Can see him in Italy tbf.
Transfer Tweets - Manchester United - 2024/25
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I'd be surprised if no one in the PL went for him honestly. He's a good defender. Probably better than guys like Smalling, Evans etc and generally doesn't have any injury issues. Starts for England when fit too.
Can't wait for the loan with the option to purchase at £2m.
Do Bologna need a CH?
So are Mykonos pcs
Harry would probably do pretty well in Italy tbf
It would be a shame to see Maguire go on the back of probably his best or second best season here
Quick question - Even if we can sell a player and raise funds to buy Branthwaite, Why would we overpay and give it to Everton?
We won't be buying him unless Everton lower their asking price. I think the main point is we want two centre backs like Ornstein has previously said.
We need to start selling players while their stock is high. A huge problem of ours has been holding this sentiment and then keeping a player until they become unsellable again.
Branthwaite is a good player and would improve us but I just can’t figure out why we are going for another left footed CB? At the price we will pay he will surely be a starter and we aren’t dropping Licha so what’s the plan here?
He can play with both feet.
We're also after a right footed CB as well by the sounds of it - Todibo initially, now De Ligt. So makes sense to me that, if we're bringing in two, we'd target one of each. Martinez has missed a lot of the last 15 months for us, and we miss a left footer when he's unavailable. I definitely think we need another alternative.
With the departure of Varane, and maybe Lindelof and / or Maguire, then maybe you'd expect the right footer to be the bigger money signing. But that's just more about the availability of De Ligt compared to the English / PL Tax on Branthwaite. We're still going for a proven and experienced right footer (if it is De Ligt) along with the left footed Branthwaite. So bringing in two good options if we get them both.
Classic FM tactic.
It’s true. He’s going to be worth very little though and is a decent squad player. He doesn’t seem like he makes trouble when he’s not playing. Good player really apart from being a bit clumsy sometimes but he’s massive… out of all of them I’d keep Maguire as a squaddie as he’s the best player. If we are getting Branthwaite too then sell Maguire too. He should be playing for his last few years. He’ll be a solid buy for whoever gets him
He can play both sides, Licha injury record last season, upgrade on lindelof and will probably be better long-term then Maguire. MDJ replacement for Varane and Branthwaite high quality competition/cover.
Bit late
Ha! Actually, he should go to Turkey. They'd love him there for fighting with the Greeks.
Knew that was coming. Boy wants Utd.
Come on, let's not succumb to this collective amnesia about Maguire and forget his first two seasons with us.
Martinez could play the Gvardiol position in certain games and we can go
Martinez-Branthwaite-De Ligt-Dalot
Very solid back 4. Still have Shaw obviously and he can rest more between games and manage his fitness better.
I thought on the whole he was bang average for us, he had a couple of good games but that was about it.
Do you not actually remember how he was for us? Barely avaliable and more often than not completely average. Games would just happen around him most of the time.
Yeah, been watching him at the Euros wondering where did this guy come from? He's been much better than I remember at United.
He's performed a lot more like the player I expected him to be for us, sadly. Just didn't work out.
He wasn’t fit and it was well documented as a squad player he was a perfect signing for wages and transfer Fee.
Ah the good green light from the player before approaching the club, just as things should be
He wasn't fit, so he wasn't a perfect signing? He was brought in to plug the hole left by all our injured players, and was barely available. It might have been just unfortunate timing, but he was a very average bit of business for us.
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This isn't a surprise given Kia's involvement in this deal.
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This isn't a surprise given Kia's involvement in this deal.
£13m on a £33m player is ridiculous.
He just played in a Champions league Final and been one of Dortmund’s MVP, he was great for Austria too and as a fan who went to Wembley last year when we won the Caribo cup, Sabitzer came on for the last 20-25 minutes and was great, his high energy was something we missed massively this season, I’m not saying he was a world beater but for €15m he was a steal as a squad player and would be again this season where budget is incredibly tight?
We knew this already, it’s absolutely ridiculous but it’s no surprise. It’s also no surprise it’s Luckhurst rushing to report the agents fees lumped in with the release clause, I’m sure it’ll raise even further when we find out what wages he’s on and that’ll get thrown into the overall package as well, like every other Utd signing.
This is Kia Joorabchain we are talking about...he was pimping Teves/Mascherano all those years ago and it seems a leopard never changes its spots!
Wasnt this reported already as the fees Kia J was charging Milan because of the bad blood between them? And would be less for anyone else?
If not then sod that plan.
I hope a day comes when paying an agent is the players responsibilty and not clubs.