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MUFC OK said:
Haha we've got people being like 'good, glad he's gone, well done United' and ignoring the fact that we won't even replace him. remember this was a £75m striker that was meant to become world class here. He's also by far the most prolific striker we had. Woodward has literally played an absolute blinder for the Glazers again, they must absolutely love him.

My suspicion is that we never really wanted Dybala, we wanted the cash to reach that magic £70m net figure. Great ploy to get us to think he was just being a mercenary, I'm sorry but £350,000 a week is what you have to pay for a player of that quality.
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Unfortunately, it is looking that way. It just doesn't make sense why people are so excited about relying on Martial and Rashford, two players who, for the first time in 18/19, managed to get double figures in the league. Even then it was scraping it with only 10 goals each. People are putting a lot of hope in Greenwood being great, but I doubt he is even going to play much.

Think people need to look forward to seeing a front three of Martial, Rashord, Lingard. Can't wait.
 
Nitewolf said:
Thank for you (respect).
But again, I should've known from your first post.
Great argument though :lol::lol::lol:
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Cheers. The argument is a bit comical, good to have such moments on a forum.

Might turn out I'm the dumb one to defend Lukaku. Wouldn't mind.
 
Treble said:
Predictions and facts is what ultimately matters when people disagree. And my point about the managers knowing better than the average fans was different than the one you are attributing to me. I'm talking about several top managers rating a player higher than most caftards on here, not just Jose or just Conte or just Sarri, etc.
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So his poor first touch, movement, work rate all becomes myth now that Juventus wanted him?

He isn't as bad as few say but he was liability for us last season. Juventus, inter wanting him doesn't change what we all saw for 2 seasons. He isn't some young player with potential.
 
Treble said:
Thanks for the lesson. Don't find it convincing though. People tend to seriously overrate their undersgtanding of how things work. Dunning-Kruger.
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Your posts are just contradicting or full of hypocrisy.
 
roonster09 said:
So his poor first touch, movement, work rate all becomes myth now that Juventus wanted him?

He isn't as bad as few say but he was liability for us last season. Juventus, inter wanting him doesn't change what we all saw for 2 seasons. He isn't some young player with potential.
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Think if we discuss a little bit more we'll find out that we don't disagree asmuch as it might appear. Yes, bad touch, unsatisfactory movement, all true. He can score goals and even assist goals (think he had more assists than Aguero and Kane in 17/18). Let's see how he fares under a manager who thinks he knows how to bring the best out of him. As I said above, might turn that I'm the clueless one here.
 
doomy20 said:
Watch us not replacing him, instead the money will go out of the club to finance a new yacht or something for the owners.
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They own the club. If I owned Man United, I would probably want a nice yacht as well.
 
Thought he'd be a short-term signing when he signed, staying for 2-3 years until Rashford was deemed ready. Looks like that's how it's going to turn out.

He's a decent player but not quite up to elite level. Will always do well with teams that play on the counter and give him space to run into. In a top team, which creates a lot of pinball chances around the box, he's not quite so effective.

Anyway, good outcome for all parties. He gets to play regularly and we get our money back.
 
JohnnyKills said:
Anyway, good outcome for all parties. He gets to play regularly and we get our money back.
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"We get our money back?" if you mean out of the club and paid to the glazers in dividends you are correct. We will not see that reinvested in the playing staff. Ole is the oerfect choice for the Glazers, he will 'play the yoof' and not kick up a fuss when he doesnt get backing. It's so clear this is why Jose was angry with the board.

The ship continues to sink.
 
Djemba-Djemba said:
It's funny though he did an interview last year telling his team mates unhappy with having to deal with an utter cnut in Mourinho who was clearly trying to get the sack and was in self sabotage mode that they should "deal with it, you're a grown-ass man deal with it".

And now he's fallen out with a manager and his way of "dealing with it" is to go AWOL and try and force through a move.

What a crybaby hypocrite.
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He's pathetic, don't let the door hit you on the way out feckwit.
 
Arrived for his medical.

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EnelDoobacabra said:
Just out of curiosity, what is your opinion on the likes of Pogba, "JLingz", Di Maria and Sanchez in that case?
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Pogba is a child in a man's body but he performs for us more often than not and it's clearly his agent causing most of his problems.

Lingard is a fool but he loves the club.

Di Maria couldn't handle the pressure.

Sanchez has done nothing wrong, he's just not played well.


I can't recall the last time anyone refused to train for us.
 
roonster09 said:
So his poor first touch, movement, work rate all becomes myth now that Juventus wanted him?

He isn't as bad as few say but he was liability for us last season. Juventus, inter wanting him doesn't change what we all saw for 2 seasons. He isn't some young player with potential.
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Lot of people forgetting what Lukaku brings to the table which is goals. Had a bad season last year, looked unfit, overweight, demotivated but he scores goals.

16 in all competitions in his first season with us and 12 last season. We didnt even score enough goals last season as it was, so now we need to replace his output plus find more from somewhere else.
 
I don't rate him much, but surely we have to pull the plug if we get no one in today, though it looks too far down the line to do that now.

He can score quite a few goals even when he's ambling around with the ball bouncing off his gigantic feet. He's the only proper centre forward we have. Everyone else seems to flip back and forth between looking better out wide than through the middle.
 
red4ever 79 said:
Lot of people forgetting what Lukaku brings to the table which is goals. Had a bad season last year, looked unfit, overweight, demotivated but he scores goals.

