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19 Jun 2019 22:11:53
Manchester United agree to pay Crystal Palace £55m for Aaron Wan-Bissaka. A world-record transfer fee for a specialist full back. Source Duncan Castles.
20 Jul 2013 15:27:43
Sly sports claiming that we have now made an improved bid for Cesc apparently £30 million plus add ons.
1.) We seem to be all out for him. Fingers crossed we get him.
Nicolas_United
2.) Lets get real, Barca have to pay Arsenal a percentage of any transfer deal. They paid over 30 million for him. Why on earth would they let him go for less than they paid when they do not want to see him go in the first place.
Just another United smokescreen to stop the supporters moaning about the lack of transfer activity. c'mon get real there's no value in the market. Anyone know Paul Scholes phone number
3.) No name poster. Barca paid £26 million actually.
4.) Its alreaddy been confirmed that arsenal will not receive 50% that's just a rumour. The only thing arsenal have is a first refusal that all and they won't enforce it as they don't need him they need a striker and that's why arsene wenger tried to discourage a united bid by saying its a waiste of time
5.) No name all this smokescreen talk is the most backwards debate in football. Nobody plays around with £30 million, you would have to either be very naive or just an attention seeker to think this is an attempt to appease fans or sell season tickets.
Wazza.
6.) Arsenal do have a clause where they get 50% of anything over what they sold him for, so if they sold him for 26 million & United buy him for 36 million they get 50% of the 10 million profit & not 50% of 36million. MIDDLETON RED
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07 Sep 2025 22:19:08
Video for Sir Onana's howlers
1.) 07 Sep 2025 23:03:34
To be fair there were quite a number that were not goalkeeper errors, but then I think there were some others that didn't make the lowlight reel.
I'll be glad to see the back of him anyway.
2.) 07 Sep 2025 23:16:08
Thanks…I’m trying to forget ?.
3.) 08 Sep 2025 03:45:17
In one of his first games for us while on tour in the US, Onana gave Maguire a dressing down on the pitch. I knew then that I wasn’t going to like him, and sure enough, the very next game, he made his first of many many mistakes. Ironically, we’ve seen Maguire consoling Onana a couple of times since then, but those moments are somewhat rare, as Onana seldom seems to acknowledge the errors that he makes. In his mind, he is a top class keeper.
Good riddance.
4.) 08 Sep 2025 09:48:06
First one should be investigated for match fixing. Terrible spill.
5.) 08 Sep 2025 12:03:13
I agree some of these weren't errors. But it doesn't detract away from the scale of the ones that were.
Matic was right, he is one of our worst goalkeepers in history, getting him out of the changing room is a good decision. We don't need him influencing and passing on his bad habits to our new young keeper.
6.) 08 Sep 2025 12:45:34
Say what you want about this summer's window for me the clear out we've done is better than anything ever before.
Onana
Eriksen
Evans
Lindelof
Rashford
Garnacho
Sancho
Hoijlund
Antony
Amass and collyer gone on good loans
We have moved 9 players on who weren't good enough potentially 10 if malacia can get a loan.
7.) 08 Sep 2025 13:23:52
Look, I’m glad that he’s gone, but still annoyed that he refused a permanent move because he wouldn’t drop his wage demands.
Just our luck that it was the one thing he didn’t drop.
8.) 08 Sep 2025 13:32:00
I'm sorry but I agree 100% with Gnev2.
I have watched the games lime everyone else and always believed he was fixing games. My family still argue to this day that one of the goals he could of saved by lifting his right peg 6 inches of the ground. If Stephen Lee can ve found match fixing for keeping 3 balls out of the pocket surely Onana was allegedly match fixing for his horrible attempt to look like he was doing his best.
9.) 09 Sep 2025 08:44:22
I think we need to cool it on some of our players. From early days I didn't think Onana was the guy and I'm glad he's gone but I read about his life and he has done more than most of us ever will. He left home at 10 years old to try to provide for his family. He has come from poverty to play in a champios league final and play for United. I wish him well.
10.) 09 Sep 2025 12:06:32
Spot on Banjoe. Onana did annoy me with some of the Lyon comments and this nonsense about looking for a salary bump at the start of this season after his performances last year was shocking. However the trend to want to treat players as either heroes or villains is far too prevalent. Most of the players we had in were not good enough but the primary blame is on the recruitment of those players rather than the players themselves. If, however, a player is not putting in the effort over a prolonged period then by all means it's fair to call it out. That aside (and even within that there are caveats) we should err on the side of supporting our players as much as possible. I say that without casting aspersions on anyone here. I'm as guilty of criticising as anyone.
