After weeks of speculation, Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Crewe Alexandra teen, Nick Powell.
“We have scouted Nick for months now. He is an exceptional talent and has been schooled well at Crewe,” said Ferguson. “I’m delighted he has chosen to come to United. He has a lot to offer and we are all looking forward to working with him.”
The 18-year-old made his début for his local club two years ago, after joining them when he was just 5. When he was 16, he was linked with a move to Arsenal.
“It really is a dream come true to be signing for Manchester United,” he said. “I have had a great time at Crewe and I would like to thank them for helping me to develop as a player over the past 13 years. I’m excited about continuing my development with Sir Alex and the world-class players in the squad. The thought of making the step up to the Premier League next season is an exciting prospect. I can’t wait to get started.”
Powell scored a cracking goal in Crewe’s League Two play-off final victory over Cheltenham (see video) but was quick to play it down in a post-match interview. “If I’m honest I just whacked it, there was nothing in that,” he said. “I knew the guy was away to my left so I thought, I’ve got this space, I might as well have a go.”
David Platt, Danny Murphy and Robbie Savage all started their careers with Crewe but their chairman, John Bowler, says Powell is the best to come through their ranks.
“I think he’s the best there has been,” he said. “But you would have to ask Dario that because he’s the expert. Certainly Dario does not underestimate this lad’s talent. He’s got natural ability and Dario said, in his view, there is no reason why Nick cannot play at the highest level of league football.”
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Hopefully can have a similar impact as Oxo has done at l’arse. Heard good things about him
SUPER…LET NEXT SEASON BEGIN
wonder if he’ll be put in the reserves immediatly :/
Not sure about this, seems good enough, never heard of him before though…
Sounds like a good lad. Welcome to Old Trafford, kid.
Here’s a good video of all his goals from last season, which I’ve posted on here before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxBGmPUDG5Y
gd luck to the lad welcome aboard Nick
Very excited for the lad. Really love it when United gives a bright youngster a shot.
Favorite Teenagers signed from league 2:
Lee Sharpe! Torque United
Move over Lee? Well then, maybe we shouldn’t ahead of ourselves.
Still, Get in Nick Powell! ComeOn United!
Great signing! Seeing our transfer activity it seems like we will be playing a 4-2-3-1 next season with rooney as an out and out striker. Just like 07-08. Now for modric and a good left back and il be very happy
FootballPakistan
Little bit of a daft thing to say with all due respect. He’s still a kid. If when going to United he’s continuously improving in training and his attitude is correct then what will hold him back?
And before anyone stamps Pogba on me his attitude has been less than professional to say the least.
They are very young players, part of developing also belongs to the way they are prepared to work and put the effort in. If they are that special like we have seen with Rooney Ronaldo they will naturally be in the first team.
Sometimes a little bit of objectivity would be appreciative. Manchester United’s DNA is based on youth development so be proud of that even if he had to learn from the bottom again and work himself up, that would be no bad thing.
It’s up to him.
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Maths is not a strong point, but has Powell been at Crew since he was 5?
18 now, thanks club for 13 years?!
At 18 he is a real prospect. He plays with a maturity that belies his age, but I am concerned about his first team prospects. Hopefully he will be loaned out early on to keep him happy and so we can get a gauge in his ability at a higher level.
I am also concerned about the impact his signing, along with Kagawa’s, will have on Cleverley’s prospects. I really hope United haven’t started thinking Tom’s a sicknote already.
powel welcome our team the most successful team in the world.
A young kid signing Manchester United! What a dream it must be for him.
Lets do right by him. Then the rest is up to you Nicky boy! 19
Fletch: Looks like it. 13 more at United perhaps? ;o)
New Twittoh to follow, y’all: http://twitter.com/#!/NPowell25
Fletch
The situation became polemic after 13 years. Not bad that
Spoon
Cleverly comment is a bit far fetched.
When the season ended we knew we needed more players
Now they are coming you’re worried about things of no relevancy.
Seriously just put a little perspective on it all. We need more to build this team up,so we have no more complaints.
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have’nt seen much of the lad other than that wonder strike, but judging by what i have heard the boy seems a talent, his composure, vision and so forth have been complemented along with is decision making, so all good traits to be applaudid on:-)
Like any youngster, he does have flaws in his game but they will be ironed out at UTD. I don’t expect to see too much of him next season as this signing is for the future. And when I say future it means another 2-3 years away though he will be sporadically involved in the team in competitions such as the Carling Cup and FA cup. Pogba was a big blow but you sort of expected it to happen considering he is foreign and he has no allegiance to UTD. However, Nick being an English lad will obviously know the history and tradition of Manchester Utd and so I don’t expect him to do a “Pogba” though I could be wrong.
