Sounds like we are still keen.
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Sounds like we are still keen.
This 100% won't stop posters claiming only ten hag wanted him.
More than that. Such a statement would be really weird if we weren't close
... unless some is sold.
Bayern need to sell him to buy Tah. I think it will happen at some point in the window. Only if we cant land Branthwaite
I don't know how you can take anything away from the Rosenborg game in terms of what we'll be like tactically. It was essentially their attack against our defence the whole game due to the gap in fitness levels. We didn't play "suicide football." We were barely in a position to play any sort of football at all.
I think he said Yoro was the priority but if we can't bag Branthwaite then De Ligt would be the guy. Something like this if I'm not mistaken.
I recommend reading the whole interview. It’s not weird in that context. Although he was perhaps more candid than expected.
Ten Hag not usually the type to talk about other clubs players publicly.
Reverse psychology from ETH. He wants De ligt but maybe he's behind Branthwaite in priority for the club so he's trying to put pressure in the club to get this done.
Massive presumption on my part, but if we had a poll of choosing between de ligt or Branthwaite I think it would be 80/20in De ligt's favour over Branthwaite (at the same transfer fee).
I found his comments post match to be strange to be honest. They are bang in the middle of their season so they’re fully sharp and we had a makeshift squad. He could have just said we’re not at the races yet but he went postal instead. Which to me sounded like a man who desperately wanted to distance himself from these poor performances and send a message to the new owners.
I have no doubt he also saw the same patterns from last season which is why he went on the attack, but then again he does this preseason and during the season talks about us creating the most chances instead.
Anyway, unless we get a couple of new CB’s I feel not much will change going into the new season, so let’s hope De Ligt or Branthwait will end up joining also.
Aye, well must be close. He’s previously refused to speak about other players if I remember correctly
No, as far as I'm aware he just said "the current expectation" was that it would be one or the other.
And he then subsequently said that United still like De Ligt and Branthwaite, but a further arrival would depend on departures.
A manager having to clear the air about him not pushing for good players he managed is such a bad thing to see.
We in general are a very toxic fan base having to question every manager since LVG instead of looking at the players being the problem.
It can be both. And has been for us.
We attack players significantly more than managers every year 60% of the team is labelled as deadwood, disgraceful or unprofessional even when things are going relatively well. Now the fanbase is toxic because there is always this need to see things binarily, most of the time the manager, players or circumstances are less than ideal and lead to less than ideal results.
As an example last year less than ideal signings were made, less than ideal managerial decisions were taken, maybe less than ideal attitudes from players occurred and we generally struggled. We accept that reality and move onto the next season.
I keep seeing people use this as a stick to beat the manager with, Ten Hag wasn't in a position to rotate due to the drop off in quality beyond the first choice eleven, especially when it came to the forwards. It seems that, this is what is being addressed, in this transfer window although I doubt all areas will be sorted in one window. Ten Hag, going forward will be more likely to rotate once the quality beyond the first eleven improves.
And I agree that there is a drop off in quality, but the players he has brought in to address this during his tenure here haven’t exactly been an improvement on the players that he’s moved on so he’s sticking with the same 11 most weeks. We’ll hopefully see this addressed to a degree this summer but he absolutely has to start getting a tune out of the players he has signed.
Comments about player who is under contract with another club. Strange thing to do. Guardiola esque
Yeah not like Erik at all is it
So we should go for Tah then.
How much would Tah cost?
I am guessing about 25 mio pounds but he is to old.
Don’t think our evaluation is too far away. 40m+ bonus should get it done
After signing Yoro we arent going to be signing any other defender (or possibly anyone else) until we start selling I reckon.
I reckon we will pull the trigger on the De Ligt deal if we raise some more funds from somewhere.
I reckon we will pull the trigger on the De Ligt deal if we raise some more funds from somewhere.
Sounds like INEOS not budging on valuation which is refreshing to see after last decade
That’s not what he said at all.
He said the expectation is that Utd will sign one of them and not both, but despite what posters claimed, it was always very clear to me that the expectation was from his own opinion.
I think this will happen soon
It'll happen eventually.
Personally we are just waiting for more concrete offers for Maguire or Lindelof before we close this deal off.
First paragraph is correct, second is false. At no point in that article did he claim United still like them but further arrivals would depend on departures.
He clearly states his own opinion which was that:
In parallel, United have been pursuing moves for Matthijs De Ligt and Leny Yoro. Progress has been achieved on each front recently, though the current expectation is they would recruit one or the other as opposed to both.
I argued with posters instantly that this was clearly just Ornstein’s own thoughts on the situation as he didn’t see United spending big on 2 CB’s. To me it’s always been very obvious we want Yoro and De Ligt, or if you line “one young an learnin” + one more experienced.
Yeah need to sell Lindelof/Maguire maybe both
Can't believe there's still people about that don't believe in Ornstein or Romano
AWB and Lindelof more likely at the moment, Maguire doesnt seem to be linked with anyone yet.
Yeah that's very true
Tah just turned 28 so you could easily get 3-4 yrs from him at 25-30m is a good price in this day for a top class CB....he'd bring some experience with him alongside Yoro to help mentor him
When we sell Lindelof that will mean we can go and get De Ligt which will see them sign Tah
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