Manchester United sold Zoran Tosic for reportedly £1m more than we paid for him in January 2009.
In his 18 months with the club he made just two appearances in the league, coming on for Berbatov in 77th minute in our 5-0 win over West Brom and just three minutes in our insignificant final match against Hull, both in 2008/2009 season.
The player is understandably frustrated that he didn’t get a real go after being sold to CSKA Moscow.
“I’m already 23 years old, but Manchester United did not give me a chance to prove himself,” said Tosic. “I’m an athlete, I have ambitions and I want to present them on the football field, not on a bench. How do I become a player by spending two years on the bench? They could have considered loaning me, but Manchester United wanted to sell – and sell they did.”
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Thats £14m in and £18m out so far this season
Words of a bitter boy… but I can hardly disagree, he didn’t get a chance. Good luck in Russia.
He’s my 2nd Left winger in FIFA Manager 10 and he does a great job and improve a lot. He plays every cup games while Nani will be playing league games. I think, SAF should think of playing his 1st team reserve players as often as possible so could improve and progress.
if he turns out to be a star…. we’ve got real problems
I’m quite annoyed, why did we buy him in the first place? And I really hope we see the money in the form of another player (winger maybe?) we’re sorted in defence if players stay fit, same with midfield and up front just the wings are a bit weak, 36 year old Giggs, Nani, Valencia are our only proper options, Obertan looks to be going out on loan, really hope we do get one more player!
i think he should have been given more of a chance at united. He looked good from what i seen of him!
Sill awaiting united to sign a central midfielder as well
@Mic
Agree with you there mate. Ronaldo go his chance by consistantly playing on the right wing for years so he could develop. Tosic was never given a chance and I have to say I agree with him. It’s a shame really because I think he will develop in to a fine player. As did Pique.
I hope Kiko, Welbeck, and Hernandez don’t end up the same way leaving the club.
Shame about Tosic, he looked quite good in his first game when he came on as a sub. Lots of one touch passing and good movement. So that’s two Serbians out, which probably means Vidic is on his way.
If Obertan does go out on loan then surely we have a left sided attacking player lined up… Bastos maybe?
Will never understand why he didn’t get a chance to prove himself. Selling Vidic now would be tantamount to the mistake of selling Stam.
I watched him play all the games for Cologne and he fitted in very well. He struck a very good partnership with Podolski and scored a few goals as well, some of them very well taken. I have a feeling selling him is a mistake.
I am of the opinion that we should have given him another chance. He can’t have any complaints if he didn’t get many games up til now because United had an abundance of good wingers. But how could he tell that he wasn’t going to get any more action next season? This Heinze like tendency to demand regular football rather than work your ass off to earn it is starting to piss me off.
i agree with him. I was a shame he didnt get more chances. fear obertan will go the same way.
There is OBVIOUSLY a reason Fergie and the coaches didn’t think he was up to it. Simple as. Pointless speculating.
Chuffed for Hernandez last night , great finish and looks a menace. Did not shirk once even after been hammered by Diaby and Abidal. A tough cookie. Ribery is a big fat joke and worth no more than 15 million. Did I see Denton say we should get Toulalan? Really?
@ aig
Fergie rates Obertan. He won’t go the same way.
@Mic, not sure how you can say we’re short of wingers. Giggs, Nani, Valencia, Park, Obertan? Plus Fletch and Hargreaves have both put in important (and impressive) shifts on the right wing in big games. Chicharito started on the wing last night as well (though looked much better in the middle)
Agree with King Eric as well – people have been banging on for ages about how great Tosic was and how we were stupid not to be using him. Do you not think Fergie and his team have a bit more of an idea than the fans? If Tosic had been lighting the reserves on fire (a la Macheda) then maybe he would have got more chances.
Sounds like some of us are almost doubting Fergie
If Fergie didn’t play him, it’s probably because he didn’t think he was ready. He did well in the reserves but I always thought he would be too lightweight for the Prem.
Well fergie knows best but he has got it wrong at times in the past. he is human so he can make the odd mistake. forlan, rossi are some examples. tosic did well at cologne. you can only judge how good a player is when he play some regular games in the first team. tosic just played for 30 minutes. a few carling cup games wouldnt have done him any harm. even kleberson and djemba djemba got more games
a massive shame to lose some1 who had potential.. especially since like he said he didnt really get a chance.. i am sad to see him leave but wish him luck in his career in the future…
Piece of shit player, never nowhere good enough for United. Stop moaning, Bambi, and go fuck about somewhere you twat, you simply weren’t good enough.
