I'd love to be completely wrong (it wouldn't be the first time) - this team needs goals!prepare for a surprise
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Would rather not spend big in January and see what happens with ownership going into the summer. United do need cover at CF, but anything more than 30M for cover, especially at RB, CB, or forward line, isn't worth it.
Memphis as cover, rotating with Martial and occasionally with Marcus as CF is fine (even if Memphis shouldn't be back at the club, but here we are).
Williams or AWB as RB cover for Dalot, who apparently is injured but has additional time to recover, is fine for the remainder of the season.
Memphis as cover, rotating with Martial and occasionally with Marcus as CF is fine (even if Memphis shouldn't be back at the club, but here we are).
Williams or AWB as RB cover for Dalot, who apparently is injured but has additional time to recover, is fine for the remainder of the season.
Ronaldo - the guy we were paying half a million a week. Now he’s gone he wants a replacement.
Who do you think will come in
In other words he is just button bashing his keyboard because he hasnt a feckin clue whats going to happen
I think you should lower your expectations if it’s true that the club is getting sold. Nobody will want to spend too much in those circumstances
We might buy a forward… we might buy a defender… we might buy in Jan.. we might not.. we might look at loans.
What else? Oh yeah, FFP might impact.
Social media/journals/“experts” know jack sh!t.
Here's what's most likely the case for January given the various United reports over the past several months:
- With Ronaldo now released, we need a new forward in January.
- At the moment, the journalists mostly know of our summer targets; they know nothing about any new targets for January (see Gonçalo Ramos and João Félix reports).
- Memphis is the only new target, and he's not even likely for January.
- Ten Hag's not keen on Wan-Bissaka; therefore, we want to sell him in January and replace him with a new right back.
- Possible January target: Jeremie Frimpong
- Everyone else is likely a summer target (e.g. Malo Gusto)
Yeah. More I think about it, if a sale is truly on the cards, there will likely be no spending outside of maybe the Ronaldo replacement. Hopefully the next owners have deep pockets and deep interest in the football affairs of the club.
It depends what you want to achieve. New owners obviously want United to get Champions League football as soon as possible. If we can do deal(s) now that make sense for the future and for the reminder of the season, that would help the sales of the club imo.
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- Wolves want to strengthen in the forward and centre back areas
- Matheus Cunha is the strongest link
- Other options available
- Wolves want to focus on the domestic market
Oh so its impossible to bid before the window opens now...?
Listen we don’t want to pull a hamstring…there is significant work to be done between planning and bidding…considering, contemplating, intending, readying etc.
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See the previous pair of Tweets for the key info. Also, the article mentions United's interest in Gonçalo Ramos but adds that he's more likely to move next summer.
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See the previous pair of Tweets for the key info. Also, the article mentions United's interest in Gonçalo Ramos but adds that he's more likely to move next summer.
Kinda-related question - how has the Twitter fiasco affected the sources for the twitter threads? Has it decreased much?
No, they've basically remained untouched. The political accounts are the ones that are most strongly impacted; everything else has been left as is.
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Why would it though?
Because while it may just be the politically-focused people leaving twitter, it wouldn't be a stretch to think that other lesser-known sports accounts start to leave.
Maybe I'm reading into it too much though. We're verging into CE territory, so I may just bring it up there later instead.
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Not unless we're taken over we won't be.
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Athletic too mentioning Both Bellingham and De Jong.
Yeah that's the only way it happens,same with a move for Osimhen as well
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Fecking loans. Just feck off DM.
You're fecking loaded. Pay for him ffs.
No dice! If he has to leave (I like him) then we want a fee!
Wolves also interested. They have Nelson Semedo who is 29 y/o. Semedo went from Benfica to Barca for 37m from Barca to Wolves for 30m. Semedo has been extremely weak for Wolves this season. He is too soft for the PL, his work rate is horrible. Sure he got flash going forward, but he is part of the problem for them. Wolves can extend his contract to 2024.
West Ham also have depth at RD. Coufual and Ben Johnson.
These loans are pretty awful. Why do they bring in AWB? To light a fire under Semedo's rear in Wolves case? To get a back-up? To play a ton? They won't give a feck about AWB while he is on loan with them. Sure we can attach some kind of fee and the fact that they are willing to pay AWBs wages in itself proves that they aren't bringing him in "just" to sit on the bench. At the same time, they could be relegated this year.
If we hold on for a sale, they usually doesn't materialize. I recon its really easy for us to be back-seat drivers, but on many occasions we have called the bluff and ends up getting nothing. All we can do is to create some kind of auction and take the highest bid. We must be prepared to take a big loss. The only way to avoid taking these big losses is to:
(a) Play a really structured style of football with clearly defined roles
(b) Only bring in players who meets the criteria for those roles and hence always perform fairly well because they get to play to their strengths
I think we just must take the losses on guys like AWB. If we get 10m for him, its better than nothing.
AWB is worth much more than 10m. FFS.
If it gets rid of him, take the 10m
Personally don't believe the likes of Real or Bayern would have any interest in Gakpo right now. They're names are being used to speed us up and/or pay more.
Yea Real were supposedly interested when we first bought Depay
So that’s the end of relying on Goldbridge as an information source, he doesn’t have a clue!
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