16 in all competitions in his first season with us and 12 last season. We didnt even score enough goals last season as it was, so now we need to replace his output plus find more from somewhere else.
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Lukaku goal myth was busted long back. He had 1 20 plus goals season in league. His career average is 15-16 league goals and that's what he scored at ManUtd. For a limited player that goal return is not good enough
 
B20 said:
For everything that's been said, Lukaku has come out a winner here.

He leaves a team rebuilding under a manager of uncertain credentials that doesn't rate him like the former manager did, gets a pay hike to join a cl team under a world class manager who has wanted to work with him for years. He probably can't believe his luck.

Not to mention he is replacing icardi. His build up play won't look out of place.
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Yeah he's done well for himself. Of course, now comes the hard part: he actually has to play well at Inter.
 
I was so happy with Rom came, was always a big fan, and I dont think he's been bad here but not exactly sad to see him go either. My worry is pure numbers. How are we going to rotate up front now? If Rashford and Martial dont seriously up their scoring record how do we hope for top 4 next season. I'm all for putting faith in youth and taking a gamble, but if this one back fires we're going to be in a really tough position this time next year.
 
Turnip said:
I was so happy with Rom came, was always a big fan, and I dont think he's been bad here but not exactly sad to see him go either. My worry is pure numbers. How are we going to rotate up front now? If Rashford and Martial dont seriously up their scoring record how do we hope for top 4 next season. I'm all for putting faith in youth and taking a gamble, but if this one back fires we're going to be in a really tough position this time next year.
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I wouldn't be surprised if this is the transfer we are supposedly still working on - either Mandzukic or Llorente. In fact, does the deadline even apply to Llorente as he's a few agent?
 
Would have been happy to give Rom another season even with his poor first touch etc if he had got his obvious weight/ muscle mass issues under control. But his inability to address this meant that another season of watching him gassed after every sprint was not an option. Not replacing him with a reliable 20 goal striker is another issue though and we will suffer for that..
 
roonster09 said:
So his poor first touch, movement, work rate all becomes myth now that Juventus wanted him?

He isn't as bad as few say but he was liability for us last season. Juventus, inter wanting him doesn't change what we all saw for 2 seasons. He isn't some young player with potential.
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Tbf it appears increasingly likely that juventus really did want him about as much as they wanted Danilo...
 
I can't believe we actually got £75m for him after his performances last season. Thank God for Conte.
 
He's smiled more in these last days than I'm his whole time an United. :rolleyes:

Just seem him on Sky waving to Inter fans out of a window. Why does that irritate me?!!!!:lol:
 
I don't think it's a coincidence, as soon as Ole started making the players run he trows in the towel.
 
I am disappointed United are selling Lukaku. He didn't have a great season. But United didn't either. Forty-two goals in ninty-six appearances. But Alexis Sanchez stays!
 
Went to a manager that wants to play him whilst also escaping our circus good on him.
 
Chairman Woodie said:
I am disappointed United are selling Lukaku. He didn't have a great season. But United didn't either. Forty-two goals in ninty-six appearances. But Alexis Sanchez stays!
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He is the one who asked to leave.
 
Chairman Woodie said:
I am disappointed United are selling Lukaku. He didn't have a great season. But United didn't either. Forty-two goals in ninty-six appearances. But Alexis Sanchez stays!
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Sanchez is staying because we can't get rid. No way he'd still be here if someone else was dumb enough to pay his wages.
 
According to the Guardian live transfer blog :
Sky are showing images of Romelu Lukaku leaning out of a window and giving a thumbs up to cheering Inter fans. He’ll be crowdsurfing soon.
Is this their master plan to get him to move around the pitch more?
 
Good bit of business if we do sell him and break even, as it wasn't really working with him in our team. Though with him gone, and a replacement not likely to come in, I am worried we are a little light up front. I'm not confident our other strikers can step up and replace his goals, and it is a big ask for Greenwood to come in and do that in his first season as well.
 
M16Red said:
I don't think it's a coincidence, as soon as Ole started making the players run he trows in the towel.
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He really threw in the towel in Paris didn’t he. He really gave up when our players dropped like flies against Liverpool and he was playing RB didn’t he. Just say it how it is, Ole didn’t want him and now he’s gone.
 
Chairman Woodie said:
I am disappointed United are selling Lukaku. He didn't have a great season. But United didn't either. Forty-two goals in ninty-six appearances. But Alexis Sanchez stays!
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Find a club even thinking remotely, about taking Sanchez of our hands, and I'd imagine Ole would deliver him personally.Re Lukaku, it's obvious from our preseason, we are looking to implement a much more fluid, high pressing attack. Lukaku cannot play that game, simple as. Looks like we are breaking even, great bit of business. Ideally we bring someone in to replace him but nows the time for the younger players to step up if we don't.
 
haram said:
He really threw in the towel in Paris didn’t he. He really gave up when our players dropped like flies against Liverpool and he was playing RB didn’t he. Just say it how it is, Ole didn’t want him and now he’s gone.
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Tbf, the two PSG goals were opportunistic at best. They weren't as a result of lung busting runs...
 
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