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21 Jul 2025 21:22:07
Is it true that Rashford has signed but may be banned from registering and so unable to play? If so what's the point of him signing?
1.) 21 Jul 2025 22:06:11
Its a possibility he might not get registered.
I don't care what the point is as long a he is gone.
They couldn't register olmo until jan last year in la liga.
They have sold a few so it might not happen this year. It is the reason Williams didn't sign because they could not Guarantee his registration would go through.
2.) 22 Jul 2025 09:17:06
Whether they register him or not they still have to pay his wages.
3.) 22 Jul 2025 11:06:51
Barca’s financial challenges continue to impact their ability to register new players. Rashford has agreed to a wage reduction to help free up space on their wage bill and comply with La Liga’s financial regulations. However, Barcelona may still need to offload current players to create enough room to register him.
A similar issue occurred last season with Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor, whose registrations were initially blocked due to Barça exceeding La Liga’s salary cap.
The Spanish Sports Council temporarily allowed their registrations despite La Liga’s objections, and although La Liga appealed the decision, the court upheld the CSD’s ruling, allowing Olmo and Víctor to play for the remainder of the season.
La Liga maintains that Barcelona violated financial fair play regulations by failing to meet the 1:1 salary-to-revenue ratio required for player registrations.
4.) 22 Jul 2025 15:34:48
Funnily enough I think that would be karma biting him in the ass.
5.) 22 Jul 2025 18:26:16
Do you seriously think this not already been addressed! Yes it happened last seasons, but now players and agents are aware of this potential problem, it amazes me you think this been overlooked…. unbelievable.
6.) 22 Jul 2025 19:05:22
German, Tebas recently warned that Barça still lacks sufficient cap space to register new signings like Joan García or Nico Williams, sales or salary savings were needed, that is why the Williams deal fell through.
7.) 22 Jul 2025 19:06:33
German I realise that there must be a point but what I was trying to get at is how they can sign knowing that there is such an issue. For example do you think Rashford would be prepared if nec to sit on the sidelines for six months if nec before his registration was allowed.? Or more cynically do Barcelona just have the clout or connections to flout the law?
8.) 22 Jul 2025 21:33:21
German, its the reason Williams didn't sign. He was not guaranteed to be registered it bairns last season to olmo.
They have sold a few but according to their league they still have to do more to comply.
Im sure they will but there is no clearance from la liga yet.
So you are right agents and players are aware Williams and his agent were aware and decided not to take the risk.
9.) 23 Jul 2025 06:31:13
Oh so Williams said oh I would have signed for Barcelona but now I just go and stay where I am and whilst I am at it, I will sign a 10 year contract…Williams and his agent just flirted with Barcelona to get a 10 year huge contract, the papers have jumped on same bandwagon about he could not be registered
I can’t get my head around why you think it’s only the press in U. K. who go after United and make every story be sensationalised it happens in every country towards there biggest team, having lived in spain for considerable amount of years I would say it’s much more vicious in Spain and you also have to remember it’s very political, you are talking effectively 2 countries within 1
Rashford will be registered, Rashford will play and Rashford will do very well.
10.) 23 Jul 2025 18:41:01
It’s a matter of public record that Nico Williams’ agent approached La Liga to inquire whether Barcelona would be able to register the player in the event of a transfer. La Liga reportedly informed them that Barcelona would need to resolve certain financial limitations before being able to do so.
Subsequently, Barcelona lodged a formal complaint regarding that approach. The exact nature of the complaint hasn’t been made public in full detail, but it’s understood to relate to the way Williams’ camp sought clarity on registration viability.
This suggests that there was genuine interest from both sides, but also that Williams’ camp were not given a positive answer.
{Ed077's Note - Barcelona need some FFPR room in both transfer and wage funds. Remember all the trouble they had to actually register OLMO last summer ? Have they even gotten the green light to register Garcia (new GK) they signed earlier in the window? They can cry all they want but Nico and Bilbao (and the actual people involved) were right to seek clarity and assurances on the viability of the whole deal before completing it, in my view at least.
11.) 23 Jul 2025 19:30:31
Of course they were right to do so. They did check with the league as the league have gone public on it. i'm sure they will sort it before the end of the window and have given rashford their word. But I'm sure they have olmo their word last year.
