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22 Jul 2024 20:01:22
Hi Ed,
Are United looking at a move for Mazroui to replace Wan Bissaka?
{Ed002's Note - West Ham are keen. Manchester United have him down the list - as do Arsenal.}
1.) 23 Jul 2024 17:00:03
Unless AWB is pushing for a move, the RB spots are the last place I’d look to make any changes this window.
2.) 24 Jul 2024 13:13:51
RB is a tricky one. AWB is fine next season as a back up for Dalot, even if stylistically he's very different. However, he is out of contract and would leave on a free next summer and then need replacing.
Yet the club cannot really justify spending a large amount of money on a new RB, when Dalot will likely be first choice and we just need better cover for him.
The perfect solution is to sell AWB this summer and bring someone in for the same amount or less than we get for AWB, who is both a better stylistic fit and has the potential to develop into a genuine first choice option to challenge Dalot. That way they fix that position for the next 3-5 years without it costing them anything.
Spending more than we get for AWB or letting him leave for free next summer meaning the club have to come up with 100% of the cost of bringing in a replacement at that time, are both financially poor decisions.
The tricky thing is can the club identify a replacement this summer who ticks all the boxes (style, age, potential and cost) while selling AWB for an amount that covers the cost of his replacement.
3.) 24 Jul 2024 14:50:08
shappy reading your comments whilst agreeing that selling awb would benefit as he will very likely play limited minutes, you mention that funds for a replacement should equate to the sale price. They simply don't as by shifting other players we could apportion funds from their sales. eg shift sancho 40m awb 15m and 55 m in the pot to cover the costs of important areas recruitment wise and meet regulations etc. The money is of very little or no consequence to fans as the club have personnel to deal with that aspect. you're a bright enough fella to not buy into the journos values of players or the costs, surely! don't believe any figure given by any media outlet at any club and the players probably don't know the true costs.
4.) 24 Jul 2024 21:13:57
Funky, the sums of money aren't the issue, it's where you proportion your spending.
Can the club justify spending 50m on a back up right regardless of what we raise through sales while we still have need of starting players in other positions.
Would you be okay with us selling Casemiro, McTominay, Hannibal and Eriksen for example and only bringing in Ugarte to play alongside Mainoo and have absolutely no cover for the midfield because we spent 50m on a RB to sit on the bench?
Yes we can raise funds by selling players from other positions in the squad, but in doing so we create a squad depth weakness in that area that then also needs to be addressed.
17 Jul 2024 21:22:03
Hi Eds, could you let us know the situation with Amrabat? Could he still stay at United?
{Ed002's Note - Manchester United have moved on from signing the player.}
1.) 18 Jul 2024 08:53:20
Good. 2 good games shouldn’t warrant signing him.
17 Jul 2024 14:19:28
Hi Ed! Thank you for your answer the other day on Yoro. You were the first person I saw who said it would be likely if Madrid didn’t agree a deal. Always spot on. United seem in talks with West Ham to sell Wan Bissaka. Do you know who are they actively looking at for replacement?
{Ed002's Note - They have Dalot and may only be looking for cover - and they could promote from within. Those who have been scouted have been mentioned before.}
1.) 17 Jul 2024 15:54:22
Please Frimpong! Adaptable and can also cover RW.
Who am I kidding, think that one looks like it's fading.
2.) 17 Jul 2024 16:55:40
Question to everybody, but who do we have at right back that we could promote if we sell AWB?
Think if he wants to move back down to London, West Ham makes good sense for him to play every week. Never good enough, but be happy to keep him as a back up.
3.) 17 Jul 2024 16:46:44
Thanks Ed.
4.) 17 Jul 2024 18:16:51
@Eric. Re Rb backup if we don’t sign anyone, the options are promoting Habeeb Ogunneye or else play Yoro at RB.
5.) 17 Jul 2024 20:49:44
Lindelof could play there as back up I guess? But I think best he’s moved on in the summer.
14 Jul 2024 17:28:58
Ed, any chance Yoro is considering a United move now? It sounds like we have an agreement with Lille, and he hasn’t turned us down as of yet. Just going on if there’s any hope for now.
{Ed002's Note - Sure if Real Madrid do not make an acceptable offer - as that where he wants to go.}
08 Jul 2024 14:03:46
Hi Ed, is Ben Chilwell an option for United, there are some rumors around? Are United still considering left backs such as Gutierrez this summer?
