I agree, Real Madrid are the greatest, biggest and best club in the world.
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I agree, Real Madrid are the greatest, biggest and best club in the world.
Less is more, some of these people with money look absolutely horrific trying too hard. Great colours, great daps. Great start to life here.
I said I see more shirts. I am saying we are somewhat deluded in thinking we are the biggest club in the world - what does that even mean anyway?
I’m sure if Messi, Neymar and Mbappe had played for Port Vale recently you’d see a lot of their shirts around Europe as well.
De Light also massively helps with our looks department. He's such a cutie, would be a 10/10 without the dumbo ears.
Thanks for that.
Dumbo ears are there for something to grab onto.
Could very well be like you both say, that no other big club with economic muscles is in the need of a CB. But I would still assume that some PL clubs would be interested. If not, are we not paying more than market price?
I think it is more the high salary in that case as we are one of few clubs who don't mind paying these high salaries. He said the same when he signed for Juventus, that he only wanted Juve, but I don't see why he would only want to join United. Anyways, it is an interesting signing who will strengthen the team, even if I personally thought we would need reinforcement better in midfield.
Rumours going around that he took an enormous pay cut and is only going to be on 170k at United (only 170k sounds wild to type)
Agreed. Unlike his dad he doesn't have the love handles.
Kind of crazy we've picked him up for so cheap. This is the kind of deal I usually see other clubs do while we're busy paying £80M for Harry Maguire. Martinez, De Ligt and Yoro are a selection of CBs to choose from.
Read a similar rumour, but there are bonuses on top the base that are very incentive based. So if he’s class for us, he may get close to his Bayern salary
That is a better way to give contracts to players. If he is class then he deserves to paid accordingly.
The two biggest countries interms of population are India and China by far. 3 billion combined. Whichever club dominates these countries would have the biggest fanbases in the world. And I can tell you categorically, United is by far and I mean BY FAR the biggest in India. Not even close. And I can say that because I have travelled all around the country all my life. And United is huge in china too.
It means having the most fans, in my opinion.
What about Real having the most revenue and most European Cup titles?
That makes them more financially successful and more successful in footballing achievements. In my opinion, the term ‘biggest’ refers to the actual size of the club, which is determined by the number of fans and supporters.
Tbh I think Real have more fans than us.
Highly possible. I don’t actually know which club has the most fans. Was just giving my perspective on the definition.
I spend most of my time in Stockholm, Sweden these days and countries without any iconic players, such as Zlatan who is now retired, generally go where the wind blows. For the first time ever I've seen City shirts out in the wild with Haaland on the back, especially after City won the treble. I see the occasional Arsenal and Liverpool shirt at the gym, even West Ham and Newcastle rarely. However, after United beat City in the FA cup the United shirts came back out in full force.
Make no mistake about it, seeing shirts in the wild is no indication of how big a team is.
Based on what? Real are dominant in South America with population of around 420 million. United are utterly dominant in Asia with India and china the two highest countries with a combined population of the whole continent is 4.5 billion.
Biggest meaning more fans is something I couldn't care less about. Biggest meaning most successful, now that means something.
PSG shirts are sold purely for fashion, the Jordan collab did wonders in that regard.
But the term for that would surely just be ‘most successful’, rather than ‘biggest’? Words mean things.
PSG are very good at marketing, to be fair. They are basically building a clothing brand and sell a lot of leisure and streetwear apparel even to non football fans.
The “biggest club” talk is cringe though, tbh.
The “biggest club” talk is cringe though, tbh.
Ah, it’s on of these discussions where every Asian who has once looked at a faked jersey is now being counted as a die hard fan. Always amusing.
They also keep inviting random influencers and celebrities to their games and letting them live stream/meet players etc. It's all a circus.
These cnuts with about 3 shirts and a load of stuff to sign knock me ill. Straight on ebay.
Having almost two decades of getting 70% of La Liga revenue money along with Barca didn't hurt them any when it came to revenue and ripping apart possible competition for CL spots.
Talk about condescending, eh? How come Asians are real fans. Absolutely fake fans. They don’t even have real jerseys. The absolute state of your post.
Biggest doesn’t mean most successful though. It means the largest fan base, most interactions and biggest community. We’re beyond Real on a global scale in that context. What makes us so big is our story and sporting philosophy resonating with so many people. I’d never trade that for success, as much as I enjoy it.
Most successful just means what it says, most successful…. And Real are more successful than us, currently and historically.
That’s not the point. The point is the ridiculous overstating of what a fan is. It‘s a pissing contest based on absolutely ridiculous numbers that are in no way accurate, simply used to feed the fragile egos of some weird fans, who sleep better thinking their club is oh so big.
What a joke of a post. Our fan base in Asia is pretty hardcore and dedicated.
Sure there are dedicated fans over there. I don’t doubt that. How many are there, though?
No one can put a definitive number on it.
So who is the biggest club then?
Are we done now having a silly dickmeasuring contest about what constitutes the biggest club in the de Ligt transfer thread sometime soon?
Any idea when the actual signing can be expected? The medicals were yesterday, maybe I am misremembering but I seem to remember that a fair number of signings happened on the same day of the medical.
Any idea when the actual signing can be expected? The medicals were yesterday, maybe I am misremembering but I seem to remember that a fair number of signings happened on the same day of the medical.
The only thing you can base size in is interactions online as that’s the only measurable medium for global fan engagement. And our metrics there esclipse any other club in the world. Just ask Ed Woodward. For all his faults he knew what made this club the global commercial leader.
How many times you have been to India? I really want to see more of your ignorance.
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