Hype is all that the battle-hardened Manchester United fans have had to sustain them so far in January.
Before the window opened many felt that silly amounts of money would be spent in order to rejuvenate the side and get United into the Champions League spots come May.
We were disappointed that David Moyes wasn’t able to pull off a master stroke and have a player lined up to present to the media on January 1st. He surely can’t have waited until the window actually opened before looking for potentially available players. Could he?
Manchester United are now being linked with scores of players to come into the team in January. One of the stars who was hotly tipped to join Manchester United was Marco Reus. ‘Woody’ as he is affectionately known, for his apparent likeness to Woody Woodpecker, hasn’t been linked as intensely as others this month, with players like Ilkay Gundogan and Everton Ribeiro regularly preferred by the back pages.
Reus’ availability is highly debatable but we think he’s the best player to be linked with Manchester United over the last few months. He’s a goal scoring midfielder of the highest calibre. The 24 year old has scored a remarkable 22 in 49 games since joining his current club Dortmund in 2012. But his scoring exploits started well before then as he netted 37 goals in 99 games for Borussia Mönchengladbach prior to his big move.
We are talking about an attacking midfielder in his early 20s scoring at a ratio of more than one every three games in a really top European League. At 24 he is already represented the German national team 19 times and scored seven goals in the process.
He really is a goal machine. But he does so much more in the attacking midfield slot than simply bang in goals – he knits the team together and regularly starts attacks with his brilliant passing and sharp football brain.
SkyBet reckon that Manchester United have the best chance of signing the player in January at odds of 6/1. Bayern were favourites to sign the player, with United at 8/1 at the end of last year. But Reus has recently told the press that he won’t be going to Munich. Consequently he’s come in a couple of points with SkyBet and is also 4/1 favourite with Bet Victor to opt for United in January. With both bookies United are now outright favourites.
Manchester United fans will hope that a quiet first half of the window is simply due to David Moyes laying the groundwork for signings in the next two weeks. Most would agree that this guy would be a superb option.
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Jan 18, 2014 at 5:49 pm
Please make us happy for once. We hope you are working quietly and effectively behind the scenes.
Cliffy
Jan 18, 2014 at 9:35 pm
Pls bring in Reus.we will be very happy…..
why
Jan 19, 2014 at 5:40 am
Pliz let’s do this @ 1c & start looking 4 other offers
Sdom
Jan 19, 2014 at 7:45 am
Moyes is a big FOOL. WHAT DOSE HE TAKE MAN U FANS FOR, SOMEBODY THAT CAN NOT GET EVEN A SINGLE PLAYER, WHAT KIND OF TIME DOSE HE NEED. PLS LET THIS MAN GO, B4 HE DESTROYS MAN U.
Peter jacob
Jan 19, 2014 at 8:39 am
I dont think moyes will make a good perfect signing these january, with these his character.
Stanley Ayem
Jan 19, 2014 at 8:48 am
I beg 4get Moyes his is nt a gud tactitian, so no big name player dat will consider playing 4 hm.
luji Adewale
Jan 19, 2014 at 9:02 am
moyes has a problem if not, till now no quality player in the team, pls and pls sign Ever Beneger and one other strong mdfdr.
sally
Jan 19, 2014 at 10:30 am
Moyes is a total waste! Ship him out now and go buy big!
kareenudoh
Jan 19, 2014 at 10:34 am
It seems dat Moyes doesn’t fixed @man utd.we dnt nid him anymore!!
Syed zulkifli
Jan 19, 2014 at 3:12 pm
Silly and foolish manager. I hope players will start submitting transfer requests and fans stop going to watch the club’s games (both home and away and even on TV). I stop watching the games to save my time doing something more meaningful than watching a hopeless team with a useless good for nothing manager. I pray the team will be crushed by Chelsea.
Nevermind
Jan 19, 2014 at 3:35 pm
Moreon go support another team rather than being a plastic Man Utd fan.
Remy vINO
Jan 20, 2014 at 2:49 am
CHELSEA NEED WORLD CLASS STRIKER LIKE DIEGO COSTA ,CAVANI, BENZEMA,NEYMAR,LEWANDOSKI OR HIGUAIN
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