Wot, no transfers?

[Jezpeza]

We'll sign players. When it happens it happens quickly. People get too excited by paper talk and drafting their dream teams.

Meunier Lenglet Alderweireld macguire Sandro
Odriozola

Bale Savic Verrati Perisic
Griezzman

Mandzukic Giroud

And more....

What can anyone tell me about that lot? All players the rag papers have linked us with this summer to get viewers for their advertisement clickbait hot air gossip columns that they write lies on every day, and people genuinely believe we are about to sign the players and start to cry when they don't arrive.

Why do we get linked to so many players? Because we have the most fans, more clicks. Don't see any accrington Stanley gossip do we?

I think we need players but hate this doom and gloom rhetoric that we aren't trying to do any deals and we've already finished 8th next season.

 

[rotherham_red]

state of everyone panicking haha

It's almost as if our post-2014 World Cup splurge never happened... Fickle cnuts, the lot of them

 

[Son Of Sam]

David Gill. A penis and imposter in equal measure.

Remember the time we sold the world's best player and replaced him with Gabriel Obertan? Our chief executive back then was more than happy to dismantle our playing squad to service the debt acquired while he was a senior executive within the club. Unlike Woodward, he had Alex Ferguson to keep the boat afloat. David Gill's reputation borders on farcical. As is the predictable criticism coming in for Woodward - again.

Stop misappropriating the facts. Obertan wasn’t Ronaldo’s replacement. Antonio Valencia was and as lower an upgrade that was, SAF made it work. Valencia won league titles - he was creating assists after assists even though he was a limited winger with one foot.

What has any of Woodward’s scattergun approach players won? Zilch!! Woodward has just managed to put an expensive wax on sacks of shit players. It was under Woodward we became a joke in the football ward - sending some MIB to Bilbao to sign Herrera with 3 hours to the close of transfer window.

Woodward is not up to the task. Look at our main rivals - even Liverpool have woken up from their slumber and they are signing top drawer players. We are still playing retired wingers in full-back positions. We have the worst defence unit in the top 6 - only Bailly is United standard. Stones/Maguire are ahead of our English centre backs.

 

[The holy trinity 68]

Stop misappropriating the facts. Obertan wasn’t Ronaldo’s replacement. Antonio Valencia was and as lower an upgrade that was, SAF made it work. Valencia won league titles - he was creating assists after assists even though he was a limited winger with one foot.

What has any of Woodward’s scattergun approach players won? Zilch!!

FA Cup, League Cup, Europa League. Not great but still won stuff.

 

[LawCharltonBest]

We haven't really been seriously linked to anyone for almost a month and a half now

Wonder if we'll get something once Jose and Woody start chatting to the press in USA

 

[Toddler]

We will definitely make at least one more top signing, more likely 2 with an experienced CB and a right winger ;

I have heard from a credible source that we are in for 2 or 3 options in these two positions but we are waiting on Madrid and other teams to move for us to move. We have spent approx 70M so have 90M plus the transfer funds of Blind, Darmian 25M and one of Jones, Smalling or Rojo will be sold if we receive a bid of 20-25M.
Luke Shaw was offered to Everton for 20M but he turned the move down. That would leave us about 140M-150M still to spend on the following options;

Right Winger; G Bale, I Perisic, H Lozano, O Dembele - 90M-50M

Centre Back; T Auderweireld, L Bonucci, H Maguire - 60M - 40M

There will be no Left Back option not until the January Window but if we sign Perisic he may play left Wing Back in a new formation!

I hope your right.

 

[EyeInTheSky]

You know that thing called money? Getting Bale would be a huge investment with fee, wages, agents bonuses whatever else. Sure they maybe have other things underway, lined up but completing these actions could depend on if they can say get Bale or not. His signing might eat up the wage, transfer budget hence putting a Kabosh on what else they had planned.

Yeah, that thing called money which we have. We are still way under our normal spend and we have not been shy of buying big and adding a number of other players for high figures. We Bought Pogba for 105M euros, HM for 45M Euros and Baily for 40M Euros for all around 190M Euros While still trying to spend 50M on Perisic. THis is all not even considering Zlatans wages.

I just hope they are very clear on the Bale situation as it sounds like it is going to be another Ronaldo saga and we would not even go in if he was eventually made available.