My line up next season with presumed acquistitions formation 4-1-4-1
ddg rafael vida rio evra,tiote,nani kagawa rooney valencia lewandoski
Fletch
Yes mate, he’s a born and bred Crewe lad. Been at the club since he was 5. Quality signing as there were a few clubs in for him.
Not the stellar player we would have hoped United would sign soon after agreeing the Kagawa deal, but still if the lad is a talented one and will fit the team’s style of play, why not in the end… But to challenge and kick the likes of shitty off the perch, we need to bring in a couple of stars to sort things out
If he can make the transition from lowwer league to top flight we have got a right gem there. Im a born n bred Crewey so i get to an occasional game he reminds me of scholsey – not in build of course!!! – in his early first team days, very comfortable on the ball and can play either midfield, off the main striker or an out and out striker.
Fergie will know how to take care of him, he’s already been well schooled he will be a big success.
Slouchie
Good to hear from someone who’s had a good look at him. I’ve only seen highlights of him and like you say, in a lot of the clips you see he looks like a striker.
WELCOME NICK AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST @ OT
I think United have made an excellent signing from under the noses of other EPL sides sniffing around Powell. No one knows how the kid will turn out but you can bet SAF will have done his homework in terms of assessing his mental strength, his hunger, and willingness to work hard. If he can deliver on this in the coming seasons then I think we’ll all be seeing a great player in the making.
BTW: Pogba who?
Powell is the perfect riposte to Pogba’s clownish antics.
He doesn’t look too happy in the picture?! Another fan who doesn’t like the gingham check!!
Good game this, Russia and Poland. Reminds me though, I know a little Russian? Oleg, you call him. very tiny.
willie luzhny was ukrainen m8 lol
Who is Willie Luzhny??
mikekelly apolgies m8 meant willierednut oleg luzhny is ukranian lol
He’s a strong kid too. As his stock rose this season he became a marked man some teams were’nt satisfied unless they had 3 players laying into him every time he got the ball they were scared of him but there was no theatrics he just got up brushed himself down and got on with it. And now he’l only get stronger plus playing in a league where he’l get more time on the ball.
Kagawa and Powell signed up
Angelo Henriquez is probably next now that Will Keane is injured.
We’ll sign one more player after that; I got a feeling we’ll take our pick from Modric or Baines…perhaps Bob Lewy.
That would conclude our summer spending of £12m(17)+3m(6)+£3m+ a Likely £15m(£20m ) = £33m rising to £46m including the add ons of £5m,£3m and extra £5m for Baines = £46m….or we could spend £30m on Modric rising to £35m and taking away Baines move, would bring our spending to £56m rising to £61m….also within the mark of our budget in my opinion.
Seems a bit confusing
We should still be going after a centre midfielder or Left back.
Welcome aboard.
I have heard abut him only these days when we have been linked with hi. Never saw him playing.
Of course I hope for the best cause now he’s a United player, so welcome, but watching the clips, and of course he’s 18 and he’s young, but didn’t impress me so much, though he has the touch fro a goal.
Comparing him, let’s say Thiago from Barcelona in the age of 18, he’s not in th same level, just saying though. I hope i’m wrong and I’ll give him a chance, cause I wish for the best for him.
Let’s hope he proves me wrong. for now, WELCOME to the best club of thw world.
btw guys, watched kagawa today and tbh he looks abit like messi the style he plays, he wont run past the defenders like robben or ribery or even nani, but he will drift past them like messi, knock the ball past just before the defender tries to tackle, he looked sharp and he has a great first touch, has great feet with the ability to sidestep challenges and get the shot off with either foot
he did have a chance with his head and it was a shocking effort :p so im glad hes extra good with his feet!!
future is bright! COME ON YOU REDS
HE PLAYS ON THE LEFT, HE PLAYS ON THE RIGHT, THAT BOY RONALDO MAKES ENGLAND LOOK SHITE!
@WeAreUnited did you just compare a spanish player to a english one?
My only problem with the signing is? will the club loan him out next season? with united’s recent track record with signing players at 18, they usually go on loan, come back, they dissapear and then are sold, which is the only problem with the signing
And they say he’s an attacking MIDFIELDER??? He’s got a better shot on him than most strikers…on both feet no less.
He’s gonna spend the next year in the reserves or on loan in the EPL and I think he’s going to be trained as a striker.
I think that’s our spending done to be honest. Roll on next season!!