12.) 24 Jul 2025 10:13:14
Ed077, I don't think William's camp did anything wrong in speaking with the league over Barcelona's ability to register him if he was signed. They were after all working in their clients best interests. They had probably seen how Olmo spent the first half of last season sitting out as he couldn't be registered and they didn't want the same thing to happen to their client, especially with it being a world cup year.
I'd imagine Barcelona's annoyance is based in whether the league disclosed anything specific about Barcelona's financial position. Which if they did then I think Barcelona have a right to complain about private details on their accounts being disclosed.
It's a tricky situation, and without knowing exactly what happened it's hard to judge the situation. Like always we probably only know about 20%, at best, of what has actually gone on.
Either way Williams not joining them has probably worked in our favour as they definitely wouldn't have signed Rashford if they got Williams. While him signing a new deal also works in our favour as it makes it less likely that Barcelona will go back for Williams next summer when Rashford's loan has ended, which should increase the chances of them making his loan a permanent move if he's successful there (which I think he will be) .
The biggest issue we will have now is if Rashford is successful it'll be constantly used as a stick to beat us throughout the season. Much like his mild success at Villa was.
Ultimately Rashford is a good player, and is actually one of our best. The problem is that the relationship between him and the club has broken down to the point where the only positive solution for both parties is a parting of the ways.
As a fan I'm not really interested in whose fault it is, I expect both parties have to share a proportion of the blame. It's just sad that one of our own has got to the point where he has to leave despite being fairly successful with us (he is our 11th all time leading goal scorer, and he did it during a real downturn in our history) .
He is at least three times the player Antony is, and Antony was very successful at Real Betis in Spain. So I'd imagine Rashford being a better player and playing in a much better team in La Liga will do very well. And I genuinely hope he does. The only positive he can provide us now is by showing off how well we produce players. Which hopefully creates more competition for our players and inflates the money we receive for them.
{Ed077's Note - shouldn't the clubs FFPR situation be open information? Afterall their financial reports are publicly posted ?
29 Jan 2025 23:23:57
What about Jonathan David from Lille. Anyone heard any potential interest from Utd bearing in mind he is out of contract in the summer so should be relatively cheap this transfer wundow.
1.) 30 Jan 2025 12:43:55
They were debating him on MOTD last night. Supposedly not ready for a top side was the consensus, which we're not, but he will be available free come the end of the season and therefore maybe on the cheap for a few days so maybe a good option for someone.
2.) 30 Jan 2025 14:47:38
He is another one of those players that seems to get a lot of mention in the transfer window and we get linked to as a slightly cheaper option who scores a good amount of goals. For some reason nothing from any team ever comes close to him leaving which suggests he is either happy where he is or teams do not think he will make the step up.
Not sure what the truth is but with our current forward line I would be willing to take a punt on him.
3.) 30 Jan 2025 15:33:28
Can he put the ball in the onion bag?
4.) 30 Jan 2025 15:36:34
The latest Media Mumbles about us involve Mathys Tel, 19yo, Bayern Munich forward who wants away for more game time. His stats this season are a virtual flatline.
I know bringing on our Academy/ u21's has been done to death over the past week or so but has anyone seen the highlights of the u21's v Oldham last night? 5-0, all in the second half and quite easily could have been 8.
Obi was everywhere, same for Kone - the whole team running their tripes out for each other the whole 90.
I hope RA gives one or two of them the last ten minutes towards the end of the season.
Whatever, but on last nights showing, the future looks bright.
5.) 30 Jan 2025 17:07:38
I think a few of us hoped that Ten Hag would look to the academy, but it never happened. Hopefully Amorim will take a different approach.
6.) 30 Jan 2025 20:12:15
Grim
Collyer, Mainoo, Garnacho all came from there and were promoted by ETH. I mean that's pretty decent going if you ask me. I think it's a case of players in the academy not being ready. Amorim has been here for months and hasn't promoted one yet.
7.) 30 Jan 2025 22:27:14
Tel off to Spurs apparently NTTL.
8.) 31 Jan 2025 09:30:02
I think we need an experienced striker loan if possible. Getting another youngster in on loan, when we have plenty already seems pointless.