11.) 09 Sep 2025 23:00:50
Onana lost the plot sadly. Made some remarkable saves amongst those bloopers though which we’ve all forgotten. Some of his mistakes though were inexplicable.
04 Sep 2025 07:21:38
Can fellow fans explain the situation with Grimsby town? United said they won't appeal. What effect does and appeal makes, will there be a replay or any chance for United to get back in the cup?
1.) 04 Sep 2025 07:59:34
It would feel dirty and unfair if we were let back in. Grimsby won end of. I don’t want to be back in. However, if it was the other way round United would be thrown out I suspect. Was it Barnsley who were thrown out of the cup a couple of years ago?
I think leave as it is because it would be embarrassing to be reinstated, but if the rules say expulsion they should follow them otherwise it is open to choice on who the club is, an emotive choice. The authorities would be creating a level of ineligible player, 2 minutes or is 5 mins late deserving of expulsion? How about a couple of hours? I hope the rules allow a fine in this case.
2.) 04 Sep 2025 08:03:38
They've been fined £10k, No replay (good, justice is done) . We all move on. The End.
3.) 04 Sep 2025 09:45:45
They were actually fined £20k, with £10k of that suspended until the end of the season.
4.) 04 Sep 2025 12:38:40
We should pay the £10k for them!
5.) 04 Sep 2025 15:09:19
Precedent had already been set with other clubs like Liverpool only being fined for fielding an ineligible player.
The histrionics that would happen from Grimsby being thrown out over a clerical error is just not worth it. Good luck to them, I hope they do well in the rest of the tournament.
6.) 04 Sep 2025 17:43:33
The ineligible player had his penalty in the shoot out saved by Onana. Surely that is an embarrassing enough punishment? ?.
7.) 05 Sep 2025 04:22:49
Onana should pay the fine for them.
8.) 07 Sep 2025 10:09:22
Gk Schmeichel
Rb parker
Lb Irwin
Cb Berg
Cb Johnson
CB Bruce
CM ince
CM sharpe
RF kanchelskis
LF Rodri
CF Hughes.
30 Aug 2025 09:23:47
Kobbie Mainoo - apparantly again asked to go out on loan despite Club and Coach saying in press conference otherwise.
Kobbie is a young player who is afraid that he won't get game time ahead of Casemiro, Ugarte? Is he doubting his ability? If yes, then may be club should sell him.
I wonder what would he had done if he had played with the likes of Giggs, Scholes, Keane.
Very bad attitude and he has stated multiple times now that he wants to leave.
I say let him leave and get someone better. let's not assume potential is better than stable quality. Again club needs players who wants to play for the team, not the ones who wants to jump boats.
1.) 30 Aug 2025 09:36:23
Think it show the weak mentality that has grown into the club when he wants to leave because he can't see himself getting into what is a very poor midfield.
2.) 30 Aug 2025 09:39:32
We appear to have expired and reincarnated in a FIFA 25 environment.
3.) 30 Aug 2025 09:49:18
He wants to leave as he doesn't understand why he isn't being picked ahead of people who are playing poorly. The manager seems not to rate him, that's the issue, RA's handling of him has been pretty cr4p.
4.) 30 Aug 2025 09:49:56
PF he has been told he is not competing with urgarte or cas for a role in the 11. He has been told its either him or Bruno for the other role.
He knows bruno will play most weeks.
Personally I don't like bruno playing deep it nullifies his strengths and highlights his weaknesses imo.
Id rather if bruno was competing for 1 of the 10 roles with cunha mount and mbeumo.
5.) 30 Aug 2025 10:02:36
Well said Ajh. Nail on the head.
6.) 30 Aug 2025 12:00:14
On one hand I can see that Mainoo is concerned about the game time he will get this season if it's a straight shootout between him and Bruno to start. I also as a fan would be worried about his development if that is the situation.
On the other hand, there is the chance of injuries, and the manager wants to keep Kobbie both as cover and to closely work with him to develop his game to suit the managers system.
From the clubs perspective of Mainoo leaves this summer either permanently or on loan then they probably need to sign a midfielder. While the current situation must also bring up the reality that the manager might not last the season, and do the club really want to send one of their prize assets away if there is a chance that a new manager could join and might play a different system that would incorporate Mainoo as a key player.
