Current Avatar:
No Avatar image uploaded
No Avatar image uploaded
Manchester United Rumours Member Posts
TedTheRed's Profile
TedTheRed's Posts and Other Poster's Replies To TedTheRed's Posts
To TedTheRed's last 5 rumours posts
To TedTheRed's last 5 banter posts
To TedTheRed's last 5 rumour replies
To TedTheRed's last 5 banter replies
TedTheRed's rumours posts with other poster's replies to TedTheRed's rumours posts
05 Jun 2024 12:41:44
Hi Ed's, is it true that we've bid £51m for Leny Yoro? Cheers.
{Ed002's Note - Leny Yoro (CB) Lille kiddie who already has PSG, Chelsea and Real Madrid declaring an interest. Manchester City and Manchester United have sent scouts. May have been noticed by Liverpool when scouting another player against Nantes, but no declared interest at this time - regardless of reports saying they will pay €90M plus for him. And Liverpool have preferred CB targets. Lille will resist a sale and continue to work on a new contract unless someone pays significantly over the odds for him - but if a new contract cannot be agreed they will need to reduce their asking price as he moves in to the final year of his contract. Chelsea has a preferred option but Real Madrid may push but knowing the player has made it clear he wants to join them - and that perhaps putting PSG off rather. Lille will ask for a player on loan as part of any deal with Real Madrid or Chelsea - with specific players already discussed.
I am not aware of any offer from Manchester United.}
03 Mar 2024 08:08:19
Hi Ed002, has the club got any interest in Olise? Also I've seen rumours that were looking at Miguel Gutierrez from Girona and Ederson from Atalanta. Any truth in that? Thanks.
{Ed002's Note - Michael Olise (RW/AM) PSG and Manchester City want him as cover although the departure of Mahrez last summer will mean more opportunities now, but the RW position is effectively Foden's. If de Bruyne or Silva were to depart, he becomes an option again. Crystal Palace has no real interest in selling but know that Chelsea want to take Olise back to Stamford Bridge and Olise has made clear that one day he wants to be playing with his brother. Down the list of AM players Chelsea want but they will again perhaps push for him. His representative has said no other clubs have made an approach for Olise - but maybe Klopp's obsession with Chelsea Academy players will continue as Liverpool have sent scouts - but they will have preferred targets to replace Salah. Manchester United have also sent scouts. Will be available in the summer when a significant release clause will need to be met.
Miguel Gutierrez (LWB) Moved to Girona from Real Madrid who retain a nominal 50% of his rights and can buy him back for a fixed fee of double what they sold him for - so €8M total. Bayern Munich fear losing Alphonso Davies and have Gutierrez as their first choice replacement if that happens. Chelsea have spoken to Girona about the player and both Manchester United and Manchester City have sent scouts.
Ederson (CM) Having a good season and attracting interest from Newcastle, Liverpool and Burnley. Burnley would not be attractive and the situation with Liverpool may well change.}
1.) 03 Mar 2024 20:08:59
Thank you Ed002.
09 Mar 2023 22:07:33
Hi Ed002, what is happening with Oshimen? Do we hold an interest? Thanks.
{Ed002's Note - Yes, Manchester United are one of the interested clubs but the cost is very significant. I do expect him to move this summer.}
1.) 09 Mar 2023 23:34:08
Dream signing…taking him over Kane all day long.
2.) 10 Mar 2023 10:10:04
I think I'm leaning towards Oshimen due to age and athleticism plus Kane tends to drop a bit deeper nowadays to get the ball where Oshimen looks more like a proper number 9 which is what we need.
I am concerned however that he could be similar to Lukaku who looks good in Italy but Premier League is a different. Kane almost guarantees you goals in the Premier League and perhaps could get back to being that number 9 under ETH.
Cost for both will also be a big factor in terms of would you spend £100M on Kane and a huge bulk of the transfer money on a 30 year old or £100M on a 24 year old?
3.) 10 Mar 2023 10:38:17
I think Kane has to go deeper at the moment, since they struggle creating chances.
The thing with Kane is, he could do the no.9 job, but he could also do with Rashford (and our other wings), what he does with Son, meaning we would have more atacking options and it would be easier for us to adapt during the matches, if needed.
