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15 Sep 2026 20:32:28
I did mention Joseph O'Cearuill's parents are a problem.

There's issues with the people who advise the young man.

These are people who changed their son's name, a father who gave a way his own family name to make someone more marketable. A man who let's another man run his son's life.

It might be hard but feel for the lad. I'm told by someone who works with him he's almost autistic in personality, has no friends or relationships with people his age.

If you want to be mad with anyone it's the club for making promises they can't deliver, breaking traditions (bending over) and his dad for being a greed driven man trying to live through his child.

Sad.

15 Sep 2026 14:30:25
JJ Gabriel has told Man United that he wants to leave the club and wants his registration cancelled immediately.
Who can blame him.

15 Sep 2026 15:58:20
Well, based on the club's stance, we only want players who want to play for us, excluding Rashford, that is.

15 Sep 2026 16:37:33
Twenty, Brilliant!

15 Sep 2026 17:27:13
The rumour is he's going to City... lol, it just gets better.

15 Sep 2026 18:31:02
We've taken quite a few youth players from City, Arsenal, etc. recently. So, can't really complain when it goes the other way, I guess.

15 Sep 2026 19:18:55
When I said a few weeks ago, if he was not put in the squad and given some minutes, he would be off, you all told me I was crazy when I said he would be gone if not. Ken, you listening?

15 Sep 2026 19:33:33
I would be surprised if this is to do with minutes on the pitch for a 15yr old.

15 Sep 2026 19:37:18
It's indicative of how poorly managed the club is and how it is perceived by some players.

If he goes on to fulfil his potential, we will regret this, but he is only 15, and potential does not always turn into reality.

Ultimately, the club will survive his leaving, but the reputational damage to the academy will take a while to heal.



He must have been tapped up by many clubs, and if he cannot see himself performing and winning within the next few years at Utd, I understand his motivation.

15 Sep 2026 19:40:58
#freejjgabriel
Let him go. It's the same reason I was against Mainoo. You can't be calling the shots at 19, or, in JJ's case, 15 yr old. Do we want attitudes like that? Is it a good look for the club to be pandering to a 15 yr old? How many players have been the next Messi at that age, and ended nowhere.

15 Sep 2026 20:16:29
I'm with twenty in this. You can't be having a 15-year-old and his family call the shots. I think the club have shown their faith in him, by playing up the age ranges. He has made a senior appearance, albeit in a pre-season game. He was supposed to be in the squad tomorrow for a competitive game, and no doubt would have got a kick, even for the last few minutes.



I don't think this damages the club or the academy's reputation at all. It's someone who has had too much exposure too soon, and it's clearly gone to his head.

One thing players need to remember is that the badge on the front of the shirt is bigger than the name on the back.

13 Sep 2026 18:49:33
Matt Donahue, VAR. He is registered with the Manchester FA. Because he is based in the Greater Manchester area, he is generally restricted from refereeing teams like Manchester United or Manchester City.

11 Sep 2026 10:13:18
Rumours about United putting in a bid in January for Adrien Truffert from Bournemouth for 60 million. David Ornstein is the source. Looks a perfect fit for us, good defender and also good going forward. Looks like he cross a ball as well and a perfect age 24.

11 Sep 2026 12:16:56
Whatever your thoughts on Luke Shaw are, he's already picked up an injury and has had a sketchy injury past. A left back is needed.

11 Sep 2026 12:48:13
It's a shame it wasn't done in the summer window...

11 Sep 2026 16:21:15
It's generally accepted that, after that horrific double fracture he suffered v PSV in the Champions League, Shaw almost lost his leg due to blood clots, and the injury has affected the muscles in his leg ever since. It's pretty amazing that he came back to the level where he became a regular LB for England, where he performed well. Last season he was one of our top performers. It shows an incredible sense of purpose and desire, and I, for one, have no doubt that there's no way he's skiving off, lazy, or lacking the desire to play. He must be very frustrated. In my opinion, the abuse he gets on this site because of his injuries is utterly unjustified.

