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22 Jul 2024 07:56:56
Links with ricardo Rios at palmeiras, I know absolutely nothing about him! Anybody know if he's any good?
1.) 22 Jul 2024 08:55:59
Dunno whether it’s a slow day for transfer rumours but reports also about PSG being interested in Sancho and Bruno Fernandes….
2.) 22 Jul 2024 09:12:08
Ugarte or Simons swap for Sancho. Job done.
3.) 22 Jul 2024 09:29:48
Tim_99, I’ve watched a couple of 3 minute video compilations of him since I first heard of him yesterday and can confirm he’s probably the best CM in the world currently.
4.) 22 Jul 2024 09:49:19
Not a clue, although with my skepticism cap on I strongly suspect this is one of those occasions where an agent has thrown our name out to try and drum up interest in their client.
The initial report says that United are "considering making a bid", which is just the kind of line used to justify printing something they know isn't true.
If we think about it logically how would any reporter/ journalist know what the clubs intentions are?
No one at the club with any real power or insight would speak to a journalist or anyone about what the plans are.
Journalist/ reporter's can only accurately say what has happened, or quote someone, not what might happen, or what a club/ businesses intentions are.
If the report said the club had scouted a player, or had a meeting with a club/ agent about a player, then that sounds more accurate. They are reporting what has happened without adding any conjecture to it.
When they simply say "X club is maybe, possibly, considering making a bid for X player" you can pretty much write that off as click bait.
In the case of Richard Rios, he is a player whose recently turned 24, hasn't been seriously linked with any major European clubs previously. He's had a decent Copa America and I expect his agent is trying to drum up interest while the irons hot so to speak.
Expect to see him go to a mid-tier club in Spain or Portugal in a few weeks time.
All that said, with INEOS now pulling the strings there is a slim chance that this might have a slither of truth in it. Yet I highly doubt it.
5.) 22 Jul 2024 11:58:25
Ideally they sign sancho and Bruno. That should be a dream scenario imo.
6.) 22 Jul 2024 12:30:58
Sancho and Bruno out, Ugarte and Olmo in?
06 Jul 2024 22:36:13
Donny off to Girona for 500k apparently. Meagre fee but it's clears the wages off the books and gives him the chance for a fresh start elsewhere. Lots of poor signings now needing cleared up by INEOS but we are getting there. Be interesting to see if there's anything on greenwood or sancho this week.
1.) 07 Jul 2024 06:52:18
Do you think if we hadn't been paying huge wages to attract players, it would have been easier to offload everyone?
2.) 07 Jul 2024 07:42:16
That's pretty embarrassing. He has been our worst signing in terms of quality imo in the last 10 years. No idea why we bought him and what we saw to convince us to buy him.
3.) 07 Jul 2024 08:24:44
From Romano:
Small initial fee, easy add-ons up to €4/ 5m and then more add-ons up to €10/ 15m.
In all honesty I'm delighted we are getting anything for him after going on loans that he failed to shine on.
4.) 07 Jul 2024 10:37:55
Girona and Donny might actually work out!
5.) 07 Jul 2024 11:00:16
I really feel for the guy, he is a talented player but for one reason or another it's all just gone wrong for him.
Several injuries and no clear idea of how to play him or where meant that he never got a chance to play a run of games and settle into the team.
His loans have seen similar issues where he has had niggling injuries and failed to play a run of games.
Personally I think a big part of the issue is that he plays best as a second striker, playing more advanced and with more freedom than a traditional No.10. Unfortunately very few teams play with such a player so he's often forced to play a more restrictive role.
In terms of position/ role he is similar to his father-in-law Dennis Bergkamp (obviously not on the same level in terms of quality and technical ability) or Eric Cantona.
He is best suited to a withdrawn striker type role, where he's not a lead the line striker, but he's more advanced than where any of the midfield would play and isn't a midfielder either.
The most similar player currently playing I can think of is Thomas Muller. That player who doesn't have the raw pace to play wide, isn't striker or a midfielder, but plays as the link man between the two, floating around to find pockets of space to facilitate quick one twos to play through a defence. With him often then being that late runner into the box to score.
