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01 Jun 2024 12:55:04
Ed Is there any truth in Xavi being approached for the managers job.
{Ed002's Note - Xavi Hernandez (C) Xavi will perhaps take a year off and think carefully about his options. Middle East perhaps. Enquiries from Borussia Dortmund and Ajax went nowhere. His agent has said two English sides and one national side approached him but his client wants time off for now.}
1.) 01 Jun 2024 13:16:34
Thanks for the swift reply Ed.
27 May 2024 13:40:02
Rumours going around that Ten Hag will be staying at United but with a reduced role when it comes to transfers.
1.) 27 May 2024 14:51:54
I think that after the last decade it was a given that anyone previously involved in transfers should have a reduced or even no role in any transfer.
2.) 27 May 2024 16:54:39
The best possible outcome if you ask me.
Let the "experts" handle transfers and let ETH focus on implementing their desired style of play and coaching the players.
The managers of the last 10 years have had too many responsibilities.
3.) 27 May 2024 17:14:36
That works for me, let him coach and not make decisions on players.
4.) 27 May 2024 17:31:29
Makes perfect sense, hope it’s true.
5.) 27 May 2024 17:57:08
Kind of hope so. That being said, if he stays, any run of dodgy results and he’s canned.
6.) 27 May 2024 19:00:57
I would imagine he'd welcome that. It made sense he wanted control when he came in because it was awful before him, but he operated in a system at Ajax similar to the one proposed and did great there.
7.) 27 May 2024 19:47:45
The issue with if you believe the likes of lvg, jose and ole the ceo bought players they didn't want or ask for. So i don't believe that all signings by ETH as well. So if true how is this any different to what's happened previously. Could be a disaster as personally think all managers should have a massive input into any transfer, as they are the ones who have to manage them.
But then again i'm still abit old school.
8.) 27 May 2024 20:26:38
Do you guys actuallly think that the new board that naive to just buy players if Ten Hag doesn't want them.
The sporting team will discuss with Ten Hag and say this is 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice and they will try get the first choice for him.
You guys are quite naive to think a sporting director will just buy a player without consulting with manager and if that happens then it won't work but I an pretty much sure that is not how things are going tk be run under the new structure.
9.) 27 May 2024 21:41:27
I hope it’s not true. I am sure ETH has given it his all and the injuries have not been kind to him. I am glads he gets to go out on a sort of a higher spot than he would otherwise after winning the FA cup. It doesn’t mask over the whole season of being absolutely below average.
He has not helped his case by being unable to manage the playing style (a goal difference of NEGATIVE 1 after 38 games! ), asking for players (even if you excuse the amount we paid for them) like Antony, Onana, Mount etc.
10.) 27 May 2024 22:26:29
Singh I don't think anyone suggested that version. Merely that he'll have a reduced role. Maybe read the posts before going all in on the criticism (I didn't post above fwiw)
06 May 2024 14:24:38
Ed, Do you think we could see De Gea make a return to the club with Bayindir wanting out and Heaton leaving it seems at the end of the season.
{Ed002's Note - No.}
1.) 06 May 2024 15:33:43
Thanks for the reply ED.
2.) 06 May 2024 18:43:56
More chance of Les Sealey.
3.) 06 May 2024 19:34:20
For clarity, no idea Les was no longer with us. Just remembered a GK from the time I first began watching Utd.
4.) 06 May 2024 21:11:58
As a centre back?
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26 Aug 2024 10:41:19
All this talk this morning about maybe doing a swap deal with Chelsea for Sancho and Sterling coming to us, does anyone on here think Sterling is still any good.
while personally i think he isn't too bad a player still i wouldn't want him blocking the way for Garnacho or Amad playing.
Doubt a swap deal would happen anyway.
1.) 26 Aug 2024 10:57:05
Only Rashford can do that and is.
2.) 26 Aug 2024 10:59:31
my view of something like this is zero probability. Goes against everything ineos is trying to undo. They want older players on high wages gone with Bruno being the exception.
Bringing in sterling who is on 350k a week at Chelsea even if he were to take a wage cut of let's say 250k a week as a left sided winger is not plausible imo.
personally think Sancho will go to Juve on a loan with some form of a obligation to buy and we will contribute to his wages or some form of a pay off.
3.) 26 Aug 2024 11:27:10
Sterling hasn't done well at Chelsea and Chilwell is injury prone.
I'd say no to that, or go for other players.
4.) 26 Aug 2024 11:31:21
Don't get the love in for amad. Sancho is a better player than amad imo.
Sterling us a miles better player than amad and I Digby very much amad will retire with a better trophy cabinet than sterling.
Do I want us to sign sterling. No I don't particularly but if I had a choice of who to play every week sterling would be miles ahead of amad or sancho.
