Diego Maradona linked with Sheffield United

[FMBlade1]

(If the forum existed in 1978.....)

Some 17 year old that Harry Haslam has been watching in Argentina apparently, £200,000 though not sure we can afford that what with the board and all, and whether he's worth it.

What do people reckon, worth a punt?

UTB

 

[SwissBlade]

(If the forum existed in 1978.....)

Some 17 year old that Harry Haslam has been watching in Argentina apparently, £200,000 though not sure we can afford that what with the board and all, and whether he's worth it.

What do people reckon, worth a punt?

UTB

Seems like a lot of money for a young lad.

Does he even speak English?

 

[FMBlade1]

Seems like a lot of money for a young lad.

Does he even speak English?

Not sure if he'd fit into the culture of SUFC tbh, sounds a bit too fancy for my liking

 

[brownie4583]

I reckon the cheaper bloke Alex Sabella will be the better player

 

[madeinsheffield]

Is there a cheaper option we could buy and later sell to dirty Leeds?

 

[Sean Thornton]

Not for me. Never trust an Argie. Wouldn't surprise me if they invaded the Falklands one day. Bastards.

 

[SwissBlade]

I reckon the cheaper bloke Alex Sabella will be the better player

Isnt this Diego lad supposed to be signing for Juve anyway? He’s only 5foot as well. I bet he can’t even hear a ball without trying to punch it

 

[I should coco]

It was £500k for a kid no-one had every heard of.

We turned down the 'too good to be true' offer and bought Sabella instead for £160k.

In true United style it turned out well again. Okay we went down, but that minor detail aside, we sold him to DirtyLeeds for £400k (after turning down the Mackems £600k). Even then we were doing business 'United style'.

 

[Bashar Al Asaba]

One day he'll grow to be the most overrated player in history, and a fat little junkie.
I hope Andoni Goikoetxea snaps the cunt in two.

 

[Ricky]

Can't say I know much about him, but will he want any wages?

If he does then I can't see us signing him. And I expect this to be a problem for us for at least the next 40 years.

 

[brownie4583]

Would he be an improvement on John Matthews or Len De Goey though?

 

[snootyfenooty]

Nah, he'll end up with a shitty Sheffield United-like club in Italy, someone like Napoli who've won fuck all for the past god knows how long and have no chance against the big dogs in Italy.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Can't say I know much about him, but will he want any wages?

If he does then I can't see us signing him. And I expect this to be a problem for us for at least the next 40 years.

You weren't even a gleam in your Dads eye in 1978.

Unless of course you've had access to a DeLorean........

 

[brownie4583]

People are saying he will be a World Cup winner in the future,unbelievable!

 

[Whiston Blade]

Let's go in for him, it's a lot of money but it could be worth it. I must say, it's nice to see we've expanded our scouting network outside the UK too. This network could come in handy in the future too by getting first dibs on the overseas talent.

 

[brownie4583]

We have decided that he will probably struggle in division 3 against the big teams like Leyton Orient,Exeter,Plymouth,Bristol Rovers etc so we are not going to pursue it.

 

[Silent Blade]

It was £500k for a kid no-one had every heard of.

We turned down the 'too good to be true' offer and bought Sabella instead for £160k.

In true United style it turned out well again. Okay we went down, but that minor detail aside, we sold him to DirtyLeeds for £400k (after turning down the Mackems £600k). Even then we were doing business 'United style'.

A fee was agreed between us and Argentinos Juniors. One of our directors, Albert Bramall, agreed to provide the money. Then the president of Argentinos Juniors stepped in and asked for more money so we called off the deal.

 

[west_yorks_blade]

Nah - looks like a nasty, cheating little bastard.

I'd set light to him and then walk away with a very full bladder.

 

[SwissBlade]

Let's go in for him, it's a lot of money but it could be worth it. I must say, it's nice to see we've expanded our scouting network outside the UK too. This network could come in handy in the future too by getting first dibs on the overseas talent.

Surely we don’t need foreigners, we need to be looking locally for players. If we start building our local relations now there might be a young lad coming through at Doncaster in 5-10 years

 

[DifferentClass]

Legs have gone.

 

[Cheets]

We don't need him. We've signed Steve Finnieston. The next three years are gonna be bright, you mark my words.

 

[Silent Blade]

We don't need him. We've signed Steve Finnieston. The next three years are gonna be bright, you mark my words.

And we got rid of Lazy Edwards!

 

[BalancedBlade]

(If the forum existed in 1978.....)

Some 17 year old that Harry Haslam has been watching in Argentina apparently, £200,000 though not sure we can afford that what with the board and all, and whether he's worth it.

What do people reckon, worth a punt?

UTB

WYHTP?

 

[Whiston Blade]

Surely we don’t need foreigners, we need to be looking locally for players. If we start building our local relations now there might be a young lad coming through at Doncaster in 5-10 years

Actually, I agree, let's go for home grown kids and have a wage structure we'll not break even though we'll lose out on every potential signing we want leaving us with the dross. "We tried, but..."

 

[Sean Thornton]

A fee was agreed between us and Argentinos Juniors. One of our directors, Albert Bramall, agreed to provide the money. Then McCabe stepped in so we called off the deal.

Small edit Silent. Makes it more accetable to some.

 

[Sean Thornton]

People are saying he will be a World Cup winner in the future,unbelievable!

GLTTL

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

Heard he's a prolific dribbler....that'd be the crack then.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Not for me. The arrogant kid's signed a deal with a football boot manufacturer...

 

[DazBlade88]

I might move this to the '1978 Rumour Mill' section...

 

[Silent Blade]

Small edit Silent. Makes it more accetable to some.

Ha ha! Got it after re-reading a few times! Confused me a bit!