Mainoo was supposed to be up this season, no?
I'm not saying we are a graveyard, but the optics for the clubs when it comes to developing youth players aren't exactly that great. Add to that the whole the toxic state of the club in general with uncertainty of ownership, vastly underperforming first-teamers/star players, no clear identity on and off the pitch and an extremely high-pressure environment. Not exactly the best environment for a talented youngster to develop.
Yes please. Insanely effective dribbler, and can pick a pass/cross when he gets in and around the box.
Won't happen, we will wait until we can pay 100m for him.
Sounds like he should be in an asylum.
Perfect for Old Trafford then.
100%. He's gonna be the real deal.
He’s a much more unique player type imo. If he reaches his potential he’ll be better than both I think.
The giant team is natural, because of seeding. Portugal used to have the same problem, but now we are the seeded team, so usually we can avoid another complicated teams.
Our last manager was Swedish.I think managers and FA take the lead on blame: FAs have enough autonomy to ignore governement trying to meddle. And I think Norway would benefit hiring a foreign manager, IMO. Even conservative countries like Portugal had one Brazilian manager and currently they have one spanish manager. Having a spanish manager would be the similar of Norway hiring a swedish manager in terms of rivalry
Surely our full-backs should be mentioned as a problem area too? In fact, the whole defence - back four plus GK. It looks pretty evident to me that they give us a disadvantage that outweighs what advantage we get from the quality of our attack. The result is pretty consistent: We lose close games against strong opponents, and often fail to beat teams we should beat. It's hard to argue we should play a more defensive style given the offensive quality we have, but it just doesn't look like we're capable of winning with the current approach either.
And he's not the first one either.
If there are groups of people that can clearly be affected by Covid without fearing major health issues, high performance athletes are one of those groups.
Cause footballing with skis is hard.
Don't know if you can compare the two. Different skill set, different positions.
That's very true. I brought up Nypan because of all the talk of Norway's emerging talents. I also think United have a real edge on signing top Scandinavian talents as opposed to South Americans who would probably dream of playing for Real or Barca first and foremost. I'd rather sign Nypan than Nusa because we have Garnacho as our future left wing superstar whereas I can see Nypan playing alongside Mainoo in a future United midfield. There's been lots of talk that Nypan is seriously in our thoughts (and may have even been on trial with us?) but there's been less linking Nusa with us.
Not a chance, there’s a reason Nusa played for Norway before Bobb, who is contributing for City this season. Nusa should’ve been a no brainer for United. Better dribbler, more extreme skills 1v1 or even 1v2 than any player we have in our squas at this point..
I rate Nusa and Bobb quite similarly. I think the main reason Bobb has gotten less minutes for the national team is that he hasn't really played much senior football until recently.
Yeah, my point is that Nusa was further along, at least in what he’s showed in men’s football so far. I think Bobb will become the better player when it’s all said and done. We have zero chance of getting Bobb though, Nusa would’ve been easy.
I pretty much agree with everything except my impression has been signing Nusa wouldn't be easy for either Man Utd, or Spurs, if the list of interested clubs which supposedly include Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal is to be believed.
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FFP means a huge sale like Kane gives Spurs breathing room to sign players that don’t exist for most other clubs.
Indeed but they've been smart to hold onto someone like Kane until just the right time and then doing well to invest in players who are of good age to either come in and immediately perform/offer resale value.
Yup. And Bale before him. There's an art to cashing in on great players at the right time. An art that United have never been any good at.
If they sold Kane last summer while Conte was still there, that money would have been spent on a bunch of 28-34 years olds from Serie A and that would have been a mess. It looks like perfect timing to let him go just as Ange is walking through the doors.
Not necessarily. I think their business since 21/22 has been good.
They've definitely signed better players since that Italian bloke took over as DoF. Subsequently banned from "all footballing activities" but apparently still very much involved behind the scenes.