4.) 10 Mar 2023 07:09:39
Thanks Ed.
5.) 10 Mar 2023 14:58:36
Him or Ramos.
But is really evident that we are in desperate need of a top class no.9.
6.) 10 Mar 2023 16:48:46
I'd personally have reservations over both Kane and Osimhen for varying reasons.
Kane has had injury issues, will be 30 in July and like a few others have said tends to drop deeper which would have him occupying the same space as Bruno. Signing an aging player for a huge fee on massive wages with a chequered injury record and a question mark over his suitability for the system/ style of play we are trying to play seems like a poor choice. That said, he is EPL proven and will guarantee goals, even if he does end up needing replacing in 2 years time.
Osimhen on the the other hand seems a better tactical fit. Yet he too has a very chequered injury history. I read previously that he hasn't managed to start 7 games in a row in Serie A ever. Which has to be a concern. He would also cost in excess of 100m and be on significant wages. He isn't EPL proven and I wonder whether his form would translate to the EPL. His touch can be loose and he reminds me of Lukaku both in terms of his touch and that for a big guy he doesn't do as well in the air or holding the ball up as you'd expect.
Neither fill me with confidence considering both would cost north of 100m.
7.) 10 Mar 2023 17:00:42
Who would you like to see shappy?
8.) 10 Mar 2023 21:38:56
For me Vlahovic would be the perfect choice.
9.) 11 Mar 2023 07:39:23
Angel, to be honest I don't see many top class strikers available who I think would be the right sort of fit. If you look around Europe at the top strikers Lewandowski and Benzema are still in the conversation despite being in their mid-thirties. You then have players like Haaland and Mbappe who are good ages and playing at an elite level, but they won't be available.
Ideally we'd want to sign a player whose between 22-24 years old and ready to step up to become a world class player. However, the market currently has gone absolutely bonkers.
Given the options available, and what we need to try and do this summer I think we need to be sensible with what we do. Players like Sesko and Ramos look to be future greats, but I wonder big a move to a club our size is a step too soon for them this summer.
Thing is I'm not convinced we need a 25-30 goal a season striker. Those guys are both rare and extremely expensive. Like I said I'm not convinced by the options available.
I think if we bring in the right striker, someone who has the physicality, movement, and technical skills to link the attack together then you'll see a much better spread of goals across all our forwards. If they can be fairly clinical and get 18-20 goals a season themselves then great.
Players like Rashford, Antony, Sancho, Bruno, Garnacho should all be getting 10-20 goals a season each. Rashford will get at least 30 goals across all competitions for us this season (he's on 26 currently) .
Add a further 20-30 goals spread out across the defenders and midfielders and we have goals coming from many sources which is much harder to defend against.
The player I think we should sign this summer perfectly fits the profile of strikers EtH has typically used, is EPL proven, at their peak and would in my opinion slot perfectly into this side with how we are currently set up. That player is Aleksander Mitrovic.
I think he'd be a perfect signing to slot in over the next few season's, during which time the club can scour the market to find the next up and coming young player and bring them in and nurture them rather than paying 100m plus on a player whose had a good season but is still unproven.
10.) 11 Mar 2023 12:18:06
Not sure your final sentence is realistic anymore Shappy, especially with strikers. So many clubs have fantastic scouting networks now, any up and coming young striker will be on the radar of a number of clubs and that striker will want guaranteed game time. Will the club give and up and coming striker the game time they desire? If they don’t they choose another club and the 2 years down the line that club sells them for huge fees. Plus you’ve just said yourself Sesko and Ramos are future greats but a move to the club the size of United might be to soon. So a little contradictory to what your suggesting needs to happen. Ultimately we’d end up just getting players to “slot in” as you say until we find someone, but that move might be to soon so we get another player to “slot in” and the cycle continues.
Liverpool went big on Nunez and they’re starting to get their rewards and in 2 years will probably show he was a good buy. We need to put our money where our mouths are and go get Oshimen, Sesko or Ramos or go get Kane but for me that stops us ever getting one of the other 3.
