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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Exactly. They put only 5m up front for Thiago and couldn’t close on a Norwich player for 13m or thereabouts. Even if they sold Salah they still couldn’t afford him unless Dortmund, the agent and the player all significantly reduce their financial expectations.
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They did it with Diogo, too. Basically they have bought this seasons' players with next season's budget. Question is, are they so skint, or is this some hedgefund voodoo that saves them money, don't know.
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Well they were wrong.
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Hardly the first time we have been arrogant in the transfer market and left with egg in our face...however, in this case were we right not to pay up?
Not just sour grapes as window for him has passed or that we have signed Diallo. I mean Sancho is obviously a fantastic young and importantly too English player with 10-15 years ahead of him. I know we have shelled out huge amounts before on similar players like Keane, Rooney and Ferdinand..................but in the current crisis £250m I am reading would have been the total cost of this transfer and wages, just say that figure 1/4 of a billion pounds...as good as he is, is he a Mbappe, Neymar, Ronaldo, Messi...not sure. Maybe paying big money for potentially the next big thing instead is frugal and money better spent especially considering how many positions STILL need upgrading within both the first eleven and squad. Of course this all depends if we have signed the next big thing doesnt it
I don’t believe that’s true. If it is though......
They are going to milk this "news" for the entire year aren't they?
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I was a Romano believer but stfu already. I just dont believe any of this
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- Rudiger wasn't interested in joining either Spurs or West Ham on loan.
- Roma were interested but eventually got Smalling.
- Everton got Godfrey in instead of Tomori on loan.
- Lampard reluctant to let go of Tomori as he expected Rudiger to leave.
- On Deadline Day, Tomori was allowed to leave on loan.
- Fulham couldn't get a 2nd Chelsea player on loan.
- AC Milan did not make a serious offer.
- West Ham didn't give Tomori much confidence.
I feel this fits with his narrative rather than it being the case.
So United apparently enquired about Chiesa.
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So for RW our options were Sancho, Dembele, Coman, Chiesa etc..
And we got Diallo(nothing against the lad, hope he does well).
Bravo Woodward, bravo.
And we got Diallo(nothing against the lad, hope he does well).
Bravo Woodward, bravo.
Chiesa was never going to leave Italy. That has been his camp‘s feedback for years. It was pointless to convince him to go to England.
There never was a serious source for Coman. Bayern/Flick were always very clear that they wanted a fourth winger and not sell their 3rd.
Exactly, but I guess it does the club no harm to submit a quick inquiry.
Of course not, I actually like the player. But he was never a real option.
We actually enquired about him, didn't we?
IF (and that’s a big ‘If’) that’s true, then we can surely seal a summer move in the January window.
Yeah, it seems like we reached out to a bunch of different player agents to enquire about their availability.
No chance Glazers are sanctioning the deal, these are all bullshit stories.
I also think that specifically talking about Chiesa, it was almost a known fact that he was going to sign for Juve sooner or later.
To be fair, it's like saying that a promising player in the Bundesliga would eventually sign for Bayern. I never really expected Juventus to go after him given that they got Kulusevski and were going after Moise Kean.
Also, they haven't moved Bernardeschi on, so they're pretty much overloaded with options for the right wing.
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Maybe the original plan was Pogba out and Sancho in?
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COVID has really ruined 2020. Would've been great for all 3 parties.
Give it a few months and they can agree a pre-contract and have him for free again.
(Unless of course we activate the extension or agree a new deal, the chatter about this has gone awfully quiet)
We're obviously going to trigger his extension. He's one of our most valuable assets.
Either that's an old quote or he's saying it again, because I heard him say that earlier this year.
Not a transfer tweet but I wasn’t sure where else to post it - a bit of light relief anyway (no pun intended)
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Think he’s spouting it again to try to stay relevant on social media...
Wow!
Sounds like something this board would do 100%. Fecking bankers.
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