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

The sad thing is, if Fernandes doesn’t come out and clarify that what Keane said was incorrect then Keane's comments become fact in the eyes of the people that just read headlines.

What Keane said:

“After the [Forest] game he got interviewed and he said, the captain of Manchester United said: ‘A few times, I probably should have shot but I made them passes.’ Wow. How can your mindset of a footballer be going into a match to be about an individual record? He won’t be winning trophies, not with that mindset of the team.”

What Fernandes actually said:

“There were probably moments today when I should have passed instead of shot. I’m very happy for the assist, but more than that, I’m happy for the win and to finish the season on a high.”

Keane was a great player at times but never a particularly pleasant individual, look at the Haaland incident and what he had to say about it afterwards. Nothing that is happening at the moment is a surprise to me, there is enough evidence over the years for me to believe the man is a twat.

Sam Johnstone from Wolves?
Would fill a homegrown and clubgrown space for CL next season as well.

Ortega would be a good option as he has experience being the no.2 and was pretty good at it.

Back up keeper is a formality that gets **** all minutes…

…right up until the point where you desperately need him to step up and perform immediately and it becomes the most important position in the whole team.

There is a reason most back up keepers are solid older players and not streaky young players with potential.

Onana isn't gone yet and may be happy to come back with a 25% increase in wages that comes with CL qualification.

I think Bruno has tried ignoring the criticism before - I don't think he ever publicly responded to Gary Neville lying that he had asked to be taken off against Liverpool. He mentioned he asked Ole for Keanes number so he could try reach out to him one to one. None of that seemed to work. At this point, I think Bruno is well entitled to call Keane on the lying. That Keane doubled down on the lie rather than correcting himself only damages peoples perception of him, not Bruno.

It isn't even a standards thing with Keane, Scholes or Neville. Rooney, Ferdinand, Evra and others played in great United sides and they don't seem to feel the need to snipe at current players.

Some people seem to be missing the nuance of what Bruno said. He literally said criticism is not a problem, and he has no problem with it. He's not actually reacting to the criticism and he's well within his rights to call out somebody who formed their opinion or criticism on a false premise. If something is spouted as fact when it isn't, it becomes the narrative and that would annoy anyone in any walk of life. When it comes from a United legend like Keane that has to be especially galling. How he's getting criticism because he said he tried to reach out to Keane to sort it out is beyond me. He's not a robot and if anything it's a mature reaction from him.

Don't disagree with anything you say. It's just if Bruno wants it to go away, he has to draw a line under himself otherwise he invites Keane further into what is turning into quite the childish row at this stage. Bruno should genuinely not give one iota of a **** about what Keane says.

well Vlahovic is now earning 0 a week. So maybe he would accept less.

CB isn't a priority but if the right player/price becomes available, then absolutely the club should be all over it. And that goes for pretty much every position. Sensi for free would allow the club to offload DeLigt or Martinez, perhaps on loan. But I don't think he will be joining us.

Wages will be well down after this summer with Cas, Rashford and Sancho leaving so I wouldn't be factoring that in too much.

3 of those players or others, in on a free, on 220-300k a week combined wages would fill out the squad nicely. Leaving the full kitty for starting XI players.

Time to put that to bed and move on, said it all along he'd choose City.

He's the chief football correspondent for Talk sport

More chance of success with them, more money and no guarantee we don't **** the bed as usual next season.

Simply put yes there is a bigger chance, they have a better squad, constantly win trophies always finish top 4 and every manager they have hired since oil money took over have won the league, compared to us who have been an utter disaster for the most part.