People interpret too much about players scoring and creating goals? I feel like that's pretty fundamental. I can't imagine Ronaldo or Salah having too many seasons where they didn't score in the CL...As I said, people interpret too much in stuff like that. Salah for example would never have achieved the output level he achieved if he didn't play for Klopp. But we'll see anyway if he really joins Chelsea. As I said, mark my words
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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?
These sassy replies won’t change the fact Neymar is one of the best to ever play the game and still one of the best in world
I hope United would consider the Neymar transfer seriously now. He is a footballer and an entertainer, a type that United must have.
Have you watched our diabolical transfer strategy play out over the last 8 years?
He’d be the absolute pinnacle of that shite strategy but I wouldn’t put it past us doing it if Ronaldo does leave.
This is a very much 2 + 2 = 5 scenario If we replaced Ronnie with Neymar
The last thing ETH wants when he’s trying to create a team first environment with everyone buying into his detailed and demanding style is Neymar - as fun as it would be to see him play for us before he inevitably stops being arsed/injured.
Bad fit
I just can't see a move for Neymar working. Yes, obviously he has incredible talent but he misses so much of the season, and this is a consistent theme now, it's not just a one-off season of injuries. I also don't like a lot of the extra behind the scenes pull he seems to have at PSG. I wouldn't be happy with this one tbh. It feels like it would be a big mistake.
This really says it all about him:
It's absolutely not something we should be gambling on at this stage. We're not in a position to make risky transfers.
It's absolutely not something we should be gambling on at this stage. We're not in a position to make risky transfers.
In the same way CR7 wants out due to no CL or chance of competing for the title, why would Neymar want to leave the comfort and luxury of PSG to go to a United team that’s starting a total, ground up rebuild?
This would had Woodward written all over it, thank feck he is gone
Neymar isn’t 38
I'm just going to go ahead and believe everything you say and hold out hope for this. I love the transfer season for this very reason
Agreed.
As much as I hoped for Ronaldo to stay, seems clear to me that ETH has green lighted this, which we all knew was a strong possibility due to how demanding he will be when implementing his style on the squad.
Came into the thread just to say this.
The socials would go mental, but the efficiency would be dreadful.
Isn't it usually November/December he takes off to party with his sister? How's he going to manage that with the WC this year?
Neither is Ronaldo.
It has been said that we and Man City have spent similar amounts. The difference between the two clubs is that they can spend all their money on football players solely for football. We, on the other hand, need to pay bills as well as play football. Thus, we have had a 'Pogback' along with a Matic. Looks as if Ronaldo is heading out the door, so we need a box office attraction. The odd noodle and alcohol sponsorships won't come with Frenkie, as excellent as he is. Erik will take care of the football side. We still need eye balls of consumers and sponsors that follow them.
Psg are desperate to get rid of him
They offered him to Juve as well, but he wants Barca and maybe with the De Jong money they can do it
They offered him to Juve as well, but he wants Barca and maybe with the De Jong money they can do it
Thank feck Woodward is gone.
That probably makes him a great fit for us.
He is going no where with his current wages. No one else can afford him.
Would rather spend the money on 2-3 young forwards with potential than him.
He does that in March for her birthday so the World Cup will be fine.
You say "Erik takes care of the football side" but if the club thrusts upon him injury prone 30 year olds that expect to be offered hybrid working on massive amounts of money...that job becomes difficult. How do you maintain a dressing room when your highest paid superstar isn't actually concerned with football? It sets up a tricky dynamic for the manager to deal with when on the one hand he is demanding a team mentality and work-rate and then on the other you've a player accustomed to operating under his own steam. You cannot credibly sell that to the squad.
It's a sticking plaster job. Yes you get eyeballs but at some point we will lose our commercial luster if we continue to fail. We are presently trading on the vestiges of a Man Utd brand that is associated with success and a worldwide fanbase. The longer we are uncompetitive the more difficult that will be to maintain as new generations watch football. At the moment we are commercially strong by default, we are probably leaving a shit load of money on the table by being shite, both by falling out of the CL and our weakening commercial proposition.
The only way to arrest it in the long term is to start building on good sporting foundations. It doesn't mean we never sign a superstar, if they're the right superstar and it suits the team. But this isn't the time or the squad to be doing it with and certainly not with Neymar.
He's an immense player buy a deal to us makes no sense. He's at the age and level where he needs to challenge for everything
In Woody’s reign he’d have been all over this - thankfully that ship has now sailed.
Loose rumours on twitter-land linking him to City.
Citeh rumors popping up all of a sudden 
Neymar and Ronaldo, the fallen stars, are possibly on the move. Even Lewandowski might get himself a move. This is a strange transfer window. The de Jong saga, in comparison, is a matter of routine.
Got worried there for a second seeing this bumped.
He's injured again. Hip injury.
Isn't he more interested in partying on yachts than playing football these days? I seriously doubt any club would be willing to pay him or PSG what they would demand.
Dont want him to come here but I woul dadd Dybala too and Dembele before he signed thenew contract....would love to see them in the premiership though somewhere like Newcastle as an obvious example.
They are all seriously talented and entertaining footballers, unfortunately all with red flags from attitude or injuries and salaries.
Saying that though, we are probably signing Eriksen and I dont see him in a midfield two as many seem to be wrting, another number 10 and competition for Fernandes...............as a free signing as a number 10, would have Dybala over Eriksen for sure
They are all seriously talented and entertaining footballers, unfortunately all with red flags from attitude or injuries and salaries.
Saying that though, we are probably signing Eriksen and I dont see him in a midfield two as many seem to be wrting, another number 10 and competition for Fernandes...............as a free signing as a number 10, would have Dybala over Eriksen for sure
Where do you get this from?
Does he have many siblings he needs to attend birthdays at?
I would love him at United just for those games when you got to see him at his best. He is a wonderful footballer when he is on it.
But his lack of elite commitment and the fact that he has been getting lumps kicked out of his slight frame since he was 16 in Brazil, means his best days are gone.
He is currently updating his fans on social media about his foot and they are a mess. I am sure the niggles will just continue to add up.
But his lack of elite commitment and the fact that he has been getting lumps kicked out of his slight frame since he was 16 in Brazil, means his best days are gone.
He is currently updating his fans on social media about his foot and they are a mess. I am sure the niggles will just continue to add up.
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Only if he could finish a full season, which it seems he couldn’t anymore.Mark my words
Once he plays in the EPL it will be much harder for people to ignore his insane quality. And I'm pretty sure he'll outshine the likes of de Bruyne, Salah, Kane, Haaland, Son, Kante, Thiago, van Dijk or whoever people consider the currently best player in England. Neymar is a different level of quality to all of those. Could imagine that he'll quickly be considered the best in the world if he plays in the limelight that English football is. I don't think the EPL had a player of this quality since Cristiano left for Madrid.