Qwiss I think that's debatable, and possibly recency bias talking tbh. and I wasn't commenting on player quality - moreso that he'll take over jesus' place in the squad. if he can replicate the all-action 22/23 version of jesus then it's a decent signing.

    I don’t actually think Cunha and Jesus are that similar. Bit of a lazy comparison that.

    Cunha is more like Harry Kane in style

    I still think the logic of “player X is better than signing no one” is completely ignoring the opportunity cost down the line if we then have more limited funds this summer. This isn’t FIFA where you get a fresh allocation of funds each window. Anything we spend this window has a direct impact on what we will have available in the summer so we need to spend very wisely. I’m not opposed to Cunha’s talent but I just hope the plan to use him fits in both short and long term.

      What’s the one thing that has united all of us in the last couple of years? We want more forwards. What’s also true of forwards? They’re rare and expensive.
      Based on how he plays, it’d be interesting to see him and Havertz in that rotating 8/9 role together, with Rice behind. Gives us options with Partey and merino for closing out games with a bit of stength.

        samthegooner I wholeheartedly disagree. We have more than enough room to buy in the forward line again. It's a numbers game, and 100% of the players you don't sign never come good for you.

            Coombs we have room for sure in terms of spots and playing time, but do we have the funds? If he costs £60m then I just am dubious that we spend what we need to on an actual left wing and CF. If funds weren’t an issue and if we knew we could potentially get off Jesus’s wages this summer, I’d be much more of a proponent of this move as an upgrade on Jesus/Trossard and then have us focus on a LW and CF in the summer. But I think the funds involved will negate one of those purchases and/or make us settle for a target that isn’t our top choice and that’s what makes me nervous.

                samthegooner I mean financial room. If the Kroenke's are arbitrarily limiting spend in a way that doesn't align with our actual finances, we're pretty screwed anyway.

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                    Claudius what's probably most attractive to me is his dynamism. a re-occuring theme of the dark side of tetball is a lack of dynamism. at the very least cunha is all action, and will roam and naturally provide 3rd man linkup options via his busy-body style. if we get him he'll be a 'lift all boats' synergy boosting type geezer. and importantly he's in form and ready to go. I have niggling doubts about the longterm wisdom of this signing, for similar reasons Sam as alluded to, but I'm probably sitting at 60/40 for it at the moment.

                      Coombs yeah I saw something recently from someone - can't remember who sorry - that seemed reputable - maybe Swiss Ramble? - that suggested we had over 150m pounds worth of room under current PSR rules.

                        Coombs I mean in an ideal world, I’d love to have Cunha plus a starter level winger (Gittens/Semenyo/Barcola/Nico) and CF (Isak/Sesko/Gyokeres).

                        If you told me tomorrow that we’d bring in Cunha, Semenyo, Sesko and Zubimendi by the start of next season (as a more realistic example IMO), I’d be quite pleased. So as long as signing him doesn’t jeopardize the others, I’m down.

                          It's not perfect, but it's a consequence of not spending in the summer when it was obvious that our forward line was short.

                          • JazzG

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                          Man Utd looking to sell off their best young assets now…..

                          Am guessing there might be some other issues, have seen suggestions he’s been leaking stuff out and has a bit of an ego on him.

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                            TambourineMan 22/23 Jesus best ever season was league 14 goals. And that was 5 years ago playing for Man City. Cunha is currently on 10 with the rest of the season still to come and he's playing for Wolves. I think he's better than Jesus full stop.

                              JazzG United doing the opposite of what a sensible person would do. They’re 12th. I would get rid of that rat faced poison called Bruno. I’m amazed how united ownership and fans are beholden to this guy.

                                  • Qwiss

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                                  samthegooner I still think the logic of “player X is better than signing no one” is completely ignoring the opportunity cost down the line if we then have more limited funds this summer.

                                  We heard this all last summer and we ended up short and its going to cost us a title. We've actually been hearing it for a couple of years now and yet this better forward never appears. Its been 5 years and we haven't signed this world class forward you want us to hold out for. The forwards we've signed are Havertz, Jesus and Trossard. Cunha isn't some back up to these guys or some stap gap. He's genuinely an excellent player with the potential to step up even more in a better team. This is the sort of signing we need to make. He's in the sort of position Sadio Mane was before joining Liverpool. We aren't going to buy Vinicius Jr or Isak, we can't keep waiting around for someone who has already proven they are a 20 goal a season man because we aren't going to get those players.

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                                      Claudius if United got rid of Bruno right now I'd genuinely have them as relegation candidates. The fans love him because he carries them so often.

                                          Qwiss i think he's far and away their best players, but there is enough talent there for that shit show to bob around midtable without him. sell him to Chelsea for 100m pounds and get some defenders or strikers that make sense

                                            I'm honestly surprised how many United fans are up in arms about selling Garnacho for the fees they've discussed, but admittedly I really don't rate him. 70m for him and I would drive him to Napoli/Chelsea if I were a United fan (gross). Personally, I'm hoping Chelsea go for him to take them out of the Gittens chase. Although I have yet to see any links to Gittens for us, which is unfortunate.