Oldyella
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We are going to end up overspending on a broken down Kane aren't we...
Basically signed with City, we refused the chance to sign himJulian Alvarez?
Retire the number altogetherWhoever we bring in, can we not give them the number 11 shirt please.
Basically signed with City, we refused the chance to sign him
Retire the number altogether
Don't think so the club is just isn't an enticing prospect for buyers. Spend 3 and 4 billion buying the club, and then fans expect them to invest more money and not be happy if they take any money out of the club. Who would want to buy us?The squad all of a sudden requires massive investment, and the Glazers won't have the stomach for it at all. Grim situation in the short term but it might lead to us getting new owners soon maybe?
Future planning, what's that? - Ed Woodard & Matt Judge, probably.Yup, that's why I posted his name. Because it was completely stupid and short sighted for the club to refuse the chance. Nothing new though.
We are in big trouble for this season and next
Future planning, what's that? - Ed Woodard & Matt Judge, probably.
Club has been run as an absolute shit show since the great man left.
We do have a summer transfer window coming up you know?
Let's just wait and see, no need for the hyperbole to go into overdrive because of the Greenwood incident. Loaning out Lingard, van de Beek, Daillo and Henderson are the right moves to make, they weren't playing and someone else pays their wages until the summer.And we will have a monumental job to do in it I suspect. One that I doubt we do to the extent needed
Let's just wait and see, no need for the hyperbole to go into overdrive because of the Greenwood incident. Loaning out Lingard, van de Beek, Daillo and Henderson are the right moves to make, they weren't playing and someone else pays their wages until the summer.
We also have a manager to appoint, they'll put forward their ideas who they want to bring in also, let's just wait and see, there's still a good chunk of season to finish.
Greenwood is gone, martial has gone, cavani will go after this season and ronaldo is ancient and will also leave if we don't get into CL.
So on top of not having a midfield, we won't have any forwards either. I bet our board regrets not bidding for julian alvarez from river plate who city signed up on the cheap.
Glazers won't spend a bomb on haaland. Our only realistic option is kane for around 75m and even that might be too much for the glazers.
Pogba has barely played all season and hasn't even played one game under Rangnick yet, so he's not a loss, we'll definitely sign a minimum of one CM/DM this summer.It's not hyperbole though. I thought we where in for a difficult summer before the Greenwood things that only compounds the issue.
Midfield is a mess and probably losing Pogba. Two new starters needed their if we want to compete
Attack is complete unknown until we see how the season finishes. Could possibly lose Ronaldo and Cavani, Martial. Greenwood will be gone as he should be.
So I'll stick with my statement that we are potentially in big trouble. If we act right it's for sure workable but we very often choose to leave holes in the squad to our detriment.
Basically it's hard to see us starting next season with a 11 or squad as good as we started this one. Not that it did us much good though.
Pogba has barely played all season and hasn't even played one game under Rangnick yet, so he's not a loss, we'll definitely sign a minimum of one CM/DM this summer.
Exactly, it's a complete unknown, we might snatch top 4 meaning Ronaldo wants to stay, Cavani will probably leave and we'll replace him. Martial, the same as Pogba, has barely played this season and featured the bare minimum under Rangnick, he's also not consistent enough and was already replaced by Elanga. We also have Amad out on loan, who'll probably feature more next season, so we'll need to sign a striker to cover for the loss of Cavani and that's it (if Ronaldo doesn't leave).
I'm guessing we'll sign a RB, CB, CM and ST in the summer, possibly even a 2nd CM/DM depending who we lose and sell.
It is far from the end of the world or United being in big trouble.
Edit: look at last summer, Sancho, Ronaldo and Varane. The same quality of signings in the positions I've mentioned and we'll likely be a better, more balanced team than this season. Let's just chill, I'm as shocked and upset at the Greenwood situation as everyone else (god bless the poor girl) but let's not act like it's going to be the end of Man United, we've come back from far worse!
We've still got Rashford and Sancho as first choice wingers and Elanga, Mata and maybe Lingard as back up. The squad was bloated for a long time and there was a knock on effect for morale with players unable to get games. Obviously the Greenwood situation wasnt planned for but we've still got enough players imo.
Manchester City have splashed more than Manchester United since Pep Guardiola came to the Premier League. We've not matched.There's a graph floating around that show's we've matched City's spending these last few years. Ole's spent like 300 million ?
Us signing the wrong players that's true and is a big part of the problem BUT the Glazers spend the money of the club, not their own money. They also take money out of the club while City owners, Abramovich etc. invest their money. See the difference?Us signing the wrong players means the Glazers appoint idiots to handle recruitment, ti doesn't mean they don't spend enough to money on transfers
Also your list of flops is shit.
I'd try for Richarlisson as unlikely as is they'd sell him, really rate him
We do, because you're still implying that a bias in society towards believing victims based on the overwhelming statistical evidence causes a legal issue which is more problematic than the societal one caused by people not involved in legal proceedings treating people accused of rape as innocent until proven guilty.So we don't have a reason to disagree because I didn't suggest that and doesn't agree with it.
We do, because you're still implying that a bias in society towards believing victims based on the overwhelming statistical evidence causes a legal issue which is more problematic than the societal one caused by people not involved in legal proceedings treating people accused of rape as innocent until proven guilty.
The premise is false. Glazers spend plenty.
Martial and Ronaldo aren't gone permanently. We have plenty of wingers (I'm including Shola and the ones on loan). We'll need a CF and that's about it.
We need to stop thinking about buying players as the ultimate solution to all our problems. We've been doing exactly that for a while now, and it hasn't work.
You said "you need to completely change your mindset because it's extremely dangerous from a legal standpoint", which is obviously not the case as the second would have that effect too.Again that's not what I said or implied. I said that you shouldn't always believe an alleged victim nor purposely promote biases. To make it clear since you keep trying to add and distorting things, you should believe what someone says based on what they say not on their status.
of Ipswich?! Plays all across the front line, good pace...good shout.Trevor Benjamin on loan
His ontract expires in 2024 according to Transfermarkt? A shame as I like him and think he would be an effective player for us. With two years left though Everton will try and fleece anyone that goes for him.12 months left on his contract in the summer and not much reason to sign a new one. He still wouldn’t be cheap but is a good player with potential to improve so it could be good value for money.