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

The chances of us breaking even on any of our previous transfers is minimal. It's to the point where we just need to eat the cost and move on. I know money is a huge issue for Utd now and going forward but I'd hope those in charge are more focused on squad renewal than chasing the millions wasted by Woodward. If anyone offers us £20m - £25m for Anthony we should be all over it. Even £15m+ with a sell on wouldn't be a disaster

Surely the €38m remaining value would have to be written off once the player is sold?

In your example, do we have a €19m loss then in the 26/27 season? That would go against typically accounting methods of writing an asset off when actually sold.

You also have the 7million or so he would be due in wages.

so you have a 26million cost or him next season if he stays.

If you sell for 20million, you then realise an 18million loss - but you (hopefully) don't have any wage against him. So you have 'freed' up 8million in budget space for 25/26, and 26million in space for the following season.

And for contrast - Dorgu has a budget hit of about 7million. (Fee Amoritization + wages). So the budget space freed up by selling Antony for 20million gets you a dorgu level deal.

There is also talk that At Madrid might be interested in him, and tbf he is doing well in spain so likely is attacting the interest of teams outside of the PL - could see teams in Italy and Spain taking a look.

That international break felt so long it nearly feels like the start of a new season. Optimisim will be quickly eroded no doubt…

It should be a tough game tonight. But at the same time I expect united to get a result. I think of we play smart and don't allow forest easy transitions we can beat them. If Woods is out, and mgw is also a doubt, that works be two huge misses for them.

Elanga will probably bag a hat trick....

Would love to see Mount start tonight…..while he was certainly a luxury and unneeded signing when he came in,he can definitely play a useful role in Amorims system.

We have a very tough run of league fixtures upcoming…..it will be interesting to see if Amorim tries to share out the minutes in those games……in order to keep players fresh for the Europa games……I hope he does exactly that.

Are we on an actual tv station tonight?

Maybe it’s the sun or just being glad to see the back of the international break but I’ve no dread going into this game.

Kind of expecting a decent performance. Bench is starting to look more premiership level again.

Football is a shambles sometimes.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cvgpl0jnpego

Chelsea boosted their finances last year by selling 2 hotels, to effectively to themselves.

Now they've sold the entire woman's team, again to themselves, to turn a loss into a profit.

They're in danger of being even scummier than City.

Decent team and good to see a small bit of depth returning to the bench

Extra time for forest in the cup on Sat eve might leave them a bit sluggish and Wood missing is a loss

A draw would be a good result imo

A good performance is super important. I'd rather a solid draw than a scrappy win if that makes sense. We have nothing to play for in the league but a good performance that shows we haven't forgot about momentum gained before the break would help.