11.) 11 Mar 2023 15:19:05
Ports, I'm suggesting going for someone like Mitrovic for now, a player who'd suit how EtH likes to play, is EPL proven and hitting his peak. Then in a couple of years time look at someone like Sesko, Ramos or even Evan Ferguson if they have shown they are ready to step up. They might cost 100m two years down the line, but at least they will have shown 2-3 years worth of quality performances rather than a gamble now. Plus in 2-3 years if we have recruited well then we might only need to sign 1 or 2 players at most to improve the team rather than needing to sign 4-5 like we do now. I don't think signing one player for a big fee, especially an untested one makes any sense for us this summer.
12.) 11 Mar 2023 19:52:27
You think those players will still be at clubs we could realistically sign them from in 2-3 years?
13.) 12 Mar 2023 06:08:45
Ports Sesko is moving to RBL this summer, he has only ever played in the Austrian Bundesliga. He isn't tested at a higher level and he would supposedly cost between 60-70m to sign him right now.
No club other than ourselves would pay that much this summer. He'll be there for at least one if not two years before a move. It really depends on whether he can step up. He currently has 11 goals in 30 appearances for RBS, all in Austrian football with no goals in either the UCL or the EL this season when up against tougher opponents. I'd be stunned if he scored more than 18 goals for RBL next season in the German Bundesliga. He just isn't ready to play at the top end of the EPL and regularly contribute goals and assists.
I'd expect he'll be in Germany for at least two years before he moves again and I can't see his fee in two years time being much more than the 60-70m currently being quoted but at least by then he'd have proven himself at a higher level and be more developed as a player.
Goncalo Ramos has had his breakout season in Liga No's with Benfica. The noise coming from Portugal is that Benfica would want a fee equal to his buyout clause to sell this summer. That fee is rumoured to be €120m. Seeing as they dug their heels in with Chelsea over Enzo Fernandez and that in the last couple of transfer windows they have received massive fees for both Enzo Fernandez and Darwin Nunez they really don't need the money. I also don't see many clubs that would be willing to match the €120m fee they are demanding for a player who has had one good season in a traditionally weaker league. The Italian teams cannot afford that fee, Bayern wouldn't pay it, the Spanish clubs don't have that sort of money this summer to spend on one player (although Real Madrid might if that player is called Mbappe), PSG have a stacked forward line and need to spend elsewhere. That leaves English clubs. Liverpool have just spent big on a forward from Benfica, City have Haaland and Alvarez, Chelsea can't keep spending big and need to sell to balance the books but are realistically the only possible competition for him this summer.
If Benfica dig their heels in and demand €120m for him this summer then ourselves and possibly Chelsea (if they can sell a few players) are the only realistically possible destinations. For that reason I'd expect him to stay at Benfica for another season in which time he can prove he isn't a one season wonder and then clubs might feel his €120m reported fee is less of a gamble.
As for Evan Ferguson, he's played less than 20 matched at senior level, Brighton have no need to sell and would demand a high price. Again it is only English clubs that are likely to try and sign him, and none really need to spend big on and inexperienced striker.
I don't see any of the three moving this summer unless we sign them.
14.) 12 Mar 2023 08:46:58
That’s a great analysis Shappy but as per usual you haven’t answered the question and just waffled to try and make your point. You said let them have 2-3 years so I asked will they be at clubs we can realistically sign them from in 2-3 years and you’ve finished by saying the won’t move this summer. But you’ve said Ramos may leave next season when his fee will be higher so we could get him cheaper now or wait until next season and pay more or not get him at all.
You also said we should find the new up and coming young player and nurture them, well let’s do that with 1 or 2 of the players you have named above.
I’m not saying you idea is wrong but it is unrealistic with how football works nowadays. Other clubs will put their hands in their pockets. Chelsea need a number 9, Newcastle need a number 9, I can see Haaland going to Madrid sooner rather than later so they’ll need a Number 9, Tottenham may need to replace Kane.
Every signing you make is a gamble but you can make educated gambles with appropriate research.
15.) 12 Mar 2023 12:13:35
I said that they are unlikely to move this summer, depending on how they do next season they might not even be wanted next summer.