Hello Nick, welcome to the chalenge of maximus self.
spoon – it does not matter really, because the midfield has desperately needed fresh blood pumped into the midfield, like I said we look at the current options last season since jan 2012, scholes carrick giggs fletcher cleverly anderson. Now the added signing of kagwa really does give united a back up option for rooney, if he turns out to be a fantastic goalscoring midfielder, powell I do not know much about the kid, say he stays that is another midfielder, we add another midfielder we really will have the legs and composure to challenge on all fronts. I still feel we need to add another striker. But if we can add another 2 or 3 players, we will have one fantastic squad
oh the irony. United get the best British talent.
I can’t wait to see the FA groveling at our door for OUR players.
Then and only them will ingurland be a force again
Some of the best cancrumble under the Press-ure of the press of the world. In Japan the first player at Man Utd is huge. Football Japenesse Elvis.
FITB – Don’t worry about it mate, he’s got a big engine.
Looks like we linked with this Ficher kid, from the ajax academy.
FITB been awhile. Hello dude. Yes a striker.
Back 4
Carrick , Tom Clev
Tony/Nani. KagawaBunga, Young/Nani
……..Rooney……
my lawd. had no idea city were on a “perch”.
more like foot stool with one rickety leg
Monster Mash – thanks for the tip-off about Fischer. This is the first I’ve heard of it.
UtdForLife @ 20:48: “Nick being an English lad will obviously know the history and tradition of Manchester Utd and so I don’t expect him to do a “Pogba” though I could be wrong.”
The comments from Powell are encouraging BECAUSE he seems to have a desire to rise to the top at the Theatre of Dreams.
In contrast, it would seem that Pogba is going to be serenaded by monkey chanting in Turin and it’s doubtful that he’ll get much game time in place of Claudio Marchisio or Andrea Pirlo, or Arturo Vidal. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Paul.
Why would he be placed in the reserves?. I’ve not watched enough of him to give a significant view but from everything i’ve heard, he’s a great talent that we’ve snatched from other teams noses and i’m glad about that. We always sign potential and it will do united good on the long term.
I personally do not see a reason why powell can’t challenge for a first team place next season. He has the ability, he has the confidence and potential. FERGIE will place him in the team if he steps up immediately but we also know FERGIE won’t want pressure placed upon him but glad this signing has concluded.
More important news. Reni has walked off stage at the Roses gig in Amsterdam!!! Hope he’s back for Heaton Park!!
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TheSanchez$
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Ect. Ect. Mel Gibson in conspericy theroies in the office of SAF HAHAHAHA NEVER WANTED THE FUCKS! Get your own scouting departments. Drove the price up by 50% cunts.
Been seeing these links with Viktor Fischer for a week
Both the Daily mail and Gazzetta dello Sport saying that we a making an €11M bid for the 17yo
€11M?! I’ll believe it when I see it mates?!
cubs – yea I will be in and out of the site, I can go days or weeks and be quiet, I still think we need to sign another CM, as carrick has shown wear and tear, and scholes needs preserving,
WillieRedNut – funny I cannot remember who said it, but they use a young has a bit of a scapegoat that young did not perform, despite the fact he assisted milner, who missed an open goal
Samuel
He’s only had two seasons of first team action and that’s been in league two. I agree, I’m sure his progress will be a rapid one based on what we’ve heard but breaking into the first team this year is probably a bit ambitious. A loan move or a stint in the reserves is probably more likely? Might get a few carling cup matches even?
Stone Roses breaking up already?
don’t see the boy going out on loan. the deal wont have been announced as a “4 year deal” if he was going anywhere soon.
factor in the number of premier league clubs sniffing around.perhaps he’ll be involved or at least be introduced the way Hernandez was
What the hell happened to all the Gaitan rumors? It’s not that I want the guy but it was a reported as a done deal by almost all the papers before the season finished. Just goes to show how unreliable these transfer rumors are.
Fletch – yeah, it does sound a bit fischy, if you’ll pardon the pun. How would these foreign papers know that United are readying a bid anyway, going so far as to name the exact figure?
Willie
Hopefully he just needed a shit!!
slim. Good point about the deal. I am sure UTD wouldn’t have signed him for 4 years if they meant to send him out on loan for a year. I think he will start at the reserve level and then slowly be integrated with the first team.
This go buy big stars WTF when has MUFC done that. Kagawa is the real deal. The new out spoken Samuri.
Ah Nico Gaitan, the lad we were ready to pay £40m for off the back of two games against us. Jorge Mendacious using United’s name to stir up interest in his client maybe.
cubs – Cole, Stam, Veron, Van Nistelrooy, Ferdinand, Rooney, Berbatov…
Mikey – It’s all over TW, Ian Brown called Reni a cunt? Some others said, it’s his equipment. Usual twitter rumours….
FFP will have some effect. Spains banks 100 bilion bail out. Real and Barca fucking live by fair rule and pay intrest and just pay back the debt you State fucking teams.
