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Date: Sat Aug 28 07:45:14 GMT+00:00 1999
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. SPURNED SALAS DENIES UNITED
2. ESC 'Phoney war' warns United of the perils lurking ahead
3. Ferguson's desire fanned by Veron
4. Yooro sooper cup by David Marshall
5. Superstar Rivaldo asks for transfer
6. United break bank with a £20M bid for Brazilian ace?
7. Jordi To Join Ajax
8. United Sweep UEFA Awards! (TeamTalk)
9. Becks Euro Footballer of The Year? (Times)
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MANCHESTER UNITED DAILY NEWS SATURDAY 28th August 1999:
Barry Comment:
We did not go for the Super Cup and Lazio were the best side.
Alex states there was one match too many this week.
The proof? Becks/Stam subbed Yorke Giggs missing.
54k Aug 27 0.49
http://www.red11.org/mufc/sound/99/alex_after_lazio.rm
Alex interview after Lazio
Group D ** Manchester United **
Olympique de Marseille * NK Croatia Zagreb * SK Sturm Graz
INTERVIEW:
255k Aug 25 3.56 Quinton Fortune interview from the cliff
http://www.red11.org/mufc/sound/99/fortune_interv.rm
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99/2000 fixtures/match reports are at
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Mark Bosnich's Personal Details
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MANCHESTER UNITED STATS v ALL teams on the Web
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Brian Kidd Press conference, pic, real audio
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Peter Schmeichel's last Season at United!
http://www.red11.org/mufc/news/schmeichel.htm
*** FIXTURES ON 28/08/99 ***
Aston Villa v Middlesbrough
Bradford City v West Ham United
Derby County v Everton
Liverpool v Arsenal
Southampton v Sheffield Wednesday
Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United
Wimbledon v Chelsea
RESULTS: 25/8/99
Arsenal 2-0 Bradford City 38,073
Coventry City 1-2 Manchester United 22,024
Everton 4-0 Wimbledon 32,818
Newcastle United 1-2 Sunderland 36,600
Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Derby County 20,943
*** FULL LEAGUE TABLE AS AT 25/08/99 ***
Pos Team P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
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1 Manchester United 5 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 0 5 3 8 13
2 Aston Villa 5 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 2 1 4 10
3 Arsenal 5 2 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 2 1 3 10
4 Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 2 2 3 9
5 Middlesbrough 5 1 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 6 3 0 9
6 Chelsea 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 2 5 7
7 Everton 5 2 1 0 9 2 0 0 2 2 6 3 7
8 Leicester City 5 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 5 4 2 7
9 West Ham United 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 7
10 Leeds United 5 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 3 2 1 7
11 Sunderland 5 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 7 -2 7
12 Liverpool 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 4 3 0 6
13 Watford 5 1 0 2 3 4 1 0 1 1 2 -2 6
14 Southampton 4 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 1 2 4 -3 6
15 Wimbledon 5 0 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 6 9 -4 5
16 Coventry City 5 1 0 2 3 3 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
17 Bradford City 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 -2 4
18 Derby County 5 0 0 2 2 5 1 1 1 2 2 -3 4
19 Newcastle United 5 0 1 2 4 6 0 0 2 3 7 -6 1
20 Sheffield Wednesday 5 0 0 3 2 6 0 1 1 1 5 -8 1
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*** TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED -
UNITED Stats v All teams:
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ALL FIXTURES at: http://www.red11.org/mufc/fix992000.htm
Subject: First Team Fixtures 1999/2000 [All dates/times subject to change]
Dates of possible cup ties also shown
Date Opposition Score Pos. Attend.
