Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 12.02.26

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I'd imagine there would be something on one of the days for fans to attend but I haven't seen anything yet.

Assuming we qualify for the CL, he'll have a big transfer budget to spend.

Wonder will he get full control or is some kind of commitee.

no way he gets control.

He'll get input. The club will ultimately decide (and may or may not agree with him).

I think it will be similar to Amorim - everyone agreed the positions, everyone ultimately agreed the targets - but Amorim didn't get his specific choices: Martinez & Watkins vs Lammens and Sesko. I think there Lammens was likely far more of a club decision than Sesko, in terms of while Amorim might have preferred Watkins, he's wasn't against Sesko; I think he absolutely wanted PL proven martinez over Lammens though, which I also think was a fair opinion.

ETH surely had free reign on Antony and Onana.

I actually trust Carrick's opinion more.

I honestly think I'd do a better job signing players than the club has in the past.

Yeah, I think the board got the calls right.

But also… the board call was originally for Delap over Gyokeres, then we missed on both and then they picked Sesko over Watkins, having also missed on Ekitike.

I've no issue with the club ultimatey deciding. My view is the manager should be hired with an understanding his general style fits the club. Then the manager can say I need players in X,Y,Z (and in our case A,B,C,D,E,F,G…) positions, and I would want the players bought to be able to do these things (overlap, underlap, be good at carrying or pass first profile requirements) and then the scouting team and recruitment go find the best players to fill those needs, within the budget and general guidelines of the club.

I find the idea that the manager should be head scout utterly insane. I don't understand why a manager would even want the responsibility of searching for and finding all the players, while also needing to actually manage the team he is in charge of.

Its a huge gamble anyway.

It is a huge factor. There are about 3 names who might be considered impossible to pass on, and United aren't getting any of them. (Guardiola, Klopp, Ancelotti).

After that it is just a bunch of people that are as likely to be the next Ten Hag or Amorim as they are to be a success.

For example I hear people suggest Nagelsmann. Why exactly is he the best choice? Because he won a title with Bayern? But he got sacked during the next season and has never worked in the PL, so its certainly not a sure thing…

Carrick currently has a 2.3 PPM, better than Arteta (Yes I know about sample size). Its not so long ago that we couldn't get above 1ppm. He has done as good a job as it probably was possible to do so far.

So if there is a demonstrably better man to put in place then we should do that. But I certainly can't see who that sure thing happens to be?

It is ok to think that Carrick isn't the long term manager while also thinking he is grand for the here and now. We are still in a state of flux with the squad with up to 8 players leaving in the summer. If you were to throw a new manager into the mix as well and players coming back late after the world cup then it's not a great place to be. I think Carrick is low risk compared to to recent appointments. We need to build the squad depth with European football coming in some shape or form next season. Carrick in my opinion deserves the chance to lead us further down the path than we are now. He might not get the Club back to where it was but then we might need to stop looking in the rear view mirror. What we had is the Fergie days was something that is unlikely to ever be seen again.

Isn't that the day tinfoil hat wearer say gravity is going to disappear for 7 seconds?

If it happens when a corner is being taken then it'll be like an Arsenal game