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

This lad Ben Jacobs is a complete spoofer.

At least Viktor is kicking up a fuss and could force the transfer

It sounds promising

A keeper would be great but Donarumma is never happening. Not a chance.

Lack of goals the last few years has been our biggest downfall imo. A no.9 is a must without a doubt.

In fairness it's been well documented that there was a gentleman's agreement for him to leave in the summer in a straightforward deal for a reduced fee to whomever... Now sporting appear to have gone against it to make more money

I dont think Mitten is the ITK that he likes to sell himself as anymore. In Ole's time he definitely had those connections but in more recent times he seems out of the loop, or his sources are no longer in the loop. I would hope it indicates a less leaky ship because in fairness its a terrible sign of an organisation when information on the inner running of the club is propagating freely on the media.

I say this as someone who likes Mitten and enjoys his United content.

Transfer window closes this evening at 7pm…

Until next Monday 😁

Click bait nonsense. Has Osimhen actually said this? Lol.

Last Season at Gala was his best in a while but yeah there is a slightly worrying trend here:

Missed 6 games to muscle issues. But that's not an issue, his most recent and best season fitness wise.

However…

Season before at Napoli :

2 "bigger" periods out. Hamstring around Oct/Nov and then looks like he misses the end of the season again.

Season 22/23 is similar:

Season 21/22

There certainly a trend of him missing a chunk of games each season with a hamstring or muscle issue / similar

Add in the cup of nations - he'll be gone for a month there and it becomes a lot less attractive.
It's not hard to see him missing a lot of time next season.

Unfortunately Utd don't have that luxury. They need someone to come in and be there each week.

No point us being say here next summer and saying "oh we looked great when Osimhen played but he only played 15/20 times in the league

Ya that quote from Mitten is from a interview a few days before the links to Gyorkeres started to ramp up. As you say he also mentioned it was the week before that he was in old trafford and his name wasn't mentioned.

I reckon it could be United want him. They aren't willing to cough up the now apparently higher transfer fee so unless Sporting drop the price back to around the £55m it's dead in the water. They will need to sell players to fund it but I'm sure they are confident of offloading at least 3 players. Garnacho, Antony and Malacia. The rest could be trickier.

We need to get the middle of the park sorted. It would have been easier to sort if we had gotten the 100m for Bruno. I don't see Bruno and Mainoo working together, nor do I see Bruno and Ugarte working. Casemiro just won't have the legs. So what do we with Mainoo and Ugarte. To get the best out of Bruno or Mainoo you would want to get the likes of Onana from Villa or Tonali. Basically someone athletic and comfortable on the ball. Ugarte simply not good enough. To me it will be either Bruno or Mainoo. It's possible Mainoo will be sold when it should be Bruno given his age

Mainoo is best just on the cusp on the outside/inside of the opposition box. He's brilliant and getting that setup touch and shoot in tight time.

He'd be wasted in the middle and should be played a bit more further.

The 10 positions are stacked though with Cuhna and the likely signing of Mbeumo.

He's young and still growing his game. Bruno, Cas are on the cresp of the hill. Cas gone next summer and Bruno stick around a bit more.

Mount although a brilliant presser I'm not to sure

It's a funny unlucky we don't have more games next season but in all, 38 games(?) next season should really get this team gelled and have it slammed down in what the manager wants.

Amorim complained about training time with the squad. With one game a week hom and the players will have plenty of time as well as a pre season.

Think we'll see a top 5 challenge next season.

I love the Cuhna signing, Mbeumo as well. Gykoeres is a signing I'm kind of afraid of.

Had a phenomenal year but he won't get the same time etc in the league.

I tried to look but anyone know how many of his goals were peno's?

Not to be a Debbie downer just wondering.

Sorry, quite a bit there.

I don't think we will get Gykoeres after signing Mbeumo.

I think given the signings/links Amad will be predominantly a RWB option