Manchester United Transfer Rumours

07 Nov 2026 16:41:03
A couple of random players I’d be interested in Utd buying for depth or low cost:

Dion Beja
Jack Moylan

Both on fire, low league, attainable and been performing over seasons.

Any thought or other random players you’d suggest? bargain buys

07 Nov 2026 18:25:24
Haven't seen a lot of him but we need a goal scorer and will lankshear is banging them in for Middlesbrough, also appreciate ed001s view on players, seen much of him Ed?

{Ed001's Note - a fair bit and I have to say he is improving. On first sight he just seemed a big lump and not a lot else. But he is much more. I quite like him and I think he could handle the step up to the Prem. Not sure he is Man Utd level, but then I suppose if Shaw, Maguire and Dalot are, he certainly is!}

08 Nov 2026 10:31:07
Lankshear is another yes.

Look at Morgan Rodgers - there's talent in the EPL and beyond. It think the club need to get creative.

06 Nov 2026 23:59:00
Pochettino seems to be gathering pace in the betting markets.

Very intersting option if we do that.

The hierarchy are clearly reluctant to sack Carrick, but a loss to Villa surely seals it.

07 Nov 2026 00:30:07
Last season I said he'd be a good option for us. Tactically simple, but an excellent motivator, and used to working within tight budget constraints. I see him as a coach that could help stabilise things and lay foundations for an elite level replacement to come in a few years down the line.

07 Nov 2026 06:05:33
Please no not Poch, another who is not the required level and won virtually nothing. l why do you all moan about the quality of players and coach we already got and had in recent years and then want another of the same level.

he is in same bracket as ETH and RA. All nearly men, we need to do our utmost to get elite level in now, not more treading water.

07 Nov 2026 09:39:16
I like Poch. His football is good, he believes in youth, and carries himself well. Sort of guy you could get behind. I understand your thoughts Je Suis, but we're not an elite club right now so must cut our cloth accordingly.

07 Nov 2026 13:15:49
That's exactly it, Eric. We're not an elite level club. Poch hasn't won trophies. So what? We're not remotely close to winning trophies. What he has proven is that he can get regular champions league football. That's where we are.

07 Nov 2026 13:29:53
JSU i honestly despair with some of what you say. Poch is very obviously miles ahead of Carrick, is less risky than Nagelsman and has a better body of work than Howe. Just cause you don't like RA doesn't make you correct. Listening to opinions like yours got us into this mess.

07 Nov 2026 14:01:18
Eric, common sense would dictate a loss tomorrow and Carricks gone but honestly would any on here be shocked if he's still here when we visit anfield??? I wouldn't.

07 Nov 2026 16:39:18
I'd quite like Poch, seems a decent bloke and coach.

07 Nov 2026 17:08:48
If we get rid of Carrick we should go all out for emery.

07 Nov 2026 22:43:39
I think it's quite possible that Carrick survives til after the Liverpool match even in we lose tomorrow. Let's be honest Villa are a decent team and Liverpool man for man are better than us right now so two losses are quite likely.
It's the manner of how United play that will probably decide his future. If they have obviously worked hard and not made stupid basic mistakes and not been heavily beaten then there is room for some optimism.

As a new manager coming into the club I would probably wish to let those games be played before I arrived so that I have an easier first game.

07 Nov 2026 13:33:09
This is the problem with hiring a new manager, everyone has their own ideas about the kind of manager we need and while we all have valid opinions, the reality is that we are currently not a club top managers want to move to.

Every manager we have hired since SAF retired has left with their reputation in tatters, almost entirely down to decisions beyond their control.

If you are a top manager, someone who has worked hard a number of years to build up your reputation and become successful. Why would you take a job where the expectations are wildly unachievable in the short to medium term, where the media scrutiny is amongst the most intense you'll find as a top level football manager, where your success is largely (almost entirely) dependent on people who have proven themselves to be incompetent. Yet when you fail, it'll your reputation that gets torn to shreds.

Why would any successful, top level manager take the job? Especially one who is in the prime of their career, the peak of their powers.

Moyes was regarded as the best manager not at a top four club when he took over, 8 months later he was considered a joke.