5.) 26 Aug 2024 11:50:31
Bank holiday, slow news day.
Sterling is an upgrade on Sancho for sure, but isn’t any better than what we already have.
We need another summer to permanently move on the likes of Sancho and Antony (amongst others), and then we should see a quality winger coming in.
6.) 26 Aug 2024 12:05:18
Sterling is a no for me. Never good enough.
Keep Sancho if we’re going to do that deal.
7.) 26 Aug 2024 12:21:24
I am with Ahmad I think Sancho will go to Juventus or maybe PSG on loan with an obligation to buy, he is definitely going out of the door this week if we see a replacement come in then it will be a loan.
8.) 26 Aug 2024 12:36:06
You think sterling is not better than Anthony and amad?
Amad is not as good a player as sancho and I doubt he will achieve anything like sterling's record if he played for another 20 years.
9.) 26 Aug 2024 12:47:39
A loan for Sterling for the season crossed my mind last week when the story of his Chelsea exclusion broke. I can think of worse ideas tbh.
We need to stop thinking about inhibiting our youth, Amad/ Garnacho will still get plenty of games and I imagine would play just as much as anyone we bring in. Winning now is just as important as the future and the side needs a shot to the heart from somewhere.
10.) 26 Aug 2024 12:56:54
Ex-Liverpool, ex-City. I'm sure the fans would show plenty of patience with him ?.
11.) 26 Aug 2024 12:59:45
Ken you are getting confused between Sterling at city and Sterling now. We aren’t buying the 24 year old version.
12.) 26 Aug 2024 13:28:02
Wazza I'm not confused he would offer more than anybody we have bar garnacho at 34.
Amad will not be playing for us in 2 years time because he is not going to make it at united Imo.
Sterling would not be a player I would chase but he us better no imo than amad and Anthony will ever be.
13.) 26 Aug 2024 13:52:56
Noucamp you do know he was a Utd fan when he was younger.
14.) 26 Aug 2024 14:00:05
Sterling should not be considered, we do not need another older player on high wages especially one that any swap deal would assume we pay £20/ 30m for.
We need to keep to the long term vision, I think over the next year we will see our wingers cleared with Rashford and Anthony out, Garnacho and Amad in with some new players brought.
15.) 26 Aug 2024 14:41:53
I'd take Sterling on Amad's wages. Seems to go against the new trend to get someone in on big wages and I don't think he's good enough to be an exception to the rule.
16.) 26 Aug 2024 15:18:59
I don't think sterling will sign nor do I think we want to sign him nor do I think we should but to say he is not better than what we have is daft. He is a better player than amad is or Anthony.
17.) 26 Aug 2024 15:29:27
Think it would be a fabulous deal tbh. I would swap sancho for wout weghorst .
18.) 26 Aug 2024 15:52:48
Blackpool, I'd no idea mate. I'd have no issues with him, but if he struggles he wouldn't be getting much sympathy from some of our fans thanks to his back catalogue!
19.) 26 Aug 2024 16:48:10
Neither Chilwell or Sterling looks like decent longer term options.
Sterling declined in his last 18 months at City, and hasn't done anything to arrest that decline at Chelsea.
We need to buy players with their best years ahead of them, not behind them.
While Chilwell has actually missed more games injured over the past few seasons than Luke Shaw. Pointless bringing in another injury prone fullback.
20.) 26 Aug 2024 19:04:12
We don't need either if those long term and might not get much out of them short term so stay well clear.
Shappy a squad like ours needs knowhow and experience. Winners at the highest level. We have only casimero and Evans I think currently. Deligt and maz will help in that regard but I'd be very pro getting a couple of good signings at late 20s with big winning experience at the highest level. Not just good journey pros players who can play in 1st 11.
21.) 26 Aug 2024 19:05:20
I don't always agree with Ken, but I do here. It ain't going to happen but Sterling is a far bigger threat than anyone bar Garnacho who for some reason is sat on the bench. Rashford, Sancho, Antony have all been poor, whilst Amad has potential but just that right now.
22.) 27 Aug 2024 02:02:36
If you look at the wingers only Garnacho shows any real threat going forward, should we have strengthened in that area during the summer.
23.) 27 Aug 2024 08:24:28
NO! Just NO!
17 Aug 2024 12:20:40
I believe its just a matter of time before we agree a deal for Ugarte, McTom and Lindelof even though he is on crutches at the moment will both definitely be going, Sancho i think will also be gone before the end of the transfer window and depending on if we are knocking the goals in, if we aren't finding the net another striker will be brought in.
1.) 17 Aug 2024 23:09:43
Jim,
We’ve already brought a striker in, there won’t be time to know if we are knocking the goals in before the window closes.
