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25 Jun 2024 12:15:30
Alvaro Morata, surely not!
1.) 25 Jun 2024 12:27:59
He struggles last time he was in the EPL, so i'd avoid him.
2.) 25 Jun 2024 14:53:47
He's just 31 and did really well last year with Atletico. We're looking for someone to bring Hojlund along and contribute with 15+ goals. He wouldn't cost a huge amount. If his salary demands are reasonable I think he's ideal.
3.) 25 Jun 2024 15:57:07
He was also dreadfull when he was at Chelsea.
Completely the wrong type of player that we should be looking at.
We need to be looking at young hungry players not players that are over the hill in there 30s that want one last big pay day.
4.) 25 Jun 2024 17:28:04
Rather get Dybala. Not saying we should, just that I'd prefer him over Morata, if we were in the market for splashing circa 12-15m on someone if this ilk.
5.) 25 Jun 2024 19:02:28
I like Morata, he’s underrated. Wish we signed him rather than Lukaku.
Zirkee seems to be the one and his style compliments Razzmatazz. July 1st his clause is active apparently. I think this is done.
6.) 26 Jun 2024 05:53:09
Morata doesn't want to live in England.
21 Aug 2023 14:06:08
Looks like we are getting a deal sorted out for the Benfica keeper Odysseas Vlachodimos as back up for Onana which should on theory speed the process up of selling Henderson to either Forest or Palace.
1.) 21 Aug 2023 15:25:26
I can't wrap my head around this,
yes we need a second keeper,
But how much of that is a priority?
Why isn't a midfield player or a striker like taremi coming in first.
2.) 21 Aug 2023 16:00:40
Backpass,
Maybe it’s a much easier deal?
3.) 21 Aug 2023 16:04:37
Backpass - I can't see this happening anyway.
Apparently he has a 51 million buy out clause so which is more expensive that our first choice keeper.
4.) 21 Aug 2023 16:16:15
It’s obvious isn’t it backpass? By getting a second keeper in for free potentially will help us sell Henderson hopefully for a good few which in turn helps us elsewhere? Can’t just not have a second keeper because everyone sulking that the midfield is struggling Jesus!
5.) 21 Aug 2023 21:00:35
And then we will delay a midfield signing and endup paying a premium.
12 Jul 2023 13:43:37
Chong to Luton 4 million pounds.
{Ed077's Note - does the club have a sell on clause??}
1.) 12 Jul 2023 14:08:42
Ed077 - sorry no idea. Sky sports have just broke the news.
2.) 12 Jul 2023 14:22:09
Apparently 25% sell on clause.
3.) 12 Jul 2023 14:29:09
Not sure if true but rumours of 25% sell on clause in the contract. If true it seems a sensible approach to take a little less now with the potential to earn a bit more in a few years time if players develop.
Could be a good move for Chong as well.
4.) 12 Jul 2023 15:21:26
Wow, also seen Pau Torres to Villa, rags said we had some interest.
5.) 12 Jul 2023 15:51:11
Just been reading we put a 25% sell on clause in Chong's transfer, 30% in future Laird transfers and 40% in Iqbals which suggests although people are frustrated with the low fees, we are getting better at long term transfers with these players.
6.) 12 Jul 2023 16:52:01
I think people are getting a bit confused here, Chong left last summer, he is being signed for Luton from Birmingham so we would get £1m.
7.) 12 Jul 2023 17:42:15
This seems a good way to get the sell on clause out of the way before a big money net move.
8.) 13 Jul 2023 01:21:32
Did we have a sell on clause in Chong’s contract? I thought he left for free.
23 Jun 2023 10:42:42
3rd bid in for Mount.
1.) 23 Jun 2023 13:43:17
Glad to see they’ve said take it or leave it. They know it can’t turn into another saga.
21 Jun 2023 13:21:52
2nd Mount bid rejected between 45-50 million.
Time to move on, Chelsea will loose him for nothing in 12 months.
1.) 21 Jun 2023 13:59:49
When's the last time we walked away? Hopefully we do now, but you get the feeling the rejection is just like a red rag to a bull with our negotiators. Not sure he's worth the price of MacAllister and Kovacic combined but we'll give them what they want. If he wasn't English and it wasn't Utd, you get the feeling it would be a lot less.
2.) 21 Jun 2023 14:15:20
looks like a deal will be done around 55 to 60 mill that includes add ons. a bit of fish trading going on both parties.
3.) 21 Jun 2023 14:40:46
I think he's a cracking player but Chelsea are taking the p*ss wanting over 60-65 million pounds for a player with 12 months of his contract left.
I hope they loose him for nothing in 12 months, he signs for United and lands Chelsea in the rubbish with FFP rules the greedy bas*ards!
4.) 21 Jun 2023 14:42:22
What about backing the manager and getting him first choice targets? Or do we pull out now and moan about not being backed and getting second grade players in?
5.) 21 Jun 2023 14:50:23
Time to walk off £50m is accurate. Not worth more than that worth 12 months left.
6.) 21 Jun 2023 15:08:03
Havertz going for 65M, i think that sets the tone. I think Mount is a better player plus he is English so that will add to the cost.
