Man Utd interested in Man City's Ireland
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Man Utd boss Ferguson to make surprise offer for Man City playmaker Ireland
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is planning a shock move for Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland.
The Sunday Mirror says Ireland has asked for a transfer after a disappointing campaign under Mark Hughes and Roberto Mancini.
United have been monitoring the Irishman’s rise through the ranks at Eastlands, but 12 months ago it was unthinkable that the 23-year-old midfielder who City fans call Superman would be allowed to leave the club.
City are ready to allow Ireland to leave now they have recruited David Silva, who is also being earmarked for a central role by Mancini despite playing mostly as a winger for Valencia and Spain.
But the Blues will be loath to sell Ireland to their rivals – unless United pay a premium on a player they would value at about £12m if he was moving to any other club.
Liverpool and Everton would both be interested but are even more strapped for transfer cash than United.
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he is a play maker
to me, he is no difference than carrick :x
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he play abit higher than carrick, he's a good and cheap buy imo. not in the league of xavi or andres of course but still not bad to have him around
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cheap isnt necessarily good
rather fergie go buy ozul or muller better
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uh? who's talking about cheap surely will be good? want good pay more? im saying for his quality, it's worth that small price to pay.
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I think he is a bargain buy.... I think he got the quality to shine in EPL. He got more impact than Carrick.... Carrick for the last few seasons looked lost.
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he's only 23 yr old. he know epl inside out. he has good vision n technique. he's proven himself good enough to break the defence of most epl clubs. all that for 12m. how much did we pay for carrick? plus one of the types of players united need now is a playmaker.
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careful of this bad boy.
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he's a loving father leh
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he is not really like carrick.. carrick is the type that like to distribute the ball without dribbling or holding it for long similar to xabi alonso.. ireland tends to dribble more and take more runs into the box..