What a terrible article. Unsurprised to see who the author is.
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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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Or Miguel Angel Nadal.
I think we're slightly better off.
In 2014 when Moyes got fired, we seemed in a good position for central attacking players (Rooney 29, RVP 30, Mata 25 and Kagawa 25), Zaha and Janujaz seemed likely to yield at least one very good winger, Rafael (23), Smalling (24) and Jones (22) looked like promising defenders, we badly needed central midfielders and a left back, but we had the very promising De Gea in net.
So we probably would have looked at that and said we needed 5 first team signings (2 CMs, a winger, a left back and a CB), which is about what we need now (2 CMs, a right winger, a right back and a CB).
But whereas Lindelof and Shaw are probably as promising options as our defenders were then, Martial and Rashford are at ages to improve, not decline like our strikers and we do have Pogba.
So I'd say slightly better off now, but it's like finishing 5th instead of 6th, it doesn't tell you much or move the needle really.
Gone from 200k to 300k now.
The amount of supporters, which in itself seems a strange word to describe the folk on the caf at the moment, ready to give up on Rashford at 21 is shocking. He is literally on of the best young forwards in world football. When Barcelona wants to sign a 21 year old from you for £100m, that’s not a player a club in our position should be keen to discard.
See, I love Rashford, he’s everything our club stands for,Manc born and bred, boyhood United fan, academy product, he’s United through and through, or at leat that’s what I thought. I’m utterly disappointed if these reports of him wanting 200 k or whatever is true. He hasn’t signed a new contract and is looking to utilise the club’s desperation to get a bigger contract. We don’t need more chaos, we already have a lot to figure out. In such a scenario, I expected Rashford to show a bit more maturity. I expected him to sign a contract long back because if he’s a true fan, he should know better than to hold the club to ransom and ask for ridiculous wages despite having achieved nothing. He should know that if he stays and improves, he’ll be the future United captain and even a legend, he’ll have more money than he can imagine. I don’t doubt his talent, but now I do doubt his mentality, his passion. No matter who you are, you don’t get to hold my club to ransom. The same applies to all the other superstars we have, if the reason you are staying is money, then please don’t.
Stop blindly believing every single bit of negative news.
This a thousand times. How many times have we seen a rubbish negative article with a snarky 'we don't have a clue' 'Why are we wasting money on them'.
Get a grip.
Why? He barely plays, and has been brutal for us. Would have thought he'd want to kick start his career elsewhere. Must be looking at a big pay cut to leave I assume.
Never going to happen. Like when we were both in for Modric. Levy will never sell to United. Never. He would be a dream signing though.
While I do not particularly rate either Smalling or Jones, both have been much better than Bailly for pretty much his entire three years here, barring a three month window where he looked decent. He has been absolutely abject whenever he has played in the last two seasons.
Stupid post.
There is no way Rashers is worth 400000 a week.
If he thinks he's getting 500000 a week, he's sadly mistaken.
Bailly is woefully bad. Get rid.
Eriksen is a dream signing but unfortunately Levy will never let that happen. Why would he with Madrid knocking?
Eriksen is a dream signing but unfortunately Levy will never let that happen. Why would he with Madrid knocking?
Eriksen will have to try very hard to push for it himself if he wants a move here. I believe Levy will grant and respect his wish but of course he'll milk the hell out of us first. I don't think Eriksen is interested to come here though, especially if we don't have CL football
What were your opinions on Martial’s contract renewal at 200K per week?
She still is. There were just talks of them hiring intermediaries to negociate with some clubs because she had already pissed them off too much.
The caf has fallen sadly.
Don't Spurs have a stadium to pay for? Perhaps the occasional sale of a key player will be part of the mantra. No guarantee of course that United would be the destination but perhaps Levy no longer sees us as rival...
We are definitely a rival for the much derided 3rd/4th place trophy.
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No brainer if true. Everything we need in that position.
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Isn't Fabrizio reliable? That would be incredible value, probably second best thing to buying De Ligt.
Reliable source. Just sick of it.
At least on par to signing De Ligt I think. Form aside, probably the top defender in the game, has leadership and experience that we need and still so many years ahead of him too.
Would be my top choice at centre half, and if it is possible, I suspect he would be the club’s too.
