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26 Jan 2025 17:11:19
That's it, I take it back.
Apparently, Antony did the 'Anturney' during his unveiling - what a jackass!
Stay gone fool!
1.) 26 Jan 2025 18:58:41
And the so called wise people in charge thought he was worth 85m. We the club is a laughing stock.
2.) 27 Jan 2025 07:21:13
Hope he finds his feet and confidence again. Terrible piece of business for the club, not up to it but it's been a mess for most players coming into this club in recent years.
Hope he does well at Betis.
3.) 27 Jan 2025 08:48:43
Hoyland, an equally bad bit of business.
4.) 27 Jan 2025 11:15:05
Porsche, we went 75m quid in on a 20 year old who had never done anything to be our leading man. He has all the attributes but one who carries the weight of the world.
Terrible business, but I don't think he is a terrible player. Too much, way too soon for him.
The club royally messed him and the situation up.
5.) 27 Jan 2025 14:15:21
Agreed. Hojlund has great promise but he's not ready to lead the line now. He could do great with a loan. It's not that dissimilar to Evan Ferguson of Brighton. Getting Zirkzee in during the summer rather than a no.9 was a huge error. Zirkzee isn't the problem, but he's not the answer to the problem either. Maybe try for Delap or even Wissa and share the load with Hojlund and see if that works.
6.) 27 Jan 2025 15:38:15
he doesn't seem to have a strikers instinct- can't hold the ball up either for a big lad - has no aerial threat either.
7.) 27 Jan 2025 16:41:58
Reveal video was a work of art though
Real Betis’ Twin Peaks referenced announcement for Antony
byu/PradipJayakumar insoccer
8.) 28 Jan 2025 08:59:15
WTF ???.
9.) 28 Jan 2025 09:33:36
Kane was the ultimate target, Hojlund the understudy. We ended up just with the understudy, nowhere near the ready and with no-one to look up to. Awful planning.
10.) 28 Jan 2025 12:57:03
Spenno
No awful planning. kane is on 500k a week and that was never doable on a 4 year deal. They took a punt on a guy with potential but he is failing to live up to it so far.
Same thing with the lecce guy coming in, anyone's guess if he is going to be good of bust. Personally prefer what fergie used to do, buy from the pl. Would rather spend more and get kerkez. No surprises there.
20 Jan 2025 13:11:03
I'm all for investing in youth, but blimey, we are going for it.
Courtesy of the money machine -
Dorgu would cost Man Utd close to £30m
Latest from Sky in Italy:
Lecce would want at least £25.4m-£29.6m (€30m-€35m) for 2-year-old full-bacl Patrick Dorgu in the January window.
1.) 20 Jan 2025 14:08:38
They really are starting young if he is 2. The world's most expensive toddler.
2.) 20 Jan 2025 14:31:37
Waiting 16 years until he is allowed to join is ridiculous!
3.) 20 Jan 2025 16:07:36
Good at dribbling apparently.
4.) 20 Jan 2025 18:02:14
Will give Bruno a run for his money with tantrums.
16 Jun 2024 12:32:54
Just wondering if anyone on here would take Ian Maatsen for the £35m release clause?
{Ed002's Note - It does not work like that. The fee is an option that Borussia Dortmund can buy the player for after his loan.}
1.) 16 Jun 2024 13:53:00
With respect Ed002, I've not seen any reference to that 'option' anywhere, but have seen every reference to the £35m price being a release clause (including two that specifically state this clause applying to any club) .
Any idea if he has a clause that would relate to United?
{Ed002's Note - That figure is from the loan contract between Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund. There are other interested sides, but not Manchester United.}
2.) 19 Jun 2024 20:49:12
Off to Villa?
14 Apr 2024 14:50:13
Apparently, along with Bayern, we're having 'concrete' discussions with Frimpong's camp.
Personally, I don't think we should bother wasting our time - he surely won't leave a title-winning club for what is essentially a mid-table club in the midst of wholesale change.
I don't think he'll go to Bayern either though.
Real Madrid are looking at new defenders and I reckon he'll follow Alphonso Davies from Germany to offer a frightening extra dynamic to their game.
I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt we're even an attractive prospect for Matty Cash if not for the, erm, cash.
1.) 14 Apr 2024 15:28:41
Good to see some positivity.
