Parma Dewol
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Gif(s) of his celebrations please
Why in the name of feck are we not reinforcing this January? We are in the mix on four fronts, reinforce the team and help the manager.
Bruno has hit the nail on the head here.
Why in the name of feck are we not reinforcing this January? We are in the mix on four fronts, reinforce the team and help the manager.
Individual brilliance FC is deadHe's right, we're playing as a team now and not as individuals.
Maybe because the owners want to sell the club?Why in the name of feck are we not reinforcing this January? We are in the mix on four fronts, reinforce the team and help the manager.
Maybe because the owners want to sell the club?
What most of you probably don’t know is that ETH schedules the season in blocks. Block 1,2,3 and 4.
At ajax, Eriks block 3 was always by far the best block. We could see sloppy games and losing points to nobodies in Block 2, in Block 3 you had a razorsharp team that would win 4-0 from PSV while it could have been 8-0. Im pretty sure we didnt lose a game in block 3 in all 3 seasons.
Erik is king Block 3, and thats where he puts the team into the position to win prizes. After that, its just quality and mentality of the players that should bring it home. I expect the same at United.
Both, actually.Or because we spent a fortune this summer and we don't have an infinite amount of money?
Both, actually.
Because the Glazers wouldn't be paying for transfers out of their own pockets, they'll add it to the club's debt. And since they are selling the club and want 7 billion which is already a massive sum, they don't want any unnecessary big signings that will piss off investors. I don't know what talks are going behind closed doors, but I doubt the new owners would want any unnecessary moves to be done before they are in charge.Why both? The Glazers aren't the ones paying for transfers and they never had, any purchase is a club asset and there is next to no chance that someone interested in purchasing the club would decide not to because the club acquired a player this winter.
I don't suppose anyone cares right now, but here's the full quote:Tap ins are frowned upon?
Why hasn't Antony had his contract terminated?
Because the Glazers wouldn't be paying for transfers out of their own pockets, they'll add it to the club's debt. And since they are selling the club and want 7 billion which is already a massive sum, they don't want any unnecessary big signings that will piss off investors. I don't know what talks are going behind closed doors, but I doubt the new owners would want any unnecessary moves to be done before they are in charge.
Ralf Rangnick said it would take multiple transfer windows and seasons to get us back towards the top. Ten Hag came in and said "hold my beer". Love to see it. Probably the best manager we've had since Fergie, and I'm enjoying every minute of it.
Kept repeating it before he came in, Ten Hag did ridiculous things with Ajax and had them accomplishing things not seen with them other then their greatest teams. The dominance in the league, the amount of goals, the cup results, how they did in the CL, every year maintaining the high level despite top players getting poached... He's an elite manager.I know that he is a very good manager from his achievement in Ajax. Consistently leading Ajax into later stages at CL.
But I never thought he is this GOOD! He inherited so much problems at this circus of a club and totally transformed it. He is a miracle worker.
How transfers are paid depends entirely on the agreement between the clubs. If you want to buy a great player, you pay most of the money upfront. Second, it's obviously not a money issue since the Glazers can take a loan to pay for a player Ten Hag wants, if they wanted it. They don't. Third, your house analogy doesn't make sense because we're not talking about a leaky bathtub here, but renovating an entire bathroom without any agreement with the new owner who might not want to renovate that bathroom just yet or at all.Transfers are largelly paid in installments(you almost always add debt, that's actually a big part of our current debt) and the purchase of an asset for dozens of millions has no impact on a 7 biilions purchase. It's like suggesting that because you want to sell a house, you are not going to change a leaky bathtub. And it's a non starter for two reasons, first ebcause a better bathroom increases the chance of putting your house in a good light and secondly you increased the value of your house.
You're thinking about this very narrowly. Just because someone has 7 billion to spend doesn't mean he'd like to throw his money around just because. That's not how these people think. When you get that rich even a million unaccounted for is a problem. Let's pretend the new owner has the 50 million to throw around, why would he want to throw it before acquiring the club? There's also the fact that we don't know how talks behind the scenes have progressed so far and the Glazers surely wouldn't want to rock the boat on that.But without any analogy, I know that this ridiculous idea comes from the press and it's a ridiculous idea. It makes no logical, pratiical, accounting or financial sense. Because unless the club is almost sold meaning that the current owners are in exclusive talks with someone then they have to manage the club normally, secondly the owners aren't the ones spending the money, thirdly the value of the club would be unchanged and fourhtly there is no scenario where a 50m debt is an obstacle for someone willing to spend 7 billions on something, it represents less than 1% of the expenditure.
How often have you seen a club making big purchases for players that is about to be sold?If we were talking about renovating the stadium for 400m-500m then the point could make some sense but not for the purchase of a player.
Honestly I don't think the level of improvement seen from United this season is typical though. That only comes when you've got a great coach - he really feels like the perfect fit for United.Ralf Rangnick said it would take multiple transfer windows and seasons to get us back towards the top. Ten Hag came in and said "hold my beer". Love to see it. Probably the best manager we've had since Fergie, and I'm enjoying every minute of it.