He's a fecking eejit, Pep will sell him first day of the window I'd imagine.
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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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De Gea to end up leaving for nothing then?
Its an option that makes sense if a contract can't be agreed with him. We get to keep him for one year and spend on other areas this summer. In the meantime try to get Henderson on loan in the PL and see how he performs. If we are not convinced by him we can go all out for a GK next summer.
If this is at all feasible, Woody should go all-in on it. Much would be forgiven...
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Oh I could easily see us spending loads, but just spending it absolutely terribly.
Come on man that's a dated reference, it was in the 1st Avengers movie, we are in the Endgame now!
Him and Sancho are definitely the 2 standout U21 prospects around right now.
I'd like to see them give Ole the mega backing, it would signal real faith in him, especially if we do end up seeing six or seven players leave, Ole will need a summer similar to LvG's first one to give him a real chance at getting this team at least in the mix, it could even just be about being strong enough to make top 4 as rivals, bar Chelsea, will strengthen as well.
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Ah great, I like Juan but I really hope he goes.
I dont want players kept just because we dont want to spend, I would rather the likes of Chong, Gomes take his place if we have a poor summer window than persist with him. Either option we wont be winning anything major so let's bed our youngsters in for experience.
Would love to see us go 4-4-2 :
_______Martial - Sancho
____________Felix
________Pogba Saul
___________Rodri
Shaw Koulibaly Lindelof RB
Not really sure about Bissaka, but that right there is a great team with lots of technique, creativity and goals, although a lot will depend on how Felix and Sancho does. We can easily shift to a 4-3-3 with Rashford playing as striker or Felix as a flase 9
Sancho - 100 mill
Felix - ?
Rodri - 60 mill
Saul - 70 mill
Koulibaly - 80 mill
RB - 40 mill
That will be like 400 mill net
But at the same time, that squad won't need another big investment for years with Koulibaly being the oldest at 28/29
_______Martial - Sancho
____________Felix
________Pogba Saul
___________Rodri
Shaw Koulibaly Lindelof RB
Not really sure about Bissaka, but that right there is a great team with lots of technique, creativity and goals, although a lot will depend on how Felix and Sancho does. We can easily shift to a 4-3-3 with Rashford playing as striker or Felix as a flase 9
Sancho - 100 mill
Felix - ?
Rodri - 60 mill
Saul - 70 mill
Koulibaly - 80 mill
RB - 40 mill
That will be like 400 mill net
But at the same time, that squad won't need another big investment for years with Koulibaly being the oldest at 28/29
I'm surprised that he's not looking at a team a tier lower like Inter or even his old side Valencia, where he could start a lot more, I didn't think at 31 he'd want to trade our bench for another bench, I thought a move would be about playing.
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Agreed, and it's not hard to argue we need both to bring that next level of class to the attack.
Why do the club feel the need for these briefs?
Because they don't like Boxers!
Appease the fans from turning their frustration/anger towards Woodward/owners. And time for season ticket renewals. And because some of the footballpundits (Gary Neville) have been vocal in their opinions towards Woody/structure of the club.
Not surprising I don't think he's good enough to be a bench option for Barca
That's probably a mata of opinion
Maybe not, but he's worth recouping £90m for Coutinho and replacing him for free with.
Especially when that £90m goes on De Ligt with change to spare.
Do you know of any fans who felt less angry/frustrated during Van Gaal's last season after reading ridiculous stories about world-record bids by United for Neymar? I remember feeling insulted, and I vaguely recall wondering whether Woodward thinks we're the dumbest people on the planet, but I don't recall feeling less angry.
True but he'll demand big wages too - I just think they can do better personally
Bigger than Coutinho? I think it'd be a smart move by Barca. They can worry about spending big in his position, if needed, in a couple of years.
Nah obviously not as much but It would still be quite. They could go for someone a bit younger on smaller wages.
We've seen the uproar over losing an average player like Herrera for free. I think it's somewhat safe to assume De Gea will leave next summer for free if we don't sell him now. Why wouldn't we sell him now?
Jesus, the puns are on point today.
Gabriel Jesus!
I guess it would depend on what bids are expected to come-in for him - last time Real pissed-about all summer trying to get him cheap or free the following summer, and his contract is in the same position again. If there's anything in tabloid links with PSG then maybe there might be some competition for his signature we can try to utilise, but overall I don't think we'll get anywhere near proper value for him so if the bids are low then we may as well keep him for that final season and bank on him being professional.
We have enough other things to deal with this window.
I can't rationalize a scenario in which he's allowed to go for free. You either get your 60-70M from PSG now or you swap him for Courtois + cash. De Gea is wonderful but he's not a requirement. Plenty of lesser GKs winning a lot more trophies than he is.
I saw someone else say earlier that it could be that first summer where clubs do use player swaps considering the insanity of transfer fees, and I tend to agree. De Gea and Pogba should both be thought of as potential swaps if our plan is to go young a rebuild.
Solskjaer obviously thinks it Juan Mata if he stays or goes
I can foresee the banhammer coming into effect this window.Solskjaer obviously thinks it Juan Mata if he stays or goes
You should apply to be part of the Modmin team. They need someone with your get up and go.I can foresee the banhammer coming into effect this window.
Everyone knows we are loaded, we are a public company.
Hey-Zeus, either way, still a god.
If those offers were on the table then it's a different situation, but I'm always pessimistic about us getting proper value for any player given our past record. Also I'm pretty confident Courtois won't return to England given his family reasons, and also in light of the Herrera situation I don't rule-out that PSG are targeting us as revenge for the CL, in which case I doubt they'd bid decent money for someone they could get for free the following summer and leave us even more screwed.
Equally it could all just be Mendes media games ahead of the contract renewal.
There's no point in getting Courtois, not only is he not that great, he fought hard to get back to Spain to be near his kid, he doesn't want to in England. As for Pogba, I could see us taking money and a player for him from Real, the options they would be willing to use in any swap deal wouldn't amount to Pogba's value.
He's plenty good enough to win the Premier League (twice) and I can't remember how big his role was in Atletico's 13/14 Liga title.
But I see your point about him pushing to get back to Spain. And we can win titles with lesser keepers than De Gea, that's for sure.
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