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Transfer Tweets - Manchester United - 2024/25
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Simple answer; the player himself has basically said he won’t be distracted whilst he is in the euros
I guess a release clause means that anyone can sign the player. Although saying that, no doubt some brown bags will probably scupper the transfer!
We will end up like Barcelona when LvG bought all Dutch players to play for him. Ffs
Mount will be LIKE a new transfer?
ETH's representatives must be contract negotiation experts, because there's no way I buy the idea that most of our transfer targets this summer being Dutch or having previously played in the Dutch league (yet again!) is a mere coincidence.
It is a coincidence though? Just so happens they're the cheapest on the market too for their relative position. Branthwaite playing PSV for season is hardly going to have a big influence with Ten Hag and Ugarte, Neves and any LB we've been linked aren't dutch or played in the dutch League.
You’re never right from what I’ve seen here. Just a miserable moaning bugger.
You just need to have a day off from the negativity. Whatever will be will be.
Has there been much to be positive about with our transfer strategy or our results over the last 11 years?
Didn't know Ugarte was Dutch
Yeah there’s been positives over the last 11 years, just not as many as we’ve been used to. More than most other clubs mind so its good not to appear too spoilt.
That's where we disagree then. Relative to our resources and amount invested, it's been nothing short of an unmitigated disaster. All I'm asking for is a cohesive strategy that enables us to get a reasonable return on our investment - hardly "spoilt".
United’s history ran before Sir Alex and has gone on beyond his period. There’s been ups and downs.
Those being negative now, despite the fact we’ve finally seen the Glazers power being reduced for the first time, just need to relax and see how things pan out.
Those than want and expect glory immediately need to be realistic. Enjoy the good (which there is still plenty of) and hopefully the bad becomes less and less. It’s only football. Life’s too short.
Gotta say, i’m more reserved about our transfer rumours this years than the last 10 years. Most rumours, like de Ligt and Zirkzee i think would be horrible. de Ligt would be against everything Ineos said they will do, and Zirkzee looks underwhelming. Not really a big talent, and not really the finished product. Just… meh…
Trying to not be negative Nathan, but guess the last 10 years has made me ready to be positively surprised…
Trying to not be negative Nathan, but guess the last 10 years has made me ready to be positively surprised…
So many dutch players and players from their league and now coaches... It will end up in tears.
I agree on Zirkzee but not de Ligt. I think there's a lot of merit in that signing.
Is there anything in that article about United being interested? If not then this tweet shouldn't be in here.
Yeah fair point. Deleted now and I’ll post in elsewhere.
Im with you here to an extent but we also have to be realistic. Ashworth Wilcox and Berrada will see the mistakes we’ve made thinking we can buy success with one mega transfer every summer or two while neglecting fundamentals that all the best teams and best run clubs have. On the pitch Aggression, leadership, players who offer the manager different options stylistically and quality backup/healthy competition throughout the squad. Off the pitch we have neglected everything compared to our rivals.
We aren’t going to be able to sign and bed in enough of the kind of players we need to challenge for the title for the next year or two. That’s a fact given the financial situation and the mess the club is currently in. What we can do with a few sensible transfer windows is firmly reestablish ourselves as a CL/top 4 club every season and then tweak things to kick on once we are solid on the pitch and more attractive as a destination to the most professional footballers who other clubs will want too. Look at city. They had endless cash and no rules around spending but they had been poorly run for years. It took them years to build a serious and dominant team. It’ll take years of sensible building to get us back near the top. Even if we could go out and buy 11 new players this summer chances are only half of them are going to work out. If we can get 2 or 3 out of 4 or 5 right this summer we will be doing well and should hopefully be back in the top 4 with a refurbished training ground and major plans for a new stadium on the horizon. Not the worst! Fingers crossed.
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More information about the player ? I am pretty certain that ETH has all the information he needs about the player
Zirksee, as argued because he’s not good enough.
De Ligt, though slightly younger than previous high end transfers, would still get the bill of Juve/Bayern cast-off, not good enough for them, why good enough for us? Not on an upwards curve career-wise. Injury-concerns. High wages. Lots og red flags if you follow the expected Ineos-book here…
I’d think any high-wage-signings we’ll do onwards will be of a different caliber. Branthwaite would fit the bill if he had one more convincing year. We’d give a young Wayne Rooney a good deal under Ineos, but not a Schweinsteiger or Casemiro…
If De Ligt is as good as his wages suggest surely Real would be in for him? They’ll go for Davies next year and give him a huge deal. If De ligt was better than what they had he’d be going there next. There are red flags with this deal but we have to take calculated gambles this summer. On the plus side He’s got leadership and bags of experience while still being young. Bayern fans love him and they aren’t going to be easy to please in general. To be fair saying that all Bayern fans on here would have loved Dortmund Sancho too. Anyway, I’d imagine this dude is a consummate professional and a winner so It’s worth the gamble. He’ll be one the other players will surely be excited and encouraged to see coming in.
They are getting Yoro who by all accounts we were looking at as well. And Real Madrid look to be in the business of getting players to sign for them on a free, they won't be spending any money on De Ligt.
Yoro will probably go there for a similar fee this summer and Real will most likely end up with the better player getting all the plaudits long term but it’s easier look good in that team once you’re a regular starter. Saying that I think De Ligt is good and he still has some improvement in him once he settles down long term at a club. My feeling is If he signs he will be an important player for us. Future captain job.
Yoro will either move late in the window, or on a free next summer. Real have said they don't have the money for him at the moment and asked him to wait.
Pretty much this. Yoro would have already been a Real Madrid player if they payed up. Lille have also told that he is up sale. The only delay is Madrid don't want to pay up. Presumably having spent all their money on Mbappe.
Just thinking about it there. Martinez, De Ligt, Ugarte are the kind of dominant players who can really bully attackers again. That’s a giant upgrade in the spine and engine room. Branthwaite fits that bill too. I’m happy, I’ve been banging this drum for years.
Yoro is out the picture, he was never in the picture so I don’t know why people keep bringing him up as a potential signing. Bottom line is if Real Madrid get involved chances are the player is going there, that’s just the way it is. We might market ourselves as the biggest club in the world but everyone knows deep down it’s Real. That said there’s no reason we can’t turn ourselves into their main rivals for that title, if we’re run in the right way we’ve got the potential to grow even further, the ground works been laid, it just needs someone with the determination and the vision to make it happen. Whether INEOS are the people to do that remains to be seen.
You still living in fantasy land
Seriously. Believing all the negative stories, none of he positive ones and dooming themselves into oblivion
That's your best response? Come on mate. Things are the club have changed and more change is to come. We all know it's been shit but even if Ineos compile an amazing backroom team these things take time.
This idea that the Ineos are worse than then Glazers and we're dawdling is pure fear based on the past. It's a clean slate now and yes they have to deliver but it probably won't be immediately.
If things go exceptionally well we'll be challenging within two seasons but it definitely won't be next year so set your expectations accordingly.
Good post especially the point about him being a calculated gamble. I wouldn't be against it all. Adding another experienced head in there (we lost Varane) along with a youngster in Branthwaite (also tried for Yoro) is a good move.