It's a fairly unique role and really requires the team to be set up around such a player. Yet with Bruno at United he was never going to get to play in such a role.
I wish him well, and we all move on. Hopefully learning the lessons of scouting players for a specific role rather than signing good players because they are available.
6.) 07 Jul 2024 12:10:00
Not sure what we saw to convince us to buy him Ahmed? Simple, he was great in that Ajax team, can’t be denied.
7.) 07 Jul 2024 13:41:38
That team was really a one session wonder. None of them have gone on to excel anywhere. None as bad as dvb though it has to be said.
Hopefully if we do sign de ligt he will buck the trend of expensive moves with the clubs getting little or no return from any of them.
8.) 07 Jul 2024 23:02:37
Donny always tried and must curse the day he signed for us. The guy undoubtedly has talent and most of us were excited when he arrived. Bad managers, teammates who didn't put the requisite effort in and sometimes even deliberately did not pass to him plus his injuries meant he really had no chance to shine. I don't recall him complaining. Can't we just wish him well.
9.) 08 Jul 2024 07:50:07
I wish DvB all the very best at Girona. But we can dress it up and make excuses all we like, fact is, he was rubbish.
{Ed025's Note - i have to agree Fireman, he came on loan to Everton because we were god damn awful mate....and he actually made us worse!!..
10.) 08 Jul 2024 09:47:30
Salford, I like him and wish him well. But that's a lot of excuses for a guy who didn't take his chances when he got them. I can't remember one game where he stood out in any way.
01 Jul 2024 08:46:48
Dan Ashworth is our first signing of the window. Looks like we are working behind the scenes on lots of things. Could be a busy few weeks.
23 Jun 2024 14:44:40
Rumours RVN has been approached to be part of Erik's coaching staff, also been linked with Burnley job so will be interesting to see if anything happens there and if he comes what exactly his role is.
1.) 23 Jun 2024 16:41:41
Easy to get sentimental about possible appointments like this. Best out and out striker signed by Sir Alex. Absolute class especially considering the injury he recovered from. If he can coach as well as he played then some career awaits.
2.) 23 Jun 2024 18:26:07
He's proven himself to be a very good coach, and if he can work with EtH then he could bring something to the team.
Rumours that EtH's assistant Mitchell van Der Gaag isn't well liked within the club and that he's upset many people both players and management staff.
Supposedly the club want to replace him, they looked at Gary O'Neil, and now at RvN.
Without knowing exactly what is going on inside the club it's hard to know how much truth there is the these rumours and whether someone like RvN would benefit the team. Like I said he's certainly a good coach.
3.) 23 Jun 2024 19:15:55
Ask Ahmad he will know.
4.) 23 Jun 2024 20:15:50
Now there is a discussion, best striker signed by Fergie maybe McClair, Yorke, Cole, Ole, Ruud, VP or Berbatov. No wingers or player makers who converted.
5.) 23 Jun 2024 20:52:55
He comes in, and ETH doesn't do well.
He will be interim by Xmas ?.
6.) 23 Jun 2024 20:53:15
Ruud all day Grim.
7.) 23 Jun 2024 21:14:38
Grim,
I never really rated Berbatov that highly.
8.) 23 Jun 2024 22:21:31
I agree, it's Ruud easily for me.
As for Ruud as a coach, I would have thought he would be in line for a manager job somewhere, so would have thought it most likely he takes up that position somewhere. Seems to think highly of ETH though from comments he has made.
9.) 23 Jun 2024 22:37:33
Gnev
I ma actually in the UK at Coworths park for an engagement party and races and had a few united people here.
IF RVP is coming in and being considered for a role he may be a replacement for McCarthy, who is useless and stealing a wage and contrary to the bs you read not liked at all by the striker group.
Shappy
Van der Gaag is not going anywhere and will be renewed as part of the coaching staff and said it all along a while ago ETH was never begging or lying down to save his job and he was very clear as far as he saw things. The manager is the least of our problem and Mclaren and the rest had no interest to continue if he went.
10.) 23 Jun 2024 23:19:24
Grim I’ll answer that and for me it’s ruud. He had everything and unlike Cole he was clinical. Absolute menace to defenders, both feet, good in the air and had a decent amount of pace. Brilliant brilliant player.
