The Manchester United Thread

Scouseinthehouse said:
Ta for that. I read that early and I thought I recalled Fergusin being heavily in for Modric. But I didn't want to question it as I wasn't 100%.
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We didn't go for him when Chelsea bid, because we knew they were ****** with Chelsea. We went in season after, but he was set on Madrid so it never went further.
 
zzeezzy said:
True. But despite the monstorous fee and everything else along with it. I can't help but admire the fact that we have the bottle to admit a mistake we made with a talented young player that we mistakenly let go of before in order to get him back.
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I don't understand the logic of why one has to sign him to admit the mistake of letting him go. You can admit a mistake without signing him.
 
Whats with all this controversy over Martial not being informed that the No.9 shirt was stripped from him? Rather petty from the management if true
 
Alcaraz said:
Whats with all this controversy over Martial not being informed that the No.9 shirt was stripped from him? Rather petty from the management if true
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Stupid incompetence not petty I think. Martial seems to be annoyed as he changed his profile and cover photo on facebook to ones clearly featuring the number 9
 
Alcaraz said:
Whats with all this controversy over Martial not being informed that the No.9 shirt was stripped from him? Rather petty from the management if true
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Hey now. You know Zlatan's really in charge. :P. And what Zlatan wants, Zlatan gets!
 
ninjaskill said:
Stupid incompetence not petty I think. Martial seems to be annoyed as he changed his profile and cover photo on facebook to ones clearly featuring the number 9
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People are desperate to make a story somewhere
 
Scholes criticism is interesting in its timing. He's been more critical if Pogba than he has of Rooney. Yet as recently as last year he said we should bring Pogba back. Hmmm
 
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Mike. said:
People are desperate to make a story somewhere
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I don't think this is some stupid story journalists concocted on a slow news day. Asking a player before taking away his shirt number (a coveted number at that) is pretty SOP at literally any club, even a Sunday League one. The fact that United did not do so is hilarious and ridiculous in equal measure.
 
Alcaraz said:
I don't think this is some stupid story journalists concocted on a slow news day. Asking a player before taking away his shirt number (a coveted number at that) is pretty SOP at literally any club, even a Sunday League one. The fact that United did not do so is hilarious and ridiculous in equal measure.
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Player actually rarely get asked too much about this (I've cut a feature about this before) they get asked their preference and of there is a particularly unique number like 23, that gets used, but outside of unique numbers they are usually just assigned. he's gone from 9 to 11, the only number more legendary than 11 here is 7. So that argument doesn't work. Someone should have told him, but it really isn't a big deal. People outside the club will talk about it more than people in the club will.
 
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Joking on this aside, Martial will more than likely of gotten a nice 'present' from Zlatan to compensate the switch of #'s. Sounds very spurious he knew notiin' about it.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
Joking on this aside, Martial will more than likely of gotten a nice 'present' from Zlatan to compensate the switch of #'s. Sounds very spurious he knew notiin' about it.
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No he wouldn't. Wish people would stop making things up to make it sound much worse. He's just got the second most legendary number at the club. No major CF would have come to the club and not got that number. People hear Zlatan and make **** up.
 
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Mike. said:
No he wouldn't. Wish people would stop making things up to make it sound much worse. He's just got the second most legendary number at the club.
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I'm not making anything sound worse. That happens often up and down the Country.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
I'm not making anything sound worse. That happens often up and down the Country.
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As I said no major forward comes here and doesn't get 9. The onky annoying thing is it being announced on social media first. Because the kit team and coaches were too slow
 
Mike. said:
As I said no major forward comes here and doesn't get 9. The onky annoying thing is it being announced on social media first. Because the kit team and coaches were too slow
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Hey, I'm with you. It's a complete non-story and I don't for one minute believe Martial knew nothing abut it.

It's not the number on a players back that matters anyway but what he does on the pitch for the badge on the shirt he's representing.
 
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