Not necessarily, but I don't think he's the answer. Could be an option from the bench or if he kicks on.
Insightful.
Transfer Tweets - Manchester United - 2025/26
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Nik (@Rood), Jamie (@Vault Dweller) and Ed (@That'sHernandez) give their end of season awards out! They celebrate the best players, goals and moments of the season (there were some, honestly) and also give out awards for the worst and most disappointing players/moments of the season.
They then discuss all the latest transfer rumours and get into the potential ins and outs this summer at Old Trafford.
If we're in for a GK, why arent't we pursuing Maignan at 15m?
Get behind me Satan
Because it neglects the bit ..for under 50p
If we start a bidding war with Chelsea, he stops being £15M. And his injury record may give teams pause for thought.
I would assume that he'd be bought as well as Mbeumo to play LWB.
Yes of course, but that's a very low starting point for such a good keeper. Valid point on the injury record though.
It's just so often hard to understand our reasoning - we pursue players that no one else seems to be in for, and have no interest in what looks like great opportunities. Kamara and Onana when they were on a free, for example. Or why we'd prioritise another 60m #10 instead of pursuing Gyokeres for more or less the same money. Of course you can't expect everything to make sense to the outside view, but given how we've been doing with the deals we've pursued, it's also hard to feel much confidence that there are good reasons.
Semenyo a WB? I really don't think so.
Only way it would work is one of then as a 9.
The biggest breakdowns in Amorin"s system has come from the two 10s and the wing backs. Amad, Dorgue, Cunha and Mbeumo fix a lot more than just raw goals.
So many moves break down, not because we haven't created overloads or good positions but because we don't then have the players to complete the final move. Usually a bursting run into the box. This has been for various reasons, Zirkzee naturally dropping too deep, Eriksen not having the legs etc. There are many instances where at sporting, the 10s would have either carried the ball into the space created or made a run, allowing a great pass to break the defensive line. We repeatedly don't have that.
The space where the left sided 10 would have been at sporting is empty. The gap between the cbs has been created and we have the ball but have to play back into midfield because the run/player isn't there.
I know fans are screaming fir a striker because put simply, strikers = goals, right? But there's a reason Amorim is desperate to fix the 10s and it's not because he's stupid and can't see what all the causal watchers can.
Now whether that system will be effective, even when working? Dunno, I'd like to think so and I've seen enough from us to suggest that we can, so I'm optimistic.
Sure, we need a striker, but not as badly as we need to fix the 10s. He specifically needs players that are bale to drive with the ball and carry it. Both Cunha and Mbeumo can do this very well. I actually think those 2 give us more going forward and enable the system much more than a lot of people are giving it credit for. Not only does it make us more threatening going forward, it helps elimate all the times we have to turn back and then turn the ball over in midfield as a result, directly leading to conceded chances and goals. That happens too much, get forward, can't break into the space or create a chance, pass backwards to midfield and even defence, opposition press, turn the ball over and within a very short space of time, a decent attacking opportunity has flipped into a stressful defensive one.
Great post, well said, fully agree.
It’s going to happen, isn’t it?
How we doing on the sales? Don’t see how we can bid for gyokeres without any sales. Cunha and Mbuemo will take all our budget. I think we’re just making Gyokeres aware that we want him but need to make sales
Mbeumo -> United
Semenyo -> Spurs
Can't see us getting both.
Semenyo -> Spurs
Can't see us getting both.
I’ve been saying for a while now, the reason things are quiet for Gyokeres is because he wants to join us but knows that it’s dependent on sales so he’s keeping his powder dry.
Oh yes
Is there a set date where the balance has to be made in/out or can we buy first sell later?
Do we need both?
Probably more to do with weakening our negotiating position than not having the actual cash in the bank (or credit).
Been saying the same thing. If that wasn’t the case he would have been snapped up by now.
What will happen in a game situation like the one against Spurs, where they sat deep in front of us?
Amad looked threatening but then they doubled up on him. Will Cunha and Mbuemo be effective when space is limited - is their ability in these tight spaces as good as their ability to drive into space? The former is the limiting factor with many of our players as the final showed.
Would a Cherki type not have been more effective for that kind of scenario?
I’ve not know anyone to spend over there actually budget and then make it balance by the sales later. It would also be risky as what would happen if we didn’t manage to sell players or sell for the right value to balance our books?
Time will tell but both Mbeumo and Cunha are capable of running with the ball and Cunha has an excellent long range effort on him.
Amorin's system should attack with 5 across the front line and involve lots of movement. Ours just doesn't do this. It's far too static and we only have Amad who can make something happen by taking on his man. Once that increases to 3/4 players capable then it becomes a lot harder to double up.
Teams can double up on Amad because what's left doesn't carry the threat. Doubling up on Amad will leave space for Mbeumo and locking him down as well will leave Cunha with room to work.
Ultimately we will see but I'm humble enough to trust Amorim to know how to fix his system more than me. There's a reason I'm not paid to put teams out. From watching us last season though, literally just the additions of Cunha and Mbuemo would have significantly changed a good number of results for us.
Personally I think we'll improve as a team anyway - we're not a 15th placing team, we significantly underperformed - and the additions will help even more. I'm looking forward to it tbh and see no reason why we can't battle Chelsea and Newcastle for their places in this season's table.
15m is just starting offer. Milan is holding out for more. Maignan seems to want CL football and a good salary. These conditions we may not be able to afford.
Yes we need a safer GK, but the state we’re in; IMO we have to allocate more resource to build from the front line down. A cheaper competent GK (in wage too) may do the work for us as stop gap.
That makes sense, don't want to get penalized.
We had around £150m cap on PSR going into this summer. It's probably now hinged quite a lot on Garnacho and Rashford sales and Antony as the bulk then, also some nice sell on here and there. We'll have to see what INEOS can do on the sell department then.
The £140m wiggle room on PSR resets at the end of the month for another 3 years.
It's a rolling three year period, isn't it?
It's perhaps the EPL PSR rules that hamper us I guess.
I thought that, but from everything I’ve read the last few days it resets for another 3 years. I may be wrong though.
So we have to get these deals done before the months end to benefit?
It was always a rolling three years, but PSR is expected to be replaced at the end of next season anyway, with a new system based on wage bill ratio.
I refuse to believe we call on a daily basis, regardless of how genuine our interest is.
Good points and well argued - that does seem to make sense. Thanks!
As others have said, great post.
I only hope some common sense is applied and it doesn't get deleted on the basis that it's a lengthy post not directly about transfer tweets.
We just called...to say...play striker?
We just called to say we need some goals.
This is a great post, I would also add that we seem to lack the players to play it from the back, especially under pressure, hence why Onana goes long quite often. We also don't have a player who can receive a ball under pressure in the middle, like Pedri/De Jong for Barca, or Vitinha for PSG. The player who is supposed to be the outlet for the defense when things are hot at the back.
From the goals/assist highlights, Mbuemo seems more like the player who can eventually run into the box when the ball is on the opposite side. Cunha seems to like to operate a bit more around the 16-yard box. Interesting times ahead.
Stop general chat in tweet thread
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Guys, you cannot just camp out in the Tweet thread. It has a specific purpose and pages of unrelated chat is not it.
You have FF or even player specific transfer threads to chat away in without being bothered.
You have FF or even player specific transfer threads to chat away in without being bothered.