9.) 31 Jan 2025 11:43:54
I wouldn't be against signing Jonathan David, I think he's a good player who could potentially fit into a couple of positions in Amorim's system.
However, I'd only want him signed if he was a genuine target based on his skill set and with a specific role in the team in mind. I don't want us to sign square pegs for round holes just because they are cheap or available.
10.) 31 Jan 2025 12:37:40
. read Zirkzee.
18 Dec 2024 19:15:11
Rumours of Rashford to Barcelona as part of a poss exchange deal. Might just be lazy journalism but I can see him thriving in tbe Spanish league with a team like Barca.
1.) 18 Dec 2024 21:43:55
They don't have the finances to register him.
Would Olmo though, perfect for the 10 and Barcelona seem unable to register him.
2.) 18 Dec 2024 22:27:03
Having a player on extortionate wages very nearly bankrupted them a few years ago lol.
3.) 19 Dec 2024 15:24:01
Didn't they sell off a lot of future incomes for cash up front last year? I can't see the problems easing for them at all.
4.) 20 Dec 2024 05:53:21
Barca do a lot financial engineering just to keep going. Their finances are a mess and their wage bill is huge. They need to get some players off their books. Its crazy given the talent that they produce from their academy which is the best in football but still manage to get themselves into this kind of trouble.
5.) 20 Dec 2024 15:59:25
When a club are having to use the wage space of injured players just to register their summer signing for another 6 months, you cannot see them going for a high wage player like Rashfodd.
But it's Barcelona and they like kicking the financial can down road, so who knows.
6.) 21 Dec 2024 08:10:42
Well Barcelona have a few players we’d do well to look at if true. Let’s see.
As for Rashford, I think his ate was finally sealed after he came on against Arsenal. The “performance” he put in was the worst I’ve seen anybody in a Utd shirt.
02 Mar 2022 23:34:16
Ancelotti is being touted as a possible Utd manager. What are peoples thoughts about him?
1.) 02 Mar 2022 23:39:31
He’s great.
2.) 03 Mar 2022 05:16:06
Good manager but seems unrealistic. That he’d leave Madrid. Feel like it’s just links to make it seem like we looked other than Poch.
3.) 03 Mar 2022 08:35:54
im still in shock he went everton, they had a top manager and didn't use him.
he could have with some investment and time made them a decent team.
4.) 03 Mar 2022 08:58:58
No thanks, for the job we need done he'd be completely the wrong man.
5.) 03 Mar 2022 10:16:31
Good manager, but I would put him in the same category as Zidane. Someone who is tactically flexible and is good at getting the best out of a team of talented ego's who may have lost a little drive or direction.
Not the kind of manager to perform a rebuild, develop young players, create a distinct style of play etc.
6.) 03 Mar 2022 13:08:42
agree shappy, he's a decent manager but he's a manager of 10-15 years ago
hopefully he's not one of the choices.
7.) 03 Mar 2022 16:53:30
He wasn't on the list of managers that ED002 provided us with.
8.) 04 Mar 2022 23:57:57
Shappy, Good manager, but I would put him in the same category as Zidane. Someone who is tactically flexible and is good at getting the best out of a team of talented ego's. Isn't that exactly what you need?
02 Dec 2021 22:36:29
So Carrick departs. suggests either he has a potential job offer or that the new manager wants a clean sweep.
1.) 03 Dec 2021 02:11:10
I think it’s possible he just wanted a break. He got a ton of stick for the last few months under Ole and probably didn’t see the fans accepting him. Or maybe he was in line for assistant after Phelan and now there’s no chance of that.
2.) 03 Dec 2021 06:41:33
We should applaud Carrick, he is not waiting around to be paid off, had the courage to go before pushed. Well done Michael. If only Phelan, McKenna and co had the same conviction.
I watched Carrick and the player was quality, his way of leaving quality.
3.) 03 Dec 2021 07:39:57
Agree Red Man. Did a great job at keeping us on track once Ole was sacked, and leaves with his had held high. Fine midfielder for us too in his day and think he will be in demand when he decides to return to the dugout for a decent championship club.
4.) 03 Dec 2021 08:27:42
15 years service to the club. He will be as disappointed as any of us with the last few years but stuck around to help the club in the last 3 games. Great player and classy guy.
