In the event we make any January signings they will immediately turn into mediocre shite players under Jose!
Manchester United ready to back José Mourinho with £100m-plus in January
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Do we lack it tho?
De Gea 7 seasons in pl
Valencia +10 seasons
Smalling 9 seasons
Young + 10 seasons
Fellaini 10 seasons
Mata 7 seasons in pl +5 in Spain
Herrera 4 seasons in pl + 5 in Spain
Lukaku 5 seasons
Matic 4 seasons in pl + 3 in Portugal
Pogba 2 seasons in pl + 4 in Italy
Jones 9 seasons
Rojo 4 seasons in pl + 2 in Portugal
Darmian 3 seasons in pl + 5 in Italy
Sanchez 4 seasons in pl + 6 in Spain and Italy
No, they havent. They've shown they can be in the first team for a little bit for a short amount of time. That isnt "class".
I dont think theres any possibility whatsoever that we sign a CB like those mentioned in Jan. Their teams will want double the price to lose such a player during the season. Those are summer signings.
CPR when the water has flown above the head.
Ridiculous lousy reactive board.
Ridiculous lousy reactive board.
Why not give Tuanzebe a chance. He's getting rave reviews from Villa. Mou would sooner sign a 19 year old or bring in a 32 year old than give one of their own a chance.
Deluded if you think we’re getting them players a those prices. Sancho alone will be 60m+.
When you’re in need of rescue you call for the AA (Arnautovic and Ake)
United didn't give Jose the money in the summer yet they'll give him the money now when we're practically failing and arguably need to part ways.
Dafuq ?
This club.
Dafuq ?
This club.
One that does not cost any money.
Woodward is simply saving money, just as several other clubs are.
Spurs (Levy) are also trying to save money, though that is related to (funding of) their new expensive stadium. A lot of the money our club saves, will go into the pockets of The Glazers. No stadium expansion for us, unfortunately.
Time will tell, but I doubt we'll spend anything significant in January. We may try and get a bargain basement player, though. Are there any very old CBs available, who won't cost much or might even be available on a free transfer?
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The briefings from him are exactly the opposite of this.
The briefings from Woodie are that we will pay big money for Galactico class signings.
He means that he is not prepared to spend big money on old players, like Boateng or non Galacticos like Maguire.
However, if an older player is available, for very little money or a free transfer, then I think, he'll absolutely bite.
And then quote the summer kitty openly in the market, it's so easy to keep players for those clubs that way. However we showed zero ambition when bonucchi was moving clubs.
Richarlison moved to Everton last summer for 50m but we're going to get him for 25m. I need to stop getting surprised by the Caf really. 
Did you use the FM editor with those prices?
I said 25 or under. Fred is 25. How is signing a 25 year old short sighted? How is that old? Ibra was short term but he was replaced by a 24 year old Lukaku. Grant is 3rd choice keeper and ironically was signed so Pereira could actually go and play somewhere.
This shite agenda you are trying to push is bollocks.
They need to have real quality as well. You are throwing in ex wingers turned fullback, and players who dont even play. Smalling should not be our first choice most experienced CB, it’s ridiculous.
I know some of them are not good enough.
You claimed we lacked experience, and i say we have it in abundance in our squad.
Those prices can be achieved if we can find a time machine to transport us back to 2006
Well the experience needs to be matched with quality as well, otherwise we might as well sign Gareth Barry.
Umm, Willian and Perisic were confirmed targets. Boateng himself confirmed that he spoke to Mourinho and turned us down.
Ok? The point is we don't know who else was targeted. He signed Bailly, Lukaku, Pogba, Dalot and Lindelof. I dont want to hear this shite about him only signing older players.
But wouldn't Sancho be like a 6-yr old then? Well, the kid might still be better than what we have on the right wing
My point was that he has targeted expensive, aging players who aren't that good to begin with. I'm not even sure why you're trying to argue with that. Your reply instead is that we don't know who else we targeted. Well we still do know some of the names he really wanted, and that's what I'm basing it off.
Did we know he was targeting Dalot? The point is he isn’t just going around trying to sign 30 year olds, and his signings so far prove that. Yet everyone wants to run with the narrative that he is only interested in signing old players.
Why didn’t we just give him this in the summer? 100m would sort our right wing out.
Because that tw@t ed knows better than one of the most successful managers of all time...
That’s the real difference between us and city. They back every manager to the hilt in the transfer market. Maybe Jose’s targets were too old, no resale etc... if he was at city they would have signed all the players Jose wanted for better or worse... we can’t really fully judge his work if we don’t fully support his vision and there’s no denying his past success when he was fully backed. I personally would rather we target and trust young exceptionally talented players, especially for our attack.
Agreed. But it goes further back than players that came in under JM. Di-Maria, Falcao, Memphis were supposed to be stars under LVG, Schweini & Schneiderlin were also seen as good buys at the time. We also expected Mata to make a real difference under Moyes. After SAF retired, most signings have been duds.
All those players listed that really flopped were older signings apart from Memphis. It’s clear we need to stop signing players on reputation, that don’t suit our style of football and that don’t really have any hunger to play for us either. They were the wrong profile of players. They had all already peaked (Memphis aside once again)
Di-Maria was still at his prime age, and was sought after by PSG. Schneiderlin was also just entering the prime age.
But I do agree that it’s clear we need to stop signing players on reputation or that don’t suit our needs. We need a better strategy and are crying out for a director of football, the board is not good enough.
It’s fair to say Di Maria never hit his best form again for any prolonged period post Madrid. Schneiderlin has been terrible since he left us too. We aren’t signing the right players more often than not. It’s not about the amounts of money. It’s the wrong profile of player.
If we are to bring in any players in January we must make sure they are the right players that we need most.
If the board backs Mourinho then he must bring in the right players. If they are not going to back him, then they must replace him now. We need some players to push for a top 4 place, whoever the manager is.
If the board backs Mourinho then he must bring in the right players. If they are not going to back him, then they must replace him now. We need some players to push for a top 4 place, whoever the manager is.
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May be we should consider Christian Tello. Had a great game against Barca, plays at right wing, good pace and dribbling, decent link up play. May be if we can get him for 20m. If it works out its ok, if not we are not losing much.
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We’d probably be moaning like feck about how we’d wasted £60 million on Willian.
"I'd wish you good luck but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you got it.".
Sums up my thoughts on Mourinho getting money in Jan.
Sums up my thoughts on Mourinho getting money in Jan.
When it comes to player recruitment since Mourinho's arrival, this particular one is unacceptable. Five transfer windows on—we still have no RW. Granted, there haven't exactly been too many that fit the profile we're looking for, but what the hell.
And now, with the subsequent inflation following the transfers of Neymar, Mbappé and Dembélé… not to mention the mandatory add-on tax that seems exclusive to United's signings only, 100m sounds about right, and whether that's in £ or € is probably not a deciding factor at this point.
I think the player in bold could surprisingly be made available in the next transfer window or two, and I hope he's on our radar.
Will 100m get a new manager?
If his attitude is as bad as reported José won’t have it and they’ll fall out. Someone like Fergie could nurture him no doubt...
If we got Willian Perisic and Toby we’d be a better side. Would we be closer to city? Probably not. I think the board are right in so far as that we need to start building for the future so when cities cycle ends we are ready to step in again. We’ve been well beaten for now, a few more experienced players aren’t going to bridge that gap.
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