2.) 14 Apr 2024 15:58:05
Frimpong has had a phenomenal year at Leverkusen absolutely no doubt about it. However, I've often said a big problem with our recruitment is we sign players who are playing well in a totally different tactical set up to what we play.
Frimpong is a talented player without a doubt, but his current form is only possible because he is playing in a system that maximises his strengths and minimises hie weaknesses.
The 343 system suits him perfectly as it gives him the extra player in defence to cover his defensive shortcomings, while the front three means he's able to double up with the wide forward (Wirtz) to find space on either the over or underlap.
Unless we are hiring a manager who will employ a 343 type formation then it seems foolish to sign a player who has only ever thrived in that sort of team set up.
3.) 14 Apr 2024 16:11:53
Shappy’s right. We should be looking to sign players who are currently playing for teams with no tactical set up. That way, they can slot right in. Am fed up of this square pegs for round holes approach. We need players who can perform for a tactically naive manager.
4.) 14 Apr 2024 18:39:04
That's what we did with mount. Played 10 or a little wide right for Chelsea but eth wants him to play in a position he never played before. I don't think that's smart I'm not saying it can't be a success but it's an odd way to go about it imo.
5.) 14 Apr 2024 19:07:39
Rather fed up with this season now; bring on the Summer to ship out unsuitable players and bring in new faces that help us build towards success.
Hopefully - PSR and wheeler-dealing allowing - see some new players coming in.
The peerless Ed002 has already suggested that the following players might be our preferred targets:
Antonio Silva (CB)
João Neves (DM/ CM)
Denzel Dumfries (RB)
Furthermore, the Muppetiers (who some mistrust as click-bait, but generally seem well-informed), have suggested the following preferences also:
Jarrod Branthwaite (CB)
Jean-Clair Todibo (CB)
Andre Onana (DM)
Morten Hjulmand (DM)
Michael Olise (RW)
Benjamin Sesko (S)
Plus a focus on younger talents from South America.
All of these look like they would cost a lot of money, so just hope INEOS can raise lots of funds through plater sales and wages saved.
If cheaper options are needed as a result of limited funds and the sheer number of positions that need addressing, wondering if:
Anyone has heard of cheaper/ lesser known options we might be looking at?
Younger players at United who might be promoted to the first team squad?
6.) 14 Apr 2024 21:36:35
At the moment we are a long long way off challenging for a league again. 3 or 4 seasons realistically and that's getting the recruitment right every window. We seem to be getting the correct people in place to make the right signings. Top of the list aswell has to be to stop giving wannabe fashion designer rappers 300k a week . We seem to get it wrong so many times with signings compared to Liverpool and City who very rarely get it wrong.
7.) 14 Apr 2024 21:53:27
We're hardly a midtable club are we.
Sometimes reading people's thoughts is both amusing and baffling.
We have had a poor season, yet. we've also been through a protracted buyout of a portion of the club, a buyout that will bring fresh ideas and direction, something that is already starting to play out. We've also had a few injuries to contend with (although I think a squad should be able to work through these when the setup is right, see first point as to why we've struggled here) and lastly, we struggled to get rid of players deemed 'surplus to requirements' last summer, again see point one as to why this occurred.
The new owners are literally going to bring a night and day scenario to next season, in my opinion.
It is for that reason that, if Frimpong is the right person for the role we are scouting (not saying he is or isn't), then I firmly believe Manchester United is very much a big pull.
As an example, let's assume Villa make the top 4, do you think Villa in the CL is a bigger pull than Manchester United after an off season?
8.) 15 Apr 2024 00:00:25
U agree with a lot if that jimbo.
I'm not so sure we will see a night and day approach with the financial restrictions.
They will only be able to work within the rules and we have quite a financial impact to work off due to the haphazard rudderless spending.
We can only take so many hits on the books and it often makes more sense financially and to stay within the rules to keep a player rather than sell them at an unsustainable loss age taking into account all the associated costs of a transfer which are substantial.
I'm not well read on the regulations so can't give any informed opinion on what they need to do to navigate them whisky getting as close to night and day as possible.
Here's to hoping.
9.) 15 Apr 2024 04:22:58
That's why I think it will be night and day.
Write off the no hopers, even if it restricts us, to the point we are backed into a corner financially, meaning we will both, promote from within, and only sign people who understand the longer term vision.