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15/07/99 Melbourne Australia pre-season 2-0 - 60,000
18/07/99 Sydney Australia pre-season 1-0 - 78,000
21/07/99 Shanghai Shenhua pre-season 2-0 - 80,000
24/07/99 Hong Kong South China pre-season 2-0 - 40,000
1/08/99 Arsenal Wembley Charity Shield 1-2 - 70,185
3/08/99 Omagh Town aid of Omagh Bomb Fund 9-0 - 7,000
4/08/99 Wigan Athletic friendly 2-0 - 15,000
08/08/99 Everton Away PL D 1-1 10 39,141
11/08/99 Sheffield Wednesday Home PL W 4-0 3 54,941
14/08/99 Leeds United Home PL W 2-0 1 55,187
22/08/99 Arsenal Away PL W 2-1 1 38,147
25/08/99 Coventry City Away PL W 2-1 1 22,024
27/08/99 Monaco - Lazio Monaco ESC L 0-1 -
30/08/99 Newcastle United home PL 13.00
11/09/99 Liverpool away PL 11.30 Live on Sky
15/09/99 ? EC
18/09/99 Wimbledon home PL 15.00
22/09/99 ? EC
25/09/99 Southampton home PL 15.00
29/09/99 ? EC
3/10/99 Chelsea away PL 16.00 Live on Sky
*11/10/99 Sir Alex Ferguson's testimonial OT [Cantona + Schmeichel]
13/10/99 ? WC 3
16/10/99 Watford home PL 15.00
20/10/99 ? EC
23/10/99 Tottenham Hotspur away PL 15.00
27/10/99 ? EC
30/10/99 Aston Villa home PL 15.00
3/11/99 ? EC
6/11/99 Leicester City home PL 15.00
20/11/99 Derby County away PL 15.00
24/11/99 ? EC
27/11/99 Sheffield Wednesday away PL 15.00
30/11/99 Tokyo Palmeiras WCC 20.00
1/12/99 ? WC 4
4/12/99 Everton home PL 15.00
8/12/99 ? EC
15/12/99 ? WC 5
18/12/99 West Ham United away PL 15.00
26/12/99 Bradford City home PL 15.00
28/12/99 Sunderland away PL 20.00 Live on Sky
3/01/2000 Middlesborough home PL 20.00
***** 5-14 /01/2000 Brazil WTC ***** [3-4 games]
12/01/2000 ? WC sf i
15/01/2000 Leeds United away PL 15.00
22/01/2000 Arsenal home PL 15.00
26/01/2000 ? WC sf ii
5/02/2000 Coventry City home PL 15.00
12/02/2000 Newcastle United away PL 15.00
26/02/2000 Wimbledon away PL 15.00
27/02/2000 ? Wembley WC f
1/03/2000 ? EC
4/03/2000 Liverpool home PL 15.00
8/03/2000 ? EC
11/03/2000 Derby County home PL 15.00
15/03/2000 ? EC
18/03/2000 Leicester City away PL 15.00
22/03/2000 ? EC
25/03/2000 Bradford City away PL 15.00
1/04/2000 West Ham United home PL 15.00
5/04/2000 ? EC qf i
8/04/2000 Middlesborough away PL 15.00
15/04/2000 Sunderland home PL 15.00
19/04/2000 ? EC qf ii
22/04/2000 Southampton away PL 15.00
24/04/2000 Chelsea home PL 15.00
29/04/2000 West Ham United away PL 15.00
3/05/2000 ? EC sf i
6/05/2000 Tottenham Hotspur home PL 15.00
10/05/2000 ? EC sf ii
14/05/2000 Aston Villa away PL 15.00
24/05/2000 ? EC f
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THE FANTASTIC TRIPLE WAS WON!!
EC links + Personal diaries here:
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Its the presentation of the European Cup at Nou Camp
Video including sound 57secs 1.5 meg
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Subject: SPURNED SALAS DENIES UNITED
EUROPEAN SUPER CUP
Lazio 1 Manchester United 0
THE Chilean international Marcelo Salas, who joined Lazio in 1998
when Manchester United were unable to agree terms, cost Alex
Ferguson's side the European Super Cup in Monaco last night. The
treble winners never looked in top gear as the trophy, won by
Chelsea last season and Barcelona before that, went to the Cup
Winners' Cup holders at the expense of the Champions League
winners for the third year in a row.
