We are not the Manchester United of 7 years ago - so i'll still take him even though it's a panic buy and a risk.
Let's not think we're still the same.
Edinson Cavani - SIGNED for United
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Let's not think we're still the same.
Agree with this. He is a far better option than Ighalo.
I think if we had already signed Sancho and Telles, people would have a different attitude towards this signing.
Will be nice to bring him off the bench when teams are sat back, as we often run out of ideas.
10 million Euros in agent fees. What the feck? Why would anyone pay this much?
That’s just stupid considering he played at PSG when that was said.https://syndication.bleacherreport....it-manchester-united-chelsea-rumours.amp.html
Welcome to Manchester United...Edison Cavani!!!!!
He‘s a better option than Ighalo. Since he‘s not gonna be tied to us for too long, he‘s also not gonna be much of a financial burden. Hence, it‘s a no-brainer in our current situation. Nonetheless, he fills far from our most pressing needs.
'We care about our customers'
And the fact the post is coming from Jim Beam.
Drink responsibly. It suits the corporate image. I love it. haha
It is crazy how this club is run... Martin Edwards to Peter Kenyon to David Gill... to Dead Woodward.
Cheers!!
One of my favorite forwards, hopefully, he does well. However this is a panic buy.
Great player, 10 years too late. Same as with Henrik and Zlatan. Will be a useful addition but will always leave us wishing we had them in their prime.
We can’t just always blame Ed when the player we buy is not what you want. Was Ighalo Ed’s signing too? Maybe Maguire was Ed’s signing.
Though clubs like United or City can get away with signing someone like Cavani at this stage to an extent financially (more so than say Arsenal or Spurs), it is still not a good look for your recruitement department. But with United it is actually a signing you'd half expect them to make which says a lot about the way the club is run.
The players rep actually trashed us in public as basically a money pit where he could get a pay day and is so unfit that he can't even make the squad for a world cup qualifer but this thread continues to cast him as the next zlatan that just needs to get on the treadmil for a couple of weeks
Unfortunately you are right .
I believe people make stories up in their heads and run with it before even knowing what’s going on, things like massively made up fees or that nobody else wanted up and he’s been satin the settee eating donuts for 7 months. This place is a joke
'Better than Ighalo'
'Not as much as Sanchez'
Hmmm
'Not as much as Sanchez'
Hmmm
It might have happened. But if the decision to sign him is based on money alone, it's still a problem.
Read this back to yourself a few times and then realise that you've completely lost the point of what it is to be a supporter
What was Woodward meant to say, opposition would laugh when they see the name? It was just a figure of speech that was. You’re like a dog with a bone with that and the national manager ffs48 hours left, all our potential deals are collapsing or not happening, free transfer, big-ish name and woodward wants a name on the teamsheet that sends a shiver down the spines of the opponents.
We arent paying this. The reason its gone through so late is that the agent and player have relaxed their demands
For a player and the club, everything has to be right. Money, of course, like in any walk of life, is a big contributing factor. So it has to be correct for all parties.
And unlike in other years, we all know why Cavani is coming here. He's not come to be the main man or anything of that ilk. He has come to be a great option in the squad for us. So people need understand, it's unlike previous big signings we've made.
Pretty good signing in my opinion. Would have loved him at Bayern as Lewy backup.
Can I introduce you to Ed Woodward? It's another Falcao signing. He loves them.
I've never been so disappointed and annoyed by a signing before. They've pissed around all summer trying to knock Dortmund for 20-30m for a player who should be pivotal to this team for the next 10 years. Then in the last days they panic buy a 33 (nearly 34) year old striker with a poor recent injury record. If he were cheap as chips I wouldn't mind, but the reported agents fees and salary are outrageous when they could have been put towards Sancho.
I just can't get my head around the logic in so many of our transfers since Woodward took over. You'd assume someone gets to his poisiton by knowing more than the average fan, but his signings have proved to be shite over and over again.
I hope I'm proven wrong but I doubt it.
Yes I agree, spoilt fans these days talk shit and they don’t even know what they’re on about, just like sticking the boot in and thinking they know
But the "price" of getting him so late is that we may be getting a very rusty player. I don't think he has played for about seven months, and even prior to that he didn't play much for a while because of injury. If money dictated that, it's still an issue.
To be fair, I don't believe money was that big a factor. Our desperation is.
I’m not for this transfer but in fairness, most are praising Chelsea for the Thiago Silva signing and I struggle to see much of a difference.
Great planning Ed you twunt.
That ship has sailed pal. We're Manchester United, a team that hasnt won a single trophy for 3 years, finished in the top 4 just 3 times in the last 7 years. That's the reality!
If Juve were doing it, no one would bat an eye. I'm cautiously optimistic.
Yup, from 200k /week to 250k, to 300k+ in the space of just a few pages.
The caf ladies and gentlemen.
Point that out and you just get a ‘whatever 50k or 500k it don’t matter‘.when someone’s mind is made up it’s made I suppose and they live an exaggeration to prove their point.
Will be this seasons Felliani signing as he'll be the scapegoat, the target of fans frustrations for everything that's gone wrong in this window.
Or even Chelsea, just like they did with Silva which was apparently an amazing deal by them according to our fans, even though he is fecking 36.
200k for a 33yr old bench option doesnt strike me as a good deal
He's spent his best years in a woeful league and is looking for one last big pay day.
The prem is an incredibly hard league to adjust too and at this stage in Cavani's career im struggling to see it being an overwhelming success.
1 day of the window left and this is seriously the best option we got to bolster our attack? Woodward has outdone himself here. Truly shambolic.
This signing highlights how inept our board are and how the people who run this club have no ambition to make us a title challenging team
We are the biggest joke in world football right now
Sorry to quote you again, I’ve also been to sleep and that made me laughIt’s 7:25am
Life = having a kip between midnight and 7.
No life = on redcafe all night
Yes but the reason for that is because we have a transfer structure that results in us making signings like this the day before deadline day. Those two things aren’t mutually exclusive.
I believe this can be a good signing for us. We will know soon enough.
Well we have a 2 week window where he will be training with a group of players. There's videos of him training whilst not playing competitive football. So he's not just been lounging all day. The medical will tell us his physical condition.
Desperation? Maybe. But it also could it be timing? Like I've said previously, we've only managed to start getting players off the wage bill. So timing is now perfect for such a deal.
One of the most irrational transfers in our history.
Our idiot CEO spends months pissing around on a player who we need desperately to fill a position for the next decade and become world class. The price of Sancho reflects our need and long term benefit. But Ed just fecks around for the entire transfer window.
Then he goes and spends a fair chunk of that money on a crock who represents zero future planning, including bunging an agent a significant amount.
Ed is an absolute and utter arsehole
Our idiot CEO spends months pissing around on a player who we need desperately to fill a position for the next decade and become world class. The price of Sancho reflects our need and long term benefit. But Ed just fecks around for the entire transfer window.
Then he goes and spends a fair chunk of that money on a crock who represents zero future planning, including bunging an agent a significant amount.
Ed is an absolute and utter arsehole
We should give him Martial’s n.9 shirt.
Difference is Juve have won their league 10 times in a row. We're trying to close the gap between ourselves and City/Liverpool and this transfer window is apparently our answer to that.
Anyway, there is a thread in the newbies called "players who excelled in their 30's" by @steve.crowford . Let's hope we can add Cavani to the list soon.
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