{Ed002's Note - Ben Chilwell (LB) Chelsea have added a younger option which may well allow Chilwell to depart with three other Left Backs who have already gone. May still be wanted by Manchester City. I am not aware of any approach by Manchester United.}
1.) 08 Jul 2024 14:44:35
Thank you Ed. Has there been any talk over a loan or anything for Malacia to get his fitness back?
{Ed002's Note - I think he is still out.}
2.) 08 Jul 2024 15:43:50
Thanks Ed! Side note, Greenwood to marseille look likely? Hopeful for all parties to put this behind us….
{Ed002's Note - I cannot sensibly answer "likely" questions but a representative of Marseille met with folk from Manchester United in London on Friday about taking Greenwood or Rashford as an Ndaiye replacement.}
3.) 08 Jul 2024 19:35:41
Ooh interest in Rashford, that's good news.
Are any other clubs showing interest in him ed002?
{Ed002's Note - No.}
4.) 08 Jul 2024 22:57:31
MancMan, Marseille would likely only be able to offer a loan or €20-30m max for Rashford given the general financial situation of the French league.
5.) 08 Jul 2024 21:44:06
Ed, was the interest in Rashford for a loan?
{Ed002's Note - Marcus Rashford (LW/F) I am sure Manchester United will be regretting the new long-term contract. A third-party has spoken to clubs, including Marseille, Juventus, Lazio and Arsenal about him on behalf of Manchester United. Lazio have made a low ball offer and Manchester United are confident that Marseille will make a better offer in order to replace Ndiaye, but they would like an initial loan and feel Manchester United have priced him out of a move. Suggestion that he could be a Mbappe replacement at PSG seem far-fetched given they have other clear targets in mind. Interest from the Middle East has been rejected.}
6.) 08 Jul 2024 22:34:49
Are we still looking at Cucurella Ed?
{Ed002's Note - Yes but it will go nowhere.}
7.) 09 Jul 2024 05:58:42
Thanks ed002.
8.) 09 Jul 2024 13:05:23
Why do we have a hard-on for crocked left backs? Shaw and Malacia have been out injured for most of last season, so we look at Chilwell as an alternative. A player who also missed large parts of the last couple of season's out injured.
9.) 09 Jul 2024 12:38:20
Thank you for all the answers Ed.
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29 Apr 2023 22:59:04
Could Paul Mitchell join United if INEOS take over? Someone is reporting he is joining Chelsea not sure if there’s any truth.
1.) 30 Apr 2023 21:25:44
The dorector of Sport for Ineos is Sir Davif Brailsford (Since Dec 2021) The CEO of Ineos sports is Jean Claude Blanc (since Feb 23), who has previously been Chairman and CEO of Juventus, Deputy managing director of PSG, French Tennis and manahinf directoe of ASO the company behind The Tour de France, Paris Dakar rally and Paris Roubaix classic amongst other events.
His brief specifically includes developing world class facilities for each of the branches under the Ineos Sport umbrella.
Thats the team behind Ineos Sport in terms of the sporting and administrative side if tge operation. I can't answer your question and am not sure anyone can but we can learn something from other projects.
Certainly Mitchell was previously heavily linked with the Ineos Utd bid. I imagine these 2 will be heavily involved in picking people for the top spots should Ineos win out.
22 Apr 2023 07:31:27
Have you heard anything about young keeper Verbruggen? Some articles linking him to United (and others) today.
1.) 22 Apr 2023 10:08:57
He's Dutch so it must be true ?♂️?.
20 Jun 2022 19:21:54
Interesting to hear Spurs backing out for Eriksen according to their reporters. Its a few years past but Eriksen to United would still be lovely.
1.) 20 Jun 2022 21:54:05
Is it true that he trained with ajax under eth for 8 weeks prior to his move to Brentford?
I've read it a couple of times but don't know if it's true.
I think with mata and matic leaving having a snr pro around is a good thing and he still has plenty to offer.
Inspirational figure too for everybody to look up to.
I think he would be a great addition to the team and hopefully a sign of things to come in terms of technical and intelligent player eth likes to work with and develop.
I'd be far more concerned if we were linked with Sean longstaff again.
2.) 20 Jun 2022 22:27:02
I had read this too Ken. Not the first time United have been linked with him, even going back to his playing days at Ajax. Be great to have a consistent decent free kick taker too.
3.) 20 Jun 2022 22:27:23
Eriksen will be excellent. We also need Frenkie, Antony, Torres and another defender if we get all of these I think we wouldve had a good summer. I would want a striker but now Nunez and Haaland is gone there aren't that many good strikers available.