11.) 24 Jun 2024 17:43:28
Cheers ahmad, i thought it was to replace mvg as the players and him don’t get along.
12.) 24 Jun 2024 17:52:35
Can I count Rooney among the best strikers? He's be my pick.
13.) 24 Jun 2024 18:06:22
Was Rooney bought as a striker or No.10, think his first game he played behind Ruud.
14.) 24 Jun 2024 18:11:41
What nonsense that the striker group doesn’t like Benni, you can see for yourself in videos and there’s video of Bruno glowing over him.
15.) 24 Jun 2024 18:12:52
Bit ignorant of me but can someone fill me in? What was Ruud like as manager? I didn’t see any of his reign in the Dutch league. What would he bring to the table?
And to answer your question Grim, Ruud was the best natural goal scorer but Cole is my favourite. Always questioned during his time and will always be remembered for the misses against West Ham when Blackburn won the league. One of the best in that era though.
16.) 24 Jun 2024 22:00:32
Berbatov was a class player. Just watch the videos of him. Brilliant. Did he reach the peak he shouldn’t have? Perhaps not.
17.) 25 Jun 2024 02:13:11
Rvn was the best goal scorer I've seen in my 50 years supporting. Brilliant finisher only scored once from outside the box in his whole united career. Hold up play was second only to mark Hughes imo.
Rooney and Cantona I don't count as strikers as they were much more influential in other areas than a traditional striker.
His instinct and timing was near perfect in the box.
Like someone said above I've not followed his coaching career but I've no doubt he will improve rasmus and all our wide players.
Ruud has always said Beckham was his dream player to play with because if he made a run he knew the ball would be there. If he can get our wide players crossing the ball I'm quite sure we would score more goals. Improve our delivery into the box with effective coaching and our goals output will improve. I'm not sure what his role will be so it will be interesting to see what he will bring to the party.
The fact he knows the epl and the club will be helpful to the whole team and add another new dynamic.
Hopefully it happens and works out well.
18.) 25 Jun 2024 10:12:13
Forget him as a coach, I'd put him in the XI!
19.) 25 Jun 2024 18:28:48
Berbatov was a magician on his day, very underrated. His 1st touch was different level.
21 Jun 2024 23:15:46
SJR confirming what I was asking yesterday that UEFA won't allow us to sign todibo due to their multi club rule and both clubs membership of the Europa league next season. Really unfair on the player if u ask me but there u go! There's probably a loophole somewhere which I'm sure city or Chelsea would find but I guess we will just move on. Ironically if we had lost the FA cup final we could have signed him no bother. ??♂️.
1.) 22 Jun 2024 08:38:30
Utterly ridiculous if you ask me. Surely the concerns with the multi-club model is either that they buy/ sell players between clubs with unrealistic transfer fees either on the cheap or overly inflated as a way to pass money between the clubs to meet financial rules. Or that there could be questions raised over sporting integrity if both clubs faced eachother in a competition.
If they are allowing both clubs to compete in the same competition then they must be satisfied that it won't impact the sporting integrity of the competition.
So then it just comes down to potential financial issues.
Yet those financial issues do not change depending on whether the clubs are in the same or different European competition.
Why is it acceptable for a transfer to happen with one in the UCL and the other in the Europa league, but not if they are both in the same competition (Europa league)?
It makes no sense.
If they said both teams can't compete in the same competition I'd understand.
If they had a blanket ban on transfers between clubs linked via a multi-club model, then I'd understand.
But this decision makes absolutely no sense. I also wonder whether it would actually stand up to legal challenge. You can't restrict someone's right to work without an exceptional reason. By refusing to allow Todibo to move to Manchester United they are restricting his right to work where and for who he wants.
I'm not saying the club should pursue legal action, just that if it was I'd be intrigued to see on what basis UEFA tried to justify the violation of article 23 of the human rights convention.
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06 Jul 2024 09:17:06
So it's a contract extension by triggering the 1 year option. Very wise move by INEOS. They have supported ETH and gave him security but haven't backed themselves into a corner. If things go well then they can negotiate a new deal in the future and if it goes badly then they aren't out a huge settlement fee.