10.) 15 Apr 2024 10:23:33
This is where our new scouting and acquisition team can earn their stripes.
Take the plight of Alex Grimaldo, who was a free transfer to Leverkusen at the start of the season. Now one of the most desirable full-backs in Europe.
The signings are out there, but we rarely find them. I'll stand by Cantona as being our biggest ever bargain. Leeds couldn't get rid of him quickly enough and the rest is history.
26 Mar 2024 13:23:57
Anybody know if TyC Sports is a credible source of news from Argentina?
Only asking because the rumours surrounding this Anselmino lad are getting louder.
Is there real traction or is this just yet another dubious outlet?
{Ed002's Note - Aaron Anselmino (C) Braga and Benfica have been regularly scouting Boca Juniors games and together with Milan have identified multiple targets including Anselmino. Interest from Manchester United will halt with the player being ineligible for a Work Permit in England and wanting to stay Buenos Aires with his family.}
1.) 26 Mar 2024 14:40:10
Cheers Ed002.
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19 Jun 2025 04:29:31
Vlahovic for around £20m?
Bardghji for maybe a similar fee as his contract ends in December - another £20m?
Any takers?
For me, Vlahovic is made for the EPL. Not the quickest, but solid and actually knows where the goal is.
Bardghji is a real talent, pure filth. I know he's had his injury problems, but the kid really is mustard - I firmly believe we'd be stupid to not push for him.
Each could be considered a risky punt, but the whiff of bargain is a tangy one.
1.) 19 Jun 2025 06:47:48
Why take a risk on someone Ork. If the player doesn't fit the profile, move on. If there isn't someone available in this window that fits the profile AND our financial position, move on.
No point buying just for the sake of it.
2.) 19 Jun 2025 09:23:06
Would def take Vlahovic.
{Ed077's Note - fee rumored (around 25m) is a risk worth taking, the wages though, ufff.
3.) 19 Jun 2025 09:27:02
No point buying for the sake of it is a true thought but we cannot go into another season relying on Hojland. Obi may well challenge but needs an experienced striker as well. We must get an experienced goal scoring striker. As well as MBueno, a CM and a keeper.
4.) 19 Jun 2025 09:37:47
The fact that we wanted Delap, and still want Gyokeres and Osimhen, plus have Zirkzee, suggests very much that there is no profile lol. All completely different players!
5.) 19 Jun 2025 10:14:02
Do we want Oshimen tho? Don’t think we do.
In terms of delap and gyokores they are quite similar, both are runners with the ball, like to battle and hold up the play, zirkzee was here before Amorim and is not a striker.
6.) 19 Jun 2025 11:38:39
Delap and Gyokeres are completely different in age, experience and value, yet the club has completely done a 180 pivot in wanting both. That suggests to me there's no profile.
7.) 19 Jun 2025 12:05:37
There will be no striker bought until we sell. The money can not be there
They have signed Cunha, eventually will wrap up Mbuemo and those signings will be a massive outlay. So the striker signature will not be done until players are moved out. So all this talk of signing someone is all premature.
I'm sure united have someone lined up but it's not happening any time soon.
8.) 19 Jun 2025 12:39:51
I'm hearing so much about profile, but one big point is being missed.
Hojlund has the raw attributes of a decent striker - quick, powerful, aggressive, knows where the goal is (bear with me) .
However, he is naive and lacks the nous to be unpredictable with his movement, which is why he is so easily drawn into shirt-swap battles with defenders. In short, he lacks the brain of an elite striker. On the rare occasion he applies decent movement, he becomes a problem and can punish the opposition, but it just doesn't happen often enough.
As far as profile goes, we need a striker who isn't predictable, isn't naive, and actually has the brain to be unlock the physical attributes of an elite-level striker.
That, to me, is all the profile we should concentrate on, and all of the aforementioned strikers, imo, fit that profile.
9.) 19 Jun 2025 18:43:58
Rasmus maybe quick but his brain is slow, that’s why he always reacts after the event and a split second away.
He is not powerful by any means, loses every tussle and ends up on the floor, about as aggressive as a wet paper bag.
Can’t hold the ball up
Can’t win a header
Finishing poor
He is 22, people writing strikers off on here at 30, so he not got long.