LvG was a titan of the European game, a great and influential manager, but he was unceremoniously sacked within 24 hours of winning the FA cup, and considered "washed up".

Jose Mourinho was maybe only second to Pep Guardiola in terms of rankings and success as a modern manager when he took over. Winning the UCL at Porto, and Inter Milan, as well as managing Real Madrid and two hugely successful stints at Chelsea (turning them into one of the dominant EPL teams) before he arrived at United. By the time he left, despite relative success he was considered over the hill, his next four jobs were Spurs, Roma, Fenerbahce and Benfica. Where he had to take the long road to rebuild his reputation, only finally returning to a genuine top club this season back with Real Madrid.

Erik Ten Hag was considered one of the best up and coming managers, and was high on the list of potential manager options at clubs like Bayern Munich and the top Italian clubs, even Barcelona tempt close tabs on him. He had worked with Pel Guardiola during Pep's time at Bayern. Then left to take over an Ajax side that had fallen right off from being one of Europes top clubs outside of the traditional top five European leagues, a club with genuine history. He rebuilt them, getting them back to European semi-finals and finals, made them the dominant force in the Netherlands again, and did so playing good, entertaining football, and through developing young talents. He seemed perfect for the Manchester United job. Yet within 2 years his reputation was in tatters. Since leaving the club he had a very short spell at Bayer Leverkusen (3 competitive games), and is now a Sporting Director at Twente. We literally killed his management career.

Ruben Amorim was considered the best young Portuguese manager (and that's saying something as Portugal have a reputation for really good young managers). His records weren't too dissimilar to EtH's, he took a former great club that had fallen off and returned them to being a top club again. Although his achievements is arguably more impressive that EtH, as he did it with Sporting, a top club, but a club roundly considered the third biggest in Portugal behind Porto and Benfica, compared to the power of Ajax in the Netherlands who have always been considered the biggest club domestically. Yet he was repeatedly undermined, and not supported as he should have been, leading to his frustration eventually getting the better of him. With his having a very public dog at the club and key people within the club that unfortunately made his position untenable. In England his reputation is in ruins. However, he has been fortunate to be able to jump into another top job at AC Milan and is actually doing very well, tasked with the job of again rebuilding a European Giant that has fallen off in recent years.

The pattern is fairly damning, joing United, have both hands tied behind your back, while the club repeatedly let's you down, only to leave with your reputation in tatters mostly for reasons beyond your control.

When you look at that without the rose tinted glasses on you can understand why when United contacted Unai Emery at Villa about possibly taking the job, within days he agrees a new deal at Villa.

Now Unai Emery is a great manager, but I wouldn't quite put him in that genuine top bracket. And he chose Villa over us. What does that tell you about how top managers view the United job?

The only one genuine top manager who seems to want the job is Conte. And for various reasons that seems like a disaster waiting to happen. If a fairly patient man Amorim can be frustrated by the club to the point where he implodes in public, then I can't see Conte lasting a month. He has that rare gift of being able to start an argument in an empty room. If you look up the word "Temperamental" in the dictionary you'll see a picture of Antonio Conte. His football isn't typically in keeping with what United supporters expect, and he hasn't typically developed young players. I would genuinely find it difficult to pick out a top manager who is a worse fit for our club.

So where does that leave us in terms of hiring a new manager? Well in a similar boat to us signing new players probably. The very best, top quality, and proven options are unlikely to pick us, they will have much better options that can support them to be successful in their careers. Which means we either have to go for options in that next bracket down, good options, but who have either got a mark against them for some reason, or who haven't really been given the platform to prove themselves and make it to that top bracket. Or youthful, high potential options who could breakout or blowout with us.

I really like some of the younger managers like Fabregas, Hurzeler and Hoeness. Long term they are the kind of managers I'd like to see us go after. But right now their youth, inexperience, and the utter mess the club is in would only set them up to fail. Like with anything, when you are going for young, inexperienced, high potential options, you need to have a really well crafted structure around them to support and guide them. To allow them to make their mistakes and learn from them, but without the club suffering the consequences of that because the structure is in place to compensate for those shortcomings.

So for me that leaves us with those in the next bracket down, the slightly more experienced options who have a mark against them, or haven't really had the right platform to prove themselves. Managers who have gained experience at a lower level and could possibly be ready for a shot at a bigger club, or managers who have maybe had a shot at a big club but it's not quite been the success people expected.