 

[BlueHaze]

I have heard from a credible source that we are in for 2 or 3 options in these two positions but we are waiting on Madrid and other teams to move for us to move.

Are you that lad from reddit?

 

[Andersons Dietician]

Yeah, that thing called money which we have. We are still way under our normal spend and we have not been shy of buying big and adding a number of other players for high figures. We Bought Pogba for 105M euros, HM for 45M Euros and Baily for 40M Euros for all around 190M Euros While still trying to spend 50M on Perisic. THis is all not even considering Zlatans wages.

I just hope they are very clear on the Bale situation as it sounds like it is going to be another Ronaldo saga and we would not even go in if he was eventually made available.

Intresting I edited the first line like 15 minutes ago so it didn’t sound so Cnutish

Aye nae doubt we have funds as a club but is the club willing to part with the money required. If Bale was coming here then that is easily 110+ mil then I’d imagine he’d want similar or higher wages which would probably make him the highest paid in the prem and since we already have the current one it’s going to be a drain that might even limit what we are capable of in the market. Paying a mil a week for 2 players surely would hamper what even we are ca-able of.

I personally with the move of Ronaldo don’t see Bale as being possible and hopefully if any of the speculation is correct Bale just gives a clean answer and says nah, so we can pull the trigger on the other deals we had lined up because like I said even with our financial power, I think there is a real reluctance to flex it’s full power and a deal such as Bale would affect what else we had planned.

 

[Kag]

Stop misappropriating the facts. Obertan wasn’t Ronaldo’s replacement. Antonio Valencia was and as lower an upgrade that was, SAF made it work. Valencia won league titles - he was creating assists after assists even though he was a limited winger with one foot.

What has any of Woodward’s scattergun approach players won? Zilch!! Woodward has just managed to put an expensive wax on sacks of shit players. It was under Woodward we became a joke in the football ward - sending some MIB to Bilbao to sign Herrera with 3 hours to the close of transfer window.

Woodward is not up to the task. Look at our main rivals - even Liverpool have woken up from their slumber and they are signing top drawer players. We are still playing retired wingers in full-back positions. We have the worst defence unit in the top 6 - only Bailly is United standard. Stones/Maguire are ahead of our English centre backs.

Ronaldo and Tevez were no longer at the club and Valencia, Owen and Obertan were brought in. The quality of our playing squad was gradually worse between then and Ferguson/Gill leaving. That happened on their watch. Ferguson did his bit and then some, albeit I'm not sure what Gill did to deserve your adulation.

I'm not getting into nonsense like Herrera. It was years ago and hardly indicative of what we currently do in the transfer market.

You're whining on about playing wingers at full back/buying "shit" players/having a poor defence (we don't). It's secondary to the debate. The managers are employed to make sure the team is successful. It's he who determines whether or not he thinks Valencia and Young are great players. It's he that is responsible for signing players (and so he bloody should be).

Scattergun? Are we in 2013? We've been making sensible purchases for a good while now. Nobody has a problem with our signings until the manager struggles to play attacking football and suddenly it's Woodward's fault. The reality is that he's backed his managers financially and given them lots of control. If anything, he's been let down by two managers in particular that should know better.

 

[EyeInTheSky]

Intresting I edited the first line like 15 minutes ago so it didn’t sound so Cnutish

Aye nae doubt we have funds as a club but is the club willing to part with the money required. If Bale was coming here then that is easily 110+ mil then I’d imagine he’d want similar or higher wages which would probably make him the highest paid in the prem and since we already have the current one it’s going to be a drain that might even limit what we are capable of in the market. Paying a mil a week for 2 players surely would hamper what even we are ca-able of.

I personally with the move of Ronaldo don’t see Bale as being possible and hopefully if any of the speculation is correct Bale just gives a clean answer and says nah, so we can pull the trigger on the other deals we had lined up because like I said even with our financial power, I think there is a real reluctance to flex it’s full power and a deal such as Bale would affect what else we had planned.

I hate to use the term "deadwood" but I just can't believe we are paying all these wages for players that are either crocked or just mediocre at best. I think that would give us a lot of breathing space in terms of wages.