Willie
Yeah. I heard gig was going well til some late problems? Pissed up shenanigans. They’ll be alright in the morning….he says with fingers crossed!
So much negativity! Support the lad, hes an extremely bright prospect and a direct replacement for ravel morrison, playing around the area just behind the striker.
Also highly unlikely he will get loaned out this season considering it will probably be the last chance to learn from scholes on the pitch. United will want to give him a year of ‘playing the united way’ so that he can put it into practice at a premier league club when he most likely goes on loan the season after next, depending what impact he makes
Its worth mentioning pogba hasnt yet declined a united offer, didnt say he was in talks with juventus and i think even played a couple of the last importsnt games for the reserves so dont be too quick to slate him.
Also in my opinion i think that isnt the last signing of the summer. I still think we will get modric and a left bsck, most likely aly cissokho from lyon (i think :s) as he said in january hes expecting to come to united in the summer
Looks like a 4-2-3-1 next season with 2 strikers leaving and 2 attacking midfielders coming in, so i hope city are prepared to have to give the title back to where it belongs as with that midfield, we will have no problems in the creativity department!!
Welcome to Manchester United, Nick!!
MikeKelly – i know he’s been playing in a lower league but talented players always comes to the fore wherever they move to. Powell is a younger player and they’re usually fearless, if powell believes in himself and is filled with confidence from the start then he’ll feel at home on the turf of oldtrafford.
I doubt powell signed in order to be shipped about on loan. He obviously feels he can make an impact, FERGIE will give him chances and i don’t see why he can’t take it. Yes, he’s 18 but when did age ever stop players blossoming?. We don’t want to place pressure on him but we also have to encourage him to showcase/Maximise his ability.
Every4 to 5 years let’s say Berba was world class not just a good Pl player Levey got 8 million more foe then market price.
Definite talent there. I made it 8 with the left foot, 8 with the right. Very few players get their goals like that unless they have a lot of natural talent
Pleased about this as I lived near Crewe and like the way they do things. I doubt if the plan is to put him in first team next season ahead of Scholes -Kaw -Cleverly -Anderson (if he stays) etc. He looks as good as any of our reserve CM players esp now that Morrison and Pogba have left.
I still expect one or two signings -striker and left back. Last point -I dont thing we need that 4-2-3-1 formation for all games. 4-4-2 will be just fine for many domestic home games -so Hernandez and Wellbeck feature.
So of 36 MUFC greats 6 were high priced guys? Good odds.
Come to Englands great N.W. and have the chance to become a ledgand at the Worlds Greatest most followed sporting club on the plant. A big thanks to Asia. The Yellow will inharit the world. The brown asians as well he,he:-):-)
cubs – Well I could go on. The likes of Pallister, Robson and Keane were high-priced for their era. Yorke, Barthez, Ronaldo, Saha, Carrick, Hargreaves, Anderson, Nani, Valencia, Bebe (relatively), Jones, De Gea and Young didn’t come cheap either.
Out of interest, who are the 36 United greats?
Don’t seem him going on loan atall,straight to the first team,terrific young player.i expect him to have the same impact as oxlaide chambs.ridiculous when some here start their crap with,the guy has flaws,for fuck sake,even rooney has flaws.we all knw he aint the finished article but under sir alex,he shall be..some peeps need to be a litle more positive.2great signing so far
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@dan-yung @samuel wonderful post
Fred drunk and having fun!
What has anderson done in the past 5years which gives the impression that he’ll block the pathway of promising talented players?. Powell will arrive and look at united’s midfield, feeling why can’t i break in if i immediately show what i’ve got?. We all know, well i certainly know that FERGIE will give any younger player a chance, he’s done it before and will do it again. I can’t see powell going into the reserves, he’s already gathered little experience that will make him feel he can compete with other colleagues in his position. He’s already talking about making an impact in the premier league, he looks like he’s the right mentality for the top level. Soon we’ll find out if he’s ready to own the stage instantly but i’m not one to rule him out fighting for a first team place. We all need to obviously give him our support and not pressurise him. Hopefully he’ll shine in the end.
Like you no shots at U,mate. I to want the next big guy. I mean of the getatbles this year for me Kagawa is it. Thomas Muler next or 1st.
Fred love how consistant you R!
Just random posters greneral negitive shit, like how geting this year best British talent is a bad thing?
