No I know he did, but refusing to sell Shaw, martial and Pogba is what everyone wanted at the time and his decisions to not sign people have logic. Toby was not worth what they were trying to fleece us for, Maguire wasn't either (although a minute ago you said he would sign the England squad?) and everyone was spitting teeth at the prospect of paying Inter and Chelsea 50mish for those players. Trippier instead of AWB does not follow the logic.
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Going by Ole’s last press conference, we’ll sign 2-3 players and 2-3 players will leave, there won’t be any clearing out unfortunately.
The real question is why on earth should it matter what Woodward prefers, when the football people are the ones who should be making every single footballing decision. Hope this is bs and I really hope Ole and co. aren't going to accept Woodward's incompetence and egotistical interference.
It fits the pattern of the investment banker Chief Executive, who thinks he knows more about football than a two-time European Champion football manager.
You are the one underrating Meunier on the other hand. He is better than AWB but hey the latter is English and plays in the almighty EPL so why won't he be hyped beyond reasonable belief?
I am not really in favor of AWB but will take AWB if its between him and Trippier.
And City and Liverpool will be free to improve their already ridiculous squads. If United are serious about winning the league and champions league next season, no less than spending 300m and bringing in at least 5 new players (While keeping De Gea and Pogba) is required.
There’s absolute no way we’ll be ready to challenge the title next season, we’re not going to spend 300m in one summer.
And even that won’t be enough.
What are you basing that off, your FIFA 19 squad ratings ? It's your subjective opinion that Meunier is the better player, it's a statistical fact that AWB has been one of the best fullbacks in Europe. Most tackles (over 91) more than any outfield player up until march and counting.
The reason why the English league is important is because we United are an English team playing in the premier League not Ligue 1, there's every chance Meunier will come here and have to become accustomed to English football (Mendy, Fabinho) that transition can take some time. AWB will slot right in and provide atleast a decade worth of service at this club.
Our biggest problem in recent years is that we have overlooked the best talent in the league and focused on buying players abroad, we need to be more strategic with identifying targets who can make an immediate impact.
As do the Sales Assistants on here to be fair.
True, but nothing we say is actually of any consequence - I certainly wouldn't be in favour of letting the caf run Manchester United!
Meunier makes the most sense when we have Dalot and Laird coming through the ranks. AWB might well be the best defensively, but we desperately need some attacking threat on the right wing.
I wonder if people would be clamouring for AWB if he wasn't English, somehow I think not..
Meunier is not the answer, he might be decent going foward but his defending is suspect. AWB would be the better option. Has Laird played first team football yet? Lets base our transfer startegy on a young lad who's never kicked a ball in the PL that'll work out. Not every promising youngster is going to become a world beater. If he's good enough he'll get a chance.
Why would it not matter if he's English? Manchester United has a tradition of nurturing the best talent from the Isles.
Also:
Pellegrini: ~ €30m
Suso: ~€32m ish?
Shows that there are plenty of talented players of the right age profile available at great prices.
Why do people come out with rubbish like this ?
AWB is a good talent which clearly people see above Nationality.
The point is he's getting massively over-gassed because he's English, if he wasn't people would see him for what he is, a one dimensional fullback with a great engine but zero clue when he gets over the halfway line.
I'm not English and I'd be delighted if we went for him. He's a quality player with PL experience, nationality has got nothing to do with it.
Guess Woody heard about the 35 million release clause and decided to drop out because he's too cheap.
I get the feeling this is going to be a disaster of a summer. Thought Sancho and Bruno Fernandes made a lot of sense for us, especially if Pogba is going, but it looks like we'll get neither. We'll probably get Rice and offer Herrera a huge deal.
We'll be mediocre next season if things shape up as they're looking right now.
We'll be mediocre next season if things shape up as they're looking right now.
They'd go for both.
They'd both only go if they are both dumb and are oblivious to what is happening to Sane and Gabriel Jesus, plus City keep their outlay on individual players a lot lower than the Felix numbers.
Well your PSG fan friends need to talk to mine, who have been livid with Tuchel for having essentially made him third choice all to please Neymar (D. Alves) and himself (Kerrer).
I'm glad someone is vouching for him. We gotta get this position right for next season.
A good chance Sane will be moving in the summer if he doesn't sign a contract extension. Gundogan is also not extending his contract (more or less confirmed by Pep and Gundogan himself), so very likely he'll also be sold.
Felix would replace Sane and Fernandes to replace Gundogan. A lot of the Sane situation is self inflicted, even then he's had plenty of minutes this season, more than enough to convince a young talent like Felix looking to make the jump into a better team, especially one as versatile as him, considering he can play across the front 3. Fernandes is a midfielder - the situations of Sane/Jesus would have no bearing if he were to join City.
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Our biggest problem is that any player we sign - domestic or not - turn to shit. We signed one of the best strikers in the league and reduced him to a bang average striker.
Christ. I imagine that status changes from tweet to tweet?
I agree that it makes sense to bring in the best British players/prospects, but that does not mean we have to sign every British player who finds a bit of form in the league. In the past few months I seen suggestions like Rice, Madisson, AWB, Maguire, Brooks, Longstaff, etc. Are these really the best players we can be targeting and best suited to our needs? English hype plays a big part and I really don't want to fall prey to hype or the romanticism of a homegrown core. We should bring in the best regardless of nationality, and in the case of most English players that would be available to us in the coming window I don't think they really are the best we can get.
The guy is a good footballer overall.
In terms of character he is a pro. Totally sidelined for political reasons, yet kept his head down, and put in good performances when asked to play.
My personal analysis of his play as a right-back: consistent in his defensive efforts, even if he has never really had to out-do himself in the domestic league since he came in.
Going-forward, he is quite versatile, in that he won't just bring "crossing" to the game, he looks for the pass, and won't hesitate to play the ball inwards if a run is made.
This would be a value signing. Mind you if we are not in the champions league, we will struggle to attract players as experienced as he is for his age, so he also ticks the box of "pro role model" if our hand is forced to go for less experienced but potentially talented players.
Yes please. Meunier and Alderweireld for less than £50m combined.
Makes far too much sense
Where will he play at City ? KDB,Silva,B.Silva,Gundagon are all superior players and wouldn't even start for them.
Media bollocks.
Media bollocks.
I don't think he's good enough in possession. We struggle when we have the ball in deeper areas and he would be another player who hinders us in this regard. If he wasn't English he would fly under the radar but he is a product of hype imo.
Gundogan's more or less gone in the summer as he isn't signing a new contract and only has 1 year left. Silva's form has dropped off a cliff and he turns 34 in January.
City will definitely sign another CM if Gundogan does indeed end up leaving. Foden's breaking through, but with KDB's injuries this year and Bernardo still playing on the wing a lot, too much of a risk not to sign another body in midfield.
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