Salas came off the bench to land the crucial blow in the 35th
minute. Raimond van der Gouw, still nursing a black eye after his
Premiership collision with Martin Keown, let the shot through his
hands after a shaky first half hour but responded well to keep the
score down in Monaco. Lazio would have won more easily but for a
mixture of good shot-stopping by the United keeper and poor
finishing by the Italians.
United had started brightly and last season's double cup final hero
Teddy Sheringham had two early chances. He leapt high to get his
head on a Philip Neville cross from the left in the fourth minute but
couldn't direct his effort on target. Eight minutes later, Sheringham
was released by strike-partner Andy Cole but Marchegiani was off
his line in a flash to deny the England star as he tried to touch the
ball round the Italian keeper.
In between Sheringham's early efforts, Pavel Nedved surged
dangerously into the United penalty area from the left. The Czech
was given time to line up a shot and it took a last ditch block from
Jaap Stam to stop his progress. Sinisa Mihajlovic thumped a
left-foot free kick wide after a foul by David Beckham on Nedved
and then Van der Gouw almost gifted the Italians the lead in freak
fashion.
Stam robbed Simone Inzaghi - who was injured in the clash, allowing
Salas to come on - as he forged down Lazio's right and the big
Dutch defender rolled a pass back to his keeper. But Van der Gouw's
clearance crashed into the backside of Roberto Mancini, who had
charged into the area to close the ball down and the rebound
bounced into the ground and looped up onto the roof of the net as
the United keeper looked on anxiously. Stankovic then dragged a
good chance wide after he had been found by a Mancini header.
The Premiership champions continued to come under pressure and
only a Cole header, which flashed over the bar from a Beckham free
kick, worried Marchegiani at the other end. Mihajlovic tested Van
der Gouw again with another viciously swerving free-kick which the
Dutch keeper punched away. But Sir Alex Ferguson's men couldn't
weather the storm and went behind in the 35th minute.
Lazio, runners-up in last season's Serie A, attacked down their left
and the evergreen Mancini nursed a header into the path of Salas
as the United defenders demanded offside. The substitute latched
onto the ball and lashed it goalwards. Van der Gouw dived to his
right and got two hands on the shot - but couldn't stop it from
finding the net. Nedved then almost made it two within a couple of
minutes with a long-range effort which curled wide.
The European champions came close to scoring three minutes
before the break when they finally linked up Beckham in open play.
The England star, officially named Europe's top midfielder of the
year earlier in the day, curled a trademark cross onto the head of
Paul Scholes but Marchegiani reacted quickly to deny United with a
fine one-handed save.
Salas almost doubled the lead in first-half stoppage time. He poked
the ball past Van der Gouw inside the penalty area and was bundled
to the ground by the United keeper. No penalty was awarded and
the Reds were able to tidy up the play.
Lazio, who surrendered a seven-point lead to lose the Serie A title
to AC Milan, started the second half in Monaco in positive fashion.
Salas found Nedved and his crisp first-time volley forced a good
reflex save from Van der Gouw, who tipped it over the bar. Moments
later Lazio's Czech Republic international returned the favour to
create a golden chance for his Chilean teammate. Nedved threaded
a pass through United's back-line to Salas, English appeals for
offside were again ignored and the Lazio hitman skipped round Van
der Gouw but could not turn his shot into the open net from an
acute angle. Instead the ball rolled agonisingly across the goalline
and Stankovic crashed it into the side-netting from a difficult
position wide of the other post.
With things not going United's way, a league game just 48 hours
previously and another against Newcastle on Monday, Ferguson
quickly rang the changes, replacing Stam and Beckham with John
Curtis and Jordi Cruyff. A clever run from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer then
gave the Reds a rare glimpse of goal but a diving block from Lazio
defender Negro ended the danger.
Giuseppe Pancaro and Salas combined to tee up Stankovic but the
midfielder toe-poked awkwardly wide from eight yards and Matias
Almeyda rifled wide from outside the area. Van der Gouw produced a
flying save to deny a curling Mancini shot in the 77th minute and
Mihajlovic went close again with another thunderbolt from distance.
