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

It obviously was far too much money for him but he is still working hard and has potential.

His cost was very similar to what we paid for Casemiro and at least Rasmus still has a chance to prove his worth.

Imagine what he would do with a couple of signings.

3 wins in a row..been some time since we seen that. Long may it continue.

Imagine once the Rashford shite is over with those signings.

5-1-1 in the last 7.

Just ignore the 4 defeats in a row before that lol.

Are you meaning you would prefer yo play galatasary over the other 3?? Just no!! Galatasary is worst tie of those by a country mile. Away is an intimidating fortress, that even fergies teams feared. Think Dennis Irwin or keane spoke about that on overlap. Also a long flight to turkey midweek isn't great.

Shush. You're messing up my fantasy.

I think long term Toby and Ugarte look a decent pairing. Toby was at no fault last night for being subbed it was purely down to team setup and what was needed for second half. Another few months experience in first team this season he will be in a far better position next season.

I'd still like a cm I'm just not sure in what profile we need.

Edit: oh yeah and his injury forgot about that he had a knock on shoulder.

Still can't get my head ahead around last night being his first European start.

If Mainoo is being mentioned as struggling with playing the 8 position because of defensive tracking then Bruno is going to have the same issue imo. He has a better engine than Mainoo but his defensive awareness is poor. I think technically Mainoo is sounder defensively than Bruno.

I think Bruno is fine there for some games, but against Liverpool? I'd fear it in general.

If we transition Mainoo to be a 10 option rather than 8, then we need to sign an 8 - and you also (imo) then put Bruno and Mainoo in direct competition for a place as i don't think the paid together would ballance correctly with the lack of ability to stretch the play with their runs.

I also think everyone may need to cool it a bit on Mainoo at 10 as well. On the ball no issues - but off it there is still a large responsibility to press hard out pf possession and track the opposition fullback as well, so if a reason he can't play 8 is that he struggles with the recovery runs we will see the same issue in 10 surely, or the opposition fullback runs free?

The bit you quote in your post is a nothing issue, entirely. and has always been known.

Legally speaking the majority owners of the club cannot completely delegate any area of the club. If there was some financial malpractice with regards to transfers that Glazers are not allowed to say it is nothing to do with them. as majority shareholders they maintain a legal responsibility to the stock holders.

So we have a 3 man team over the sporting body which is Joel, Ratcliffe and Brailsford (I think). That body and the members of it must be legally aware of and responsibile for the decisions made below it. So Joel HAS to have a level of authority over it.

This was all laid out in the SEC filings and bid documents. more than a year ago.

The understanding (in terms of how it has been reported, not saying this is exactly the case cause i can't know), from the off, has been that Joels position would not be one to exert actual control or authority.

THe piece further in the article where it talks of him being more hands on than previous would be concerning, but I also can't understand how it would be the case. Berrada, Vivel and Hargreaves are employed to do transfer negotiations. In what way are they saying Joel is 'hands-on' with negotiations? He is the one negotiating the deal with Lecce? He negotiated Dorgu's contract? He is the one discussing Garnacho with Napoli? None of that seems likely - given what he did perviously was set other people to do that and then demand sign off on each step; why would he be more hands on NOW?

IMO - Its a Luckhurst article, so I would pay it no mind as to reality and he is taking pieces of truth (Joel legally still having responsibility) and framing it in the most negative way he can.

But that would imply that journalists aren't 100% honest in how they report about United. Surely not…