Smart by them on all counts. Lots of work being done at all levels in the club and it's good to see. Hopefully it will help us see results on the pitch come August.
1.) 06 Jul 2024 13:22:20
I think, a brand new deal, at this stage would've proven very difficult. Give him the extension, see what he is capable of under this structure and then re assess at the right time.
2.) 06 Jul 2024 17:20:07
Imagine the new deal will happen in next 6 months.
3.) 06 Jul 2024 19:59:20
Said all along, retain and see what's doing by Xmas. If performing extension, otherwise part ways.
22 Jun 2024 18:32:54
Newcastle, Chelsea and villa all doing business with each other before June 30th. wonder what that's all about? ?.
1.) 23 Jun 2024 17:10:31
Can’t say I blame them really. Until the FA brings the hammer down on City, this kind of thing is going to keep happening. If clubs who blatantly break the rules aren’t going to be punished, those exploiting loopholes have very little to fear.
2.) 23 Jun 2024 22:39:17
Assuming they do, assuming Gity don't force a change to the APT rules which will then allow them and others to navigate the FFP much easier if they wish.
i found Sit Joms comments very interesting, he seemed to show some empathy for City's challenge, it makes sense really I guess, successful businessman can't understand why owners can't invest in their own business as they see fit. I had always seen comments that United where one of the key players behind implementing this rule, for obvious reasons as it benefits us but I thought Sir Jim appeared to have a different view to that.
I haven't seen anything published about the case, other than was supposed to last two weeks and began on the 10th, I imagine we will know soon enough.
17 Jun 2024 14:58:05
Think guehi would be a good option for us. if the braithwaite deal drags and the price is too rich for us then I'd definitely seriously consider him. Very solid.
1.) 17 Jun 2024 15:34:26
The reports on what Everton value Braithwaite at are ridiculous. He’s had one season in the prem for a struggling side and they want over £70m for him.
It’s all reports so could be inaccurate.
United of the past would spend all summer putting in low ball offers to then happily hand over £80m for him on transfer deadline day, I’m hoping the “new” United have wised up and walk away quickly, like Liverpool and city do when the price is too high.
Can’t afford to spend the entire transfer budget on one player. Must be better value out there somewhere.
{Ed002's Note - Manchester United know that Everton needs funds within the next two weeks and will make an improved offer.}
2.) 17 Jun 2024 16:13:52
Are there any other clubs preparing offers for Braithwaite ed002? Or is it a case of United and Everton needing to agree a fee?
Am I right in presuming that he’s a first choice option for United and the club will move onto other options if Everton want more than United are willing to pay?
{Ed002's Note - Jarrad Branthwaite (CB) Everton want a new contract but Spurs, Manchester United and Newcastle have an interest. Ancelotti has spoken to Solari about him and scouts were sent to watch him against Newcastle, but Solari is not convinced that English players settle well on the continent. Manchester United will likely need a complete rebuild at CB with departures in the summer and so he will likely be a leading option. Spurs have a need for a CB. Newcastle has a compelling need to add one or two younger CBs. A wildcard would be Manchester City.
Manchester United have a number of other options including Inacio and Tobido.}
3.) 17 Jun 2024 16:19:29
Bid of £50m + add ons in.?
I can see Braithwaite and Todibo.
4.) 17 Jun 2024 17:00:16
Just glad that United seem to be in a hurry to get business done and not have their pants taken down; plus names mentioned by Ed002 in post above and previous all seem really good players.
5.) 17 Jun 2024 17:19:59
Who is this Braithwaite chap people keep linking us to? Is he as good as the lad from Everton?
{Ed025's Note - Jarrad Branthwaite is at Everton Brendan and is the best young CB in Europe mate, we need the money badly so you might just have our pants down and get him for around £60m, believe me hes worth more..
6.) 17 Jun 2024 18:12:12
That might go over a few heads Brendan lol.
7.) 17 Jun 2024 18:41:52
If another team buys Onana first won't that mean Everton can hold out for a larger amount for Braithwaite?
8.) 17 Jun 2024 20:09:18
Thankfully he put in a pish poor performance for Belgium today. Keep it up lad, you keep those buyers reluctant.
