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

Be careful what you wish for. A lack of European football really cuts down the list of decent players willing to come, especially young talent. Do it for the club does not apply to someone trying to further their career. You may be able to get them, get good use and flip them for profit and then continue the cycle. That's if you believe Utd to be a selling club for the next while.

I'm 50/50 on it, on 1 hand we need the money, on the 2nd less games will help the team recover and more time to train.

On a side note I don't want players joining us just for Europe, I want players who have ambitions to bring us back to the top through hard work and grit.

Muppetiers lad saying Quenda is nailed on and agreed, I assume from his source. His own personal opinion is that we're waiting until he is 18 to announce it.

Imo any realistic Utd fans know that we won't have the funds this Summer to buy any top tier players,save maybe getting a class striker like Osimhen (with either Zirkzee or Rasmus) going the other way as a makeweight.

That picture could change dramatically if either Garnacho or Mainoo (or possibly both) end up being sold.I don't think Amorim would be averse to the idea of cashing in either of them if it gave him the funds to sign players more suited to his system.

In what way will it tell us alot? Not saying you are wrong, just looking for you expand on it a bit more.

Well they haven't managed it with obscene funds and wages over the last 10 years so maybe more considered approach needed.

Liverpool signed game changing players like Torres, Suarez and Salah for far less than other players going for at the time. Someone like Osimhen with a year left on his deal could be gotten at a knockdown price and immediately improve the attack significantly. United's best signing of the last 10 years was Bruno about 40-50% less of what was paid for Pogba or Maguire so spending the most amount of money on a position is clearly not the answer.

United still generate a ton of money and apparently had no money last summer and managed to spend what, £200 million on players? That was with Rashford and Antony's wages on the books and assuming they would be playing a role.

And apparently they've agreed a €40 million odd fee for a 17 year old to go with the €60 million 18 year old from last Summer. This is top player money they are spending so if the players can't contribute immediately given the state of the squad what's the point (I like Yoro and he's been good recently).

Me thinks that INEOS have done a good job at pulling the wool over eyes and some fans have lapped up this lack of money horsecrap helping them justify making all these cuts. One of the richest men in the world comes in and guts the club (where does this sound familiar from?)

They were only able to do that when they got an unexpected windfall from one (well, 2) of the worst transfers ever that will likely not be replicated any time soon.

I don't disagree with the sentiment but I think United's biggest problem is attack so was naming the game changing forwards Liverpool got. Could go back and look at Chelsea with Hazard and City with Aguero too. Big transfers, yes. Bank breakers, no. Game changers, definitely.

1 Its an Arsenal game ..if Utd cannot raise themselves up for this …we are in the deep stuff.

2 it will tell if Rasmus can actually be an influence on a game - or just be anywhere the football is not.

3 It will tell us if the defense can actually complete a game without a major blunder.

4 it will tell us if any of those on the bench might be promoted to starters.

I know the Euro game is in the offing but if they just go through the motions vs Arsenal and capitulate, then its really serious.

We're a football club

We have to spend money on players.

The idea we should prioritise staff over footballers is an odd one to me.