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He is the kind of player you never notice when he plays - but he was extremely highly rated before joining united

Nah - I have just seen the names of the average player of England Youth-teams - and then I was once again reminded when I saw our young players :)

I remember the times when UK commentators struggled with the names of imports - now they even struggle with the names of England Youth internationals :)

I know Robert Earnshaw wasn't the tallest - 5'8 apparently - but on the photo I saw of Mexes Silva with his dad, the son is quite a few inches taller than his dad. So he must be at least 6' already

Nah - because my comment was made to the "don't sign Branthwaite for too much, go sign Tosin instead for free" - in my world there is a huge gap of alternatives between the two. SIgning Tosin for free might be shrewd business for a back-up player but he is nowhere near good enough to be a...

We will never sign him for £80 million - unless Everton drop their price - he wont be coming to us. I would assume the limit for us is just above £50 million

You are of course allowed to think so - but "unfortunately" he is something special. The guy is 6'5 - quick, good with the ball at his feet, a leader - and within 2-3 years he will be one of the best defenders in the league. Hopefully he will play at Old Trafford when it happens. Has he got a...

Or we try to sign the madly overpriced talent - for a significantly lower amount. What we dont do - is aim for a much worse player just because he is free.

So instead of buying a world-class talent who is madly overpriced - we should sign a good (but certainly not great) player for free....hm...interesting theory

Well if Jim and his men are so good at his job - they will persuade Everton to sell Branthwaite £15-20 million cheaper.

We still haven't decided on ETH - we sitll haven't decided on Greenwood - but at least we have decided that our workers should not work from home. Clearly it's not only ETH who thinks of this as a slow process - our new owners do the same. :)

Is this the first player we sign from Ipswich since Muhren 40+ years ago or have we signed some youngster after him ? They have signed a few from us but I can't think of anyone going the other way - or am I wrong ?

Loan-proposal where we cover 50% of his wages incoming

Now that is one weird trophy to receive :)

Gnonto just doesn't score enough - he might develop later, but 8 goals in the Championship just isn't good enough. Summerville has had a really good season - another player we should look at is the Plymouth winger Whittaker. Right up there with the best players in the Championship. To score 19...