Forlan has become a brilliant player but who’s to say he would have done the same at United? Maybe he was just never going to be suited to the premier league? Either way I think Forlan’s leaving was a mutual decision anyway, it seemed Diego was frustrated that he wasn’t doing as well as he would have liked and was happy for a move away. Rossi on the other hand hasn’t done enough to convince me letting him go was a mistake – would he really have added more than Michael Owen did this season?
I’ve said before that Pique going was a bit of a blow as he looks a great player now, but I can understand why it “had” to happen. Only one of him/Evans were going to get the chances in the team and when their ability isn’t that far apart which one do you go for? The lifelong United fan or the one who would (and did) jump at the chance to go back to Barca?
has every right to moan… had a fantastic atitude playing for reserves and never complained. Looked way too good for that level – was twice the player that Obertan was… but life goes on the club got a good deal and he’s gone to a good club where he gets champions league football… as Koln said, a good deal for everyone
I’ll not be losing any sleep over this, nor should anyone else. It does throw up the possilbilty of another winger coming in, Silva maybe? I liked the look of Bastos, very good going forward and would link up with Evra, time will tell.
don’t know about other people, but when a player puts on the United shirt, automatically they get a certain respect from me – and that stays wherever they go – so when Forlan scored in WC, it was like a United player scoring… so good luck Tosic.
Can’t understand why people making abusive comments about the guy
Christ sake Tosic. As a youngster you looked promising but you failed to step up. You always had a disadvantage in being a midget but you didn’t shine in any aspect of your play apart from pace. Its one thing you doing the deed for Cologne but thats because there isn’t any pressure there and you felt comfortable in your surroundings. If you want to make it big you have to get out of the comfort zone and work hard. Mediocre players look good in poor surroundings, Richardson, Greening, Milner, Gerrard the list is endless.
Your not even a favourite in the international camp and your not exactly fighting for a place against the Messis, Rooneys, Xavis of this world are you. Sod off you bitter prick.
He wasn’t good enough, end of story. I’ll trust the bosses position on this, anyway good luck tosic.
Dont be bitter Bambi. If you want to know the answer to your question, just ask Solskjaer. Good bye and Good luck
aig – Forlan and Rossi weren’t mistakes. Fergie had a decision to make and got rid. Its not like we haven’t been successful since. Seriously I don’t man to sound a cunt but why do some people think they know better than the greatest manager ever?
Prakash – Nail on the head mate.
This is why we are treated like Real madrid for not giving youngster a chance.
So what if we had many youngster? Fergie done very well on this part.
He was never given any chance at all. Now with smalling sign and fergie saying he is the future of the club when he hasn’t even kick a ball!
ok. Fergie is the greatest manager of all time so when he makes a mistake we are not allowed to talk about it. all the players who do well after leaving the club are just lucky and would never have made it in the premier league.if we do it means we know more than him. excellent
AIG – Of course you’re allowed your opinion, but don’t you think you should trust the manager? Yes, he gets the odd decision wrong, but he gets them right more times than not.
@willie
many feel is tosic deserved more games. dont think saying that is a crime.he did well at cologne so deserved another chance. had he not performed again after being given a chance the decision would have been fully justified but if he goes on to do well it will be an error. however everyone here will forget the fact that he played only 30 odd minutes an say he wasnt good enough. people who say pique wasnt good enough forget he played only 20 games for us and that too in 4 odd seasons. surely that isnt enough games. he didnt doo too badly when he was given the chance. it becomes a shame when people rubbish players who9 left us and did well saying they weren’t good enough when they didnt get enough games like kleberson, djemba djemba or even berbatov
First of, me saying Tosic isn’t good enough isn’t my opinion, it’s my position. I’ve seen nothing to suggest he’s good enough for United and SAF must think the same. As for rubbishing players, weren’t you doing the same with Carrick? saying he wouldn’t get near the spanish squad and biggin up Fabregas, who Carrick had in his back pocket at the Emirates.
if that was the case why was he bought?. everyone during the reserve games here was saying he is doing well and i remember reading that. the carrick thing was said from an international point of view not what happens at united. carrick plays in a better team, thats why he is sucessful. he is surrounded by better players than fabregas. just because he had one good game against Arsenal dosent mean he is better than fabregas. last season he was rubbish and thats a fact
park had pirlo in his pocket at Old Trafford. so i guess. park> pirlo
How the fook would i know why he was bought, you have to ask SAF and his staff that question. Yes, Carrick was poor at times last season, but he still won more than Fab, stick that in your pipe and smoke it lol. ps don’t get pissy aig were just shooting the shit pal
In that match yes, over their careers no, anymore sarky comments lol.
