"It's been well documented that we wanted Cesc Fabregas, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo"
"There was talk of Ronaldo when I first arrived. We were close to getting a couple of major names.
"I'm not getting in a blame game here but things just didn't materialise."
Thoughts on the quotes above?
Sounds to me as though we wanted these players and maybe even had a chance of signing one or two of them, which shows money is surely not an issue for us and the reports of £100m offers for Bale probably aren't too far off the mark.
Who doesn't he want to blame, Woodward?
Moyes on our transfers...
posted on 17/8/14
I think the reason the Ronaldo link was present was due to the contract situation he was having at Real Madrid at the time.
Wouldn't be the first time a footballer has used us to bump up their contract.
posted on 17/8/14
All this talk of us being able to afford the best players in the world is complete BS as far as I'm concerned.
posted on 17/8/14
What superstar, we signed no one. Real are going sell us ronaldo, no theyre bloody not.
posted on 17/8/14
comment by That Boy Ronaldo (U13520)
posted 1 minute ago
All this talk of us being able to afford the best players in the world is complete BS as far as I'm concerned.
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I take it you missed all our commercial deals
posted on 17/8/14
comment by That Boy Ronaldo (U13520)
posted 54 seconds ago
All this talk of us being able to afford the best players in the world is complete BS as far as I'm concerned.
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Moyes quotes suggest they were targets but for whatever reason didn't come together. Wonder who he blames...
posted on 17/8/14
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posted on 17/8/14
Moyes is an absolute clown. Fabregas literally came out about 5 times and said he didn't want to leave and Barca were never going to sell after they had just sold Thiago go to Bayern. It was well known that Bale only wanted to go Madrid and Madrid were never going to sell Ronaldo and he didn't even want to leave anyway. Instead of wasting time on frivolously pursuing highly unrealistic luxury players he should have targeting signings to strengthen our dire midfield. The guy didn't have a clue.
posted on 17/8/14
Exactly KingP1N
posted on 17/8/14
Funny he didnt mentioned anything about Fellaini
posted on 17/8/14
comment by KingP1N (U19240)
posted 7 hours, 37 minutes ago
Moyes is an absolute clown. Fabregas literally came out about 5 times and said he didn't want to leave and Barca were never going to sell after they had just sold Thiago go to Bayern. It was well known that Bale only wanted to go Madrid and Madrid were never going to sell Ronaldo and he didn't even want to leave anyway. Instead of wasting time on frivolously pursuing highly unrealistic luxury players he should have targeting signings to strengthen our dire midfield. The guy didn't have a clue.
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We didn't waste time on Fabregas
How long do you think it actually takes to table a bid?