Talk is, there will be one more at least. Possibly 2, but I wouldn’t be certain on that. Wherever the need is greater, I’d say. LB, or a striker? Maybe another CM. Me? You! I? Dibble dabble!
still need another midfielder alongside carrick,a left back would do too,and thats it …
mvilla or tiote or strootman alongside carrick with kagawa in front of them would be crazy…and it would also give us options from the bench in clev ando(who will probs both be injured anyway haha) scholes,fletch? maybe giggs?so yeah…
fingers crossed
WillieRedNut – you know me, it has to be a midfielder, to not only replace scholes, but do carrick’s role is well at times. I really hope the club pull out all the stops to sign modric, he will sort out so much of united’s inability to hold onto the ball when scholes is not there
cubs @ 22:35: “FFP will have some effect. Spains banks 100 bilion bail out. Real and Barca fucking live by fair rule and pay intrest and just pay back the debt you State fucking teams.”
What happens if Spanish banks force Real and Barca to pay back their “loans” and begin to charge them punitive interest on the outstanding balances ?
What happens if TheSingaporeFloat goes ahead and – presto ! – the UTD “debt” disappears ?
The answers to these two questions could have huge ramifications.
And, of course, there’s the third question – what happens if FFP has teeth ? ManShitty goes back to being a second/third tier clubs. Bingo, Bango, Bongo !
Really off topic:
Moyes to Spurs! hmm no that’s a tasty proposition.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jun/12/harry-redknapp-tottenham
Fitb @ 23:13: ” I really hope the club pull out all the stops to sign modric, he will sort out so much of united’s inability to hold onto the ball when scholes is not there”
Say what ? with – or without – TheGingerNinja, UTD usually have the majority of possession in mosts matches. The big “problem” has been the lack of a box-to-box dynamo to “replace” what TheGreatKeane-o, OwenHargreaves, and DarrenFletcherinho brought to the party. Getting THAT GUY would be far more beneficial than getting Modric.
Like SAF says, it’s not about getting “the best player” but, rather, “getting the player that’s best for UTD”.
Good move for Moyes. Will be interesting to see how he does at a team who actually have some quality players and money to spend.
Welcome Powell. Now sign Strootman.
This was a drive-by Strooting.
Whats to say modric cant be a box to box player. In my opinion he plays better slightly deeper commanding a game, but hes equally effective around the opposition box, can tackle from midfield, and has the ability to score a 30+ yard screamer along with finding that killer inch perfect cross field pass… Sounds an awful lot like a certain ginger prince (not saying modric will be as good as scholes is/was but he will certainly improve our midfield from what it is at this moment in time)
Kevin the rootman is a pimp. He never could’ve outfought Modric. But until this day……….i never knew it was Tiote all along……
Ladies and Gentlemen
The Distinguished Strootmans
I bid you a long fair well and into the night we go
Or the day depending what time zone you are in for example Down Under Aussie
Goodnight United
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Welcome to the family Mr Powell!
@Fred Thanks for posting that video of all his goals again (didn’t see that post the first time) Just watched it there now. Some cracking left foot on this guy, lets hope he can handle the step up from Crewe to Manchester United.
http://www.caughtoffside.com/2012/06/12/antonio-cassano-says-he-hopes-there-are-no-gay-players-in-the-italian-squad/
Looks like Cassano is afraid of distractions in his own camp
He obviously isn’t ready to settle down yet.
Nick Power will get the No.7
Welbeck should get 9.
and Vidic should get No.1….just because he’s top notch
Is it me alone that watched that video and thought that’s ot to be the worst video clip I’ve ever seen from a player that just signed for us. He kept giving the ball away, the goal was pure class and kinda reminded me of Macheda’s but his passing and ball retention was woeful
Evening fellas…
Welcome to another CM is what I say!! Don’t know much about him so hoping they’ve done their homework… 2 in so far which is the minimum of what we wanted… Space for one more, maybe a more combative player…?
Anyway… We thought United had CM selection problems… Poor old Roy, must have been tough not to take our boy Carrick, what with the fitness of his 2 main players and such strength in depth!!! He’s already moaning!!!
‘In midfield, Hodgson knows he has an issue of whether he can ask Gerrard and Parker to start every four days. “That’s the big question. Those two are both over 30, they both had to work really, really hard against France. I’m sure I’m not going to be the only coach wondering ‘can they do it every four days?’ But this is what tournament football is about. If they start to show signs of fatigue we make certain people like Jordan Henderson, James Milner if he’s moved in there, Phil Jones or Phil Jagielka, are ready to go in there and do exactly the same job. That’s something we have to work on.’
WTF!!
Nick Powell’s goal at Wembley was stunning send him out on loan to a Championship club maybe to Brucey and Hull City.
……………………..De Gea
Rafael – Smalling – Vidic – Evra
…………. Cleverly – Anderson
Valencia ….. Kagawa …… Nani
…………….. . Wooney
So you judge an 18 year old player based on one video?. Yeah, i’m sure FERGIE noticed his potential based on that. “He’s like macheda”, “He’ll be off on loan” and the guy has not even kicked a ball yet.. deary me!
