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Putting Spurs/United on a side, or any club for that matter, that image rights thing is fecking scary. Scenario where if he had a dream move, he couldnt do shit about because some 3rd party folk holding a price on a key of his freedom.
 
How do people still not understand Mandzukic isn't being brought in to play every game. He's a bench option and one that fits the way we want to play more than Lukaku ever did.
 
Doesn't look like we're signing anyone today. Mandzukic was the last hope and that looks off now.
 
Sassy Colin said:
I don't really understand this interest.

Is he a prolific scorer? (Not really)

Is he Zlatan MkII? (Not really)

Has he got 2 legs and able to run around? Yup!
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He's a top player who will bring the highest standards and a wealth of experience to help an otherwise very young attack. Will also offer a very different dynamic in games where we are struggling to find a way through.

Would be a shrewd signing, and has a football brain light years of distance from that of Lukaku. Positive signing, even if it's not a game changer.
 
Its a sign of times that every player that wants to come to United is asking a higher wage than he would get elsewhere.
 
Based Adnan said:
How do people still not understand Mandzukic isn't being brought in to play every game. He's a bench option and one that fits the way we want to play more than Lukaku ever did.
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He’s not a big name so people are getting their knickers in a twist.
 
Just baffled as to how we have ignored our midfielder thinking it is good enough for a top 4 finish.
 
Judas said:
Just how much of a nightmare are Dybala's image rights?!
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Someone had posted a link from back when Juventus signed him. It had taken an age to resolve his transfer to Juventus, for the same reasons.

Lord knows why the prat sold away his image rights to a 3rd party.
 
bond19821982 said:
Wanyama,Drinkwater, Bakoyoko all are available on loan at least. If we don't have a plan in place, just get some backup bodies on loan . As things stand, we are too light .
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100% agree with this. They may not be the quality of player we want long-term, but they will at least provide a decent fall-back option should our current mids get crocked, or need a breather.
 
Berbaclass said:
In those several years there has been multiple managers and lots of upheaval, no real period of progress for one reason of another.

We’ve essentially been restarting the rebuild process every other year and obviously it’s done is no favours. I don’t think you can just say it’s the Glazers or Woodward.

Sure Woodward has been in charge of overseeing it all and has appointed the managers but no one could have known that all of them would be a disaster.

the club is a mess and it is absolutely in their interest to see that it gets cleared up, this is something I think people are missing. These guys are businessmen, you don’t think they understand the financial potential that we have if we start performing on the field?
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I've spent 6 years thinking that but have seen little to no inclination from any of them to put the measures in place to build a better structure to the footballing side of the club.

We literally had Woodward come out last year and say the financial success of the club was not reliant on what happened on the pitch. I have come around to the conclusion that they genuinely believe the club is too big to fall - it wouldn't be the first time that supposedly competent businessmen allowed complacency and arrogance to be their downfall.

As for the idea that nobody could have known the managerial appointments would be a disaster - I disagree. Without a clear and cohesive structure and strategy no manager will come in and be successful in modern football.

Our entire club was built around one man. It was always fantasy to think you can build your club on every manager being a Ferguson or a Busby - the type of talent that comes around once every couple of generations and the likes of which may never be seen again in the modern game.

We had examples of well run, 21st century clubs to look to. The Moyes mistake could have been forgiven as sentiment and inexperience on the part of the club, but after that the leaders in our boardroom had to take stock, look outside their own experience and egos and acknowledge what was working elsewhere.

Barcelona, Bayern, City - clubs who are structured in such a way that a change of manager doesn't instantly result in an entire upheaval of every aspect of the club.

Pep Guardiola, seen as the new messiah and competition for Fergie's legacy, didn't come to City until Begiristain had been there to lay the ground work behind the scenes for a few years.

Klopp who has worked miracles at Liverpool, met with Woodward and walked away because he couldn't get on board with Ed's vision (or lack thereof) for the club. He clearly didn't have the same reaction to his meeting with Liverpool's owners and the last two years have shown he made the right decision.

It's not as simple as picking the right manager from a hat and everything will sort itself out. Rather than blaming all the managers who have failed, we should be pointing our fingers at the people setting them up to fail from above.
 
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nainaisson said:
No surprise. Mandzukic doesn't have nearly enough Instagram followers and create nearly enough Twitter impressions for footballing imbecile Woodward to feign interest. This is the pathetic Perisic negotiations all over again.
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He’s 34 years old with probably one season left to play at this level, I couldn’t have been more delighted we didn’t get Perisic either.
 
diarm said:
I've spent 6 years thinking that but have seen little to know inclination from any of them to put the measures in place to build a better structure to the footballing side of the club.

We literally had Woodward come out last year and say the financial success of the club was not reliant on what happened on the pitch. I have come around to the conclusion that they genuinely believe the club is too big to fall - it wouldn't be the first time that supposedly competent businessmen allowed complacency and arrogance to be their downfall.

As for the idea that nobody could have known the managerial appointments would be a disaster - I disagree. Without a clear and cohesive structure and strategy no manager will come in and be successful in modern football.

Our entire club was built around one man. It was always fantasy to think you can build your club on every manager being a Ferguson or a Busby - the type of talent that comes around once every couple of generations and the likes of which may never be seen again in the modern game.

We had examples of well run, 21st century clubs to look to. The Moyes mistake could have been forgiven as sentiment and inexperience on the part of the club, but after that the leaders in our boardroom had to take stock, look outside their own experience and egos and acknowledge what was working elsewhere.

Barcelona, Bayern, City - clubs who are structured in such a way that a change of manager doesn't instantly result in an entire upheaval of every aspect of the club.

Pep Guardiola, seen as the new messiah and competition for Fergie's legacy, didn't come to City until Begiristain had been there to lay the ground work behind the scenes for a few years.

Klopp who has worked miracles at Liverpool, met with Woodward and walked away because he couldn't get on board with Ed's vision (or lack thereof) for the club. He clearly didn't have the same reaction to his meeting with Liverpool's owners and the last two years have shown he made the right decision.

It's not as simple as picking the right manager from a hat and everything will sort itself out. Rather than blaming all the managers who have failed, we should be pointing out fingers at the people setting them up to fail from above.
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I'd be happy to continue this discussion but it's not the right thread. Agree to disagree for now.
 
Tom Van Persie said:
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Embarrassing stuff from the self styled 'biggest club in the world'...

We strengthened just one key area of need while seemingly getting worse in the other 2. Especially depressing as all our rivals and eventual midtable rivals have all strengthened
 
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