5.) 03 Dec 2021 08:57:22
Agree Redman. Plus not wanting a long emotional goodbye shows the class of the guy.
6.) 03 Dec 2021 09:33:13
Class act in every respect and very underrated as a player by many. How we could do with him in the team today. Seems he genuinely just wanted a break and after 15 years service nobody can begrudge him.
7.) 03 Dec 2021 09:39:30
The guy deserves a flag or maybe even a statute ?
On a serious note I think it just makes sense that he walks away while his stock is at it's highest. As a caretaker he won in Spain against Villarreal, drew at Stamford bridge against top to the table Chelsea, and beat Arsenal at home.
I mean 10 days ago we'd have snatched their hand off if we were offered those results given how we had played so far this season.
Results wise I don't think he could have done any better.
Maybe a few other sides might look at that and think he's worth a gamble.
Whereas if he stayed until the end of the season and then Rangnick and the club decided he wasn't good enough and he was sacked, it'd make getting his next job much harder.
Or maybe he feels his friend and former boss was unfairly sacked and is simply walking away on principal.
Who knows, but he was a fantastic player for us, and he has no doubt tried his best as a coach. It's hard to tell how good he is as the whole set up just wasn't working. Maybe he's a better coach than many give him credit for, or maybe he isn't good enough for the highest level.
I do wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours and he will always be welcomed back at Old Trafford.
8.) 03 Dec 2021 10:13:27
How embarrassing it was to read so many continually slagging him off as a player. You know who you are. Good luck Michael. Thank you.
9.) 03 Dec 2021 10:48:42
i doubt he's got any jobs in line.
dont forget him and the others that were with ole are just as to blame for the poor season so far. why mkenna is still there and phelan i do not know.
10.) 03 Dec 2021 11:02:42
Bolger,
We literally have no idea what jobs the staff were doing or whether Ole was listening to them or delegating or just making all the big decisions himself. McKenna is highly rated and working with the right manager will hopefully so well at the club. I’m not sure phelan will last too much longer.
Carrick has done a good job in the last couple of weeks, it can’t have been easy and he’s managed to steady what was very much a sinking ship at Watford, so fair play. It gives Ralf something to work with straight away and a bit of confidence going into Sunday. He will then have a week on the training ground with the players, hopefully he plays kids against Young Boys and sees if any of them are ready, Fernandez, Amad, Hannibal, Mengi, Elanga perhaps, just to take a look at them and give the first team a week of coaching in his new system before the mad Christmas run.
11.) 03 Dec 2021 12:11:08
i have respect for Carrick for his handling of the last couple of weeks and his playing career especially.
Am just a little disappointed he didn't decide to learn from Rangnick for 6 months and then take his break.
It would have been completely different philosophy and training ideas compared to Jose and Ole and he could have benefited from that immensely.
On the other hand I can understand why he feels it is the right time to leave.
Probably a huge learning curve involved and thus even less time for his family and probably would still have had to endure the stick from the fans.
All the best, let's hope he does evolve into a more expansive style of play before he comes back to the club as manager.
12.) 03 Dec 2021 13:12:01
Jonny, I think that's a really great point. Many of the world's top managers have learned a lot from Rangnick. Carrick may have just passed up the learning opportunity of a life time.
13.) 03 Dec 2021 19:13:19
Classy player and even more of a classy man. He leaves with his held high to spend some quality time with his family. i wish him the best in whatever the future holds for him.
14.) 04 Dec 2021 09:32:18
Ralf wanted to keep him but sometimes you just need a break from the intensity of it all I guess. Who knows after a 6 month sabbatical the new manager may want to bring him back on board.
Personally I think if he does want to pursue a career in coaching it would do him no harm to search for a role abroad in Spain, Germany or Italy and learn away from the spotlight.
15.) 07 Dec 2021 05:36:51
Every post about MC is spot on but to be honest I think he also feels responsible for the slump and decided a clean break and fresh start for everyone was best.
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21 Jun 2026 00:25:37
Condolences to Mark Hughes and family on the sudden death of their son.
20 Jun 2026 23:53:58
Market forces, i.e., supply and demand, determine transfer prices. Utd will have a maximum figure they are prepared to pay for any player.
