MEN: United targeting 4 players for next summer

[lon ball2]

That's about 360 million worth of players. Do you think Woodward would sanction this.

Not a chance of it happening, it’s just what the positions we need to strengthen and who I would choose without silly FM style superstars - I was hoping to point out the inaccuracy in the article

Our big signing next year will be Maddison and the profit from selling Pogba won’t be put back into the squad. We’ll spend 50-75m net again next summer, unless it’s panic stations

 

[Fosu-Mens]

Not a chance of it happening, it’s just what the positions we need to strengthen and who I would choose without silly FM style superstars - I was hoping to point out the inaccuracy in the article

Our big signing next year will be Maddison and the profit from selling Pogba won’t be put back into the squad. We’ll spend 50-75m net again next summer, unless it’s panic stations

Could have bought Sarabia this summer for £15m instead of buying Maddison next summer for £60m. And Sarabia is the better player.

 

[SoCross]

We need two central midfielders, a right winger and a striker

 

[lon ball2]

Could have bought Sarabia this summer for £15m instead of buying Maddison next summer for £60m. And Sarabia is the better player.

Makes you wonder what our scouting department is up to. There were so many cracking midfielders available this summer, chasing the likes of Longstaff will come back to bite us

 

[Suv666]

Reminds me of the 6 in 6 out story doing the rounds in the summer. Woody is quite good at propaganda tbf.

 

[sunama]

We will need to sign at least two players in January to make the top 6 this year. Otherwise we'll be out of Europe.

We won't be signing any players during the January transfer window.
The aim is to spend as little as possible and was achieved in Summer 2018, January 2019 and Summer 2019. I have no doubt that in January 2020, nothing will be spent.

If the board had their way, we'd have 1 transfer window every 5 years. Think of the savings that they could make!!!

Makes you wonder what our scouting department is up to. There were so many cracking midfielders available this summer, chasing the likes of Longstaff will come back to bite us

Just like the rest of our club, our scouts are performing badly.
From top to bottom, MUFC are underperforming.

 

[sunama]

Reminds me of the 6 in 6 out story doing the rounds in the summer. Woody is quite good at propaganda tbf.

I think there was a story that we are going to sign 5 people last Summer.
There are some gullible people on this planet, because plenty of fans believed that nonsense, despite me telling people to use logic and understand that we are saving money to pay the shareholders. The board have also hired a manager who is a "yes man" and won't make any financial demands to buy top players. He'll happily work with £70M (see below) per season.

I used to think that ridiculous scams (like when you are sent an email that you won the lottery, you never knew you entered) did not work, but given the gullible nature of some people, I can now believe it.

Here's some more information, regarding our spending during the last few Summers.
Net spend in Summer 2018: £70M, approx.
Net spend in Summer 2019: £65M, approx.
If ever I have seen a business in "money saving mode", it is MUFC.

 

[MikeUpNorth]

I think there was a story that we are going to sign 5 people last Summer.
There are some gullible people on this planet, because plenty of fans believed that nonsense, despite me telling people to use logic and understand that we are saving money to pay the shareholders.

I used to think that ridiculous scams (like when you are sent an email that you won the lottery, you never knew you entered) did not work, but given the gullible nature of some people, I can now believe it.

Here's some more information, regarding our spending during the last few Summers.
Net spend in Summer 2018: £70M, approx.
Net spend in Summer 2019: £65M, approx.
If ever I have seen a business in "money saving mode", it is MUFC.

"Our average annual net player registrations capital expenditure over the last 5 years has been £115.0 million"

From the latest Man Utd annual report filed with the SEC.

 

[romufc]

I think there was a story that we are going to sign 5 people last Summer.
There are some gullible people on this planet, because plenty of fans believed that nonsense, despite me telling people to use logic and understand that we are saving money to pay the shareholders.

I used to think that ridiculous scams (like when you are sent an email that you won the lottery, you never knew you entered) did not work, but given the gullible nature of some people, I can now believe it.

Here's some more information, regarding our spending during the last few Summers.
Net spend in Summer 2018: £70M, approx.
Net spend in Summer 2019: £65M, approx.
If ever I have seen a business in "money saving mode", it is MUFC.

How long before we can stop calling ourselves as the biggest club in England. 2 years I say.

We can't attract top talent, we do a half hearted rebuild which leads to regular rebuilds.

It is clear we only have £100m to spend per season. These days £100m buys you 1.5 players.

So if we want to improve next summer Pogba will need to be sold for close enough to £130m of which I think the manager will get £10m to spend

The more money we make the bigger loans the owners can take out for their own pleasures.

