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12 Jun 2026 17:38:37
Have read a report that have held ''concrete talks'' with the representatives of Castello Lukeba (centre back at RB Leipzig). Very good player, wouldn't mind seeing him at OT.
My concern though is what are we doing talking to them about concrete? Are they going to lay the foundations for the new stadium?
Certainly a good place.
1.) 13 Jun 2026 14:39:04
Chemicals business isn't doing that well, nor are those big vehicles, but the guy who's in the concrete business who lives on the water in my town is clearly making a bundle. However, with the world running out of sand not sure that that boat hasn't sailed.
2.) 15 Jun 2026 12:36:46
A very promising player from what I've seen. Can also play at LB, which is a bonus, although I would prefer to see a dedicated fullback in that position.
3.) 15 Jun 2026 15:35:04
Better cement him in.
4.) 18 Jun 2026 19:16:06
Zero foundation to this rumour.
22 Nov 2025 19:33:08
Matheus Cunha was due to switch the Christmas lights on tonight, in Altrincham, but the council have issued a statement to the effect he will not be doing so, due to the fact he had been involved in an accident at training today.
The club are yet to make any statement, but hopefully it's not to serious an issue. Probably Mount would play on Monday if he can't make it. Don't want to start getting injuries with Afcon on the horizon.
1.) 22 Nov 2025 20:18:40
Sully is investigating, he will provide an update if he can find anything out apparently.
26 Sep 2025 15:57:27
The global talent search continues.
Cristian Orozco, a very highly rated 17 year old defensive midfielder who plays for Fortaleza, in Colombia has signed a pre contract agreement and will become a United player when he turns 18, next July. A deal similar to that of Diego Leon who signed last summer.
He recently captained his country to the final at the South American U17 Championships, but were beaten by Brazil.
This drive for worldwide talent is being led by Jason Wilcox and Head of Recruitment Christopher Vivell who discovers the talent.
Even if all these signings don't become first team regulars it is hoped that a pool of talent will be created and sold to help finance new signings.
A very solid business strategy, if successful!
1.) 27 Sep 2025 09:46:14
Over the last decade we have spent over a billion on players most of which haven't even come close to being value for money. Huge fees, huge wages and underwhelming performances.
Many of these players we have ended up stuck with after they've flopped as no other clubs are willing to match their wages.
I'm not saying we shouldn't spend big on some signings, but we need a more balanced approach.
I really like the idea of scouting the world for the best young talent at academy level and looking to bring them into the club.
The signings of Sekou Kone, Ayyden Heaven, Chido Obi, Diego Leon, and Enzo Kana-Biyik have all happened under the new ownership. If even one of them becomes a regular first team player then that represents the best investment in players our club have made in over a decade. With the club having spent only a few million in total to bring them ALL into the club. While their low wages and high potential means even the ones who ultimately don't make it, we will still be able to sell them for a profit.
We have actually seen this model used at our club before the INEOS take over. We signed young players like Hannibal, Kambwala, Alvaro Fernandez, Harry Amass, Toby Collyer, the Fletcher twins, and Garnacho from other academies both in England and abroad, with us selling Hannibal, Kambwala, Fernandez, and Garnacho all for a profit. If Amass and Collyer don't make it to the level we need, then no doubt they will also sell for far more than we paid to bring them in.
With the tighter financial regulations in football this has to be seen as a sensible way to run the club both from a financial perspective and a footballing one.
It allows us to bring in some of the best young talents from around the world, players who maybe initially flit between the under 21's and the first team while they settle, they may even go out on a loan or two (look at the new role for Jonny Evans), or provide squad depth for the first team. Quality depth, who aren't being paid a fortune, and who are happier to be a rotation option.
If they take their chances then they become first team regulars, if not then after a 2-3 years we sell them at a profit and reinvest that money into the first team squad.
If every year we spend 3-5m on a handful of young academy players, but we sell 3-5 ex-academy players for 20-50m then we are making huge profits. Occasionally we will get a first team regular out of it, or maybe a player like Garnacho who has talent but isn't the right fit for us who we can sell for a huge fee on their own.
Over the past decade our best value for money transfers haven't been brought into the club through the front door with the big fanfare, but quietly slipped in through the backdoor into the academy before flourishing into the first team.
It's not the only approach we should look to do, but definitely an important one that we can and should be exploiting far more.
2.) 27 Sep 2025 10:19:42
I was confused when INEOS were banging on about this, this was United’s transfer policy for years under Fergie.
