We're not skint. But we are overly stingy.
United in this Summer transfer window
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'I think there's value out there.' Fergie will be appalled to hear him saying that.
Caf meltdown 
We do this every year....we are led to believe that we are buying the truly best players i.e. Sneijder, Benzema and we then end up with the cheaper alternatives.
Yeah, RvP and Kagawa were truly awful purchases.
We did Rvp last season.
Give me strength.
Caf meltdown
An increased possibility of being left behind isn't remotely funny to me.
I know, he got his lines muddle there.
You are right about RVP, have to be fully convinced about Kagawa yet. Hope he can get a full injury free season in. Last year was too punctuted for him. If he can stay fit, we should see the best of him.
In fairness, there's a bit of muppet meltdown going on but the actual quotes aren't that bad. He's merely suggesting that he wants to do a couple of bits of business but that he's trying to get high quality players and it's proving to be difficult.
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...x?newsid=C14811DB-513E-463D-9273-CAE803796B99
RVP was good, Kagawa not so good but i'm talking more about our midfield which is in dire need of a quality player to play with Carrick or to provide back up if he ever got injured.
Yeah but we usually end up getting the cheaper alternatives. Thiago was like a cheaper alternative to Fabregas and we didn't get him. Kondogbia is like a cheaper alternative to Fellaini and we probably won't get either.
I'm not sure the players he's getting are that high quality anyway!
Seriously, I'm not that bothered. Right now, it's fellaini or no one it seems. Doesn't make much of a difference to me either way. Fellaini will do well for us if he comes but I cant muster up any excitement over his signing. No biggie.
I'm seriously beginning to doubt it. It's been six years, another seven will fly by.
Now now Nate, let's not be overly ridiculous, we're all ad... well, we're all human, I think. Unless ... are you actually a dog that can type shit?
Agree 100%, we had the chance to get Thiago but we didn't, and who knows what happened with the Cesc transfer..
In a way, that is why we need to do well this season, or it won't get any easier for him next season. The way Martinez is being, I would actually give Wigan the money for James McCarthy. That would mess his plans up. I am getting vindictive.
Transfer deadline day, September 2019 will be nerve wrecking
I am not sure any amount of money would have stopped Thiago joining up with Pep.
That's true but I suppose it's still a harder deal to do than a lot. I'm not sure why we didn't just pay the release clause and get him settled with the squad. Even if we get him for less it will only be a million or two less and is that really worth it if it means it takes longer to fit him into the team?
Transfer deadline day, September 2019 will be nerve wrecking
We'll assure each other that 2019/20 will be Anderson's year and that Giggs is still a good option.
Cina, i think even Kagawa would admit he had a poor season, but i'm not his biggest fan but i am not going to write him off as he deffo needs another season.
Exactly, therefore you can't call him a "poor signing". he's 24 years old, was amazing for Dortmund and only cost us €14m!
Possibly true, but reading recent reports there was an indication we were not sure about himand therefore did not pursue it-but who knows.
Last season was not a great season to judge him on. Hopefully he will get more games and will be used in the right position to show us why Sir Alex rated him so highly.
I'm not saying he is poor but simply he was not good enough last season, hopefully he will improve next season.
That was puzzling from the scouts. The Modric assessment I could actually understand as there were games for Spurs where I didn't even realise he was playing.
It was a bit stop start with injuries for him, so don't want to judge him yet.
Then scholes will come back from retirement will be like a new signing. Good times.
I very much hope those reports were bollocks, otherwise our scouts are mental. They rate Fellaini but don't rate Thiago? I find that hard to believe, the Guardiola link is a far more plausible and acceptable explanation.
The players he is trying to get are Everton players, and not of the Wayne Rooney in 2004 variety either. I'm guessing he (we) know exactly what needs to be done if we really want them. This 'difficult to get them' bit seems to be a scenario where a club isn't overjoyed at selling a player to us. We should be able to overcome that in a negotiation.
We always seem be overly stingy for some reason. I agree that we have no excuses with regards to fellaini. He's the kind of player that if we want, a club like united should have no problem getting. I honestly don't think evertons valuation of him is going to be silly either. The haggling will be over 3-4 million here or there. I doubt they want 30 million for him. And yes, if we really wanted him from the beginning why not pay the clause back then? Makes no sense.
Either way, I'm not all that bothered like I said. The transfer window stopped being interested to me as soon as Baines and fellaini became our priority targets.
I'm of the opinion that Moyes is trying to calm things down, a few weeks ago he was talking about unlimited funds, and going for the very best, and the fact it has been a frustrating few weeks with regards to bringing players into the club he has to now adopt a cautious approach.
It's easy to forget this is a learning curve for Moyes.
More likely that our preferred ACM was Fabregas, i'm sure we were somehow convinced we would clinch the deal, in terms of a DM our target has always been Fellaini, hence why we were probably not sure about Thiago.
What I find odd is that foe the attacking central midfielders, were there no alternatives we targeted? Or was it, "let's go for fabregas, else feck it". Seems an odd stance to take because it was always going to be hard to get cesc.
Then why didn't go straight in for Fabregas before Thiago was even involved. Would have been interesting seeing Barca's stance if they would have sold him and then given Thiago a chance.