December 3rd, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: United Pull Out Of Ljajic DealThe talk of Adem Ljajic has started to gain momentum over the past couple of months, with more videos of his goals floating about the internet, in anticipation for his arrival in January.
“Given all the talk about him and the fact he plays for Serbia’s Under 21s even though he’s only 18, we hope we will be granted the permit. I am looking forward to seeing him,” Ferguson said last month, after United applied for a work permit to enable the Serbian to join us in January.
The deal for Ljajic was agreed at the same time as Zoran Tosic, with both players set to join us from Partizan Belgrade. Tosic arrived first, although his appearances have been few and far between.
Maybe light-weight Tosic has turned the club off Ljajic, with news just breaking that the deal is now off.
United were set to pay £10m for the teenager but have now deemed him not worth it. Whether this means Tosic will be sold in January or if Fergie is now going to use that money elsewhere is still unknown. Or maybe we’re just skint.
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Author: Scott the Red Filed Under: Transfers/Rumours
Ljajic, 18, had been due to arrive at Old Trafford next month with United securing an option to buy the attacking midfielder when they completed the £7 million signing of Zoran Tosic, also from Partizan, in January.
Despite making moves to secure a work permit for the Serbian youngster in October, United have stunned Partizan by walking away from the deal due to misgivings at Old Trafford over the player's progress and development since agreeing the option to buy for £10 million. A United spokesman said: "We had an option to buy the player but, having closely monitored his development over the past 12 months, and taken into consideration the young players emerging through the ranks at the club, we have chosen not to pursue the transfer." United were unable to bring Ljajic to England last season due to his age, but with the player celebrating his 18th birthday in September, it had been expected that he would complete a move to Old Trafford in January upon the granting of a work permit.
But with United chief executive David Gill informing Partizan this week that they no longer wish to pursue the option to buy Ljajic, the Serbian club have claimed that the collapse of the deal is due to United's difficulties in servicing their £700 million debt.
Partizan president Dragan Djuric said: "Maybe the real problem is that they are in financial crisis."
United have dismissed the Partizan claims, with senior Old Trafford officials suspecting that the Belgrade club are attempting to protect the player's sale value.
The £10 million fee for Ljajic had already been budgeted for during this financial year by United and the decision to withdraw their interest is understood to be based solely on the player's unconvincing progress.
Ferguson spoke earlier this season of his excitement at the prospect of Ljajic, nicknamed 'Little Kaka,' linking up with the club's first-team squad in the new year.
With fellow Serb Tosic struggling to make an impact since his arrival from Belgrade in January, it had even been suggested that Ljajic would prove to be the key acquisition in the deal.
But having scouted the player intensively since the turn of the year, and having also monitored him at close hand during visits to the club's Carrington training ground, Ferguson and his coaches have formed the opinion that Ljajic is no better than the young players currently at Old Trafford.
Mame Biram Diouf, the Senegalese forward signed in a £2 million deal from Norwegian club Molde in July, is now training with United after completing a six-month loan back at Molde. Ferguson is set to make a decision over whether to apply for a work permit for the 21-year-old, or wait until the end of the season, after monitoring him at Carrington in the coming days.
Federico Macheda, the 18-year-old Italian forward, has signed a contract that will tie him to United until 2014.
一位曼联发言人证实：“我们拥有买下拉贾季奇的条款，但在密切关注他过去12个月的发展，加上考虑我们俱乐部正在涌现的年轻球员，我们选择不进行这笔交易。”
曼联俱乐部本周宣布，将不会在1月份完成收购贝尔格莱德游击者新秀拉贾季奇的转会。红魔是在今年1月700万镑收购塞尔维亚边锋托西奇时同时预定拉贾季奇的，当时双方约定在明年冬季转会让18岁的拉贾前往老特拉福德。
塞尔维亚卡卡拉贾季奇惨遭曼联“退货”
然而，尽管曼联10月份就开始为拉贾季奇申请英国劳工证，但最后却宣布将不会出资1000万镑完成这笔转会。在昨天宣布与马切达续约时，弗格森证实绰号“新卡卡”的拉贾季奇已经被放弃，因为经过考察他到曼联试训的表现，以及在塞尔维亚U21国家队及俱乐部的表现，弗爵爷认为他没有比现有的红魔年轻球员出色。
《每日镜报》分析指出，安东尼奥·瓦伦西亚的表现，以及法国新秀奥贝坦的潜力，让弗格森觉得曼联没必要在这个位置再增加人手。该报称，省下的1000万镑也许会被用来引进一名前锋，作为贝尔巴托夫、鲁尼和欧文之外的新选择，沃尔夫斯堡的哲科是其中一个候选球员。
一位曼联发言人证实：“我们拥有买下拉贾季奇的条款，但在密切关注他过去12个月的发展，加上考虑我们俱乐部正在涌现的年轻球员，我们选择不进行这笔交易。”
在得到曼联总裁大卫·吉尔的通知后，贝尔格莱德游击者主席认为，这或许是曼联出现财政危机的缘故。德拉甘·徳尤里奇表示：“可能真正的问题是他们陷入了财政危机。”
对于这一说法，曼联官员予以否认，并且反驳称游击者这么说只是为了保护拉贾季奇的价值。因为曼联收购拉贾的1000万镑资金早就被列入俱乐部的财政预算，最终决定撤销收购纯粹是因为球员能力问题。
本赛季开始时，弗格森还宣称期待着拉贾季奇新年加入一线队。因为另一位塞尔维亚攻击手托西奇至今未能进入一队，外界还曾猜测曼联收购两人主要是为了拉贾季奇，但最终弗格森和教练的评测确定他不比曼联现有年轻人出色。
曼联今夏200万镑从挪威莫尔德预定的塞内加尔射手迪乌夫，原定也会在1月份正式加盟，经过6个月租借回老东家之后，他如今正在曼联训练。弗格森将会观察他的表现，再决定是为这位21岁射手申请工作证，还是继续出租他到本赛季结束。
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