Anyone can look great in that one team league in fairness.
Hopefully he is actually great though.
Jadon Sancho | £72.9M fee agreed
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Hopefully he is actually great though.
Hands up from a City fan.
He’ll be a great addition to your squad, it’s the type of signing that‘ll take you to the next level.
He’ll be a great addition to your squad, it’s the type of signing that‘ll take you to the next level.
But he does seem to have a grudge with Pep.
I think that’s mostly Pep who seems to want to talk shit about him at every opportunity. Like some sort of jilted lover
We aren't champagne socialists for no reason, we only go for high valued leftists.
just watched Watzkes presser, it's just a bit of a mistranslation. He pretty much said: "the main thing is not that we are happy about the money, but that we are sad about him leaving".
Just had a look at the ad hoc announcement Dortmund released for Dembele and the add ons (or contingent payments) were outlined in the release:
https://aktie.bvb.de/eng/IR-News/Ad-Hoc-News/Ousmane-Dembele-is-close-to-move-to-FC-Barcelona
€85 looks like the full amount. Fair play to whoever was responsible for nailing down this deal.
https://aktie.bvb.de/eng/IR-News/Ad-Hoc-News/Ousmane-Dembele-is-close-to-move-to-FC-Barcelona
€85 looks like the full amount. Fair play to whoever was responsible for nailing down this deal.
Don`t think this move will make Pep like Jadon any better
Yeah Dortmund have released a statement.
Feels like he's done more than that but not too shabby at all! And yeah forgot Portugal wouldn't count.
Aye, makes a bit more sense.
Are we getting closer?
Donne O'Dealio always the best signing 
Can this be revived? Like Frankenstein's Monster?
We played him on the left because we couldn't find balance with him deeper. His 2 best runs of form came as a 10 or on the left for us. I think it's pretty clear Ole doesn't like using him deeper unless he has to. He is ok at it, but it unbalanced us and very clearly Ole liked having 2 players behind him.He has played mostly in mid
Pfft. If we don't get an Adebayoresque celebration on his first winning goal against City we should send him back
Bruno and Sancho? Moved on by having a lineup that Pogba reallllllyyy doesn't fit into.
Cavani
Rashford Bruno Sancho
Rashford Bruno Sancho
Pogba doesn't work in midfield behind them. Simple as. We need 2 more defensively solid players behind wingers like that.
He never talked shit. Just said he has no regrets over him leaving.
Tevez too the cnut.Pfft. If we don't get an Adebayoresque celebration on his first goal against City we should send him back
I despise City but that celebration was really funny.Pfft. If we don't get an Adebayoresque celebration on his first winning goal against City we should send him back
That'll be for the open top bus parade on our next title.
In a midfield 2 behind the front 4? This season he rarely played there. He was often on the left. When he did get moved deeper it was usually a sign of desperation from us. His best run of form for us came on the left too. Ole has long since showed that he really isn't keen on Pogba as part of the 2, and Pogba has repeatedly shown to be a liability in a midfield 2. He's a class player, but by signing Bruno and Sancho, we've moved on. It is impossible to get a balanced team with Pogba in a double pivot when our wingers are attackers who don't defend much like Sancho and Rashford. Impossible.
Henderson
AWB Varane Magure Shaw
DM (Camavinga?)
Bruno Pogba (?)
Sancho Cavani Rashford
You'd have one of the best starting elevens in Europe. I suppose next summer's main target will be a striker to replace Cavani.
He's feeding the kids and transfer muppets it turns outSo after all this, is Rashford a Tier 1 ITK now?
Yes x
One of my favourite celebrations ever. Running from one end of the pitch to the other, the knee slide and the cans and stuff being chucked down.
Cheers mate.
Yeah, that's why I gave Neymar reference too which happened in 2017. Sort of changed the market.
Again, go through the fixtures last season. He only started playing less in a midfield 2 after his injury against Everton in the 2nd half of the season.
After coming back, he played more on the left but still had his share of games where he played in the middle.
Gotta agree. Nobody has been more annoyed than me with some of our past deals and transfer fees. I thought it would be a good deal for us if we could keep it under £80 million and I was expecting at least 2 thirds of that fee up front, leaving not much to spend on the rest of the squad. While I'm happy to see all the people talking about paying £100 and £120 million for him be completely wrong and full of shit, it seems to be a better deal than I imagined we could get.
Yes, but as you say payment structures and covid are factors. Last year, Dortmund wanted the lion’s part of 120m€ paid up front, and United’s finances where strained.. This year they want a lamb’s share of 90m€ paid immediately, and United’s finances are more sound.
At the end of that day, they asked us for, say 80m€ On the table that we didn’t have. At the end of this day, they ask for maybe 20m€ that we do have.
SAF later confirmed (in his book?) that he had meant for Rooney to be sold off next season and create a partnership around Kagawa and RVP. Might have worked if Fergie had not retired.
Rarely was probably the wrong word but in important games, we had pretty much stopped playing him there unless it was a necessity. Even for games against smaller teams we seemed to stop using him in the 2, if everyone was fit. My impression was that Ole just didn't want to use him there anymore, and now that we have Sancho, I really don't see Pogba working in a 2 behind those attackers, against all but teams who really just park the bus.
Nice!
Yeah it looks very good, and it has decent squad depth too. No reason why we can't challenge for everything with this squad.
Where is all the rabid German fans from last summer? Who where fans off other clubs who were in to defend Dortmund and tell us in a laughing arrogantway this ain't going to be happening, United a busted flush apparently
The only rivers of salt in here seem to be flowing from your eyes...
Would've thought Bayern would be glad to see their main rival selling arguably their best player but German footy fans are a strange lot though as we've found out over the last year or so
Must be some word sort of paternalism going on
I think the German contingent largely folded after the win on TuesdayWhere is all the rabid German fans from last summer? Who where fans off other clubs who were in to defend Dortmund and tell us in a laughing arrogantway this ain't going to be happening, United a busted flush apparently
Strange, do you feel some sort of rivalry between Bayern and United for some strange reason? Would have expected one to possibly exist with Dortmund, maybe.
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