we knew he had a great season in germany so why did he leave…wasn’t it obvious he was going to get played next season?
his comments have been portrayed as bitter, but to me it sounds like a guy who badly wanted to make it at Manchester United, not anywhere else. So respect to him for that. Obviously he was not good enough, but once again, I like his attitude
The truth is no one knows whats going on. But as they say there is no smoke without fire. Fergie thought the boy was good. which is why he shelved out all that money for him. People cant come here now and say “SAF and the coaching staff know more than we do”. The whole thing stinks. Fuck knows whats going on.
I seen someone mention Macheda as an example of someone thats impressed and all the rest. The truth is the boy hasn’t shown shit. His goal against Villa should always be not be forgotten, however he’s done little or nothing since then, so whats the big idea. Tosic is an international, Macheda isn’t, neither is Wellbeck. i may have faith in SAF but when it comes to transfer business i have no idea what his thinking and planning are.
Who knows he may be creating space to get someone in. One can only hope
How does Tosic compare to Obertan? Will Obertan have surpassed Tosic’s level when he’s 23 (in 2 years time)?
@willie
we have to have a discussion like that every day. a little edgy. lol.
no worries mate.
I’m sorry Tosic feels aggrieved and I would have liked to see him get more chances, but at the end of the day if Fergie and his coaches didn’t rate him highly enough, who are we to argue, especially as he’s not a first choice for Serbia either? There are very few players who leave United who go on to greater things, Forlan being a bit of an exception, Poborsky another. Someone mentioned Stam, saying we shouldn’t make the same mistake selling Vidic. The difference is that Stam didn’t want to go and Fergie thought his knee problems were too serious, whereas, if reports are correct, Vidic really does want to leave. I hope he can be persuaded to stay, but in the end if he’s determined to go it’s best to sell him now for a good price rather than have an unhappy player moping around who we have to sell for a pittance in two years time. It was good to see a strong performance from Vidic today against Germany as it’ll push his price up if we have to sell, and augurs well for next season if he stays. With Rio a constant back strain away from a groin injury, we need to get replacements in quick at centre back. Evans is great, and should grow in stature as a player with experience, but Smalling is an unknown quantity, and sank without trace once the deal was done with Fulham (why the hell didn’t we buy him in the January ‘window’?) There’s a lot of re-building to do with Giggs, Scholes, Neville and Van der Sar all near the end, Rio, Hargreaves and even Owen possibly/ probably crocks, Vidic wanting out, Berba a question mark, Carrick having a midfield midlife crisis, and doubts about some of the highly touted kids. Thank God we’ve got Rooney and Evra (we’ll forget his performance last night), and hang out the welcome mat for Hernandez.
Simply not up to it?Sir Alex knows best.Can’t really commend on Tosic,cos as he himself had said-wasn’t given too much of chances.more than he not being given a chance,maybe he hadn’t pushed himself all the way?i mean,it’s not easy to simply push your way past Valencia/nani to get a chance.
@Slim – I used Macheda as an example of someone who played brilliantly in the reserves and forced Sir Alex to give him first team minutes. Tosic obviously didn’t do enough to earn his place.
Personally i feel Tosic wasn’t given the opportunity to prove how good he is. All the rant that “FERGIE KNOWS ALL THINGS” i dont subscribe to that, personally.He has made mistakes in the past which he himself has admitted to , and i feel this is another one.its easy for us to sit down here with our pcs or mobiles and slam Zoran but put urselves in his fucking shoes. How would u feel being left behind bcos of ur stature.?(and on that i find it dumb,cos lennon and modric are not as big as me and they still play pretty well in the prem.)
He had a good period at Cologne, scored good goals so u cant call him sh!t cos he’s no more with united.i wish him well in Russia…
aig – Oh my lord. Cheap digs at Carrick now. He is a fucking United player. Why do you even bother “supporting ” United?
aig – You CANNOT play in the engine room of 3 on the spin Premier league Champions if you aren’t good enough, you would get found out. Fuck Fabregas the little prick. Who cares about that petulant cunt? United and its players are all I care about on a United blog not how great ” fab” is or how superb Barca , Inter and Jose are . Or how you feel chuffed for el pipita?????