You need to be careful when signing young players who have only had one good season. Luka Jovic is now 24 and doesn't look like he'll ever get to the level everyone thought he would when he was signed by Real Madrid after one good season.
The good thing with football is that there are other good youngsters coming though all the time. Maybe these three get bought up, but there will be young players who'll have breakout seasons next year and the year after and the year after that.
I don't think Ramos will cost more next summer, Benfica are asking for his buyout/ release clause this summer which is a reported €120m. No one will pay more than that next summer as they don't have to. However, if he has another great season next year then maybe that fee is less of a gamble as he has shown he's more than a one season wonder.
I'm not sure Newcastle need a CF, they spent big on Isak last summer and they have Wilson as well. They were well stocked enough to sell Chris Wood in January so I don't see them as contenders for Ramos or other such strikers this summer. I'd imagine they will look at strength in depth in midfield and defence, maybe a winger as well.
{Ed077's Note - I'm a bit surprised none of the posters have mentioned Jonathan David yet. I think he fits quite well between your "unproven" young strikers and the "proven" older strikers. Plus it seems possible to me that he may move this summer. But I don't know if there's much, if any, interest from the club.}
16.) 12 Mar 2023 21:42:03
Ed077, Jonathan David does seem like an ideal option. Seems like he'd fit EtH's technical style of play.
Yet like you say there seems to be very little interest in him from the club.
{Ed077's Note - there seems to be a lot less noise around him than most of the other strikers.
TedTheRed's banter posts with other poster's replies to TedTheRed's banter posts
28 Apr 2025 23:29:04
I see us linked with Joan Garcia from Espanyol. Has anyone watched much of him? I've only seen clips but he looks good and still young for a GK.
1.) 29 Apr 2025 06:06:50
Not seen much, I still maintain go for Senne Lammens from Royal Antwerp. Similar age, better attributes and cheaper cost!
2.) 29 Apr 2025 18:26:52
I expect to get shot down here, but I'd go and sign Aaron Ramsdale from Southampton.
With Amorim the goalkeeper isn't a vital player like they are in Pep's team's.
They need to be a good shot stopper, strong in the air, able to play out from the back with short to medium passes and to not make any mistakes.
They don't need to be Pirlo in gloves or an insane sweeper keeper, ala Neuer.
When I look at our defence I see a lot of young and inexperienced players. Players like Yoro, Dorgu and Heaven. I'm not sure adding a young inexperienced keeper is the best idea. Especially one with no experience of playing in the EPL. Lots of keepers get caught out with the physical nature in the EPL. They look good coming for crosses on the continent where no one can jump in their vicinity. Yet when they have a 6'2 centre forward muscling in under them as the go for the cross they suddenly look a little suspect coming for crosses.
I'm sure players like Garcia and Lammens will probably go on to become better keepers than Ramsdale, but we need a solid keeper who won't drop clangers and who can quickly settle in this league.
Ramsdale has a 12m relegation clause, has experience, he actually did very well at Arsenal. So has big club experience. He wasn't a problem that needed solving at Arsenal, more a case of Arteta wanting a slightly different profile of keeper. A tactical misfit.
He is someone we could sign and be very confident that he'd be an upgrade on Onana and while allowing funds to be focused elsewhere. He is also a very good character to have around in the dressing room, some have even called him a leader.
For me he makes the most sense of any keeper signing this summer, a quick, cheap and easy deal to sort that upgrades a key position. Then maybe the following summer we could look to sign a younger keeper with high potential to challenge Ramsdale.
3.) 29 Apr 2025 19:30:29
Maybe it is Ramsdale and a young option, as we might lose all 3 keepers this summer.
4.) 29 Apr 2025 20:01:31
Ramsdale makes many mistakes but because of who he plays for they go relatively unnoticed, if he played for us it would be very different.
Why did Arsenal let him go? Because he is not good enough!
A big no from me.
5.) 29 Apr 2025 21:34:26
Ramsdale is not good enough. There is a reason he is at Southampton and even mid table teams didn't want him as their first choice keeper.
Makes too many mistakes for a top keeper couldn't organise Southamptons defence and doesn't dominate his penalty area.