He got too big ego, coaches working with him daily and gets no better
Needs to be gone.
10.) 19 Jun 2025 19:13:02
Is he a great goal scorer? In the last six seasons only twice has he scored more than 20 goals in all competitions.
24/ 25 15 goals.
23/ 24 18 goals.
22/ 23 14 goals.
21/ 22 29 goals.
20/ 21 21 goals.
19/ 20 9 goals.
Two hot seasons between 2020 and 2022, and been fairly average since then. Especially considering that he's been playing for one of the biggest clubs in Italy during those last three seasons.
He's not a player I think is worth going after.
11.) 20 Jun 2025 16:03:26
I like him a lot. Made for the epl and would do a fine job.
17 Jun 2025 13:37:18
Any thoughts on the prospect of FIFA's 'free-agency' ruling happening?
I mean, in principle, the idea that Rashford could just go away by paying up nearly £47m sounds good.
Won't happen though. He's the type of person who considers himself a brand and he'd much rather remain grossly overpaid while loading his commercial peashooter than concede such a fortune to actually back his BS.
I wonder which of two possible outcomes, in the modern world of football that has changed a little since Lassana Diarra, might become a norm though:
A. This ruling might serve mainly as exposure and confirmation of football's blowhard mercenaries and nothing else changes.
Or
B. The subsequent impact is a shift in contract frameworks whereby the ownership of a player's commercial influence AND conduct missteps impressing upon earning capabilities within contract must be accepted by the player.
Obviously, the latter option would be my preference, but I suspect the former is rather more realistic.
Rashford telling United that he'll play in the U-21s to force the club into selling for whatever it is Barcelona want to pay, to me, would be taken as a precedent - unwilling to perform one's duties to the best of one's ability. But I'm not Manchester United and the contract would be very different.
Maybe I'm just naive, but I'm sick to death of hearing elite footballers banging on about the employment freedoms we civvies take for granted, without ever conceding that we civvies aren't able to act the way they do after signing very different contracts that provide very different protections and liberties.
Ultimately, I just wish some of these players - Rashford, Garnacho, Sancho, etc - could just shut up. If they can't be arsed to show up, but want to dish out threats to 'bully' the club, they are not deserving of any respect from the fans.
I'd love to have a time machine for many reasons, but I'd certainly love to visit Frederick Attock and tell him what became of the Manchester United that he never quite got to see replace his beloved Newton Heath L&YR and how so many players now are so unwilling to work for their money. I wonder what he'd say.
{Ed077's Note - one thing that needs to happen very soon is a move towards performance related bonuses instead of fixed base salary. Maybe even a Salary cap can be introduced of that framework is introduced and implemented strongly. But, at least clubs should try and shift towards performance bonuses instead of base salary, specially with the PSR rules affecting many clubs spending power.
1.) 17 Jun 2025 16:55:34
It's a tough one a you'll never get all clubs to agree the dictat had to come from fifa/ uefa/ epl.
I don't think sancho or rashford are doing anything wrong. They have a contract. If the club want to buy them out they can. They are within their rights to move and seek compensation or continued payment if they can't get the same terms elsewhere.
There is performance related structure in place. All the squad receive substantial up to 25% pay cuts for no European qualification.
United can settle with them and cancel their contracts if both pastries agree but then united get no fee.
It's quite complex and their are tipping points financially. I think all will be resolved in good time for sancho rashford Anthony andgarnacho. Maybe rasmus and cas will hit the road too.
2.) 17 Jun 2025 17:24:44
Ed077, there are legal restrictions that make it impossible to impose a hard salary cap. You cannot legally limit someone's earning potential.
However, they can impose a soft salary cap. By which I mean that instead of imposing a upper limit on what an individual player earns, you place a cap on what a club can pay their entire squad. It could be a set amount for the league or it could be a percentage of club turnover.
That way a club in theory could pay a player near enough whatever they wanted, however the rest of the squad would need to be paid peanuts to balance it out.
While in theory is doesn't limit an individuals earning potential, it is in the clubs interest not to over pay some individuals and throw the balance of their squad out.
The other thing I'd like to see is the capping of transfer fees.
On one hand there is the arguement that players are overpaid. Yet if the club feels that the players value to that club is 10m a year and they pay him that on a 5 year contract then the player is worth 50m in the first year of that contract, 40m in the second year, 30m in the third year and so forth.
