Manchester United Thread..The Final Chapter of 17? (MOD WARNINGS IN OP)

Lukker-

Dunno if the Ghoulam story is legit, considering he's got a 30m release clause?

Mitch Connor

Lukker- wrote: »

Dunno if the Ghoulam story is legit, considering he's got a 30m release clause?

The guy did his acl in November. Story is utter BS.

Lord TSC

I wonder would United activate the clause now and wait till summer to take him? Have it ready to go once the summer hits but let him do his rehab and stuff in Italy, and in the process, avoid any competition come summer.

Trigger

Lukker- wrote: »

Dunno if the Ghoulam story is legit, considering he's got a 30m release clause?

From the article

“While no release clause was confirmed when Ghoulam renewed his contract, it’s thought €60m is the figure which would trigger his release.”

There is no way that our board/Jose is stupid enough to buy him while he is out with an ACL injury

Mitch Connor

Lord TSC wrote: »

I wonder would United activate the clause now and wait till summer to take him? Have it ready to go once the summer hits but let him do his rehab and stuff in Italy, and in the process, avoid any competition come summer.

I believe they would wait for him to return and prove his fitness before spending so much.

Thats if there is any real intention to sign him.

jayo26

Mitch Connor wrote: »

I believe they would wait for him to return and prove his fitness before spending so much.

Thats if there is any real intention to sign him.

Agree it be similar to what happened with ruud.

I never heard of him up until a few hours ago.

GSPfan

jayo26 wrote: »

I never heard of him up until a few hours ago.

First rule of Agent school: Link player to Man United therefore ensuring popularity growth.

bangkok

TheDoc wrote: »

In fairness not sure why the manager expected, it was a disgraceful display, only made worse by his terrible attempts at deflection afterwards. Thought the panel that night were spot on, bar Keown saying he looks to have lost the dressing room. That was premature.

But the state of the performance, warranted all the critiscm that came, and for once Scholes wasn't ridiculous and I thought was some tempered and measured.

Jose did two days later do the exact thing Scholes was saying Pogba should be doing btw, which I thought was funny

Exactly and jose himself called his own team childish only a few days before that as well!!

jayo26

GSPfan wrote: »

First rule of Agent school: Link player to Man United therefore ensuring popularity growth.

He can't be that good I never contemplated putting him in my ultimate team... How do I spell his name I need to go scout him.

Edit: Grand found him i have been a fan of his for ages he has a long throw in and takes powerful driven free kicks. He also has unreal stamina he would be a good solid back up your Shaw at left back.........

Rossi IRL

Thought we were linked with him back before he went to Napoli.......... it was for a lot lot less aswell.

GSPfan

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Thought we were linked with him back before he went to Napoli.......... it was for a lot lot less aswell.

We wait until a player is good enough to have a release fee....... then bid more.

irishman86

jayo26 wrote: »

He can't be that good I never contemplated putting him in my ultimate team... How do I spell his name I need to go scout him.

Edit: Grand found him i have been a fan of his for ages he has a long throw in and takes powerful driven free kicks. He also has unreal stamina he would be a good solid back up your Shaw at left back.........

Wasnt he a main stay in Seria A ultimate teams a few years ago.
Thats not saying a lot about your team building

jayo26

irishman86 wrote: »

Wasnt he a main stay in Seria A ultimate teams a few years ago.
Thats not saying a lot about your team building

Not really his highest card was only a 81 inform 2 year ago Sandro would of always been the best left back past couple seasons so never used him. I won't have anyone dising my team building skills it's the only thing I can do right on ultimate team

mickmackey1

435 - It's now 435 days since Paul Pogba last ended on the losing team in a Premier League game (October 23rd 2016 v Chelsea). Since then he's played in 34 games (W21 D13 L0), while Man Utd have lost five games without him in this period. Talisman.

© Opta

S.M.B.

Must be 436 now as that was posted here last night.

Tylerdurex

I'd love to see Southampton go down

Hococop

Tylerdurex wrote: »

I'd love to see Southampton go down

Any reason why?

GSPfan

Hococop wrote: »

Any reason why?

Must be to stop the supply of quality players to their parent club. Has to be.

Cantona's Collars

"Chief executive Ed Woodward is preparing to bankroll Mourinho further in the transfer window if required and plans are in place for two marquee signings in the summer".

Ian Ladyman

mickmackey1

S.M.B. wrote: »

Must be 436 now as that was posted here last night.

Apologies. So interesting it deserves to be repeated anyway

Trigger

Dybala AND Griezmann!

Cantona's Collars

astradave wrote: »

Dybala AND Griezmann!

Neil Custis going with the story that Jose "is desperate to land Lucas Moura in January".
A loan deal is what's proposed but PSG will only agree if a £40 million deal to buy him in the summer is part of the terms.

bangkok

astradave wrote: »

Dybala AND Griezmann!

Griezmann and kroos please.

DM_7

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

Neil Custis going with the story that Jose "is desperate to land Lucas Moura in January".
A loan deal is what's proposed but PSG will only agree if a £40 million deal to buy him in the summer is part of the terms.

Sounds like a good option that. World Cup will keep him motivated if he has to give up Champions League. Already moved for around that fee in his career so value would not be an issue.

GSPfan

DM_7 wrote: »

Sounds like a good option that. World Cup will keep him motivated if he has to give up Champions League. Already moved for around that fee in his career so value would not be an issue.

Remind me.... right winger?

bangkok

DM_7 wrote: »

Sounds like a good option that. World Cup will keep him motivated if he has to give up Champions League. Already moved for around that fee in his career so value would not be an issue.

Wouldnt be too keen on him if the world cup is all that motivates him... he turned us down before as well. Has di Maria written all over it

Cantona's Collars

GSPfan wrote: »

Remind me.... right winger?

