Griezmann is the type of player you change your formation for. Most journos have come out with a story linking us with him up until yesterday. I don't think Mourinho has gotten cold feet, I reckon AG had because of the transfer ban.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) give meaningless friendlies the attention they deserve before questioning the whole point in preseason tours. Then they turn their attention to our squad and expectations for the season ahead - are we weaker now then we were last season: and where are the signings?
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We desperately need the goals from the midfield and Griezmann has scored 25-30 goals per season for past 3 seasons. I know we are in desperate situation striker wise but I'd still go with Griezman and look somewhere else instead of wasting 100 million on Lukaku who's not worth even 50 considering his lack of technical ability. I don't see how us signing Lukaku is different than Liverpool signing benteke or Tottenham signing Darren Bent.
What the feeeeeeck is this?!
Maybe we have had some good news on Mbappe?
Very possible.
It's all a bit (excitingly or frustratingly, depending on how you take all this) complicated.
So many players indirectly in the mix here.
Gareth Bale. Mbappe, Morata, James Rodriguez. Romelu Lukaku, Belloti, Diego Costa, Lacazette, Etc.
If Real get Mbappe, it could mean Bale can leave and we might get him. If we get Mbappe, Madrid will likely keep Morata and Bale. If Costa stays at Chelsea, Lukaku becomes more available. If we get Morata, Madrid will have no contest for Mbappe. All crazy.
Lukaku's move will be interesting. He has Chelsea, Dortmund, United and even Atletico possibly as options. But which of them really wants him?
Let's see how all these play out.
Let's get Lukaku done, come on.
transfer ban has fecked us.
Joey Barton
Please NO.
Who cares about his first touch? He's a goal scoring machine.
I thought the same about Kane but having seen what a consistent goal scorer who brings others into play can do, I'm starting to warm to him.
We won't win the league with Lukaku or Belotti either, so save the money until a better 9 comes along.
What would you prefer?
Last summer is looking like a blip in an otherwise crap record under Woodward. We always seem so reactive in the transfer market, like we don't truly have a solid plan.
People want to mention it only being June 1st but we hear that every year and it generally rumbles on till the end, by which point the "calm down" crowd are going ballistic themselves
People want to mention it only being June 1st but we hear that every year and it generally rumbles on till the end, by which point the "calm down" crowd are going ballistic themselves
I was always under the impression that we were after a striker and a wide player this window. Seems odd that we'd pull out of moving for Griezmann to sign a striker when it was supposed to be both.
If we don't end up getting Griezmann and sign Lukaku, Dier, Keane and Perisic i'll be very annoyed and not be looking forward to next season.
We're not getting Mbappe, so we're rejecting the best number 10 in football at the minute to sign a big lump of a forward?
Yeah he is, against dross. He doesn't score against the top teams so how is that going to help in the Champions League?
Last summer is looking like a blip in an otherwise crap record under Woodward. We always seem so reactive in the transfer market, like we don't truly have a solid plan.
People want to mention it only being June 1st but we hear that every year and it generally rumbles on till the end, by which point the "calm down" crowd are going ballistic themselves
How many players had we signed at this point last season?
If plans have changed post Ibra injury, the timing of all of this is strange all the same journos who are reporting it have been saying for weeks it's happening.
It's not as if we only found out today that Zlatan will be missing most of next season, most likely the transfer ban being upheld changed Griezmann's mind or similar. This is just face saving PR guff.
It's not as if we only found out today that Zlatan will be missing most of next season, most likely the transfer ban being upheld changed Griezmann's mind or similar. This is just face saving PR guff.
He's one of the World's best players and has played in a system much more defensive than ours, yet continued to bang in vital goals. He's hardly a luxury. I've been a huge advocate for Jose this season, giving him the benefit of the doubt because I've always thought he'd be the manager to take us forward and he was just getting settled. If he is prioritising Belotti and Lukaku over fecking Griezmann though, then I'm genuinely lost for words. Mbappe isn't coming here, he's Madrid bound. Neither is Morata who prefers Italy for his wife etc. Not to add, all 4 of those players are far inferior to Griezmann.
I can almost guarantee our attack would be better off with Rashford up front and Griezmann behind or even Griezmann up top than Belotti or Lukaku who's first touch makes Rooney look like peak Messi.