The most sensible solution is to keep Mainoo at the club at least until January. That gives Amorim time to work with him and time for him to break into the team. Then if he's still not getting the minutes he wants/ needs then he can go on loan in January and the club can bring in a new midfielder at that time. Giving them both time to scout potential options more closely, get funds in from sales and time to work with selling clubs rather than a rushed move that needs pushing through in a couple of days now. While if things don't improve and Amorim doesn't make it to Christmas then it means Kobbie will still be an option for the new manager.
In the meantime the club probably need to sit down with Kobbie, explain this plan to give him until January to work with the coaches and break into the team and if he isn't playing enough he can go on loan in January as long as he's signed a new contract by then to show his and the clubs commitment to eachother and that the loan is just to aide his development and is not the first step out the door permanently.
That way everyone is happy.
26 May 2022 06:59:48
Been watching Smalling and other ex playes which we sold, considering them as not up to the mark.
I am starting to believe that players were always good, they were there to be coached, by a good coach. Not with emotional appointments like Moyes, Ole, Rangnick. Mourinho, SAF and to certain extent LVG showed that they can work with a comparatively less talented pool of players and achieve better performances.
I am sure that if Mourinho or LVG would have given more time, we would not have been in such a dire condition. We would have certainly developed a style of play.
Conclusion is that I am hopeful that with current set of players, coach like ETH will be able to get most out of the current players, I know some positions needs reinforcements, but I am now very very hopeful. I have realised that players are not the problem, the coaches were.
1.) 26 May 2022 08:54:01
I don't disagree with you and I think you make some good points I wouldn't argue against but Smalling is 6ft 5,rarely scored from corners or was much of a threat in an attacking sense .
For such a big man he had very little upper body strength compared to someone like Craig Dawson or Tarkowski of Burnley, very easily pushed off the ball.
Worst of all his last 2 seasons with us he suddenly developed the terrible habit of holding and grabbing opposition forwards at set pieces, he was often a red card waiting to happen in the modern game. Probably has been coached better since leaving us but at the time I wasnt sorry to see him go.
2.) 26 May 2022 09:58:51
This is just not about Smalling, its about all other players who have left because of bad coaching, Memphis, Smalling, Mkhitaryan, Herrera etc.
Smalling is always better than Jones, him winning MOTM in conference league final proves it. I think he still has greater number of games for MUFC than Jones have managed till date.
Sancho, deadly attacker in Germany, comes to us and struggles, Varane, top defender when with Madrid, came to us and looks like a player running with a limp. The list is long Pogba, Van de Beek, Matrial, Alexis Sanchez, Di Maria, Juna Mata
One example is Luis Diaz, a player who has a confirmed history of malnutrition, rocks the ground with his performances.
Again, all top level players or you can say players who can get in to any team's squad, but they struggled here under a below par Coach.
3.) 26 May 2022 10:21:00
Smalling without doubt one of the worst footballers I’ve ever seen! Absolutely dreadful! Paid obscene amounts of money and couldn’t pass a ball, controls ball! Horrendous!
4.) 26 May 2022 10:33:42
PF mourinho had smalling here and he was shocking. Mourinho and Van Gaal worked with the players above that you named. I get there is a coaching element, of course there is. But the players also have to have the right character, and want to improve. Memphis didn’t have that in his time here. I think I remember ed1 saying we were going to try him on the right and he didn’t want that.
Players haven’t improved here for a long time, but players have to also be responsible for their own development as well. A good coach can’t make you a good player without the correct work ethic.
5.) 26 May 2022 11:28:00
Then what about the decline in performances of Rashford, Bruno, Sancho etc. I am sure someone at the club is responsible to keep the squad morale in check. Someone who must rang the alarm once they see or feel that players, who should be on their peak, are actually on a decline.
There was this dreadful pattern in our play in recent times, where close to no crosses were sent in the box, as the box was always empty, ball was recycled from left to right in defence. I miss the poster who was named as NoMidfield, as it was the case then and it was the case now, we don't have a mid field. It pained to see the last 2 games, we were tormented by Brighton and schooled by Palace.
Again, I believe ETH will turn it upside down, CR7 will be his captain and I think we will get De Jong to partner him with de beek. Next winter/ summer window we will go all out for Darwin Nunez.
