Ring the bells and wake the children -- the King of Old Trafford, Portuguese sensation Bebe, is returning to Manchester United after his almost not completely terrible loan spell in Turkey. The 21-year-old Sir Alex Ferguson bought sight unseen for £7.4 million in August of 2010 has yet to be unloaded and never spoken of again, so he will now rejoin Man United until that inevitably happens.

Club football seasons across most of Europe have ended. The lack of serious football (apart from the Euro 2012 in a few weeks) means the off-field stuff like transfer rumors and player agents take the center stage. Recent news items like the deal of Bebe to Manchester United highlight the inefficiencies and the lack of transparency in the transfer market.

Sidnei will be returning to Benfica at season's end after Besiktas decided to not exercise their option to purchase the player after his loan spell.Sidnei is currently suspended by Besiktas after being caught after curfew at an Istanbul club. Portuguese players Bebe and Julio Alves were also out with Sidnei and are also currently suspended by the club.

Portuguese paper, O Jogo, has today claimed that Manchester United have agreed a £25m deal for Benfica star Nicolás Gaitán.

Gaitán's current contract expires in 2016 and has a release clause of £45m, which means that United are likely to offer players as well as cash. Macheda, Bebe and Petrucci are the players tipped to be of interest to Benfica.

For most Manchester United fans, this season has been a downer. For the first time since the 2001-02 season, the fans find their beloved team not contesting for any cup final. The Europa League, which was seen as a walk in the park, turned out to be an embarrassment for Sir Alex and his men.

After establishing that Barcelona star Lionel Messi is the world's highest-paid footballer, earning €33 million a year (€10.5-million salary, €1.5 million in bonuses and €21 million in advertising and other contracts), France Football magazine has discovered that Manchester United disappointment on loan at Beskitas is the world's 97,612th highest paid footballer.

By Chris Wright

A man who never managed to get beyond the Portuguese third division during his semi-professional playing career is suing the Baptist church for £10 million, claiming that becoming a 'fervent evangelist' at the age of 25 stymied his chances of playing for Manchester United.

Besiktas have confirmed that Manchester United loanee Bebe has torn his Anterior cruciate ligament while on duty for the Portuguese u-21 side.

Bebe moved to United last Summer for £7m on the recommendation of former United number 2 Carlos Queiroz despite Sir Alex Ferguson never seen the youngster playing.

Besiktas have confirmed that Manchester United loanee Bebe has torn his Anterior cruciate ligament while on duty for the Portuguese u-21 side.

Bebe moved to United last Summer for £7m on the recommendation of former United number 2 Carlos Queiroz despite Sir Alex Ferguson never seen the youngster playing.

Manchester United's Bebe, who is currently on loan at Besiktas, is set for six months on the sideline after suffering
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Manchester United's Bebe, who is currently on loan at Besiktas, is set for six months on the sideline after suffering
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Pies says:

"Hello? Fergie? I think I've just found you the new Bebe"

You say?

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Football and schadenfreude are frequent bedfellows. The ability to derive pleasure from the misery of others is a genuine component of supporting a football club. You get a kick seeing your rivals doing poorly and when a player you find particularly distasteful encounters misfortune you take pleasure from it.

Ahead of his move to Turkey, Bebe has spoken of his regret at failing to make an impact during his début season at United after signing for £7m last summer.

"I was happy to come to the best team in Turkey," said Bebe. "I want to prove that Ferguson was not wrong by hiring me.

When Transfers Go Wrong: 11 Players The Premier League Will Never Forget - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Manchester United and Liverpool have both be criticised for over paying for players, however, what about those clubs that got it totally wrong? Here are 11 of the worst signings from recent Premier League history.

Manchester United have confirmed that they will loan out Bebe to Turkish side Besiktas on a season long loan. The
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As most of you have probably heard by now, the Phil Jones debacle has finally drawn to a close. There appears to be conflicting reports on the final agreed upon fee that we paid to Blackburn. Some are saying that we compromised and arrived at a figure close to 20m so as not to draw this out longer than necessary.

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It's not set in stone quite yet, but the Press Association are reporting this afternoon that Villa star Ashley Young or, more accurately, his agents have held initial talks with Manchester United over a £16 million (what is it with that particular price tag at the moment?

It was great to see Becks, Butt and Phil putting on that jersey again. It felt like they never left.

Becks looked like he's still got it. His delivery was exceptional all night long and his hustle for the 90 minutes reminded everyone why we loved him and how like Giggsy, he's expanded his game to extend his playing career.

Bebe, who joined Manchester United in the summer for £7m, was comically described as looking like a competition winner during training sessions.

The 20-year old hasn't featured for the first team since our FA Cup game against Crawley. He has made 7 appearances in all competitions, 2 of those in the league as subs.

Last night, both Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill confirmed that we will be busy in the transfer market this summer.

Does that mean busy like Obertan and Bebe? Or busy like Modric or Sneijder?

"It probably will be slightly busier than normal," Gill said. "Gary has retired already.

The word coming out of OT is that our Ginger Price remains reluctant to sign the extension being offered to him. It appears that for Scholesy, it's all or nothing. As per SAF, if Scholes can't contribute at a high level (play most of the games), then he won't be coming back and this would be his farewell season.

After CR7 left Manchester United for Real Madrid two years ago, United brought in a promising french winger named Gabriel Obertan to help fill that void. After a year and a half, I'm really starting to question if Obertan is going to make the grade.
During the season Obertan has had his detractors for his performances, I was not one of them.

The squad that flew out to face Marseille has been revealed. Have you seen it? The French champions must be licking their chops...

Squad:Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Lindegaard; Vidic, O'Shea, Brown, Rafael, Fabio, Evra, Smalling; Scholes, Gibson, Nani, Carrick, Fletcher, Bebe, Obertan, Tunnicliffe; Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez, King.

If history is a reliable guide to the mindset of Sir Alex Ferguson, do not be surprised if the abject performances of Manchester United's fringe players against non-league Crawley Town leads to a swift and ruthless purge at Old Trafford.

The likes of Gabriel Obertan, Bebe and Darron Gibson probably woke this morning with the temptation to pull themselves back under the duvet in a desperate attempt to banish the memory of Saturday's embarrassingly narrow 1-0 FA Cup fifth round victory against the Sussex minnows.

When United are your local team, whilst you're obviously always aware of the size of it globally, it takes weekends like this to remind you of just how massive this club is.

Watching the reaction of the Crawley fans seeing their team get drawn against United was great viewing. It makes you realise that as a United fan, there are certain things you'll never get to experience.

The journalists have been waiting for this. "The Big One," I hear one say gleefully. "Red Devils v Red Devils!" exclaims another. But the truth is, they're most likely to be disappointed. A giant-killing is improbable at Old Trafford, unless of course, you mean that literally and United thump in goals from all corners.

Manchester United's Brazilian midfielder Anderson has revealed that for the past few months he's been functioning as the club's babysitter for new signing Bébé. Bébé joined the club from Portuguese football's lower divisions, and to help ease his transition to England he's been staying with Anderson.