Have devilish mentioned Juventus yet?
Ole says this season will be used to find next season’s squad
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Yeah MUFG25678 quoting Mourinho. Spot on definitely.
Devilish having a mare here, Haaland has himself a deal that is almost too good to be true. No super club can match it because no super club can agree to a release clause that low.
Haaland at 19 now gets at least 2 years playing & improving in a much less pressured environment and because of the clause, if he does well he’ll have the pick of the football World. It’s a dream scenario for any talented 19 yr old.
Haaland at 19 now gets at least 2 years playing & improving in a much less pressured environment and because of the clause, if he does well he’ll have the pick of the football World. It’s a dream scenario for any talented 19 yr old.
Why would Haaland join us when we offer very little right now, when he can join Dortmund, play Champions League football, develop under less pressure and get a bigger move with a bigger contract in a season or two. We'd insist on tying him down to a performance based contract and could end up being the next Depay. I'm not surprised he took the easier option.
The worry is Ole was always going to have to rebuild the team without A-list prospects his name and managerial talent can't carry. He needs to do more with less because those couple transfer windows everyone keeps citing won't play out the way some imagine on our current underwhelming trajectory. No promising youngster is coming to carry our slack. The project has to start selling itself on the pitch.
Vidic, Evra, Anderson, Nani, Chichartio, Rafael, Saha, Park, De Laet. None were A-list prospects.
Ronaldo and Rooney were but I'd still fancy our chances at signing the next Rooney, whereas Ronaldo was only ever using us to get to Madrid at some point. That isn't going to change for players from that part of the world.
When i think A list youngsters i mean Haalands and Sanchos. You can't expect to build a title winner with only bargain buys. You need 1 or 2 foundational talents. I also don't know why you're listing Fergie's players. We are very aware he was possibly the greatest manager of all time who splurged on top talent as well as being a bargain hunter
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4th spot is going to be hard but attainable we still have a chance in the FA Cup and the Europa League. Its going to be tricky but we could still come away with s trophy and hopefully Champions League football next season to show for it. Hopefully he is able to find the right players who he thinks will fit the team to take us on to the next level next year.
Aren’t Liverpool doing exactly that? Firminho, Salah, Mane, Milner, Robertson.
Hell even Fabinho was pretty cheap al things considered.
Mane and Salah weren't exactly Daniel James level before joining pool. They were very ready for the next step. In any case yes teams with great systems and brilliant managers can get by easier (no shade to Ole intended)
Thats the point though Regulus, happy after this December, you are a reactionary fan who changes his mind after every game. You can’t run a football club with that attitude.
You remind me of a Liverpool I sit next to at work, hes wanted to sack Klopp about 10 times over the years, haha.
If we go back to the quote from Ole - 'he knows what he wants to do, and he knows what he is going to do' - It suggests that those two things are not the same. I thought it the time that it was an unusual thing to say, and given how this has played out it hints at some pressure being put on the players side to make the move that he did for long term financial reasons.
Salah was very frustrating player and no one thought he would be this good. Liverpool are the good example of "you can build winning team without signing hyped players". Obviously there are exceptions and also Klopp factor.
Comedy gold. Can you break down Ole’s facial expressions now too as he seemed pretty smug when saying this.
How is my inferring something from a quote any different to you determining his facial expression to be smug?
20 pages on a "quote" taken out of context. Sums up this fanbase perfectly at the moment. Absurd levels of hysteria and toxicity.
I don’t know. Which is why I wanted you to analyse it for me. As clearly no-one knows what the hell Ole is talking about. The man said you want believe the level of players that want to play for United (Not verbatim) so your a smart guy to not read into the obvious assumptions when he speaks.
All Ole’s fault eh Devilish?
Not got a problem with this, the kid has made a good choice. Good luck to him and we move on.