Would rather go for De Ligt than Varane. Varane might be a Di Maria type signing where he already reached the pinnacle of his career, and is going away from Madrid. Maybe he's one of those players who are incredibly motivated.
I mean if it's between Varane or everyone besides de Ligt, of course I would be ecstatic.
I mean if it's between Varane or everyone besides de Ligt, of course I would be ecstatic.
Exactly, we want someone who will give his all to achieve his dreams not someone who's already won it all. Wants a new challenge sounds fishy to me.
I suppose Juve should have adopted that mentality in the market last summer when they signed...
There would be no similarity at all to Di Maria. If Varane decides he wants to leave Real, who do not want to sell him, and chooses to come to United instead of almost any club in the world he can pick, just take your blessings and don’t complain!
MAybe he should pull his finger out and actually battle and give a toss.
6m euros pre tax ? Isn't that 100k/week before taxes?
What's the tax rate? 45%?
No way he signs that..
That's a bit different, considering we all know how Ronaldo loves chasing the balloon dor award. Ronaldo and Messi will always keep competing with each other regardless of how many trophies they have won. This is a lot different from players who's won all and are just looking for their last big pay. Robben and Sneidjer didn't win anything at Madrid hence the hunger was still there after they left Madrid. Likewise RVP at the time we signed him. We don't want mercenaries in our club. We've had enough of Sanchez, Di Maria, injury prone Bastian and even Matic here.
Funny how with no disrespect to the sides as good sides but we could virtually take any fist choice player from certain sides squad in a certain position and they would hugely approve us....midfielders from Lyon, central defenders from Liepzig, wingers from DOrtmund.
Also telling all the players rumoured to be leaving us and hardly any fans are concerned.....hardly the same as SOuthampton and poor old Koeman taking over is it
Maybe he just wants a league 1 trophy.
It is because you, as a Manchester United supporter, do not value your club that you are saying this. Fans want top players, but seem to question the motivation of any top player who would want to play for us. If you think Varane, at 26, is searching for a ‘last big pay day’ then fair enough. It’s this complex our fans have I guess. Any other big club and it makes sense.
I’ve asked the question before. Should any player who leaves Real Madrid only go to China or the USA? Is that the end of their career? Anything outside Real is a purely financial decision?
Although over a longer period of time, Bailly and his situation kind of reminds me of Zahas time here. Obviously has ability, looked at first like being a really good signing (Zaha more from pre season performances).
Niggling injuries and lack of chances....but hardly done himself any favours as the few times
Bailly has played towards the end of last season and this, he has had an absolute shocker everytime.
Obviously not happening now but for me Tuanzabe should have been brought back to replace Jones. I still think Bailly could be the best partner to a new cb if we sign what we need being a leader, good ball playing and with great quality and organisational skills, as although Bailly isnt great in the air and is still very rash, he has all the attributes and abilty to be a top centre back....but to be honest, he has had so many niggling injuries and been so poor when he has played, I think rather than patience and a development project.....Id probably sell him and buy a second centre back
Is a very talented and experienced centre back and the perfect age....but interested to see where you see the leadership abilities from as he always seems very quiet on the pitch to me?
I would sell Anthony Martial for 100m, Rashford looks like he is constantly improving and adding to his game, Martial just stands there on the left, waiting for something.
He is an inspirational type of player so think. When playing for France, he leads by example. With his profile, at United, other players would look up to him. I don’t necessarily mean Roy Keane’s, I do think we need top players in a certain age bracket who can consistently play to a very high level. That soon brings trust and confidence from the developing players. That’s the kind of leader I see Varane being with us. His CV speaks for itself, as does his professionalism, and our defence needs someone to look up to. In fact, we need a few of them in the team full-stop.
just wanted to remind you that Darmian played as RCB vs city
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Of course I don't just want quality players but also hungry players who's still got the burning desire in them and not mercenaries who don't give a damn as long as their pay check comes in every weekend. We've been burnt several times by lot of mercenaries hence, it's high time we stopped towing the same path. Fergie was never about buying players who's won it all. He would rather go for young talented players or quality players at a small club. It's possibly one of the reason Fergie didn't sign Sneidjer from Inter despite him almost begging us.
Darmian was RCB vs City but Young has played the role a couple of times this season.just wanted to remind you that Young played as RCB vs city
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