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

Alvaro Fernandez

I hope they do a deep dive on the training ground upgrades when they are finished, will be interested to see the state of it then.

The overhead shot the athletic had of the training ground the other week (might be old) certainly didn't have me thinking its a top class environment.

I just think Carrington looks like a club house beside the local pitches. The city campus looks like it's built to make an impression.

Though yeah, a large part of what could impress would be indoors.

It's definitely behind the times now. I trained at Carrington a number of years ago and it was top class at that stage but by all accounts it was unchanged since then.

It will never be like the City ground as it's more remote I think.

7 goals and 14 assists less for Garnacho in 9 more games than Kvaratskhelia

the picture didn't have a date on it. and the article was last week. Dunno why you'd be incredulous that I could surmise it was recent? and I did say it could be old caus I didn't know!

We really need the crowd to be as noisy as possible tomorrow, I know we don't have much to cheer about but the crowd has been so flat lately.

lol, fair nough. completely missed that alright, as evidenced by me saying i didn't know it was old.

weird they'd use an old phot in the article, with work having been done since.

I had hoped we'd repurpose old Trafford into a women's stadium. Keeping the core of it. Apparently not feasible though.

There was also early talk about United looking to buy a local golf corse twice the size of the current training complex and building a new centre there (plus small stadium?) but I assume the 50, million spent on Carrington means there's no move away from there in the next decade is so.

Can't agree with that. I'm the same as yourself, free up with UTD being men's football.

The women's team are making strides (not that I follow the league and the only info I get is from the UTD athletic podcast)

Its impossible for it to grow off its own back, the men's owners are also the women's with shear limited money they want to spend on the women, because A) the quality is not as good, B) the money behind it isnt televised so isn't worth the club spending massive amounts on it.

The league is getting bigger though and bringing in crowds. The WWC final had some big numbers I believe.

They'll always be seconds to the men's in league stature, money, and viewership but let them thrive.

Utds women's team first game was vs a team from Ireland in 1986. Means nothing but can't discount there's history there and there is zero harm in letting that side of the club grow.

Still wouldn't go out of my way to watch a game but I see zero harm in it growing withing the club.

Pretty much agree with Mitch. We should have a girls and women's team and we should encourage and coach them to be the best they can be. But we should not be spending huge chunks of the revenue brought in by the men's side on it. Maybe in time when we're out of the financial sh*t show we're in now then we could spread the wealth a little bit within reason.

And now we are about to see the first £1m women's transfer. The club absolutely should have a women's team and the club generates so much money that the men's team financing the youths and women's teams shouldn't be an issue. Obviously we know we aren't there yet but we will get there. Manchester United Women challenging for the WSL should be celebrated. I'm not saying you need to know every player or watch every game but I wouldn't want them to be dismissed as unimportant

Really wish they would report it in Sterling as well.