A glancing header from Sheringham, which drifted harmlessly wide in
the closing minutes, was as close as United came to taking the
game into extra time.
The lack of urgency from United left some suspecting that Ferguson
wanted to avoid equalising and the possibility of playing another 30
hard minutes on this bone-hard pitch. If that was his strategy it
worked and as disappointed as United will claim to be they will not
shed too many tears over this defeat.
365
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Subject: ESC 'Phoney war' warns United of the perils lurking ahead
Telegraph: Lazio (1) 1 Man Utd (0) 0
Manchester United's captain Roy Keane is tackled by Lazio's Pavel Nedved
THE CHAMPIONS of Europe were reminded last night of the ambushes that may
lie in store this European season. Out-thought and largely outplayed by
Lazio in last night's Super Cup, Manchester United will now be very aware
that winning a trophy is one challenge, retaining it a completely different
proposition.
It was impossible to leave the Stade Louis II without feeling that Sir Alex
Ferguson needs to strengthen his side, possibly most urgently in goal,
before Tuesday's European deadline. Encouragingly for United and England,
Gary Neville completed 90 minutes against probing opponents.
Lazio were patently the better, hungrier side. In Juan Veron, the
shaven-headed Argentinian with thunder in his tackles yet velvet in his
touch, the Italians had the most accomplished player on the pitch. Veron ran
and created, blocked and tackled, giving a superlative all-round display.
Even Roy Keane was outshone.
The clouds of uncertainty surrounding Keane's future has again seen United
linked with Rivaldo, Barcelona's unsettled Brazilian, who is reportedly
close to requesting a transfer with Old Trafford a possible destination. It
seems that United cannot keep their minds away from Catalonia.
Having loosened their limbs to the inevitable strains of 'Barcelona',
Ferguson's side took to the field with the scoreboard reading 'Bayern Munich
1, Manchester United 2'. That remarkable Nou Camp night had presented United
with a passport to prestigious friendlies such as this over-hyped,
under-attended Super Cup where the great and the good of the European game
rattled their jewellery and lifted their champagne flutes at the
entertainment that was unfolding before them.
How the Italians, here in their thousands, filled the warm Riviera air with
applause and delirious roars when Marcelo Salas, a penalty-box pickpocket
once coveted by Ferguson, struck in a first half increasingly controlled by
the well-drilled men from Rome.
How they saluted their agile goalkeeper, Luca Marchegiani, when he made an
outstanding save to deny Paul Scholes from whites-of-the-eyes range. And how
they whistled their disapproval when the Polish referee, Ryszard Wojcik,
refused to whistle himself when Salas fell under a challenge from Van der
Gouw.
The vapour trails and smells of cordite were not emanating only from the
Romans' fireworks. Lazio, a side of tigerish defending and cobra-like
attacking, deservedly turned around in the lead. United discovered that
becoming champions of Europe meant opponents raising their game and also
changing it to stifle the noted attacking intent of Keane, Cole and Co.
Lazio, probably a tougher proposition than anything United will meet in the
first stage of this season's Champions' League, fanned out in 4-1-4-1
formation with a three-man, two-tiered central midfield to combat the runs
of Paul Scholes and, particularly, Keane.
United's Irish captain took the Italian triangle as a compliment and a
challenge, initially coping comfortably with the extra man lined up against
him. Keane managed to pressurise Lazio's Argentinian anchorman, Matias
Almeyda, while tracking the runs of Pavel Nedved and the impressive Veron, a
footballer of energy and vision.
For all Keane's efforts, and it is easy to understand why Italian clubs so
covet him, United became increasingly stretched as Lazio built and built,
wave upon light-blue wave flowing forth towards Van der Gouw's goal.
Mark Bosnich's understudy experienced a match of mixed fortunes. The tall
Dutchman saved well from Sinisa Mihajlovic's fulminating free-kick. But he
also cannoned a poor clearance into Roberto Mancini with the rebound flying
narrowly over. Good and bad in quick succession.
