you need to delete this tweet. it doesn't fit the narrative of i want to kill myself, i'm so depressed, cavani is shite, manchester united is finished, i want to stick needles in my penis crowd
Edinson Cavani - SIGNED for United
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you need to delete this tweet. it doesn't fit the narrative of i want to kill myself, i'm so depressed, cavani is shite, manchester united is finished, i want to stick needles in my penis crowd
What's the issue?
Apparently everyone is tired after the lockdown anyway!!
He's actually a very conditioned player so will be up to speed in a few weeks.
I don't see many people make the same judgement about Bale, he'll be out longer, yet essentially it's the same deal.
Well, you can say that about every transfer...this one is a low risk as it is free...and Cavani is t'en times the player Igalho is.
Cavani to score a hattrick against his old club for us in the CL 
If you mean his character, I‘m not sure. I remember reading an article about him being the only PSG player that refused to make fun of Haaland after their CL pairing.
I understand and like banter and fun but I think a grownup could be a helpful influence in our locker room.
shame there is only 5 weeks left of the season, or somethibg
Better option than Igahlo. Not sure why we extended ighalo loan deal. But, under Sir Alex we had like four very good striker. Ole might be trying to emulate that. Not my first choice, but still a good squad addition.
Where is the link with Joshua King?
Previously you say you can accept this as for January when Iglaho left, right? We have quite some time to get another forward if that's the plan.
This type of transfer, where player ain't getting conditioning for months, is better for the beginning of the window. Had it come down to this, then rather not doing it.
Not our target, but it's not like there is lack of option. Dzeko, Milik are all available to move, beside all the forwards that already moved.
I agree, mate
No money for Sancho but you have 10M for an agent?
Uruguayan prince
or whatever bullshit people use to excuse Ighalo being complete shit.Just needs to give some sob story about being poor in Uruguay growing up as a United fan and it’ll be golden.
His headed goals look so effortless and smooth!!
This is a desperation signing, but at leat he is better than Ighalo. Could not have been planned for obvious reasons. 10 million agent fees? If true, well done woody. The embarrassment continues. Ah good times.
With this seasons schedule, we need fit players now. Being fit by Christmas doesn't help us much. We're playing 2x week every week. Martial, Rashford, Greenwood, Ighalo would be knackered by the time he's up to speed. If he was fit now I would agree with it not being a bad signing for the reasons you stated. But right now he's useless to us, and that's all that matters.
COCKS OUT!!!
I am not talking about the risk of every signing. I am talking in context, people just say it's nothing if Cavani needs until January to get fit.
When he's deemed fit, of course he needs to be tried, which means we don't use January window to help the second half of season.
Makes me think he might not be registered for the squad until January.
Cavani to score a hattrick against his old club for us in the CL
Oh and the title is Misleading, Ramano hasn't said Here we go yet. He said "Here we go" is COMING!
Oh yes please! And some tears and it will be glorious!
Brilliant. The perfect deadline day signing. World class striker who can win us 10-12 points this season. The £20 million for 1 year of service is definitely well spent.
We gave a new long-term contract to one of the most injury prone players in the world. It means the club would be happy to take pretty much any player, regardless of his fitness issues. Do you need any further explanation? Or are you going to hang onto the usage of the word "medical" and pretend like I said players who sign new deals at the club have to do medical checks before that happens?
I meant his rivalry with Neymar, Zlatan, Icardi.
Last year, in a friendly he pissed Messi enough for Messi to ready to pull a punch out with him.
He's ultra competitive, but not as good as his demand is.
The classic Ed signing...
Doesn't fit our style of play? Check
No transfer fee for old guy? Check.
Panic signing? Check
Manager doesn't really want him? Check
Big name that will satisfy the morons? Check
Waste of money but might sell shirts in Asia? Check
It's a full house
Doesn't fit our style of play? Check
No transfer fee for old guy? Check.
Panic signing? Check
Manager doesn't really want him? Check
Big name that will satisfy the morons? Check
Waste of money but might sell shirts in Asia? Check
It's a full house
When you are the centre forward you play mostly with your back on the goal. For now it is much easier for him to get inside and shoot. To play central you have to hold the ball and distribute it. He is still not strong enough for that, he will get bullied...that is why most centre forward are playing from the wings when they are young...maybe he will end up there but non is not the time.
Greenwood is scoring for fun from the right, and we have no one who can play there. I don't understand this obsession to play him in the middle...
Watch this space!
Apparently Cavani was one of 3-4 players that Ibrahimovic hated playing with in his career. So this whole "nice character, strong personality" is based on a lot of wishful thinking.
He is certainly better than signing no one though, and I highly doubt it will actually take till Christmas for him to get fit. He probably could start coming off the bench by the end of the month which is when we will first need him.
So not only we feck up our targets, we go crazy and buy an old crock.
We are just a big circus run by Woodward.
We are just a big circus run by Woodward.
Was signing Sanchez better than signing noone? People back then were saying it's even better, because we were getting rid of a useless player in Mkhitaryan.
To be fair,that has not stopped super sporting director Ed before.
We didn’t sign him earlier because he has been touting himself round Europe. Problem is either clubs didn’t want him or couldn’t afford his wages/agent fees.
Can he pla piano?
Okay
The mistake that has been made with Sanchez (and that Chelsea had made with Torres) is being made again - expecting a player to "get it back", especially at that age.
Can also add Falcao to that list.
Can also add Falcao to that list.
No it isn't, lets pretend we didn't attempt to sign him before we got Ighalo too, he wasn't the first choice is not a definition of panic, its the definition of not being the first choice.
The one position we needed more than any other was RW. That has been the case since Nani was let go. If Sancho wasn't happening, we at least needed a quality backup to Greenwood for now, and we've completely failed with the best part of 3 months to chalk out an option, spending a lot of money on an overpaid square peg to fill a round hole. Just like most transfer windows since 2013.
We've moved from signing left wingers to play at RW to centre forwards to play there, at least Woody is moving in the correct direction on a horizontal scale.
When we extended Ighalo's contract, we had no idea we'd eventually get Cavani, obviously. And therein lies the incompetence - Woody has no idea of his targets and how things would pan out in different scenarios. He's doing improv, like usual. A strong reason why we would need a DoF. But that's another lost cause.
I was worried about this -and it shows that the club didn't expect to sign him even a month ago. If we'd gone for Cavani early in the window, at least he would had time to train and get his fitness levels up in order to be match fit and ready before CL games begin.
It is likely we have secured another Mata with a 7 month hiatus from the game on a competitive level, on 200k a week. Great player in his day, a shadow of himself now with the occasional good phase of play when fit and in form. And we've done so in panic and desperation.
If we had accepted Sancho not happening very early on like well run football clubs do, and also resigned ourselves to paying crazy wages and agent fees for a free transfer, the first player we should have approached was Willian for the RW.
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