 

[Jezpeza]

We need two central midfielders, a right winger and a striker

add a left winger to that. I like martial and rashford but they dont compare to kane and aguero or salah mane and sterling or sane. If we are talking about challenging at the very top it seems a strange argument that we will do it with players that are a shelf below what the rivals have. We need a new front 5 considering pogba will probably go.

 

[foxedup]

Could have bought Sarabia this summer for £15m instead of buying Maddison next summer for £60m. And Sarabia is the better player.

£60m

 

[Fosu-Mens]

£60m

Given how bad United are i included a sympathy reduction in the price.

 

[Johan07]

Matic is going to leave next summer. We might be looking at 3 midfielders next summer plus Sancho. Two of the three MFs needs to be more defensive because we have an incredible unbalanced midfield setup now. One experienced DM, one prospect DM like Longstaff and then maybe Maddison.
If Pogba leaves maybe even more.
I am still shocked that the club did not get at least one DM in this summer, its not a good thing to buy three-four MFs in one summer, they need time to settle.
But it seems obvious that the club has gone from a position where if the first option is not available; they will wait for that player to be. Its a big difference from Mourinhos "lists" of five players per position where we would settle for number four or five like Fred if the top choices were not available.
Its a sensible strategy but it will frustrate fans; like some people in this thread that wants 5 attacking players in at once.
We have cleared the wage space for this. Transfer fees are not an issue for the club and has never been, its so tiresome to read threads like that when it comes to transfer fees and thes fecking "net spend". If Pogba leaves its his wages that will clear up even more space for new recruits, not transfer fees..
We need to get rid of Sanchez for good ASAP and there will be plenty of space for new recruits.

 

[Mark Pawelek]

Agreed. He completely bossed it against Veratti when they beat PSG 2-1 this season. He also won the ligue 1 player of the month for August if I'm not mistaken. He's a really special kid.

I understand @golden_blunder 's concern but compared to Rice, I'd rather this kid.

Previously I didn't think you could "buy" 16-year olds players. Can we buy him in the same way we bought Hannibal Mejbri? Hannibal has French + Tunisian nationality. Eduardo Camavinga Congolese only. With Hannibal, the issue was he wanted to leave & come here. If Camavinga is happy getting Ligue 1 game time with Rennes - why would he leave?

 

[Mark Pawelek]

Mathias Normann, age 23, plays midfield for Rostov, in Russia. Has EPL experience already & Ole knows him from his Molde days. Recently got 3 8/10 match ratings in a row. Totalling 2 assists, a goal and MotM in those 3 matches. £20m snip? Walks into our midfield.

 

[Fosu-Mens]

Previously I didn't think you could "buy" 16-year olds players. Can we buy him in the same way we bought Hannibal Mejbri? Hannibal has French + Tunisian nationality. Eduardo Camavinga Congolese only. With Hannibal, the issue was he wanted to leave & come here. If Camavinga is happy getting Ligue 1 game time with Rennes - why would he leave?

££££

 

[RuudTom83]

Yawn....not interested

 

[yamo123x]

yawn

 

[Drz]

We need two central midfielders, a right winger and a striker

That wd be the minimum to have a decent first team.
In terms of a decent quality squad for the premier league we wd still be off.

 

[passing-wind]

Rubbish article, Solskjaer won't be here next summer.

 

[fergies coat]

If we wanted to go for them, we would of went for them in the summer.

 

[Eric's Seagull]

Think this is a load of crap. Really hope that it happens but it stinks of false promises in my opinion

Mathias Normann, age 23, plays midfield for Rostov, in Russia. Has EPL experience already & Ole knows him from his Molde days. Recently got 3 8/10 match ratings in a row. Totalling 2 assists, a goal and MotM in those 3 matches. £20m snip? Walks into our midfield.

Don't know much about him as I only heard about him a couple of days ago. Although he has EPL experience, he never played a game for Brighton and spend his time on loan at Molde from what I read. The stats you mentioned are decent though.

 

[mitchmouse]

So our scouting method is watching MOTD and BT Sports.

why did you ever think it wasn't?

 

[Green_Red]

4 means 2 in Eds mind.

 

[Fluctuation0161]

I think there was a story that we are going to sign 5 people last Summer.
There are some gullible people on this planet, because plenty of fans believed that nonsense, despite me telling people to use logic and understand that we are saving money to pay the shareholders. The board have also hired a manager who is a "yes man" and won't make any financial demands to buy top players. He'll happily work with £70M (see below) per season.

