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

I'm probably the only one but I'm finding the reaction to all this Keane and Bruno shite embarrassing, obviously what Keane said was wrong but **** me you'd think he did or said something really bad, its such a non story. Not like he's spitting on kids, riding his brothers wife or beating women.

You’re right, he’s not doing any of those things… he’s just being an a**hole.

Jesus the amount of dislike on here for Keane is daft. In 20 years time Keane will still be remembered as a club legend in the same light as Edwards, Law, Charlton, Best, Robson, Cantona. Bruno will be forgotton about a few years after he leaves the club

£35m is not a bad price.

If he keeps going the way he's going he'll ruin his reputation with alot of fans. It'll go from he was a great player and captain to yeah he was great but a bit of a prick and hates united, so he won't be held in the same esteem as Charlton, Cantona or Best. All the ones you mentioned were United to the core and ended up as ambassadors or simple just fans of the club. Keane can't even bring himself to say he supports united. He'd prefer to say he's a soft spot for **** spurs. 🤷

Just look at the whole saipan thing, there's still alot of Ireland fans that wouldn't consider him for the best footballer we've produced, which he definitely should be in that discussion, because of what happened there.

IMO, this is just feeds into the whole negative narrative around united that has be grown because of people like Keane and Neville constantly slating the players even after winning games they'll concentrate or find negatives to talk about. Think back to that clown souness going on about pogba being expected to get 4 assists because he cost 100million. When our own "legends" are slating players it gives others the freedom to do the same with no pushback. Imagine if Wirtz had signed for utd for the price he went to Liverpool do you think he'd have got the pass from Keane and Neville like he has has from Carragher or other Liverpool pundits. I can't recall him ever being criticised for average, at best, performances.

He's an upgrade on Ugarte for sure!

Yep.
I think he can be an EXCELLENT squad player. but he should be a squad player rather than needing to be out star player.

It does make sense to bring in the second or third choice new midfielder first (assuming Mainoo and X will be the first choice pairing).

It'd be a lot harder to convince Ederson to join if for example, Anderson and Fernandez had already joined. Though I would expect Ederson would be briefed somewhat on the plan for midfield reinforcements.

<40m is worth the gamble, if he doesn't work out they should recoup most of that back.

I agree with the earlier point on how former captains like Bryan Robson and Bobby Charlton became true United legends and ambassadors is because they always showed class and respect towards the club and the players that came after them. You absolutely never saw them slagging off current United players in the media or trying to score points for attention.

Roy Keane was an unbelievable player and honestly one of my favourite United players ever …. but that doesn’t make him a nice person, and I think people should be allowed to say that without being accused of disrespecting his legacy.

The whole spat with Alex Ferguson is something I also find very distasteful , if he doesn’t get on with him anymore that’s fine and relationships break down…. im sure he has what he thinks are good reasons. But Ferguson made Keane the captain of the biggest club in the world and saw him as his on field representative until he felt as manager that Keane’s influence had become disruptive . Publicly slagging off our greatest manager ever and someone who helped him to be the player and leader he became….just comes across as crass, bitter and hugely disrespectful .

You can admire Roy Keane the footballer, and I always will , but you can also recognise that he often comes across as unnecessarily harsh and not particularly likeable.

Getting a deal for any midfielder pre-WC is fantastic. The fact hes the cheaper option and still at a very good price is excellent. We needed to be quick this summer.

I read that was rhe figure for RA and his team, not just him.

Yeah personal terms agreed and £69m opening offer to Newcastle.

One one hand I'll be gutted to see Rashford back at Carrington, especially if he's even more grumpy due to Barcelona ditching him, but at the same time I'll be a bit amused that his high opinion of himself will take another dent if Barca reject the chance to sign him for €30m because they're skint, and then sign Gordon for €80m instead.