So long as we bring in the new players badly needed not that worried if the fringe players get another year.
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So long as we bring in the new players badly needed not that worried if the fringe players get another year.
I've mentioned this before elsewhere but I doubt very much you are going to get the players you really want this Summer/Winter. A lot of players are going to be on the fence about joining a club not in the CL - and they don't care that it's United. In fact we've seen a few say no already and this is the reason United will be releasing/selling less players than they might have otherwise.
I think you will have to go the Liverpool route, bring in some good players, good enough to challenge for the CL places, and secure that CL place with the intention of then flashing the cash for the real stars. There was lots of talk on RedCafe of a £150m kitty .... I'd be surprised if United's net spend was over £80m.
The only other option is to pay insane wages - which will have long term repercussions. Rooney's £300k deal could really come back to bite you because it doesn't matter what your turnover/profit is at the moment, a healthy profit will not be sustainable with a dozen players on £150-300k a week (£140m a year without considering all the other players on the books).
Paddy Power gave me odds of 6/1 on Strootman being United's first signing. I can't see him being the 1st one since he is injured but I can see them trying to sign him at some point. Hardly singing Herrara and Strootman? Both will cost 30 million if reports are to be believed.
Think we will end up spending more than that but who knows really.
As for players saying no to us, I'd take every link and failed signing written in the rags with a large pinch of salt. They may have happened but they could be completely made up. But don't disagree some players will reject us this season as we have no CL.
Can't see how we will end with that many players on those wages. We are losing Vidic, Giggs and Rio who were all on those wages and we only likely to be making 4 new big signings. So wages will edge a little but not that much and certainly easily affordable given we have one of the lowest wages to revenue levels of any top team.
The club £110m profit last season and even with the loss of CL with a new kit deal to come and new broadcasting TV deal, profit will still be about the same next season. If profit does dip a little it doesn't really bother me, not coming out of my pocket ☺
Still not convinced about Januzaj and Mata is wasted playing wide.
Maybe he'll go for 3-5-2 like Holland
Actually I was thinking of those where the players were actually quoted as saying either they definitely were not moving or United were not an option.
I wasn't referring to this Summer alone, sorry my comments were misleading. I'm referring to the fact that with Shaw (150k) and Rooney (300k) you have now set the scale for the majority of players who would want to join United. So within 2-3 years I can easily see that being the benchmark and a dozen players on your books within those parameters.
He does that when he only has shite defenders...
Fernando Torres capped off Spain’s dismal World Cup campaign with a goal last night, and he’ll be hoping one of Europe’s elite will give him another chance at the top next season. La Liga champions Atletico Madrid are 7/4 to bring him back to the club, but they face competition from Inter Milan at the same price.
Reported Tottenham target Belgium goal-hero Divock Origi admits that playing in the Premier League is his dream after enjoying a breakthrough at the World Cup
3-5-2 it is then...
Good post Ryan, Bravo.
Would it be easier for me to change the forum, so it automatically adds (not the war criminal) for you?
Course, issue we have then is if we talk about the war criminal
You've thought this through.
One would hope contextual knowledge. But that's relying too much on the other person... Perhaps we should implement a colour code system
Then the colour blind would be victimised. Hmm
This is a crisis.
So Red for war criminal
Green for football..
So, Dusan Tadic (red) was a bellend
Dusan Tadic (green) is a good footballer
You have to be careful with colours though. Balkan politics is a confusing area and I for one have no idea which colours are tied up with which factions.
It would be terrible to offend somebody when you only meant to talk about a possible Southampton transfer target.
It would be terrible to offend somebody when you only meant to talk about a possible Southampton transfer target.
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