1) They probably won't sell him to us.
2) He probably won't want to join us.
Difficult to see this one going through.
2) He probably won't want to join us.
Difficult to see this one going through.
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Would be great to get him, top player still in his prime, instantly makes Utd better. Not sure why you wouldn't want him if the chance was there.
Aye, it's a bit weird. I mean he's been a bit lazy in pre season and he has his inconsistent runs but generally he's pretty professional and he runs his arse off for the team.
I think wherever he chooses to join next he'll give 100% at, and I don't blame him for going for a big payday elsewhere and somewhere where he can go win a few leagues/cls/whatever.
Money aside, he has no reason to join United. We're a worse team than Spurs and he if wants to leave for ambition reasons, there are other clubs he can go to.
That’s inevitable when he’s been carrying the entire creative burden of an overachieving, high intensity team for the past 6 years, while also starring for his national team - he’s never rotated and covers a lot of ground per game; it’s impossible to sustain peak form in such circumstances.
He’ll be a contender for POTY next season.
Money he's getting at Spurs is a third of what he could get at United.
Anyone reliable reporting this?
I'd take him if he wanted a change and no-one else is coming in. I'd imagine this rumour is to light a fire under any CL club.
Perhaps this time Levy would consider it but I think his philosophy is don't sell to United and improve us at any cost. Spurs is all about staying in the top 4, keeping us Chelsea Arsenal out and transforming the club, that is worth more than getting 50-60 million. With Walker you have to accept that it's Abu Dhabi and Pep, they were always going to dominate the last few years and not really in Spurs sights yet.
Perhaps this time Levy would consider it but I think his philosophy is don't sell to United and improve us at any cost. Spurs is all about staying in the top 4, keeping us Chelsea Arsenal out and transforming the club, that is worth more than getting 50-60 million. With Walker you have to accept that it's Abu Dhabi and Pep, they were always going to dominate the last few years and not really in Spurs sights yet.
In this case, there is a worthy argument to make about his wage being a factor. He's on £75k a week and should be making a lot more.
You have to think he's off to somebody this Summer.
Nope, everything is dead and nothing is happening so we have to cling on anything to keep our hopes alive of reinforcements. Come Friday it's going to be to a lot of tears on here.
Tears of joy?
Defeatist shite like this from our own fans makes my pi$$ boil! Yeah, of course there’d be no reason to join United other than money....catch yourself on.
There’s a lot of quality and talented youngsters in the squad and he might just be sold on the project to get us back where we belong and might think he’s the man to be the catalyst to take us to that next level. Feck me, you’d think we were a Championship outfit with feck all history the way some of you lot bang on.
This would be an ambitious move by the club and we should be feeling the same way...we don’t get our club back if we don’t bother trying to sign top talent. There will be some big names that fancy it and these are the ones with the right character that we want. We are United for fecks sake!!!
Unless you're name is Harry Small Pond Kane, there isnt a person on earth who would rather play for Spurs than Man United. What forum am I on here? This is the most famous sports franchise in the world. "why would he come to us." Christ.
Are there? Who wants him? What have they bid?
Also, how the feck are we a worse team than Spurs? For a start how are we with Eriksen worse than Spurs without Eriksen?
We’re living off the name, basically. Literally any other footballing reason than that would do.
Ahh we are at that stage now.
Spot on!!!
It would be a dream if we could get him. He could be the guy to help us unlock defences and finally put all that fire power we have to good use. Something we've lacked for a few years now.
I think us signing Eriksen hinges on convincing him we can get champions league football next year and that Ole is the right man to take us to the top of the league again. Wages/transfer fee aren't a problem
I think us signing Eriksen hinges on convincing him we can get champions league football next year and that Ole is the right man to take us to the top of the league again. Wages/transfer fee aren't a problem
If you have a shed of belief in you as a footballer, you'd come to this club as a leader with the idea you are good enough to bring this club back to competing for trophies and in Europe. That's why Pogba came back. He was under the impression there was a revolution going on at Old Trafford (or "project" as is the new buzzword) with Mourinho, Zlatan, world record fees being touted etc. But as usual with the owners, they want to be half pregnant and not address other areas. We have a base for a fantastic footballing side. A solid back 4 who can play football. A top keeper. A world cup winner in the middle. And some tremendous young lads raised in Manchester, playing direct football from a young age. With some proper additions, this could be a brilliant side.
Players like Dylaba, Di Maria etc. never fit with this club anyway. Kluivert turned us down. Nadal turned us down. Loads of Spanish, French and Italian legends told us "no" back when we were winning everything. Getting in superstars has never been that important to our success. Getting proper players in is. And Eriksen fits that mould.
Åge Hareide coached Ole at Molde in the 90's is now coaching Denmark's national team, and they are still close friends. It's not at all impossible that he has Eriksen's ear, and that he might help convince him to go to United. He is very well regarded in Denmark.
I'm sure the mountain of cash he and his agent pocketed was entirely incidental!
Eriksen might also be swayed by a 300% increase in salary, but we'd still have the problem of persuading Daniel Levy to sell him to us.
Well there is that!
Thing with Levy is, although he wont want to sell to us, this isnt the Daniel Levy of 2012/13. Spurs didnt spend a penny last year. They'll sell at the right price (although, possibly not to us.)