As for the Bale stuff, I can't stand going for a player that has repeatedly turned us down under SAF no less. I don't like us being his safety net as he can then dictate his terms both ways. He can feck off and I hope we already know this is a waste of time and are working on far more realistic transfers.

 

[Andersons Dietician]

I hate to use the term "deadwood" but I just can't believe we are paying all these wages for players that are either crocked or just mediocre at best. I think that would give us a lot of breathing space in terms of wages.

As for the Bale stuff, I can't stand going for a player that has repeatedly turned us down under SAF no less. I don't like us being his safety net as he can then dictate his terms both ways. He can feck off and I hope we already know this is a waste of time and are working on far more realistic transfers.

It would probably clear up some wages but I don’t think the likes of Darmian, Blind, Jones and the like are really on that much but then every little helps I guess.

Out of intrest what positions do you think still need looking at and who do you have in mind? Personally I would’nt Mind another CB if say one of Jones or Rojo were to leave. Maybe another midfielder as more of a squad/ replacement for Matic, younger but can’t really think of anyone but then we come to the RW and outwith Bale I don’t really see any really good prospects other than try our hand at Barca and see how they feel about Ousmane.( more windmills) obviously a lot of this also depends on how and what shape Jose wants to play.

 

[EyeInTheSky]

It would probably clear up some wages but I don’t think the likes of Darmian, Blind, Jones and the like are really on that much but then every little helps I guess.

Out of intrest what positions do you think still need looking at and who do you have in mind? Personally I would’nt Mind another CB if say one of Jones or Rojo were to leave. Maybe another midfielder as more of a squad/ replacement for Matic, younger but can’t really think of anyone but then we come to the RW and outwith Bale I don’t really see any really good prospects other than try our hand at Barca and see how they feel about Ousmane.( more windmills) obviously a lot of this also depends on how and what shape Jose wants to play.

My "This was a great transfer window" would be:

CB: Bonucci 40M

RW: Bale (Regardless of the fact that he does not want to leave Madrid and I think he has even said a number of times in the past he wants to play more central?) 90-100M

LB: Sandro: 55M

I think the Sandro one is more down to me being swept along with the noise around him but also because we are so lacking going forward in both the RB and LB positions that anything like him is an improvement. I can't think of other outstanding RW options either.

 

[Dolf]

My "This was a great transfer window" would be:

CB: Bonucci 40M

RW: Bale (Regardless of the fact that he does not want to leave Madrid and I think he has even said a number of times in the past he wants to play more central?) 90-100M

LB: Sandro: 55M

I think the Sandro one is more down to me being swept along with the noise around him but also because we are so lacking going forward in both the RB and LB positions that anything like him is an improvement. I can't think of other outstanding RW options either.

So you want us to spend 277 million euros in one transfer window? Ridiculous. Go support PSG or play Fifa 18 if that's what you want.

 

[breakout67]

For those worried about no rumours. There is a legit ITK on reddit, who called the Kohler sponsorhsip, Dalot signing and Grant signing. That ITK has said that one transfer is in the works already and we are going for at least one more which is in it's early stages.

So based on that we are going to get 1 more signing as a minimum with a potential second one if it can be done. This would probably be a CB and RW, since that is what we have been linked with.

 

[Cliche Guevara]

If he called Dalot and Grant why isn’t he naming the players involved.

No such thing as a legit ITK in my view. It’s mostly complete bullshit, common knowledge, lucky guesses or getting genuine info but quite soon before it’s announced.

 

[breakout67]

If he called Dalot and Grant why isn’t he naming the players involved.

No such thing as a legit ITK in my view. It’s mostly complete bullshit, common knowledge, lucky guesses or getting genuine info but quite soon before it’s announced.

Because that would make absolutely zero sense from a confidentiality point of view. The club tracks these sort of things and if they found out there was someone giving out transfer names well before they are signed they would find out who they are and fire them.

This ITK definitely gets information from a legit source, as he predicted not only the Dalot signing but also the time of the announcement.

 

[Cliche Guevara]

Because that would make absolutely zero sense from a confidentiality point of view. The club tracks these sort of things and if they found out there was someone giving out transfer names well before they are signed they would find out who they are and fire them.

This ITK definitely gets information from a legit source, as he predicted not only the Dalot signing but also the time of the announcement.

Do you have a link to Reddit? My understanding was he confirmed Dalot two hours before he signed.

