That's crazy.
Yeah I don't think it's going to be great when the next manager comes in and can't get Ten Hag's 8 players to play any other way than the Ten Hag way that previously failed.
Unless he moves to Saudi Arabia next we'll be stuck with them until they leave on frees.
I agree but the concern here is it seems we're fishing in a very small pond. Just hard to believe that the best option out there always seems connected to Ten Hag.
The limited pool has nothing to do with Ten Hag. Do you really think when they put their target list together that it’s made up exclusively of players that used to play for him and former Eriedivisie players? What we have is a limited pool of quality players that want to come here and we can realistically buy without violating PSR and FFP rules.
I find it hard to believe, but it certainly looks like it doesn't it? It's quite unusual (as shown in some of the posts above) how many ETH-related players we get/chase, it's a non refutable fact. As I said before, I was not too bothered about it once we got new owners that were supposed to run this like a serious football club and take control over transfers, but it doesn't seem to be the case. That, OR somehow all best available players are actually ETH-related, what I find hard to believe.
Not really. Antony plus Onana is half of that. We have been rinsed because our negotiating team is non existent.
Which is why we signed Højlund, Yoro, Zirkzee, Casemiro, Mount. None of whom ever played under EtH before.
It doesn't change the fact how many players linked to ETH we signed/are chasing still. It's still a bit odd to me as he seems to be having a lot of influence on the transfer targets what actually works against him IMO.
Zirkzee is Duch, Mount played under him before and if you squint, Hojlund looks like Holland.
The media are going to link them because it gets them so much attention on their articles/tweets.
Are you denying those links? It's a fact he's topping the list of "spent most on his former players" list (and by quite some margin), and that's ignoring de Jong/de Ligt links. Not sure what's your point here.
Ok, but now we need to play absolute top football then. No excuses
I agree that it's weird. Based on reports and interviews, United was lacking on the recruitment front previously and had to lean on Ten Hag too much, so those links of past transfers are understandable. According to everything we read now, that has changed since - yet now the club seems to be pulling in Mazraoui and De Ligt. They remain to be confirmed of course. But still.
I think some of them are definitely baseless.
Which ones are baseless? I mean, there are clear numbers on how much $$ we spent on his former players, not sure what's up to debate here. It's a clear pattern.
It's not a coincidence. We're way beyond this point. And again, a new manager chasing his former players under broken club structure doesn't worry me, it's kind of natural to enforce your vision if you're allowed to do so. However, still chasing ETH-linked players after INEOS taking over control over football part of things, is just kind of weird. Seems to me like not much has changed?
I have the transfer forum on ignore, and don't follow club statements/comments at all. Just checking the facts.
It’s tiresome and embarrassing. I’ve pretty much given up on it. This forum used to be strict on who they promoted from the newbies but now..
Fully agreed on the bolded part. It's a weird discussion, on one end there are people presenting facts, numbers, links (that show how many ETH related players we got/still chase), and on the other end are people that just go "nah".
I like thatArne is football guy, EtH is just rich boy got bored...and he found new hobby.
