The Manchester United Thread

steveorobbo said:
Just get him. We all know the potential he has and if the club wants him for 18 months they must be looking at keeping him. As long as its not a compulsory buy then get him for 6 months and re-evaluate at the end of the season. The likes of Rondon and Ighalo are only going to be 6 month deals anyway so why pass up the opportunity to get a good young striker in with the potential to keep? Stupid again.
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I don’t understand what’s stupid?
 
Theatre of Dreams83 said:
I don’t understand what’s stupid?
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The fact they aren't going after a good young striker that we could well end up keeping for the sake of an extra year loan, but will happily go for rondon or ighalo that will only be for 6 months anyway with no intention of keeping. I know who is rather have and put my time into
 
steveorobbo said:
The fact they aren't going after a good young striker that we could well end up keeping for the sake of an extra year loan, but will happily go for rondon or ighalo that will only be for 6 months anyway with no intention of keeping. I know who is rather have and put my time into
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Sorry I’m with the club on this one 6 months isn’t enough sample size. Yes he’s shown potential but he’s also shown to be incredibly inconsistent and to suit only certain style of play.

Rather take someone to do a job short term then work on something for the summer.
 
Theatre of Dreams83 said:
Sorry I’m with the club on this one 6 months isn’t enough sample size. Yes he’s shown potential but he’s also shown to be incredibly inconsistent and to suit only certain style of play.

Rather take someone to do a job short term then work on something for the summer.
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Thats why I said just get him in for the 6 months and re-evaluate at the end of the season. We are going to let whoever we get in go at the end of the season anyway, so why not get him (who is just as likely to be as hit and miss as the others) but at least with him and his age we are getting a closer look at a good young player that we could invest in.
 
steveorobbo said:
Thats why I said just get him in for the 6 months and re-evaluate at the end of the season. We are going to let whoever we get in go at the end of the season anyway, so why not get him (who is just as likely to be as hit and miss as the others) but at least with him and his age we are getting a closer look at a good young player that we could invest in.
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They wanted cash now or guaranteed fee at the end of the 6 months that’s why Hertha are getting him they have agreed a cash deal.

Would rather look at Maxi Gomez or Luka Jovic.
 
Theatre of Dreams83 said:
They wanted cash now or guaranteed fee at the end of the 6 months that’s why Hertha are getting him they have agreed a cash deal.

Would rather look at Maxi Gomez or Luka Jovic.
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Ok. Thats not what you said before. You said 6 months with option to buy. But we wanted 18 months. If thats the case then fair enough. My personal opinion though I think he's got enough potential to take a punt on especially at the price. Also young enough to sell on if it doesn't work out.
 
steveorobbo said:
Ok. Thats not what you said before. You said 6 months with option to buy. But we wanted 18 months. If thats the case then fair enough. My personal opinion though I think he's got enough potential to take a punt on especially at the price. Also young enough to sell on if it doesn't work out.
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Sorry my bad for not explaining that properly in the original post.
 
United officially confirm Bruno Fernandes deal
United have officially complete transfer of Bruno Fernandes on a five-and-a-half year contract with the option of an additional year.


Bruno Fernandes said:

“My love of Manchester United really started when I used to watch Cristiano Ronaldo play and ever since then I have been a big fan of this great club. For me to now play for Manchester United feels incredible, I have worked hard to get to this moment and I can promise the fans that I will give everything for the badge to help bring us more success and trophies. I want to thank Sporting for everything they have done for me. It is surreal to hear the nice words that have been said about me from players that used to play for this team. A massive thank you to Ole and everyone at Manchester United for the trust they have shown in me and I can’t wait to start to repay that on the pitch.”
 
steveorobbo said:
Makes it all the more frustrating that we have dragged the deal on all month haggling over a few million when nobody would bat an eyelid if he was on double those wages. So in most people's eyes we have saved a **** load of money on that already.
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98% of world population have no idea what million dollars look like.
 
Vanjagl said:
Wrong. I've never managed multimillion $$$ businesses, but I've managed (take this managed lightly) business thats worth around $100k. And trust me, they were stingy about 5$, let alone something like a million $.
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The club (business) is worth billions. The differnce between playing in the Europa League and the Champions League is 10's of millions plus sponsorships. Even more when Adidas pull funds. So what they haggled for is peanuts in the grand scheme of things. Especially when it turns out he's supposed to be on 70k a week when almost anyone would have thought at least 150k after what we have been paying **** players recently. The wages alone have save millions a year on expectation. The club behind the scenes is a shambles. The few million we have haggled for Bruno will be made up next season when Ed signs our new official Chinese bog roll sponsor. Its a joke.

If we are haggling that much for a few million then its down to the Glazers and what they will allow us to spend. We have one of the highest turnovers/profit in world football so we should be able to match any club in the world for spending. We cant because of the money the Glazers take out. 2 summers ago promoted Fulham outspent us on net spend. How? The reason we are haggling now is because we had to pay for Maguire upfront rather than spread it out. But after selling Lukaku our net spend was still **** all compared to the rest of the top teams. So where is the money? Even adding the upfront Bruno fee on to the summer spend its still not as much as some clubs spent in the summer. Now we are scraping about for a loan striker. Its embarrasing. All down to the Glazers lining their pockets.
 
zzeezzy said:
Why not Giroud? Be perfect for short-term option.
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A bit sad about him. His last change probably to represent country and definitely make the bench, but he is not getting game time. Wants to leave but they are not letting him go anywhere.
 
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