And if the guy is revealing transfers then he’s revealing transfers, shouldn’t matter how close it is to completion for him to get into trouble or not.

I just find usually these people get hopes up and then disappoint everyone. The guy is basically saying we’re signing another player, maybe two. I could have said that.

 

[Jed I. Knight]

Because that would make absolutely zero sense from a confidentiality point of view. The club tracks these sort of things and if they found out there was someone giving out transfer names well before they are signed they would find out who they are and fire them.

This ITK definitely gets information from a legit source, as he predicted not only the Dalot signing but also the time of the announcement.

Eh, didn’t that guy (the one who called Kohler on the sleeves) say that Griezmann was a done deal, too, in more or less the same sentence? Seems strange to omit that fact.

 

[breakout67]

Do you have a link to Reddit? My understanding was he confirmed Dalot two hours before he signed.

And if the guy is predicting transfers then he’s predicting transfers, shouldn’t matter how close it is to completion for him to get into trouble or not.

I just find usually these people get hopes up and then disappoint everyone. The guy is basically saying we’re signing another player, maybe two. I could have said that.

Actually it does. If the word goes out soon before the signing then there is a much larger list of people that could have leaked it. If someone is announcing transfers at their early stages then there's a short list of people that actually know. I don't have the time at the moment to look through reddit, maybe later today.

Eh, didn’t that guy (the one who called Kohler on the sleeves) say that Griezmann was a done deal, too, in more or less the same sentence? Seems strange to omit that fact.

No there are two Kohler people. One Kohler person which said Griezmann was '90%'. The other one talked about Kohler, Dalot and Grant.

 

[Massive Spanner]

Christ, all we need now is Acquire Me.

 

[haram]

Actually it does. If the word goes out soon before the signing then there is a much larger list of people that could have leaked it. If someone is announcing transfers at their early stages then there's a short list of people that actually know. I don't have the time at the moment to look through reddit, maybe later today.



No there are two Kohler people. One Kohler person which said Griezmann was '90%'. The other one talked about Kohler, Dalot and Grant.

Can you post the link?

 

[EyeInTheSky]

So you want us to spend 277 million euros in one transfer window? Ridiculous. Go support PSG or play Fifa 18 if that's what you want.

I actually edited out my "muppet: This has been a great transfer window".

This is fantasy land from a question that @Andersons Dietician

your post can feck off

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

Actually it does. If the word goes out soon before the signing then there is a much larger list of people that could have leaked it. If someone is announcing transfers at their early stages then there's a short list of people that actually know. I don't have the time at the moment to look through reddit, maybe later today.



No there are two Kohler people. One Kohler person which said Griezmann was '90%'. The other one talked about Kohler, Dalot and Grant.

It’s like when someone tells you they are or have been in the SAS - it’s BS, if you actually are in the SAS you don’t tell people.

Likewise, if you really were ‘In The Know’, why would you tell a load of anonymous keyboard warriors on the internet - you wouldn’t!

You boys just need to be patient, besides Woody is busy this week washing his hair.

 

[devil in me]

The lack of reports and links don’t worry me, the press know absolutely feck all, and that’s been the way for a while now.
World Cup years delay transfer dealings, obviously. We will sign a couple of players, it could just mean an exciting deadline day for a change. Alderwiereld and one other would be my guess.

 

[pcaming]

It's a little concerning at this point. Expectations for next season are already so low.

Eh, didn’t that guy (the one who called Kohler on the sleeves) say that Griezmann was a done deal, too, in more or less the same sentence? Seems strange to omit that fact.

nothing was omitted, that was another person altogether.

 

[711]

It’s like when someone tells you they are or have been in the SAS - it’s BS, if you actually are in the SAS you don’t tell people.

Likewise, if you really were ‘In The Know’, why would you tell a load of anonymous keyboard warriors on the internet - you wouldn’t!

You boys just need to be patient, besides Woody is busy this week washing his hair.

The SAS analogy is a bit tenuous, but I do follow the rule that if sources aren't named they are made up. It's amazing how many caftards follow particular pundits even though their predictions have repeatedly turned out to be bollocks, no matter, they just seize on the next one.

 

[Acole9]

Someone on twitter was having a meltdown because they spotted Woodward at Wimbledon The guy is entitled to some down time.