We all remember the famous remarks he made about no value in the market and then some random 20year old would turn up from some unheard of country and not last long, or be shipped off to Antwerp. Occasionally he would get one big spend like a Berbatov, van Perise or a Cole.
It wasn’t until Fergie retired that the Glazers started throwing money at the problem, obviously not their money, and it hasn’t really created a stable side and long term success.
3.) 27 Sep 2025 18:08:53
Global search for a decent manager would be a good start….
Then get the club all teams to play same way under that managers direction.
What we got now is just bordering on insanity, if this kid is special talent, he leaves, that’s 100%.
09 Aug 2025 12:06:41
The club has officially announced the signing of Benjamin Sesko, 5 year deal with a year's option.
Obviously, an element of inexperience exists, but over the past two seasons Sesko has scored the most goals of any player under the age of 23 in Europe’s top five leagues.
Wish him all the best luck in his future with us, hope for his and our sakes it is a massively successful future.
07 Aug 2025 17:35:04
Being reported that RB Leipzig have this afternoon accepted our offer for Sesko, which is approx £73.7m.
They have also given permission for him to fly over to England such that his medical may be carried out.
Should be completed pretty quickly now, the club want to introduce him to the crowd at Saturday's friendly against Fiorentina.
Could we really get Baleba as well? Think if someone said a few day's back we would be going for him I would of suggested an urgent appointment with their doctor.
Please, please make it happen.
1.) 07 Aug 2025 18:58:08
Considering how long Mbeumo took, this has been surprisingly fast, and now we are talking to Brighton about Baleba. Seems we have some urgency to get all the signings in before the beginning of the season, then spend the rest of the transfer window on sales maybe. Refreshing anyway.
2.) 07 Aug 2025 22:22:36
Newcastle made us act fast here.
3.) 08 Aug 2025 06:55:01
Are we waiting for the Barcoders to make an offer before we move? ?.
4.) 08 Aug 2025 09:04:29
My boredom was brief.
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12 Jun 2026 17:58:18
Have been reading a report that we have been in ''concrete talks'' with the representatives of Castello Lukeba (centre back at RB Leipzig). Very good player, wouldn't mind seeing him at OT.
My concern is, what are we doing discussing concrete when we should be buying players?
Maybe they are going to lay the foundations for the new stadium, thinking about it a perfect opportunity to dispose of a few bodies that need getting rid of.
The endless moaners would be the first targets. Wonder if they know where Red Man lives ??.
1.) 12 Jun 2026 19:09:52
Nice. ?
2.) 13 Jun 2026 07:23:50
IWOTB
You must be a Government MP with your view on freedom of speech. ?
3.) 13 Jun 2026 13:47:45
Dear oh dear, hit a raw nerve, it seems.
Come on Red Man, you know what Oscar Wilde said: ''There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about''. You love it, really.
Anyway, talking of freedom of speech, this is seemingly something you wish to claim exclusivity over, as you don't seem to think a criticism of the criticiser should be allowed.
Some might say somewhat hypocritical.
4.) 13 Jun 2026 14:39:52
IWOTB,
Nah. My humour. I thought it was amusing.
Very chilled at the moment, somewhere warm and sunny. Thinking of buying shares in concrete.
5.) 13 Jun 2026 19:51:11
Glad to hear you are enjoying yourself, make the most of the warmth and sun. Prefer the snow myself.
Afraid your humour was as far away from amusing as is possible to be! Never mind, at least you tried.
6.) 15 Jun 2026 09:37:08
A concrete defense could be a nightmare for the opposition ...
07 Jun 2026 20:15:08
Oh dear, Denmark were playing Ukraine in a friendly match today and it was cancelled after 65 mins of play.
Christian Eriksen collapsed, causing a medical emergency. Players were in tears as he was receiving treatment. Obviously, this would bring back memories of 5 years ago at Euro 2020 when he suffered his cardiac incident.
Happily, he is conscious and doing O.K. If this is cardiac related, maybe the time has come to say no more playing for me.
I wish him well.
1.) 07 Jun 2026 21:10:05
Just saw that. Thoughts with him and his family. Always came over as a very likeable guy.
2.) 07 Jun 2026 21:59:58
He's fine, pacemaker did its job.
3.) 08 Jun 2026 10:12:35
It is time for him to retire. Fortunately he appears to be ok.
4.) 09 Jun 2026 23:32:56
I expect that'll be the case even though the pacemaker did its job. Denmark aren't playing in the WC, so he's got a couple of months now to make up his mind. He's had a full career, so if he does retire he can do so without regrets.
02 Jun 2026 20:01:14
So another Manager choosing to leave their club.
