That's been the problem for years. Pogba, Lingard, Shaw, Maguire, Lindelof, DDG, Fred, Young, Darmian, Martial, McTominay, Mata, Matic . There's some decent players and good people there but they stuck around for five seasons or more even when it was clear that it wasn't/isn't working.
Transfer Tweets - Manchester United - 2023/24
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Just as well it’s you tagging him, he may well need a medic on hearing this news!
The Saudis want to know if we accept PayPal or western union
No chance are we getting that. He's in the last year of his contract and he earns a lot more than the type of interested clubs would pay him
Just as well it’s you tagging him, he may well need a medic on hearing this news!
I disagree. For 18 months under Jose he looked great
I don’t ever remember Linda being ‘great’. He’s never been appalling, He’s been decent the whole time but I think great is a stretch.
Depends doesn’t it. If you could sell Onana to a Saudi club and break even would you? I fancy he could still attract that kind of interest.
If they do change manager it’s possible the new coach would just not fancy him and sign a cheaper goalie and leave him out.
I agree. When I say that Lindelöf is a good defender, I am thinking that his level fits a club in the middle of the tabel. That means that he is useful for us because our team not is a top team right now, but we have to replace him with a better player, if we have ambitions and want to become a top club again.
That's just not true.
He's never looked great for Utd. He's had good games here and there but he's never been consistently good enough.
I would actually argue his worst period was during Mourinhos time here. Improved under OGS. But never great.
Yeah I'd completely agree with that.
Mourinho even did interviews at the time defending Lindelof because he'd started badly here, the idea he was great during that time is nonsense.
He absolutely started badly but he had a great burst of form under Mourinho in my opinion. Was our best defender under Jose
Personally I will be really happy if we boot Onana out the door and replace him with a goalkeeper who actually saves shots consistently - if he also can pass the ball that is great.
I remember always criticizing his ability in the air. Then watching sky sports one day with Jose on the panel, Lindelof is doing his Pre-match practice in the background and misses a header
Nah I remember that initial switch he had from LCB to RCB and he totally changed. Looked double the player almost. He’s actually got it in him to be very good, just doesn’t show with us. The prem is just so much harder and faster than other leagues, he’d be brilliant in Italy.
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Always liked Saudi Arabia. Honestly, we could be like a buffet for them.
that picture makes it look like Getafe havent been feeding him
From his perspective, this would make a lot of sense. Go and take a huge payday, that is about all he is going to get out of his career for the next few years. Italian and Spanish clubs who would want him can't afford what we are going to ask. England aren't going to pick him either so there's no need to be playing at a high level for that either.
No chance Greenwood agrees to go to Saudi at this stage of his career. There are plenty of other good clubs in good leagues that want him. Utd will 100% buckle and sell him at a cut price. They've already decided they don't want to keep him and are trying to play up this "will only sell for a good price" despite having 0 leverage.
Great news! £60m would be incredible.
They took a leaf out of Oles book!
It smells like bs to me. @mazhar13, how reliable is this Felix Diaz bloke?
60m euros for a home grown would be incredible. Probably pay for 2 or 3 relatively big money signings as far as spending rules are concerned.
People will have likely have moved on in 2 years and if he keeps himself fit and firing, he'll get a move back to a top European club.
I agree. If I was in his position I would take a 3 year deal and ask for loans to European Clubs during the season breaks like Landon Donovan and Beckham used to do from MLS. He would end up set for life and have a platform back in with still 8 years or so towards the top of the game.
The Saudi season and the European seasons are the same. The reason MLS players can do that is because their seasons begin in Feb and end in October iirc.
I thought the Saudi seasons were offset from ours slightly, my mistake. More broadly speaking I feel like the point stands, take the ungodly amount of money and wait for it to blow over before going to a mainland European club.
What a summer this will be!... Please get Ten Hag out for Christ's sake...
The De Jong saga never ends
Koopmeiners, Neves and De Jong all joining would completely transform the team. That's like the best possible summer we can hope for.
They're so desperate to sell him, I genuinely feel sorry for the guy.
If FDJ didnt want to come last summer - I doubt he wants to come now
I reckon there’s a chance Uncle Jim could deliver this time….
We aren't going to spend £200m+ on midfielders.
The problem is - we need so many players, we wont be able to get the players we need regardless.
We probably need 3 central defenders, 3 central midfielders, a winger, a striker and a left-back
So unless we can raise £100 million+ in sales - it will be a bleak window for us.
Probably not.