..just thought of Cantona.
Maybe we pulled the plug on the Dybala deal due to getting very positive vibes from the Eriksen camp?
Daniel Harris who has worked for The Guardian, has said we've made a offer. And he's generally a good journo with a decent track record.
Daniel Harris who has worked for The Guardian, has said we've made a offer. And he's generally a good journo with a decent track record.
But if he waits until January he can sign a pre-contract with any club he wants, quite possibly in the 350-400K per week range given that the winning club won't have to pay any transfer fee at all. Aaron Ramsey got 400K per week from Juventus and had other suitors as well and Eriksen is the better player.
He might end up having his pick of clubs like Madrid, Barca, United, City, PSG, etc in five months at very very high wages. This is not a knock on United, but the only way it makes sense for him to commit his future now is if you pay him an absurd amount of money. And why pay him that much money plus a big transfer fee to Spurs? At that point you might as well have signed Dybala because the cost will be similar.
The more you break down this situation, the less and less sense it makes for the various parties involved to do anything but wait until January and try to cut Spurs out of the picture.
It may explain why Spurs were in for Bruno.
Erickson is a very good player and has the experience of the prem.
27. But he will improve us.
Erickson is a very good player and has the experience of the prem.
27. But he will improve us.
It’s a fair post and I do agree with most of it, I just don’t think you could blame Eriksen for turning us down if he does/has. We’re a bigger club, sure, but they’ve got a lot more going for them at the minute, including their own project which is a lot further along than ours. They also have a much more proven coach, and at 28(?) or whatever he is, those things start to take priority.
That said, as he approaches 30 he might feel that Spurs went as far as they could with a CL final and he’d like to have a club like United on his CV with one last big contract before it’s all over. New challenge etc.
Eriksen maybe a good player but to hell with giving Spurs money so that they can go and buy a younger replacement in Bruno when we should be doing that instead. The fact that Eriksen is willing to ditch Spurs to come to United is enough reason for me to not what him here since he's only coming here for the money and it's not like he's a die hard United fan. I rather not haver anymore signings than have Eriksen come here.
Ok after reading the paywalled piece in the Athletic I think it makes total sense that Ole is in for Eriksen, if Hareide recommends him. (Ole and Hareide knows each other well and Hareide has coached Eriksen.)
Whether we will get him is a different story of course.
https://theathletic.com/1100519/2019/08/05/manchester-re-united-pasta-bar-chocolate-for-staff-placating-pogba-how-solskjaer-is-trying-to-turn-the-tide/[URL]https://theathletic.com/1100519/2019/08/05/manchester-re-united-pasta-bar-chocolate-for-staff-placating-pogba-how-solskjaer-is-trying-to-turn-the-tide/[/URL]
Whether we will get him is a different story of course.
https://theathletic.com/1100519/2019/08/05/manchester-re-united-pasta-bar-chocolate-for-staff-placating-pogba-how-solskjaer-is-trying-to-turn-the-tide/[URL]https://theathletic.com/1100519/2019/08/05/manchester-re-united-pasta-bar-chocolate-for-staff-placating-pogba-how-solskjaer-is-trying-to-turn-the-tide/[/URL]
Feckin hell 
Eriksen is 27. Bruno is 24. It's not exactly a teenager versus geriatric.
Eriksen is 27. Bruno is 24. It's not exactly a teenager versus geriatric.It's great if we bring him in and I'd be delighted but his motivation would likely just be the money if he's going to leave the CL finalists and a Top 4 team to move to a United team at a time when, reportedly, there are other sides interested in him. As long as he performs, I don't care what his motivations are but I can't see him coming here if better teams are interested.
They just made a CL final and more often than not, finish above us in the PL now. We're competing in the Europa League. Also, if they do sell him, they'll probably replace him adequately.
This is the Muppet Train, sir. No sources required, never mind reliable ones.
Good thing is that we won't have to wait ages to find out what's going on. Thursday not that far.
That makes sense. But whether its Erickson or some else is another matter. I can see Levy dragging this out to Thurs afternoon to close the deal.
Good point.
That makes no sense. The rumor is that Ole doesn't want to add players who don't want to be at United. Hence, Dybala deal was supposedly cancelled. But somehow we are willing to add a player whose coming to United because we'd be offering more money than Spurs. Hmmm.... this sounds vaguely familiar. An attacking midfielder who played in London and had one year left on his contract and decides to move to United because we offered him more in wages....
Recent Champions League finalists or a club that has been in crisis for six years and doesn't seem to know its way out of it quite yet... What a difficult choice.
The only thing we can offer players that Spurs can't right now is money. That might change over the next few years, but at the moment Spurs are a much safer choice if the goal is to compete for trophies, and it's not like players won't be making a very healthy amount of money playing for them either.
I know it's Spurs and we like to joke about that, but they've become a stable top four side that are more and more competitive across all competitions and they've got a brand new stadium in a city with a lot more pulling power than Manchester. They've also got a manager with a much better track record. It's naïve to say they're not an attractive option.
Why do we do this every transfer window? Do we never learn?
That is ridiculous.
Pl proven Eriksen over hyped Fernandes every day of the week for me.
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