I think there is the potential that Mbappe going to PSG may result in a domino effect leading to us selling a player or two.
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The obvious midfield signing is what we need. But I do understand that financially speaking we probably need to move someone on.
Hopefully. We could do with that happening and Dortmund holding firm on Haaland to force them to look elsewhere
Jesse Messi with Leo Messi. Get it done.
Who did Rio support as a kid... Because these days he's about 100% top red as you could hope to find
Madrid you mean
Hush now.
Give Bayern a blank cheque for Kimmich; allow me please, one can dream.
Frenkie de Jong from the only remaining ESL club we haven’t shopped at this summer. 
I think it'll be Trippier.
A blank cheque? then theyre just going to put 2 billion.
If Dalot is leaving then it has to be Trippier.
We need a DM much more though.
We need a DM much more though.
Rumours about Richarlison.. that'd be good if Everton take Martial off us.
(leaving PSG?)
Think he's on 500k/wFrenkie de Jong from the only remaining ESL club we haven’t shopped at this summer.
They cant afford his wages and I think Martial will prefer to play outside the EPL.
Martial would probably prefer to play outside of football. I imagine he would just spend all day fishing or something.
https://www.goal.com/en/news/9/engl...iteds-rio-ferdinand-i-was-a-fan-of-liverpools
"But I was more a fan of players than clubs. Players like John Barnes, Paul Ince, Paul Gascoigne."
Need a DMid to complete the summer.
Shift the deadwood, get Bissouma, Rice, Saul, someone like that.
Shift the deadwood, get Bissouma, Rice, Saul, someone like that.
I can see that.
Mbappe leaves for Real, PSG sign Pogba to replace him as their French Galactico, United use the profit to sign a bona fide midfielder.
Given how stacked we are in attack now, how thin we are in midfield, and how high our wage bill has just become, it makes sense on a lot of levels. Rashford should be back in a month as well.
Yeah you're probably right, it seems rio does have insider knowledge of stuff, he's obviuosly very involved in the club still.
It's interesting that Ste Howson is good mates with Rio and he tweeted something to Saul yesterday so maybe we are getting him on loan or something.
Eitherway I think Rio is expecting we get another signing over the line.
I have a feeling it'll be Saul on loan. Whether or not he will solve our midfield issue, I dont know but there are not many top class DM available these days so someone who's an all arounder makes sense as well. Anything to improve the control in the middle of the pitch.
Money or Ole? Ronaldo took a paycut to join us.Think he's on 500k/w
Camavinga's got a big decision to make.
Does he want to play alongside Messi or Ronaldo.
Does he want to play alongside Messi or Ronaldo.
Trippier incoming
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he'd go messi. Simply because staying in France is his preferred choice.
Our options for the front 4 - Ronaldo/Cavani/Pogba/Sancho/Rashford/Bruno/Mason/Martial
We don't need Lingard, James and Mata, obviously Mata will see his 1 year extension out and probably join the staff next season, but we should be able to get £40M combined for the other 2 and buy a midfielder .
We don't need Lingard, James and Mata, obviously Mata will see his 1 year extension out and probably join the staff next season, but we should be able to get £40M combined for the other 2 and buy a midfielder .
If we can sell James and Lingard, we should be able to get our midfielder.
Ronaldo 500K
Varane 400K
DDG 375K
Sancho 350K
Pogba 275K
Martial 250K
Cavanni 250K
Mguire 200K
Bruno 200K
Rashford 200K
Matic 150K
Mata 130K
DVB 100K
G'wood 50K
Fred 120K
Shaw 120K
Jesse 100K
Hendo 100K
AWB 90K
Lindelof 90K
Jones 100K
Baily 100K
Telles 80K
McT 20K
Almost 210M GBP per annum on major players, hopefully things wont get out of hands financially as it seems we have the biggest wage bill in the world of football
Varane 400K
DDG 375K
Sancho 350K
Pogba 275K
Martial 250K
Cavanni 250K
Mguire 200K
Bruno 200K
Rashford 200K
Matic 150K
Mata 130K
DVB 100K
G'wood 50K
Fred 120K
Shaw 120K
Jesse 100K
Hendo 100K
AWB 90K
Lindelof 90K
Jones 100K
Baily 100K
Telles 80K
McT 20K
Almost 210M GBP per annum on major players, hopefully things wont get out of hands financially as it seems we have the biggest wage bill in the world of football
I'm sure most of these numbers are wrong and some include bonuses and image rights.
I doubt that as psg , Barcelona, real and city(or atleast what they're paying behind the scenes) should be comfortable above us
Though your correct the squad is getting a tad to bloated, hopefully by next year considering the guys whose contract runs out and sellings we should be looking at a pretty reasonable wage structure
But I guess the ludicrous amounts were paying some of our players might cause us problems finding suitors so I guess we'll be seeing martial around for a while
We can look at off loading Martial too, He wont be happy to be on bench and probably giving Matic on loan to anyone
We can only register max 25 players to the league I guess so we need to trim down the squad especially if we are bringing in a CDM.
I almost forgot that Ronaldo is at Utd now
. Still feels like a dream.Really do not want Trippier. We need a DM who can pass desperately. Please let the injury to McTom make that very clear! We don’t have anyone else!
I am concerned too about the wage bill. The good thing from our perspective is that a lot of these high wage earners have shorter contracts or have contracts which expire in the next 24 months. Ronaldo, DDG, Cavani, Mata, Matic would be in this bucket. Sancho and Varane numbers seem higher than what I recall seeing earlier.
I’m fairly certain there are a lot of inaccuracies there. Furthermore, most of the contracts have significant performance stipulations - such as appearances, goals, assists, clean sheet bonuses etc., some also include image rights.
We clearly have to shift some earners off the books but the number to really look at is the wages to turnover ratio which we won’t know until the club publish their financial reports. Historically we’ve always had one of the best ratios in the division.
Funny how Sancho last summer would have been the marquee signing.
This summer it's almost as if he doesn't exist after signing varane and ronaldo
This summer it's almost as if he doesn't exist after signing varane and ronaldo
Yeah, he is flying under the radar now. Which is insane considering the hype over 2 years.Funny how Sancho last summer would have been the marquee signing.
This summer it's almost as if he doesn't exist after signing varane and ronaldo
I am an Ole supporter but he sure knows how to kill the excitement of a new signing
But this might be good for him. Less pressure and all that.
he said he’d text Varane to see what’s going on - and didn’t mention anything after that.
There’s little doubt that Rio does have insider knowledge to certain players - but I do also recall Howson saying that he asked Rio in private and he wouldn’t say anything, same with the Ronaldo thing.
Our wage bill to our turnover was less than 50% when we had dip in revenue due to Covid. With matchday revenue coming back and deferred payment from shirt sponsorship still to come (plus i think we have one major sponsor slot still left to fill) , we will be fine with addition that we have made this season.
Just hope we have Covid free this season and full matchday revenue throughout this season
Just hope we have Covid free this season and full matchday revenue throughout this season
If PSG ends up with loosing Mbappe im not sure if theirs window been good .
Donarumma is really good. But they had Neves. Who is not that far behind.
Ramos is probably not as good as he was.
Messi is still a beast, but i rather have 22 year old Mbappe.