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Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
Per the Times the bid is 12 mill, I just knew that prick Moyes would start with these shennanagins, and he was wishing us well for the future on his departure, well do one you ****. Won't be long before starts looking at Felli as well.
Jags..class
Player Valuation: £70m
Could be just paper rumours, but I do have a feeling Moyes will want some of his boys with him at Man u.
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
Okay, he can have Neville, Stubbs, Round and btw take BK as well, now that would be good for our club.
flibbyflob
Player Valuation: £40m
Do we know if a bid HAS been made or not or is it just crap easy paper gossip again?
Until it is confirmed they have bid I won't **** off Moyes on here over it.
Until it is confirmed they have bid I won't **** off Moyes on here over it.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
I'd wish all the papaers would stop reporting this stupid 12-15 million price tag for him. Bill will probably start to believe that that's what he's actually valued at if they bang on about it long enough. If Moyes really has tabled this bid then that is shocking as he knows the real value of Baines. If Glen Johnson went from portsmouth for 17 million then Baines' value is well over 20 million. How can a midfielder who's barely played for Everton is always injured and never really produced anything go to City for 17 million yet one of the world's best leftbacks is valued less than him.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Correct. One of the best LBs in Europe, never injured, and at 28 still with easily four years left at the very top. That'll cost you £20M to sit down and talk ginger bollocks.
Jags..class
Player Valuation: £70m
Cos it Man u, they always try and get a player cheaper and get the media to do the dirty work of tapping the player up, hope Jose **** Moyes everywhere next season.
Manchester United have made a bid for Leighton Baines as David Moyes looks to reunite with the Everton and England left back at Old Trafford.
Baines said this week that he was looking forward to working under Roberto Martinez, Moyes’s successor as Everton manager, but United’s approach is certain to turn his head.
It was unclear this afternoon exactly how much United have offered but the bid is thought to be in the region of £10 million to £12 million, with Baines about to enter the final two years of his contract at Goodison Park.
Bill Kenwright, the Everton chairman, has spoken on several occasions in recent weeks about his determination to keep the club’s reigning Player of the Year and has indicated that they hope to tie the 28-year-old to a new long-term contract this summer.
But Baines, who has admitted publicly that he has been flattered by United’s interest in the past, may consider the opportunity to join the Barclays Premier League champions as too good to resist, especially with Moyes having succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson as manager and the World Cup finals taking place in Brazil in 12 months’ time.
Baines, whom Moyes brought to Everton from Wigan Athletic for £6 million in 2007, is second to Ashley Cole as England’s preferred left back but a move to United could increase his chances of usurping his Chelsea counterpart.
Baines created 116 chances for team-mates last season – more than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues – and was named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year for the second successive season, ahead of Cole and Patrice Evra, whose future at United he could put under threat.
Evra, 32, enjoyed a return to form last season after a disappointing two years when his performance level dipped markedly and only has a year left on his existing contract. He has already been linked with a move back to Monaco, from whom he joined United in 2006.
With Fabio Da Silva returning to United after a disastrous loan spell at Queens Park Rangers last season and Alexander Buttner to call upon, Moyes may feel he has enough cover to let Evra leave if Baines joins, although the manager is not yet in a position to make that judgement.
Moyes will not formally begin work at United until Monday but he has wasted no time in the transfer window. United remain hopeful of signing Thiago Alcantara, having already agreed personal terms with the Spain Under-21 midfielder, but the club are concerned that Barcelona may still be able to talk the highly-regarded 22-year-old into staying at the Nou Camp.
The pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo, the former United forward who is unsettled at Real Madrid, remains ambitious in the extreme and it remains to be seen if the club could fund moves for the Portuguese as well as Thiago and Baines. Robert Lewandowski, the Borussia Dortmund striker, has also been heavily linked with United.
Wayne Rooney’s future at Old Trafford should become clearer next week when the England striker holds talks with Moyes. United’s players return for pre-season training on Wednesday.
Baines said this week that he was looking forward to working under Roberto Martinez, Moyes’s successor as Everton manager, but United’s approach is certain to turn his head.
It was unclear this afternoon exactly how much United have offered but the bid is thought to be in the region of £10 million to £12 million, with Baines about to enter the final two years of his contract at Goodison Park.
Bill Kenwright, the Everton chairman, has spoken on several occasions in recent weeks about his determination to keep the club’s reigning Player of the Year and has indicated that they hope to tie the 28-year-old to a new long-term contract this summer.
But Baines, who has admitted publicly that he has been flattered by United’s interest in the past, may consider the opportunity to join the Barclays Premier League champions as too good to resist, especially with Moyes having succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson as manager and the World Cup finals taking place in Brazil in 12 months’ time.
Baines, whom Moyes brought to Everton from Wigan Athletic for £6 million in 2007, is second to Ashley Cole as England’s preferred left back but a move to United could increase his chances of usurping his Chelsea counterpart.
Baines created 116 chances for team-mates last season – more than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues – and was named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year for the second successive season, ahead of Cole and Patrice Evra, whose future at United he could put under threat.
Evra, 32, enjoyed a return to form last season after a disappointing two years when his performance level dipped markedly and only has a year left on his existing contract. He has already been linked with a move back to Monaco, from whom he joined United in 2006.
With Fabio Da Silva returning to United after a disastrous loan spell at Queens Park Rangers last season and Alexander Buttner to call upon, Moyes may feel he has enough cover to let Evra leave if Baines joins, although the manager is not yet in a position to make that judgement.
Moyes will not formally begin work at United until Monday but he has wasted no time in the transfer window. United remain hopeful of signing Thiago Alcantara, having already agreed personal terms with the Spain Under-21 midfielder, but the club are concerned that Barcelona may still be able to talk the highly-regarded 22-year-old into staying at the Nou Camp.
The pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo, the former United forward who is unsettled at Real Madrid, remains ambitious in the extreme and it remains to be seen if the club could fund moves for the Portuguese as well as Thiago and Baines. Robert Lewandowski, the Borussia Dortmund striker, has also been heavily linked with United.
Wayne Rooney’s future at Old Trafford should become clearer next week when the England striker holds talks with Moyes. United’s players return for pre-season training on Wednesday.
bainesontoast
Player Valuation: £25m
Leighton has a good head on his shoulders. £12m is not only insulting to the club he loves but also to him as an individual. He meant what he said in the recent interview.
Petit
Player Valuation: £30m
This is so true. How can he launch a bid for one of Evertons players when he´s technically Evertons manager for another 3 days?
He´s never won **** all has David Moyes.
bainesontoast
Player Valuation: £25m
Also, the worst part of all of this is how United fans talk about him like he's some average left back. I've seen comments already since this story broke like "He'd be an okay signing but not at the expense of another signing" and it's clear he wouldn't be as valued at United. Leighton as a person values the support and respect he has from Evertonians.
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