Steven Gerrard

[Vermilion]

ooooooooh bebe.

[Lecter]

one thing is something to base someone on? fergie signed bebe for 7 million he must be a **** manager

There is more to the Bebe transfer than meets the eye mark my words

I dont think it had ANYTHING to do with how good Bebe was or wasnt at football

[Fernandinho]

Any idea what it did have to do with then?

[Craig_H]

[Fernandinho]

But it dont understand. What money, from where and to whom?

[BillobShaisley]

It is depressing. Fingers crossed we can get him the PL.

SG aint a better player than King Kenny.

SG shouldnt be our manager- he isnt clever or level-headed enough.

Is the right reply.

Only another 3 maybe 4 years left tops, unless he manages to adapt to his lost physical dynamism with a bit more subtlety and awareness and develops some leadership and political qualities during the process to help in management.

[Lecter]

But it dont understand. What money, from where and to whom?

Well United paid £7 million for a player that was signed 3 months previously on a free

A player that Fergie confessed he hadnt seen any footage of

The agent also got almost half the transfer fee....

I think there was something incredibly fishy about that deal on every level

[McDermotX]

Some Quiroz involvement in the deal as well as the time......can't remember the details around it, but its clearly dodge city.

[Neil Young]

Well United paid £7 million for a player that was signed 3 months previously on a free

A player that Fergie confessed he hadnt seen any footage of

The agent also got almost half the transfer fee....

I think there was something incredibly fishy about that deal on every level

Catch Theme of the Day.

[Lecter]

Some Quiroz involvement in the deal as well as the time......can't remember the details around it, but its clearly dodge city.

Yes

Also Bebe's agent also became DeGea's agent shortly after the Bebe / United deal was finalised

I have heard also sorts of dodgy permutations regarding that deal and all of them are very plausible

[Kenneth]

Wonder if Jason Ferguson was somewhere near the deal. Just wondering.

[Rich]

Wonder if Jason Ferguson was somewhere near the deal. Just wondering.

don't expect to be invited to a Ferguson press conference any time soon, son.

[Exiled_red]

don't expect to be invited to a Ferguson press conference any time soon, son.

[red g]

11 August 2010, only five weeks after he signed for Vitória de Guimarães, Manchester United agreed an undisclosed fee with the Portuguese club for the transfer of Bébé.[10] The fee was reported to be around £7.4 million, believed to be the value of the buy-out clause in the forward's contract. Though reports in Portugal later claimed the fee was €9 million, which the agent company Gestifute received €3.5 million (included agent fee) and the club only received €5.5million (about 60%), as third-party ownership is allowed in Portugal. It was also reported that Real Madrid and Benfica were interested in him.[13] Bébé was recommended to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson by former Portugal national team coach Carlos Queiroz, Ferguson's former assistant. Ferguson only met him the day before the transfer. On 12 August, David Gill stated that Bébé will not be sent out on loan and that he will join up with the first-team squad to prove himself and to learn English.

[kris90210]

Stevie G! Total legend!