The GOAT's.
Manchester United name John Murtough as Football Director and Darren Fletcher as Technical Director
- Thread starter Tom Van Persie
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not one, not two, but THREE World Class players in one window. Feck me.
Was Falcao transfer also kinda fast, from the moment it was said he is going to City till he signed for United?
All for about £120m.
Until about 10.30 this morning all the reports were City - done deal. Then Rio chimed in. What a mental 7 hours, where I did approximately 15 minutes of work.
Quick and efficient.
Saul after this? Neves? Camavinga?
I don't think we've finished either.
Legend
Yeah, Heaton, Sancho and Varane.
And weve now added Ronaldo to the three you mentioned.
But seriously, if we can get a midfielder in, (even if its loan), it would be beautiful.
Credit to them & Woody for getting the deals done. Now, if only they could get a midfielder in the last couple of days…
Think Trevor Sinclair was on Talksport saying what a good transfer it was for City. Whoops!
Murtough, he played this one beautifully.
So, with the all praising, what was actually their part in this deal?
The difference was that Joel Glazer released the funds for Ronaldo and the guys on the football side wrapped the deal up pretty quickly.
Contrary to what some people believe, we can get deals done quickly if Joel Glazer allows it which is well documented.
So basically this whole super duper new age structure is not that necessary.
The structure involves many facets within the club, from the youth, scouting and data science department, which were non existent when Fergie retired.
I've explained the above in detail in many posts previously in this thread and one has to look at things holistically when it comes to a football club at elite level.
Aye, but the part that involves deep discussion and planning regarding new signings probably wasn't overused when it came to Ronaldo...
What a fecking man.
Ronaldo IMO is a opportunistic signing and likely didn't involve deep discussion. It seems we saw a opportunity and moved quickly to beat out City.
One class CDM and this would've been the greatest summer I can remember.
If only city have Murtough to act quick, efficient, and don’t mess around, they would have got ronaldo.
Saul after this? Neves? Camavinga?
I shouldnt have opened this thread as I took a swig of my bottle of Asahi and saw this. Fecking choked and laughed my head off.Love to see the Bitter Blue's face right now
Bet by Monday he will be backtracking big time. No Messi, No Ronaldo and No Kane.
Saul after this? Neves? Camavinga?
jesusLucky I had the day off!
Has been one hell of a day....
1. Pep won't be renewing his contract again.
2. City not getting Ronaldo
3. We are getting Ronaldo
Incredible!
They've done alright so far.
Hopefully the singings work out.
Hopefully the singings work out.
Oh but they've signed the saviour of English football for £100m....what a coup
Somebody they probably didn't need.
Can we give Murtough 10 years contract? This guy first transfer window is amazing.
Beautiful.
Thats Varane and Ronnie he's been a big part of, hats off to him, seems to have taken to the role really well!
If City was not involved in Ronaldo transfer would we have signed him? Say he was negotiating with PSG?
Maybe not. Think it is more about the perception of Manchester United if he had turned us down to go to City. That is why ex players warned him about his legacy. So saved that and got a player who will offer a lot at the same time.
And rather smoothly. We're not used to that kind of easy peasy dealings