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Summer 2025 Transfer Window

JazzG

daredevil Even if Gyokeres ultimately turns out not great enough. You would be hard pressed to think he won't give us an initial attacking boost like Lacazette and Jesus did. It will be a mood lifting signing and a player desperate to be here. Bag a few early goals and we can ride the high even if it last a few months.

Things like that is what got Man Utd into the position they are in now, we are not Vibes FC and can't be making £70m signings just for the feels. We should sign who the management and our scouts think is the best, even if that annoys a section of our fanbase. Once fans start running clubs you know you are in trouble then.

Our fanbase weren't exactly that optimistic when we signed Zinchenko and Jesus but both of them that season proved they were the right players to elevate us.

Klaus

JazzG Shit like that is what got Man Utd into the position they are in now

Surely what got United into the position they are right now was spending hideous sums of money on young players who were nowhere ready. They're the world's biggest cautionary tale when it comes to putting all your eggs in the youth talent basket. What did Højlund, Zirkzee and Anthony cost all in all - 220 million or so?

Qwiss

Klaus and Sancho, a guy who tore the Bundesliga to shreds

JazzG

Klaus Surely what got United into the position they are right now was spending hideous sums of money on young players who were nowhere ready.

Signing players for big money who weren't good enough is my take, players who looked good in other leagues but not cut out for this league.

Qwiss

Speedster if the guy staying to develop (hoping someone else comes in for him) then only scores 13 goals in the Bundesliga he should be at Artetas feet begging to come here. If the stuff about him wanting a release clause is true we should shut it down immediately.

Speedster

Qwiss

Yea I agree, the 13 goals shows he wasn't ready so proves he was right.

And the release clause, he's daft of he thinks we'll agree to that.

Klaus

JazzG The money is definitely part of it but their best signing in the last decade is a guy who came from the lower leagues, and he wasn't too young. Their real decline started when they began to worry about value in players instead of actual output on the field. Woodward spoke several times of there being no link between a club's profitability and it's performances on the pitch, which sums United up perfectly. Their transfer policy was consciously designed to identify "big value" signings, the idea being that these players could always be sold on if they didn't work out due to being young. They have a torrid time shipping anyone off even on loan at the moment though.

JazzG

Klaus They have a torrid time shipping anyone off even on loan at the moment though.

Similar problem we had, these guy come in on high wages and play for a prestigious club, you literally can't even pay them to get them out of the door!

Pepe LeFrits

Klaus I don't think Man United have a transfer policy, they also spent 90m on Maguire, 70m on Casemiro, signed Varane and Ronaldo in the same window, spent a lot on Mount and Onana and brought in guys like Cavani, Eriksen, Amrabat and Jonny Evans on loans or frees. They've been all over the place for yearrs5

lorddulaarsenal

Signing Eze would be massive thinking about it.

It would mean we could switch play styles from giant physical duel monstery to Wengarian football.

Imagine a line up along the lines of

——————-Raya
Timber—Saliba—Gabriel—-MLS
—————-Zubimendi
`Saka—-Odegaard—-Nwaneri-Eze
——————-Jesus

Mirth

My preferred line up in games we're favourites or against a low block:

Raya
White-Saliba-Gabriel-MLS
Zubimendi/Rice
Saka-Odegaard-Eze-Rodrygo
Gyokeres

No more horseshoes of doom.

Gazza M

'separate to any deal for eze' is spooky language. artetas tenure has a few of these near miss transfer that I'm thankful for e.g. the mudryks of the world. madueke is on the list for for me.

JazzG

I think Ugarte is a good example of the type of business Man Utd have been doing. Anyone who watched him play could see he was not a very good player but he was great at tackling. Easy to make compelling YouTube videos about players who are good tacklers. I think when he first started for PSG he was great at breaking up play and fans love that shit. They love a player who get stuck in.

PSG probably couldn't believe their luck that a club was willing to pay almost the same as they paid for him and didn't think twice before selling. Comes to Man Utd and suddenly his flaws are obvious.

TambourineMan

What is it with our fetish for Chelsea's garbage!? It's infuriating.

samthegooner

I really will be a tad disappointed if we end up with Madueke. He’s the least appealing of the wing options for me. I could see him doing well here but I don’t love his ego and imagine he would get unsettled quickly if he’s unable to crack the XI here.

QuincyAbeyie

samthegooner hey hey hey. Calm it with the panic, will you? 😆

Pepe LeFrits

samthegooner I really will be a tad disappointed if we end up with Madueke. He’s the least appealing of the wing options for me. I could see him doing well here but I don’t love his ego and imagine he would get unsettled quickly if he’s unable to crack the XI here

I think he's a good player with decent upside but I just don't get why we'd be in for him.

banduan

I like Madueke but why would he sign up to be behind Saka?

flobaba

banduan he can play on the left as well, and spam trivelas. (J/k, IYKYK)

Qwiss

Speedster the 13 goals shows he wasn't ready so proves he was right.

The question is whether it shows the club were wrong.

JazzG

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