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

I suppose the good thing about the Mbeumo delay is we're saving on weekly wages😀

Pains me to say it but if it's true that they keep hiking the ask, then we 100% need to walk away.

Yes Mbeumo is a clear first choice. Yes we've invested 6 weeks of faffing around and if we have to bail out now it'll be a disgrace.

But if Brentford are not just sticking to their initial price but adjusting upwards to see how far up the garden path they can lead us, feck em.

The player knows we wanted him and the only reason it doesn't happen is because Brentford are being sly.

Sh*t show to be moving on to plan B after wasting so much time but so be it.

ALSO, from Whitwell:

-- United sent a scout to watch defender Eivind Helland, cost around €7million to €8m

-- John Victor is an option if Altay Bayindir leaves , so might not be affected by Onana situation

-- While there is some debate over the exact fee Brentford want, the reported £70m offer by Tottenham, later denied by the club, is seen by some as a yardstick.

-- Says United are being patient with Mbeumo deal and hoping Brentford ease their valuation

Mbeumo may start kicking up and ask for a transfer. That would get things in motion.

Bit like Antony in that regard so. Happy to stay at United but if he leaves, Real Betis is the only club for him.

Sounds like we're more broke than previously reported.

If I'm Amorim I'd walk, we don't have the funds promised to him to fix the squad, he won't switch away from 3 atb and lord knows most of the players that need replacing won't adapt.

Next seasons shaping up to be a shocker.

The likes of Hellend are for the future. He's not going to walk straight into the first team which is what we need to focus on. Expect another **** season again. If we don't sign anyone else we will finish around mid table.

I saw a clip earlier of McIlroy signing autographs yesterday and one of the adults asked him about United this season. Well you would swear someone let the air out of him. He let the biggest sigh and said top half finish. He feels it just like us :-(

I'm sure Amorim is as frustrated as the rest of us. If and when he does get sacked he has the excuse that he wasn't backed in the summer that's presuming we don't sign anyone else.

Lets all cheer getting 13.5 million instead of the original 6 million for a 50million player who was ours and is better than anyone we have in the position

Hahaha I hope we do now!

Take the hit in the sense that we might have to cover a % of wages (pay off) or sell a player for slightly less etc.. i.e maybe Garnacho gets sold for 30/40m, which we all agree is a modern day "bargain" but it gets money in. Maybe another goes on loan and we cover 25% of the wages but there is a deal in place for next summer so on.

We are selling underperforming players, from an underperforming team who are largely on wages higher than they are worth and who the manager does not want in his team so we aren't going to be getting top-level offers.

Rashford - we might have to send him on loan to Barca for a year with an obligation to buy down the line. If that is the best move available, it should be taken IMO. It removes his massive wages for this current season and will bring in a fee next summer.

Ideally, Barca pay 40m this summer. But as a "hit" even I would offer Barca 25/30m this summer or 40m next as an example. That's level of "hit" I'm talking about.

Garnacho - High level talent and if we were in a better position, we could be looking at a much higher fee but once again, maybe he has to go at 30/40m this summer. A "hit" on what his value should be. But if the player won't move outside the PL and we have no place for him in the team then it's in our best interest to find a solution inside the PL.

You get the idea. The club needs to find solutions.

Antony and Sancho are a lot more complicated, obviously. Maybe both go back on loan again. At least the burden of the wages can be lessened that way and it might help with PSR calculations for next summer to have offset some of that cost.

There's a link to Nicolas Jackson to us, could see some PSR fuckery with Garnacho if true.

He's Nunez in Blue!

Does all the right things except his finishing is poor.