Nick Pow,
@ Samuel not syre if u were referring to me, but if u were I agree it’s wrong to make a judgement based on one video, but I’ve never seen someone compiled or edited a video clip that is to be praising the player some what that looks like this video here, I don’t think he completed even one single pass in the video and he gave it away several times. Just looked really clueless, but I know fergie and his scouts have done their homework so I give them the benefit of the doubt
These how we goona play most next season
De Gea
Rafael Vidic Evans Baines
Fletcher Modric
Nani Rooney Kagawa
Welbeck
4 2 3 1 formatn. With these utd will be strong and deadly going forward with incredible dynamism
denton davey – united improved their passing game a hell of allot when scholes returned, we never got over the injury to cleverly, and anderson/carrick has never been a midfield that suited any of the 2, we do not need a box to box midfielder, we need someone like a scholes who can not only hold onto the ball, but make those decisive passes. We saw the success scholes and carrick give the team between 06/08. I do feel a modric/carrick combination with valencia kagwa young and rooney going forward, will be the perfect platform to see the side regain the league title, and do better in europe. But we need those passing midfielders, that will get our wide boys more into the game.
One thing he’s definitely got to improve is his goal celebration
fitb @ 3:03: “we do not need a box to box midfielder, we need someone like a scholes who can not only hold onto the ball, but make those decisive passes.”
I think that we’re going to have to agree to disagree – I’ve been a huge fan of TheGingerNinja but having him and Michael Carrick together only works against inferior opposition. Neither Scholes nor Carrick plays as well when pressed – and pressed hard. Who does ? Obviously, it’s easier “to play in a rocking chair” but that’s really beside the point, in my opinion the real issue is that over the past four years – in the really, really big games – NoFletch/NoWin.
Harking back to Carrick and Scholes in 2006/7/8 sidetracks the issue that Scholes – like Giggs – is now a shadow of his former self. If Scholes plays as often/regularly next season as he did after the new year when SAF called on him in almost every match then I’m worried that not only will he break down but that he will prevent the natural progression/evolution of the younger players – and, more importantly, a new style of play. KagawaBunga, Nani, DannyTheLad, and Chicharito are the way forward in attack – quick, two-footed players who can interchange with TheWayneBoy who is – and will be – the key player.
Lol – @ Jamaican Red Devil. I agree with you on that one. That is one truly unflattering video compilation of a player, which I can only imagine was put together to scare away the Arsenal scouts.
Denton as usual you make some very coherent and logical points…
Bang on about the need to promote the next gen….
We all love Scholes and love to see him play, but to be honest Scholesy is not gonna be the next generation to quell the challenge of Manchester City.
We need to evolve and move on while Giggs and Scholes can play the role of mentors and help the next gen bed in while still contributing in games when Sir Alex feels right.
Welcome Nick Powell…fuck off Pogba you whinging mercenary cunt..
Been absolutely sick of this bitch playing around wih Man United for months now..
I’m looking forward to seeing the development of this guy. He’s got an eye for a pass, tries to challenge often, has good physique and uses his body well to hold opponents off the ball… He just might transform in to a box-to-box midfielder, even a Keane type of player. You never know what fergies plans are… hmm…
Great signing….but why are they holding a table cloth in that picture?
It going 2 be a big time game, including him 2 the bitch making a different as chicharito has ever did i, i belive fegie made a right signing
Where does this signing leave petrucci,would be a shame lose out on his talents.
Far more exciting to sign a player like this with loads of potential but still has to step up to do it at the highest level.. Think its so boring to be paying huge sume for ready made stars
Though it’s Really what dreams are made of, so welcome to the Theatre of them Nick
Seems a decent signing… what is Powell’s best position??
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They’re holding a table cloth as it reminds everyone that united can only belong in one place; on top of the table
They’re holding a table cloth as it reminds everyone that united can only belong in one place; on top of the table
Jamaican – videos can be made to look however you want it to be. I can easily gather a couple of robbie savage highlights and make him seem like lothar mathaus or i could make kevin philips look like marco van basten. It’s a shame that powell’s errors were evident in it but it gives no concrete indication regarding his quality. FERGIE will have done have enough research on him and i think he and the technical scouts/Coaches can give true clarifications as to how great powell’s potential is.
Personally, i want to see him in the first team. I don’t think powell would sign for united if he found out he’d be roaming around on loan. He has already set sights on making an impact next season, so why not?. Yes he played in league two but we’ve seen plenty of times how younger players have a fearless attitude, they wanna take control of things, they blend in. i wouldn’t place pressure on him to produce quickly but if he is filled with confidence instantly then why can’t he fight for a first team place?.
