He gave Daniel Levy the ol' "it's not you, it's me" talk.
Mathys Tel | on his way to SPURS. He’s going to Spurs lads. SPURS
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He gave Daniel Levy the ol' "it's not you, it's me" talk.
Rashford looked more pacey than Tel, but I think Tel would be more comfortable centrally. He might not be a back to goal type player, but if he can be a fox in the box I'd imagine Tel would be a big asset to any club. I wonder if he just hasn't had enough games there for Bayern because of Kane, we'll see how he fares here.
Wonder why Levy would fly there if they were not certain of him signing. There could be more to this story, likely another club might have expressed interest for the summer and Tel wanted to wait it out.
Because Bayern had already accepted their offer, one of the rare cases where that happened before personal terms have been agreed with the player.
Clubs usually do the reverse which avoids situations where you get egg on your face publicly with a rejection
Like a jumping spider jumping into a bowlful of things jumping spiders jump in for, like flies or cornflakes, Mathys Tel can make the difference in United's season by playing as the 2 in a 4222 formation or as 1 of 2 in the 4 in a 531 formation.
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I'm going to find this video now that is hilarious21st May 2025, San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao.
The Europa League Final, Manchester United F.C Vs Tottenham Hotspur F.C
Mathys Tel picks up an 83' Minute winner and runs over to Levy looking down from his directors box and pulls up his shirt to unveil a message "Lads it's Spurs".
He does look like he could excel anywhere in the front line.
Agree, for me he is the best ever player. A true phenom.
Well it seems Bruno is being played CM now. I’d personally move Amad to RWB and have Mainoo and Garnacho as 10s. Now that’s an attack minded team.
Not really a fan of this signing. Doesn't look that good, seems like he would struggle for similar reasons Rashford would struggle in the system. At least seems he has a decent workrate. Just not the type of player I thought we'd go for in those areas.
Think he looks like a faster Martial. Not the type of forward I'd want us to sign and another young one which would excuse him not doing much better than Hojlund and Zirkzee... Give me a striker who is in the right position in the box, in his prime years instead.
I agree that Bruno can play in CM but Amad is more effective as part of the front 3. Kobbie played well as a 10 so I would keep him there. That means Amad, Kobbie and Tel as the front 3 with Garnacho coming off the bench.
Why are they quality?
Ye I’d go with that. Garnacho always makes things happen of the bench so that could be a good threat from us late in games.
They have a blue tick so are verified.
Martial was rapid and also a very good player in his younger years. The fact he is a young striker I kind of agree with though as it feels like we need a more experienced player to compliment Zirkzee and Hojlund.
That being said if we do sign Tel it will be an exciting signing.
I'm not saying Martial was bad, although he mostly looked like striker wasnt his real position. But he's not the type of striker that I want to see right now. I'd take a player who 9 times out of 10 is in the right position to score a tap in if the ball is any good coming into the box. I dont care if they're scrappy goals. Just someone who will do the right things to get goals.
They've definitely got an inside track at United. Particularly when it comes to youth level, as the twitter handle would suggest.
Always exciting to sign a young player with huge potential. However, when I think about our front line and what's needed, the Striker needs to be able to lead the line and the inside forwards need to be able to play between the lines. Looking at him, I just don't think he excels at either.
I'm sure the recruitment team knows something I don't. Outside of those two important traits, the rest of his game is pretty impressive.
I'm sure the recruitment team knows something I don't. Outside of those two important traits, the rest of his game is pretty impressive.
Anything to back that up?
Had one story before Fabrizo Romano. Got credited as well. Don’t remember who it was. Chido Obi Martin maybe.
We need more options upfront. It's clear that right now, Hojilund and Zirkzee offer very little. Tel would be a good player to have in our squad.
Reasonable enough and we have a good working relationship with Bayern, lets see if this gets done around that ballpark
This club doesn't learn does it? Bayern paid less than half that amount for him, he hasn't done well there, isn't getting any minutes and yet we want to offer that much as the buy option. Contrast that to the fee Chelsea negotiated with us for Sancho.
Chido-Obi is definitely one. Usually first and reliable on many academy related incomings and news in general. As this is a first team matter, it's slightly different but I fully trust the source if they are putting their name to it.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with the potential fee.
Spurs had just agreed 50 mill. 45 mill for a top league young talent is about the going rate you would expect.
Unreliable source, also it's an option to buy not mandatory just like Amrabat wasn't mandatory.
If we see some good progress and he works well in the side we pay it. It's less than we paid for Mount.
That's good to know, thanks!
Spurs offered 60 I believe
I don't care what spurs bid, we paid £85m for Antony, that doesn't mean anything. He rejected spurs, so their offer doesn;t mean anything. He's clearly not been a hit at Bayern and yet we're looking to pay double what they paid for him. Any player of ours in the same boat, we sell at a huge loss.
Yessir!!!
He's a european target. Shameful currency application, that.
That was in Euros.
I doubt that Bayern will agree to a pure buy option though. At the very least I expect them to demand some sort of buyback option.
Big clubs that are buyers wouldn't allow a buy back.
It won't matter how much he costs if he comes in and does well. It becomes a issue if he doesn't do well, in that case you don't take up the option and you only lose the loan fee and the wages on the player for 5 or 6 months. The total outlay will be around €60m if we end up buying him.
I agree. And since he refused to sign a new contract (potentially) this makes nsot much sense.
I anyhow doubt he is the kind of player we need currently. We need a top striker who scores from das 1 imo