I used to think that ridiculous scams (like when you are sent an email that you won the lottery, you never knew you entered) did not work, but given the gullible nature of some people, I can now believe it.

Here's some more information, regarding our spending during the last few Summers.
Net spend in Summer 2018: £70M, approx.
Net spend in Summer 2019: £65M, approx.
If ever I have seen a business in "money saving mode", it is MUFC.

Not to mention the massive saving in wages from releasing Sanchez, Herrera, Lukaku, Smalling and Fellaini.

 

[Red4Life_#7]

We need two central midfielders, a right winger and a striker

Add a world class CB to that too if we are really looking to compete with Liverpool and City. Tuanazbe isn't ready yet, Lindelof isn't consistent enough and gets buillied, Jones is Jones and Rojo I like, but he isn't good enough for a long season.

 

[Infra-red]

We need two central midfielders, a right winger and a striker

Plus a LB and a CB. Plus a replacement for Pogba.

 

[SoCross]

add a left winger to that. I like martial and rashford but they dont compare to kane and aguero or salah mane and sterling or sane. If we are talking about challenging at the very top it seems a strange argument that we will do it with players that are a shelf below what the rivals have. We need a new front 5 considering pogba will probably go.

That wd be the minimum to have a decent first team.
In terms of a decent quality squad for the premier league we wd still be off.

Add a world class CB to that too if we are really looking to compete with Liverpool and City. Tuanazbe isn't ready yet, Lindelof isn't consistent enough and gets buillied, Jones is Jones and Rojo I like, but he isn't good enough for a long season.

Plus a LB and a CB. Plus a replacement for Pogba.

I meant in the next two windows. Just don't see us adding in a LW, another CB and a LB on top of the 2 CMs, 1 RW and 1 striker by 2020 August.

 

[MikeUpNorth]

Plus a LB and a CB. Plus a replacement for Pogba.

We don’t need any more centrebacks! We already have 7!

 

[Infra-red]

We don’t need any more centrebacks! We already have 7!

We need to sell at least four of them asap (Bailly, Rojo, Jones, Smalling).

 

[Infra-red]

I meant in the next two windows. Just don't see us adding in a LW, another CB and a LB on top of the 2 CMs, 1 RW and 1 striker by 2020 August.

I doubt we'll even get the 2 midfielders, RW and ST you specify. Unfortunately, our recruitment team are among the least capable ever assembled.

 

[0le]

So we'll sign two youth players and one other player. We'll fail to get the fourth player. New manager will have us struggling and will be sacked Summer 2021. Rinse and repeat.

 

[::sonny::]

I like your incredibly positiveness, but history says different things in the last 10 years:

- Max 3 signings/year
- Net spend 50 million

Embrace reality and deal with it

Stop dreaming

 

[El Zoido]

That recent Athletic article highlighted why we’re not going to sign 4-5+ players in a summer. Ed simply can’t do it, he can’t work on multiple deals at once. He’s just not very good at his job.

 

[AFC NimbleThumb]

That recent Athletic article highlighted why we’re not going to sign 4-5+ players in a summer. Ed simply can’t do it, he can’t work on multiple deals at once. He’s just not very good at his job.

This is the incomprehensible thing that I would criticise Ed for most.

Negotiations shouldn’t begin on July 1st 2020; if we need 4/5/6 players & can identify this in October 2019 I believe it would be resonance to expect the club be able to make those signings in the next 10 months.

The summer window was a shambles & the continued slowly slowly approach is malpractice.

 

[Godfather]

4 players aren't going to do shit. We still need to get rid off some deadwood too. Lingard (isn't going to happen with Ole at the wheel), Mata, Rojo, Young and possibly Matic.

We would need 4 now in January and another 4 in the summer to even get close to where we should be.

 

[Traub]

We need to sell at least four of them asap (Bailly, Rojo, Jones, Smalling).

I think Rojo and Smalling will be gone. We’ve got no hope of shifting the other two, especially Jones with such a long contract

 

[Alabaster Codify7]

We'll 'target' all the big buzzword names but our reality will be a £70m net spend and three signings, plus about 3-4 leaving.

 

[sherrinford]

We'll 'target' all the big buzzword names but our reality will be a £70m net spend and three signings, plus about 3-4 leaving.

If it’s three good signings then there’s nothing wrong with that.

 

[Bestietom]

"Our average annual net player registrations capital expenditure over the last 5 years has been £115.0 million"

From the latest Man Utd annual report filed with the SEC.

Well there you go. So people think we have thrown away Millions on players but forget to subtract what we get in for those going out. The wages bill is the worst, 500k a week to Sanchez. Woodwards doings.