Sir reveals: I've got £60m to spend
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson reveals: I've got £60m to spend
Money to spend: Sir Alex Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson has warned his rivals that he has a £60million transfer fund at his disposal ... and he’s willing to spend it.
The Manchester United boss went on the defensive on Friday after hearing suggestions that the club - in debt to the tune of £700million - do not have cash to fund transfers.
But despite the financial burden placed on the Barclays Premier League champions by club owners, the Glazer family, Ferguson claimed he can spend the remainder of the proceeds from the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portugal winger was sold to Real Madrid for £80m and United then spent about £20m on Antonio Valencia and Gabriel Obertan.
Ferguson said: ‘The money’s there if I want to buy someone. There is no question about that. The Ronaldo money? Yes, we can use it. There is no bother. That’s a fact.’
Big deal: Sir Alex Ferguson insists he still has money available from the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid
Ferguson prompted questions about United’s financial situation after being irritated by false claims he was looking to sign out-of-work Sol Campbell in January.
He added: ‘It’s been suggested we were moving for Sol Campbell because we don’t have the money and we wanted to take somebody cheap. I don’t know where that came from. But it was all wrong.
‘Sol has had a great career but he’s not a player we’re thinking about. We’re having a hard time with the centre backs but, come January, we’ll have most of them back.’
Yet Ferguson, aware that Nemanja Vidic could be enticed away by foreign suitors, will be keeping an eye on defenders who become available.
He added: ‘I don’t see any value in the market and that’s why I didn’t buy anyone more in the summer. The prices we were quoted for players were not reasonable and that’s why I didn’t do anything more. There’s a danger this could continue but it doesn’t change my view that we must look for value.’
Meanwhile striker Danny Welbeck, 19, has signed a new contract that will keep him at United until 2013.
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if true, thats good...
50 million for silva and villa
and last 10 on a solid centre back
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silva plus villa only 50mil? if true will they join saf? of they will join other club?
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i think the glaciers will take out the "m" and tell SAF, 60...
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buy joe cole from chelsea can liao since he got 6 months contract left
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aiya, no need villa or silva all la..
manu need to scout another vidic or evra; also need not spend so much!!!
& prolly sell that loser Nani quickly, whine here and there.. alex has got alot of options.
hargreveas also, sell that fella; always getting injured. now already 28, he has got one more chance to come back and prove that he's worth the money.
manchester united now needs a solid defensive midfielder who's ariel prescence is like that of vidic's.
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Originally posted by lordvichi:
manchester united now needs a solid defensive midfielder who's ariel prescence is like that of vidic's.
Only player that comes to mind is Jack Rodwell..Other DMs are shorties.