As for that ideal central midfielder, well pogba fits the bill but we look more likely to lose him than him signing a new contract. If he stayed and isn’t fucking about as he currently does now then i viewed him developing into this powerhouse all round complete central midfielder but juve and italy seems a lure, fuck knows why. Maybe they’ve promised him a bribe, i hope he doesn’t jeopardise his career for extra few bucks plus i genuinely think he’ll struggle to break into a midfield of italian maestro andrea pirlo, claudio marchisio, vidal, possibly kwadwo asamoah. I hope he’s thought well about this and is not letting his agents call the shots over his career which has barely got going.
Welcome to the club lad! I bet this is the last signing I think we have enough in our arsenal now. Don’t care for Baines and Modric. I would take Hendrique coz he is a youngster for the future but we don’t need Lewadonsky. Rooney, Welbeck, Chicharito, Berbatov plus Will Keane is enough. No need to stockpile players and end up failing to get the best out of what we have. As I’m sure next summer we will be calling for a new signing. And I don’t buy into all the calls for a left back. Evra is still at the top of his game and his back up is Fabio, that’s why he is being loaned out.
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I don’t know why are people saying that hernandez will not get the chance or welbeck will not get the chance. We have to compete in 4 tournaments and we cannot play the same11 each game. Both hernandez and welbeck are very useful players for our success.
Welcome Nick. Many have compared him with gerrard. I say he could become better than gerrard and lampard. We have to be patient with these young players.
We have aplayer in our youth setup named Jack barmby. I have seen him play and have to say he is a real deal. Overall our future looks bright.
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Berba is leaving (for his own sake and for the sake of not hearing all the moaning regarding his absence), will keane is out on a long term injury, fabio will probably be out on loan. That’s three of these so called finished article squad gone. Evra is still quality but has shown lapses that gives an indication that he isn’t placed under immense pressure for his place by anyone. Ideally, a left back coming out of the youth system would be good but i don’t really see anyone at the moment. Fabio will be out on loan, gather experience and be stronger because technically, he’s quality.
As much as people would love it to be, these squad of players is not the complete team. In fact, no team is, you never have enough quality in a team, gotta keep evolving and improving.
Pogba is a big loss – I thought he had the look of exactly the type of player we needed in midfield and I feel worse that he is going to walk away than losing the league on goal difference. Powell looks like a good player and we’ll see how he develops.
I can’t see an 18 year old coming from League Two walking into the team but maybe they need to throw him in instead of loaning him out and seeing if he’s up to it. I’ve no doubt that he’ll be brimming with confidence so he if he puts in a good pre-season and gets a few runs in the friendlies then why not put him to the test.
I don’t know if Fergie had intention to switch him into a forward. He seems to find a sweet spot hitting the ball every single time. As a attacking midfield I don’t see him up to the hype. His final balls are still very raw.
Surely Pogba is a massive talent, but he’s been nowhere near the first team let alone the starting XI.
Better players have come and gone.
Always sad to lose out on a talent, but that’s life. One goes, another one (ie. Powell) comes in.
The only moaning I see here is from the same old moaner.
Powell will be more useful as an attacking midfielder than a striker. I don;t know why the media has termed him as a striker. He is a midfielder.
Are some of you insane?! Your saying that you are happy with the 2 signings we have made and dont want anymore? I respectfully highly disagree. Dont get me wrong i am extremely happy with us getting kagawa and powell but we havnt actually sorted out any of our ‘problem areas’. I dunno about you guys but if sir alex loaned out our future, and only back up left back and then left a 31 year old to have to play even more then the 50+ games he played last season, with a risk of injury and no one to take his place then i will be very pissed off. Hes clearly going to bring in a new left back to take some of the strain off evra.
We have got rid of 2 strikers and brought in 2 attacking midfielders, this clearly show rooney will be pushed up as an out and out striker instead of playing as a number 10 (a number 10 has to set up play, mostly to the striker. Rooney only got 4 assists. However if he had a brilliant player like kagawa behind him then i think if they had both played that way this season then rooney would have got even more goals!
Also we still need to find scholes’ replacement to play with him for a year to get a bit of his on field experience. modric is my favourite choice, and after all the praise he gives him, it seems he is fergies first choice too. Also with an injury prone anderson, an ageing carrick, an inexperienced tunnicliffe, scholes likely in his last year, fletcher unlikely to come back and possibly an injusy prone cleverley it is blatantly obvious we still need to bring in a player that can sit in that 2 in the middle and still command the game, and preferably an exciting young prospect too. Pogba fits that bill, and if fergie gets him to stay then that would be great news for the club!
