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

Utd had close to 1200 staff. That's almost double the next biggest EPL staff which was just around 600 or so.

All this chatter about the lay offs and Christmas bonus is just ridiculous. Manchester United is an underperforming business with too many staff. Cuts should continue to happen and when we start winning things then staff can start to get bonuses. Same goes for the ticket prices. People complaining over the price increase will be the same ones complaining that we don't have money to bid £150m for Vini Jr or Mbappe etc.

Edited to add, wait till the new stadium is officially confirmed. The crocodile tears and cries of killing our history etc from journos and other teams fans

if we are signing that Leon kid, does it mean Amass is on the way out? He was linked to Villa a few weeks ago. I thought it was odd he didn't seem to be with the first team training when Amorim came in (the first week, when a bunch of other youth were), but then I also thought Martin not being included either was odd and I don't think he is about to leave.

It could be we are simply happy to stock up on high potential players whereever we can get them, and see what happens. But i would wonder how we would communicate and effective and practicle pathway to both players.

Surely its the latter, best to have 2 up and coming players in one position, no guarantee Amass will come good.

I 100% think we should be signing more young talenst and not missing out on guys like caicedo at 5m again, when we were in for him.

Its just this specific case where we are after a left back when we have a slightly younger, and very highly rated left back.

Stock piling could be the answer, I'm just coming from a view of every signing (in general) should be made with a plan - so if we plan on this kid becoming a first team option where does that leave Amass.

Its obviously not a big issue, as you would hope United come out the better of having two promising options rather than one.

I followed my dad and uncle blindly into the faith of Sheffield Wednesday. That, and I absolutely loved John Sheridan and Chris Waddle, but I decided to let my own kids follow their own path. So, now I’ve 2 Liverpool obsessed young lads, and one, god love him, Spurs fanatic! Not sure what happened there, I did try to warn him.

I think, sadly, times are changing too. When I was growing up, I went to Hillsborough a lot, I’d an uncle living over so that helped. But it made sense for me to support Wednesday because I’d be going to a few games a year with my family. Tickets and multiple trips across the water to Anfield, Old Trafford and The Emirates etc is just not as attainable anymore. I took the kids to Anfield last season (to the Spurs game 🙈). But only through a contact at work was it possible to get the tickets, and it was pretty much an end of season dead rubber, but still the whole trip was a lot of money. It’s the type of thing I’d so one or maybe twice in a lifetime for them, never mind a few times a year!

I know, we're also from Mayo, so the chap absolutely loves misery! There's actually a few older Spurs fans in our town, and my lad happened to start school at the same time as a few of their kids, so like his friends were doing, he had a liking for Spurs, I actually genuinely did warn him about it!!🙈 But then my sister brought him home a knock off Harry Kane jersey after a holiday in Spain and that sealed the deal…

Kids are funny, they'll sometimes do as their parents tell them, more times it what friends or love interest are at, ha!

I support United cause my dad wouldn't bring me (with zero interest in football at the time) with him to watch the Cup Final in 94. So I supported United cause he supports Chelsea.

And my older brother supports Arsenal.

I do wish we all supported the same side, would be more fun now, regardless of which team it was.

Growing up my best friend and his 4 brothers all supported 5 different teams. Still to this day I can never get my head around it…UTD, Liverpool, Villa, Spurs and Leeds!

I was very proud to have the nickname Schmeichel back in my teens...

Unfortunately it was cause of the big nose... :-p

Could have been worse…