he doesn't get injured every 2 weeks so that is already massive upgrade on most of other CB options, rather keep him than lose him.
Lindelof signs new contract until 2024 (+1)
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Predictable. This is what we all feared when Ole took over. He's only interested in looking after his countrymen.
He will improve alongside Maguire
It's just a joke mate.
This.
Happy for him and good to see the club tie him down but wasn't really necessary at this point, was it?
Wish we'd have rewarded Herrera like this a few years earlier.
Wish we'd have rewarded Herrera like this a few years earlier.
He was probably on relatively low wages and now he is a undisputed starter, so it makes sense. There is supposed interest from other big clubs so it's a good move by the club. Very happy with this!
Probably to adjust his wages too which were, supposedly (if we are to trust the internet), close to 1/3 of what Maguire makes p/w? After all, he's without a shadow of a doubt a regular starter for Solskjaer. Seems the logical thing to do for the dressing room atmosphere to remain good. Good player, happy he's willing to commit his future to the club for the longterm and be a part of the new team we're trying to build. And so glad that we've finally decided to move on from Jones-Smalling, one of the best calls Ole has made thus far.
Wise wisdom from Trust In Januzaj.
There is a bit different between "one of our best ever" and "best partnership since Rio and Vida" don't you think so?
Yes, it's basically 3 years and I recon he's got a payrise. Payrise for what exactly?
I guess you only watch Highlights of Manutd games?
He only has to deal with 1 header a game which he misses right?
Maybe he learnt how you head a ball on Monday and this was his reward?
Reckon a cinema gift card would have been more suitable
Whooooooooosh.
Currently we're on joint fewest goals conceded and joint highest number of clean sheets in the league. And that's with Lindelof having some dodgy moments. Which are out of character based on form over most of last season.
Looks like we might have finally sorted out our defence and they're all here on long term contracts. Great stuff.
Pretty reliable sources in Spain confirmed the Barca interest was real, seems once they knew De Ligt was not coming they zeroed in on Lindelof but we gave them a pretty firm no.
So far as the contract, he was supposedly on 75k a week and we were offering to double that to 150k. Those were the numbers floating around a couple of weeks ago so presumably it is in that range which is again pretty much par for an established first team player at this club.
Should have done this policy earlier. I am neutral on Lindelöf, but it is better to tie players down earlier than let them run down their contracts. If we want to keep him long term, good decision
Some people here seems surprised. I'm sure this was mentioned in papers and online for awhile. I'm pleased - I think he's by far our best CB to play alongside maguire. I always felt he would be good and he looks so much better not playing next to Smalling or Jones
Which team would you recommend?
good decision, its starting to feel as if the club knows what its doing again
Makes sense. He's first choice now and was brought in to progress so wages would've been lowish.
By the way, central defenders are a partnership. They will take time to gel properly and there's bound to be teething problems. So far this season these have been most evident with mistakes from Lindelof but we've every reason to hope the partnership will to go from strength to strength. Considering their ages, this improvement could continue over the length of this new contract.
Yes his agent, talking to 'Mundo Deportivo'.
Excellent news. Lindelof is getting better and better. There have been rumours of Barcelona sniffing around him, which doesn't surprise me. He'd be excellent in their system. We don't want players going into the last two years of their contracts.
I really don't think he has made any mistakes. Not in the way the caf thinks anyway. He lost two headers. Are those mistakes, or him just not being that great in the air? One of those was to a 6'5" behemoth btw.
True, but CBs aren't the only partnerships in a team tbh x
So in every 2 years he will renew his contract here, if that's the new policy.
Great.
Great.
I thought he fecked up quite badly against Crystal Palace. He lost a header to a fairly short player and if he wasn’t certain of winning the header he shouldn’t have competed for it. The moment he got beaten he was completely out of the game.
Agree the “mistake” vs Soton wasn’t too bad.
He didn't win the header but it happens, you can't win every single one of them. The problem was that there was literally no cover from the teammates.
It doesn't seem right but it's the way the game is going. Agents will drag these contract discussions out for months and we end up in De Gea and Herrera situations.
If we started negotiating this time next year it would soon be approaching one year remaining, a few months before he can discuss leaving for nothing with foreign clubs. We're approaching this situation with Pogba (although i expect he'll be leaving instead).
I do really like the direction we're going in off the field. Finally getting rid of players who aren't good enough/don't wanna be here, and bringing in/extending the contracts of good, young players who want to play for the club.
For all the talk of lack of direction that has been labelled at this club for season after season (and rightly so), we seem to be on to something here.
For all the talk of lack of direction that has been labelled at this club for season after season (and rightly so), we seem to be on to something here.
I was not aware Sid Lowe worked for Mundo Deportivo.
People moan when we let contracts run down to two seasons. People moan when we renew contracts early.
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Huh?
Yesterday I read harsh criticism that the club waited until the last minute to extend players, now Im reading harsh criticism that the club extended a player way before his contract runs out.
Manchester United, where everything you ever do is wrong to someone.
Alright he was good but he wasn’t “two people” good
Agree. Even if we don’t decide to keep him the contract gives us negotiating power. Smart move assuming reasonable wages.
He doesn't neither did he say Barcelona were interested. You're getting confused with him commenting on the article.
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/foo...r-Lindelof-Steve-Nicol-La-Liga-Premier-League
Don’t really have a problem with Lindelof signing a new deal, however I do believe he will become more of a squad player for us in the next few seasons and we will sign a replacement to partner Maguire.
Not saying he is a bad player, but I don’t rate him as highly as the majority do on here it seems.
Not saying he is a bad player, but I don’t rate him as highly as the majority do on here it seems.
Yep apparently she should let players we bought for £40M run their contracts down all the time
Think I am going to take the 'L' on this one then, I remembered it as being a little more substantial but it does look more like smoke and mirrors from the agent after all. Still happy he is staying though.
He doesn't even know how to use apostrophes, why would he know any better than those running the team?
This place is insufferable these days.