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and the whole John Obi Mikel kidnapping and stealing Macheda and taking Berbatov for a medical, signing a contract etc before Tottenham had even accepted a bid (and then proceeding to bribe Spurs into dropping charges through loaning them Frazier Campbell) and tapping up Owen Hargreaves from Bayern...you could go on and on.

The Manc scum are by far and away the worst perpetrators and have been for years yet the FA, UEFA, FIFA have done nothing about it.

did you just make that up on the spot or did you read it on a cittteeeeeeeeh messageboard?
talking to players before they've signed contracts is completely normal. do you honestly think teams waste all that time and money inquiring through other clubs before ever approaching players? because if that was the case it would take a full season for a club to sign anyone.