Yea, exactly what we need. We don't have a proper winger out there.

Turtwig

bangkok wrote: »

Griezmann and kroos please.

Kroos with Pogba would be a defensive disaster.

adox

Will probably get slaughtered for saying this and will admit to not seeing much of him since I held this opinion(around the time he was linked with Utd) but I was never overly impressed with him and wondered what all the fuss was at the time.

Headshot

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

Yea, exactly what we need. We don't have a proper winger out there.

Pity he's not really good.

In saying that he would be better than what we have but that doesn't say a lot about our right wing

DM_7

bangkok wrote: »

Wouldnt be too keen on him if the world cup is all that motivates him... he turned us down before as well. Has di Maria written all over it

You are going in another direction there. He is at PSG, has a great shout of winning Champions League, most players would stick around for 5 more months and move in the summer. World Cup would be a motivation to move clubs now though and be a reason to give up Champions League.

France is a much smarter place to start a European career than England so I wouldn't hold that against him. Odd argument anyway considering the club spend so much to bring back Pogba.

Not sure where the Di Maria thing comes into it so not engaging there.

DM_7

Headshot wrote: »

Pity he's not really good.

In saying that he would be better than what we have but that doesn't say a lot about our right wing

Honestly, it is from the Sun so ya know.

Cantona's Collars

Headshot wrote: »

Pity he's not really good.

In saying that he would be better than what we have but that doesn't say a lot about our right wing

Perhaps a change of scenery and a change of playing style might work wonders,if it is a loan move then we have little risk.

Lithium93_

bangkok wrote: »

Griezmann and kroos please.

Yeah, you can forget about that happening, there's no way in hell Real will let him go.

Cantona's Collars

DM_7 wrote: »

Honestly, it is from the Sun so ya know.

Custis is one of the more reliable journos even if he writes for that rag.

irishman86

jayo26 wrote: »

Not really his highest card was only a 81 inform 2 year ago Sandro would of always been the best left back past couple seasons so never used him. I won't have anyone dising my team building skills it's the only thing I can do right on ultimate team

Maybe i need to brush up on it then

irishman86

Headshot wrote: »

Pity he's not really good.

In saying that he would be better than what we have but that doesn't say a lot about our right wing

Where do you get that from, he was very good last year its hardly his fault Mbappe and Neymar were signed

Cantona's Collars

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Yeah, you can forget about that happening, there's no way in hell Real will let him go.

They are more likely to let Bale leave,the word out of Madrid is that the club are fed up of telling Bale to cut back on playing golf as it's exacerbating his injuries. He's pretty much playing off scratch and spends most of his free time on a golf course.

Tylerdurex

Hococop wrote: »

Any reason why?

Because like Stoke play their heart out against us but then revert back to their **** selves against palace

Turtwig

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

They are more likely to let Bale leave,the word out of Madrid is that the club are fed up of telling Bale to cut back on playing golf as it's exacerbating his injuries. He's pretty much playing off scratch and spends most of his free time on a golf course.

I'd take that sort of claim with a grain of salt.

That could just be the club's PR machine conditioning the fan base for the players release. Compared to say Isco they flak bale has been getting is heavily disproportional.

Bale bulked up significantly at Madrid. It seems far more plausible that with him being a sprinter the issue stems from tendons or ligaments not being able to strengthen in even proportion to his muscle gain. He might also naturally be more dispositioned towards muscular injuries anyway. He's had over 20 injury periods since joining Madrid!

Liam O

Mahrez would be the way to go imo. In form and able to play in the CL. Only problem is Leicester would have to get someone to replace him and that could drive price up in January. Maybe not a Mourinho style winger but given he plays Mata out the I don't think that's an issue.

Turtwig

I think he only plays Mata because he has no real other option. Mahrez would improve United imo. He should only be a considered a temporary solution imo. Overall I think yer best off bite the bullet and just see the current season through. Save the cash on Mahrez for a bigger splurge for better quality in the summer.

Tylerdurex

Would Mahrez be a better signing than Lucas Moura?

Tylerdurex

Liam O wrote: »

Mahrez would be the way to go imo. In form and able to play in the CL. Only problem is Leicester would have to get someone to replace him and that could drive price up in January. Maybe not a Mourinho style winger but given he plays Mata out the I don't think that's an issue.

I reckon Mahrez has a set price on his head that the player knows about and if Leicester tried to up it now if United came in for him I reckon the player would revolt

Turtwig

Tylerdurex wrote: »

I reckon Mahrez has a set price on his head that the player knows about and if Leicester tried to up it now if United came in for him I reckon the player would revolt

Depends. If united offered him sweet enough personal terms he wouldn't give two figs.

GSPfan

Tylerdurex wrote: »

Would Mahrez be a better signing than Lucas Moura?

I won’t pretend to have watched Moura so can’t compare but I’d rather have Mahrez as Moura is a complete unknown. Moura to me looks like another Memphis Depay.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

They are more likely to let Bale leave,the word out of Madrid is that the club are fed up of telling Bale to cut back on playing golf as it's exacerbating his injuries. He's pretty much playing off scratch and spends most of his free time on a golf course.

Least when he plays for us he won’t have that option as it piss’s rain 1/2 the season

GSPfan

GSPfan wrote: »

I won’t pretend to have watched Moura so can’t compare but I’d rather have Mahrez as Moura is a complete unknown. Moura to me looks like another Memphis Depay.

Is Mahrez honestly a long term solution?

Mitch Connor

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Is Mahrez honestly a long term solution?

He's only coming up on 27. Would/Should easily get another 4 years or so - I don't think every signing we could/should make needs to be 21-24.

Giggsy11

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Is Mahrez honestly a long term solution?

Easily. He is quality player and only 26 (will be 27 next month).