It's madness that a club can then demand 80-100m for a player who they clearly don't value at that amount as they haven't committed to paying him that amount.
If players transfer fees were capped at the amount the player is owed over the remainder of their contract then it solves so many issues.
It stops clubs hold eachother to ransom.
It would enable players to move more freely between clubs.
It stops money being leeched out of football by shady agents.
It stops or at least discourages clubs trying to o circumvent PSR/ FFP rules by paying players a set lower wage and reimbursing them in some other way. As it would just lower the amount the clubs would receive from a buying club. This also helps with tax avoidance.
Of course it'll never happen because it's a sensible idea based in common sense and stops/ limits the opportunity for people to abuse financial rules or skim off a shady profit.
3.) 17 Jun 2025 20:05:57
Ed I really don't want wages related to performance. Any employee in any business should give their best efforts to their employer. That should be a non negotiable.
For Utd I want only players who come and give their best every game both put of respect for themselves, their teammates, the club and the fans. That's the mentality that will bring a winning team in the pitch and build harmony off it.
They already get paid a fortune in comparison to most people. About time they were reminded of that. Also the amount being paid to agents needs to be checked some of them are really greedy so and sos.
4.) 18 Jun 2025 07:15:07
Salford, I half agree. Performance related pay sounds great on the face of it. Especially for footballers whom many feel are grossly overpaid (personally if the industry generates the income then why shouldn't the key workers get the benefits of their labours) .
However, if a significant proportion of a players wages are performance related then what happens when they are injured? Or dropped from the team?
How quickly will a player become disenchanted with playing for United when their wages are regularly impacted and they feel there isn't much they can do about it. Injuries happen and players shouldn't be penalised for them. You can't ask players to put their bodies on the line for the club then punish them when they get injured do so.
Likewise, players get dropped by managers for various different reasons, tactical or personal. Sometimes their face just doesn't fit.
I think having a large proportion of a players wages based on performances risks you having a lot of players in the squad unhappy because they aren't getting the game time needed for them to meet those clauses to get their full pay.
I think there is a place for performances related pay, but it has to be done right and be fairly balanced.
5.) 18 Jun 2025 13:46:01
There is performance related pay already.
15 Jun 2025 16:02:09
Realistically speaking, our recent history of pathetic incompetence regarding transfers will continue to upend the desired culture change for some time yet.
Antony's quoted book value of £32.5m will likely not be met by any transfer fee and, instead, we have Betis taking the p*** with their recent loan+option offer.
Sancho's quoted book value is £15m and we should already have got rid of him, had it not been for the moronic decision to insert a get-out clause into the obligation.
I really don't think the club can hope to see either leave without the indignity of accepting rubbish loan moves with the possible risk of the precedent being the get-out clause biting the bum at some point. With Sancho, he knows he won't get close to £300k pw anywhere else right now so I fully expect him to be shipped off on another loan and then leave for free which strengthens his own negotiating position moving forward.
Casemiro's quoted book value is £15m and, unlike the other two, doesn't carry the baggage of being totally out of his depth or acting like there's an appendage swinging from his forehead. He might well be easier to sell, but I don't see a huge Saudi offer coming - maybe £20m tops.
So, we might well be looking at gaining very little from trying to move those 3 on.
Would anyone pay £38.4m for Hojlund right now, I doubt it very much. Onana? £30m? Nah.
This is why, if we wish to raise additional funds, we absolutely have to sell at least two of Rashford, Garnacho and Mainoo. Unfortunately, Rashford and Garnacho carry legit attitude and conduct issues, with the former being another grossly overpaid player - we'd be lucky to make £100m on the pair. So where does this realistically leave Mainoo - potentially a generational talent who might yet continue to find it difficult to fit RA's system, stick or twist?
Every club knows Man Utd's PSR/ FFP vulnerabilities because they're talked about so much in the news, which is why the club must be so careful, however deliberate, with every move it makes. However, while it's good that Woodward is long-gone, the aforementioned £5m get-out clause sounded like a nostalgic nod which suggests the lasting culture of weakness and desperation when pushed into a corner lives on.
Much is made regularly of the 'United Tax', I would say the 'United Lax' is a greater problem.
1.) 15 Jun 2025 16:25:59
The biggest problem is the wages.
