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    united suporters have been waiting for this to happen for a long time! his heart went out of united when he was turned down last time! and £80m can buy more than one player and much better player than ronaldo...so well done united for bagging £80m on one player
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    Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery, Lyon striker Karim Benzema and Wigan midfielder Antonio Valencia so these are Fergie top targets
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    Looks like David Villa is on his way to Madrid as well! So that was one if his targets gone. I think Ribery is good but his proce tag is 55 million and i really dont think he is that good.

    I think Valencia will be his best bet afterall he has premier league experience.

    I still think that United will do well next season, but i think they wioll miss Ronaldos goals. THey wont miss his little temper tantrums though. They were very amusing though.

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    Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has claimed Chelsea, Manchester United and Barcelona have made offers for France playmaker Franck Ribery.

    Ribery is a known target for big-spending Real Madrid but Rummenigge has revealed three of their European rivals have stolen a march in their pursuit of the 26-year-old.

    The former Germany international, speaking in an interview with Bild newspaper, said: "We are relaxed and proud that we have one of the best three players in the world under contract.

    Asked if Madrid made an offer, he replied: "No but other clubs have done.

    "Chelsea have lodged a bid, as have Manchester United and Barcelona.

    "We are completely relaxed about it. The power lies with Bayern Munich."

    Bayern have repeatedly insisted Ribery is not for sale, and Rummenigge is adamant the club will not relent and cash in on their prize asset.

    He added: "I don't want to talk about sums of money because it is not in our interest.

    "The amount is irrelevant.

    "There is always going to be the perception that Bayern Munich are trying to push the price up and that there is a certain value at which we'll have to accept, but I'll say it again: we want to keep Ribery.

    "A player has to respect his contract, in his case until 2011. He is on holiday now and then we want to have a successful season with Franck next year."

    Rummenigge is concerned at the figures being splashed around this summer with Real Madrid having spent £56 million on Kaka and agreeing a world-record £80m fee with Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo.

    "It makes me concerned for the future," he said.

    "These amounts would not be possible in Germany due to the license agreements but in Spain the rules are different.

    "I have already arranged a meeting with (UEFA president) Michel Platini to discuss the matter.

    "We need to have new rules regarding financial fairplay."
    I hope United get him

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    Sir Alex Ferguson has been told he can have prime target Karim Benzema – if he comes up with £30m.

    The 21-year-old Lyon striker is the hottest property in France and Manchester United have been trailing him for the past two years. Until now Lyon have insisted they are not willing to sell. But now they have admitted they will do business if the price is right.

    And that kind of money would not be a problem for Ferguson, with United raking in £80m for Cristiano Ronaldo – and a further £120m in two huge sponsorship deals.

    United yesterday announced a five-year, £8m-a-year deal with Chinese electronics giant Aigo, following the four-year, £80m shirt sponsorship with American insurance company AON two weeks ago.

    Add an impending £6m deal with Hull for striker Fraizer Campbell and Ferguson is armed with one of the fattest of chequebooks.

    Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas admitted a big offer could be impossible to refuse, even though he believes the player would prefer to stay another year.

    Aulas said: “There is a tsunami called Real Madrid which provokes reactions at Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United. So it is very complicated to say that he is non-transferable.

    “I won’t hide from you the fact he has been approached. For the moment, I managed to convince them not to go further.”

    Lyon know it would be mad to reject a massive offer for Benzema, whose value would plummet if he stayed and flopped at the World Cup next summer.

    United still search to replace Ronaldo, whose move to Real was yesterday described as “vulgar” by Sir Bobby Charlton.

    Ferguson, who still hopes striker Carlos Tevez will accept the club’s offer of a permanent deal, was last night rumoured to have entered the chase for £18m England and Portsmouth right-back Glen Johnson.

    Liverpool thought they had seen off Chelsea. Now, a third club is in the frame – and Manchester City denied it was them.

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    FROM BBC SPORT

    Manchester United have confirmed that Carlos Tevez is leaving the club.

    United were willing to pay the £25.5m to turn the striker's two-year loan move into a permanent five-year deal but Tevez, 25, has decided to move on.

    "Disappointingly, his advisors informed the club that he does not wish to continue playing for Manchester United," read a United statement.

    "The club thanks Carlos for his services over the last two seasons and wishes him good luck for the future."

    Tevez became a crowd favourite during his time at the Old Trafford club and helped the side win the last two Premier League titles as well as the 2008 Champions League trophy.

    But he has joined Cristiano Ronaldo in wanting to exit the club, with his final appearance being as a substitute in United's loss to Barcelona in the 2009 Champions League final.

