I don't think Ten Hag is doing a great job either, and I'm fine with firing him if we struggle this year (anything outside of top 4 and getting to/near finals of Europa / FA Cup), but the FA Cup is a major trophy and accomplishment IMO.
Transfer Tweets - Manchester United - 2024/25
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Lads take this conversation to the ETH specific thread
No chance we sign Sterling. ETH might want him but that would quickly be vetoed by Ashworth and company.
EtH would be open for any player who the transfer team and him have identified as a player who fits a need. Sterling is just being used by Chelsea and the media knowing they want to offload him. Unless another player like Lindelof (injured), Maguire, Sancho, etc. are sold then United aren't going to make a bold last minute transfer that will clearly improve the team.
Unexpect the expected.Would love a silky player on deadline day!
A keeper would be meh
I was hoping that he would be the non so surprising transfer
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Why do you think Enzo is a better manager than Ten Hag?
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Ill take the FA Cup over second. I hate this mediocrity everyone is obsessed with. Trophies over league placing every day of the week
That poster is generally not worth bothering with, but claiming anything about a punt of a manager after two games is wild.
For those posting tweets, can you guys please write the text as well, since twitter is banned here and I cannot open link to check what the tweet is about.
Not for the tweets thread please
Thank god for that
I'd be open to joining United too tbf.
I have’nt said he is better, time will tell. The point though is that he has clarity on how he wants his team to play and you can see that already. We have no identity as a team and often times the selection and approach looks reactionary.
Predictability is a hallmark of a stable team, third season and we are still far from that
We're meant to have turned a leaf on brain dead signings like this, please United stop.
€50m for Ugarte, €30m for McTominay. That's just great business.
Great news on Ugarte + McT and Hannibal fee allegedly £9.5m! It’d nice to have a competent transfer team!
On Sterling, I’m in the minority here but I’d happily take him on a loan. Reality is he’s better than all our wingers and does a job in a false 9 better than Bruno. That’s not saying much about him but more the players we have!
On Sterling, I’m in the minority here but I’d happily take him on a loan. Reality is he’s better than all our wingers and does a job in a false 9 better than Bruno. That’s not saying much about him but more the players we have!
If we can offload Sancho, what a window this will have been, we have made money from fringe players, cleared some deadwood and toxicity, solved our worst problem areas (other than manager), just imagine if we had had competent people running the club for the last 10 years instead of the clowns we had
Sterling, on appropriate wages, is an useful player. Certainly better than having Sancho parked up somewhere not doing anything. If we can't move Sancho on for money - this wouldn't be a bad deal, but again - contingent on Sterling taking a massive wage cut
With Hannibal fee accounted for, Ugarte costs us just over 10m on the net basis.
Not too shabby for a player who was never going to make it here. Good luck to the lad.
Should leave us with sufficient funds for one last deal. Hopefully a CM.
We have had an excellent transfer window. So much deadwood shifted, and very sensible incomings.
We just need to translate this to results on the pitch.
We just need to translate this to results on the pitch.
If we rid ourselves of Sancho, and to a lesser extent Lindelof & Eriksen, I don't think anyone can complain.
Squad isn't completely fixed, but we will be in a much better position to plug the holes.
It would be Chelsea paying off the excess, not him truly just cutting his wages for no reason. Same as what happened with Lukaku, or what it probably would take for us to truly sell Sancho.
Good deal.
I mean Sterling is only coming if Sancho goes the other way, if Sancho goes the otherway then they will demand that we pay off his excess wages. This deal would be stupid from us.
I don't know - I'm not in them meetings to assert matter of factly that he's never in a million years accepting a wage cut. De Ligt did it.
Sterling wants to leave Chelsea - and the wages he's on are comparable to Sancho's. And no, Sterling isn't worse value for money than Rashford or Martial, at all.
Lindelof and Eriksen would mean it's a perfect window in terms of outgoings.
Perfect would be Rashford leaving as well.
Chuck in Antony and the cafe would be building statues for the INEOS team.
I'm confused by the way you ascertain "value". For the sake of diplomacy, I'm just going to assume we have different views on this. I mean, Martial on a reported 250k per week made 19 appearances last season - only 13 in the league - scoring twice and assisting once. Rashford made 43 appearances, scoring 8 and assisting 6. Sterling made 43 appearances, scoring 10 and assisting 8. Players earn a lot more now than 10 years ago, and rightfully so.
Yes, Sterling is in decline, but he's still a good/useful player - and producing more than what we currently have on side. Again, this wouldn't be a bad deal contingent on a wage cut, and is seemingly a swap deal for a player that 1. Hasn't produced. 2. The manager doesn't fancy 3. The club can't move on. Sancho has been "parked" at United just doing nothing whilst still on full pay.
I'm legitimately perplexed at the idea that Sterling is worse value for money than Rashford or Martial. Compounded by the fact that this deal is seemingly for a different player that the club seemingly can't do anything with, but alas
The idea that Sterling would be worse value for money than the players you've mentioned is anchored by your assumption that he won't perform. It isn't supported by availability nor output. Again, he's a player in decline yet still producing more than what we have on side - at the arbitrary wage bracket you used as qualifier.
Reality of the situation is that a 250k washed-up Sancho that they can use is better value than a parked up Sterling that they won't. For United it just holds more weight because - availability aside - Sterling also produces more than them on the pitch (decline accounted for)
Sterling is absolutely not better than all our wingers. He's been absolutely terrible at Chelsea