Slim – Macheda has shown much more than Tosic. A run of the mill player does not score a goal like THAT in such a high pressure game. Have you seen him in the reserves? He has been out for 6 months with a groin strain. Added to that Tosic is a good 5 years older.
How the hell can people say it is a mistake? Just what has he shown that warrants that? A decent enough player but not good enough.
King Eric – Hello mate. Yeah great finish from Hernandez, I cheered for the lad, as I did when Park scored for South Korea – will do likewise with any United player who scores at the World Cup. I have been very impressed with Hernandez from what I have seen of him, good first touch, excellent movement and decent pace, reminds me of Owen when he was in his pomp for the vermin. Looking forward to see him get some games for United next season. Not getting too carried away though and I think Fergie will keep his feet on the ground when he arrives at OT for pre-season. Yeah he withstood the challenge of that cock Diaby – fucking lanky cunt. Ribery is a fucking nugget as well. France are a joke and I feel for Evra being surrounded by a bunch of twats.
I would just like to say: Get Well soon Nobby.
You can say Tosic is decent but you can’t say he wasn’t good enough. I mean Welbeck was chosen to play on the wing ahead of Tosic in Carling Cup games and he’s not a winger and he plays shite down there. He should have been given at least a start especially after all the money we supposedly splashed out. We’ve played players worse than he in the past and it seems like a transfer full of hype which has anti climaxed instantly. Did he even play a total of 90 minutes in all of his appearances? Perhaps the coaching staff didn’t see anything in him once he got here, or perhaps his teammates started training harder. Who knows? We’ll never know how good he may have been but we certainly know how bad he wasn’t. Not everyone is going to a Kiko.
I feel really sad for not giving the All New Ryan Giggs a chance at United. Bags of talent, but if Fergie thinks he’ should go, then out the door he is.
Sorry for the lad.
He’s got a point!
I believe he said he wanted to stay at Cologne, thats suffice for me, no fight determination eagerness to work at it.Good luck in Moscow.
Beautifull post as normal and accurate from Mr Oakley, great read.
How can people say ‘Tosic wasn’t good enough’ when we’ve hardly seen him playing? He should have been given more chances, I really feel for the lad. We never got to see how he’s really like. Wish him luck for the future.
Rooney better get ready to be slated for his comments towards the scum Ingerland fans who booed the team off the pitch. Looks like the media have their scapegoat ready in preparation for another failure in a major tournament. Rest assured that we love you Wayne.
@King Eric
okay. Sorry. i didnt know we have to take your permission to support United. also i didnt know that you are the new comment moderator here telling us whether we can speak about off topic thngs or not. i take back what i said. Carrick is world class. fabregas is shite. jose, barca, inter are all rubbish. we cant say anything against any United player or the manager. the treble is ours next season. no need to worry. we are gonna win every game 10-0. Hope thats good enough or did i forget anything
I thought we always thought there might be an issues of physicality with Tosic…. also I thought he was a makeweight for Llijac.
really dissapointed we sold him, there’s a reason he was known in serbia as “the little kaka”. he was top on set pieces and whenever i saw him he seemed agile and knew how to pick out a pass. i think we’ll come to regret letting him go so easily without even giving him a fair opportunity.
disappointed to see him go and speak of the club in that manner but oh well…best of luck in russia. SAF knows best.
Ljajic was the one who they called little kaka, roflater…. not Tosic…
aig – You really are a sarcastic little prick.
Its a United blog. How come I ain’t the only one that gets wound up by your comments? You do it for attention pal. Why would I log onto a UNITED blog to see you drooling over Jose and Barca?
and what about the potshots you have at barca and real when they lose?. thats allowed i guess
If you are not good enough to be picked to play in 18 months then you are simply not good enough. Why should SAF play players just to apease them? If you can’t impress the manager in training it is very unlikely you are going to in a Champions League or domestic game. I’m not that arsed he didn’t get more chances. Trust the manager!
Think Tosic Has A Point As He Was Never Given A Chance,But I Feel That He Was There To Be Part Of The Adem Lyic(Don,t Think I,ve Spelt It Right!) Deal….Can Only Think That Fergie Thought He Was Too Lightweight For The Premier League?
that is what i told you on the start of the season…those young guys will dry on the bench. And that happend. Look, another thing…SAFa nd coaches thought that Berba will be great in our team and he is not. The main problem I see here, is that SAF has to buy to many young guys, which we can t know will they develop in good players or not. And when you acount that few guys you get a lot of millions. We need young players, but also developed, world class. The combination…
Sawrry…