Mancini, deployed on the left to distract David Beckham and the returning
Gary Neville, created the goal for Salas, who had emerged from the bench to
replace the hobbling Simone Inzaghi. Mancini, such a loyal servant to Sven
Goran Eriksson, guided the ball into the path of Salas, who had stolen
through the middle into the box. The nimble Chilean chested the ball down
and clipped it left-footed at Van der Gouw, who should have done better than
let the ball slip through his hands and into the net.
Van der Gouw's hesitancy was again seen early in the second half when he
failed to come out for a through-ball, despite Stam's loud exhortations.
United's keeper then showed his more positive side with a wonderful tip-over
from Nevded. The near-siege on Van der Gouw's goal continued with Salas
spurning a seemingly unmissable opportunity when rolling the ball wide after
rounding United's keeper.
United appeared unable to shake themselves from a disappointing, disjointed
display. Ferguson clearly had his mind on more competitive matters, notably
Monday's Premiership match with Newcastle United, a situation that explained
why Ryan Giggs and Dwight Yorke began among the substitutes.
As the game ticked towards the hour-mark, there were stirrings on the United
bench but Ferguson was interested only in protecting his first-choice stars
for the rigours ahead. Off came Stam, replaced by John Curtis, so allowing
Gary Neville to move to centre-back. Off went a subdued Beckham for Jordi
Cruyff, doubtless to the delight of his watching father, Johan.
Beckham's departure prevented a further meeting with Diego Simone, who
trotted on shortly afterwards and immediately hauled down Keane. Yet the
worst challenge of the night came from Scholes, who caught Almeyda nastily
from behind.
Ferguson kept resting his regulars, removing Cole 13 minutes from time and
introducing the promising Jonathan Greening.
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Subject: Ferguson's desire fanned by Veron
FROM MATT DICKINSON IN MONTE CARLO
Times - Lazio 1 Manchester United 0
A TETCHY and tired performance by Manchester United in the European Super
Cup last night was compounded by the sight of one of Sir Alex Ferguson's
favourite players masterminding their downfall. Sebastian Veron, the languid
Argentina midfield player, features highly in the Old Trafford manager's
wish list and his fine display in Monaco will only have increased Ferguson's
longing.
Lazio had to spend £19 million to lure Veron from Parma this summer, but he
will be worth the hefty outlay if he can continue to glue his side together
as he did last night. His loping runs and arrowed passes were the highlight
of a contest that appeared to feature somewhere below the Worthington Cup in
United's priorities. Ferguson almost admitted as much. "It was a tired
performance tonight," he said, "and Lazio were better than us. I felt that
with the number of games it was just too much and once they went into the
lead, I didn't want to risk anything." Such was his desperation to protect
his star players that Ferguson even gave Jordi Cruyff a game.
Roy Keane, who will have been closely watched by Italian scouts, attempted
to provide his usual, driving force, but many of his teammates appeared to
have spent too much time in the sun. There was an irritability about United
from the outset, with Paul Scholes's frustration at his, and his team's,
fitful performance surfacing in an off-the-ball spat with Marcelo Salas.
Defeat in such a peripheral competition will hardly be a cause for
dejection, but the manner of the loss will have been a disappointment.
There were empty seats at the United end which, initially, had seemed as
much a reflection of the growing demands on travelling fans as disinterest
in the game. Only the fanatical, or stinking rich, can afford to take in the
World Club Championship, World Team Championship and Champions' League on
top of the FA Carling Premiership, and this contrived affair between the
European champions and the holders of the Cup Winners' Cup was a trip too
far for many.
Those that did bother saw plenty of forward movement of which the best came
from the Italian club as they took the lead, totally with the run of play,
after 35 minutes. With Keane and Scholes outnumbered by three opponents, the
midfield momentum was always with Lazio and they should have increased their
lead on regular occasions.
