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

There was paper talk back in December about us being interested in John Victor. Think he signed a new contract with a low release clause to stay and play at the club WC this summer. Has worked out well for Botafogo as they've earned well at this summer's tournament which is massive for them given how competitive Brazilian football is.

Said the same last week and its been picked up yday by 3 or 4 Brazilian media outlets aswell. Low cost transfer so not much risk, let bayinder move on and his feelings would pretty much cover the fee for Victor John. Phase out Onana hopefully and maybe promote Harrison next summer to replace Heaton .

With what money and who? Probably barely have the money needed to buy Mbeumo never mind throwing a CF in there.

Think if we want to bring in a few players this summer we'll have to look at the loan market for a couple of signings. Luiz and Vlahović are two options from Juventus, if Bayern have a genuine interest in Rashford they have Palhinha they want to move on.

Why woukd anyone care. He literally said he wanted to leave the club. He is gone as far as I'm concerned.

*“For me, personally, I think I’m ready for a new challenge and the next steps.”** 

**“When I leave it’s going to be ‘no hard feelings’. You’re not going to have any negative comments from me about Manchester United. ... If I know that a situation is already bad I’m not going to make it worse. ... When I leave I’ll make a statement and it will be from me.”** 

> **“It’s disappointing but I’m also someone as I’ve got older I can deal with setbacks. What am I going to do about it? Sit there and cry about it? Or do my best the next time I’m available.”** 

It's funny because someone that disects every little thing about the manager but you don't see how Rashford said he wants to leave the club.

This is the crap that goes on at United and eth had to deal to th before him. Problems not in management it was in the previous board room and contracts they gave out it's made players that should be fighting for their future sit back on guaranteed contracts that they wouldn't get anywhere else and not give a toss about the club.

Reports tonight that we've moved to sign Dominic Calvert-Lewin on a free

That story appears to be from the Sun so crisis averted

Hojlund probably needs a loan as well. A season away from OT. Re-find his form. Develop.

DCL is grand so long as he isn't our main striker. But on a free as an option in the squad? Yeah worth a shot.

He's played there once for Brentford if transfermarkt is correct. Though they don't account for in-game changes if it happened. His last season in France he played RM in a 4-4-2.

If Amad can play RWB I'd say there's no reason that Mbeumo couldn't slot in there to possibly do a job if needed. Think Cunha similar for LWB. When we played them in the 2-0 loss where Cunha scored direct from a corner he was coming from L10 back to LWB to help Aït-Nouri double up on Amad. At times Cunha was deeper than Aït-Nouri defending against Amad I believe.

Amorim likes his WBs to actually be wingers. So would be interesting to see if Cunha or Mbeumo ever end up at WB during a game if he wanted to get more attackers on the pitch if chasing the game. That's likely the only reason I'd ever want to see them at WB.

If we get both it's going to make a massive difference in how our front three operate. Another big positive if we get both in is they're both better than Bruno when it comes to set pieces. Both should be on corners and free kicks when crossing the ball.

Maybe another tick for the WB position if you're chasing the game and trying to get crosses into the box.

If Hojlund leaves this summer even on loan I think there's a good chance we don't see him in a United shirt again in a competitive game. I emphasis competitive game because he could play preseason if no clauses end up in his loan deal.

I think Amorim would've had the conversation with Bruno if he wanted him gone.

Maybe, he couldn't in good conscience let go of our best player, when we can't even give a lot of the dregs away.

Gyokeres looks to be off to Arsenal according to Ornstein. I don’t think we were ever in for him? (he wanted Arsenal anyway)

Højlund out and Watkins in could be the move but it feels unrealistic for now unless something more than rumours with Højlund and Inter develops.

By the time we sell the unwanted, all the strikers will be gone and we'll be left with the bargain bin….