Marco Silva leaving Fulham, shame really they have been a good team for a few years now, have always liked them as used to work close to the ground.
Seems to be the way of things, Glasner, Iriola and now Silva.
Suppose they think jump before the eventual push comes. Good idea, as they can arrange a new job from a position of strength. Seems Silva strongly linked with Benfica. Good luck to him.
1.) 03 Jun 2026 09:45:43
We have seen it so many times with quality managers at clubs like that before. All too many stayed another 2 years and faded away.
2.) 03 Jun 2026 14:51:43
Shame for the league to lose another good manager getting a good tune out of Fulham. Silva probably feels that, with all the movement this year at us, City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs, without him getting too much of a look, he may as well go to a big club in another league.
Benfica are a good club and could be seen as a long-term stepping stone to show he can handle the pressure that comes with a club this size and expectant fan base.
29 May 2026 21:16:14
Dear oh dear, what a shame. Garnacho has not even made the Argentines' preliminary World Cup squad.
I hope for his sake he realises what a complete and utter pig's ear he is making of his career. His choices, decisions and actions have led him to where he is now!
If he had listened to the people at O.
T. who were trying to point him in the right direction and to do the right things, and not believe his own hype and bullsquat, then who knows how things would be today.
A classic tale of letting the idiots decide!
1.) 30 May 2026 05:44:14
Not sure of the point of the post.
He was clearly not good enough to play for us regularly. We made a great profit from him, and wish him well for his future career. He's at Chelsea, who are a top club.
Not a big fan of berating young men/kids for making mistakes in their lives. That being said, he'll still earn more in a week than many on these pages earn in a year.
2.) 30 May 2026 09:36:40
Was never good enough. Another player overhyped when not really doing anything special. Common theme these days. The press are the worst, every kid is a wonder kid according to them. Too much too soon as well, doesn't help.
3.) 30 May 2026 11:05:11
Pity for him. I'm not a fan of his, but I won't delight in his demise.
Hoping he gets a good move and he knuckles down and starts doing better.
I often follow ex United players, and generally hope they do well.
4.) 30 May 2026 13:30:22
I think he was good enough, but sadly he is massively immature and full of himself. If he'd been promoted to the first team in a similar environment to when Ronaldo was, he may have had it kicked out of him by the other players. Times change.
I always thought he was massively talented; he blew hot and cold, which is unsurprising for a youngster. But then the fame and ego seemed to take over. Just my opinion from afar.
A real shame. Not the first, not the last to go that way.
5.) 30 May 2026 17:05:01
For young players, it is always about the transition, physically and mentally, to senior football. Garnacho had a brilliant youth career. However, as happens around 19, they either take the step up or shrivel. Instead of learning, it looks like he had advice and felt he was better than he was showing. At that age, youth, in all forms of life, think the world owes them a living, that they should be the top dog, not the person with experience.
Garnacho went down the wrong path. I said last summer we did extremely well to get £40m.
Looks like his career is at a crossroads. I hope he finds the skills he showed, or we will see him at a Spanish 2nd Division team. Sad for the talent he had, but it happens all the time.
6.) 30 May 2026 18:26:18
Januzaj was one who burst onto the scene only to quickly fade. We were buzzing about him, but again, for whatever reason, he didn't make it to the very top. I remember Tuanzebe keeping Mbappe quiet; seems like a one-off performance. These are good players, but we expected more than we got.
7.) 31 May 2026 07:48:01
It must be incredibly hard in today's world for young, elite-level players to even understand what a normal life outside football is. When arriving at the big clubs, they are so insulated from the outside world.
It would be unnatural for most of us to remain level-headed if we were headhunted and paid the mind-boggling sums that these kids receive at such an early age.
The money and lifestyle on offer to mainly uneducated or poorly educated kids, often with their families desperate or greedy for it too, is beyond their wildest dreams if they make it to a club like Utd.
One of Fergie's greatest strengths was bringing his own background into the club. The hard life he experienced in Govan growing up, and the family discipline and work ethic instilled in him, propelled him forwards in his career.
Today's owners and managers are maybe too soft with young players and their agents. If Garnacho had been managed by Fergie, it's impossible to know how he would have reacted to the hair-drier treatment, but overall, I think he would have been more humble and more likely to stay and succeed at Utd and fulfill his potential.
24 May 2026 15:26:10
Well, well, Luke Shaw starts today and becomes the only player at the club to start all 38 League matches this season.
This is not meant as a precursor to a litany of criticism towards him from people, just give a little bit of credit for this, not massive, but nonetheless unexpected achievement.