6.) 30 Apr 2025 06:36:57
Ramsdale not for me, he was at his level, although you could say we are at that level, but we need to aim higher than these terrible stop gaps, if GK makes no difference to RA system let’s leave clown there. oh wait RA wants a proper keeper even though he don’t pay no attention to keepers!
Save the money RA put a ball boy in there GK not essential in your system!
7.) 30 Apr 2025 10:43:24
I like the look of Verbruggen personally even if for obvious reasons he seems more of an EtH signing.
Costa is the dream but once the likes of City come in we've got no chance.
24 Apr 2025 19:20:30
Hi Ed001, what's your opinion on a few of our apparent targets? Delap and Ederson (Atalanta) more so as obviously Cunha is quality but I haven't seen much of the others and would like to hear your thoughts? Cheers.
{Ed001's Note - Delap is decent, but not really ready to lead the line under such pressure yet. Step up from what you have but might not be much more than that in the short term when you probably need more.
Ederson is excellent, a very good hard working midfielder.}
1.) 24 Apr 2025 20:41:24
I’d sign Vardy on a free over Delap. Yeah, he’s a bit of a knob, and a few years past his best. But he’s a goal scorer, and would be a decent option off the bench.
Vardy for free, plus another proven scorer, and send Hojlund out on loan. Better than bringing in another young striker.
2.) 24 Apr 2025 21:17:31
Delap for me looks like mistakes from the past. It’s the right price rather than the right fit and the right quality
We should be getting two strikers, for me Oshimen and maybe Jonathan David on a free. Let Hojland go and have Obi learning from a master craftsman
I saw a comment attributed to Berbatov. Oshimen would cause defences to drop 5 to 10 yards and give us space. To me Delap is high risk. I would also say that like when the club bought poor players for Mourinho, if Amorim wants better but the club sends him Delap and it’s not what he wants, he should resign on the spot.
3.) 24 Apr 2025 22:20:12
Why would Amo resign might as well wait till he's sacked red fella get the big pay out.
4.) 25 Apr 2025 07:16:19
Vardy lol.
5.) 25 Apr 2025 07:25:53
I guess at some point we have to trust the new structure and recruitment team. I read yesterday, not sure how true it is but Amorim wanted Delap at Sporting and Wilcox obviously worked with him at City so it seems there is enough knowledge around the lad. I absolutely get the want for a more established and proven striker but the positives on Delap is he’s played a season in the Premier League and he’s scored goals in the Premier League.
I think with young strikers it’s not necessarily a case of them not being established, it’s more the expectations and pressure put on them to score goals but if we can 3 options to rotate, he won’t get flogged every game and you can rotate when it looks like they are struggling.
I think an issue with Hojlund at the moment is he’s going into every game now with the burden of not scoring but our options are limited he’s having to try and play himself into form in an underperforming team which contributes to even more pressure on him. The lad can score goals, he proved that last season but he needs someone else to take some pressure off him. 3 good striker options I think would see our strikers scoring more goals.
6.) 25 Apr 2025 12:24:19
Ports, The problem with Højlund is he was never a £70m player. We paid way over the odds for him.
I’d go all out for Osimhen this summer, and if possible David on a free as Red man has said above. We need quality up top badly.
7.) 25 Apr 2025 12:30:48
The new team need to earn trust like the new manager 1st signing wasnt thst good Dorgus pretty grimm so far . I like Delap think he'd be a shrewd signing way better than Hoijlund and Zirkzee good price as well . Hoijlunds problem is he's the first touch of a Clydesdale horse and can't read the game scoring for a striker ain't a burden its his job another ETH waste of money i reckon.
8.) 25 Apr 2025 13:22:41
Funny how fans see different things, imo dorgu has been far from 'grim', yes he's been inconsistent but shown how he can be a threat going forwards and looks comftable defensively, put in a shift every game as well, I think he'll be a good player for us.
9.) 25 Apr 2025 13:47:06
Grimm. are we watching the same player. Dorgu is a young player who has been up and down which is to be expected especially stepping in to this team/ season.
He has given balance to the team and has performed well. Looks comfortable and is strong phyisically. Will develop further and be a key player next season.
I actually think that Dorgu gives me more faith in the players that the club/ Amorim want to bring in.
