Furball
Evil Scotsman
People laughed when Mourinho said finishing 2nd was his greatest achievement.
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**Official** English Football Season 2024/25
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
Man Utd would have to throw in some sort of sweetener to get any of them off the books because they'll be on mental wages.
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De Gea, Pogba, Zlatan, Mata, Alexis, Young, Herrera, Mkhitaryan, Valencia, Fellaini, Matic. Jose was putting abit of dip on the chip.
Jose would have won that Europa final though. I'm tempted to think that ETH would have too.
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De Ligt has been pretty good when fit, I wouldn’t particularly want to move on from him. I’ve said before that it makes sense to sell Bruno, but at this point it’s risky, if he leaves we might be genuinely worried about relegation. Zirkzee has been almost as bad as Hojlund, but fewer people have noticed, so he might be a good selling opportunity. A realistic aim for 2025/6 is to try to finish top half while we work our way through the worst of the contracts and try to clean up financially so there’s room for manoeuvre in a year or two.
andruid
International Coach
Sell high, use the cash to bring in unkown young things from France and the Bundesliga and hope for the best
Tangles
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Being so close to relegation by league position has made me wonder about the Adidas and shirt contracts the Glazers rely on to service the debt. There would have to be relegation clauses in there. Unless they never figured it could happen.
The Glazers need to go but since Ratcliff bailed them out I don’t see any options other than relegation. And that’s not a guarantee.
I think the team has looked better under Amorim the longer it has gone. Not great but less chaotic defending than ETH. Scoring is an issue. Hojlund and Zirkzee haven’t been good but the service isn’t there. A better striker without better service is going to have limited results.
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It's hard to separate ability to get on the end of chances from quality of creative play, but the creative numbers of Diallo, Garnacho, and (especially) Bruno are pretty okay. They're making a reasonable number of chances for players that aren't called Hojlund or Zirkzee. They even make chances for Maguire or Mainoo when those guys go up front. 9/11 have sub-Championship tier ability to get on the end of anything, and it's making our creative players look worse, rather than the other way round.
Tangles
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I doubt they will be able to attract a proven goal scorer without silly wages, which they said they were done with. Delap seems like putting hope on a younger player like Hojlund. Cuhna seems more of a 10 or a forward from what I’ve seen.
Think you’re a bit harsh on Zirkzee who looks like he could be a player when he plays deeper. He’s not a striker.
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Wirtz to Liverpool looks to be happening. Huge signing and will be the biggest any club makes this summer.
First time we've signed a certified world class player since Torres in 2008.
Slot aint messin' about.
First time we've signed a certified world class player since Torres in 2008.
Slot aint messin' about.
andruid
International Coach
Y'all can have Patrick Bamford. He scored 17 goals in the EPL some years back, and his run of injuries means he is way undervalued.
Aritro
International Regular
Sunderland don't look like they're up to much today. I would like to see them in the Premier League again but would rather have newly minted Bangladesh midfielder Hamza Choudhury back there. The nation has already gone mental about him being involved. There'll be another outpouring of pride if he's a current Premier League player rather than a former one.
Aritro
International Regular
Thiago possibly in that category I think. But Wirtz easily more heralded and the more Torresy one
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Not a bad shout, didn't include him due to his age and the injury record. That was speculative value-hunting from FSG but unfortunately Thiago's body was well past it.
Wirtz is a wonderkid and transformative signing. He'll walk in immediately as the best 10 in the league. Talk is we're trying to negotiate it for under £100m and may even throw a player in return so the fee and pressure isn't absurd.
I just hope we can get it done quickly then we can move on to Kerkez, CB, and a striker.
BoyBrumby
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Played.
That's almost certainly the most amusing way I've found out who won a game without being told the result.
It's maybe not a packed field, but good work nevertheless.
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Thoughts and prayers to those people involved in the parade incident.
Just awful stuff. YNWA
Just awful stuff. YNWA
God, why the **** are United playing in Malaysia 3 days after the league ended
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Man Utd booed off after 1-0 defeat by ASEAN All-Stars in Malaysia
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim believes it will do his players good to leave Kuala Lumpur with the sound of boos ringing in their ears after a 1-0 loss to ASEAN All-Stars.
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