Well that's fecked up my transfer window, something amazing will have to happen for me to get out of this depressing news...
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
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Well that's fecked up my transfer window, something amazing will have to happen for me to get out of this depressing news...
I just said this in another thread, but i was also hoping we'd sign young players with potential, but this has got me worried. I thought we'd get a high calibre with higher chance of success. It's well within the realms of possibility that these guys aren't good enough...where would that leave us? We're apparently chasing 3 players from the championship and 1 from a poor PL side. It's such a huge gamble, it could send us back to the stoneage in our 'rebuild'.
And let Lingard be the first choice at no 10? Why do we need 2 squad option quality at no 10. Why can’t we move on from this & Why are we giving anything higher than £140k p/w for squad option.
I feel more meh about Longstaff than Daniel James but will still back him if Ole decides to bring him in as our DM.
Can't deny I find it strange there isn't concrete interest in Partey/Ndidi.
There have been links to Maguire,Koulibaly and De Ligt but we aren't the most attractive proposition at the moment
Oh, come on, be nice. Look on the bright side, you will all learn how to be a DJ.
Apparently bbc of brazil
This is why Woodward and the club are so dumb. Last summer we finished 2nd. That was the perfect opportunity to invest properly whilst we were in a relative position of strength.
No wonder Mourinho went ballistic.
We done nothing of the sort and now look at us? Left scrambling about in the dark shopping at the armpit end of the market.
Ed Woodward, ladies & gentlemen...
De Gea wants to shag his mate Herrera at PSG eh?
Not depressing to me. What’s the worst that will happen? We fall out of Europa League places?
Uh oh
Not depressing to me. What’s the worst that will happen? We fall out of Europa League places?
Uh oh
Does anyone know how bad Umtiti's knee injury is supposed to be? Seems like no more than a year ago this guy was one of the most highly rated CB's in football. Now he's available in the bargain basement. Could be worth a punt with some lowball figure for some club. If he gets back to peak fitness would be an absolute steal. Obviously the reverse is true if his career is over but still. Ha ha shows how desperate I am to get a new centre back i'm even toying with one with dodgy knees
He had a bad knee surgery when he was 17, he recovered from it and played without any problems. While playing with Barcelona he starting having problems again and they concluded he needed surgery because his past surgery was done poorly. He told Barcelona he was too scared to go through another surgery and he wanted to heal with therapy. That was almost a year ago and up until now he needs to be injected after every game to recover his cartilage. We should avoid him at all cost.Does anyone know how bad Umtiti's knee injury is supposed to be? Seems like no more than a year ago this guy was one of the most highly rated CB's in football. Now he's available in the bargain basement. Could be worth a punt with some lowball figure for some club. If he gets back to peak fitness would be an absolute steal. Obviously the reverse is true if his career is over but still. Ha ha shows how desperate I am to get a new centre back i'm even toying with one with dodgy knees
Or it's may 22 and the press don't actually know our plan?
Because our most senior outfield player who has been at the club the longest and has captained us many times before will now officially be captain for a year? Beats giving the captaincy to Pogba/Lingard/DDG/Smalling. The truth is our dressing room lacks proper leaders.
Save would change his mind if we put up an actual challenge next season.
As for Rakitic, nothing wrong with adding some experience to the squad. People need to get over this obsession with player ages. Player are increasingly playing longer and maintaining a high level.
As long as we balance it with someone at the other end of the age range, I see no issue. His comments 7 years ago are also of little concern, as long as he doesn't hold them now.
As for Rakitic, nothing wrong with adding some experience to the squad. People need to get over this obsession with player ages. Player are increasingly playing longer and maintaining a high level.
As long as we balance it with someone at the other end of the age range, I see no issue. His comments 7 years ago are also of little concern, as long as he doesn't hold them now.
If you're naive enough to believe they'll be regular starters then sure.
Guess who! Yes, you guessed right, we are! Of course he has to first agree to come to a club with Ashley Young as captain but who can say no to that?!
Why does it beat giving the captaincy to those players? Young is awful, old, and worst of all, been at the cub for almost a decade.
Because our most senior outfield player who has been at the club the longest and has captained us many times before will now officially be captain for a year? Beats giving the captaincy to Pogba/Lingard/DDG/Smalling. The truth is our dressing room lacks proper leaders.
Pogba and DDG are agitating for a move. Lingard is a fecking manchild. Smalling is not that good either and not a leader. Just like the rest of our squad. Most of them are just mercenaries. Who'd you give it to?
Wow thanks for clarifying. What a bizarre scenario. Scared of surgery? Some of these footballers really are big babies. I'd have thought resigning yourself to knee surgery would be part of the risk you take when you desire to be a professional footballer. It's probably more complex than I'm giving him credit for but yeah sounds like he's a bullet that should be dodged. Shame
Didn’t Di Matteo sign Hazard at Chelsea?
Players want to join big clubs, managers are now pretty much disposable. If they get assurances on playing time and a good contract offer they’ll join United.
Where the feck did I say Lingard first choice
I'd get rid of him if it were up to me.
Longstaff, James, Collins..
I don't see how beefing up the squad with players from the midtable and championship will improve the quality of the team but whatever.
I don't see how beefing up the squad with players from the midtable and championship will improve the quality of the team but whatever.
Maybe because we have also be targeting Koulibaly, Sancho, Pepe etc
Replacing first 11 players as well as useless squad players
Herrera...oh wait.
I seriously hope not. Good signing though as we can use him as a squad option for the moment and will be a good bench player. Decent fee too. But we seriously need a quality right winger. If he is our right wing signing as part of the five players we will finish sixth again or worse than that. I seriously wouldn't be surprised though as our club is a shambles from top to bottom.
I am not against the signing. He is a good signing as its a decent fee and will be a good back up option. Will make hardly a dent in our budget. I am just really want us to get a quality right winger and not someone from the championship. I mean people shouldn't panic as there is still plenty of time to go.
After winning the Champions league. We just spent the past month getting beatings and finished 6th. We are not a great sell at the moment
If they were going to be signings to supplement 5 or 6 new starting 11 players I wouldn't care as much. But I suspect the club is not so ambitious and will bring in only 4 or 5 including the likes of these.Maybe because we have also be targeting Koulibaly, Sancho, Pepe etc
Replacing first 11 players as well as useless squad players
Lindelöf.
We'll see
They were champions of Europe, we're the third best team in North West England.
Chances are this will be like under Moyes. Name checking top class talents like Sancho that will eventually not join us leaving us with players like James or Longstaff.
Same with Koulibaly or De Ligt.
Same with Koulibaly or De Ligt.
This+1! The perfect candidate for me
The crazy thing is, all those slamming the potential signings of Daniel James or Sean Longstaff would be giddy at the thought of those very same players if they were spanish, french or german.
Give the lads a chance!
Give the lads a chance!
The 3 mentioned are with the view of developing them as they obviously young talent and not just midtable or championship players.
I'd be surprised if we signed all 3 this summer though as we have immediate holes in the first 11 to fix first.
Swansea need to make £30 million this summer so they're probably trying to take United for a ride so they can minimise the number of players they need to sell.
l hope this is wrong. We're better off with Lindelof as the captain than Ashley Young.
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