Manchester United Women - Silly Season 2023/24 - Ins and outs
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Thanks for the updates @Lightbringer - finally some movement on the transfer front!
It's good news for us - not just in terms of the player, but in terms of what it means for the team. The Geyse signing has been rumoured since May, it's nice seeing it happening. Shopping on the top shelf!
Yes, its finally showing some ambition to everyone inside United and also to the outside world.
I wonder if the club has been affected by the current popularity of the World Cup, I mean its literally cooking with interest! Not saying United were not going to sign anyone, but maybe it just motivated the club to pull up some cash if they see the potential of cash to me made later on with the womens team? I dont really care as long as we keep it up
Now, if United can bribe the stockholm political brass to upgrade Hammarbys current stadium that is too small, then United can have Kyra Cooney-Cross for free! Would hate to see her at Chelsea along with her Hammarby teammate Maika Hamano :-(
A really interesting signing in Geyse as she's such a different striker to Russo. I'm really looking forward to seeing her and what she can do. Hopefully we can get another CF in as Geyse, Thomas & Williams isn't enough for the CL and WSL. Daly would be very obvious upgrade to Thomas along with being cover at left back for Blundell. This would be much better than using Thoresdottir as full back cover.
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Didn't someone say that Daly is Millie's ex and that could be the reason we aren't interested
Daly has a binding contract with Aston Villa who just finished behind United and the top 4. I assume they would have zero interest in selling a player who scored almost 3 times as many goals as Russo to a direct rival? Probably United would have to pay a MEGA BIG transfer fee for it to be even remotely possible, and Daly is getting up there in age. I think those reasons might be a bigger issue than Dalys previous dating life :-) Not sure how strict Skinner would look at relationships and ex-romances etc, but of course it could be an additional factor.
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I would not want to wait til January, we need quality ASAP! Guess they will ask for a Manchester United fee to release her now!
Russo 2.0 story incoming?
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The cheek of it 
The cheek of it
Its hilarious Chelsea wants to grab so many players and just have them in the squad
But seriously, the club who put in the bid, they did really expect United to sell? Do they see us as weak financially or just without ambition?
Why else would we consider selling the arguable best keeper in the world?
I know she is out of contract, but if we sell her we might as well wave the white flag and roll over!
I got to add that with Earps her contract expiring comes exactly after she put in a monster performance during the recent international tournament, just like with Russo. Making it much more expensive to keep her!
The current highest fee for a GK is below £50k.
Exactly.. United wouldn't be able to go on a spending spree with the extra cash, we'd just be struggling to replace a keeper this year rather than next year.
For sure, better get used to this.
Yeah, now I doubt the offer is that low. But there isn't a fee that will find another Earps or improve the squad in other areas to soften her loss.
Hopefully they can get a new deal sorted with Mary.
This is becoming a recurring issue where the stronger teams are trying to maintain a status quo by buying up the best players from their competitors. I hope she signs a new contract but that feels unlikely with the way things are going right now.
@dutchred
Did you just write that about Brugts? She already signed for Barcelona, but I am sure you knew that :-)
Did you just write that about Brugts? She already signed for Barcelona, but I am sure you knew that :-)
bring it onI like this idea. I like it a lot!
United turning the womens team to a global thing with Brazilian and Japanese players, a good way to expand the fanbase also :-)
Very interesting. With Geyse, I wonder how we are thinking of setting up. Miyazawa scored for fun in the WC, but normally I believe she is a midfielder? Her goal count for Verdy Tokyo and Mynavi Sendai are not of the striker variety. However, she was MVP two years in a row in the Japanese WE league at a very young age, so exciting!
Making some good signings.
So Kerolins clubs refusing to sell before the american season has ended, corrrect? Which means her arrival would be in the january transfer window if things go as planned!
Feck off Arsenal! Just offer a 4 years BIG contract to Earps. Its time to get serious now we will be left in the dust behind Arsenal!
It is very exciting news indeed. She is first and foremost a midfielder, but she will always find ways to create havoc on the attack. Back in the 2018 U20 WWC, she was a key playmaker while Saori Takarada (who unfortunately did not play much in 2023 for some reason) and Rino Ueki banged the goals on the way to the title.
Sounds promising. Still makes me wonder how a first 11 will look if we manage to bring in Kerolin as well.
We’ll have Toone, Miyazawa and Keroline, all sort of attacking midfielders, and Zelem /Bø Risa who are bothe stronger creatively than defensively as well. DM and wingers are a bit less covered it seems?
Earps
Riviere Le Tissier Turner Blundell
Kerolin Ladd/Naalsund Zelem/Toone
Miyazawa Geyse Galton
???
Yea, we really need to clinch that new contract with her to avoid repeating ourselves.
It doesn't seem as if Kerolin will come until January, if at all. I would imagine the aim would be to bring in full back cover and maybe another midfielder before the window is done, I maybe would have liked to have seen more depth added at number 9 and more quality at centre back but it's difficult to get everything. It will likely look like:
Earps
Riviere Le Tissier Turner Blundell
Two of Ladd, Zelem, Naalsund and a new midfielder (probably Zelem and Ladd given Skinner trusts them but I think with Batlle gone the team needs more dynamism and ball carrying through the middle then they offer)
Toone
Miyazawa/Parris/Garcia Geyse Galton
WSL transfer deadline is on Thursday 14 September. Looks like Miyazawa (if it happens) will be the last addition for United.
I like our squad, although we're still a bit light on the fullback positions. One injury and we've got a CB playing out wide again. I genuinely hope if that happens we'll give Rabjohn a chance as she's apparently more comfortable playing as a FB than the other CBs we've got.
I like our squad, although we're still a bit light on the fullback positions. One injury and we've got a CB playing out wide again. I genuinely hope if that happens we'll give Rabjohn a chance as she's apparently more comfortable playing as a FB than the other CBs we've got.
Did they manage to get Cooney-Cross in?
Miyazawa would be great too.
What about the player they were linked with from the US, Brazilian player? Apologies I cannot recall her name.
Miyazawa would be great too.
What about the player they were linked with from the US, Brazilian player? Apologies I cannot recall her name.
Not yet, but even if we did sign her the move would most likely happen in January. Kerolin seems happy in North Carolina so I doubt she'd move before January either.
Carrie Jones signs for Bristol City on a permanent deal.