Club is being run like a joke.

I read this morning that Olmo debuted the same year as Tomiyasu, is the same age and has played 25% less minutes. While I love his talent, we can’t afford another crock in this squad even if we are desperate for attacking quality at the moment.

Interesting news on Biereth - I was a bit disappointed we let him go for so little when we sold him in the summer and it's not really a surprise that he's already being scouted by clubs in better leagues. Depending on how high the sell-on fee is, feels like a situation where we could have extracted more money, which is a shame because it was a good example of where the loans we sent him on worked out quite well.

    Don Pacifico young players are hit and miss. So you need to find someone stupid to overpay, or the player has to be pretty well developed at a young age like Saliba or Nwaneri - if you want to get good money

        • Segway

        • Post #240

        Agree the fee for Biereth was a bit low but it was still Sturm Graz' record signing. Hopefully we engineered a good sell-on clause. His release clause is 15m euros so we should get a decent windfall.

        Claudius we seemed in a desperate hurry to sell him. Don't see why another season on loan at a higher level club wasn't viable but hey ho.

          • JazzG

          • Post #242

          Interesting we are keeping tabs on Ferguson, at the right price he would be an excellent addition to the squad.

          Isak is probably our first choice but with 3.5 years on his contract Newcastle will not let him go easily.

            • Qwiss

            • Post #243
            • Edited

            JazzG his injury record is pretty awful. You'd want to have a pretty serious medical to sign him. The talent is there and I think someone like Arteta could make him a top player because they've destroyed his confidence at Brighton since Hurzeler came in. He'd have to stay fit but he's only 20, if he could get fit he has the potential to be a huge player. Big if.

                Don Pacifico they never said the exact sell-on fee, but the so called ITK and a few journo said at the time it was 20%, so a good deal for us to be fair.

                yes, Barcelona will be able to pay for him and pay him 350k a week lol.

                    Linked with Kubo

                    Would enjoy seeing him play for us, though wouldn’t be my first choice

                    HomeSteak I always said that Zirkzee move was terrible for United.
                    Was sad to see him hauled off first half versus Newcastle. Seemed completely lost.
                    I don’t even know who a sane manager would retain on that team. It’s all malformed and malignant.

                      It’s a mess.

                      I like Zirkzee as a player. Think he’s one who needs the right players around him though. Reminds me of Jovetic

                        lorddulaarsenal Zirkzee likes to play as a creative 9. Like Jesus. So don’t put him on a team with a 9 and ball dominant 8, and wingers who don’t score high volumes.
                        The other thing that has always annoyed me was getting two young 9s who both need to develop. Does them both a disservice.
                        United is run like a corner shop

                          Keeper who can’t dive, 5 foot nothing centreback alongside two fridges, cavalier fullbacks who have no end product, uncles in midfield, turnover machines as playmakers, greedy lazy wingers, 2 young strikers who need the right environment to flourish. Yucks

                          • JazzG

                          • Post #250

                          Qwiss his injury record is pretty awful. You'd want to have a pretty serious medical to sign him. The talent is there and I think someone like Arteta could make him a top player because they've destroyed his confidence at Brighton since Hurzeler came in. He'd have to stay fit but he's only 20, if he could get fit he has the potential to be a huge player. Big if.

                          True, the big concern is his injuries and like you say his confidence seems on the floor. It would be a gamble but might also represent a great opportunity if we can get him at a reasonable price and turn things around for him.

                          At our stage we'd ideally want to target someone like Isak but if Newcastle slap a £150m price tag and they have the money to do that and not budge. Even if for PSR reasons others will be sold before Isak imo.

                            Boy wanted Barcelona. Napoli will do.

                            Some Arsenal news as well: