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

Yeah I agree. Small overspends to get a player in early are not the reason why we're in the situation we're in - it's because we spent stupid money on players that didn't warrant it.

But, unfortunately because of our recklessness in previous windows, our financial situation is very tight and we have less latitude to overspend a little here and there. Other clubs like City have the headroom to do it.

As you allude to, I think our window is very complicated because of the sheer amount of players we're trying to offload or would like to offload (Rashford, Sancho, Garnacho, Antony, Onana, Hojlund). It's a highly unusual position for a club to find itself in.

Priorities to upgrade over the summer would have to be 1 - Hojlund, 2 - Onana, 3 - Amorim

Don't hold your breath for any solutions from the perpetual sack brigade.

i presume he is talking about nico williams, so rashford may wake up from that dream.

i really dont know where he will end up….i think the teams he will want, wont want him and vice versa.

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Nick Cox leaving to become technical director at Everton, on top of lawerence leaving at the end of the season. Two big losses in the academy structure.

Will be interesting to see who, and how quickly, we replace them.

We were linked with the academy director from Chelsea not too long ago. Wonder if that will become a reality.

Does anyone else find it interesting how Chelsea flop Mudryk has been found to have a banned substance taken, with probably 6 or 7 years left on his contract?

They'll be able to sack him now.

If I was a Chelsea player on a long contract and not in the team, I think I'd stay away from the club canteen to be honest.

I don't think he was that much of a flop where they'd be seeking to offload him for nothing to get out of the long contract they had with him (if he hadn't been banned for doping offences).

It's a huge blow for Chelsea - at least £60m of a transfer fee down the drain and maybe more depending how easy the add ons were.

probably on a lis of alternatives if we don't get Mbeumo.

It makes some sense in terms of the R10 position would be a perfect use of his abilities. Had a good first season, more ineffective last season which would be a red flag, and his price of likely 50m+ doesn't make him a great alternative.

I'd say it is more likely to be agent talk, or United trying to sew some seeds of doubt with Brentford to aid discussions on Mbeumo.

I remembe reading that Chelse would be able to just write off the debt on him as a bad debt so it wuld be like it never happened from a PSR scenario

there is no way you could convince anyone that Sancho had deliberately taking anything performance enhancing.

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6'6.....We can use the Zlatan song for him 😅

Given the state of us last season, the fact that manager has been there since November and will have had his much vaunted "full pre-season", and the fact we don't have European football next season allowing for more rest compared to the top teams, do you not think we should be primed and ready to go from the off?

I could get losing to Arsenal, City and Chelsea, but if we're heading into 9/10 games on less than 10 points and a minus goal difference, surely there would be no excuse for that?

I want Amorim to succeed, I do. But I want United to succeed first and foremost, and if we're heading towards 8/9/10 with something similar from last season, then he would have to go. If the first 5 games are a disaster, say 1 point and -5 goal difference (and given our form last season under this manager, that's possible), do we need another 5 games to make a call?

It might be the first 5 games are a tough draw, but bar the promoted teams, no team in the Premier League is an easy game. Any group of 5 games is going to have a few tough games in them. And I think having been there since November and having the worse form in living memory since he came in, having a full pre-season, having a few signings and no European football to worry about, I'd be fully expecting Amorim to have them primed and ready from the off. If he doesn't, then it'll be clear that he isn't up to the job, simple as that.

A good start, or at the very least a solid start, is an absolute must. More of the same, and it's Ten Hag Mark II, only without the trophies.