10.) 25 Apr 2025 13:57:02
2toms, you are absolutely right about the fee and sadly Hojlund has to carry the weight of this fee but it's a result of non football people doing business with football people and being showed up which is the story of the last 10 years for the club but unfortunately the players have that thrown at them.
I have to be honest and say I have been left disappointed with Dorgu so far. I hope it's a settling in period and he's been thrown straight into it but I hoped he'd be a bit more direct and I thought he was quicker. But that's not to say he won't come good, he just looks like he is playing too safe at the moment. What I will say though is that the team is much better balanced when he is in the team which shows the worth of having a natural left sided player in the team with this shape we play.
11.) 25 Apr 2025 14:19:50
I don’t think Dorgu been bought by RA for first team yet anyway, he still wants another who will be in front of Dorgu.
Dorgu is a fit lad with good engine but bit erratic with poor touch, poor crossing and got a lot to learn and far from the finished article, hopefully he kicks on, but I don’t think he makes starting 11 next year him and Mazzouri will both be back ups. Dalot will be one side and either Amad or another new signing the other side.
12.) 25 Apr 2025 16:59:56
Danny, so let me get this straight. You'd rather sign the 38 year old who has 7 league goals over the 22 year old who has 12 league goals because in your opinion the player who has scored less is more of a goal scorer?
Did I get that right? ?.
13.) 25 Apr 2025 17:59:34
Dorgu is raw and still finding his feet. If we want to progress under Amorims system, Dalot needs to be gotten shot of. He’s not good enough.
14.) 25 Apr 2025 19:51:20
Brum and German don’t like any of our players, they both give them no time whatsoever and say they are all useless, it’s almost like they are the same person.
15.) 26 Apr 2025 01:26:42
I don’t see the point in ‘buying’ another young striker Shappy.
I would rather us sign a 38 year old who has scored consistently in the premier league on a free transfer to use him as an option off our bench, alongside buying an established striker to lead the line.
By doing that we could send Hojlund out on loan for the season, and give him a chance to develop.
That’s a better option than bringing another young g unproven striker to the club.
16.) 26 Apr 2025 05:44:34
You need some therapy, the other day you said I was maze then something about Romanian now Brummy, I would say just stick to United and what this page is supposed to be about, people’s opinions than being fixated with me, I appreciate your loving, but please your beginning to feel a bit weird and more like a stalker, in fact more like a stalker than Rasmus is a striker.
17.) 26 Apr 2025 11:36:29
Danny, I agree that signing a top class proven striker in their prime would be best. Someone ready to take on the burden.
The problem is that there are very few players out there that fit that description. There is a real shortage of top class strikers right now.
There are only 8 players across Europe's top five leagues that have scored 20 or more league goals so far this season. They are Salah, Lewandowski, Kane, Retegui, Mbappe, Isak, Haaland and Ousemane Dembele.
The top three are all in their 30's, while Salah, Mbappe and Dembele aren't really strikers but goal scoring wide forwards.
We then consider where those players are playing and we see clubs like Liverpool, City, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and PSG amongst them. All clubs that we absolutely cannot take their best players from right now.
That leaves Isak and Retegui as the only ones who are the right age, style of player, and at clubs where it might be able to sign them from.
Newcastle would demand over 100m for Isak even if we could convince him to join. A fee that we just cannot afford.
Retegui is at Atalanta, the same club that charged us 70m for Højlund who only showed potential, and not the kind of scoring form Retegui has shown this season. While strikers from Serie A have a patchy record when moving to other leagues, particularly the Italian ones. So again a player who'd cost close to 100m.
Simply we cannot afford to buy that profile of player, especially in such a sparse market that is driving up the prices.
Other options seem like Osimhen, yet there are concerns over him a 65m release clause and the player is refusing to drop his excessive wage demands that have seen other clubs walk away. He's also fallen out with pretty much every club he's played for, and has a patchy injury record.
Is he a player the club should risk breaking the new wage structure they are trying to put into place for?
Other options might be Mbeumo who has 18 goals, but is more of a wide player. He also won't come cheap.
Greenwood has 18 goals in Ligue 1, but I don't see the club looking to bring him back.