6.) 26 May 2022 13:01:38
PF every manager has had his faults. The players aren’t blameless. But using Rashford as your example. There’s something serious he needs to sort himself. I’ve played to a pretty decent level of rugby in the past under some excellent coaches and some poor coaches. Ultimately at the highest level the vast majority of coaches are very good, but it was on me to improve under them.
23 May 2022 06:26:33
Glad that the season has ended. Eth must now have seen the gravity of the job he has on his hands,
its a shame how disjointed we are as a team, if a certain 37 year old is left out, we look like a portsmouth team when they last played in the PL.
Star players like Rashford, Sancho, Shaw, Varane hiding behind silly excuses and imaginary injuries. I would credit the team that played with some applause that they were able to show up and kicked the ball without purpose for 94 minutes.
I don't think signing 3-4 players will be enough. There is a hell lot to do. I don't see when I have seen a cross sent in to the danger area. They always gets in to good positions to cross, then they choose to recycle the ball to other flank.
Similarly, our strikers, they choose to shoot when they should have passed, and they pass endlessly when they should have shoot. Opposition penalty area remains so empty that if someone wanted to raise a wheat field, they would be able to reap bumper crop.
Bruno, as much as i like him. He needs help psychologically, he is always complaining.
De Gea comes and gives a tweet after every match, may be he doesn't realise that he has conceded equal number of goals as we have scored.
At this stage, no better player would want to get in to this team, we should be ready to either pay large wages to better players or we should be ready to see another mediocre season, but surely better than this season.
1.) 23 May 2022 07:57:50
This season alone, Bruno was droppable for half the games. I saw Mata do more than bruno.
If you ask me, 2-3 players aside noone deserves to be a starter from this squad.
De Gea and Ronaldo are the only 2 regulars. Maybe you play Sancho on one side. That's it.
Terrible players all over the pitch.
What does Lindelof do? Why is he the first choice?
2.) 23 May 2022 08:34:38
And to add to that, I don't understand the process of loaning out the players that would have provided us options and helped in this period. Amad, Pellestri, Garner, Tuanzebe. We loan players who are contracted long term and we play players who are going to leave, Pogba, Cavani, Lingard, Matic, Mata.
3.) 23 May 2022 08:39:54
Lindelof is a good player but thing is we don't have a leader on pitch who organises the team. Harry sulks himself, Bruno is on the floor always trying that hollywood pass. Whole team must have been made to look at how Brighton and Hove Albion plays, they pass, they play as a team.
Man United, it seems defense midfield and attack are in three islands, so disjointed.
We need a captain material who can come in and demand better from these players on the pitch. Telles and Fred shouting at young Hannibal after he made a wrong pass, as if Telles and Fred, being seasoned footballers have never lost a ball.
Atleast Hannibal and Garnacho were hungry, they were frustrated, they were humans, who were getting affected by the standards of the overall team play.
4.) 23 May 2022 11:12:20
Perversely I think that because the players have been so bad this season and been called out for it they know they have nowhere to hide with the new manager and that they can't hide next season. Provides ETH does lay down the law and impose discipline and has a good idea how to use the assembled squad plus a few additions then we might do a lot better than many expect.
A lot of the players are far more talented than their performances have shown. Imagine Klopp or Pep in charge. I am convinced that the team would have performed significantly better. So let's ETH gets the time and resources and has the ability to so the same.
5.) 23 May 2022 11:01:13
Amad is a mile away from first team, pallestri I’m not sure either, tuanzebe not up to it. Garner has a chance, mainly due to the poor players in front of him. Big decisions to be made.
6.) 23 May 2022 12:57:58
The players are talented, but they have refused to play as a team this year, too much politics in the dressing room.
With so many players out of contract or wanting to leave, the opportunity is there for Erik to change that dressing room dynamic straight away.
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28 Aug 2025 06:31:37
Mainoo did okay? I have seen him misplacing a number of passes. The manager is good, its the players that are letting him down time and again.
And Ruben is not learning from his mistakes, he has a very good starting eleven, why field players like Onana, Ugarte, Dalot.
These three players alone are responsible for our 2 losses and a draw. Onana can't make saves, the shots that they were taking were ending up in goals and similar shots that we were taking were getting saved by opposition goalkeeper.
Dalot, he was responsible for the goal we conceded against Fulham, when he had the chance to play the ball, he chose some godforsaken skill and lost the ball.
