That was mentioned many times last summer - right up until the last day of the window, so in all honesty man - most fans have run out of patience when it comes to us signing world-class CM's & we're sick of hearing how much cash we're bringing in every year & feck all spent in CM. Also, the Pogba situation is still a very sore point.
Its complete frustration at the clubs handling of key areas of the 1st team. No like for like replacements for Rio & Vida. No CM apart from Carrick - who's been overused, same as Evra, who looks like he's goin too. Us fans have every right to be annoyed about whats been goin on for years man. Its not a knee-jerker.
Passing up on Kroos is beyond belief if true. Its sickening. No one gives a shit how much wages he wants. Rooney's on £300k per wk ffs. He's no-where near a player of Messi or Ronaldo's calibre to be earning that dough, so LvG's opinion that he only wants players that want to play for the club - not for money, is braindead & Fergie-esque mentality - which is redundant in modern football.
The club said we're gonna try to get alot of our business sorted before the WC. The WC starts in 20 days & we supposedly had a number of top targets already sorted - just needing the new manager to sign off on. Now we hear he has his own list & its no where near as quality as the one United had (seems to be him goin Dutch again) - if thats not reason to be downbeat i dont know what is. We have previous of wastin opportunities to sign quality & much needed top-class players & not just last summer either!
As regards to Kroos. Scholesy was just waxing lyrical yesterday about how wicked a signing that would be - mutual respect i gathered from that. Now we hear LvG said no to that deal!
Of course we should trust the new manager, but if he passed up on Kroos - then he better have an ace up his sleeve, aswell as all the other players he seems to be passing up on.
Lets not forget that Moyes passed up on Thiago, Strootman & Garay last summer after we'd done all the groundwork, we just needed him to sign off on them. Look how our season panned out.
We cant make the same mistakes this summer & what time is LvG gonna have to construct a Prem winning team like he said he wants next season either?
From what i've heard - LvG gives a list of players in each position to the board with no back-up options. If United cant get them its back to the drawing board, which holds everything up even longer.
How many players get signed during the WC & will the Dutch allow LvG to double-job - i feckin doubt?! I'd be rippin if i was Dutch & he was allowed to double-job thats for sure!
LvG officially takes over in mid-July when his Dutch contract ends. We then go on tour to the States on 23rd July. Not a great situation for United to be in & thats why this pre-WC period was crucial for us to get many deals sorted - especially world-class deals like Kroos..
Patience, in any other circumstance apart from WC year & a new manager coming in mid-July, is what you would see from every United fan, but this summer is critical for us get world-class players in & our new manager (at 62 years old lets not forget) - how can he do 2 jobs at the same time, when the Dutch FA have said he has to do his Dutch job 1st & foremost!
