What makes you say we won't buy those too?
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What makes you say we won't buy those too?
Atletico apparently spending 20m Euros on Benfica's goalkeeper Jan Oblak.
Must rate him quite highly cos Atletico usually don't spend much. Has anyone watched him play?
Must rate him quite highly cos Atletico usually don't spend much. Has anyone watched him play?
Sorry, I am being pragmatic. Can't see us buying so much in one summer. I could be wrong and I wouldn't mind one bit.
The article says Nike have made big inroads into Adidas' market share. Would make sense for the deal to be worth more to Adidas if so.
I think it's all a bit complicated, I mean do we spend big chunk of our transfer on a midfielder Vidal/Pogba OR we sign someone like Di Maria/Sanchez to add to our attacking unit. I would like to sort our midfield with a top signing rather then add to our attack. Unless we going after young players which we fans don't know of and sign some young midfielder/CB and winger.
Afaik, Uniteds twitter account isnt locked.
Oh right, sorry - forgot about that..
Hope you're keeping well fella?!
Exciting times ahead for the club with Van Gaal - some difference from last summer. Atleast we know what we're gettin from LvG. We were all in the fench with Moyes..
It's good to see we have so many fans who knows for a fact who we will sign So many pessimistic fans
So many pessimistic fansCan't see us splurging big cash on two areas anymore. There is one more big signing left at best. If we get some one like Di Maria then chances are our CM/CB option will be much cheaper.
I assume he means "let's get a CB and CM in first to calm anxious fans"
I agree with him. We do have pressing matters... on the other hand if a player like Di Maria becomes available it does kind of throw a spanner in the works
There are reasons to suggest we could put in a sustained title challenge, so I hope your belief is founded. We have a number of factors in our favour which you've quite rightly pointed out. We now have a competent manager who is accustomed to winning and Liverpool demonstrated the positive implications of missing out on European football last season with a title challenge.
However, breaking into the top four can be a difficult enough task, especially when those competitors are showing continual signs of improvement. You would expect City and Chelsea to be absolute shoe-ins for top four, that much is a certainty and if Arsenal can add a higher calibre of player like the ones they are starting to be seriously linked with, their place is unlikely to come under pressure.
It's Liverpool that look the team likely to miss out, out of the current top four participants so far. Even though van Gaal will restore the mentality and winning culture the club is associated with, I think a sense of realism is needed. Top four is vital and could be challenging enough as it is, let alone winning the league.
I'll be sad to see Nike go after they helped us bring Ronaldo back all those times.
It was locked, but it's back now. I wonder if they got hacked.
One thing is certain. If Woodward is targeting a marquee, luxury signing, it should be a wide player like di Maria or Sanchez and not Cavani. It is an area we will need to address sooner rather than later and it would be a far more beneficial signing than if Ed was to pursue Cavani like a lot of outlets still report.
A centre back and central midfielder are key though. Probably the only 'critical areas' in our squad that definitely have to be addressed this summer. You could make a case for a wide player and right back being needed, but that could probably wait.
The thing I like about Nike is that they make very sleek looking kits. Adidas kits are all quite similar with the trim down the arms. However Adidas are also quite good.
Help me, Adidas. You're my only hope.
I'm 100% sure that Adidas will get the deal. Adidas is in an eternal battle for global domination with Nike. There's no bigger prize in the world of football than Manchester United.
Warrior, of course, is trying it's very best to break into the Europe. That said, We would prefer Adidas over Warrior simply because we've had a history with them, and we've seen just how terrible Warrior kits can be!
Warrior
I don't know much about formations, I think Wellbeck/januzaj and Valencia/Kagawa as backup can be a decent option for the wings. Not world class but they can be effective. So yeah I agree with you, hopefully we will sort the midfield issue first.
Woodward would prefer the brand splashing the most cash.
That sucks. Money aside, Nike is better for the Manchester United brand.
Why?
If Adidas is good enough for Madrid and their brand ambitions, they'll be fine for us.
I think Nike are the premium brand, maybe It's just me but I've always seen them as the leading sports brand ever since I was a kid. Adidas are a close second, anything else will be terrible for us.
Adidas is good enough for Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. They'll be just as good, if not better than Nike, for the United brand.
Or maybe we are going big on Di Maria instead of a super midfield signing.
I guess Tom agrees with us.
Poor us, having to shop in bargain basement for Schweinsteiger if we got Di Maria.
Woe, woe.
Woe, woe.
It's a big blow for Nike. Arsenal are now with Puma, Liverpool with Warrior, Chelsea with Adidas and we'll be with another brand soon.
Nike's biggest client in England is City, who (I'm guessing...) sell nowhere near as many shirts as the above clubs.
Nike's biggest client in England is City, who (I'm guessing...) sell nowhere near as many shirts as the above clubs.
Adidas!
I hope we keep Nike.
Is Fila still about?
Nike still have Barcelona and PSG too, I wouldn't be too worried for them.
Tough, we're not.
Well we have attacking players who can thrive in a wing position in the right system like Kagawa on the left of a fluid, interchanging three or Welbeck as a left wide-forward. I still think we could do with another pacy and penetrative winger however, as that was sorely lacking last season and all of our wingers besides Januzaj are more or less useless.
I suppose that's likely. Both Vidal and di Maria would equate to around £80M, so it's probably a pipe dream. Perhaps if we don't have the funds for this window or are prioritise other positions a wide player can wait until January/next summer. Looking at our current wide options, we already have raw or poor players and immediate injection of quality into the first team would be ideal.
It's Reuters we're talking here. They wouldn't publish it without a good source. Seems like Adidas made a great offer that Nike didn't want to match.
And in Portugal Porto's gone to Warrior from Nike. They seem to be losing quite a lot of deals
Adidas please!
Classic brand, love the 3 stripes - their kits are always so simple and classy (well, a lot of the time anyway).
Nike are poo these days.
Classic brand, love the 3 stripes - their kits are always so simple and classy (well, a lot of the time anyway).
Nike are poo these days.
How so ?
If United drops Nike, their only high end clientèle will be Barcelona, PSG, Inter and City. Two of them are relatively new to the European elite with smallish global standing. They've already lost three of their big sellers - Arsenal, Juventus and Sporting.
Adidas meanwhile have Madrid, Juventus, Milan, Bayern, Chelsea, Ajax, Benfica and potentially United on their books and all of them are clubs with a rich footballing history.
A lot of highly marketable players are leaving Nike too. Ozil, Torres, Mata, Nani.. Aguero and Messi back in the day...
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