Moise Kean has 17 goals and is the right age and profile of player. Yet he flopped pretty badly at Everton before as one of those aforementioned Italian strikers who have struggled when leaving Serie A.
Schick has 18 goals in the Bundesliga, but is 29 and comes from a league where scoring seems to be easier with many players unable to match their goal tally when moving to other top leagues.
The problem is where is this player who we can afford, is the right profile and is available?
The only one I can see is Jonathan David from Lille, he has 16 league goals and has consistently hit 15-20 league goals every year for the past 4 seasons. He's also available on a free transfer (although he reportedly wants a large signing on fee and substantial wages) . I'm not sure he's the perfect fit for Amorim's striker role though. He is quick, great in the channels and is good at dropping deep to link play, but he isn't really a target man or someone who has the physical profile and ability that Amorim demands from his striker.
So the club has to make a decision, do we sign a player who fits the age/ experience profile or do we sign a player who fits the playing profile the manager needs to make his style work?
I think that the club are looking to sign Cunha as a player who is in his peak and has consistently scored in the EPL from a position just off or wide of the striker as someone who can maybe carry a little more of the burden allowing a younger striker who has the right profile for Amorim to come in and make the system work.
Personally I'd be looking to sign David as well as Delap as we are very short of options up front, and he fits the age profile while offering something slightly different giving the manager options off the bench. Especially as he can be brought in for a very little. Even if he doesn't fully succeed he's a player we could sell in a couple of years for a profit if need be.
18.) 26 Apr 2025 14:33:59
German,
You are all of them people, been banned more times than Keano in his hay day.
19.) 26 Apr 2025 16:28:37
Some people on this page have regenerated into new personas more than Dr. Who lol
We all have our opinions on who/ what we need, noone right or wrong, but I do hope we can get one or two players in early so there’s a fighting chance for a preseason and getting some of these ideas ingrained. A tour on the other side of the world two days after the season end seems bizarre, got to top up the kitty somehow I guess.
20.) 27 Apr 2025 07:37:26
Redman, maybe it is RA that wants Delap.
21.) 27 Apr 2025 10:25:59
Jimbo
Could be that RA wants Delap. If he does want him as first choice then good, it’s on RAs head and he will have scouted or seen something in him. But if he wants say Oshimen and the club say no here is the cheaper option Delap which we like because it’s cheaper, then look where years of that got us.
When the club bought poor players and not the ones Mourinho wanted he should have resigned on the spot. Instead he stayed and took the payoff. Amorim may do that, but he strikes me as someone who would walk if the club really do not support him.
We don’t know exactly what Amorim wants, I just want the club to support him with his first choices, for the right reason.
22.) 27 Apr 2025 20:19:40
No managers walks these days, why would he, he just waits for the pay off, sadly principles have gone from society and especially football.
27 Jan 2025 22:01:57
Anyone seen Pogba's Instagram post? Surely not!?
1.) 28 Jan 2025 08:02:20
I mean he’s the type of player positional wise that would work well in Amorim’s system driving from deep. Except not the 2025 version of Pogba.
2.) 28 Jan 2025 08:52:24
This is MUFC so all and any stupidity is possible.
3.) 28 Jan 2025 10:43:54
At this point of the season, where we are, the options. Anything is possible.
But if he's holding up Rashford as an example of what not to do in training and the pitch, I don't how he will live with PP. A disaster of a player when it comes to hard graft.
4.) 28 Jan 2025 12:07:33
I think he's exactly what we need. Awesome athlete, proven winner, a no brainer, it would be an incredible signing.
5.) 28 Jan 2025 12:31:25
Sure we may as well bring back Ronaldo too.
6.) 28 Jan 2025 13:45:19
AJH ????.
08 Dec 2024 09:23:55
Dan Ashworth has left the club. What happened there?
29 Oct 2024 13:16:01
Ed001 what's your thoughts on Amorim? Do you think he's the right pick for us? And how do you rate him? Thanks.
