They will go for Hazard if they make another big signing..I thought the same when they sealed the Kaka deal in 2009, that they'd stay away from Ronaldo...
Unlikely,unless Madrid themselves have a major clear-out.Can they afford both him and Pogba without finding a sucker to take on Bale?
Plus Mane and Salah.Oh you forgot Ndombele, Ferland Mendy and Jovic. Plus Koulibaly and Sancho are also about done. What's that, like a billion Euros? Easy peasy
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De Ligt and Todibo.De Ligt and Lenglet. Their CBs sorted for the next decade then.
Ed: "Hold my beer"Can they afford both him and Pogba without finding a sucker to take on Bale?
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I get that for the likes of SW, but utdreport is literally banned in the OP. As it should because they're terrible.Aggregators are still okayish as they're a good source.
I think they should be allowed as long as they mention the source in the tweet.Aggregators are still okayish as they're a good source.
A lot of them constantly misquote their sources.I think they should be allowed as long as they mention the source in the tweet.
Then maybe we should maintain a strict blacklist and warn anyone who still posts tweets from those accounts. Now it's a bit of a grey area because mods don't hand out warnings about this. It's sort of tolerated even though it's against the rules.A lot of them constantly misquote their sources.
5th could be an improvement.Without a CB and Striker added to that list we'll still end up 5th or 6th.
That he is.True. But also because he is correct.
I’m already not looking forward to next seasonWe'd need to spend a hell of a lot of money to fix everything in one window, more than even a sugar daddy team would. And then we'd have to gel the completely new XI together for the new campaign; it's a big ask.
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How is us overpaying for a very injury prone CB to fund their purchase of the most talented CB in the world any good for us?This looks quite alright for us, we can play both ends.
Barca don't have 100 mil to spend on DeLigt and also have too many CB's.
We should try to up the price on DeLigt and force them to sell us Umtiti.
The heavy favourites plus Rice or a player not listedIt’s Utd and we always make a mess of the summer season.
Realistically how can players from that list can you see playing for Utd next season?
I admire your optimism.The heavy favourites plus Rice or a player not listed
I don’t understand that Bayern is still being linked with CBs. Adding another one would only make sense, if they ship out both Boateng and Hummels AND move to a backline of 3.Bayern might be regretting spending 80 mil on Hernandez when they now know they could've spent it on De Ligt
They've been actively trying to sell Boateng and Hummels for a season now, they've both been told they can leave. I think CB is one of their first areas they're looking to improve on.I don’t understand that Bayern is still being linked with CBs. Adding another one would only make sense, if they ship out both Boateng and Hummels AND move to a backline of 3.
But then they wouldn’t need wingers and Coman and Davies would be pointless.
Tl;dr: I don’t see Bayern in the market for a CB
I'm sometimes tempted to join the Caf feedback loop of pessimism and doom, but I'm not quite ready to board that train yet.I admire your optimism.
Have you even watched im this season? He's been utter crap and has costed Leicester a lot. Brenda even went for a 3 backline in his first game to stop the goals from leaking inWe need a quality centre back. Maguire for sure. Looks like City are after him though.
For anyone to believe a story like that. They have no clue what OGS wants...they are guessing.Wait on what exactly?
Any decently successful team has an ok (or better) defence.. one or two more defenders is a must and if we can get someone who could play both (say Milenkovic), I don't think it should impact on our ability to buy in other positions.Forget about winning anything with these CB's. That and RB are highest priority and we'll do nothing without a proper backline.
I completely agree with everything you said.Would make sense, his stats and when he fancies it he is great but so often games just bypass him and he seems seriously disinterested, 150m and add that to the budget of 250m would give us 400m plus any other sales to seriously revamp the squad.
I'm not of the opinion that we cannot attract players without Champions League football, maybe not the elite but we have been paying mental wages for supposed world class stars and look where that has gotten us.
Hate to say it but we need to take a leaf out of Liverpool's book, Klopp decided on his style of play and went after players who fit that style, not signing world class players just because they are available but going after Salah (no one was interested when they signed him from Roma), Mane, Firmino, Wijnaldum, Keita, Fabinho, Robertson, Milner etc.
How many of them were world class players when they were signed, hardly any of them, Van Dijk and Alisson probably the only two who were bought for mega money but he has bought players who fit his style.
United on the other hand see the commercial value of a player, his social media presence and just assume that we can "fit them in" once they are here, this needs to change and maybe missing out of Champions League will help towards that.
Much prefer United to go after Werner, Sancho, Brooks, Neves, Doucoure, Rice, Wan Biasska, Ndombele, Fernandes etc. these type of players than Cavani or Bale on insane wages.
If selling Pogbe helps towards that then so be it, could be a similar situation to Liverpool selling Courtinho and using that money to improve the side elsewhere.
As long as the money is spent wisely I don't think Pogba would be missed.
Maguire was one of the CBs Mourinho wanted and Woodward vetoed last summer, along with Alderweireld and Mina. And the reports also said that he vetoed him for your exact reasoning, that he didn't think he was an improvement on our current options. So your being a bit harsh on old Ed there.Maguire would be such a Woody signing, a complete waste of crazy money on someone who’s not an improvement on what we already have, and the cycle goes on.
Agreed. It was important to wait a season after Maguire's impressive world Cup to see if his form was sustainable. It wasn't, and spunking 60M on him would be daft.Maguire would be such a Woody signing, a complete waste of crazy money on someone who’s not an improvement on what we already have, and the cycle goes on.
I don't think it's a given that we won't sign a CB. It counteracts reports like these:With news if likely no CB can we skip next season cause its going to be pointless without one.
Unless Tuanzebe becomes a starter and is proven good enough becubec we know the outer aren't.
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Yeah I’ve seen quite a few games. His form has tailed off but he’s still better than what we have.Have you even watched im this season? He's been utter crap and has costed Leicester a lot. Brenda even went for a 3 backline in his first game to stop the goals from leaking in
They already signed two in Pavard and Hernandez. And have Süle. They are probably set for the next 7 years at CB.They've been actively trying to sell Boateng and Hummels for a season now, they've both been told they can leave. I think CB is one of their first areas they're looking to improve on.