9.) 17 Jun 2024 20:47:08
Tim99, I reluctantly watched that dross which is the national team.
With Guehi to be honest he is a bit rash in the challenge for my liking.
There was also commentary about a knee injury, which I assume had him out for a while or is a recurring issue.
10.) 17 Jun 2024 21:19:46
Marc Guehi would be a good signing, and I can see him being the England player who gets a big move this summer on the back of a good tournament.
Supposedly Palace are open to selling him due to his contract situation.
However, ever good display with England will further push his price up.
11.) 17 Jun 2024 21:36:52
Agreed Wallace and of those players will improve us greatly. If we can get 2 in that would be fantastic.
12.) 17 Jun 2024 21:17:40
Salford, due to the amortisation of Onana's 33m transfer fee Everton will need to sell Onana for 60m+ up front to ensure they have the 40m clear in their accounts to avoid being in breach of PSR by the 30th of June.
While they won't want to lose Branthwaite, he is probably the one they will have to cut loose to avoid another points deduction.
{Ed002's Note - Everton will lose a couple of players this week but have the bandwidth to avoid shark type approaches.}
13.) 18 Jun 2024 06:51:11
Good Morning Ed002
I hope you are enjoying the euros. Speaking of our CB's targets who do you personally rate the highest out of the group you have mentioned and is the Branthwaite reported bid too low in your opinion. You have mentioned how we have overpaid many times in the past and is this being opportunistic or about right.
{Ed002's Note - Inacio stands out.}
14.) 18 Jun 2024 18:44:05
Brendan,
Very good, I think we are going to have to get used to it, people below your post are still calling him Branthwaite as well!
15.) 18 Jun 2024 22:11:28
I like Branthwaite, Guehi too.
If we replace Maguire, Varane and Lindelof with them it would be excellent business.
{Ed025's Note - if you replaced them 3 with Curly, Larry and Mo it would be an upgrade though UR.. :)
13 Jun 2024 15:48:52
Looking like olise could be off to Chelsea, reports from ornstein today that they are in talks with palace. Disappointing as I really like him and he would be perfect for us. I guess we need to sell first. Though how are Chelsea spending again it's madness they'll be touching 2pm in 2 years at this rate. definitely can't say boehly is stingy.
1.) 13 Jun 2024 15:51:59
Maybe one of our new 'dream team' can pull out an Enciso or Mitoma of our own. Someone no-one's heard of that doesn't blitz whatever our budget is.
2.) 13 Jun 2024 16:07:55
That should have said 2billion not pm ??.
3.) 13 Jun 2024 16:53:47
They don't hang about Chelsea, they just seem to get the deal done without any fuss.
4.) 13 Jun 2024 18:32:25
It's an odd move given that their best player last season (Cole Palmer) plays in the same position as Olise. To be honest if I was a Chelsea fan I'd be pretty annoyed if the club spent big on a player for a position not needed when there are other areas in need of addressing. 55-60m on Olise when they need a CB, a GK, a ST and probably a LB seems like a poor way to run a club to be honest.
It certainly doesn't seem like a logical strategy.
As for United? I'd have two CB's, two midfielders, a ST and probably two full backs as higher priority than RW currently.
Based on the logic that Garnacho has played his best football on the right, we also have Amad whose looked promising, along with Mount and Bruno who can play there effectively. We also probably won't be able to shift Antony either. So we have 5 players who can play there, two of them talented young players who have huge potential and room for improvement.
At CB I'd say we only have Martinez and possibly Kambwala who are good enough, while Varane, Evans and at least one of Lindelof or Maguire are likely to leave. From a sheer numbers perspective we need a couple of CB's, let alone that it was our weakest area of the pitch last season.
In midfield only Mainoo is good enough and he's a kid whose played half a season. Casemiro will likely leave and is declining regardless. Amrabat is only on loan and will return to Italy. Beyond those three we don't have anyone who can play at a high enough level in those deeper midfield positions. So at least two midfielders are needed.
Hojlund is the only striker we have, is a kid and has had a few injury issues (probably from over playing) last season. We need another ST.