{Ed001's Note - looks a very good coach, plays good football but I have worries over his attitude as he messed around a whole bunch of clubs in the summer. He only seemed to care about who would pay him the most, rather than being interested in what team was there, what was there for him to succeed etc. It is not like he would be underpaid by any of the clubs in for him, so he should surely have been thinking first about what was best for him from a point of view of succeeding. He ended up messing around so much that all the interested parties walked away. But, there is also a reason why top clubs were interested in him in the first place, so he should still be a decent choice. Certainly looks a step forward from Ten Hag, but as I said on the rumours page earlier, I personally would have gone for Hoeness right now.}
1.) 29 Oct 2024 13:41:15
ED001,
Would you expect Amorin to implement his 3421/ 3412 formation at Utd?
It would allow Utd to play Yoro, MdL and Martinez together. But Utd really lack a LWB, with Dalot not really performing on the left and Shaw and Malacia being very injury prone. Maybe Amass might get a chance now?
{Ed001's Note - it would seem likely he would stick with what he knows.}
2.) 29 Oct 2024 15:09:48
Feels like the same excitement when ETH took over first. Amorim does seem to have more charisma though.
3.) 29 Oct 2024 15:46:08
Speak for yourself angel ??? I for one didn't want him in the first place and i think neither did Ken and Red Man so surely there wasnt any excitement. ?.
4.) 29 Oct 2024 15:49:47
My dead granny has more charisma than eth.
5.) 29 Oct 2024 16:13:04
Looking forward to him coming. Wish our ex-players would just shut up as some like Yorke and scholes already talking even before the guy is here.
6.) 29 Oct 2024 16:13:39
Clearly Ed001 he still only interested in the cash, because who in there right mind would take over this bunch of crap that ETH invested half a billion quid in!
He got his work cut out that’s for sure, his got strikers that can’t hit a barn door centrebacks that look like they are carrying the barn doors and left backs who can’t play 6 games!
So he deserves lots of wages in my book to make anything out of this!
{Ed001's Note - the players are not as bad as they have looked, the question now is whether it was their attitude or Ten Hag's tactics/motivational skills that were at fault (or both). Time will soon tell us for sure on that front.}
7.) 29 Oct 2024 18:30:52
Poch was my choice from the 2 at the time and perhaps that would have been nearly as bad.
Our choices are totally irrelevant we can only judge anybody on the job they do here and whether they and the job they do appeal to us as supporters.
I can't wait to see how Amorim tackles the job. We are crying out to build a new identity on the pitch I really believe he will establish that very firmly over the next 18 months.
8.) 29 Oct 2024 19:02:16
Ken a New identity suggest there was an identity under ETH, so you must be joking with that remark!
If it is him and it looks very likely, good luck to him it’s going to be hard, although must already be a doom cloud lifted from the dressing room with ETH, gone but let's be fair every player new or old gone in reverse under ETH, Bruno was highest scoring midfielder and assist maker in eu, season by season ETH stopped that, Mainoo burst on to scene he not been great this season before injury, strikers who were not great at the outset have got worse, Antony. well it’s Antony, Mount rather be injured.
Eric got to be the worst man manager of all time.
So now end of that ERA, let’s hope the new one gets much better at least some identity and pattern to our play would be a start.
9.) 29 Oct 2024 20:20:46
I’m with UA. I never felt remotely excited by EtH and it went downhill from there!
14 Aug 2024 17:41:40
I'd be happy with Ait-Nouri. Very good player and ready for a step up.
03 Mar 2024 20:08:59
Thank you Ed002.
10 Mar 2023 07:09:39
Thanks Ed.
27 Aug 2024 22:21:40
A ball playing controller in midfield should be priority for me.
27 Aug 2024 17:08:46
Thank you!
{Ed001's Note - very welcome.}
25 Aug 2024 21:51:27
I think we are missing ball players who like to keep the ball. As it is it's long balls from deep trying to counter fast. That's not the type of football that will compete. We also have some players that shouldn't be anywhere near our starting team like Maguire and Rashford. Harry tries his best but he's just not good enough and Rashford well. the less said the better. A waste of space. Ugarte will be a good signing but I think we need another in midfield that can play.
12 Aug 2024 17:25:42
The black GK kit is a thing of beauty.
09 Jun 2024 22:32:47
Honestly, if Southgate becomes our manager I give up! How he is even in any conversation is mind boggling. He is useless.