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by **Dundalk** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:56 pm

I see what your trying to say aCe but im sorry i still dont wish the guy any luck. I don't wish for him to break his legs or anything like that but i dont wish him success or luck at united for one reason......its man united

by **GYBS** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:56 pm

The guy has given the club so much - ?!?!? run his contract down so he could go cheap leaving a new manager not much funds nor time to get a replacement in ? then join the clubs greatest rivals after a club that made him who he is ?

The club gave owen loads - they gave him his career and chance as a footballer - think its easy to see who owes what .

Owen is a manc now and wipes any decent memories i have off him - . Good luck ?!?! never going to wish the little tw.at anything but hoping he fails miserably over there and he wins feck all and scores feck all . LIVERPOOL already gave him a shot at the big stage and he threw it away - he deserves feck all .and certainly deserves nothing from any liverpool fan

by **account deleted by request** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:28 pm

GYBS wrote:The guy has given the club so much - ?!?!? run his contract down so he could go cheap leaving a new manager not much funds nor time to get a replacement in ? then join the clubs greatest rivals after a club that made him who he is ?

I don't really want to get into this whole argument yet again mate, but it was the CLUB that allowed Owen to run down his contract that caused the problem in the first place.

If he wouldn't sign a new deal we should have sold him when his contract was down to two years and his value was still high.

When MCmanaman left, the CLUB said they would ensure that it NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN, and that players would either sign a new deal once their contract was down to two years OR BE SOLD.

by **GYBS** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:43 pm

we kept offering new deals to him didnt we and didnt Owen say he would sign a new contract but then kept delaying and didnt Owen turn down the chance to talk to barce the year before he left because he wanted to say when we could of got 20 mil from him ?

by **zarababe** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:05 pm

Dundalk wrote:

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE LITTLE MAN

wow nasty kit that :laugh:

by **account deleted by request** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:10 pm

GYBS wrote:we kept offering new deals to him didnt we and didnt Owen say he would sign a new contract but then kept delaying and didnt Owen turn down the chance to talk to barce the year before he left because he wanted to say when we could of got 20 mil from him ?

As far as I am aware, we never actually offered him a new contract until the month he actually left for Madrid. Although I do agree he did keep postponing talks.

The CLUB made the decision not to say "sign or be sold" when his contract was down to two years.

I never heard ANYTHING about him and Barca...... sure you arn't thinking of McManaman ?

by **GYBS** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:16 pm

im sure i just posted a reply in here

where did it go :laugh:

Your prob right about barce and macca but im sure i remember something about a big bid for owen from someone

by **account deleted by request** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:19 pm

GYBS wrote:im sure i just posted a reply in here where did it go

Your prob right about barce and macca but im sure i remember something about a big bid for owen from someone

Rather than ban you, the mods just gave everyone the delete post priveledge so we can delete any of your posts we don't like mate

by **GYBS** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:22 pm

where is my delete post privelage

by **Madmax** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:29 pm

AH FECK OWEN AND FECK THIS THREAD... About time we stopped chatting about that little git!

by **Greavesie** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:57 pm

Madmax wrote:AH FECK OWEN AND FECK THIS THREAD... About time we stopped chatting about that little git!

I was just about to say the exact same thing. Its sunk in now hes with them and I was as gutted as anyone when I found out. feck him, hes just a scum player now. As far as Im concerned his career started when he was 24

by **account deleted by request** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:08 pm

I think this is what you were thinking about GYBS :-

Football: Barcelona decide against McManaman
DERRICK WHYTE AND ALAN NIXON
Saturday, 16 August 1997
Steve McManaman's proposed transfer from Liverpool to Barcelona fell through yesterday amid conflicting reports over the reasons for the collapse of his pounds 12m move. While the England international's excessive wage demands were being blamed in some quarters, it also appeared that Barcelona may have had a late change of heart and decided that he was not the player they needed.

