One last big payday
Danny Welbeck | Ornstein: Chelsea interested
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If they get him for a reasonable fee I'd be annoyed. Seems such an obvious pick up for us.
Not mad at this.
Can’t get his customary goal against us if we sign him. Smart.
If that means selling Delap and Jackson, then I'm all for it. In fact, it would probably signal that Jackson is on his way out and that he'd be used across all the attacking positions—up front, on the right wing, or on the left. In a year or two, we can always buy another striker
Would have thought we'd be all over this..
If he's on the move: my guess is Carrick will be all over this.
No outgoings yet in attack (Hojlund's was effectively sealed last summer)
8 year contract incommmmmiiiing.
Gotta go and stop this like when Ronaldo was going to City
He will have a starting spot there instead of competing with Sesko or in some set ups, Mbeumo here.
He won't start over João Pedro
Good signing for them. He will end up playing a lot of minutes there.
Sensible short-term move for them.
Chelsea's ownership are being true to their word about things being different under Alonso. If I'm not mistaken, this would be their first signing who is over the age of 27 in four years.
Smart move. Would love him back here.
Pedro can play deeper and I think they played together at Brighton, so that’s part of the reason Alonso might be interested in hi 3-5-2.
Every teams fans seems to think he scores against them , he'd be on the road to 1000 if he scored even half as many as people seem to think he does.
We should of gone for him, if he can be got for cheap it's a no brainer
Staying patient with this could be the move, let Chelsea set the fee, if it is ridiculous then leave it, if it seems reasonable then move forward.
And look how that turned out
That said, I would love Welbeck here as a Johnny Evans type swansong.
He’ll be below the pecking order for Pedro and Delap.
Surely makes more sense to come back to United? If we are interested of course
Surely makes more sense to come back to United? If we are interested of course
Delap Will be off. Probably to Arsenal.
We should hijack this. Have said for ages he'd be perfect to have with the extra games this season. I think he'd comeback too if he given the chance
Assuming at least 1 if not both Jackson and Delap are off, then it's a smart move by Chelsea.
Can probably even afford to sell Jackson and loan out Delap and assess where he's at then.
Can probably even afford to sell Jackson and loan out Delap and assess where he's at then.
United, England, Arsenal and maybe Chelsea?
That’s a cracking career for our Danny, made the most out of his talent, could’ve been even better if he was less injury prone in the early days.
Genuinely think Delap might be some sort of an industry plant they just threw in as a joke or a homage to your typical old school no.9 from the olden days.
That’s a cracking career for our Danny, made the most out of his talent, could’ve been even better if he was less injury prone in the early days.
He’s levels better than Delap who is barely a professional footballer.
Genuinely think Delap might be some sort of an industry plant they just threw in as a joke or a homage to your typical old school no.9 from the olden days.
Surely we need to get involved with this?
If we also come sniffing, then surely the hijack is on? Come home, lad!
Not sure Alonso use an inverted elbower in his formation
Be surprised if we weren’t interested if the fee is reasonable, but does seem like it is quite advanced. Maybe he has a preference for staying in the South.
5 goals 2 assists in 8 prem matches against us for Brighton. He's annoyingly consistent against us.
You'd think we would.
I doubt we will
He had a good season last year, but it could have easily been his final flourish, like Wood had a few seasons ago. He is 36 in a few months, and at that age, the drop off can be immediate and severe.
Nostalgia is great but United need someone senior who is still guaranteed to be able to play a couple of games a week if necessary.
Nostalgia is great but United need someone senior who is still guaranteed to be able to play a couple of games a week if necessary.
He won't need to with Rogers, Palmer and Estevao all operating as 10s behind him. Also pretty sure Pedro has said he prefers to just be the 9 instead of being this hybrid 9/10 player all the time.
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Posts saying we should be looking at this are correct and we definitely won't be.
Jackson will likely leave and honestly don't think Alonso rates Delap at all, so even if he stays, the pecking order would be
1. Joao Pedro
2. Welbeck
3. Delap
I'm just glad we didn't welcome him back after he jumped ship the moment things got difficult post-Fergie.
Is there anyone Chelsea aren't interested in?
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