Finally a midfielder with nr 4 again! Hargreaves and Veron.
Sofyan Amrabat | signs for United on loan
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Im happy to try something new because, as the saying goes, repeating the same mistake and expecting something different is bat shit crazy...something like that anyway
Breaking News: Paul Merson is a big fan of a Manchester United player.
We also didn't need a LB until Shaw was ruled out hence a late buy
That's the jokeIsn't it Andrew Tate in the photo?
I think this is the repeat. Sign an average player that ten haag knows from the netherlands on loan. Like with Weghorst. Sign someone average like Fred was. There were plenty of players who look better than the tired Fred and McTom chances, we just didnt pick one. We signed a different type of player in Mount and now we're taking an average midfielder to fill a gap, rather than improving an area that needed improvement
Good move for us and the player. Not saying he will be a hit, but certainly has some great passing attributes and can dictate the tempo well
Straight into our best XI.
I get the annoyance at Reguilon but come on let's at least give this guy a chance before completely writing him off already. He deserves that after all the clubs he has rejected because only wanted the Utd move since the start of year
My apologies. Said it wrong, but meant to say, we may be able to see them all guns firing post the break.
Anyway doubt any of the 3 would start such a high profile game away from home.
Bayindir may see some time during the AFCON tournament when Onana is away.
Hojlund may come in around 70 minutes for a rescue mission if we are a goal or 2 behind probably.
On paper he certainly seems like a player who can bring some much needed balance to our first team. Would not be surprised at all to see him starting most games
The fact it’s a 10m loan fee shows what bollocks this “restrained by FFP” is. In accounting terms it’d have been cheaper to buy him in this years accounts by about 5m. It’s the Glazers refusing to spend.
Well that's hardly ideal.
Excellent point
comments from last year.
happy everyone?
I love how everybody knows Fioretina's business but all have completely different "facts".
Lets go bois:
We've had an exceptional transfer window particularly given the FFP situation we had to deal with.
We signed players early and had enough time to pivot and make late additions which were forced due to injuries. We have cover for Casemiro now, with Mainoo, Mount and Amrabat also competing for the spot next to Casemiro and Bruno. We have a new striker, whilst still having Martial as a back up. We kept Pellestri, Amad and Sancho to compete with Antony for the slot on the right hand side. We even managed to get a temporarily left back to cover both of our injured left backs so Dalot can compete with AWB. We replaced DDG with a capable keeper too. All this was done whilst sticking to a strict budget.
We no longer will see Fred or Mctominay in midfield. The honest truth is fans need to give the new signings some time to embed. The play in key positions which is why we signed them in the first place. The only reason anyone has complained about this window has been due to the new players not settling in quickly enough. Mount hasn't even had a chance to show ETH's plan, Hojlund has been injured and Onana has just been unlucky. But we filled what was needed. Eriksen literally is covering Mount( depth), Martial is covering Hojlund( depth).
My only concern is Varane. That's always hard to truly plan for. CB's play almost all games that aren't throwaways. How do you plan for an excellent defender that's injury prone. Do you sign an expensive quality defender and risk a disgruntled team or do you keep a solid defender in the squad who can fill in when needed ( lindelof, backed up by Maguire). I think we took the right approach, but the question is, how solid is Lindelof
We signed players early and had enough time to pivot and make late additions which were forced due to injuries. We have cover for Casemiro now, with Mainoo, Mount and Amrabat also competing for the spot next to Casemiro and Bruno. We have a new striker, whilst still having Martial as a back up. We kept Pellestri, Amad and Sancho to compete with Antony for the slot on the right hand side. We even managed to get a temporarily left back to cover both of our injured left backs so Dalot can compete with AWB. We replaced DDG with a capable keeper too. All this was done whilst sticking to a strict budget.
We no longer will see Fred or Mctominay in midfield. The honest truth is fans need to give the new signings some time to embed. The play in key positions which is why we signed them in the first place. The only reason anyone has complained about this window has been due to the new players not settling in quickly enough. Mount hasn't even had a chance to show ETH's plan, Hojlund has been injured and Onana has just been unlucky. But we filled what was needed. Eriksen literally is covering Mount( depth), Martial is covering Hojlund( depth).
My only concern is Varane. That's always hard to truly plan for. CB's play almost all games that aren't throwaways. How do you plan for an excellent defender that's injury prone. Do you sign an expensive quality defender and risk a disgruntled team or do you keep a solid defender in the squad who can fill in when needed ( lindelof, backed up by Maguire). I think we took the right approach, but the question is, how solid is Lindelof
Is he someone that will dictate play for us and can play long passes to switch play?
I get that, Mack, but it seemed to me that some of the responses intimated that they thought it was Amrabat just chilling on a boat.
Looks like he's going to be suspended most weeks looking at how he dives into the tackles.
Hopefully Casemiro won't do that as much any more cos he's bad at it.
Hopefully Casemiro won't do that as much any more cos he's bad at it.
Adrien Rabiot
Barella
Piotr Zelinski
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
Ismael Bennacer
Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa
Stanislav Lobotka
Luis Alberto
Teun koopmeiners
Lorenzo Pellegini
hakan Calhanoglu
Done
I have a good feeling about this one. Looking forward to seeing him play
How many of those are DMs?
I’m going to be honest and totally disagree with all of that.
Amrabat has been waiting for United since June and he’s clearly been a top target for us. The issue has been our finances and priorities in terms of spend.
I don’t think you’re well versed on what’s going on at the club this summer if I’m honest.
Since you’re adding players who currently play in Saudi Arabia, why not add Casemiro and Frenkie de Jong while you’re at it?
Nice post, agreed
Imagine the the sliding tackles in training! him and AWB will have to have a "sliding tackle battle" just to decide who is king.
Some are funny. However recent ones have been mocking United so tried to ignore those.
FFP
If you do find a funny one then feel free to share it
Him and Casemiro bossing midfield will make us look like a different team
Clearly we should when we end up paying 100m for the likes of Antony. There were better midfielders we could have got. Like i said, if it's a loan for a year, I'm happy with that. If it's a permanent deal, then he's going to be a warm body that we're looking to upgrade in a year or two. I don't think he improves the overall squad or is a long term solution.
As there's an option to buy, if we take up that option, the loan fee can be added to the agreed transfer fee and amortised over the length of the player's contract. So it'd still work out at around €5M in this year's accounts (assuming 4-5yr contract is agreed). In fact, they don't even need to wait until taking up the option, they just need to decide whether they're "reasonably certain" to do so or not. If we don't take up the option, then it'll be the whole €10M loan fee going down as a cost for this year.
I suppose, this way, it keeps options open so they can account it as a ~€5M cost right up until pulling the plug on a permanent transfer.
Or United not having any cash, which may be the bigger problem.
I’ve almost given up on this one expecting him to be the next Thiago.
Glad to see this one over the line.
Glad to see this one over the line.
Hopefully this all goes through. Should have gone through before Mount, alongside Onana and Hojlund he will be a key signing for us. Even if he turns out to be a bit shit at least he's playing in the right position.
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