Solskjaer target 5 signings; 6 players could leave [BBC, Telegraph, Guardian]

I’m remaining optimistic that we’ll sign Maguire and 1 or 2 others.
I think there will be more urgency completing transfers once the team return from the Far East. Easier then for new signings to join up with squad rather than training alone at Carrington.
 
Solskjaer is happy to go into season with squad he has. So maybe keeping Pogba and AWB will be all our transfer business this window. Maybe a last minute Maguire over the top bid. I hope it is not true.
 
Houdini said:
Solskjaer is happy to go into season with squad he has. So maybe keeping Pogba and AWB will be all our transfer business this window. Maybe a last minute Maguire over the top bid. I hope it is not true.
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Solskjaer quite clearly wants some more players. He’s said as much in just about every press conference he’s given. He’s just not throwing his toys out of pram like Mourinho did last year. And we should be glad for this as the mood surrounding pre season has been largely positive. Ole is a major part of that.
 
Kag said:
Solskjaer quite clearly wants some more players. He’s said as much in just about every press conference he’s given. He’s just not throwing his toys out of pram like Mourinho did last year. And we should be glad for this as the mood surrounding pre season has been largely positive. Ole is a major part of that.
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Yeah and that's how it should be. They should work as team instead of playing blame game in media.

It's obvious Ole thinks it's his club and keeps everything in the dressing room.
 
at this point, I think we'll get Maguire and Longstaff over the line and be done with it. It's not ideal but all 4 signings would make a lot of sense IMO and it's something to build on. As long as we finish top 4 with that group, I'm fine ... then get Sancho next summer.

With Pepe and also Bruno it feels like clubs and agents are trying to create a market. I more and more doubt that we are even in for these players.
 
Infestissumam said:
at this point, I think we'll get Maguire and Longstaff over the line and be done with it. It's not ideal but all 4 signings would make a lot of sense IMO and it's something to build on. As long as we finish top 4 with that group, I'm fine ... then get Sancho next summer.

With Pepe and also Bruno it feels like clubs and agents are trying to create a market. I more and more doubt that we are even in for these players.
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It will be hard to finish top 4 because......goals!
 
Infestissumam said:
at this point, I think we'll get Maguire and Longstaff over the line and be done with it. It's not ideal but all 4 signings would make a lot of sense IMO and it's something to build on. As long as we finish top 4 with that group, I'm fine ... then get Sancho next summer.

With Pepe and also Bruno it feels like clubs and agents are trying to create a market. I more and more doubt that we are even in for these players.
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Yeah and possibly Ben Yedder if Inter finally stump up the money for Lukaku.
 
Kag said:
Solskjaer quite clearly wants some more players. He’s said as much in just about every press conference he’s given. He’s just not throwing his toys out of pram like Mourinho did last year. And we should be glad for this as the mood surrounding pre season has been largely positive. Ole is a major part of that.
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Wonder how long the good mood lasts with Smalling and Jones as our centrebacks? Better to say something now and get what he wants than keep quiet and be fired in December when fans are sick of losing.
 
My prediction is that we sign a player in this window that hasn't been mentioned by anyone all summer
 
Well get Maguire in. Still, nowhere near good enough of a window even if we will have signed 2 excellent players.
 
We are screwed if this really is it going in to next season. If the shit hits the fan then woody cant hide behind managers any more. This will be on him not getting deals done. I hope fans turn on the balding prick.
 
I have no idea who we are going to sign or even if we are. Really trying to be optimistic e.g. Axel can be our new CB. I wonder how we get out of this situation of deadwood on large contracts not wanting to move and offers we make need to be more than any other club would have to fork out.

I hope the class of 92 can be repeated against all odds.... its the only way iut of this mess..or a Saudi takeover
 
Red Royal said:
I have no idea who we are going to sign or even if we are. Really trying to be optimistic e.g. Axel can be our new CB. I wonder how we get out of this situation of deadwood on large contracts not wanting to move and offers we make need to be more than any other club would have to fork out.