 

[dove]

Someone on twitter was having a meltdown because they spotted Woodward at Wimbledon The guy is entitled to some down time.

I wish it was only on twitter A few posters had a meltdown on Caf as well...

 

[Andersons Dietician]

My "This was a great transfer window" would be:

CB: Bonucci 40M

RW: Bale (Regardless of the fact that he does not want to leave Madrid and I think he has even said a number of times in the past he wants to play more central?) 90-100M

LB: Sandro: 55M

I think the Sandro one is more down to me being swept along with the noise around him but also because we are so lacking going forward in both the RB and LB positions that anything like him is an improvement. I can't think of other outstanding RW options either.

I was just watching sky transfer update and they have Fred listed as costing £61 mil, Dalot £19 mil so if those figures are correct that’s 80mil already out there.

Bonnuci was, possibly still is a great defender. Wasn’t up to his usual standard last year but that could be due to a lot of different things like moving and his child’s treatments or even just age but I saw a figure of around 32 mil and at that price if we could get anything like the player at Juventus good deal but again if we go that route I don’t see much more happening.

I really just don’t see where they go from here, normally these things are somewhat predictable but for the life of me I really don’t see the options out there that we could realisticly get. I was thinking possibly Dybala as a RW but really he would be like just a better version of Mata in that position. He’d probably play it in a very similar fashion and now that Ronaldo has gone to Juve and Higuain likely to leave I don’t see him leaving at all. Basically it does sort of look like Bale or bust unless he fancies Malcom or something.

 

[breakout67]

It’s like when someone tells you they are or have been in the SAS - it’s BS, if you actually are in the SAS you don’t tell people.

Likewise, if you really were ‘In The Know’, why would you tell a load of anonymous keyboard warriors on the internet - you wouldn’t!

You boys just need to be patient, besides Woody is busy this week washing his hair.

He didn't need to tell us anything. He already proved he gets some basic sources because he knows transfers are going to be announced a few hours before they do. So at the least they are part of the announcement team.

Of course they could be completely making up the other stuff, but that's basically how the bbc works. The BBC generally put out information once it's all but done, so when they sometimes talk about transfers well in advance you put a bit more stock into it.

 

[Vagene]

It’s eerily quite on the transfer front isn’t it, doesn’t help that the EPL decides to change the window dates on a WC year.
Going to be a scramble now I reckon for everyone.

Hopefully we’ve got our deals already lined up

 

[minoo-utd]

Looks like we were not prepared at all for the window. Jose were on russian t.v busy with world cup and ED mmm where is Ed anyways? Three weeks remaining and we only watch. Wow.

 

[roseguy64]

Looks like we were not prepared at all for the window. Jose were on russian t.v busy with world cup and ED mmm where is Ed anyways? Three weeks remaining and we only watch. Wow.

You think we have Mourinho doing transfers?

 

[luke511]

Mourinho likes to publicly state when he is finished in the transfer window, and it's as quiet as ever so something's brewing behind the scenes.

 

[Rednotdead]

Well, the window closes at 5pm on Thursday 9th August. That's in 23 days' time.

Tick tock...….tick tock...……

 

[Kant-ona]

Did I get it right? The premier league closes earlier this summer, but for example Germany and Spain have their transfer window till end of August? Somehow that doesn't feel right. I hoped that the big leagues will find a shared deadline.

 

[Woziak]

Are you that lad from reddit?

Most certainly not !!!

Wait, relax too many United Fans panicking ...its not as if we didn't have two decent windows previously under Jose...... some players will work out and some will not adapt to the pressure of playing for United. Most United Fans were more than happy with Mkhitaryan 2 summers ago!!!

 

[Dante]

Unless I've missed it, I've not seen Mourinho moaning to the press. That's a sure sign that transfers are being worked on in the background.

 

[Rednotdead]

Did I get it right? The premier league closes earlier this summer, but for example Germany and Spain have their transfer window till end of August? Somehow that doesn't feel right. I hoped that the big leagues will find a shared deadline.

The clubs decided they wanted the window to close before the start of the season, because previously transfers were still going on for weeks after the league had started. Not really fair on the lesser clubs who might lose players at or near the end of the window.

At least now everyone knows where they stand with their squad before the season starts.