Sources close to Anfield suggested that the deal had been scuppered by McManaman's demand for a six-year contract worth pounds 50,000 per week. McManaman was represented in negotiations by his adviser, Simon Fuller, who is also manager of the Spice Girls.

In a statement released yesterday Liverpool said they had given McManaman permission to talk to Barcelona after receiving an "eight-figure offer" from the Spanish club. Although Liverpool said that permission had been given despite the fact that they did not want the player to leave, it seems clear that they were prepared to sell. McManaman's present five- year deal has two years left to run, but the statement said that several months of negotiations over a new deal with the player had so far proved unsuccessful.

Under the Bosman ruling players are able to move overseas without a transfer fee at the end of their contracts, and it seems likely that Liverpool decided now might be the time to cash in on McManaman. After being told of Barcelona's interest, McManaman flew to Spain to open negotiations. Barcelona, however, were not prepared to meet his pay demands, which would have cost the club a total of more than pounds 27m in transfer fee and wages over six years.

The Spanish club had been thinking in terms of pounds 30,000 a week rather than pounds 50,000 (McManaman is believed to earn pounds 12,000 per week under his current contract with Liverpool), which would still have meant the player earning pounds 9.5m over the length of his contract.

However, it emerged yesterday that Barcelona may not have ultimately pursued their interest in McManaman under any circumstances. After Barcelona's poor performance on Wednesday night, when they could only beat the Latvians of Skonto Riga 3-2 in the first leg of their European Cup qualifying round tie, a meeting was held between Luis Nunez, the Barcelona president, Joan Gaspart, the vice-president, and Louis van Gaal, the coach.

Sources in Barcelona said that at the meeting it was decided that the club needed to recruit an attacking wing player in the McManaman mould - but that he had to be a proven goalscorer. It is widely recognised that one of the major weaknesses in McManaman's game is his finishing.

Barcelona had also been interested in Rivaldo, an attacking midfield player who scored 21 goals in 41 matches for Deportivo La Coruna last season. On Thursday they opened negotiations with the Brazilian and yesterday completed his purchase for pounds 16.7m, the second highest fee ever paid after their own sale of Ronaldo to Internazionale. Although the fee was higher than that proposed for McManaman, his wages were said to be "only" pounds 16,000 a week.

McManaman flew to Majorca yesterday, while Liverpool said they now hoped to persuade him to sign a new contract. As he can be expected to make similar demands of Liverpool negotiations are unlikely to reach a speedy conclusion.

It remains to be seen what the Anfield crowd will make of this week's events. Some supporters had already been expressing their frustration at McManaman's continuing failure to realise fully his undoubted promise and this episode may reinforce his less than complimentary image as a "Spice Boy".

There he sat, and sat, and sat. McManaman's agent told the media that if Barcelona was willing to pay $20 million to Liverpool it could afford $20 million to McManaman over six seasons. Nobody from Barca called even to say hello.

"My adviser spoke to Joan Gaspart, Barcelona's vice president, on a mobile telephone, and that was only a brief conversation," McManaman later stated. "Gaspart seemed to be elsewhere negotiating with another player. I think it is ridiculous — and actionable — to suggest the deal fell through because I am greedy."

by **dawson99** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:53 pm

I liked Macca tho, always had respect for him... I know a lot of people hated him, but i thought fair play. Not enough players ply tehre trade abroad, he went for it, and did well. He's a top bloke as well, very knowledgable

by **account deleted by request** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:12 pm

dawson99 wrote:I liked Macca tho, always had respect for him... I know a lot of people hated him, but i thought fair play. Not enough players ply tehre trade abroad, he went for it, and did well. He's a top bloke as well, very knowledgable

Me too mate, he carried us for a good few seasons.

by **J*o*n*D*o*e** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:40 pm

as we talking about the guy who ran down his contract then left leaving us with nothing, the same guy who promised time after time that he would sign but never had any intension.

his names mentioned in the right thread anyway.

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