Ugarte, I still thinks he needs understand what his role is and needs a good run as a substitute.
Its actually about players, Onana should never start again, leave the goal open and play an extra attacker instead. :P
Dalot and Ugarte should be subs at the max.
And I say I trust Amorin, is becasue when you see all the matches we have lost, we were better
Arsenal, we should have won by 3 goals, again a goalkeeping error and team's morale goes down and we lost, we fought though.
Fulham, we were electric and should have been atleast 2-0 up within 20 minutes. I have seen other teams hitting the inside of the post and somehow they are able to get ball inside the goal. With the luck we have, we hit the post, it comes out, keepers make herioc saves.
This team is missing luck, I have played football professional level here in my country and I know how morales go down when we were playing well but were not able to score. It feels like giving 110% and still not getting wins.
I believe Amorin could turn this around, we can't again go on changing coaches. He just need a hint of luck. A hint of luck is what Manchester United needs.
06 Aug 2019 11:37:39
I don't see we returning to Dybala, he has already acted like a mercenary and will only complicate things if he is to come and join.
Saying that we did look below average in midfield when Pogba is not playing and when Matic is there. So if we can add a solid midfielder to the fold then we will be set. I still feel we will get one more first team player in before the window shuts on thursday.
05 Aug 2019 14:23:18
Why not pay extra $30 million and get Cristiano? Just saying.
18 Jun 2019 07:45:28
Lukaku.
17 May 2019 13:14:32
Ed, what kind of player Sean longstaff is? If you can tell us about his playing style and attributes.
Thanks in advance.
{Ed001's Note - it is difficult to say because he has been given different roles. Initially when I saw him he was very like Matic, tall and frontscreening the defence. However I saw a couple of games later that he was performing a more box-to-box role and showed he had a good strike on him and played some lovely insightful passes too. He has yet to really develop into a style of playing and is still young enough to be moulded.}
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11 Sep 2025 10:47:49
I believe we will win 2-0. If we dont, I will still trust Amorin to get us on track which is long lost.
01 Sep 2025 06:43:04
Antony to Betis for €25m package + 50% sell-on clause. Add that to the list :)
29 Aug 2025 11:01:09
Which ones? We can always know the obvious names,
Dalot - Average, have not improved with years and always has a mistake in him, not good going forward and always vulnerable tracking back.
Shaw - Pensioner, spent much time on treatment table and is on a decline. With left side area already covered, we do need to move him.
&
Amad - Superstar Amad! Always trying to do the spectacular, playing more than he should, wasting too much time on the ball, does not go wide, no crosses, no combination. Pure frustration.
Shaw and Dalot seem to be at Man Utd on a pension fund. Time to move them on or atleast stop playing them.
But then Amorin is short of choices on RB now if we discard Dalot, we all have seen when Amad plays, he and Mbuemo occupy same spaces. Both look to come inside rather than going wide.
The reason why Mbuemo was signed was to allow him play top and Amad to play RB. But I have not seen anything good so far with respect to combinig. They both hunt for same balls, can anyone see how many crosses we have delivered from right side to the box? Very very few.
Problem is players reach Man Utd and they feel they have done it and stop improving. If you ask me this should be the Squad
Bruno
Mbuemo
Cunha
De Ligt
Yoro
Heaton - If no GK signs
Casemiro
Sesko
Mount
Dorgu
Amad (If he wants to play RWB) else play Leon.
28 Aug 2025 07:15:34
Red Man, I saw Onana diving to his left 5 times in a row. Season and Amorim can be saved if we get a decent goalkeeper, if not just put Heaton in goal.
{Ed001's Note - if your keeper gets a good hand to it and it still goes in the net, then you know you have a problem. When he does it 3 or 4 times at least, then you know he needs to go.}
04 Sep 2023 08:03:53
I would not complain much about Rice's goal. Evans should have gone down earlier. There was a clear penalty on Hojlund, I don't know why that was not even viewed at. Studs up challenge on Bruno by Saka, if that was earlier last season, this challenge would have been yellow, but this season when yellow cards are showered on tiny tiny incidents, Saka's should atleast have been viewed by Var.
Garnacho was not offside, the decision was made in such a hurry. Anyways we played really well when Hojlund came on. It was exciting to see a striker apply himself physically on arsenal defense.
Intenational break and we will surely see more commanding performances by players.