I saw both Fernandez and Somerville play against Utd and was impressed by both. I think they would be a significant improvement on what we have, and both with their peak years ahead of them.
Are they worth the big fees? Impossible to say.
What really matters is what Carrick, Wilcox and the coaching staff think.
Carrick knows he will be under the microscope as manager. If he has the confidence in Fernandez to but him then (given his experience of playing in midfield at the very highest level) I think we should trust his choice.
17 Jun 2026 23:28:07
Rashford showing his class.
If he is sold for and 30m+/- it's a steal.
1.) 18 Jun 2026 09:10:53
He played better than Gordon. I'd prefer Rashford over Gordon on LW.
2.) 18 Jun 2026 11:09:17
The Barca fans will have tuned in to see what they were getting and left scratching their hands, as was I. Rashy did more in ten minutes.
3.) 18 Jun 2026 12:31:55
That's his issue though, 10-minute bursts.
4.) 18 Jun 2026 12:45:08
He looked poor except for the goal. But then that is Rashy, isn't it? Gordon also looked very quiet all game.
The place is still up for grabs, maybe Madueke could play left when Saka is fit enough to start down the right?
5.) 18 Jun 2026 13:15:06
Rashford pressed quite well, I was pleasantly surprised with his cameo. If he plays like this for the remainder of the tournament and scores goals, he might get a few suites as well.
6.) 18 Jun 2026 13:56:39
Barca want him, just don't want to pay... Watch them come back with a loan offer! Just hope we have sold him by then.
7.) 18 Jun 2026 14:34:32
The team played well. Bellingham was very good, imo. Kane did what he does most of the time and scored.
Rashford did well when he came on, imo, and I thought Rice was very good as usual.
8.) 18 Jun 2026 15:20:06
You have to say, though, the defence does look poor... Going to be tough getting past Quarters with that defence.
Plus huge reliance on Kane.
15 Jun 2026 22:50:24
If the rumours are to be believed Utd are seriously interested in Lewis Hall.
I have read about the transfer fee being 70m but can't believe Utd would pay such a huge amount.
What do you think he is worth?
1.) 16 Jun 2026 06:41:11
They may as well pay a bit extra and go for Tonali at that price.
2.) 16 Jun 2026 06:45:59
Cucurella to Madrid set a level at circa £50m, far more experienced. Hall is younger, but didn't make the England squad. It's down to negotiation, but Newcastle will want to max it. Given they sold Gordon for less than £70m, a forward, that figure is unreasonable for a full back.
3.) 16 Jun 2026 09:37:08
70mill for someone who will make that position their own for a decade is peanuts.
4.) 16 Jun 2026 09:43:03
Part of the issue in price is the sell-on clause Newcastle must give Chelsea 20% of the fee received.
I don't care what anyone says, there is no value in this market. The prices paid for largely unproven players are off the charts.
70m for a full back. ? The world's gone mad.
United trying to string-arm West Ham on Fernandes.
I like the tactic of not just meeting a crazy price.
5.) 16 Jun 2026 12:13:08
My guess is that there's a better and less expensive choice than Hall out there, but can United unearth the player from a less expensive source than the EPL, where clubs don't necessarily need or want to sell.
I find it difficult to believe that United don't have a backup plan behind the Lewis Hall headline. For example, maybe Mazraoui moves to LB, where he's been deployed effectively for Morocco, and we end up buying a RB.
6.) 16 Jun 2026 12:31:32
Bayern are paying around £55m for the young German left back. Hall is not worth any more than that, in my opinion.
But if the powers that be are insisting on buying prem proven players, then they'll be forced to overpay.
7.) 16 Jun 2026 12:51:09
I like Hall, but not sure we need to be sucked into an inflated English player bidding war with Chelsea (the obvious replacement for Cucurella).
Quite like Maxi Araujo at Sporting.
8.) 16 Jun 2026 13:05:31
£70m is outrageous for him. A solid full back isn't going to push the dial for us, and Shaw was better last season than him. He's not an immediate priority. Sign a back up to Shaw and save the big money for midfield.