Last weekend we began to see some of his attacking prowess when playing behind an out and out LW, performing at a high level, as was Rashford. Does he make mistakes? Of course. All LBs/players do. He got blamed for the 1st goal v Everton, but in reality the opportunity was caused by a weak clearance from the centre of the defence, direct to an Everton player, which left Shaw tucked in towards the centre.

He almost made it out in time, the angle was narrowed, but in the end Lammens was beaten by a perfect shot. Plenty of excellent players at United have been failing. Why? It's because it's a team game. If someone makes an error in build up, marking, or passing, it often leads to exposing a team mate, who then gets blamed. Shaw has been badly let down by the general management and standard of team play, both on and off the field.

That said, it should be obvious to the club by now that, however well he performs, given his age and propensity for injury, we need a quality back up, someone who can take his place immediately and in the future. I doubt Amass will ever be good enough. The fact that we didn't buy anyone over the summer is verging on criminal. It's not like the club isn't aware of his propensity for injury and the causes of it.

11 Sep 2026 21:46:06
Let's hope Dorgu learns to defend then.

12 Sep 2026 07:52:29
Good post, Newname.

12 Sep 2026 11:46:10
Very happy if we get Truffert. Hall has potential, but I'd rate Truffert much higher. Others disagree, but Antonee Robinson would be the other player I think we should look at.

13 Sep 2026 12:02:39
Leif Davis looks better every time I see him. Not a bad alternative.

13 Sep 2026 10:11:59
Truffert has always been my personal preferred choice. I like Hall, and he has huge potential, but for me Truffert ticks more boxes of what we need right now. He's more experienced (we have a lack of that throughout the side), he's currently better at defending, and he plays more as an overlapping fullback rather than a inverting fullback. Given the options we have on the left wing and the strength we now have in midfield I feel we need our left back to offer attacking width more than providing midfield solidity.

We also have two right backs in Dalot and Mazraoui who are better at inverting rather than overlapping, and you don't want both full backs inverting as it will make us too narrow.

I doubt we'll be able to get Truffert in January, Bournemouth were adamant that they weren't going to sell any of their key players in the final weeks of the transfer window, and they have no need to sell in January unless we made a silly offer (which we won't under this management thankfully). However, trying to get the deal done in January, even if unsuccessful, should hopefully help us get everything in place to get a deal done early next summer.

If we are going to continue this process of sorting different key parts of the team out in successive summers (attack last summer, midfield this summer), with defence the focus next summer. Then in my opinion it's more important next summer that we get deals done for key defenders early, as defence more than any other part of the team is about how they play as a unit rather than as individuals. So getting those players in early so they can be part of the entire pre-season and start to build that on pitch unity will be important to how successful we are in the first half of next season.

We will need a first choice LB, a first choice top level CB, and a first choice RB, as well as possibly/probably a second CB who can offer experience as a rotation option given that we will lose both Martinez and Maguire at CB and Shaw at LB all of whom are out of contract. I can see us moving on one of Dalot or Mazraoui (more likely Mazraoui).

Meaning our options before we sign anyone will likely be: Dalot, MdL, Yoro, Heaven, Amass, and Dorgu.

Ideally if we can get Truffert that solves LB, personally I'd like to see us signing Michael Kayode from Brentford for RB, then we will need a peak top level CB, ideally a left sided/footed player, and then a second "older" (over 30) CB who can bring some experience and support to the younger lads such as Yoro and Heaven, but whose happy to be a rotation option.

13 Sep 2026 14:14:41
Kayode is a good shout. Murillo, for me, at CB would be the number one target.

15 Sep 2026 15:42:08
You actually think we have sorted out midfield?

You actually think we have sorted out forwards?

So, you're saying if you put whoever you like in a completely new back 4, you seriously think we would be pushing for a title and Champions League? With what we have available in midfield and forwards....