Managers like Julian Nagelsman, Eddie Howe, Marco Silva, Thiago Motta, Pochettino, Simeone Inzaghi, Bo Henriksen, Valverde, Marco Rose, Roberto De Zerbi, etc.

The trick is the vetting process, the club needs to first understand what they need, what are their weaknesses, where they need to be better at supporting managers/ or what skills they need from the manager that is currently missing from the club. They then need to a proper process for hiring the next manager. To understand that he will have areas of weakness, and they need a plan in place for how to support him and mitigate those areas of weakness.

We can all have our preferences, but without knowing what issues are at the club, what they need, and what the aims are, then it's impossible for us to accurately pick out the best candidate.

08 Nov 2026 02:29:55
With all due respect i think that's one of your worst comments Shappy. It works the other way too. They were never the right managers, or they were bad fit for us.
Moyes was bad fit, too defensive.
Jose is on his way down for a lot of years. The man has 10-13 years to win a championship. Think about that. That has nothing to do with Manchester United, to say we harmed his reputation and we are at fault for his way down is simply ridiculous. They simply don't trust him, he is too defensive, too moaner, always creates troubles and in his second or third year he leaves, its a pattern with Zose.


Of all the managers we had after SAF, the only manager i would consider hiring again is Amorim for his principles and because the team was on the up although with mixed results. Most of the others were just bad choices and didn't help us as we didn't helped them.
*The exception is Van Haal. He was maybe building something if not sacking. At the end of his tike with us, on the road to FA cup we played some decent footbal with young players upfront interchanging with pace.

06 Nov 2026 12:21:36
With all this paper talk about us possibly signing Ait Nouri in January ......What would people on here think about him as a signing ?

06 Nov 2026 16:11:25
In theory he'd be a really good signing, EPL proven, great going forward, and keeps good attacking width (which we need on the left). It would depend on how much he would cost.

06 Nov 2026 17:24:14
Wasn't this slated as a panic embarrassment in the summer.?

06 Nov 2026 18:03:03
I think it shows how clueless the club is. They were offered the opportunity to loan him with an obligation to buy. The brain trust refused, reportedly because they wanted to save their money for preferred options next summer.

Since then, Shaw and Dorgu have been crocked. Hall signed a new contract. And the team is in relegation form. Given how desperately we need a left back, best case scenario is that City offer the player at the same price he would have been in August.

06 Nov 2026 22:00:10
But he can't defend? Isn't he just a new Dorgu?

07 Nov 2026 06:08:39
That's just panic signing, another Tielemans and Santos level signing its ridiculous
We can't go on this way
Yes you can get by with 1 or 2 of these signings going into a half decent team but we got a team full of this calibre and if we want to try improve and get back to some sort of decent level, we can't continue to buy this level of player.

06 Nov 2026 00:04:22
Supposedly Descamps has turned down the chance to be the next manager...
No idea if that's accurate or not (I suspect not), but it's a huge curveball given that I haven't seen his name come up once in the last few months while all this mayhem has been going on.

06 Nov 2026 01:51:25
United hierarchy are carp fishing in a pond full of sticklebacks.

06 Nov 2026 23:49:20
Highly illogical Appointment if the rumours are true.

Wonder if the hierarchy realise they've left Carrick out to dry by not improving the squad and hope to limp through to January for reinforcements?

04 Nov 2026 21:34:39
A January raid on Brugge for Tresoldi and Seys wouldn’t be a bad shout. 2 assists for the left back tonight, who was scouted in the summer. 2 of our problem areas strengthened.

I know that seems far too sensible for these clowns and the money probably isn’t there.

05 Nov 2026 12:23:55
These are the kind of sensible transfers we should be doing.

We have needed a massive squad turnover for over a decade now. The problem is we have never fully committed to it. What we need to see happen is that within three summer transfers windows (ideally within two) 95% of the first team squad should be moved on and replaced.

Far too many times have we seen the same 12-15 players stay the same across multiple managers and we wonder why each manager keeps failing.

You only need one rotten apple to turn the whole fruit bowl rotten.

