Talk:Manchester United F.C. records and statistics
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[edit] Sandy Bell - South African?
Alexander "Sandy" Bell is listed amongst the Top Ten non-UK players for appearences, but checking his profile, although born in SA, he played for Scotland. Isn't the convention within Wikipedia that players are "counted" as the country they play for (for example, Owen Hargreaves)? Darkson (Yabba Dabba Doo!) 17:47, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, it is. I guess that's my bad for not checking whether he actually played for Scotland or not. - PeeJay 18:03, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Record transfer fees paid
Both Sporting and Porto stated that the transfers of Nani and Anderson were higher that writen here.
FC Porto communicated to CMVM (The Portuguese Securities Market Commission) that Anderson was sold for 30 million Euros (more or less 20 million pounds) and Sporting said that Nani was sold for 25,5 million Euros (around 15 million pounds).
http://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/FR13708.pdf
http://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/FR13758.pdf
Real12345 22:51, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
--- I think its a vague area when it comes to transfer fees, because they are usually a combination of up front money, money over a period of time, money for appearances, goals and success. I think that the fee could rise to 20 million IF the players meet certain criteria, but until then that is all we have paid..... I think! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.72.231.7 (talk) 16:29, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Appearence record
Possible revision to records here. Darkson (BOOM! An interception!) 15:05, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Appearence records 2
Firstly will someone change to table due the news that Charlton played one less that first thought?
- I don't think this will be updated for the time being. I mean, if it wasn't Charlton who played in that game against Bolton in January 1962, then who was it? Until we find that out, there's no way we can update the stats. – PeeJay 18:02, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Secondly, the way the table is laid out is hard to follow. By putting total starts with subs in brackets as oppose to total number of games means that you have to add up to records to see how far people are behind. As this reads Charlton 757(2) and Giggs 669(88) meaning Charlton has 757 starts plus two subs, usually stats would read Charlton 759(2) meaning 759 games including 2 as sub, Giggs 757(88) meaning 757 including 88 as sub. It's much easier then to see the complete total. JimmyMac82 (talk) 17:55, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Nice one. I didn't wanna mess with it incase it wasn't what people wanted, just seemed to make more sense. JimmyMac82 (talk) 18:29, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Pique Transfer Fee
According to the BBC[1] Pique's transfer fee was £5m, therefore breaking into the top 10 transfer fees received, esclipsing the £4m payed for Lee Sharpe.
- The reference says that it was "around £5m", which indicates that the true value of the transfer was not disclosed. Indeed, the ManUtd.com news story about this transfer makes no mention of a fee. Similarly, FC Barcelona's website also doesn't mention a fee. Therefore, we cannot say that the fee was definitely £5m. – PeeJay 17:32, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
