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

Especially when you consider if he went there and flopped massively the club gets their€50M still because Napoli are always going to qualify for the CL. Hopefully the money can be put to good use to bring in a decent back up no.9 before the start of next season.

I narrowed the search down to the cheapest option for Brighton i.e. £63 Sterling per seat per Adult.

Over 66 £47.25

18-20 £47.25

16-17 £31.50

Under 16 £31.50

Yes there there are loads of other seats available but all are above the "cheapest" seat of £63 Sterling.

Do we know if there's a get out clause?

Chelsea were obligated to buy Sancho if they finished above 14th... until they weren't.

Wouldn't be surprised if there's something similar with Hojlund / Napoli if he was to flop and they qualified for CL.

You probably could but I don't Napoli would agree to it. Hojlund himself probably wouldn't agree to it either.

The break clause in Sancho's loan was basically a loan fee. Chelsea couldn't agree wages with Sancho which normally have to be agreed before a loan with an obligation happens.

So rather than letting the deal fall apart United likely agreed to take a £5M fee from Chelsea in the future if they couldn't agree on a deal with Sancho by the end of June.

Thomas Tuchel has warned that Marcus Rashford must deliver on his talent or risk ending his career wondering “what could have been”.

Rashford is currently on loan at Barcelona, hoping to get his career back on track after being frozen out at Manchester United by Ruben Amorim, who took issue with his poor work rate in training.

He was called up to Tuchel’s first England squad in the spring despite not playing for the Three Lions since March 2024 and made a cameo appearance against Wales last week.

The German has now warned, though, that he must deliver on his talent or risk missing his ceiling.

"It's not a question of talent, it's a question of whether he can prove the point at club and international level,” Tuchel explained, speaking from Riga ahead of England’s World Cup qualifier against Latvia.

“Otherwise, he will be disappointed in 10 years at what could have been and what he made of it.

"I think the limit for him is very, very high. Maybe higher than for others.

"He has the potential - but potential is a dangerous word with high-level sports.

"You have to reach your personal best on a regular basis - that is what is demanded on this kind of level, and that is the challenge for him.”

Tuchel continued, adding Rashford has “no limits”, but that his output did not match his talent.

"He can be one of the best in the world because the quality I see in training, the finishing with both legs and with the head.

"He is explosive, he is fast, he is strong in the air, so where are the limits?

"There are no limits - but the numbers don't reach the potential, it is as easy as that."

Speaking to ITV ahead of the Latvia clash, Rashford put his struggles at United down to managerial turnover, saying: “When people talk about consistency, in order to be consistent in anything, not just sport, you need consistent variables in your life and the way you train.

“We have just had so many changes so far in my career but I have to look forward and that it definitely one of the things I want to put right and improve on to be at my best more often.”

Yeah , I had a sub for a while but cancelled.

Exactly, it's another excuse. How many managers did Harry Kane play under while he was at Spurs? Must have been 6 or 7 but he was professional and got on with it.

Rashford's head was turned by the PL lifestyle imho, that is the real issue.

I don't actually find them that good at all, they're massively overrated imo.

There really isn't that much quality in the Utd specific media space though.

Anka is ok but gets hyper fixated on weird details sometimes. Whitwell has good sources but sits on the fence so he doesn't piss any of them off. Mitten is the worst - offers very little beyond extremely basic analysis that you'd hear in a pub, and constantly name drops without realising it. Have to fast forward any time he appears. Funnily enough, I actually find the guy who hosts it and asks the questions to be the most interesting!

It's a podcast that generally tries to reflect the mood of the fan base, to piss off the least amount of people and maximise listeners rather than prioritising real insight or interesting views. I suppose a lot of people are into their style.

I agree re Mitten he's not great but think he does fancy himself as a journalist as he likes to remind us all the time. I do like the Ian guy though I di think he's pretty good on the podcast

Based on your last two posts, you should probably move to North Korea. You'd be happier there.