To have a turn over of that size means accepting that we will take a step backwards before we can move forward. It forces us to sign those younger, up and coming players who are not yet seen as superstars, or even potential superstars. We need to be signing 15+ players, which means they can't really cost much more than 30m or so each on average.

That is how you build a solid base, a team of young, hungry, talented, hard working players. Then after that you start to add the star quality, you sign a couple of superstars to that squad.

We've always done it backwards, signed the superstars to a team that lacks the basics and then wonder why we keep making the same errors.

05 Nov 2026 12:54:26
Why would Brugge, with 9/12 pts in the Champions League, want to sell any players this January, except for at a premium price?

05 Nov 2026 22:32:10
They probably wouldn't, but a premium price from the Jupiter league and a premium price in the EPL are vastly different things.

The record sale coming out of Belgium was Tzolis signed by Arsenal this past summer for a fee rising to a maximum of 33m.

You could probably expect to get Tresoldi for 30-35m as a striker he will go for a higher price, and Seys being a defender probably for something more like 20-25m, maybe less.

Which a fair bit cheaper than the prices quoted for similar players coming out of La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga and a massive cheaper than the EPL.

05 Nov 2026 22:43:07
No way do we need 95% of the first team moving on. Lammens Yoro Mainoo Lacey Baleba Cunha Mbwuemo Sesko and Amad should all stay. If De Ligt can keep fit so should he or at least as a squad player

As squad players I would also keep Mazraoui Santos and Tielemans.

06 Nov 2026 00:09:53
Amad i beg to differ Salford he had been well below par and had lost a yard of pace. He is sellable.
Deligt is another who i disagree on. Maz is very borderline.
The rest i agree are worth keeping.

06 Nov 2026 04:08:24
TW,

Amad is sellable, he isn't good enough. We have cling onto deadwood for far too long. Maz needs to go, he only plays well in a back 3, he is more often than not, injured.

06 Nov 2026 04:30:26
Lammens is a number 2
Deligt, Maz, Amad, Tielemans, Martinez, McGuire, Shaw Should 100% be sold
Sesko, Yoro Dalot Tielemans, should bring in some money so 100% sold they are not what's required in EPL certainly not level United require, unless of course your happy for United to be mid table team.
If you could get anywhere near the money paid for Santos he should go, but that's never happening.

If decent offers come in for any of others they can go to, because if we are brutally honest there is not 1 player in this squad you could say would be a huge miss at United .

This squad is the worst it's been for years, supposedly our best are Cunha, Mbeumo, Bruno, if decent offers come in for any of them I would take, but doubt it happens, so stuck with them.
Bruno now because age, Cunha, got no pace and is OK but drifts through games, so no loss
Mbeumo is OK but is a 1 in 5 finisher.

07 Nov 2026 13:56:48
Salford, I meant from when INEOS took over, they did a good job of getting a lot of players off the books/out the door during Amorim's summer transfers window.

But if you look at the list of players we still need to get rid of:

Onana, Bayindir, Heaton, Dalot, Mazraoui, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw, Mount, Bruno, Ugarte, Rashford, and Zirkzee.

That's on top of the players that left since INEOS took over:

Garnacho, Antony, Sancho, Hojlund, Lindelof, Eriksen, Evans, Casemio, Vitek, Malacia, Collyer, Greenwood, AWB, McTominay, Varane, Williams, Martial, DvdB, and Pellistri.

That's 19 players they have already moved on, with another 13 that they still need to shift.

Leaving only Lammens, MdL, Yoro, Heaven, Dorgu, Amass, Baleba, Mainoo, Santos, Tielemans, Lacey, Amad, Sesko, Cunha and Mbeumo as the options that should stay (While some fans would even question MdL, Amass, Santos, Amad and possibly Sesko).

So that leaves us with 15 who should stay (maybe only 10). Of those 15 players though only three of them were at the club when INEOS took over (Mainoo, Amass and Lacey). The other 12 are INEOS signings.

So if we take the 19 players they have already shifted, and the 13 they still need to shift, and then add the 3 players who were at club when they took over and who should stay now. Although 2 of those (Amass and Lacey) were in the youth set up and not particularly of the first team squad.