I hope the class of 92 can be repeated against all odds.... its the only way iut of this mess..or a Saudi takeover
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I agree with the point in bold and would be over the moon if this happened. Another way out of this mess would be to sell to Jim Ratcliffe. Whose current worth is $11.8B. He is a Manchester United fan who enquired into the club but the Glazer's quoted a fee which he didn't think was fair.
 
Freak said:
So the way recent rumours are going, I'd say we will get in the following in the next 2 weeks before the window closes:

1. Maguire - just pay the fecking money man
2. Longstaff
3. Pepe

I don't think we will get Bruno because if we really wanted him we would have gotten him by now.
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No chance in the world we're suddenly signing 3 players in the last 15 days of the window.

I think Pepe is pure speculation.
Maguire we're obviously after, but surely no one can be confident it's going to happen. Maguire seems the type of character who both won't make a fuss to leave, and will quite happily resume where he left off next year.

Longstaff, again, who knows.
It seems impossible that he'll slot straight in and be a regular anyway, so it's not the celebration Maguire coming in would be.
But then I think of at least 2 of Matic/Perreira/Fred and McTom starting and it worries me.
 
Sandikan said:
No chance in the world we're suddenly signing 3 players in the last 15 days of the window.

I think Pepe is pure speculation.
Maguire we're obviously after, but surely no one can be confident it's going to happen. Maguire seems the type of character who both won't make a fuss to leave, and will quite happily resume where he left off next year.

Longstaff, again, who knows.
It seems impossible that he'll slot straight in and be a regular anyway, so it's not the celebration Maguire coming in would be.
But then I think of at least 2 of Matic/Perreira/Fred and McTom starting and it worries me.
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I can't even trust the fecking CEO to sign one player
 
Sandikan said:
No chance in the world we're suddenly signing 3 players in the last 15 days of the window.
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me neither, but let's not pretend it hasn't happened before. Rojo/Di Maria/Falcao within 12 days in 2014, then of course Darmian/Schweinsteiger/Schneiderlin within 3 days in 2015.

Maguire and Longstaff are the ones that English journalists all seem to agree on when it comes to Uniteds interest. Still think those two will come.
 
The heading says:

6 players could leave [BBC, Telegraph, Guardian]

the only player who left i would have wanted to stay - Herrera.
 
From the moment our squad players sign large contracts it becomes obvious we won't be able to move them without settling a part of their wages that would eat into a significant portion of the transfer fee. On his wages the economics of selling a guy like Sanchez is probably so absurd that even after deducting the transfer fee we receive we might still be seeing a huge loss just to offload him. So much that we'll be better off keeping him and never playing him, he might not even show up to training and it would still be cheaper.

So yeah we're likely so fecked that moving players is also expensive
 
I'd love to know why Ole thinks he's going to be afford the time other managers haven't to be able to be patient in the transfer market, and build things gradually, it's just not happening, if we start the season as we finished it, then he'll be toast by October, I just hope the fans follow him out of Old Trafford.
 
C'est Moi Cantona said:
I'd love to know why Ole thinks he's going to be afford the time other managers haven't to be able to be patient in the transfer market, and build things gradually, it's just not happening, if we start the season as we finished it, then he'll be toast by October, I just hope the fans follow him out of Old Trafford.
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Because the fans weren't on board with LVG, Jose, and Moyes to the extent that they are with Ole. Also, unlike Jose and Moyes, he's actually implementing a system and looking towards the future. The only other manager who did that was LVG and he got two years.

It's obvious that Ole's been further constrained by the transfer market in a way that the others haven't been. He's in charge of a club that aren't in the Champions League and have been out of it as often as they have been in the last 6 years. He is also making use of the kids in a considered manner (unlike LVG who was basically throwing them at the wall and seeing who stuck) which necessitates a long-term approach, and considering he's not even been backed to the same extent as the others, it's obvious he'll be given all the time that's needed, because right now, the club is close to it's lowest ebb. Getting rid when there isn't even an obvious replacement will just make matters even worse.
 
Infestissumam said:
me neither, but let's not pretend it hasn't happened before. Rojo/Di Maria/Falcao within 12 days in 2014, then of course Darmian/Schweinsteiger/Schneiderlin within 3 days in 2015.