Defensively, his performances have, overall, been pretty decent all season and some very good.
1.) 24 May 2026 17:48:07
Yeah, he had his best season for the last 7 or 8.
2.) 24 May 2026 18:26:52
He's done well this season. The reduced workload has obviously helped him, though. Good summer off now, and back for next season. Hopefully with some quality competition to keep him on his toes.
I Want Our Trophy Back's rumour replies
22 May 2026 19:44:40
Mulambo, I too would love Anderson, Fernandes and Ederson, but cannot see that happening, especially as that would take about £220m of the budget.
If Anderson should go to City, as talked about, there are other options. Tonali would be a good choice and cheaper. Indeed, those 3 may then be viable.
21 May 2026 20:20:05
Ken, you are quite right, a lot needs doing. Obviously, it comes down to prioritising needs.
Clearly, midfield is the absolute priority. I can see about £150m ish being spent there. Left wing is apparently a high need area, and £70/80m is going to be required there. A top centre back must be £60/70m. Back up keeper?
I've said a couple of times, I think we will spend about £300m, so how much will be left for full backs after the foregoing?
Let's not forget, last summer the scousers spent big and created new records for transfer fees. One summer's new record prices are the next summer's norm, so it will be interesting to see how prices go.
Also, considerably strengthening your midfield is a good way to improve your forwards without buying forwards, and the same applies to your defence. Get quality midfielders, and that will automatically give you improvements defensively.
Ultimately, I think buying top, top midfielders is the the highest priority.
If that means we have to spend more to get the players identified and required by the club to achieve this, then so be it. I don't want to see the butter spread too thinly just to cover another slice; it's a tactic that rarely succeeds.
Quality, quality, quality.
21 May 2026 17:05:26
There are reports that we have interest in Sporting Lisbon left back Max Araujo, who has had a fantastic season. Would be expensive.
Also, West Ham's El Hadji Malick Diouf has been mentioned for left back. He had a very good 2nd half to the season.
Really hope if we go to West Ham it's for Mateus Fernandes for midfield. Really think he looks excellent. Known as the defensive Bruno.
As for right back, Borussia Dortmund's Julian Ryerson is supposedly liked. He has had 18 assists this season. He is a Norwegian international and is very attacking, depends on Mazraoui leaving. Would be about 30m euros.
Don't know how highly the need for new full backs is looked upon. Obviously it's a question of priorities. May need to wait for this area to be attended to.
24 Feb 2026 19:03:06
Eric, it still is my read! It certainly beats the crap that is written in most of the so-called reliable newspapers.
23 Feb 2026 23:44:22
This ''story'' is being reported by Fichajes. They have the credibility of a combination of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Peter Mandelson and The Daily Sport. Do not believe a word of it. You will find more truth in this week's copy of the Beano.
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15 Jun 2026 14:34:00
Of course no one has signed him yet, the PL transfer window has only opened today, it is 1st July for European Leagues. You seem to be exceeding even your normal standards for saying idiotic things.
Also he is a little busy at the moment playing some rather important games, and with the number of clubs talking to his representatives and Lille it will certainly not be happening in the short term.
What is with this endless talk of Januzaj, that is of no relevance, it is by no means a fair comparison. If you want to make a comparison then use a player of similar quality.
14 Jun 2026 22:11:06
It's nothing to do with one game, his form over all of last season and his obvious high standards of technical ability are the reasons he is a player interesting many of the major clubs.
The stage he appeared on yesterday may well of brought him to the attention of many for the first time jsu, just because you know nothing of him you should not assume the same applies to others. Silly thing to say.
I would take far more notice of his performance against Brazil than against Stoke, those type of games are no more.
14 Jun 2026 16:03:10
It seems Arsenal are in contact with Lille and are discussing a transfer. Liverpool are seemingly also interested, PSG as well, and we have been linked with him.
A lot of love for him, a good tournament, and a big move will certainly follow.
He needs to go and buy a wheelbarrow for himself, to carry away all the money coming his way.
13 Jun 2026 19:51:11
Glad to hear you are enjoying yourself, make the most of the warmth and sun. Prefer the snow myself.
Afraid your humour was as far away from amusing as is possible to be! Never mind, at least you tried.
13 Jun 2026 13:47:45
Dear oh dear, hit a raw nerve, it seems.
Come on Red Man, you know what Oscar Wilde said: ''There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about''. You love it, really.
Anyway, talking of freedom of speech, this is seemingly something you wish to claim exclusivity over, as you don't seem to think a criticism of the criticiser should be allowed.
Some might say somewhat hypocritical.