All I know is, if our star signing this summer is Lukaku or Belotti, we aren't winning the title. City have already signed a far superior player to them both in Silva. Coupled with the fact that our attack is probably the worst of the top 6 and you have a genuine problem. Griezmann is the type of player to close that gap and elevate us a level, he's been doing it at Atleti for seasons now.
CAS or not, it does not matter. If it does, Griezmann would not have given the 6/10 interview, the jose-watch ad and the spanish media close to the club would not have reported about his want to leave. The most Griezmann has mentioned about possibly staying is that the rumours of the move being confirmed is true and he needs to speak with his representatives - not really a declaration of staying.
So I would rather trust what Griezmann has said/done, AM sources have said, rather than listen to UK journos and their sources.
So I would rather trust what Griezmann has said/done, AM sources have said, rather than listen to UK journos and their sources.
If we're looking at Fabinho it looks like we're intending to play a 4-3-3, missing out on Griezmann is hardly the end of the world. Lukaku and Belotti would both be fantastic additions, no use sulking and throwing our toys out of the pram because they're not Griezmann.
Just one I think, Eric Bailly.
Mkhitaryan and Zlatan were signed beginning of July and Pogba early August I think.
But we didn't have a plan apparently...
Cant wait to see which big lump mourinho has chosen over Griezmann 
what a fecking travesty
what a fecking travesty
No, we're not. We're just not buying a player from a club that has a ban on registering new players.
Why they wouldn't want to sell or why you would not be willing to pay 100 mil € all at once?
Griezmann.
In fact i'd probably take Belotti ahead of Lukaku and use the rest of the money we would save to help build other areas of the squad.
but it has obviously come from the club.
So Griezmann is off? The feck?
The BBC is the gold standard. In a sea of shit Twitter ITK's and journo's from the mirror, the BBC is spot on. They are running the exact same story.
This is pretty shit. I know we need another striker, but our attack will still be shite if we don't address the lack of quality behind the main striker.
Griezmann would have solved that. We'd be much better with Griezmann behind either Rashford or Martial in attack than with one of Lukaku or Morata simply replacing Ibrahimovic in our current squad.
And no, Perisic is not the answer.
Griezmann would have solved that. We'd be much better with Griezmann behind either Rashford or Martial in attack than with one of Lukaku or Morata simply replacing Ibrahimovic in our current squad.
And no, Perisic is not the answer.
People used to say that about Ronaldo, Kane and Higuain etc
I'm not saying we'll buy him but I can see why we would if Jose goes down that road.
A mobile, powerful, goal scoring number 9 who can bring the widemen into play.
Plus Di Marzio yesterday. The two most reliable transfer outlets out there.
This has nothing to do with the ban imo. Di Marzio reported this days ago but we all laughed it off because we surely thought the club couldn't genuinely turn down the opportunity to sign Griezmann. Also I doubt he would have rejected us even with the ban, considering all the public statements he made, knowing full well of Atleti's situation.
This is all just fecking frustrating.
This is all just fecking frustrating.
Just to add :
The deal with Juventus to sign Paul Pogba required us to pay the fee over two Summers . Half of that 105 mil Euro fee has to be paid this Summer.
Maybe we don't have the cash resources to pay that and Griezmann's full fee at once. We are not Apple.
The deal with Juventus to sign Paul Pogba required us to pay the fee over two Summers . Half of that 105 mil Euro fee has to be paid this Summer.
Maybe we don't have the cash resources to pay that and Griezmann's full fee at once. We are not Apple.
Just seen the updates. Feck. It could be a ploy by us to force Athletico to reduce the fee but seems unlikely. Best to move to another thread
So Griezmann asked to leave before the outcome only to withdraw it 3 days later because of the ban?
We've known all along that it's the buyout clause or bust
Delighted with this.
Well they'd want all the money now because it'll be worth less in the coming years. Why wouldn't we be willing to pay it all in one whack?
Yes BBC has a higher standard, but they have had their fair share of calling transfers wrong. Even if it was a briefing from the club, it was a calculated move to generate buzz. Just look at these forums to see the noise it has created!
And I am not basing off any random ITK. I am looking at what Griezmann has said and done.
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