Manchester United Look to Lure £16m Rated Tottenham Midfielder to Old Trafford

Manchester United are rumoured to be lining up a cheeky move for Tottenham midfielder Wilson Palacios. Sir Alex Ferguson is looking for a defensive midfielder after seeing Owen Hargreaves spending far more time on the treatment table than he ever does on the field of play and is therefore hoping to lure the battler to Old Trafford.
Harry Redknapp is sure to fight off any interest in the former Wigan man but the 26 year old Honduran may well be tempted by such a move. Palacios had an excellent season at White Hart Lane last term where his performances were a big part of the north London club’s top four finish.
Valued at around £16m, Sir Alex Ferguson may well be willing to offer an even larger sum as he looks to beef up his midfield options and a bid may be on the table in January or depending on the fitness of Hargreaves or the kind of form the likes of Anderson and Michael Carrick are displaying.

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I'm with you on this one Baz. I think 16m is a great deal for somebody who's form has dipped badly, although I have never rated him as a great player he served his purpose middle of last season, but we need more than he can offer now.

The only point......and this should apply to all transfers in the future....we should not sell to our main rivals. Utd never do it and City have said they will never do it but we know that Levy likes a good deal that can bring money in so it would not surprise me if it happens.

I'm more concerned in January that offers from City or Utd come in for Bale and Modric and levy finds it hard to resist. I'f they do and Levy does then I can see Harry walking and who could blame him.

Mikey M

totalytot wrote:
I'm with you on this one Baz. I think 16m is a great deal for somebody who's form has dipped badly, although I have never rated him as a great player he served his purpose middle of last season, but we need more than he can offer now.

The only point......and this should apply to all transfers in the future....we should not sell to our main rivals. Utd never do it and City have said they will never do it but we know that Levy likes a good deal that can bring money in so it would not surprise me if it happens.

I'm more concerned in January that offers from City or Utd come in for Bale and Modric and levy finds it hard to resist. I'f they do and Levy does then I can see Harry walking and who could blame him.

Mikey M

Mikey, John Toshack let slip that we had a big offer for Bale in the summer and we knocked it back, after getting us to the holy grail which is the Champs League, we need to keep hold of our best players and harry will fight tooth and nail for that.

I read that to Vis. The problem with that is when clubs like Real and Barca come a calling players find it hard to resist probably even more so than going to Utd.

Still January is along way off and it's really up to the team to be in contention for honours or we could lose half the team.

It's really up to Levy and Harry to promise they will hold on to this team and build for the future. If they don't then they can kiss goodbye to a new stadium because they wont fill it and CL will be a thing of the past etc. etc.

Surely even Levy must realise that bringing in 70-80 million for your star players is only going to satisfy shareholders not the paying customers, the fans.

I have always been worried that At the end of the day Levy will not do whats right for the fans but whats right for the bank balance. If certain top players were to leave I think it would be worse for him than Sugar got.

But I'm running away with my self here. It hasn't happened yet and it might not. As he's over here lets have a word with the Pope to have a word with Levy." Two Tribes Go To War"

Mikey M