Do you not find it weird pogba was set for juventus 3 weeks ago, and since then they have announced the signings of kwadwo asamoah and mauricio isla. I think the agent is just using juventus as a bargaining tool to get more out of united.
Also saying kagawa will play on the left is ridiculous! We have 3 great wingers but a lack of creativity around the box in the middle.. Which kagawa has got! For japan he is a shadow of the player he is at club level. Some might say it is cause of the players he has around him, i say its cause he plays on the left. Uniteds wingers are needed to stretch the width of the pitch as much as possible, and move into the middle when needed, kagawa just gets lost on the wings and has no strength to hold off a full back so will always lose possession. However in the middle he has great agility to weave around players and the vision tl find that killer pass to set up rooney. Played out left will just ruin his current form and reputation, and therefor lose his confidence.
Well said harish. We finally get ourselves this goalscoring midfielder, which is what alot of fans have been asking for and then they start calling him a striker!!
Welcome to the club.
I won’t be expecting someone as young as him to come into our first team squad within the first two years. For me, there have been lots of more talented youngsters that we have let go just like that. Eikrem, Pogba, Morrison to name a few. The ONLY way for him to get into the first team is by showing good attitude like Fletcher and Cleverley, Gibbo, O’shea and all the others did.
haha, have to agree with Jamaican red devil on this one. Heard great things about Powell but hadn’t seen anything of him until this clip. There’s some pretty smelly football going on there. At least Powell isn’t the worst and he’s only 18. Great shot for the goal, although I’m sure Bebe has the same in his locker. I say Bebe because his signing was a similar rags to riches story and I always want these types of players to do well but patience is needed.
world class player? I’m not so with this idea considering that I prefer we get out of debt as soon as possible by relying on emerging talents for sane sums. Kagawa will be a star at United. Until you notice that you will realize how this system will work for United to get out of the crap we are in until United are “good business” to invest in and off go the glazers.
Fergie has a plan in his head and all these young signings are just the answers on paper while many wait for superstar players. Just remember that we finished equal on points with a team that relied on buying ready-to-use finished stars.
Overall the whole thing is a long term rewarding plan.
‘mI sincerely happy that we have signed an english talent as England are not or dont have a footballing national team with the current players OVERALL.
These emerging kids can be the future…the likes of Wilshere, Ox, Welbeck and Wayne Rooney by that time will the captain of them all
P.s: I’m not English
United fan since the age of 8 but not so active here!
Happy that we’ve signed another youngster but can’t help but feel we’ve been a bit ripped off at £4m – that’s a huge figure for a league 2 midfielder. When you think that Jelavic only cost Everton £5m…
Jelavic cost 8 million all in. It’s funny though? If Arsenal, or Chelsea signed this lad, it would be good business. United sign him, and it’s a Glazer signing! Go figure, eh? We shouldn’t be too dismissive of this signing. Arry has been quoted as saying, “he’s a triffic player, I tried to sign the lad, you know”
xol – I will put my mortgage on it mate that Powell is considerably better than Bebe.
Bobby @ 08:34: “I can’t see an 18 year old coming from League Two walking into the team but maybe they need to throw him in instead of loaning him out and seeing if he’s up to it”
It’s happened before – not often, though. I remember – yes, I’m that old ! – when Bill Shankly bought a fresh-faced kid from Scunthorpe (?) called Kevin Keegan to play “little” alongside “large” John Toshack; Keegan stepped up two levels and was a better player for Liverpool than he had been in the old third division. Can the same thing happen with Nick Powell who, like Keegan in the 1970s, is just a teen-ager? Maybe, maybe not. But, if he’s good enough then he’s old enough.
Dan-young @ 09:49: “Do you not find it weird pogba was set for juventus 3 weeks ago, and since then they have announced the signings of kwadwo asamoah and mauricio isla. ”
Excellent point – and the official silence from all sides has been deafening. Add to the new signings, Juve’s midfield (Pirlo, Marchisio, and Vidal) was the best in Serie A so Pogba won’t have an easy time getting onto the field, either. Just remember, “it ain’t over ’til it’s over” – in baseball and sports business, too.
I don’t want Pogba back. He’s a busted flush.
More like the turd that just won’t flush. His move to Juventus has been a “done deal” for about six months hasn’t it? Yet he’s still hasn’t left…
Go Go Powell Ranger!
Seems a really good signing
Hi everyone great new signing for united nick powell will do well at united this year
Hello everyone great new signing for united so far and maybe we can buy other new players to
Hi , This blog is great. I don’t want Pogba back. He’s a busted flush.
i dont get it.. all he does is run and lose the ball.. not sure about him.