The trouble is Utd were happy to settle for the cheap option of keeping Ighalo until January rather than buying someone in this window.
Exactly right. The only way to reverse that trend, to make agents and clubs aware of our new strategy, is to stick to our guns and ultimately set a price and stick to it. Lose out on enough until said clubs and agents see we are no longer a yes club. Course that’s gonna hurt us in the short term and fans are just not going to accept it.
because we dont lose sponsorship money now we have CL . We are all about sponsorship what's happening on the pitch is secondary
Well we stand to lose CL money and about half of Pogbas actual value when he doesn't sign a new contract due to our lack of ambition.
It really is quite amazing that the only player we've signed was in the one position we probably didn't need anyone. Would've only been more confusing if we'd gone out and got an out and out Left winger
Still optimistic we can get a LB & RW but may not be even our second choice targets,in regards to CB it's pay extra for Upamecano or go with what we have.
Yeah think Telles & Sarr is best we can hope for,yes I don't think it's good enough either but there is no way Jadon is leaving this late in the window.
It's become far to apparent top4 and CL football is the short term goal and the owners are probably be happy with. Not the fans or Ole or the players will be happy with. United as a brand has been financially strong since Ed took the helm. Signing sponsor after sponsor and bringing in large money from Nike, Adidas, and Chevrolet. Then comes the news about Chevrolet not being happy about the deal they gave United. That looks to be ending and we haven't heard about any other sponsors for some time. Now we have COVID to contend with. Companies are tightening their wallets and we're going to lose sponsor revenue for sure. That will trickle down to the money we can spend on players, no doubt. We've had the same cycle since SAF retired.
We need two rw players in all honesty. If Sancho is not available or affordable right now, Why dont we pull the trigger On Sarr, Telles and Upamecano? Read we are waiting til next summer to save ten mil on Upamecano or something like that. May as well buy him now we need him.
I know the pattern, which is a big big concern. From the pattern, it is clear we wont sign anyone else.
Yeah that is my thoughts too and maybe get Perisic/Brozovic too if Inter are actually interested in Smalling.
World's most valuable sports team: Dallas Cowboys. Last NFL championship win: 1996
When talking about United I do. We don't have billionaire owners that put their own money into the club. We can only spend what we generate. There are few elite teams that do what United does. I've felt for several years we are going to lose the commercial lore we've always had due to our loss of success. Even if only 10% of the rumors about how the club is run under the Glazers and Woodward are true, we're a joke of a club and everyone knows it.
The wage demands have put us off
Yeah why can't something break for us like it did for Spurs with Bale & Reguilon this time last week
We need quality throughout the squad.
I get tired of it. Arguing with a bunch of brats who think it’s their god given right as a Man United fan to watch a bunch of £100m+ players running around. We’re Man United, we have infinite levels of cash. The need for financial stability doesn’t apply to us. Etc etc.
Yeah but dont think either of them solve many of our problems. We needed at the start of the summer a speedy cb, a backup lb, a backup rb, a long term Matic succesor, two right wingers and a striker.
There is a difference bewtween football and NFL btw. Just incase you didnt know.
I would take Telles and Sarr as additional signings as they seem the most attainable and reasonably priced deals. Sancho is definitely not happening now. A DM would be wise but we’ve left it too late. Whatever happens, this window will be viewed again as a missed opportunity to close the gap.
Incredibly poor planning. That, or simply put, our owners and management are poor
We are just rubbish at buying and selling players simple as that.
Obviously, but not as much as you think considering we've been a champions league yo-yo club for 7 years, haven't come close to winning the premier league in that time and are yet still earning really well. I'm not saying we're going to be the most valuable football team, and yes we will likely fall down the rankings without winning again. However, we're an extremely robust and valuable brand even if we don't win. The return on investment for the Glazers will still be significant without having to invest further. They can continue to milk us for years to come.
Well, We will always be a commercial giant because of the history and the size of the club.
That is a very dangerous game to play given how short we are, as what happens if we get injuries to the main players we depend on and we don't get CL, what happens if we get 4th but finish just as far behind top 2, will he even want to come here and all that before if another few top clubs that are challenging for top honours come in for the lad.
Yeah. He has a buyout clause next year Which saves ten million on his current asking price. So essentially any top european club needing a good centre back will match it and we wont get him