The only goal came from the livewire Salas, who had come on 12 minutes
earlier because of an injury to Simone Inzaghi, younger brother of Filippo
and a £10 million summer signing. Salas, who was once a target for United,
soon picked up the pace and a neat move by Pancaro and Mancini gave him the
opportunity to take aim from the edge of the penalty area. Whether it was
because the Chilean miscued or simply because his reflexes are slowing, Van
der Gouw seemed ponderous in going down and the ball struck the 36-year-old
and bounced in. Salas almost repeated the feat just before half-time but
Berg covered this time.
United had their opportunities at the beginning and at the end, Marchegiani
saving acrobatically from a Scholes header in their best move, but there was
little in the middle hour to savour. It was poor stuff.
LAZIO (4-4-1-1): L Marchegiani - P Negro, A Nesta, S Mihajlovic, G Pancaro -
D Stankovic, S Veron, M Almeyda, P Nedved (sub: D Simeone, 65min) - R
Mancini (sub: A Lombardo, 83) - S Inzaghi (sub: M Salas, 23). Substitutes
not used: M Ballotta, G Favalli, S Conceicao, K Andersson. Booked: Veron.
MANCHESTER UNITED (4-3-1-2): R Van der Gouw - G Neville, J Stam (sub: J
Curtis, 56min), H Berg, P Neville - D Beckham (sub: J Cruyff, 57), R Keane,
P Scholes - E Sheringham - O G Solskjaer, A Cole (sub: J Greening, 77).
Substitutes not used: N Culkin, R Giggs, D Yorke, M Wilson. Booked: Scholes.
Referee: R Wojcik (Poland).
Sir Alex Ferguson will try to bolster his Manchester United squad before the
Champions' League deadline next week by finalising the transfer of Massimo
Taibi in the next 48 hours. The Venezia goalkeeper is believed to be
available for around £3 million.
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Subject: Yooro sooper cup by David Marshall
Hi All,
It may not be a very significant trophy, and Fergie made selections
that indicate he feels that way at least, but I don't like it when we
lose. Especially to break our recored unbeaten run. I can't recall our
giving the ball away so much and our defence being so insecure and
poorly co-ordinated. I suppose when you end up with no Giggs, Irwin,
Stam, Beckham and Cole Yorke you must notice it.
The highlight for me was Gazza as central defender after Japp
departed - brilliant! I thought Japp looked off it for a lot of the
game and hope he's OK.
The local commenter in the studio claims he's a dirty player because
he uses his elbows all the time. Can't say I've noticed it
particularly.
Any chance Scholsie can restrain himself from those bad tackles and
consequent yellow card almost every game? The one tonight looked
absolutely premeditated - and it wasn't even on Simeone.
One last thing that irritates me about most Italian sides, and
something that should be punished more often, is the way they always
stand up at a free kick and delay it as was on display several times
tonight. Lazio are a good side, but so are we when at full strength
and committed.
Cheers,
David Marshall
Brisbane, Australia.
Red 'til I'm dead - treble achieved, I'm ready to go!
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Subject: Superstar Rivaldo asks for transfer
By Graham Hunter
Brazilian superstar Rivaldo has demanded a transfer from Barcelona - news
which is guaranteed to thrill Manchester United.
His relationship with Barcelona coach Louis van Gaal has broken down
following a series of furious rows.
But United would still have to fund a total transfer package, including
wages and the fee to Barcelona, of around £35 million.
Midfielder Rivaldo has confessed to friends that he is keen to join United
but is worried whether the change of climate and lifestyle would suit him.
United's bid for Venezia goalkeeper Massimo Taibi moved a step closer
yesterday, as Ferguson met representatives of the player and his club in
Monaco.
Taibi's agent, Oscar Damiani, said: 'We met for negotiations which are going
very well.'
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Subject: United break bank with a £20M bid for Brazilian ace?
Article from the Mirror??
MANCHESTER United have secretly sanctioned £20million to sign Rivaldo, the
midfielder described by Alex Ferguson as the best in Europe.
Mirror Sport can reveal that Rivaldo has told Spanish giants Barcelona that
he wants to leave the Nou Camp.
He has set his heart on a move to Old Trafford and Ferguson has persuaded
his board not only to break the British transfer record but also to make
Rivaldo the highest-paid player in British soccer history.