9.) 16 Jun 2026 13:31:14
For the fees being thrown about, surely we have an LB in Harry Amass capable of supporting Luke Shaw next season, getting some minutes and experience, ready to take over the following season, who has all the credentials and ability levels to be as good if not better than Hall? We also have Diego Leon to compete with Amass.
I've always felt RB was a more pressing position to focus on ahead of LB, anyway.
10.) 16 Jun 2026 14:02:11
Ports,
That's not a bad shout, but I think Amass needs another loan.
11.) 16 Jun 2026 14:33:05
Back up to Shaw next season? You are joking, right? Shaw had an unbelievable, injury-free season. You are really expecting the same again... You are being very optimistic.
Who cares if the targets are 70m or 100 mill. Let's just get done what has been identified. Rather pay 70 m than 50m for someone on the back of him doing ok in another league...
The kid everyone is raving about, who had a good game for Morocco the other day, I looked up his last 15 games. In virtually every game, he scored 6 out of 10 and did not even reach a 7 out of 10, and that was in a poorer league. That is clearly the reason no one bought him yet, and a perfect reason why we won't. We're not in the position to take more gambles.
12.) 16 Jun 2026 15:03:25
I ain't worried about Hall or the figures, more worried about the latest rumour: Summerville for £50 million.
He simply isn't good enough & am hoping it's just another bulls*** rumour.
13.) 16 Jun 2026 15:06:25
Luke Shaw is crap, offers nothing in attack, really, and probably won't be fit as much with no wc to hope for.
14.) 16 Jun 2026 15:17:59
Jsu, I don't see Hall as the same type of gamble as that lad. Buying young guys now is a huge gamble, as they go for such big money before they have achieved anything. Buying young, and from abroad, for such huge sums compounds the risk.
15.) 16 Jun 2026 19:06:03
I'd much rather Dorgu at LB and buy another LW.
16.) 16 Jun 2026 19:29:47
Part of why Utd are targeting Hall and not some overseas LB is the homegrown quota for Europe. There's only 5 HG players in the current squad, with the requirement being 8.
Shaw, Heaven, Maguire, Mainoo, Mount.
I believe Heaven is young enough he wouldn't need to be registered, but either way, at this point, Utd would only be able to register a squad of 22 players instead of 25 for the CL next season.
17.) 16 Jun 2026 20:05:42
Hall is better than Shaw at left back. Shaw is basically a CB these days. Agree with Ken that he will be back to the treatment table frequently next season after his miraculous World Cup season.
18.) 16 Jun 2026 21:20:28
Fuser, if they promote a few of the youth team into the squad, it should help the quota of home-grown.
For me, Shaw was the best left full-back in the Premier League last season. Maybe I haven't seen enough of Hall to judge him fairly, but 70m is just way too much in my opinion for any full-back.
It's a very important position, but not as much as centre-back, midfield, or striker. The "English" and "Man Utd" premium that clubs always try to get should be stoutly resisted, unless we are talking about exceptional players.
How much would Keane, Robson, or Rooney be priced at today?
19.) 16 Jun 2026 23:06:09
We paid "over the odds" for Keane, Cole, Rooney, Ferdinand. How did that work out?
Not saying which players, the scouts and recruiting team need to do their job and find the best players. Paying a bit over for the right players is what ultimately will bring success. Jumping to midtable players and still playing over the odds is what gets us nowhere.
Hall is like a young Shaw for what it's worth. I don't trust Shaw's ability to stay fit, but also, he has very little attacking contribution. His days of under and overlapping have waned and he is no longer the player he was. Nowhere near the best in the EPL last season.
20.) 16 Jun 2026 23:25:19
Amass, Dorgu, Diego Leon?
Why not do some coaching and get the above three ready to take over from Shaw?
21.) 17 Jun 2026 02:37:16
Salford, you don't need to include u21's in the list if they've been at the club for 2 years (I believe) or there's a separate list for them. I suppose, look at the other way, you can only register 17 foreign players in a 25 man squad. Whether it's Hall at LB, or Anderson at CM, Utd are going to have to look to sign at least one if not 2 HG players if they want a full squad.
Lammens, Martinez, De Ligt, Yoro, Dorgu, Mazroui, Amad, Dalot, Fernandes, Cunha, Mbuembo, Sesko, Ederson.