AWB is not suited for the style of play we want to play, while Shaw and Malacia have serious question marks over their ability to stay fit. Leaving only Dalot as a good enough and regularly available fullback to cover two positions. I'd argue that we need both a RB and LB before we looked to usurp Garnacho from the RW.
That's 7 players we need more than a RW player like Olise. Given that all the reports are that we have a limited budget and will need to sell to buy, spending 60m on a player who is probably 8th on our list of priorities seems a poor way to run a club.
I get that we don't create enough chances, and he seems like an obvious and easy fix. But we need to build the foundations before we look to get some fancy tiles for the roof.
Personally I think it would be best for Olise to stay at Palace another year. With Glasner looking like a really good appointment for Palace and with them having a pretty good, fairly young side, with excellent recruitment from Dougie Freedman, I don't think Palace is a bad place to play football next season.
Players like Henderson or Johnstone in goal, Andersen and Guehi at CB, Mitchell at LB, Wharton, Cheick Doucoure and Eze in midfield and the form of Mateta up front. Olise would have a really good team to play in. They are probably a RB and a LW away from having a top 10 team that could challenge for a Europa place if they can keep their best players fit. While what Olise needs now is a whole season of football under his belt to dispel those injury prone whispers.
I'm not sure a regular spot on the Chelsea bench is the best place for him. He should stay at Palace next season, have a true breakout campaign where he could get Cole Palmer numbers if he stays fit for the whole season. His goals and assists per 90 record this season is higher than Palmer's. If he manages something similar then he'll have his choice of all the top sides in Europe next summer.
5.) 13 Jun 2024 19:34:09
Palmer will not play on the right if they sign olisse I guess.
6.) 13 Jun 2024 20:07:23
Maybe we could buy Palmer ??.
7.) 13 Jun 2024 20:18:37
Chelsea already met his release clause last year. He opted to give Palace another year with a new contract and clause written in.
Will he do the same again if Chelsea, United or Newcastle come in? I doubt it myself.
8.) 14 Jun 2024 04:18:43
Chelsea have consistently sold fairly well over recent years Tim, they’ll probably raise £150-200m again this summer i'd imagine. Whilst they have a need for players in other positions as mentioned in the thread, they also have a need for HG players especially if Gallagher or Chalobah or both leave and they’re looking to sell Sterling if possible. Signing Olise who’s HG and would arguably be their best RW (Palmer would play AM) does make some sense.
{Ed001's Note - is it sold well or sold lots? Only they seem to always sell the players they should keep and keep the players they should sell in recent years, hence the drop off from being the best team in the league. And they are looking like doing it again by getting rid of Chalobah and Gallagher, while bringing in yet another player they don't need in Olise.}
9.) 14 Jun 2024 08:15:33
Chelsea, the literal manifestation of headless chickens.
10.) 14 Jun 2024 08:59:58
Maybe Madueke leaves, who started lots in that position.
11.) 14 Jun 2024 11:41:07
Ed001, do you mean under Boehly? Maybe Gilmour, RLC and Mount but kinda 50/ 50 imo. RLC had a year left on his contract and had been beset with injuries for most of his time at the club. Mount too had 1 year left and seemingly didn’t want to stay. Other than those 3 I don’t see too many they sold they should have kept. I do think this summer they shouldn’t be selling Maatsen, Gallagher or Chalobah though to be fair.
{Ed001's Note - I was not meaning any of those, I was meaning all those players over the years you had out on loan, that were then sold who could have done a better job than players you had in the team. Gilmour is one of those bad buys you became so prone to in the latter part of Roman's reign as the club tried to prioritise breaking even. Never going to be good enough to hold down a regular spot in a top team but there was going to be a profit to be made selling him.}
09 Jun 2024 17:47:46
Not tuchel then by the looks of it. seems that he's getting his story out there that he's taking a break and wouldn't take the job if offered. I'd say it's more likely that he's been informed he's not getting it and is saving face. That leaves eth, poch de zerbi and Southgate. Why do I get the feeling that it's going to be the latter after the euros?! .
1.) 09 Jun 2024 18:43:36
I have it on good authority that it definitely will not be Southgate and he hasn’t let me down before
Praying it ain’t him.
