I feel we need an Olly Thiagometer gif just to confirm our fate and so we can all begin to move on.
Thiago Alcantara | Signed for Bayern Munich
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran are here to talk about a frustrating 2 points dropped at Crystal Palace. They then discuss the regeneration of Old Trafford. Finally, Nik is joined by special guest Michael Statham from the Football Oranje podcast - who gives us a more in depth look at our EL opposition FC Twente, and then runs through the (many) Dutch connections currently at United.
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You were referring to the "muppets" as if to say you weren't one of them, when in reality you're the Kermit to Ms. Piggy.
While I do believe that Bayern is his likely destination I do agree that any deal to sign him hasn't just materialised over the past couple of days. The whiners do love to exaggerate.
This thread is moving too fast, slow down you doomslayers
I still think he'll be at Barca next season.
"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want.
Yes, that's right - I'm with United's scouting team."
You know who else preferred Germany to Manchester? Hitler.
It seems as if those calling others 'muppets' are the first to jump to conclusions based on a press story. Caf irony?
I'm sure we will find out more details in coming days but for now, I shall go into my cave. How can the club be confident and yet we get "gazumped" again? Have we learned nothing?
How does going public help achieve anything?
You've made weird conclusions from your last paragraph. If anything, keeping things private helps if you're turned down and have to move on to 2nd 3rd choice targets
Going to Bayern just doesn't make sense. You either sit on the bench and learn the ropes from Xavi and Iniesta at the team you're eventually going to play for anyway, or make a senseless move away to sit on the bench and "learn" from inferior players in what will probably be a different system in a different country. How is any of this conducive to Thiago developing to his best?
This is what I cannot get my head around. If he has agreed to join them Guardiola would have been long aware before the press conference. It seems needless disrespectful to Barcelona to announce the signing prior to any official statement.
We need a Triagometer, to represent Bayern as well.
P.S nobody knows what our position is or isn't so how have we been embarrassed?
How do you know?
Why do you think Pep, Barca and Madrid to mention a few go public about there interest. Because it achieves nothing?
One thing to be 100% on is that "According to Sky Italia..." is not something to slit your wrists over.
Yeah but he was already settled in England & our pullin-power/draw is execptional in attracting players already in England. Its the continental players we just cant get our hands on & sort a deal out quickly before decisions change. Maybe we always forget to bring feckin translators at these negotiations & just get advisors/agents/targetted players, to type into our official partner laptop, what's on his mind & we then google translate it!
Anyway, he hasnt signed for Bayern yet, so until that happens - i'll keep the rosary-beeds out & the candles burning.... stupidly most likely
You mean the people who broke the Pep to Bayern story over the German and Spanish press?
This isn't trading inanimate objects. If the player doesn't want to come, what can you do?
They break 100 other stories as well. Surely one hits while the rest turns out rubbish.
Do you really believe that after SAF is gone we have, all of the sudden, forgotten how to seal the deals or 'mean business'?
I am sure it is all taken care of, and its all down to the player really.
Yep 100% agree. Unless a player is motivated by money or living in London we have done well domestically.
What I don't understand is that we unearthed players like Vidic, Evra, Hernandez, Rafael etc for relatively low fees. Why the hell can't we find a midfielder in the same way?
I fecking hate these sagas... I don't get how so many people get so excited by and find so much enjoyment in veering towards either end of the emotional spectrum based on the latest guff from disreputable sources. I don't mean to diarrhoea on everybody's parade but; are your lives really that empty?
Moyes: 'I don't want to talk about players who have contracts with other clubs.'
Guardiola: 'I want Thiago Alcantara.'
I say that's what swayed him. He felt wanted and loved and all that crap.
Edit : IF he moves to Bayern.
Guardiola: 'I want Thiago Alcantara.'
I say that's what swayed him. He felt wanted and loved and all that crap.
Edit : IF he moves to Bayern.
I was asking myself the same question a few days ago but then I remembered that this is the Caf, a lot of people are taking the piss with either the excessive joy or disappointment.
You can blame Sir_Matt on this, I'm telling you, he jinxed it.
This United's secret way of dealing with transfer targets is more effective than methods of C.I.A. Mossad and K.G.B. combined.
Almost full month and everyone is clueless, knows absolute nothing... maybe except agent Dave.
Almost full month and everyone is clueless, knows absolute nothing... maybe except agent Dave.
God, no. Why, just the other year I had someone 'round to look at my beermat collection and misprinted Top Trumps. Ok, so he was an EON salesman but, I can assure you, we had wild times in that 3 minutes before he ran through the patio door.
Confucius once said "Nice guys always come last."
Do you think that Moyes knows who Thiago is?
Well they do say that if you want something, ask for it. Pep has done that. According to the law of attraction we can attempt to sway thiago's destination by visualising him in a united shirt. Let's do it!
Toys thrown out of Olly's pram Olly!!!When he signs some people need to be buying a great big apology cake.
Doubt it, didnt the thiago to Bayern stuff come out strong last night before pep said what he did?
Anyway I really don't understand what sort of system pep is planning next year, he's commented that he'll get more game time then at barca but I just don't see how, except for moving Martinez to defence and asking sweinsteiger to hold, but why break up a treble winning combo?
Hopefully this isn't set in stone but its odd that in the last few seasons we've missed a lot of our targets, hazard, Lucas, even sneijder even if we did dodge a bullet there, we've just not been able to seal the deal for whatever reason. Assuming we wanted thiago anyway.
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