So if the first team squad they had when they took over there was 33 players, 19 have been moved on, 13 still need to go. Leaving only Mainoo as the only player they should keep from that original squad they inherited. I think it's very safe to say that 95% of that squad needed to be removed and turned over, Ideally within three summer windows.

That is the mess we were and still are in. Yet as fans we still somehow expect good quality football and results.

07 Nov 2026 22:54:04
I think we should be focusing more on having a coach who I stills discipline and restores confidence. I firmly belive that the current crop of players could and should be playing to a much higher standard.

Amorim was starting to get there but his lack of tactical flexibility undermined the good things he did. How he did not play Mainoo still is a source of puzzlement to us today. Basically he is not the elite level manager we need.

Interestingly there was an article in the Times today in which Tuchel admits he got things wrong (especially with Mainoo) and analysed things and changed his approach to play to what he thinks are England's strengths as they are not what he thought they could be. That's the sort of tactical nous that we need.

A top manager at United would make sure that the players realise who is boss, call out the slackers and give the team a proper structure. That will in turn see an upturn in performance which should bring more positive results and as the players confidence returns the virtuous circle continues. First step is to make us hard to beat once that happens the team will move forward.

04 Nov 2026 19:22:52
Ill be honest and say im in 2 minds on how the club will proceed this season and i forsee a few different options and scenarios based on what we are being fed.
Carrick in charge for villa. What might happen in intl break?
Sjr by all accounts as 2 directors with differing opinions.
Wilcox wants Howe
Vivell wants naglesman.
If he goes with wilcox vivell departs in the summer.
If he goes with Naglesman then wilcox departs now imo.
Id have less objection to Howe if he was not the choice of wilcox. He is an experienced coach.
Another scenario is that they do a deal with a preferred long term option for the beginning of next season say emery /huzlar and stick with carrick until the end of this season. This could pave the way for the exit of both vivell and wilcox and a new DOF to come in. Hope and help carrick turn things around with a few bodies in jan to try get european football.
Another option is to let Carrick go and appointing another interim if they bag a preferred target for next season.
Outside of the above i dont see many other outcomes.

04 Nov 2026 19:40:08
SJR should keep either Vivell or Wilcox only if the current or potentially new manager wants either or both of them. The manager has to be allowed to manage.

I would not be averse to Carrick staying if he stabilises things and we can see a clear upward trajectory and style of play.

If Carrick is not the preferred choice then ideally i would like the new manager to start asap otherwise waiting til the summer gives him less time to see which players can actually adapt to the style of play he wants and which players he wants to sell and buy.

I really can't see a top manager wanting to come in just as an interim manager.

05 Nov 2026 07:20:37
My objection to Howe isn't necessarily Howe himself, it's that plonker who is his assistant coming in with him!

05 Nov 2026 09:03:57
Tindall in an Amazon documentary come on ports that's box office mate lol.

04 Nov 2026 13:40:54
Question to the masses.
If the board can get an agreement to being in a primary target to coach us but they won't start until next season.
Eg emery, huzlar or fabregas.
What do you suggest we do for remainder of this season?
Im not saying this is the case but if it was.

04 Nov 2026 14:06:46
I think, history would suggest that if we can get a 1st choice target, Emery for example but not until the end of the season, then it would be wise to wait until then if that is their wish.

The issue is how you manage the rest of the season and the message it puts out to the players. Can Carrick realistically stay in charge? Who would come in and take the team til the end of the season and accept that is the role and timeline? Ideally you maybe look at getting someone who has worked with Emery previously who can start the process for him? Pako Ayestarán was Emery's assistant at Villa and was Beneitez Assistant at Liverpool. Perhaps they could come in? My concern is getting in someone with an idea of style until the end of the season and then the new manager starts with new ideas.

I think if they can secure Emery for example though, I think this makes Carrick's position very difficult and the right thing to do is move him on for all parties sake.

04 Nov 2026 18:04:01
Fabragas is a big no. What's he ever done for anyone to think he's up to a job this big?
If we sacked Carrick he's not the answer at all.

04 Nov 2026 18:51:48
He would not be my choice pspense but has been mentioned so thought i'd include him in the question.
@Redman i'd be interested in your view on this question as one of our more emtional supporters on this site.

