MOYES STARTS CLEAR OUT AT MAN UTD

Moyes starts clearout! United boss to show Anderson, Nani and Zaha the January exit door... and more will follow suit this summer

By Mark Ryan and Joe Bernstein, Mail On Sunday

12 January 2014

Manchester United misfit Anderson is on the verge of joining Italian club Fiorentina to herald the start of a big clearout by David Moyes at Old Trafford.

The United manager wants to get rid of up to a dozen of his first-team squad before the start of next season and under-performing wingers Nani and Wilfried Zaha are set to follow Anderson out of the club in January.

Nani is due to go out on loan to Sporting Lisbon in his native Portugal once he has recovered from injury and Zaha is looking forward to a stint at Cardiff City under former United great Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Alex Buttner, Shinji Kagawa, Javier Hernandez, Patrice Evra, Antonio Valencia and Anders Lindegaard are due to leave in the summer and Moyes, who saw his side end a three-game losing streak with last night’s 2-0 win over Swansea, will also have big decisions to make about star strikers Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie.

Anderson, 25, has been a major disappointment since being signed by Sir Alex Ferguson for £17million in 2007.

There have been jibes about the Brazil midfielder’s weight and conditioning this season; Moyes has not used the midfielder in the Premier League since he played in the home defeat against Newcastle United on December 7.

Fiorentina, who have also been linked with a summer move for United club captain Vidic, will not reveal how much they will pay for Anderson but it is unlikely to be more than half the fee United forked out for him.

Moyes has also lost patience with Nani, who was booed by the Old Trafford crowd when he was substituted during a game against Stoke City in October.

Although the 27-year-old is capable of winning games with his skill, those days are becoming rare and a return to Portugal is seen as best for all concerned as he prepares for the summer World Cup

Nani has been ruled out for the last three weeks with a hamstring injury and faces a race against time to be fit before the end of the January transfer window, though Sporting may be happy to take him anyway.

Zaha, 21, has become increasingly frustrated by his lack of opportunities under Moyes and has not responded well to the manager’s authoritarian style.

He is ready to move to Cardiff on loan and is waiting for the go-ahead from United’s manager.
Moyes is a good friend of Malky Mackay, but he was sacked by Cardiff last month.

Moyes signalled his impatience with certain United players when he confirmed in December there would be departures. ‘I’ve tried to make sure I’ve given an opportunity to everybody. I think that we’re getting to a situation where there are a few who could go if we got the right offer for them,’ he said.

Freeing up squad places will allow Moyes to sign his own players, although the major recruitment will come in the summer.

Moyes has looked at Daniele de Rossi, Samir Khedira, Ilkay Gundogan and Cesc Fabregas to supplement his below-par midfield and is also interested in a left-back, with Leighton Baines and Luke Shaw heavily linked.

Put a bid in for Zaha and see if we can sign him on a permenant.

He can't get in a very poor Man U side

He can't get in a very poor Man U side

But he could get in a poor Cardiff City side

Is he going to make much difference ?

its ok crossing the ball but we got nobody capable of sticking it in the onion bag

Is he going to make much difference ?

its ok crossing the ball but we got nobody capable of sticking it in the onion bag

Her make a lot of difference, we are way shirt of pace on the flanks and therefore short of service for our much maligned ( unfairly in my view) strikeforce. Can't score if the providers aren't providing IMO

Is he going to make much difference ?

its ok crossing the ball but we got nobody capable of sticking it in the onion bag

Her make a lot of difference, we are way shirt of pace on the flanks and therefore short of service for our much maligned ( unfairly in my view) strikeforce. Can't score if the providers aren't providing IMO

Should read " [b]he'd[b] make a lot of difference" and.... "[b]short[b] of pace"

Ole did say after your game yesterday, that he hopes to announce another signing tomorrow, maybe its Zaha or Fabio, or both.

Ronaldo or messi wouldn't get us out of this mess

Is he going to make much difference ?

its ok crossing the ball but we got nobody capable of sticking it in the onion bag

Noone couldn't get in the Man Utd side either. Zaha worth a punt.

He can't get in a very poor Man U side

I take it you understand that a 'poor' Man Utd team is pretty relative to where they would normally EXPECT to be and that 15 of the 20 Premier League teams would take what they have without having to think about it?

Man Utd (as much as I despise their sycophantic support) are going through big changes, but they will be back...and others (including us in a week or so) need to take advantage whilst they can

Never seen zaha have a good game. Super KeV had him in the back pocket last Christmas! Aparrently opnot consistent either :/ personally I think we need a striker more than anything else, get shot of cornelias ASAP!

Is he going to make much difference ?

its ok crossing the ball but we got nobody capable of sticking it in the onion bag

of course he'll make a difference especially added to the others ole will bring in.

Never seen zaha have a good game. Super KeV had him in the back pocket last Christmas! Aparrently opnot consistent either :/ personally I think we need a striker more than anything else, get shot of cornelias ASAP!

Yer we did shut him out when he played against us in the Championship ,but I would still take him.

Never seen zaha have a good game. Super KeV had him in the back pocket last Christmas! Aparrently opnot consistent either :/ personally I think we need a striker more than anything else, get shot of cornelias ASAP!

Place away last year wen we were 2-0 up and cruising...

Zaha ran the show and we lost because he ran rings around our defence

Never seen zaha have a good game. Super KeV had him in the back pocket last Christmas! Aparrently opnot consistent either :/ personally I think we need a striker more than anything else, get shot of cornelias ASAP!

Place away last year wen we were 2-0 up and cruising...

Zaha ran the show and we lost because he ran rings around our defence

Can't agree with that I'm afraid, as Taylor started the rot with his stupid handball from a free kick, which gave them a penalty and a foothold in the game! Hudson then turned his back on a shot that looped to Murray for the second and Helguson foolishly went sliding into a tackle on Williams I think it was, to give Glenn Murray his second penalty and hat trick!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY06W-eNDAU