He would only make sense in case we bin off Bruno and even then not by much.
Jude Bellingham | Signed for Madrid
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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I been saying it for some time now, English love to hype their players.
For the price we will pay for him (guess will be 120m plus given how much Enzo was bought for), we can get two MC midfielders with the right recruitment system in place….
We need FDJ over him any day of the week…
For the price we will pay for him (guess will be 120m plus given how much Enzo was bought for), we can get two MC midfielders with the right recruitment system in place….
We need FDJ over him any day of the week…
Bellingham is still really young, has he turned 20 y/o yet?
But with that said — it’s very important to underline and be aware of that we wouldn’t be buying one of the best CMs in the world. Could he get there? Definitely, but he isn’t there yet. He isn’t dominating.
What scares me a bit is that he is a really early bloomer. All the physical development when going from being a youth to a young man is done. Sometimes these guys plateau in their development.
I have no doubt that ETH would turn this kid into a really good player. But with that said — the price tag definitely scares me. Is he a 120-150m player? We would never be talking about those sums if he was a French young kid. 70-80m sure, but not 150m.
De Jong and Caicedo for almost the same price!
Oh shock horror he’s overhyped. Who’d have fecking thought that eh?
For the price he'll be quoted due to Enzo I'd preffer we go for De Jong. We've seen how De Jong plays under ten Hag and we know what he can offer. Maybe with the new owners comming he'll change his mind about leaving Barca?
It will be typical of us that just as we've found our way out of the Woodward "shit galactico" era and are finally seemingly on the right path, the club is sold to new owners who want to drag us back down the galactico path. Sigh.
We're willing to pay a "nobody" like Antony for 100m. Since when adding 20-30m turn into "galactico" buy?
Can't go through this circus again. There is nothing to suggest that FDJ will move from barca, especially not now.
Bellingham might not be the ETH types though, I agree. He seems to want someone in the mould of eriksen, someone who can keep possession and break lines
I'm not sure we'd get him for that much. We had a clear run at Antony and Chelsea have been inflating the market since then too.
I'd take this too.
We need players that Ten Hag deems fits his system down to the last detail instead of galactico signings.
Wish people would stop saying go for de jong.
He doesn’t want to play at united. He is a Barcelona fan and desperately wants to stay. He is now a main stay in their squad. He’s going nowhere anytime soon. It ain’t happening
He doesn’t want to play at united. He is a Barcelona fan and desperately wants to stay. He is now a main stay in their squad. He’s going nowhere anytime soon. It ain’t happening
Most likely not. I just kind of like the idea of Bellingham at United. I liked what i saw of him in WC.
I don´t think anyone really thinks his on pitch quality right now is worth 120m. It is mostly about his age imo, he is still somehow only 19, a club buying him could potentially look at 10+ seasons close to what he is offering now, which is still a very high level. Not impossible he could improve even more at that age. I mean, imagine if this guy is Robbo incarnated... Always a gamble at these prices of course, you never know whats going to happen.
Yeah I agree with this - his main assets seem to be in his physical development, rather than his technical skills. I'm not convinced his ability with the ball will be enough to take him to the next level.
I don't see how he's really a "galactico"?! His profile isn't higher, or probably even equal to, some players Utd already have like Varane, Casemiro and Rashford.
Not convinced Caicedo is a Ten Hag player either. Utd should rather hold out for someone of the right profile. Arthur Vermeeren at Antwerp who Utd have been linked with seems stylistically more the type of young midfielder who'd suit what Ten Hag wants from his midfielders, as an example.
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He's likely to be the biggest transfers of this upcoming window, assuming Kane remains at Tottenham. It will make headlines around the world, definitely a galatico level signing.
Don't hate me, but i still can't see it in him.
Would definitively sign FDJ over jude, better and probably cheaper
Would definitively sign FDJ over jude, better and probably cheaper
No it wouldnt, only in the UK probably
He's already making the backpages in Spain as the big Real Madrid target. And obviously his transfer will be headlines in Germany too. Look, I know he's overhyped but his transfer will definitely be one the bigger news story this summer. Definitely.
making him third choice captain has turned out to be a nice bit of PR work from Dortmund, pundits over here love mentioning that he’s “already Dortmund captain at such a young age”, defo added to his price
Pretty sure he isn't even 19 yet.
He is, he'll be 20 in June.
Vermeeren plays at Antwerp, not Anderlecht and its like 3 years too early to have any sort of impact for a team like Utd.
Well we are definitely in the mix especially if the ownership goes through, Liverpool are probably out of it now but who knows Klopp surely has some appeal, cannot see Chelsea spending again, City maybe.... if we are in think biggest competition will be Real
Why are people so certain money will win over all? Even City don't get everyone they're after.Once Qatar complete the takeover, it’ll be a reality rather than a dream, though I think it’ll be Mbappe over Osimhen
Probably because it would be money and United.
He was running rings around Enzo Fernandez the other day. His ball control is so good, a joy to watch. Not sure we need him, he'd more of a Bruno replacement.
Likely headed to Real Madrid to prepare for when Modric/Kroos hang it up.
our history combined with endless money would give us a pull city could only dream about.
Okay. We'll see.
Gonna be a lot of butthurt if he fecks off to Madrid.
De Jong and Caicedo and we win the league next year.
Agreed. I'm not too fussed about him really.
I just hope Ten Hag is allowed to buy who he and his team establish is the right player for the system.
Agreed. We are on the right track now. The last thing we need is a Todd Boehly rocking up and playing Football Manager.
I think if we do get a new set of owners, they'll want to make a statement signing and I can see it being Bellingham.
You look at the shape we played yesterday, Bellingham would be a massive upgrade on Weghorst as the dual 8s.
You look at the shape we played yesterday, Bellingham would be a massive upgrade on Weghorst as the dual 8s.
Him & Casemiro together would be epic.
And doesn't want to join us
I hope that any new owners signs players eth wants. We've made statement signings before and they have often been shite. Not saying Bellingham would be but what I want is for us to sign players eth wants and believes are the right fit. If that doesn't include Bellingham then so be it.
yea. madrid and barca are always a possibility as they are the same size as united but have nice weather too.
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