I don't think any manager should leave his post mid season to join a rival club. In some leagues you are not allowed to move to clubs in same league mid season. One of the reasons the tranfer window was brought in was to give squad stability.
Amorim didn't want to come mid season but was presented with a now or never ultimatum.
I suppose the question could be howe now or wait 6 months for emery or huzlar? Maybe with a me DOF.
If that's the choice its quite the conundrum on how to manage this season.

04 Nov 2026 20:26:30
As an overall point I would align the managerial transfer window with the player one. Until there is anything formal then anything is fair game. Thing is the idiots who run our club wouldn't have see it as an issue in summer because they thought Carrick was the reincarnation of SAF.

I don't think we can be taken seriously if we keep Carrick, or put in another interim and even less if it is an ex player. Ole is eyeing it up but that would be a disaster.

This time I think we have to take the plunge with a full appointment. There are choices but before deciding I think we must establish the managers role, no one worth their salt would accept Wilcox managing the situation and taking credit for success, absolving himself in bad times. That needs to be defined before anyone takes the job and needs resolving quickly.

Personally I think we should look at Emery.

Emotional? Wrong poster Ken 😀.

04 Nov 2026 21:06:45
Redman if emery is not available until the summer which he has said then do you wait or go for a different one.

04 Nov 2026 21:32:47
Ken

Go for another one. Straight away. We must not look at another temp ex player.

04 Nov 2026 21:54:18
If huzlar agrees to come in summer i'd stick.

04 Nov 2026 22:10:27
Hurzeler is someone who I like very much. The two issues
1. Actual survival until the end of the season in the Premier League if they stay with Carrick, a dead man walking.
2.Would he come to what could be an even bigger mess in May.

04 Nov 2026 22:54:11
Interesting thread this one, and frankly probably the reason they've not yet sacked Carrick and wondering if this can last until summer.

05 Nov 2026 06:04:26
Looks like villa are using the speculation to give new contract to Unai.
So Hurzler is the new shiny name everyone impressed with now, is that not yet another gamble, because he doing well with Brighton. a well run club .seem to remember Potts done well with them and DiZerbi neither done anything since, hence Hurzler not for me, i would prefer someone who seen it and done it and got personality to handle a big club.

is that Hurzler i have no idea but i really don't want to take that gamble.

05 Nov 2026 08:48:35
Why is the option of keeping Carrick on even discussed. We'll be relegated if he stays. We are on a constant downward trend of performances since he came in. Howe is a good choice. Emery is probably first choice but will cost. Hurzeler is risky.

05 Nov 2026 13:03:12
Hi all first time poster.

i wouldn't be looking at hurzler as history shows us managers that do well at Brighton don't fare very well outside of those walls. Adding to that Brighton aren't burdened by everyone thinking they should win every game.

Emery won't be good for us while INEOS want the whole technical director/DOF plan as he wants to run the club. At villa he gets final say on who signs and who doesn't etc without that authority he would say no to us.

I think the way Fabregas talks about football and the way he is able to drill players to play in his style is appealing but if he isn't given time and authority to build like he has at como he will fail too.

Ultimately i would love Fabregas to come in and be given the time to build us up from scratch. Get rid of the current squad and rebuild us but i feel they will go with a yes man like howe because its more cost effective.

05 Nov 2026 14:27:14
Fabregas to Barcelona or Arteta to Barcelona and Fabregas to Arsenal I think will be their next moves tbh.

I tend to agree on Hurzler, he's obviously a talented coach but I think Brighton is so well set up, they support their coaches to be successful which is why new managers come in and can continue to be successful and take Brighton to the next step as a club. This isn't against Hurzler, it's more that as a club we can't offer that platform for them to reach their potential.

I think, given the choices and the realistic options, I would be tempted to go for Naglesmann and replace Wilcox with Vivell. Two easy appointments.

06 Nov 2026 00:11:37
That would be my choice ports if they can't agree a deal for one of the others for may.

03 Nov 2026 16:21:57
One wonders what we could have got for Martinez in the summer after a decent showing in the World Cup, and who we could have bought as a replacement defender. Instead we will have to sell for far less in January or lose him for nothing in the summer. Another case of incredibly bad business decision making by the club.

