Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 26.09.24

Yoro injured for another while, and can we expect martinez to play every game. His first two seasons haven't provided that.

I mean its better for it to be MaGuire and deligt then Maguire and Evans or Maguire and Linderof surely.

We should think of DeLigt as our Maguire replacement but a year early as he is available for cheap and makes sense to buy him now.

Its crazy people complaining about us improving our cb situation for a solid fee and also improving the age profile of the CBS.

Martinez, DeLigt, Yoro is a huge improvement on where we were sure we need a Martinez back up but that's not realistic when we have 3 other senior CBS.

Can Deligt and MaGuire play together of course then can will there be some issues with that of course there will but it'll be fine for the most part.

We should be expecting Martinez to play a lot of games his injuries have been unlucky contact injuries for the most part, sure if he has another injury ravaged season then it'd be time to be looking at a replacement instead of a back up, but it's not something we should be expecting.

DeLigt 25, Martinez 26, Yoro 18 that looks like a solid CB set for many years to come, Evans Maguire and Linderof will all be gone come next season and we can see what we need to do about lcb (back up or replacement on the small chance Martinez has another injury ravaged season)

Do they sell the kits without a sponsor, would pay more for the new third kit without a sponsor. Love they went with the original Adidas logo.

It has been refreshing to see the way they've went about their business. Walking away from deals quickly is the reset that we needed.

I was concerned when they all headed off to the US for a bit of a jolly, or so I thought. But it was reported that they got a whopper deal from Snapdragon out of it.

I think if we're honest, the Yoro deal sticks out as a bit of an old regime type deal. I think ego got involved. We supposedly doubled Madrids offer for a teenager in the last year of his contract. It was crazy money and If someone said Woodword or Arnold had done that deal, you would believe them. Not complaining about the deal, but I think it was a bit of a flex.

The remaining weeks could see it turn out to be a brilliant window. I would take a DM and a back-up striker. I think Casemiro will prove he's not ready for the scrapheap just yet so 1 DM will do, for this summer.

To be clear, I'm not having a moan.

I was just disagreeing with the idea that we are unlikely to see Maguire and De Ligt as a partnership. I think we will see it a good few times. It won't be first choice, but we will see it.

Hell, we could see it on Friday with De Ligt coming in for Evans, for example. One of De Ligt or Mazraoui is likely to come in, imo.

That is how the headlines seemed to portray it to be fair.

I do find it interesting that they have extended the deal so quickly after announcing it. Like, they've only been front of shirt for a month officially and it is already extended.

There is an opportunity cost argument for/against it - but even ignoring that for a moment, just the fact they have extended, so quickly, indicates that there is a strong relationship between United and Snapdragon/Qualicom. TeamViewer couldn't wait to get out, same with Chevrolet - but Snapdragon extend, immeditately. With a new stadium seemingly on the horizon and an upgrade to the training ground in development, i reckon we will see additinal Snapdragon deals announced in due course (Snapdragon Arena at Old Trafford, Snapdragon Training Centre), for additional revenue. I reckon that is what Omar actually got done with them. Not something we are seeing now, but something we will see in the next 12 months and beyond. Pure speclation on my part, OBVIOUSLY, but with those two big naming sponsor spots coming available/unused, its the logical leap I am making based on the extention being done immediately, 3 years before the deal was due to expire.

AWB is away!

Have they officially signed?

Unless the official site haas missed the signings they arent signed as of yet

I don't think so. I'm guessing they'll be official shortly now that AWB has gone.

The best thing about the new regime is that the new suits will be hanging around the training ground more. Just to keep ETH under no illusion that he has free reign or not under scrutiny to deliver.