I really don't see that at all.

04 Sep 2026 14:47:53
Well, well, another Welshman from the Academy is on his way.

Louie Bradbury has signed for Stoke City on a permanent deal. Another striker who did O.K. last season.

Interestingly, he only signed his first professional contract on 12th August!

It seems pretty clear there is quite some culling of the Academy going on, giving the number of exits through sales, loans and releases.

It seems to be the right thing to do if they do not see these lads as likely to succeed. No point in keeping them, as it benefits nobody. Let them try elsewhere.

Again, no details of the deal.

Wish him well.

04 Sep 2026 17:53:06
As far as producing great talent that later benefits the club's first team is concerned, the record over the last decade and a half is quite patchy. Rashford is probably the most successful. Pogba had his moment in the sun, elsewhere. McT has done incredibly well at Napoli. Garner's looked decent at Everton. Cleverley never remotely lived up to the next Paul Scholes hype. Lingard was a flash in the pan. Greenwood sabotaged himself, as did Ravel Morrison. Mainoo looks like he could truly make it. Maybe Lacey, of the more recent grads, will come through.



One of the things that's struck me is, all too often, the players coming through the academy look quite small and physically ill suited to the rigours of the EPL.

Not only have we not developed too many real stars useful to us, we really haven't been able to generate much serious cash from the academy either. Maybe, like the bloated payroll that was allowed to develop under the Woodward regime, the academy needed an overhaul. There's no point in keeping players who are not going to make it. The earlier you can recognize it, the better.

04 Sep 2026 21:37:02
I think it is precisely that. The realisation that they are not going to reach the hoped for level has instigated a significant clear out.

I agree about the physicality. Indeed, watching the recent FA Youth Cup final against City, I thought that exact same thing. We were very much secondary in that respect.

I also think the same when we play Chelsea, both U18s and U21s. They are successful both on the pitch and also when it comes to the selling of players to raise funds. Their players all seem to be that much bigger.

City and Chelsea are clearly the front runners when it comes to obtaining significant fees for their academy players.

Remember that many of them have had a fair amount of first team opportunity. It would be interesting to see how much Chelsea have actually raised over the last 10 years.

Also needs to be remembered that Jason Wilcox is widely recognised as playing a significant role in building City's academy.

It is pleasing that changes have already started, with all the new youth signings of the last 18mths or so, and this clearing the decks should further augment the hoped for renewal.

Time will tell!

06 Sep 2026 08:22:39
IWOTB

Some good points. I often felt the club were looking for ball players and didn't consider or even discounted the physical side. We seemed to emphasise youth changing positions to learn other areas, and ended up with jacks of all trades rather than master of one. I think on youth recruitment we have not actually looked and coordinated the positions we need for the first team. For example, it is many years since a true centre forward broke through.

I am interested in the two lads we picked up from City, one being a CM. But where is the CF? Generally there is a dearth of CF except maybe that lad at Villa. Fundamental change for the youth is needed. I read years back what City were doing locally and we were sitting back thinking we are United, if we are not going to spend big, they need to do far better with the youth.

03 Sep 2026 23:38:32
Gabriele Biancheri has joined FC Wacker Innsbruck on a permanent deal.

They are an Austrian second tier club who have had a number of promotions over recent years. An ambitious club who apparently have some money behind them. A bit like Como in Italy.

Slightly surprised as no talk whatsoever of this move, but perhaps for the best. He did very well for U18s but struggled a bit last season. Always thought he lacked a bit of physicality for first team. He was a fox in the box type.

As a fellow Welshman I wish him well in his future career.

No info on terms of deal.

02 Sep 2026 18:21:44
Young Obi off to Willem II on a season-long loan. Good move for him I think and hopefully it helps his development toward our first team.

03 Sep 2026 00:38:02
Would have preferred to see him go to a Championship club, but trust that the club has done their research into where's best to send him.