03 Nov 2026 17:57:34
By all accounts the club were open to selling him this to Atletico, but they preferred Romero to him. I just don't think there's much of a market for small, injury and error prone central defenders.

04 Nov 2026 00:22:26
We paid 79m for a tall, slow, injury prone error prone defender.

04 Nov 2026 11:30:12
To be fair wasn't he injured? Maybe a new set of balls for him could have been nice for the lads in training.

04 Nov 2026 22:15:42
Martinez was in the World Cup team of the tournament. I think there would have been a market for him.

06 Nov 2026 04:32:48
That makes no difference he was in World Cup team or not, plenty of players were, Pogba got a World Cup medal .

Poor poor CB for EPL, I have said that since day 1.

02 Nov 2026 13:56:36
I would sell Martinez but not Bruno, hasn't got going at all this season yet. Maybe the contract offer has offended him, don't know what it was or what he wants but maybe he feels his worth more. He just doesn't look happy at present.

02 Nov 2026 20:07:59
I think they both need to go before next season starts, whether that is January or summer.

I think they don't believe in the project anymore, or they realise it will take longer than they have left at the club.

I liken Bruno Fernandes during his time with us very much in the same mould as Steven Gerrard at Liverpool. He is the man that demands the ball, everything has to go through him, which when he's on form isn't a problem, but the moment his form drops the whole team performances drop. This is because no one else will step up and take responsibility while Bruno is there.

02 Nov 2026 21:45:27
What project. It's dawned on them there is no project. There has never been a project. wouldn't blame anyone for wanting out. They have been lied to.

03 Nov 2026 09:33:15
Both need to go. Bruno potentially, coukd bring in some much needed funds, to reinvest back into the squad. The January transfer window seems like a good time to do so, and quickly move on.

03 Nov 2026 11:43:35
Exactly. What project? We don't believe either.

03 Nov 2026 12:57:58
Project build a stadium while cutting costs, sillies. Our owners have been clear that they want lean staffing, lean wages, lean transfer windows, and instant success on the pitch. Players can either get with the project, or they'll be sold for a lean profit that will be invested in young hungry player that's the club's fourth choice signing.

02 Nov 2026 12:00:58
Lets assume a new manager comes in during the international break.

What would people think of cashing in on Bruno F (rumours of a Saudi bid in January) and Lisandro M (potential interest from Barca and Atletico) in January to try a mini rebuild with a centre back, left back and striker coming in.

Appreciate its high risk and January is not an ideal month to sign players but with a new manager coming in, he will want to add some freshness and new voices into the dressing room as soon as possible.

02 Nov 2026 13:00:36
Martinez, yes sell. Not good enough.

Selling Bruno in Jan is a massive risk. For years the squad has diverted to him to create chances. Obviously this has to change, but I'm not convinced that our players are cable of stepping up in his absence. They certainly haven't done so when Bruno hasn't played. I'm also not confident the club is willing or capable of bringing a player of his quality in as a replacement. It might be more sensible to keep Bruno until the summer and give the new manager a preseason to work on a new attacking system.

02 Nov 2026 14:33:54
I guess it will come down to where United are at this point in the season. Relegation battle then would be inclined to keep Fernandes, Top 4 challenge and the same outcome. Mid table and not threatening either end of the table then I guess cash in and look to start (the next) rebuild from January.

I think Martinez is trying to make the decision for the club IMO so give him what he wants in January.

02 Nov 2026 16:06:14
Can't see us challenging for top 4 by the beginning of the transfer window. If we find a bit of form then I could see us getting out of the relegation zone.. but that's a big if.

02 Nov 2026 23:51:01
If Bruno goes we have nobody who is anywhere near as creative as him. Tielemans will have to step up but he isn't as good.

Twfarding Martinez I fully expect him to go to Spain or Italy. Probably to Athletico Madrid to play with his Argentina centre back partner. Wherever he goes I think he will play well because he will be playing in a decent team and feel more settled less inclined to make rash challenges and enjoy his football. In an ideal world with the right coach o would keep him. He is s terrier, a fighter and we nerd that mentality albeit focused properly.

03 Nov 2026 16:26:03
Martinez is an awful CB no matter how you try to dress it up.
Small man syndrome too.

03 Nov 2026 19:24:25
Sell them both.