2.) 09 Jun 2024 19:18:03
Hope you're right BR, ETH runs rings around Southgate.
3.) 09 Jun 2024 21:01:59
Really hope so Blackpool, really hope you’re right.
4.) 09 Jun 2024 21:50:21
Hope so Blackpool…think that announcement would send this whole forum into a meltdown! Might actually be the one time we are all in agreement ??.
5.) 09 Jun 2024 21:54:56
If it’s between ETH, De Zerbi, Poch and Southgate, ETH's CV is better than all of them so would be strange if one of them was chosen ahead of ETH.
6.) 09 Jun 2024 22:17:20
I was under the impression a technical director had been appointed to oversee the strategic direction of the Club, to define the style of play and recruit accordingly.
That being said how does Gareth Southgate, Thomas Tuchel and Roberto De Zerbi all end up on the same list?
Completely different managers with completely ideas, principles and styles of play!
Incompetence personified, Ineos are a shambles and to be openly speaking to multiple other managers, having just won an Fa Cup, when the vast majority of the fan base still support the current manager and he hasn’t even been sacked yet, over two weeks later is an utter disgrace!
EtH outers complaining about the style of play and the Ineos are seriously considering appointing Gareth Southgate is perhaps the biggest irony of them all! incredible, absolutely incredible!
7.) 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.
8.) 09 Jun 2024 22:43:53
And I’ll add another thing, hundreds of staff facing redundancy for alleged efficiency savings, all whilst the Glazers fly in on a private jet for the Fa Cup final and stay in the finest hotels, as the Club foots the bill!
How many people have to lose their job, just to cover the cost of the Glazers jetting in for the Cup final?
Is this really what our beloved Club has been become?
Are we really supposed to believe that making people redundant, in order to save money has been the problem and is suddenly going to transform the Club or make any kind of meaningful impact on performance or allow us to compete in the transfer market? That making the poorest people at the Club redundant is the answer and one of the first acts of the new minority owners in supposedly returning us to the top!
The treatment of staff is deplorable, the treatment of EtH completely disrespectful, beware the wolf in sheep’s clothing.
9.) 10 Jun 2024 16:02:50
If I were in eth shoes I would acknowledge this is a poisonous marriage, stand my ground and not give an inch and go by my contract terms, get paid and exit.
They have done their best to encourage the public shaming and ridicule eth has received and have not lifted a finger to show any sort of support. These leaks cannot be coming without someone from all sides leaking it.
Why on earth would you want to manage at a club with this type of environment. life is too short and other jobs will present themselves. Piece of mind and feeling wanted is worth more than a shiny thing on the outside but rubbish on the inside.
10.) 11 Jun 2024 12:04:46
What leaks? What have Ineos done to undermine ETH? I've not seen any announcements. So far all I've seen are rumours and speculation.
What have I missed?
17 Jul 2024 20:51:11
Madrid are for putting a new bid in apparently. He’ll end up there, get the feeling all the noise today was to speed them up and give them a prod to get moving. It’s clearly worked.
25 Jun 2024 23:31:11
Bid rejected out of hand apparently. Duno if we will go further or what’s happening!
23 Jun 2024 23:19:24
Grim I’ll answer that and for me it’s ruud. He had everything and unlike Cole he was clinical. Absolute menace to defenders, both feet, good in the air and had a decent amount of pace. Brilliant brilliant player.
20 Jun 2024 21:56:27
Thanks ed as always.
12 Jun 2024 11:28:53
Thanks for the reply ed. Much appreciated.
26 Jun 2024 21:52:40
We are not getting yoro so forget it, he’s Madrid bound. Hopefully we can push the issue and get some legal help on todibo. If we get him in then someone like inacio would leave us well covered at CB.
17 Jun 2024 21:36:52
Agreed Wallace and of those players will improve us greatly. If we can get 2 in that would be fantastic.
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!
13 Jun 2024 16:07:55
That should have said 2billion not pm ??.
11 Jun 2024 09:03:56
Ornstein who is very well respected has said he won’t speculate as he doesn’t have a clue what’s happening. If he doesn’t know then none of the other so called journos will know. Seems like a lot of the stories circulating are just made up to create interactions…imagine that!