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

There you have it. No way he'll play for us again. This will be done before the world cup starts.

I think we will see a fair bit of rotation and maybe even some youth on Sunday. I don't think Sesko is back and with Casemiro & Malacia both bidding fairwell last weekend there will be at least 2 places in the squad freed up. Bruno will obviously want to start but apart from that we might see some rotation I feel.

I am perfectly fine with them avoiding the shiny toys and going instead with players that they think will work out.

We don't desperately need Anderson, he is just a footballer. And if we can get 3 good players for the price of him then thats what we should be doing.

If the club identifies the wrong players then they will get the criticism for that, for making bad judgements. But I certainly have no problem with the club looking outside the back pages for their targets.

I’d be on board if the club had any recent history of unearthing undervalued players and turning them into stars. In reality it’s the complete opposite of cheaping out on the can’t miss talents (Caicedo & Rice) and repeatedly blowing £30m-£60m on players who make no impact.

A 27 year old midfielder who’s highest ever level is mid table in serie A (the league where McTominay got into Balon d’or contention) & 3 international caps with no top club looking at him for €50m. You’d have to take a big leap of faith to think he’ll move the dial

Nothing is certain of course, but I would be extremely confident in 5 years we’ll look back and say Anderson for £100m was great value for City as he is a stallworth in a title winning team for a decade and Ederson will be back in Italy or turkey and we’ll still be looking for a CM.

Perhpas but the other most solid link thus far is Baleba. Baleba and Mainoo with Ederson and Ugarte as back up is not serious for a team with ambition to establish as a top PL side again. Mainoo is the young project. He needs a legitimate heavyweight CM beside him (which we haven’t had in a very long time) IMO.

If Ederson is out alternative to Anderson then yeah, i'd have a big issue.

i just hope that isn't the case

I hope we are signing 3 midfielders, and Ederson is the least of them.

But history would suggest to prepare for a worse outcome, and we only sign two… and ederson is the better of them.

We already have a player better than Ederson and we are looking to get rid of him. Crazy if he is one of our choices

Who?

I think Ederdson is better than people are giving him credit for - i think there is a lazy view of him being another shin kicker like Ugarte has been for us. I don't think he is. But I also don't think he is a game changer of a signing. I think he could be a very good squad player. So, imo, if we are signing him I would judge the signing at the end of the summer when we can see what else we have or have not done in midfield.

And if your argument is we need better than squad player signings…. yes I agree. which is why i would judge it at the end of the summer. Right now we have Kobbie, and Urgarte who we seem to want to sell. We absolutely need a squad player signing this summer. If Ederson is that player, I think it is a fantastic signing for that role

The fee's being spoken about today for him would annoy me though, considering 1 year left on the contract and his club obviously want to cash in rather than let him leaave for free.

Tonali is the best midfielder we can realistically get. Premier league proven. Elliot Anderson Isn’t going to happen, he is city bound.

It's gonna be Ederson, Baleba and one of those Championship lads for midfield. That'll be about 130million and the rest will go on a 30 million left back and a 20 million striker.

You need a heavyweight that's willing to join unfortunately. Can't see Tchouameni leaving Madrid, Anderson is likely City bound and not sure who else is being linked whether seriously or click bait bar Tonali.

Tonali is likely the best bet as he wants out of Newcastle but negotiating with Newcastle will be tough. Google says with a 12 month option Newcastle have him tied down till 2030. Then you factor in how much he'll want per week.

If it's a players from Newcastle I'd love Guimarães and Ederson can be third choice (but for more like half of what Atalanta are asking for) and find a Lammens type signing as 4th choice.

Only God knows what City are offering and how well they'll hide it to make it seem like he's not being paid a king's ransom.

Do you mean tier 1 and 2 as sign these two and tier 3/4 can be the third signing.

We had been linked with Wharton quiet a bit last year had we not?! That seems to have died down? 🤔 Has he indicated that he's heading somewhere else or wha..?

Wharton links have probably died down because we're not selling Mainoo. Wharton and Mainoo would be a poor midfield duo imo.