In a parallel universe, the Glazers and their cronies would still be in charge of footballing matters at our club. So....who do you think we would have signed this summer?
If Glazers were still in charge of footballing matters who would we have signed this summer?
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Tom Brady, Anthony Martial, and Ringo Starr.
You really are a numpty. Don't you know that Anthony Martial is not a footballer? Doh....
Nobody would be signed yet but the targets would be Ten Hag lead. De Ligt, Rabiot and Brian Brobbey
Branthwaite, Brobbey, and Amrabat.
Branthwaite for 90m
On deadline day, after refusing to pay an asking price of £70m all summer.
And Danny Welbeck on loan after chasing unattainable strikers.
Wesley Sneijder…. for £150m
“We listened to the fans”
“We listened to the fans”
Branthwaite for certain. In mid-august.
To think that we’ve already enforced central defence and the striker position with such determination in terms of getting the deals done, makes me very optimistic of what we plan to do for the remainder of the window
To think that we’ve already enforced central defence and the striker position with such determination in terms of getting the deals done, makes me very optimistic of what we plan to do for the remainder of the window
Marc Guehi, Adam Wharton, Ivan Toney
Todibo and Amadou Onana would've been signed I believe by now.
Probably Ramos and Suarez on 500k a week.
Now everyone including certain Manchester United fans understand, it was never just the manager or the player(s), it was always The Glazers, it was always The Football Structure.
Harry Kane for a "bargain" £50m, 5YR deal on £350K per week.
Branthwaite for £70m
Rabiot & Amrabat
Branthwaite for £70m
Rabiot & Amrabat
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Its so grim beause its so realistic. This genuinely could have happened after a summer muppeting about after Frenkie de Jong again.
Whoever shined at last euro.
Add few 89m british players to the mix. Then loan some turkish league players on final day because we would be broke by then.
Add few 89m british players to the mix. Then loan some turkish league players on final day because we would be broke by then.
We would have definitely extended Varane's contract with 3 more years.
And Casemiro’s as well probably.
A bit masochistic to be even thinking about this. But I assume we would have signed Jarrad and gave in to Everton demands. With Leny going to Real. That would be about it so far. Maybe near the end we would panick and sign Rabiot for free with 350k salary.
When you see us acting like this, it's sickening to look back on how we acted over the last decade. We spent so long being utterly pathetic in the transfer market that it seemed normal to us.
I'm so relieved at how quickly we seem to have turned that around. We seem like a serious club again
I'm so relieved at how quickly we seem to have turned that around. We seem like a serious club again
Probably would have bid for Kane
Who cares
Lewandowski on loan.
Sergio Ramos on a free.
Sergio Ramos on a free.
Whoever man city were chasing, but on twice the wages.
Probably just taking more dividends out for themselves
We would have dragged the Branthwaite saga all throughout the summer, potentially breaking a caf record for the number of posts in a thread, only to succumb in the 11th hour and end up paying £80million for him in desperation. We'd also probably sign Rabiot for free on something like £250-300k a week and giving his mum a £10million sign on bonus.
In regards to outings, Mason would have been sold to some Italian club for like £15million in instalments, and Sancho would spend another season at Dortmund with us subsiding his wages.
Thank all that is holy that we finally have some competent footballing heads running the club now.
In regards to outings, Mason would have been sold to some Italian club for like £15million in instalments, and Sancho would spend another season at Dortmund with us subsiding his wages.
Thank all that is holy that we finally have some competent footballing heads running the club now.
The Yoro saga would have been dragged out all summer and we would have bid an identical amount to Real, and sat on it resulting in Lille reluctantly taking Real’s offer.
I finally had the opportunity to ask a Manchester United insider a question that had plagued me throughout the past 10 years. The question I asked was why on earth do the Glazers sign the likes of Casemiro on silly money and long term contract? His answer shocked me but is fully understandable. Under the Glazers everything was business based. The likes of Casemiro, Ronaldo and Varane would come with a literally horde of sponsors and followers which in turn would send our marketing machine in overdrive. Football wise they made lousy deals but marketing wise they made perfect sense. Unfortunately what the Glazers never understood is that they can't isolate the marketing side from the football side. If United badly performs on the pitch then its only a matter of time before the marketing side will start to suffer too.
If you ask me we would go for established players and then we would fill the gaps with cheap signings. De Ligt would fit the Glazers strategy like a glove. He's an established name who is relatively cheap. Varane would be given a new contract (Lindelof would go) and Casemiro would be kept with Amrabat expecting to act as cover/competition. In CM we would go for Rabiot to replace Eriksen. Then it would be a matter of how much money is left. We would either go for Toney or Joselu.
We would have signed those who will prepare those who will prepare our bids.
Branthwaite for £80m and Rabiot on a free for £300k a week. But both of those in August after the start of the season.
It's interesting to see how people perceive things. We are mid July and only signed two players. Which has been very common in the past 20 years.
....another pointless thread....
I thought the Glazers' were still in charge, and Sir Jim's just 'running the line' on football?
To answer the question though.... they would have signed anyone who could sell 'shed-loads 'of shirts.
To answer the question though.... they would have signed anyone who could sell 'shed-loads 'of shirts.
Since we could only work on 1 transfer at a time (and assuming the wish list was alphabetical) we would have unsuccessfully chased De Jong all summer and never got round to the bottom of the list, Ugarte, Yoro and Zirkzee
We don’t know.
No one. We would still be trying to get the De Jong deal over the line.
Both Zirkzee and Yoro also seem like players United could have signed over the last 10 years. The common denominators for both deals are being willing to spend substantially more (whether on transfer fees or agents fees) than other clubs and working with superagents, which are two things that United has done for a long time.
Zirkzee isn't really different than innumerable other transfers over the years - an upper mid-range punt on a youngish player who has talent but some reasons for concern, secured by working with a superagent like Kia and paying his fees.
Yoro for 70m euro isn't much different than outbidding all other clubs for Diallo, Sancho, Martial, Hojlund, or Pogba. I'm not saying he will turn out the same way as any of those players. But its basically trying to make a big splash by using the club's financial muscle to acquire top young talent.
If United buy Ugarte, it seems like the deal will follow the same pattern - a relatively big expenditure that other would-be buyers will not match and a deal again secured via Mendes.
What would be a departure from the past 10 years is using scouting/data analytics to identify players who were underpriced but good fits for the club's football, buying those players for relatively cheap fees, and then developing their potential.
if you want to just cope post you can say so