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

Also Hojlund has actually played 80 games for United and while Antony has more appearances when you look at minutes played Antony has 5435 and Hojlund has 5263 minutes. So they've played a similar number of minutes.

If your goal is to maximise the other talents there, maybe. It's arguable. The hope would also be rasmus would improve so there you have a more natural striker too.

I think he needed to be stronger in these circumstances and stand his ground. No one wants to see such soft frees given

I would like to see him given another go next season, but purely as a rotational player to see how he does in a team that is (hopefully) playing with confidence and cohesion in attack.

We HAVE to sign a first choice striker, as we can't rely on Rasmus to turn it around. But I wouldn't be upset to see him be the backup along with Chido and Zirkzee.

But, the reality is the club also do have to look at selling him in the summer. See what offers they can generate and see if it makes sense to sell him, financially. We need to sign a first choice, and if we sell Rasmus we arguably need a second choice (unless you just go with Chido and Zirkzee in that case, would depend massively on Chido, imo)

Gary Neville interview with Jim Ratcliffe.

Interview with the BBC as well:

He’s backing Amorim for the long term, which is good. "I think Ruben is an outstanding young manager. I really do. He's an excellent manager and I think he will be there for a long time.“

89 million due this summer in transfer fees for players already at the Club.

Agreed. Hard to find fault with anything he said (bearing mind mind he can’t criticise the Glazers). I know it’s a PR piece but it has left me feeling better about him than before hand and more optimistic for the future. We just need to be really patient.

I'd like berrada abd wilcox to be more firward facing with the football side.

Part of the reason to have a head coach rather than a manager is that other people are supposed to take on some of the traditional responsibities

Think all round was a very good interview. You can tell by his face and body language he agrees with so much what Nevile said but he can't say it himself.

Only negative I can take from it is it looks like we not getting rid of the glazers anytime soon.

I spent a lot of time during it thinking how good the first interview would be if the Glazers were gone. He’s clearly furious with the mess they have made.

I thought it interesting how he did point at Woodward, without naming him. But also how he said debt is the road to ruin, several times.

The opposite.... The glazers take over of the club is used as an example of an excellent business plan or something to that effect.