I'd take 17 off of Fred and give Sancho that until the 7 is free
Jadon Sancho | £72.9M fee agreed
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Meanwhile Martial is looking around thinking am I a joke to you?
Available shirt numbers for Sancho if he moves to Manchester United (Manchester Evening News):
12 - Hardly the most glamorous number for an attacker, the No.12 has usually been occupied by defensive-minded players at Old Trafford. Chris Smalling donned the shirt during his nine-year stay at the club and previous wearers include Ben Foster, Phil Neville and Paul Parker.
16 - Having been made iconic at United by club greats Roy Keane and Michael Carrick, the No.16 might be the most attractive option for Sancho. The skilful winger also wore the number himself on occasion while playing for Manchester City's Under-18s.
22 - The No.22 is available again for the first time in two seasons as goalkeeper Sergio Romero will leave the club upon the expiration of his contract and vacated it. The number may also be a good choice for Sancho, as he wore it on his England debut as an 18-year-old against Croatia in 2018.
24 - Timothy Fosu-Mensah's departure in January means the No.24 is now up for grabs again. It's most associated with Darren Fletcher at Old Trafford, but Wes Brown, David Beckham and Paul Scholes all had stints in the shirt.
25 - The No.25 is free after Odion Ighalo returned to China in January following his loan spell at the club. Another right-winger in Antonio Valencia is the club's most famous wearer of the jersey.
32 - Free since 2017, the last two players to have No.32 were goalkeepers but the number was synonymous with Carlos Tevez' time with the club. With number 33, 34, 38 and 39 all taken the only other numbers free below 40 are 35 and 36, so it's certainly slim pickings for any new arrivals this summer.
However, No.8 and No.13 could become available if Juan Mata and Lee Grant fail to agree new deals with the club and leave upon the expiration of their current contracts.
To be fair I do think we'll start the season with Sancho on the left seeing as Rashford will probably miss the start of the season.
Good idea. Then preferably don't give Fred a new number so he can't play anymore
Time to honor the legend by wearing #27.
In a market in which Chilwell, Pjanic and Havertz are worth 50 mill or more? Not sure about that. 75 sounds reasonable to me. I think everyone walks away without being embarrassed.
think mata will give up his 8, so fernandes will take that and sancho 18 until cavani goes next year and gets the 7?
or maybe martial loses the 9, cavani takes that and sancho 7
or maybe martial loses the 9, cavani takes that and sancho 7
I suppose its an itch we will scratch. Bookmark this page, folks will be out blaming the club for spending silly money on him.
18 to Sancho and 8 to Bruno makes sense. Does he wear 8 for Portugal?
pretty sure he was wearing 11 for some reason.
he’s got 8 tattooed on his arm though and he wore that for sporting, so you’d think he’d like that again
Should Martial be quaking in his boots right now or is he safe?
14 should be available, no?
Will be interesting to see...I sincerely hope you're wrong! I'll meet you here this time in three years. I'll be wearing a carnation in my lapel (and a CL, league, FA cup, league cup quadruple 2023 t shirt
)He should be looking for a team.
I don't see that happening. Trying to shoe horn Rashford into the right while he continues to suck at it is more likely.
Far from safe. I mean he won't be sold this summer, but next year? Wouldn't surprise me unless he has a ridiculously good season. He's going to have to really take every opportunity that comes his way.
Martial will be busy sulking because of all this increase in competition.
Here is the corresponding article:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57433323
Probably warrants a title change as well.
Or he could have a word with Zamorano and have a 6+1
Depends on how Rashford and Martial start next season. Clean slate. If Rashford carries his end of season form into next year it’ll be him looking over his shoulder. If martial can’t get going again surely it’s his last season here. Basically it’s essential for a big club to have options
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Feels different to last summer, we’ll reach an agreement. Might as well get some ad revenue clicks out of it first though.
Should be plenty of time even if England make it to the final.
Martial will be back where he actually belongs. A squad option.
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see ye then so!
Does anybody get the Jigsaw feels when Dortmund set their deadlines?
Zorc: 'You have until July 23rd or else Dan James/Rashford continue on the right wing'
Looks like it'll probably get done then for 90m euros if we've offered 78m.
Will be very interested to see how he does for us. I have a lot of reservations on signing him for that price but I hope he hits the ground running.
Will be very interested to see how he does for us. I have a lot of reservations on signing him for that price but I hope he hits the ground running.
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Agent Rashford has been on the case I see
Still has a few years left on his contract too. So should still fetch us a decent amount
Very true. Hopefully the competition for places is gonna push Martial to reach his potential. Still feel like he's got a whole lot more to offer.
c) the transfer window opens
no. Because it’s just gamesmanship.
If we offered them £100m or whatever they wanted on deadline day he would have been sold. Perhaps not deadline day, as that wouldn’t have given them time to buy a replacement… but sure as shit, they would have sold him after their fake deadline.
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not buying this at all
Why would we even offer an amount we know would be turned down flat?
Surely all it does is just annoy Dortmund and make them not want to deal with us
Surely all it does is just annoy Dortmund and make them not want to deal with us
We should keep number 16 for Haaland for the lolz
Isn't that what's been reported all along, I could swear we agreed personal terms last summer also. We just refuse to cough up a fee that Dortmund will accept.
Yeah I'm calling bollocks on this but it fits the United are clueless and over pay for everything narrative so most will believe it
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