I can't pretend I'm that enthusiastic about Phillips.
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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.
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I have faith this is all BS anyway so I'm not losing any sleep over the majority of the players we're linked with.
Kalvin Phillips, he may not be the AWB of CDMs but it's not far off. For £30m, I'd take him as a starter in EtH's first season and bench option after but £50m is excessive and you just know we'll refuse to sideline him because of the price tag.
Out for three months with injury this season. Definitely need to tread carefully. The £50m is pretty hefty, definitely a gamble.
We already have a willing runner in McTominay. We need midfielders who can pass the ball a bit - that's not Phillips.
Let’s hope that Bout and Lawlor were both sacked for suggesting Kalvin Phillips as the top midfield candidate for the club.
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Maybe Phillips is about the home grown quota? I mean if you're planning on selling Maguire, Shaw, Lingard, Wan Bisakka, Henderson and Rashford in the near future ...
As cover and squad depth he'd probably be pretty good. Played under Biesla so cant be afraid of hard work. 50m is a steep price but relegation might bring it down to a much more tempting number.
Maybe they're still pinning for Rice and see him as a good option in the mean time.
I think its pretty silly to be honest but i can see some logic to it.
As cover and squad depth he'd probably be pretty good. Played under Biesla so cant be afraid of hard work. 50m is a steep price but relegation might bring it down to a much more tempting number.
Maybe they're still pinning for Rice and see him as a good option in the mean time.
I think its pretty silly to be honest but i can see some logic to it.
A prime example of an overpriced player.
No idea why he's not really a popular choice amongst fan opinion. Very good passer of the ball puts a shift in defensively he would bring the midfield up a level or two. Was quoted 70 million a few seasons ago when city were interested, he's more than good enough.
He'd be a better signing than both, technically adept and more importantly fits the profile that the manager would make use out of whilst plugging a gap in our squad. However, it does feel underwhelming that this is the best solution we have.
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Hopefully he's wrong. Bayern are the most tedious hoover of talent in world football.
I can see the logic in Phillips. Clearly Rice is our number one target, however with the money quoted and the need to fill other areas of the squad we can't be spending that much on one player. Phillips makes Leeds tick, without him they were losing games left and right last season. He's very very good, he's not an AWB or Maguire at all in the sense that he's very good technically. I admit though that because he's english there's a stigma that comes with that and doubly so since we've been burned by english players so much, but he's more a sancho than a 'arry for sure.
It's coming from Tobi Altschäffl, who's a good journalist for Bayern Munich news.
I highly doubt they'd pay the required fee for him
Rip off. £30m max, would probs get him or that tbf. Think some forget that €50m is a shade over £40m atm.
All to play in a one team league.
Bayern gonna scoop up half the Ajax team while our board and 800 director of something positions argue about dutch league players not be going enough.
You just know in your heart of hearts that if Ten Hag was joining Bayern that it'd be inevitable that Mazraoui, Gravenberch and Timber would be making their way to Bayern. Meanwhile, exciting days ahead when we snap up Haller to replace Cavani. 
It looks like it will be a summer of 4th and 5th choice signings. Still excited for a hopefully exciting new era under ETH but to be fair we are about as attractive as puss filled spot on a hobo’s arse.
Ten Hag needs to put a stop to that.
It's starting to feel like we've finally reached the point where the top talents are no longer batting their eyelashes at us, and we're having to settle for b-tier talents like Phillips instead. The result of nine years of failure and irrelevance.
Fortunately we now have a coach who can potentially get us playing without having a team full of stars at his disposal.
Fortunately we now have a coach who can potentially get us playing without having a team full of stars at his disposal.
You need to offer CL football or the almost certainty of CL football. You got really lucky to secure Sancho last summer.
Is the CL every 10 years or something? Players will sign despite no CL.Yes, we might not be able to compete for the current 5-6 "hype" players but lets be honest - United never had the pulling power or Real and Barcelona, even in the SAF days.
What we need now is sound recruitment and vision combined with the expectations and needs of ETH.
I don’t think he’s any better than Fred or a McTominay tbh.
Bayerns recruitment hasn’t been all that great in recent years has it?
Tolisso and Sabitzer amongst others have hardly set the world alight.
He would be far from my first pick but he's a much better passer than those two and has better positional sense.
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I wouldn’t call it luck, Sancho wanted to come home and we were the only (mugs?) willing enough to pay €70m
I like his little nod to Ralf with the surgery quote
Phillips seems like such a standard name for us to be linked with, I'm hoping we cast our net a bit wider this summer.
Yes fecking please, I don't even care if they give us less than half of what we paid them.
Also, it's obvious that a lot of posters here have never actually watched Phillips play. It matters not though as his family hate United and would probably disown him if he signed for us, so we most likely won't get him.
Also, it's obvious that a lot of posters here have never actually watched Phillips play. It matters not though as his family hate United and would probably disown him if he signed for us, so we most likely won't get him.
I would be very happy to never see AWB play for us again.
Relax y'all, it's just the media generating some clicks. I'd like to see him here, but am questioning his true integrity due to being a Leeds supporter.
I'd rather see Haidara (okay he has a MCL so don't know how good he'd be when fit again) and Kamara here - this sorts our DM for years. Neves would be great transfer as well. Then we'd have a superb balance on midfield and be able to rotate heavily, also gives a tactical versatility to the game.
Then Fred, Haidara, Kamara, Neves, VDB and Bruno is more than enough and oozes in quality. Also shields the defense and has tons of energy, deep-lying creativity and strength overall.
I'd like to see very smart transfers for a minimum amount of money - Eriksen for a year, maybe testing out Bernadeschi or Pavon from Boca Juniors (all of them are free transfers). Eriksen can switch with VDB and Bruno, depending on the situation and having Neves/Kamara behind them would be really balanced midfield. But I'm certain that Ralf and ETH know what to do and they have a cohesive plan set already.
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