Nostradamus is as big on his philosophy as LVG… (Picture: Rex)
Virtually no-one predicted that Anthony Martial and David De Gea would be Manchester United players after the transfer window closed.
One man did, though, and his name was Nostradamus.
That’s right – despite the fact that he died approximately 449 years ago, Nostradamus actually managed to predict all of United’s major transfer business, from De Gea staying to Robin Van Persie leaving.
Sort of.
In Nostradamus’ famous book The Prophecies, which was first published in 1555, there are a number of references to United’s main deals, and while we were sceptical at first, this is more than just a little bit spooky.
And here they are:
Memphis Depay
The old roads will all be improved,
One will proceed on them to the modern Memphis:
The great Mercury of Hercules fleur-de-lis,
Causing to tremble lands, sea and country.
Yes, Nostradamus has done nothing more than just say the word Memphis, and yes, we can hear your scepticism from here too.
It gets better, trust us.
Bastian Schweinsteiger
After there will come from the outermost countries
A German prince, upon the golden throne
German princes, outermost countries…we told you it got better.
De Gea and Van Persie
Once the treacherous deed of Robin,
Shall cause Lords and a Great Prince much trouble,
Known as the End, his head shall be sliced off.
The feather in the wind, female friend to Spain,
The messenger trapped while in the country,
And the scribe shall throw himself into the waters.
This…this is weird. Treacherous deeds? Probably Van Persie leaving Arsenal for United. Head’s getting sliced off? Him being sent out to Fenerbahce presumably.
Something about someone being trapped in Spain while a scribe throws himself into water? Got to be De Gea not joining Madrid while he’s in Spain due to document problems right?
And to top it off, there’s even a mention of a female friend to Spain, which reminds us of the rumours that De Gea’s girlfriend Edurne Garcia had confirmed they were off to Madrid.
Romero and Martial
His army to enter the greatest depth,
Genoa and Monaco will drive back the red fleet
The Martial and Monaco bit doesn’t need explaining, and while some of you might be saying that Sergio Romero didn’t join from Genoa, get this – he had been playing at Sampdoria, which is in Genoa.
We’re scared.
Schneiderlin
The cardinal of France will arrive
Definitely about Morgan, right?
Darmian and Rafael
In Turin the first ones will be burned,
when Lyons will be transported with grief.
Matteo Darmian joined form Torino, while many United fans were more than a little bit emotional about Rafael’s departure to Lyon.
We don’t know about you, but we are seriously, seriously weirded out right now.
There’s also nothing in the book about Arsenal’s transfer activity – so we guess he got that pretty spot on as well.
Oh and, don’t worry, we didn’t pore over Nostradamus’ works to find all this out – that dubious honour goes to Reddit user GrabbingTheBrassRing.
Virtually no-one predicted that Anthony Martial and David De Gea would be Manchester United players after the transfer window closed.
One man did, though, and his name was Nostradamus.
That’s right – despite the fact that he died approximately 449 years ago, Nostradamus actually managed to predict all of United’s major transfer business, from De Gea staying to Robin Van Persie leaving.
Sort of.
In Nostradamus’ famous book The Prophecies, which was first published in 1555, there are a number of references to United’s main deals, and while we were sceptical at first, this is more than just a little bit spooky.
And here they are:
Memphis Depay
The old roads will all be improved,
One will proceed on them to the modern Memphis:
The great Mercury of Hercules fleur-de-lis,
Causing to tremble lands, sea and country.
Yes, Nostradamus has done nothing more than just say the word Memphis, and yes, we can hear your scepticism from here too.
It gets better, trust us.
Bastian Schweinsteiger
After there will come from the outermost countries
A German prince, upon the golden throne
German princes, outermost countries…we told you it got better.
De Gea and Van Persie
Once the treacherous deed of Robin,
Shall cause Lords and a Great Prince much trouble,
Known as the End, his head shall be sliced off.
The feather in the wind, female friend to Spain,
The messenger trapped while in the country,
And the scribe shall throw himself into the waters.
This…this is weird. Treacherous deeds? Probably Van Persie leaving Arsenal for United. Head’s getting sliced off? Him being sent out to Fenerbahce presumably.
Something about someone being trapped in Spain while a scribe throws himself into water? Got to be De Gea not joining Madrid while he’s in Spain due to document problems right?
And to top it off, there’s even a mention of a female friend to Spain, which reminds us of the rumours that De Gea’s girlfriend Edurne Garcia had confirmed they were off to Madrid.
Romero and Martial
His army to enter the greatest depth,
Genoa and Monaco will drive back the red fleet
The Martial and Monaco bit doesn’t need explaining, and while some of you might be saying that Sergio Romero didn’t join from Genoa, get this – he had been playing at Sampdoria, which is in Genoa.
We’re scared.
Schneiderlin
The cardinal of France will arrive
Definitely about Morgan, right?
Darmian and Rafael
In Turin the first ones will be burned,
when Lyons will be transported with grief.
Matteo Darmian joined form Torino, while many United fans were more than a little bit emotional about Rafael’s departure to Lyon.
We don’t know about you, but we are seriously, seriously weirded out right now.
There’s also nothing in the book about Arsenal’s transfer activity – so we guess he got that pretty spot on as well.
Oh and, don’t worry, we didn’t pore over Nostradamus’ works to find all this out – that dubious honour goes to Reddit user GrabbingTheBrassRing.
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