4.) 21 Jun 2022 01:10:11
He did train with Ajax for a period of time. They as a club are very welcoming for ex players and have had Schone training with them recently when he was without a club.
04 Apr 2022 23:27:23
Lot of rumors of the dressing room being unhappy with Ralf. With a split over managerial appointments. Obviously tabloid talk but at the same time surely the instability has an affect on players? Even some said so directly in interviews. Club need the future at least resolved for the players within a couple weeks.
1.) 05 Apr 2022 02:58:20
I would suggest those players who are unhappy then need to leave in the summer, I would be more than happy if 8-9 of that first 11 found pastures new. What happens if they don't like the manager next year, will they spend another season sulking and trundling around the pitch.
Regardless of who is the manager the players need to give 100% each game and we have seen precious little of that this season, that is why my preference is for EtH rather than Poch.
Poch I suspect would keep most of the squad and we would continue to drift, whereas EtH I get the feeling would speak to RR (who knows exactly who to get rid of) he would ditch the shirkers and bring in players who are willing to run into the ground for the club.
The question for me is which way do the board want to go, I reckon they will go with the evolution approach of Poch, rather than the revolution approach of EtH.
2.) 05 Apr 2022 08:56:26
We're sympathetic towards him because he has only had half a season at the club. He inherited an Ole squad, which was ridiculously unbalanced and is lacking in key areas.
Most of us wrote the season off once it started.
3.) 05 Apr 2022 06:30:32
I literally despise this squad at moment, constant leaks, I’ve never known a group of players with such a high opinion of themselves when in reality their arguably producing some of the worst performances from a United side in 20 years!
Id sell ddg, Dalot awb Shaw telles Jones Bailey Maguire pogba Donny Lingard Cavani Ronaldo rashford matic mata martial …
If I’ve forget anyone I’m sorry!
I’ll give varane and sancho the benefit of the doubt for now but I must admit I watch sancho and think did we really spend nearly 80 million on him! Physically pathetic, scared to beat a man, has adopted the United way of passing backwards all the time and my biggest annoyance with him he seems to of adopted the same swagger rashford has where he thinks he’s a lot better than he is when in reality as Gareth Southgate has shown he is in danger of becoming a nobody!
4.) 05 Apr 2022 07:17:30
You lot on here are…..deleted drivel
{Ed014's Note - so nice to see you back again! ?♂️
5.) 05 Apr 2022 09:11:05
We had an interim in place in Carrick who couldn’t have had us playing worse than Rangnick. We didn’t really need a supposed tactical genius to work out who to keep and who to sell. They all need replacing.
6.) 05 Apr 2022 10:19:53
So many issues causing current decline, such as:
Unbalanced squad result of no long term planning, commercial names over footballing choices and reacting to each managers style of play - whereas should have pverall style which should t change with a new manager.
Perceived lack of coaching under Ole deteriorated even more when They left and replaced by RR and his coach, who the players don’t rate and want more input and instruction. Players naturally want a clear instruction, so that confusion appearing in the pitch
Players unhappy about not being picked or running down cobtracts
Lack of striking options
Lack of confidence
Plus more…
Just want season to end now, get manager in with some young motivated players and start the long rebuilding process.
7.) 05 Apr 2022 11:49:43
Hopefully those players who are ‘underwhelmed’ by the prospect of ETH taking over will be on their way soon. The arrogance of some of our players is breathtaking, as if they deserve to have a say on who should be our next manager. Their attitude is appalling and the ability and character of many players belongs somewhere else.
8.) 05 Apr 2022 18:34:00
Hague another maze reincarnation?
{Ed014's Note - not sure who keeps reincarnating them but he’s persistent! ?♂️?
10 Mar 2022 00:17:13
So ten Hag to get the job then?
1.) 10 Mar 2022 01:25:54
Honestly don't know if Ten Haag is up to the job. All I can judge him on is the way his teams play and to my mind its the true Utd way in that they try to play fast attractive football. He also gives youth a chance and doesn't rely on a big budget.
That said managing Utd is a really different beast to managing all but a very very few elite teams.
2.) 10 Mar 2022 02:57:22
What’s amusing to me is both Poch and Ten Hag are in some ways unproven. Poch can handle a job this size. Given time and actually some decision making he’d probably get PSG winning CL, but is CL really the marker of success? Pep hasn’t won’t CL at city.
