As opposed to having planned better and sold De Gea before his contract ran out? Same with Pogba? Juve mugged us off twice and wouldn't surprise me if Inter did the same and signed De Gea on a free. As an aside, these are the same geniuses that signed Jones to a long-term contract despite hardly playing, refused to sign Haaland for 4 million, let Fellaini take the p*ss out of us and then tried to resign him, and signed Maguire for a hugely inflated price. These are just the examples off the top of my head. So yeah, don't mind me/us if we continue this narrative.
Transfer Tweets - Manchester United - 2023/24
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I agree. It doesn't make sense to switch between two currencies, accidental or otherwise. Could be seen as a cynical ploy to garner clicks and engagements from a wily social media operator.
I don't know why some people are irrationally angry about you pointing that out.
First of all, congratulations on the condescending tone, much appreciated. My point is that we don't have to carry that narrative forward in to EVERY piece of business we do. Not renewing De Gea is the right thing to do. Buying Onana is the right thing to do. Can't we just say that?
That was the date Pogba got 4 assists in one game, which was about has many as he got in each of the two previous seasons. He just seemed more interested in his hair and his dances than in actually winning a game of football. The rubbish his agent spouted, invariably on the eve of a big game, just made the whole situation toxic.
Regarding the cultural reset, interestingly, ETH brought in winners, leaders and fighters in the first window. That was important to change the culture quickly. This window, we may see a slight shift in the key attributes of signings, with players who are even more technically suited to ETH's style of play.
I know this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but I actually think the barren years correspond to a period when a certain Mr Woodward was with the club. Now that Woodward has gone, and ETH is clearing out the deadwood, I think we are absolutely on the right trajectory, and I don't want to see a change of ownership. If the Qataris come in now, who knows what they may do. I would fully expect them to tamper with transfers, and there is a huge risk or a fallout with ETH. How many managers at top clubs have survived a takeover and stayed for an extended period? We could become a laughing stock like PSG who managed to lose a one horse race.
The people that made those decisions have pretty much all left haven’t they? Woodward and Judge for starters. We can’t constantly re-hash every decision.
It’s like the way Utd transfer spend just gets added to every year. We’ve spent £1bn on transfers since whenever and then after this summer it’ll be £1.1bn. Like at some point can we stop counting Di Maria, Pogba and Lukaku?
Can we just count up the cost of our current squad and compare that?
I don't mean to be condescending. This club just p*sses me off sometimes, but yes, buying Onana would be a good decision.
Well, have you been particularly impressed by Murtough yet? Case in point, we've just signed Mount to around a 300k contract when he was on 80k at Chelsea.
Also, Woodward and Judge had to be pretty much hounded out of the club thanks to the clueless Glazers.
Yeah his ability to cover both positions would definitely be a useful asset in this team. That screamer against Argentina in 2018 World Cup is what comes to mind with him.
Sadly, there is no way you're signing a player these days and having them on less than £200k a week, which coincidentally is what Mount is reportedly on as a basic wage, with bonuses added for potentially another £50k a week. dont fall into the media trap of them upping Mounts wage every week until he's supposedly on about £400k a week, which then becomes fact in the eyes of everyone, and used as a stick to beat him with.
Firstly, it's actually closer to £200k without bonuses.
Secondly, it's not much more than what Chelsea eventually offered him, and Liverpool offered him the same when they were sounding him out about a move there.
It's fair enough if you don't think he's worth that much, but 3 clubs did, so it's not really the right example to criticise Murtough and the club with.
How have you come to 300k only God knows.
Whichever way you slice it, 400k for Mount is a pisstake.
And that's just basic add the bonuses and incentives it's just grotesque .
The fact that no one is rushing to sign DDG for free, tells you why we couldn’t shift him on £375k a week. Pogba is also cooked so I’d say we came out of that much better than Juve, you could argue more through luck than judgment though.
You’re bringing up a lot of stuff from Woodward’s time, which isn’t really relevant now.
I don't recall this?
Too right 500k for Mount is bang out of order
This is untrue & literally no one has reported this
Luckhurst -
"Any move for Onana is dependent on De Gea's situation as United want to hold face-to-face discussions after he has celebrated his wedding, which took place on Saturday.Sources say there was a shift in United's position on De Gea, 32, towards the end of the season when he committed errors in the defeats to Sevilla, West Ham and Manchester City in the FA Cup final."
" Inter Milan 'keeper Andre Onana is United's top target and they intend to recruit a back-up if they are unable to agree a renewal with De Gea, whose contract expired last week. United are expected to sell Dean Henderson amid interest from Nottingham Forest, who are prepared to pay a fee of around £30million."
"The MEN revealed in May there were doubts over De Gea's No.1 status at United next season and senior figures at the club want to move on from the Spaniard. United started exploring options to sign a new first-choice 'keeper last month.United monitored Bart Verbruggen but he completed a £16.3million transfer to Brighton this week".
Assuming that De Gea agrees to remain with us as second choice then why on earth do we need to sign 2 keepers. Obviously if he leaves and with Henderson going it sounds like a better plan, but at this point it doesn't seem a priority, unless I'm missing something.
Worst part is, we'll be paying him 500k.
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You’re still quite far off the mark. It’s not 500k a week, Murtough offered him 500k a day and promised to tie his shoelace before every game
Damn we could have gotten Gavi with that deal!
Doubtful that De Gea will remain as #2
Article clearly is referring to if De Gea was to go we’ll need a #2
That's the point. De Gea is not going to agree to sit as a second choice goalkeeper and take a massive pay cut and Henderson is not interested in remaining at the club in any capacity.
Interesting. I have no idea if the source is reliable. So, take it with a hefty pillar of salt.
Zion Suzuki? Is that the coolest name ever, of all time?
I guess I don't value him that highly.
Very hefty pinch of salt, although having a quick look at his feed he doesn't seem like an ITK bullshitter type...
Apparently this guy doesn't even start for the Reds though, so feels like it might be more a signing for the U21s? I know a couple of the older youth GKs are leaving or going on loan...not sure how many Japanese posters on here we have who could comment
I know you're an ardent defender of the club, but there are some things that are beyond the pale. Like paying Mount 500k a week. (I was tekking the piss out of the fella that said we are paying him 300k a week when we aren't).
Yeah that much was obvious.
I asked Chat GPT to check for reliability of the Tweet / Journalist, sounds like it's ON:
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/mason-mount-contract-man-utd-transfer-b1091649.html
250k basic with bonuses reaching 300k.
By the way, the main reason he left Chelsea was because of their unsatisfactory contract offer.
Yeah cause they only offered him a 1 year deal. Pretty much any player would consider that unsatisfactory
Not a great situation we are in.
The lads are back in training today (the non internationals) and we have no keepers for this season ye.
Hope that when the full squad is back we can start working with more than 2 keepers (Henderson and Heaton)
The lads are back in training today (the non internationals) and we have no keepers for this season ye.
Hope that when the full squad is back we can start working with more than 2 keepers (Henderson and Heaton)
Might be for the U-21s.
Is anyone is familiar with Japanese football sources ? Tabloid nonsense or sound information ?
This is coming from a Chelsea correspondent, United briefed he's earning 200k basic with 50k bonuses.
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