    United said they were willing to make Tevez "one of its highest paid players" but were told by the Argentine's advisors, who own the player's economic rights, that he would not be accepting the offer of their deal.

    Manchester City are now favourites to sign him but he has also been linked with Chelsea and Liverpool.

    City's financial clout makes them the frontrunners as their manager Mark Hughes tries to put together a squad capable of challenging the top four of United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal.

    Tevez scored 15 goals last season but was frustrated at continually finding himself on the bench for key games and was wary of the issue ahead of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

    Despite the affection of United's fans, he has reportedly complained of a lack of respect from the club and his treatment at their hands.

    Tevez's adviser Kia Joorabchian recently explained that United's failure to sign his client up permanently last summer and in January 2009 were behind Tevez's complaints.

    His departure now leaves United manager Sir Alex Ferguson without two of his most influential players of recent seasons.

    Wigan midfielder Antonio Valencia has been linked with a move to United as the club try to replace the duo.

    I think that Liverpool are also out of the running talksport said before and SKY reckon that the only contact has been Manchester CIty and Chelsea. Hopefully he will stay in Manchester, i think he will be brilliant at City.

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    Manchester United have targeted Atletico Madrid’s £45m striker Sergio Aguero.

    Sir Alex Ferguson has turned his sights on the young Argentine star after giving up on Valencia’s David Villa, who is expected to join Real Madrid.

    Aguero – nicknamed Kun – has scored 37 leeague goals in the last two years for Atletico and is only still 21.

    Chelsea have already made contact over the talented striker, but were put off by his £200,000-a-week wage demands.

    But Fergie is hoping that Aguero will lower those as he would get the chance to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world.

    The £80m United will get for Cristiano Ronaldo is starting to burn a hole in Fergie’s pocket.

    United would be prepared to offer Aguero, who is married to Diego Maradona’s daughter, a five year deal at £120,000 a week, but again hope the lure of Old Trafford would be enough to attract him.

    Atletico’s president Enrique Cerezo has made it clear recently that the club would be willing to listen to ‘interesting’ offers for their star player.

    As well as Chelsea, Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan is also interested in the player as he expects to lose Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

    But Fergie is believed to want to open negotiations with Atletico and the player’s advisers as soon as possible.

    He obviously feels the striker will be perfect for the Premier League and an ideal replacement for Carlos Tevez, who Aguero won an Olympic gold alongside.

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    Michael Owen has arrived at Manchester United's training ground Carrington to have a medical with the Premier League champions. The 29-year-old hopes to complete a move to United after his contract with Newcastle United ran out.

    The former Liverpool and Real Madrid striker is expected to be put through stringent tests, especially on the right knee he injured during the 2006 World Cup. He ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and had lesser damage to his medial ones only a minute into the group game against Sweden.

    Owen scored 30 times in 65 starts for Newcastle but scored his last goal in January. He will be extremely motivated to prove his critics wrong but would nevertheless represent a major gamble for United and their manager, Sir Alex Ferguson. United have sold Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for £80m while Carlos Tevez has also left the club after his loan deal expired.

    United have already signed Luis Antonio Valencia from Wigan for £16m in what promises to be a busy summer at Old Trafford. They did, however, miss out on signing the Lyon striker Karim Benzema, who joined Real Madrid this week for £30m.

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    Manchester United have cancelled their match against an Indonesia All Star side after bomb blasts rocked two hotels in Jakarta.

    The English champions were scheduled to play against an Indonesian all-star team on Monday on the second leg of their pre-season tour, which also included stops in Malaysia, South Korea and China.

    The team cancelled the Indonesia leg, however, after bomb blasts ripped through the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta's business district, killing nine people and wounding dozens.

    "It's a bit of a shock for all of us. We just got news of this when we landed," club manager Alex Ferguson said shortly after their arrival in Kuala Lumpur.

    "There was no other solution as we had to safeguard our players. So it's the correct decision."

    Witnesses said the bombings at the Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton, where the team were due to stay, were minutes apart and it appeared both had occurred inside the hotels, judging from the way windows were blown out.

    Ferguson added that the timing of the bombings was just an unfortunate coincidence and something he had never experienced in over two decades of visiting the region with the club.

    "We are terribly disappointed because of all the work that goes into bringing Manchester United to Asia," added the Scot, who struggled to be heard at times due to the roars from an adjacent room hosting a meet-and-greet session with the players.

    "We have a huge fan base in the region and I have been travelling to Asia for 21 years with this club and always admired the support we have in the Far East.

    "For the first time, we have had to cancel a match and that's very frustrating but maybe we can play the game another time."

    Club captain Gary Neville said the team had been looking forward to playing in Jakarta but that there was nothing he could do about the decision to cancel.

