Ruud has been sold to Real Madrid for around £10m. I think we should have got more for him but it seems Real knew Ruud wanted to go and could get away with a lower bid. We should have got at least £15m. Although he has not had the best year with form his record is amazing making him one of the all time great strikers for United. He scored 150 goals in 219 games.
He has said he has left not because of the fans or the club but because of the manager – this is another player who has fallen out with Fergie for whatever reason. He is now added to the ever growing list of the likes of Keane, Stam and Beckham.
We have finally bought a player – we will be finalising the deal to buy Carrick next week. I dont think its been made official how much we are paying for him but its rumoured to be around £15m. Although I think he is a really good player its slightly more that I would have liked to pay – I think hes worth more like £12m.
I hope we get at least 1 more player to replace Ruud – he guaranteed 20 goals a season. From what I have read it seems like he is thinking of moving Alan Smith back on front. Although Smith is a good player he wont guarantee 20 goals (plus he wont be fully fit for the start of the season – dont think he will be anyway). Unfortunately Torres is not coming – I think he said in a press conference he was staying in Span. However if we got him we could have been ripped off paying far too much. (In the newspapers today we apparently may still get him for £27m).
Another player has now had a go at Sven – this time Lampard and criticising him for not taking Defoe.