Maguire and Longstaff are the ones that English journalists all seem to agree on when it comes to Uniteds interest. Still think those two will come.
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Time's a funny thing. How glad people were with at least 2 of the 3 each time in those buys.

Now you look at those deals, and it's 6 dreadful buys
 
Is the latest talk that maguire is likely, longstaff possible and we are done until lukaku or pogba goes ? Sounds like we looked at bruno months ago and got dragged into usual Portuguese media stuff. Seem a like sancho interest is genuine...

Personally I don't think it is enough. We will have dramatically improved our defence if we get Maguire done and left space in the attack for our 3 great young talents... but if we don't replace Herrera with quality that is criminal in my book.
 
rotherham_red said:
Because the fans weren't on board with LVG, Jose, and Moyes to the extent that they are with Ole. Also, unlike Jose and Moyes, he's actually implementing a system and looking towards the future. The only other manager who did that was LVG and he got two years.

It's obvious that Ole's been further constrained by the transfer market in a way that the others haven't been. He's in charge of a club that aren't in the Champions League and have been out of it as often as they have been in the last 6 years. He is also making use of the kids in a considered manner (unlike LVG who was basically throwing them at the wall and seeing who stuck) which necessitates a long-term approach, and considering he's not even been backed to the same extent as the others, it's obvious he'll be given all the time that's needed, because right now, the club is close to it's lowest ebb. Getting rid when there isn't even an obvious replacement will just make matters even worse.
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No offence, but what a load of steaming crap, most fans are very sceptical about Ole, he's unproven, and is only here still because he got one hell of a bounce out of the players when he first came in, personally I was more 'on board' with Ole been stand in manager, and then Poch and a DOF coming in at the end of the season, that was the sort of plan a proper club would make.

Ole will do well to squeeze all he can out this transfer market, becasue through no fault of his own he will again be the fall guy when the same old cracks come to the surface when the season kicks in, as I say I just hope the fans stick with him, and turn their attention to where it should be focused this time around.
 
Starting to look like a disastrous window in all honesty. That would be the 2nd summer we've failed miserably to improve the squad.
 
El-Manos said:
Starting to look like a disastrous window in all honesty. That would be the 2nd summer we've failed miserably to improve the squad.
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You could argue we have improved the squad with the signing of AWB, replacing Young. We obviously need further improvement to compete though.
 
DON’T PANIC ™ said:
I’m remaining optimistic that we’ll sign Maguire and 1 or 2 others.
I think there will be more urgency completing transfers once the team return from the Far East. Easier then for new signings to join up with squad rather than training alone at Carrington.
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Yeah, like booking one ticket is unrealistic option.

Give up, we are done.
 
C'est Moi Cantona said:
No offence, but what a load of steaming crap, most fans are very sceptical about Ole, he's unproven, and is only here still because he got one hell of a bounce out of the players when he first came in, personally I was more 'on board' with Ole been stand in manager, and then Poch and a DOF coming in at the end of the season, that was the sort of plan a proper club would make.

Ole will do well to squeeze all he can out this transfer market, becasue through no fault of his own he will again be the fall guy when the same old cracks come to the surface when the season kicks in, as I say I just hope the fans stick with him, and turn their attention to where it should be focused this time around.
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By 'most fans', do you mean the social media twats on here and Twitter, or the ones who actually put their money where their mouth is and follow the team? Cos the ones that actually matter definitely is one of those... You seem like you're clever enough to figure it out, so I'll leave you to it.

Even if it was to go wrong, the fans won't be turning on Ole, it'll be on the players and the board. Just like it was at the end of the season.
 
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Starting to look like a disastrous window in all honesty. That would be the 2nd summer we've failed miserably to improve the squad.
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I agree, in fact, it would be hard to argue that where we stand now, is significantly worse than this time last year.
 
I think we are worse this year.

Im just wondering what the hell will happen if, hypothetically, Madrid and Inter suddenly meet our demands and we lost Lukaku and Pogba. Can you imagine. Ed cant get planned targets over the line, let alone last minute deals.
 
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