    "Obviously the players are disappointed not to be going to Indonesia," said Neville. "However, the decision is out of my control as I'm just here to play football."

    United will kick off their tour in Kuala Lumpur against a Malaysia XI on Saturday and are scheduled to face South Korea's FC Seoul on July 24 before taking on Chinese outfit Hangzhou Greentown two days later.

    All 73,000 tickets for United's game in Indonesia sold out three weeks in advance, and it would have been the first time they had visited the Southeast Asian country since 1975.

    The club's chief executive officer, David Gill, did not rule out the possibility of a rescheduled match with an Indonesian side but explained that a number of factors needed to be resolved before any decision could be made.

    "We could bring the Indonesian team here (in Kuala Lumpur). We'll go through all the different possibilities and evaluate which is the most appropriate," Gill said.

    "There are lots of things to be done before we sort out the logistics for the rest of the week but we will announce it as soon as we can.

    "We have to consider the safety of the players and the staff and everyone else in the team because they are of paramount importance."

    Fellow Premier League clubs Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur confirmed that they would continue as planned with their pre-season trips to the region.

    "We have liaised with the British authorities in Thailand and Singapore and they have advised us that the security situation there is unchanged so we are going ahead as planned," a Liverpool media officer said.

    "But obviously we will continue to monitor the situation."

    Liverpool play Thailand in Bangkok on July 22 before taking on Singapore four days later, while Tottenham are involved in a four-team tournament in Beijing along with Hull City and West Ham United.

    The English champions were scheduled to play against an Indonesian all-star team on Monday on the second leg of their pre-season tour, which also included stops in Malaysia, South Korea and China.

    The team cancelled the Indonesia leg, however, after bomb blasts ripped through the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta's business district, killing nine people and wounding dozens.

    "It's a bit of a shock for all of us. We just got news of this when we landed," club manager Alex Ferguson said shortly after their arrival in Kuala Lumpur.

    "There was no other solution as we had to safeguard our players. So it's the correct decision."

    Witnesses said the bombings at the Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton, where the team were due to stay, were minutes apart and it appeared both had occurred inside the hotels, judging from the way windows were blown out.

    Ferguson added that the timing of the bombings was just an unfortunate coincidence and something he had never experienced in over two decades of visiting the region with the club.

    "We are terribly disappointed because of all the work that goes into bringing Manchester United to Asia," added the Scot, who struggled to be heard at times due to the roars from an adjacent room hosting a meet-and-greet session with the players.

    "We have a huge fan base in the region and I have been travelling to Asia for 21 years with this club and always admired the support we have in the Far East.

    "For the first time, we have had to cancel a match and that's very frustrating but maybe we can play the game another time."

    Club captain Gary Neville said the team had been looking forward to playing in Jakarta but that there was nothing he could do about the decision to cancel.

    "Obviously the players are disappointed not to be going to Indonesia," said Neville. "However, the decision is out of my control as I'm just here to play football."

    United will kick off their tour in Kuala Lumpur against a Malaysia XI on Saturday and are scheduled to face South Korea's FC Seoul on July 24 before taking on Chinese outfit Hangzhou Greentown two days later.

    All 73,000 tickets for United's game in Indonesia sold out three weeks in advance, and it would have been the first time they had visited the Southeast Asian country since 1975.

    The club's chief executive officer, David Gill, did not rule out the possibility of a rescheduled match with an Indonesian side but explained that a number of factors needed to be resolved before any decision could be made.

    "We could bring the Indonesian team here (in Kuala Lumpur). We'll go through all the different possibilities and evaluate which is the most appropriate," Gill said.

    "There are lots of things to be done before we sort out the logistics for the rest of the week but we will announce it as soon as we can.

    "We have to consider the safety of the players and the staff and everyone else in the team because they are of paramount importance."

    Fellow Premier League clubs Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur confirmed that they would continue as planned with their pre-season trips to the region.

    "We have liaised with the British authorities in Thailand and Singapore and they have advised us that the security situation there is unchanged so we are going ahead as planned," a Liverpool media officer said.

    "But obviously we will continue to monitor the situation."

    Liverpool play Thailand in Bangkok on July 22 before taking on Singapore four days later, while Tottenham are involved in a four-team tournament in Beijing along with Hull City and West Ham United.

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    Manchester United winger Nani is on his way out of Old Trafford after a row with Alex Ferguson following the Champions League draw with CSKA Moscow. The Portuguese told his boss he was unhappy at having been substituted; Fergie reacted by leaving him out of the squad for the Chelsea game and it now seems he will be moved on in January.

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