03 Sep 2026 08:01:12
Having seen where he is at, they may have struggled to get him in at a reasonable level in the UK.

03 Sep 2026 08:09:04
In theory, going to the Championship would be better, as it's probably the best league to prepare a player for the EPL. However, that only works if he plays regularly, and given the level of competition in the Championship, the position he plays, and where he is currently in his development, I would worry that his game time might end up fairly limited in the Championship.

His problem is that he developed physically much younger than his peers, which led to him relying too heavily on his physical talents at youth level.

When he stepped into the first team against physically mature athletes, he started to struggle.

Going to the Championship is normally a good place to prepare players for the EPL because it's similarly physical. But that isn't the side of Chido Obi's game that needs developing. It's his technical skills that are lacking. Going abroad to a league that focuses much more on technical skills, hopefully to a club where he'll get a good amount of minutes, will hopefully be the move that helps round out the areas he is lacking currently.

03 Sep 2026 21:23:09
It's not just that he hasn't developed his game at all. Flat track bully was how he's been described internally, so not only did he rely on physicality, which is now exposed, his touch, passing, positioning, and his ability to make space and shoot are very underdeveloped.



Still, plenty of time, but he has an awful lot of progress to make before he is even Championship ready.

01 Sep 2026 18:34:46
With the clock ticking towards tonight's 11pm deadline, the name suddenly dominating Manchester United social media is Jorge Salinas.

The 19-year-old Racing Santander defender has been linked with United throughout the latter stages of the window, but the rumours have noticeably intensified today, with reports suggesting United could yet decide to simply trigger his €16m (£13.7m) release clause.

Spanish reports have previously named United as serious contenders for Salinas, while deadline-day claims suggest the collapse of Atlético Madrid's move may have opened the door. There has also been talk of United exploring a loan with an option to buy, although Racing's relatively modest release clause makes a permanent deal seem far more logical.

There is a note of caution: the Manchester Evening News reported earlier today that United were leaning against paying the clause, so this is certainly not one to describe as close yet.

But as a transfer, it makes a lot of sense.

Salinas can play left-back and centre-back, giving Carrick competition and cover for Luke Shaw immediately while also fitting United's recent strategy of recruiting young players with significant upside.

Shaw enters the final year of his current contract next summer, so Salinas wouldn't necessarily prevent United returning for their preferred long-term option – hopefully Lewis Hall – in 2027.

For around £14m, it could therefore be a very smart bridge signing:

Competition for Shaw now.
Cover at centre-back.
Huge development potential.
And Hall can remain the long-term target.

Louis Page – Another One To Watch

United are also working on a deal for Leicester City youngster Louis Page.

The 18-year-old midfielder is regarded as one of Leicester's brightest prospects, and the Manchester Evening News reports that United are attempting to agree a deal before tonight's deadline.

This would clearly be more of a future-focused signing than someone expected to immediately change Carrick's first XI, but it fits the recruitment pattern we've increasingly seen under the new structure: identify elite young talent early rather than paying enormous fees for it several years later.

So with only hours remaining, the two names to keep an eye on are:

Jorge Salinas – potentially the surprise first-team defensive addition.

Louis Page – another high-upside signing for the future.

Salinas is the one that could genuinely change how we feel about the end of this window.

At around £14m, I'd be tempted to just trigger the clause and get it done.

01 Sep 2026 19:45:17
Seriously doubt anything will happen now.... God I hope im wrong and a rabbit is pulled out of hat, but talk about differ.

01 Sep 2026 19:53:09
Won't be happening, sadly. There's nothing out there of any substance to suggest United are anywhere near close to a deal. The only reports are on the Leicester lad, but that's also being reported now as unlikely.



I don't know much about the left back, apart from a few clips. But the reported value of the release clause mostly makes it a no-lose transfer. It's peanuts in modern football.

