I wonder what everyone would have said

[Craig_H]

I really hope this turns out to be some elaborate wind-up to trump George Weah's "cousin" getting on the pitch @ Southampton.

Not that the media would make a big thing out of it, Fergie never gets anything wrong with youngsters. Like he'd never spend £15m on Zoran Tosic *cough*

That would be utterly, utterly hilarious.

[the rev leeroy brown]

this signing has **** all to do with football IMO. fergie got in deep with some kind of drug lord ( got to keep rio happy - sniff sniff - ) or some kind of tax scam backfires and so he "pretends" to buy some unknown kid for 7 mill which is in fact him paying off a debt. the kid is probably some local thug sent to england to make sure fergie doesnt balls up his expenses again.

[Shaggy]

Sir Alex Ferguson insists new Manchester United signing Bebe does not deserve the "vicious attacks" in the media that followed his omission from the club's reserve squad this week.

Reports have suggested Bebe - said to have cost around £7 million - has not impressed during his early training sessions, with the Guardian saying "first impressions of Bebe have been below expectations".

However, Ferguson insists Bebe was never due to face the 'Elite Squad' - Manchester City's reserves - on Tuesday and backed the player to prove his worth after he proves his fitness.

"Bebe is on a programme doing endurance work because his fitness levels are not near the ones we are at," he said. "Other than that he has done well.

"I know he has had a couple of vicious attacks on him for why he wasn't playing in the reserve game but he was never going to be playing on Tuesday. The boy did not deserve that.

"He is a young man trying to make his way in football. They didn't need to do that. It was a really bitter attack - there is a lot of bitterness directed towards this club and I won't have it. It was written by two journalists who are banned from this club. I think it's disgusting. Ability-wise he is excellent. He is a terrific finisher.

"We have been very impressed with that. It is just the fitness levels he needs to get to."

[Alex]

It was written by two journalists who are banned from this club.

Says it all about that knobhead. Did they get banned because they said that hes a jumped up prick!

[Mostar]

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2010/08/25/2087391/manchester-united-concerned-about-bebes-progress-report

Manchester United concerned about Bebe's progress - report

Manchester United are growing concerned about new signing Bebe's acclimatisation after he was left out of last night's reserve victory against Manchester City, according to The Guardian.

Bebe, 20, has been the surprise signing of the transfer window so far after he was plucked from obscurity in a £7.4 million deal from Vitoria.

The Portuguese striker is understood to have struggled to make an impression in training during his first fortnight at the club and he wasn't part of the star studded 16-man squad selected for the second string clash.

Coaching staff at the Carrington training complex have aired their reservations about his fitness, confidence and first touch, suggesting that he is still quite a way from becoming part of the first team.

Bebe could now be forced to wait for the League Cup campaign to begin next month before making a splash at United.

[Boogs]

They were taking the piss out of fergie on fighting talk on radio this morning. Aparently it was quinteros who said he had seen this kid playing on the street with his mates and looked good but he would cost 7.5 mil.