If Glazers were still in charge of footballing matters who would we have signed this summer?

[Powderfinger]

if you want to just cope post you can say so

People are posting absolute nonsense and if its cope to point that out then so be it.

 

[Von Mistelroum]

Nobody. Branflake on Deadline day for £85m just to make sure he's a worse deal than Maguire.

 

[caid]

No one yet?
They'd still be milking the marketing from hiring Southgate or Capello or some random drastic departure from what were trying to do recently.

 

[1DeGea1]

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.

I am not saying I am sold on the idea that we are utterly changed under INEOS, but the major difference here is that we worked these deals out swiftly (two done before August and therefore able to take part in pre season) and neither being huge names at the end of their career.

Time will tell how ‘right’ these new signings are, but this is already a change from what we are used to.

 

[Valencia Shin Crosses]

People are posting absolute nonsense and if its cope to point that out then so be it.

I mean it's cope to just say "classic United strategy of overpaying nothing new here" as if we just bought Maguire for 80m all over again.

 

[Nori-]

We would have turned down £15m Amrabat option, then gone back on Sept 1st and got the deal done for £35m.