The usual routine is:
United buy player for an inflated fee.
Give them massive wages and a long contract.
Player underperforms.
Player is eventually dropped.
United try to sell the player.
Player refuses to leave on a reduced wage.
United loan the player, and continue to pay a significant part of their wage.
Sancho is the prime example. He hates the club. Club can’t sell him, and send him to Chelsea on loan. Chelsea still try to sign him despite him being average on loan. Sancho refuses to drop his wage demands. Chelsea pay the £5m to send him back.
If you give players a salary three times higher than what they’re actually worth, it makes it impossible to get them out of the club.
2.) 15 Jun 2025 18:20:03
Ork and Danny, you have it in a nut shell. Blardy madness!
13 Jun 2025 14:42:16
So it seems we will need to explore Plan B for both the R10 and Striker positions.
Might we make a cheeky move for either Johan Bakayoko or Roony Bardghji, and does this mean we'll be looking only at Osimhen and Mateta?
I suspect that, were it not for him being a fan, we'd not have got Cunha, so I guess we might have to be content with only the one 'Plan A' transfer coming in.
Anyone know of any other United fans at that level?
1.) 13 Jun 2025 14:58:51
What happened to Mbuemo?
2.) 13 Jun 2025 16:14:50
He's apparently 'intrigued' by the Thomas Frank Spurs project and talks have begun between Brentford and Spurs.
Meanwhile, we've tried to negotiate a lower fee to, perhaps, compensate for the 'United Tax' being applied to his wage expectations which, by the way, probably won't apply to CL Spurs. Spurs want one of Mbeumo, Semenyo and Dibling - I think Mbeumo at £60m-ish makes more sense for them and I wouldn't blame him if he saw the Spurs project as more appealing, especially with Frank in charge.
3.) 13 Jun 2025 16:38:49
Mbuemo will still sign for us.
But if he doesn’t, Bruno R10 and £60m on a quality CM instead, please.
4.) 13 Jun 2025 18:17:28
Ork,
You have to be extremely gullible to believe all of that, it’s just from a journalist who provably has no idea what’s going on. Let’s just wait and see.
5.) 13 Jun 2025 20:49:37
GDS2
Maybe so, but what exactly have you heard from Mbeumo himself that is so compelling?
6.) 13 Jun 2025 22:47:55
I mentioned Bardghji the other day, Ork, when people were throwing names about.
You have to take his recovery from injury into account, but I always thought he was a very promising young player who did well against us.
Seems to have fallen off people's radars a bit.
Ed001, I know there's no talk of him coming to Utd, but what do you think of him?
{Ed001's Note - I haven't seen him play in a long time, so I couldn't really give an opinion.}
7.) 13 Jun 2025 23:09:40
He’s been out with an acl so hasn’t played for ages. is going for a free as his contract is expiring.
8.) 14 Jun 2025 00:00:47
Fair enough, Ed001. What did you think of him before the injury? There was a lot of hype around him at the time, but I did think he looked to have a lot of potential.
{Ed001's Note - I thought he looked promising but I only saw a very little of him.}
07 Jun 2025 19:48:22
So Sancho has now declared that he has no intention of playing for United again.
That's such a shame, he seems like such a respectful, modest guy.
Still, maybe he can avoid acting like a sheriff's badge at his next club.
Good riddance clown, go find your troupe. ?.
1.) 07 Jun 2025 20:57:30
That's perfectly fine, refuse to play and be in breach of contract. No wages for you my lad!
2.) 07 Jun 2025 21:06:03
Would prefer him as an option to Mount but both are as useful as a chocolate teapot if we are being honest.
3.) 07 Jun 2025 21:28:28
You have to wonder who Sancho has in his life that could tell him a few home truths - if he would buckle down he could be a top player maybe an England regular but its looking like its downhill from here now, a few loans here and there or sold to a European team in the top half of their league like a Real Betis - seems he cares more about the money and image than actually being a footballer.
4.) 07 Jun 2025 22:39:26
You do wonder who advises him. They must surely know that all this negative publicity will affect his saleability and hence his and their income.
5.) 07 Jun 2025 23:52:25
No he couldn't Burren. He is not a top talent and he is not built for this league. Bang average.
6.) 08 Jun 2025 00:23:54
I have a bad feeling we will end up tearing his contract up, paying him off just to get rid of him.
