Personally, I'd rather we kept our powder dry and gave Chong a shot next season. Adding a body for the sake of it is why we're in the mess we are in.
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Which is presumably why we are signing James and now trying to extend Mata.
People that think we can just sign anyone cause our name is Manchester United are in for a shock.
I agree with that assessment. Although James and Mata are not awful, it is not exactly the most promising start to the window in terms of addressing the biggest holes in our roster.
Lets talk about Spending and then Net Spending.
Me too. Though I wonder if the club can do better without messing up our wage structure some more. Can't think of many available RWs who I'd really like to see at the club apart from Sancho and Pepe so if they don't want to come then who? Getting in a talented youngster in James is better dan doing nothing tbh though you're right it's not exactly a promising start.
Who thinks that? Pretty sure people think we can sign players because a) we have money and b) because we’re a huge club.
Yeah thats what the other bloke meant really. Amazingly the big club thing is wearing thin and not everyone goes where the most money is when you can earn a bit less and play in a good team who win things.
Plus i doubt the club will want to be burnt like they have been with sanchez.
We are linked with everyone again.. but it seems worse this time round.
I am fed up with the transfer rumours already and we are less than a week into it.
Why can't we get our transfer activity done asap? Surely, ole and Ed Woodward knew what we need, players would have been identified well in advance of the season closing?
I think we are waiting for everyone else to conclude their transfers and then wait around to see who is available to join us? this is getting so frustrating.
I am fed up with the transfer rumours already and we are less than a week into it.
Why can't we get our transfer activity done asap? Surely, ole and Ed Woodward knew what we need, players would have been identified well in advance of the season closing?
I think we are waiting for everyone else to conclude their transfers and then wait around to see who is available to join us? this is getting so frustrating.
The international window isn't even open yet and most players are either still playing or have gone on holiday. It'll probably be another couple of weeks before any business gets done so spare yourself the pain and don't read rumour tweets til then.
Manolas (~30m), Alderweireld (25m), Pellegrini (~30m), Suso (~30m).
Not to say they'd all choose us mind you, but those are all widely reported release clauses with change left over, and you've plugged 3/4 of our first team gaps.
You could even throw Brandt in there for an extra 10m on this supposed Koulibaly asking price. The world truly has gone mad.
You've already got VVD. Stop being greedy.
He'll still end up Barca. They are just playing the game.
If the Mata thing is true I hope it means we are comitting to the diamond as Mata is pointless in 4-3-3.
We're spending more on wages, agent fees, managerial payoffs and transfer fees than at any other point in our history and people are still carting this cooked up bollocks out? Spending money isn't our problem, it's what we're spending it on on that's fecking us over and as things stand that has nowt to do with City. We've been the masters of our own destruction largely through shitty recruitment and questionable decision making so if you want to criticise the Glazers for anything, it's probably best to start at how much stock they put into their appointees. From giving Moyes a 5 year contract to letting Woody run wild with his Walt Disney presents 'Diet Galacticos' fantasies, the past half a decade or so has been a complete and utter shit show on every other level bar how much money we're spending.
No, its the policy of continuing with what ever you have on minimum wages. I am shocked we let Herrera go and not mata who's wages could have been used to fund Herrera. Mata puts nothing on the table now expect a body, the attitude of the board is completely ambitionless.
Herrera was apparently asking for near 300k I think? We cant keep making the same mistakes. Mata will probably be on half, maybe even less than that.
Should just put a sign at the front of Old Trafford saying 'CLOSED' going by the sentiment. Sign everyone, don't sign anyone, not good enough, too good to be here, silly season. Seems to be a permanent affliction for some.
You know there's another 2-3 months of this..... and it'll get worse?
If bothered now, you might want to put this thread on ignore
You know there's another 2-3 months of this..... and it'll get worse?
If bothered now, you might want to put this thread on ignore
This has been going on for years. It's a case of permanent hysteria.
So this 2.3 billion deference has no effect. When they sign Aguero and David Silva and co and we sign Valencia and Owen to cover for the loss of C. Ronaldo?
Have you actually seen him play for the 1st team? He is far from ready.
Clearly not since we were still comfortably winning leagues and making Champions League finals.
Despite not being convinced by Ole, I am glad atleast our transfer approach is changing under him. We are no longer desperate for Bale, Willian and other targets who would likely turn out to be expensive and underwhelming for different reasons.
It is quite possible the likes of Daniel James (if we sign him), might be a flop as well, but atleast we are trying out something new. If it works, we might have turned a corner despite having Woodward calling the shots.
It is quite possible the likes of Daniel James (if we sign him), might be a flop as well, but atleast we are trying out something new. If it works, we might have turned a corner despite having Woodward calling the shots.
Have to say I love the Diet Galacticos phrase.
Surely though we are paying Mata 150K a week, so wouldn't it be cheaper to pay the £25M for a player like Ziyech or Brandt and pay them half the wages?
Agreed. Bet we shamble about in the market like a classless, drunken pools winner nonetheless....
Those red laser sights are aimed at Mbappe like they were at Verratti when he dared to suggest he wanted to move on from the tedium of PSG.
One was a functional player and one is useless. Also I don't believe in media rumours on wages, he would be earning a lot less than that at psg.
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James Rodriguez on loan, there are so many options we just don't have the ambition to explore.
Feckin hell that is some wishlist after becoming champions with a shedload of points.
I know I should not be, but I am consistently amazed at the constant churn of players at City. That article is talking about adding five players to the side that won back to back titles, the treble this year, and reached the CL semis. At RB, for example, only 2 years after spending nearly 50 million on Walker, they are already looking for an upgrade on him. Not passing judgment here, just blown away by how much the game has changed. 10 years ago, even the big-spending Madrid galacticos would not be so active in the transfer market coming off such a successful couple of seasons.
Looks a great prospect, once he's developed in a couple of years he'll be a great CB.
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