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Who will be United's 2018 Summer saga? (And favourite past saga memories)

LawCharltonBest

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I find a Summer saga quite entertaining. A guilty pleasure, like a soap opera.

  • A reliable journalist saying we're in for him.
  • "Good luck in Manchester" written on a football
  • "Pogba" written on a tactics board
  • A player following United on Twitter or Instagram

So who will this years be? (Still just over 2 months to go, so it could be a new name) and also what's your favourite memory from any saga? I quite liked last year when Perisic stood miles away from his teammates.
 

Pexbo

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I don’t think it’s going to be a very interesting summer. We’ve got Pogba, Lukaku and Sanchez. That’s our super stars.

What we need now is players that are solid in their positions. 7.5/10 regular players.
 

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I think it was Sanchez actually. But of course if Bale became available, I am sure Woodward and Mourinho would be in for him, doubt he will be though.
 

beingshe7don

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I don’t think it’s going to be a very interesting summer. We’ve got Pogba, Lukaku and Sanchez. That’s our super stars.

What we need now is players that are solid in their positions. 7.5/10 regular players.
I kinda feel that way already. We're linked with tom dick and harry.... and we haven't signed anybody.... 2 weeks are almost done and all we have is just speculation.
 

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I kinda feel that way already. We're linked with tom dick and harry.... and we haven't signed anybody.... 2 weeks are almost done and all we have is just speculation.
A whole 2 weeks and we haven’t signed anybody! This happens every year, we’re always linked with a number of players most of which don’t come off.

For his faults, moving swiftly in the transfer market isn’t one of Jose’s flaws. He’s decisive and typically gets his business done early so I think they’ll be some movement very soon.

As for who the saga will be, I think it’ll be spread across a few lower key players which isn’t a bad thing.
 

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I don’t think it’s going to be a very interesting summer. We’ve got Pogba, Lukaku and Sanchez. That’s our super stars.

What we need now is players that are solid in their positions. 7.5/10 regular players.
Agreed, we need players that are solid in their position rather than any superstar signings.

That being said, I am a huge transfer muppet and when a saga really gets going I get all giddy inside with excitement :drool::D
 

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I'm not getting excited unless a caf member uploads a video of a discussion from an exotic country where we are told by a local expert that the transfer is occurring.

For Gareth Bale this would no doubt be on Pobol y Cum?
 

Hernandez - BFA

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I'm not getting excited unless a caf member uploads a video of a discussion from an exotic country where we are told by a local expert that the transfer is occurring.

For Gareth Bale this would no doubt be on Pobol y Cum?
Pobol y Cwm*. Lets not shit on our language.
 

Dolf

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Sneijder.

Nah, CR7 now that ZZ is leaving. He'll leave a sinking ship for a hype train.
 

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Bale -Ronaldo - Greasy.
3 way tie.

With none even remotely looking close.
 

JMack1234

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Alexis was a good saga actually. I weekend it was really kicking off I was in Valencia with my friends so I left my phone in the hostel and checked the updates when we got back and finally when we were on the coach going home he was announced.

This means that for me I associate Alexis with me being in Valencia with my friends so i'm bona-fide fan boy for that reason alone. Although I pray that he somehow picks up in the 2nd season.