2.) 18 Aug 2024 08:32:34
Strikers would be extraordinarily expensive this late in the window. We have two perfectly capable players who can cover that position and I would rather we give opportunities to Wheatley and Chido this year.
3.) 18 Aug 2024 11:11:53
I wouldn't rule it out, someone with a bit more experience maybe on a loan deal, we used to always have four strikers in the squad and that went down over the years after Fergie retired till we only had one in the team.
Liverpool have four strikers as do a lot of the teams in the Prem, we need to start scoring goals in games, hojlund is out till end of september so again we have one recognised striker.
4.) 18 Aug 2024 14:01:45
To be fair, Jim, we had 4 strikers under SAF because we played 442. I can't see how we could keep 4 happy using ETH's preferred formation with 1 up top, no matter how many games we have this season.
5.) 18 Aug 2024 17:12:29
Haven't we also got Obi-Martin coming in?
6.) 18 Aug 2024 17:29:46
If he persists playing this 4222 formation you usually play it with 2 strikers, i understand what you are saying Nou and you are right but still think we need 3 strikers, Hojlund seems to get injured easily.
We ain't going to pay a fortune for one but but if something presents itself i am sure it will be explored and should be but not at the expense of a holding midfielder or left back.
01 Jul 2024 10:57:00
Am i missing something Amrabat's loan has finished yet he is on the clubs website still wearing the new shirt.
15 Jun 2024 12:46:14
R. I. P Kevin Campbell a proper gent.
1.) 15 Jun 2024 15:17:03
I met Kev back 2006 World Cup. England and Trinidad game. He was mates with my Dad. He was a proper gentleman, very generous with his time until kick off, then he wanted to concentrate. He bought the whole bar a round after the game and called out the Crouch foul as it happened. There were other players there like Frank Sinclair (also a top guy) and Marcus Bent (no comment) - Kev spent half his time telling him to shut up and sit down ?. He was mega into music too. Really top fella, genuine and authentic.
Really sad news. RIP.
2.) 15 Jun 2024 15:59:42
Yep, sad news. I was listening to the tributes this morning, he seems a genuinely nice guy who always took the time to speak to fans, even inviting them to take a seat when he was out for meals. He scored a lot of goals, perhaps unlucky breaking into the Arsenal team at the time of Smith and Wright.
Everton and West Brom fans love him for what he did for them.
He lived in Wilmslow not too far from where I lived at the time, he was always out and about living a very normal life.
RIP to one of the good ones.
3.) 15 Jun 2024 21:07:59
Very sad day indeed. Seemed like a really nice bloke whose smile seemed infectious. Thoughts with all his loved ones at this very difficult time!
4.) 16 Jun 2024 08:16:17
Sad news and thoughts with his family and loved ones.
25 May 2024 19:03:34
Great performance from the lads today, tactics worked a treat, everyone to a man did the job they was asked and the move for the second goal was sublime.
If that is Ten hags final game in charge then he has gone out with a bang and it feels more sweet because it is against our derby rivals.
29 Jul 2024 21:58:11
Unless a saudi league team comes in for him Casemiro is going nowhere, Lindelof will go before the window shuts but i think Maguire will be staying.
21 Jul 2024 10:41:39
I wouldn't think he will be one to leave this summer.
01 Jul 2024 10:57:58
Glad it has finally been sorted out, now let's get some of these transfers completed.
15 Jun 2024 22:07:45
Jimbobred
I saw something the other day that mentioned his assistant rubs a lot of people up the wrong way and had run ins with McLaren so to me it doesn't sound like he has made it all up.
01 Jun 2024 13:16:34
Thanks for the swift reply Ed.
14 Sep 2024 11:29:49
Well Rashford starts but Ugarte does not, beyond a joke now that Rashford plays when he is playing so poor and Garnacho has one bad game and gets benched.
30 Aug 2024 10:19:04
Can't see united going for Rabiot, asking for too much in wages think there is more chance on Sterling coming than him.
26 Aug 2024 12:44:52
Have been saying Ken that we need another striker, someone that is proven in the prem, the only one clearly available is Toney but we definitely need one.
26 Aug 2024 12:21:24
I am with Ahmad I think Sancho will go to Juventus or maybe PSG on loan with an obligation to buy, he is definitely going out of the door this week if we see a replacement come in then it will be a loan.
18 Aug 2024 17:29:46
If he persists playing this 4222 formation you usually play it with 2 strikers, i understand what you are saying Nou and you are right but still think we need 3 strikers, Hojlund seems to get injured easily.
We ain't going to pay a fortune for one but but if something presents itself i am sure it will be explored and should be but not at the expense of a holding midfielder or left back.