Behind the scenes in Monte Carlo at the Champions' League draw, United and
Barcelona have clashed over the transfer target.
Influential Barcelona chief Jean Gosport warned United to lay off the
midfield star, insisting there is an escape clause in his contract stating
he can only leave for a ridiculous £150million.
However, once Rivaldo's request to leave Barcelona has been accepted United
will enter into meaningful discussions about a more realistic fee.
An initial bid of £18million will be tabled and the club are prepared to go
as high as £20million for the player who can ultimately replace skipper Roy
Keane.
Ferguson will be encouraged by his signing of Dwight Yorke last year, when
Aston Villa initially claimed he was not for sale at any price.
Gosport added: "There is a clause in Rivaldo's contract and he can only be
sold for £150million. Unless anyone comes up with that amount we will never
let Rivaldo go.
"He has three years left on his contract. He is a very good player, very
important to this club.
"We have a very good relationship with Manchester United but they need to be
careful in being continually linked with Rivaldo."
Ferguson is also close to signing Venezia keeper Massimo Taibi in a
£4million deal this weekend.
Ferguson's brother Martin, United's chief European scout, and a United
director were in Venice yesterday thrashing out a compromise figure with
club officials.
Taibi is due to play for Venezia against Udinese tomorrow when his club
start their Serie A campaign, but United want him to be pulled out of the
game to avoid injury.
Ferguson hopes the 29-year-old Sicilian will fly to Manchester today instead
and register before the Champions League deadline on Tuesday.
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Subject: Jordi To Join Ajax
KID CRUYFF HEADING FOR AJAX
JORDI CRUYFF is ready to follow in his father's footsteps and join Ajax
Amsterdam.
The Manchester United misfit is expected to move to the fallen Dutch giants
this week almost three decades after dad Johan made his name at the club.
Cruyff Jnr has already appeared for Barcelona, another of Johan's former
outfits, but the poignancy of wearing Ajax colours and the challenge of
matching his fame are far greater.
Cruyff is no longer needed at United where competition for left-sided places
is now intense.
The blond winger was loaned out to Spanish side Celta Vigo last season and
despite a Charity Shield appearance he cannot see a future at Old Trafford.
Boss Sir Alex Ferguson signed Jordi for a knock-down pounds 1.5million three
seasons ago and is prepared to let him leave for a knockdown price.
United also have South African Quinton Fortune available after his work
permit was granted.
Fortune could appear against Newcastle on Monday, although United will lose
him during the season to the South African Olympics team.
The granting of a work permit for Fortune has raised eyebrows. His caps
record was queried by the government.
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Subject: United Sweep UEFA Awards! (TeamTalk)
More Silverware For United
Treble-winners Manchester United have won another four awards to add to last
season's haul of silverware.
David Beckham has been voted UEFA's Midfielder of the Year and the England
international also scooped the Most Valuable Player award.
Manager Sir Alex Ferguson picked up the Coach of the Year accolade, while
Jaap Stam collected the prize for the Defender of the Year.
The United trio were presented with their awards at a UEFA gala dinner in
Monaco on Thursday night.
They were voted top in each category by the 24 managers of the teams which
reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, UEFA Cup and European
Cup Winners' Cup last season.
Bayern Munich's Oliver Kahn collected the Goalkeeper of the Year award,
while Andriy Shevchenko, who joined Milan from Dynamo Kiev in the summer,
scooped the Attacker of the Year prize.
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Subject: Becks Euro Footballer of The Year? (Times)
Fallen star returns to orbit
FROM MATT DICKINSON IN MONTE CARLO
IT WAS in the appropriate setting of Europe's gambling capital this week
that they closed the book on David Beckham's chances of becoming the 1999
European Footballer of the Year. There may be another three months of
deliberating, but everyone seems to know that the wheel of fortune will stop
on Manchester United red.