7.) 08 Jun 2025 17:18:08
His fingers tell him he is good. He plays FC25 get MOTM every time and then has a discussion with with both mirrors and warms his fingers up on Ista. His Cuffs are hurting him again I can hear him shouting.
8.) 09 Jun 2025 07:11:16
Jobe Bellingham has just gone for 30m and we will struggle to get 25m for this lad.
21 Jun 2025 16:22:31
Yes, simple. ?.
21 Jun 2025 13:00:18
Personally, I'd prefer the guy newly linked to us - Marco Carnesecchi.
He would likely cost over £40m, but if we could shift Onana then, imo, he'd be a far better shout than either of Martinez or ter Stegen.
03 Jun 2025 12:48:56
Still, that's almost a third of his salary covered.
But hey, now we might get to see Poundland Lingard in red again. ?.
03 Jun 2025 12:34:52
Fizz
Chelsea had the, perfectly fair, option of addressing Sancho's greed and delusion by delivering the outright ignominy of literally paying to not sign him.
03 Jun 2025 11:21:10
Contrary to what some might think, I'm happy with that and I hope he can prove me wrong regarding the roles available to him.
In bad news, Chelsea have rejected the purchase of Sancho, so now we're left lumbered with spending the whole summer trying to shift that mardy clown.
22 Jun 2025 22:56:34
Rather like the incumbent leader of a particular country itching to start an international war based on a BS pretext, this projecting of discontent amongst players with egos far greater than their skillsets is frustratingly predictable.
Let him go to Villa, let the little boy learn that shutting his stupid mouth and knuckling down is the only way to compensate for what he's currently too arrogant to believe he lacks.
20 Jun 2025 13:31:25
The issue with the 'fear' of watching Garnacho flourish for another EPL club is one of the reasons we are where we are with our options up front.
This 'fear' is akin to the fear that Joel Glazer had of watching a player he thought was like Pele flourish elsewhere, but when Martial still looked pants at Sevilla it proved that his 'fear' was a ridiculous reason to keep a player who wasn't the type (whether it be ability or attitude) who suited the trajectory of the club. That Martial fear affected the club's ability to improve the forwards department because Joel invested more money and more time into a player who just wasn't ticking the boxes.
If Garnacho were to join another EPL club, I'd be pleased for him because there is definitely a player there, but there's also that absurd ego and that very poor attitude when his application is rightly questioned.
The 4-3-3 system suits Garnacho and I do fully believe he is so convinced that he's already the big I am that he considers extra effort to adapt to be beneath him - let him go to Chelsea or Villa and let him learn that he's not the world-class finished product he believes he is.
In an ideal world, I'd like him to stay to see how he develops, but the baggage he's already dragging through these early stages of his career makes him look like a disruptor, and we can no longer afford to accommodate disruptors in the camp when everything needs to be aligned correctly if we are to have any real hope of getting back up to the upper zone of that table.
Garnacho, Sancho and Rashford are three disruptors we need to be rid of - I'll be gutted if even one remains.
The mere idea of Rashford or Sancho training with U-21s would be a fraught disaster because they'd each try to 'punish' the club by looking to rub whatever toxic salt into the wounds by influencing youngsters - it would be a firm f*** no from me.
Just get rid of them, I'm tired of hearing their pathetic s***!
19 Jun 2025 12:39:51
I'm hearing so much about profile, but one big point is being missed.
Hojlund has the raw attributes of a decent striker - quick, powerful, aggressive, knows where the goal is (bear with me) .
However, he is naive and lacks the nous to be unpredictable with his movement, which is why he is so easily drawn into shirt-swap battles with defenders. In short, he lacks the brain of an elite striker. On the rare occasion he applies decent movement, he becomes a problem and can punish the opposition, but it just doesn't happen often enough.
As far as profile goes, we need a striker who isn't predictable, isn't naive, and actually has the brain to be unlock the physical attributes of an elite-level striker.
That, to me, is all the profile we should concentrate on, and all of the aforementioned strikers, imo, fit that profile.
15 Jun 2025 16:04:48
No, we're definitely Guest House Paradiso.
13 Jun 2025 20:49:37
GDS2
Maybe so, but what exactly have you heard from Mbeumo himself that is so compelling?