
———-benzema—–rooney—-
——————berbatov—————
last year we were having a fluid forward lne up…but this time we might have a mid field fluidity………
we cannot play all our strikers all the time we need an option on the bench.
so i think if we sign benzema then berba will be on the bench.
Fze123 are you joking. £16m is a good price for the seller, not the buyer!
If we signed Benzema, I think we would line up
with Rooney at the top of a Cristmas tree, with Berba and Benzema behind, then Valencia, Carrick and Anderson.
flickin through the comments,i can’t believe that no1’s mentioned how he gave the united defence a nightmare au old trafford.that’s why we’ve got him or did no1 see it?and how many times have i heard ‘he’s not worth…’ carrick, rooney, hargreaves, stam, yorke, pallister,etc and they usually end up right.i agree with what everythin robbo said,he’s sayin this isn’t it,we can expect more
@ BlackBabyJesus
Remember, we were actually going to pay 18/20 million, so i suppose paying 16 is better for the buyer, don’t you think.
More to the point, apparently TheVirus have already deposited the whole amount in UTD’s account although the funds will be frozen until Wednesday.
That’s according to the Guardian Online.
OK, Fergy, give us a wave !
he is a good player IMO, but 16 mill is quite overprice. hope he is much better than nani and he will play on the right sode as he always does with wigan and tosic/nani/park will play on the left, if not costa…
cant wait for next season
Here we are awaiting the opening of the transfer window on Wednesday wanting to know what ‘goodies’ Fergie has in store. Looking back over the past few weeks, some things stand out.
Firstly, nothing much has been said about reinforcing UTD’s MF – a strong defensive MF is an absolute necessity. Nothing has been said about the visit to OT 2 weeks ago by people from Sporting Lisbon.
Could it be that Fergie has a player or players lined up that haven’t been mentioned recently? Players such as Velosi, Moutinho, and Silva? Could Fergie surprise us all by having 2 players signed up (in addition to Valencia) by the week-end?
Secondly, could Fergie be after BOTH Benzeema and Aguera? What about a back-up CB to cover in case Rio has a lengthy period injured? Is there enough GK cover if Kucshac (sp?) leaves?
Fergie has a lot of money to spend, and I’ve no doubt he’ll spend most of it.
in todays over inflated market, £16 million is a great price. Valencia has all that is needed to be a great winger. Also he works hard for the team and he ain’t exactly a little fairy puff (Ronaldo).
Still plently of money in the bank but I don’t see GOD bringing in more than two players after Valencia. He will probably sign a left winger who can play further forward, maybe Douglas Costa or Alexis Sanchez, and a creative midfielder, Personally I think Schneijder who is available on the cheap. If GOD was to get a striker in I wouldn’t want it to be Benzema, I would rather it be someone with obvious ability and who is also fine with not starting every game because they realize that Manchester United is the pinnacle.
What would people think about the best goalkeeper by far, Gigi Buffon, being our new number 1.
MKRed — Your post/link was from a while ago, but I just watched it and I must admit, I am now 100% on the Cana bandwagaon!!! That guy looked f’ing mental!!! Fabregas would be pissing his pants at the sight of him!!! I’ve not had much contact with them in my time, but I’ve always heard that Albanians are a tad bit off…. He looks like a potential red card every time he goes in for a tackle but F it, it sure would be fun to watch
ronaldo is gone thats good , he scores goals but is very selfish and proudy . rooney is great i hope he will cover the scoring area and i want SERGIO AGUERO at old trafford he will be a great addition to the team . youngsters who will play for united and respet united should be brought not like ronaldo who didn’t knew anything when he arrived just he knew how to dive. ronaldo is a sure flop at madrid as raul is the hitman of bernabau.
man united forever ..
Why don’t we get Young in as well? Valencia & Rafael on the right, Young & Fabio on the left, we will burn the flanks! And with Berbatov & Rooney causing havoc in the centre, everyone will hate playing with us.
And some of you might disagree, but I say get Van Nistelrooy as back up and tap in those crosses. He can even coach Welbeck & Macheda on the art of being in the right place at the right time, something Berbatov & Rooney also can learn
Valencia is great buy, hard working and rockhard compared to the diva Ronaldo. Give the lad a chance, nobody will be disappointed with him. And most important he wants to play for us over the madridcunts.
the problem we will face is we sign benzema/ageuro/villa….is that either berbatov/rooney will be on the bench for a match..this will not do any good bcoz we all know berba is clasy player..lethal finisher.
so we either sign some one around 15-20 m..like fabiano..luca toni..those who are willing to accept the rotation policy..
i think we mst thinking of signing maicon bcoz..if we want to challenge UCL..our team defence must be so strong and the weak point is the right back…then the question arises abt rafael.he has got all the time in the world to develope as the next cafu..
with the money in the bag we must think of signing silva/snieder/de rossi/de gastino….
signing valencia is a good move ..
1–got good pace and acceleration close to ronaldo
2–superb crossing better than ronaldo
3–tracks backs and defend no need to compare to ronaldo
4–good shot power
5–team player
6–no egos and show offs
7–better experince in BPL