The winner, selected by 51 journalists, will be named shortly before
Christmas, but it could be argued that the real experts have already had
their say. The most powerful coaches in the game fêted Beckham this week as
the Most Valuable Player in Europe and when Capello, Wenger, Eriksson and
that calibre of football men speak their mind, who are humble hacks to argue
the toss?
There was no live television, no blinding flash of camera bulbs when Beckham
gracefully accepted his award at the Uefa dinner on Thursday night, but that
should not lessen the impact of his achievement. As he picked his way
through the tables to collect his trophy, the superstar brushed against the
grasping chairmen and ogling managers who covet him, and the victor's
ceremony will only have inflamed their desire. What price the 24-year-old
from Leytonstone when Christian Vieri is worth £31 million?
Beckham's success - he was also nominated the Continent's best midfield
player - becomes even more admirable when one considers that the judging
panel consisted of the 24 coaches who were involved in the final stages of
Uefa's three premier competitions last season - many of the best coaches in
the world. To this brains trust was added the peerless expertise of men such
as Aimé Jacquet, Rinus Michels and Tommy Svensson, so it was more than just
a trophy that Beckham won. It was also respect.
From the nadir of his dismissal in the World Cup, and his subsequent
flight to New York to be with Victoria, Beckham's year ended on the
highest note, European Cup victory
The vote for Beckham was overwhelming, with more than a third of the panel
hailing him as the outstanding player of a season when he not only reached
the pinnacle of the club game but did so starting his journey from the very
bottom.
Banished not only from the St Etienne pitch during England's World Cup
calamity against Argentina, but almost from respectable society, the Essex
boy was made to suffer the shame of a criminal. His effigy swung grotesquely
from a gibbet. He woke one morning to find his face as the bull's-eye of a
newspaper's cut-out-and-keep dartboard. Many of the coaches who voted for
him probably did so unaware of the hurdles he overcame, which makes his
victory over Zinedine Zidane, last year's inaugural winner, and his
team-mate Roy Keane even more worthy. They will have been ignorant of the
foul abuse that is the soundtrack of his working life. They probably did not
know how close he was to being driven away.
The European Cup victory over Bayern Munich closed that chapter and now that
Beckham is adding personal acclaim to team honours, the scrutiny from abroad
will intensify. Talk of a move to the Continent will grow. There are already
hints that he may set up his family base in the south and commute to work by
jet, but even remoter residences may not be that long away. Beckham's
contract runs out in 2002 and, should he ask to keep his options open rather
than re-sign in the next 18 months, the Old Trafford directors may be forced
to sell rather than risk losing him on a free transfer.
The speculation can wait for now, because Beckham remains driven at a club
that will tolerate nothing else. That explains why United won the prize for
the best team from Uefa's panel and Ferguson was named best manager. Jaap
Stam was recognised as Europe's best defender, Peter Schmeichel, now at
Sporting Lisbon, came a close second to Oliver Kahn, of Bayern Munich, for
best goalkeeper, while Dwight Yorke only just trailed Andrei Shevchenko to
the striker's honour. There was also a special award to Nesta Burgess, who
has been making the tea in the players' lounge at Old Trafford since 1958.
It is a mighty squad with Beckham, according to those who are paid to know
these things, the jewel in a crown which could be made to sparkle even
brighter. Zidane, last year's European Footballer of the Year, appears
settled at Juventus but Alex Ferguson, the United manager, is stubbornly
refusing to give up the chase for Rivaldo.
Barcelona warned United to stay away from the Brazilian this week, with Joan
Gaspart, the Spanish club's vice-president, warning that any deal would be
vast enough to break the bank at Monte Carlo. "We are negotiating a new
contract with Rivaldo so United should behave correctly," Gaspart said. "To
buy out his current contract would cost £150 million and that is pounds, not
pesetas."
Not even the Most Valuable Player in Europe is worth that money (yet)
although Beckham's price grew this week as he picked up his gong. With last
night's European Super Cup to prepare for, the United superstar had to leave
the dinner before the entertainment and missed the singing by Gloria Gaynor
which included an encore of I Will Survive. After the year that Beckham had,
it seemed a fitting note on which to end.
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