For his time at Spurs Poch was great in my opinion.
{Ed014's Note - what’s amusing me is that you say Poch can handle a job this size when you have no idea if he could.
The pressure on each new manager that walks through the door increases 10 fold because you’ve been so abject.
Managing PSG is a nothing job in a one team league with money to burn and he’s instilled nothing in that side, literally nothing.
And is the champions league a marker, are you trying to kid me or yourself.
Your post smacks of how the mighty have fallen, yeah 4th place is ok, yeah we don’t need to win the UCL and yeah let’s get a manager whose a serial loser when it matters most!?♂️
3.) 10 Mar 2022 07:42:56
Are you sure he’s not a gooner Ed014.
{Ed014's Note - who knows but you have taken over that mantra from us ?♂️
You know the we need 4th to attract players, we’re only 2 players away from challenging, if only we hadn’t dropped points against so and so, we can really see a style developing, who needs Europe anyway, you know, all those things you do now! ?
4.) 10 Mar 2022 13:56:55
Seems weird to call him a serial loser. PSG means nothing to me. Emery failed. Tuchel failed. Poch failed.
Tuchel had a performance much like last nights against us with Ole and some 16 year olds.
People have been asking for Potter it’s not like he’s won trophies. If you ask Spurs fans they’d consider Poch a success I think. It’s Spurs, he got them winning more than anyone else. And by handling a big job I’d just mean can face the media, deal with the structure etc.
5.) 10 Mar 2022 16:41:54
I think any team can win a final on the day. of course Poch was blitzed off the park and arguably Ole failed to adapt to a few changes in extra time when the opposition mixed it up. But for me it's much more about what is going on in the background, the signings the manager sanctions and how the squad gels, that is a mark of the manager early on.
Of course, he needs to win something before long, but my point is (particularly at Utd) there is so much to do and improve before that comes.
17 Jul 2024 16:46:44
Thanks Ed.
09 Jul 2024 12:38:20
Thank you for all the answers Ed.
08 Jul 2024 15:43:50
Thanks Ed! Side note, Greenwood to marseille look likely? Hopeful for all parties to put this behind us….
{Ed002's Note - I cannot sensibly answer "likely" questions but a representative of Marseille met with folk from Manchester United in London on Friday about taking Greenwood or Rashford as an Ndaiye replacement.}
08 Jul 2024 14:44:35
Thank you Ed. Has there been any talk over a loan or anything for Malacia to get his fitness back?
{Ed002's Note - I think he is still out.}
03 Jul 2024 23:53:39
Thank you Ed! Are United in a situation where they need to sell him or Casemiro to make space before they attempt to buy Ugarte?
{Ed002's Note - It doesn't work like that.}
10 Dec 2023 07:15:08
Can’t wait to read a 3,000 word essay from Shappy about the next level tactician Ten Hag is and why today was rashfords fault. It’ll give me my entertainment for the evening.
09 Apr 2023 18:19:01
Funny definition of excellent. Outside of the goal he was very mediocre again, but when he does it he’s “excellent”, despite constantly having less involvement and poorer contributions than nearly any of our other options.
29 Mar 2023 23:48:04
Very true. Really tricky situation. It’s hard to understand how a partial sale solves the problem, unless with Elliott it includes repackaging debt at a longer term and doing a cheaper refurbishment than rebuild on stadium. And I don’t see how Elliott opens doors for revenue. Really hope Sir Jim ends up with it as I can see how he could resolve these issues.
{Ed002's Note - Elliott are Vulture Capitalists and would look to boost the bids of other bidders. They cannot bid on their own.}
29 Mar 2023 23:11:54
Cheers for the great info Ed. When you say buyer found, still potential for another besides main 2 of Jassim and Sir Jim (and the odd finnish fella) to crop up?
{Ed002's Note - It could be one of them but no doubt they would listen to a different bidder as well. There are also bigger calculations Chris which need to be understood. What happens to the existing debt? What is the cost of upgrading the stadium and facilities at the training facility? What are the exploitation opportunities to increase revenue? very difficult.}
18 Feb 2023 20:54:29
Wild that y’all are getting so sucked into the bluster and PR of the Qataris that Sir Jim as a successful billionaire not jumping on a couch and screaming platitudes and pumping out PR to every rag is viewed as “not caring”.
He’s an old British guy who is calculating, smart, and not some goon. Not sure what people want from him. You want a calm person running the club.
{Ed014's Note - he doesn’t have as much money though ?♂️