I wouldn't be surprised if we sign Amrabat permanently as that DM option. His loan deal is coming to an end and there seems to be no inkling that he is going back. He could be announced on July 1st as our first summer signing.
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I wouldn't be surprised if we sign Amrabat permanently as that DM option. His loan deal is coming to an end and there seems to be no inkling that he is going back. He could be announced on July 1st as our first summer signing.
Couple of tweets posted yesterday said he was going back to fiorentina.
I think Ugarte / Casemiro is our DM plan. If Casemiro leaves we might go for another DM.
I missed those. Hopefully, it true.
I hope Casemiro leaves to. It clear that he is not suited to the style of play that ETH wants to play here. He doesn't have the legs for that.
An all action midfielder and another midfielder who is on the more creative side is what is would like this window.
So who are these two midfielders then?
Excellent. He’s a solid squad man and fulfill the role that needs to be fulfilled. Plenty of doubters here of Amrabat’s ability, however.
Moutinho would have left by less than 10M at the same age, after a couple of years 15M.
He was sold to Porto in 2010 after 5 years at Sporting by 11M.
We need to pair a Onana or a Ugarte with a deep lying playmaker - a midfielder of the Adam Wharon or Zubemendi ilk.
I think one of the biggest mistake of the last few years has been missing out on Caceido before he went to Brighton. He would have been perfect paired with Mainoo.
Does the Caicedo complicated ownership thing need explaining all over again, Brighton had advantage because done that kind of deal before
Some, low quality, links saying we just had a £60m bid rejected.
Him not getting any game time is a positive for us if we're serious about getting him.
Hopefully that is with add ons. Offer a bit more and I hope we can add him to Ugarte
These tweets with feck all substance are tiresome
I don't think it matters. There's the release clause and Benfica have been very strong in getting top money for their emerging stars. If those rumours are true then both United and PSG have had offers rejected.
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Atleast he won't get Enzo's tournament hype tax
United will pay over a hundred mill for you and you can come flop with us. Don't worry there's no pressure to win any meaningful trophy at this club and the top reds will lap up a top 8 finish.
He's been amazing at the euros, sign him up United.
I think we would have to wait a year for him as can't see how we raise enough to make bid this summer
his price won't have gone up this tournament so i say go for him and Ugarte now along with a CB, Fwd and winger
That’s in excess of £200m. Did the Qataris take us over by any chance? Or is this FM?
I think we’ll spend at least €200m this summer. New owner (which I think gives us some extra financial leniency), potentially a number of sellable assets, and at least 5 clear squad gaps that need filling.
Every summer there’s the same ‘we only have £50m budget’ reported, yet every summer we go and spend £150-250m. Our issue has been how we’ve spent that money, which hopefully with Ashworth and Wilcox in the door we can use that money wisely.
Yeah unfortunately we aren't able to raise that kind of money despite Ashworth's best hopes
no but if you sell Greenwood, Sancho and McT....that isn't an issue b/c 2 of those guys are considered homegrown which makes spending 200m quite easy under the FFP rules
Casemiro will leave and bring in some money
I cannot wait to see the offers come in for Casemiro
I read that we'd made an offer of €70M for him. The source didn't appear particularly reliable though.
Yeah saw some BS about £59m + £24m addons
Yeah pleading poverty has worked out so far. Let's keep up that impression, negotiate hard but still spend.
We opened up so much wage cap with just Martial and Varane leaving. Even more so if Casemiro and Sancho leave too. I think that's about 1.5-2M per week (!!)
There's definitely money for this deal if we really push.
Would need some decent fees
This is the ultimate muppet signing, which is why I dont think this one's happening. The links have died down too.
Yes I think the time to sign him has come and gone.
I imagine it’s because they are demanding the full release clause, which there is no chance we can pay.
Would love to see us going for Neves and Yoro this window. What a statement that would be!
Hope the Saudis bail us out somewhat.
Indeed. But its more likely Real Madrid's shopping list than ours
Alongside Ugarte, Joao would be the perfect supplementary signing stylistically, as he could fulfil either the Mainoo 8 or Ugarte 6 roles with ease. We could then rotate the 3 across the two roles with Mount adding extra support in the 8 role and of course backing up Bruno, with McT as the wildcard super sub.
Rumours have died down but maybe just maybe we’re looking to get the rest of our business completed first to see if we have the budget left to negotiate with Benfica for Joao later in the window after more sales. Greenwood for £30m of pure PSR profit is a decent start…
Rumours have died down but maybe just maybe we’re looking to get the rest of our business completed first to see if we have the budget left to negotiate with Benfica for Joao later in the window after more sales. Greenwood for £30m of pure PSR profit is a decent start…
Watching Spain earlier with press proof passers in the middle of the park got me pretty jealous. I haven’t really watched enough of Neves, could he be our Portuguese version?
He’s my current dream signing. I am as excited about Yoro though if it comes off. Another step in the right direction. We kept missing out on major opportunities to improve the team for years to come and the new guys seem finally to be targeting the very best available players on the market. Who knows? I doubt we can afford Neves but I think we’d definitely want him.
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Sad to see this so low down the page. A little odd there's been no clubs linked to him in a while.
I’m not surprised, he’s too expensive with that release clause for any club to be seriously investing the time right now.
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