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Marko Arnautović | United have pulled out
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That's the issue here though, he's not 'bang average', he is actually a decent player who will probably be happy to be a squad option but who will give his all every time he plays.
But I know fans want shiny new toys to be world class every time, just a shame for them the footballing world doesn't work that way.
This guy is supposed to be a dressing room nightmare … Apparently has major fallouts with managers and coaches.
Yeah, on top of everything else that's wrong with signing Arnautovic - that's just it, isn't it? He's being targeted now because Martial is injured. So, we're light up front - just Ronaldo, really.
I mean, wasn't it evident that we were light to begin with? Martial and Ronaldo = a player with huge question marks over him and a 38 year old "club legend" who also has question marks above him (and that's without factoring in that he's probably been wanting to leave for months).
This isn't on ETH, by the way - not for me. It's 99% on Murtough.
If he's such a decent option why the feck didn't we sign him a couple months ago?
I know the answer to this, but interested to get your perspective
Which is a problem why? What's the alternative?
Garnarcho? Decent and a prospect but not ready yet.
Rashford? Not great through the middle.
Anyone else?
Not true for Austria. He's been a favorite of our managers throughout. On club level I have no idea. Works his socks off but he's simply too old now.
Because we can't get the other players we want, like Sesko.
Is it better to be left light of options or get a decent player in for low cost who will give their all every game?
Take the sh!t off this thread, multiply it by 100, double it, add the number you first thought of and THAT'S how p!ssed Twitter 'fans' are.
Also a lot of journos also having a pop (at the owners/senior positions not ETH).
Wish we would go for a young striker option rather than a retread with little to no upside or resale value like this.
IIf we can't get Sesko, there's still plenty of other talented young options we could explore like Diaby, David, Thuram or Gakpo...
If we're ready to spend big then even Osimhen would be a much more worthy option
IIf we can't get Sesko, there's still plenty of other talented young options we could explore like Diaby, David, Thuram or Gakpo...
If we're ready to spend big then even Osimhen would be a much more worthy option
If we heard the link early in the window I'd feel less annoyed. Not an awful player, but he hasn't proven himself above mid table quality.
Reeks of sheer desperation like Ighalo .
Reeks of sheer desperation like Ighalo .
Buy a young up and coming striker. Hasnt Arnautovic been playing in China recently? We must be getting really desperate.
Apparently this isn’t happening after all, as the club doesn’t want to deal with the multiple racist incidents being brought up. Good.
We’ve been talking to him for 6 weeks - ever since Ronaldo told us he wanted out - according to Mitten. We want a young attacker and him.
I hope this is true. They need to utilise their damn scouting department and come up with someone else.
In that case, we maybe briefed it late this morning in the hope the game would distract.
That went well.
I disagree on his ability I think even at his very best form for West Ham he wouldn’t get near a top 4 club that’s why he went to China. 13 goals last season then about 13 combined for the 3 years prior he’s shite.
We don’t need a squad player, that suggests our starting 11 is strong enough which it isn’t.
Elanga ain’t good enough.
Rashford is completely off it now for 18 months.
Ronaldo wants out.
Martial was for sale a few months ago and has come back from a failed loan with Sevilla. Huge question marks over his fitness also.
Sancho is talented but we haven’t seen the best of him for 70m+
Your just adding more mediocre talent to a pool of mediocre players. I haven’t even commented on his attitude either he’s supposed to be a right muppet.
Every top 6 club this window has added a top quality attacker. It’s not about getting a shiny new toy it’s about getting players to improve our starting 11.
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Hope the club briefs soon that this deal is dead and we can purge this thread from existence. Never have I been so enraged by a player being linked to our club.
What's the point of preaching about signing the right players if we end up with Arnautovic. Ten Hag can't seem to see past players he has a connection with but Murtough really should know better and if he doesn't then I'm afraid nothing is going to change in this new regime
Sounds good? Really want this to end now. Not a signing for us.
He left West Ham for China like 4 years ago.. what is the plan with him anyway, hoof to him when losing in the 70th min?
Said it in another thread but he isn't the one to do transfers. United need someone else to deal with that. What experience does Murtough have in that department? As far as I know, absolutely zero. The CEO needs to deal with this. Let Murtough do his organisation behind the scenes and get a kick ass transfer 'guru' in to help ETH. Otherwise it's madness.
Well, that's slightly less infuriating if true.
Slightly.
We should have started working on this striker situation the moment ETH agreed to join - and if we did, and this is what we end up with (Arnautovic - and no Sesko, or at best Sesko on some kind of buy-to-loan-back deal), it's very hard not to conclude that someone hasn't been doing a stellar job.
So Erik likes his character...and this guy is a known racist. A new low for Man United
United rightfully getting hammered for this. Bunch of useless halfwits running the club.
Didn't somebody bump a thread from 2001 about us signing Robbie Fowler recently? Would still probably be more popular.
I really, really hope this is true. Don't want this guy anywhere near United.
He isn't a 'muppet', that's all absolute bollocks.
He's been playing for Bologna and scored two less goals last season than a striker who West Ham paid £30million for in a team that isn't as prolific in the league as Sassuolo. That'll get brushed over by the masses in here because it doesn't fit with their seething agendas.
He's a good player, the reason people on here can't see that is because they want the very best all the time, that ain't going to happen.
It's not about improving our starting eleven, that's actually decent enough up top, it's about improving the depth, unless you feel Garnacho and a wantaway Ronaldo is good enough support for Martial?
Anybody getting Di Maria vib3s?
.... and ETH..... if it's true he likes his 'character'...
Just want it to be over and we brief that this is a no go transfer.
If he was not good enough for west ham when he was younger as well what would make him a good option for man utd
Nah. I'm getting Moyes vibes
He was playing in China up until recently. He's fecking shit, and he's a garbage human being and terrible dressing room influence.
But go ahead, delude yourself into believing he'd be a brilliant signing and we actually have a master plan in place.
Take me back in time to the Danny fecking Ings rumours.
Wouldn't be too harsh on the club, maybe that prolific data system that made us pick AWB out of 804 fullbacks did the same with Arnautovic?
A 33 year old player who "only scored two less goals" than the 23 year old West Ham have taken a punt on.
And this is a selling point.
He gives his all every time he plays? Managers who have worked with him constantly complain about his work ethic.
We are the laughing stock of the football world. What was it Rangnick said about signing players on their last contract?