01 Sep 2026 20:13:50
Watch us not sign a lb and then Luke Shaw get one of his usual injuries that'll keep him out for weeks... guaranteed to happen and make the board look even worse.

01 Sep 2026 20:37:09
I don't see the point in signing an unknown quantity for lb and letting Amass go for peanuts. Page would be great, but I'd rather see Amass given a chance than sign Salinas. If we get a lb then Hall or Raum is the way forward.

01 Sep 2026 20:50:29
Paige playing tonight, do unless he signed and was immediately loaned back, it seems unlikely he will be a Utd player.

Media reports suggest Salinas and Balde are not signed either.

01 Sep 2026 23:04:56
Window closed, so in Luke Shaw we must trust and hope he can play 50 odd games without injury.

02 Sep 2026 02:25:56
Alaba and Benzema on one-year pay-as-you-play deals, anyone?

02 Sep 2026 06:50:20
Luke Shaw getting injured is a potential problem, but him staying fit could also be a problem. In the first 2 games, he's been beaten more than once, leading to goals. He was never the quickest, and he's getting slower.

02 Sep 2026 10:13:19
Luke Shaw will 100% get injured.... I don't really know what to say about the idiots that run this club anymore. You have to laugh or you will cry!

02 Sep 2026 18:31:23
Shambolic end to the transfer window.
Incompetency displayed and a lack of ambition.

30 Aug 2026 13:21:10
Toby Collyer deal to West Brom all agreed.

£3m fixed with £4.3m in extras. 40% sell on clause.

When we signed him from Brighton, there were very high expectations for him. He was pretty well regarded as the best young defensive midfielder in the country, so such a shame for him.



Injuries have had a significant effect on him. Really hope he can overcome those issues and find the level that was expected of him.

Wish him well.

30 Aug 2026 15:44:28
Good luck to him, but, like many of ours, he is just not up to the standard of what is required. But then again, I don't think what we are buying is up to what is required either, so 4m is paltry money really. Is there a 50 mil gulf between him and Santos!

31 Aug 2026 09:13:57
I think he was a little unlucky with us. He picked up an injury just as he was really starting to break through, and by the time he was back again, Mainoo had overtaken him.

Hopefully he'll be able to kick on at West Brom. If he can achieve his full potential there, then I expect him to end up back in the EPL soon.

01 Sep 2026 00:19:35
Probably would have been sold for 43 million if it was Chelsea or City selling him. 🙄😂

28 Aug 2026 20:01:42
I've seen us linked to Sørloth from Atletico today. I sincerely hope he's not an option to replace Zirkzee.
Awful striker.

28 Aug 2026 22:05:10
He's far from awful, but not a good solution, not a player we need.

28 Aug 2026 22:41:23
He's rubbish. I'd take Weggy back before that donkey.

28 Aug 2026 23:14:38
Mateta is the obvious choice for a very good reason.

29 Aug 2026 21:01:04
One of the worst I've seen live. Atletico Madrid played Arsenal last year, and needed a goal and brought him on. I knew it was over. 😂

30 Aug 2026 07:00:57
Both are donkeys, sadly, but it's a sign of where we are. We're not buying anyone for £40m.

30 Aug 2026 20:42:42
Many will only be familiar with Sorloth from his time at the World Cup, maybe against England. No striker is going to get picked over Haaland for that time, so he always gets lumbered on the right wing, which does him no favours whatsoever. As a big target man, he's not awful. Above Wieghorst levels, surely.

31 Aug 2026 09:21:38
He's a slightly above average centre forward, perfectly fine as a starter at a club that is expected to finish between 10th and 5th place, a regular Europa League or occasional UCL club, or as the back up option at a top 4 club. He has 33 goals in 70 appearances for Atletico, which is a solid record.



Which is effectively what we are looking for. At the right price he wouldn't be an awful signing, however, with Atletico likely losing Julian Alvarez this summer, I doubt they would be willing to let another striker leave, certainly not at a reasonable price.