That's 13 out of 17 slots taken. With a backup GK, Backup ST, 2 CM's. Anything after that: another forward, RB/LB, they'd both have to be HG.
22.) 17 Jun 2026 03:20:44
It's a nice fairytale that these kids come in and play in these positions, but reality is they are not good enough atm... so if who we want and the position we want is 70 mil then so be it.
No good harping back to how much whoever was in yesteryear, it's today's world, over inflated, you either buy or don't buy, end of.
Dorgu is not a great LB, Shaw is much better, but just can't stay fit. So we need another, and if that's Hall at 70m, do it and move on.
23.) 17 Jun 2026 09:44:09
Buying Hall allows us to finally rid the club of Luke Shaw next summer. Shaw can leave. Amass can step up after another loan, Leon is floating about, and there is another LB in the youth team.
Why would we bring Dorgu back from what he has established as a preferred position, befitting of his attributes, and have him as a liability again? Seems incredibly illogical.
24.) 17 Jun 2026 11:19:36
Utd can also promote youth players to meet the HG quota as well. Let's not forget Rashford is back. I don't think he will be here for the start of the season.
25.) 17 Jun 2026 12:37:11
Crikey, I hope not.
15 Jun 2026 17:06:24
Getting a large sum from Amazon to film the club and its workings will be helpful in enabling new signings to come. The downside is that selling clubs will now hold out for even more stupid prices knowing money is there.
1.) 15 Jun 2026 19:20:25
Amazon Old Trafford; naming rights for the new stadium to fund it?
2.) 15 Jun 2026 20:58:15
Amazon arena sounds better.
3.) 15 Jun 2026 21:53:34
The Amazon Pain Forest.
4.) 15 Jun 2026 22:42:32
Prime Trafford.
18 Jun 2026 18:39:04
Not good enough to help bridge the gap to City and Arsenal.
04 May 2026 12:16:59
Think it would be foolish to let him go unless we had a really competent keeper to back up Lammens. Who is so available that would do this? Prob will cost £10-20m, which money is better spent on other positions.
Bring back Vitek. Give him games in the Carabao and FA Cups, plus a few league matches. Let him adjust to the pressure and intensity of the Premier League and develop by training with the first team.
02 May 2026 23:33:46
Maybe alternate Vitek and Lammens in league and cup competitions.
30 Apr 2026 21:55:29
A lot would depend on how much authority he could impose on the dressing room, and could he do what Amorim could not... get the players to buy into his way of playing.
23 Apr 2026 22:44:47
Sesko is a young striker, and if he gets better service, he will score more goals. He doesn't hide, always tries hard, and I definitely see that he has improved over the season. He would benefit from having an experienced striker to play and train with.
19 Jun 2026 16:19:32
Liverpool were derailed by a tragedy right at the start. That totally threw them mentally. Then the Isaak saga, and he was out for virtually the whole season. Plus, the manager seemed incapable of changing things.
I fully expect them to have a really good season. One where last season's new signings start to come good.
18 Jun 2026 18:44:57
There was a TV programme recently in which Ronaldo and Messi were featured and compared against each other. What came out clearly from those who spoke about Ronaldo is that he is a team player. Yes, he can, and often is a bit greedy, but overall he wants his team to win.
He was shown being interviewed after Portugal won a tournament, and he said he considered it the biggest thing in his career.
He was also shown on the touchline not playing but urging his teammates on, kicking every ball with them like a manager does.
16 Jun 2026 21:20:28
Fuser, if they promote a few of the youth team into the squad, it should help the quota of home-grown.
For me, Shaw was the best left full-back in the Premier League last season. Maybe I haven't seen enough of Hall to judge him fairly, but 70m is just way too much in my opinion for any full-back.
It's a very important position, but not as much as centre-back, midfield, or striker. The "English" and "Man Utd" premium that clubs always try to get should be stoutly resisted, unless we are talking about exceptional players.
How much would Keane, Robson, or Rooney be priced at today?
15 Jun 2026 22:42:32
Prime Trafford.
15 Jun 2026 08:29:28
Red Man, you are probably right that he will be signed by them or someone else. For his personal development, I would love to see him signed by us and then loaned to Leipzig or another club to let him mature a little. Then come to us when we will have seen whether Carrick is a really good manager or have one in place.