7.) 21 Jun 2023 15:54:46
Personally think we will land at £55-60m including add ons. Middle of initial bid and there valuation. Havertz going for £65m with extra year on his deal has probably set a valuation along with some others leaving for the Saudi league meaning Chelsea can be a bit more bulish.
8.) 21 Jun 2023 16:20:12
Havertz is by far the better player.
9.) 21 Jun 2023 17:45:56
Also you are getting a player that Chelsea do not want to lose.
Mount is definitely quality. rather see mount start than fred or mctom so let's just pay a bit more and get him in.
10.) 21 Jun 2023 18:02:13
I just don’t get it. £55m+ for someone who will improve the squad but not the first XI sufficiently enough to get anywhere near City.
A Caicedo/ Rice midfielder is what was required far more - Casemiro can’t carry on being a one man band defensively.
{Ed002's Note - amount plays in a different position to Caicedo and Rice.}
11.) 21 Jun 2023 18:35:14
Not doubting that Mount is quality, he’s high energy and box to box. Perfect foil for Casemiro.
But………. (and this is controversial! ) how much better than McTominay is he? Scott has been slammed from all angles, but he still retains quite a few big club suitors keeping an eye on him. He’s high energy and likes a tackle, and is a solid performer on the international stage. If he was English…and playing regularly, would he perhaps be thought of a bit more highly? Is Mount 60 million pounds better? I’m not sure.
12.) 21 Jun 2023 18:49:55
Mount would be an upgrade on Eriksen, better engine for the tempo EtH wants to play.
13.) 21 Jun 2023 21:29:10
FiremanC, big clubs monitoring Mctominay? Like West Ham and Everton? The clubs who have interest in Mount are Barca, Real, Juve etc hardly the same at all ? as for the ‘English tax’ it’s more of a HG tax which Mctom counts as.
14.) 21 Jun 2023 21:47:41
Jesus what a moaning bunch we are!
Forget his contract status etc if we can get a player off of MM quality ( and he is ) who instantly improves our starting 11 for 55-60 million I think that’s excellent business! We’ll get minimum 6 / 7 years out of him!
15.) 21 Jun 2023 23:07:16
From a CFC prospective I hope you consider Mount too expensive and walk away.
He is a class player and given todays market is a snip at £70mil let alone £60mil.
Comparisons with Havertz are misleading but he will influence far more games than Havertz. He scores, creates and finds space between the lines.
I will be gutted to see him leave my club and move to a premiership rival but these things happen. How we can let a player voted twice by fans as our player the season in the last three seasons leave is something I’m struggling to understand.
16.) 22 Jun 2023 00:32:04
Completely agree Tom, no idea why he seems to get so much hate, i think he is a fantastic player and will fit into a need Ten Hag has.
I can fully uderstand why Chelsea won't let him go for less than thwir asking price someone will pay and i am sure we will eventually.
17.) 22 Jun 2023 06:18:41
Grim spot on and tom I totally agree. He gives us the mobility and creativity in midfield. He always puts in a shift both sides of the ball. I think he will be a good signing for us.
adding mount and rabiot/ ambrabat as a fred replacement and we have significantly improved our midfield.
18.) 22 Jun 2023 09:52:07
I would be happy with Mount and Rabiot on a free.
Rabiot had a superb last season. 48 games, 11 goals and 6 assists.
He would certainly help out Casemiro in the midfield.
Rice is going Arsenal or Man city.
19.) 22 Jun 2023 10:39:25
Said it before. There's a reason every coach who's worked with him has loved him. He takes on instructions and follows them. Simple. Intelligent player, who gets mocked for being a teacher's pet, because he's capable of doing what he's told. Not sexy enough for some. I'd have him in my team every time.
20.) 22 Jun 2023 11:07:56
Don't really see the need to take any skepticism towards the player as hate.
I just think he's massively overpriced given his contract status and that again Utd are having the p*** taken out of them given some other transfers that other clubs have already made. If he had two years left and was coming off the back of a blinding season then fair enough.
I get that the manager has (shock) seen what the player can do up close when on loan in the Dutch league. I believe if the manager wants him we should go for it. He's prioritising the player over pretty much everyone and is the one he wants, so let's get him, hopefully for less than the £65m asking price.
21.) 22 Jun 2023 11:37:50
You just need to browse through the Chelsea page to see how much the fans want to keep him. He’ll be a quality addition. Rice looking unlikely unless the most convoluted transfer in history happens swapping in McT and Maguire, so Rabiot feels sensible.
Then frees us up to buy a striker (Greenwood is clearly coming back as back up striker), and a defender if Maguire or Lindelof move on. If they don’t, we don’t need to do anything at the back in my opinion this season.
The biggest problem is GK. What are we doing there.
22.) 22 Jun 2023 12:40:11
Mount is a quality player. However, I just don’t see a midfield of Bruno, Mount, and Casemiro working against teams with even a little bit of quality in midfield. From what I’ve seen of him, he’s at his best a little further up the field in the kind of positions where Bruno likes to operate.
As far as squad depth goes, having a player of Mount’s quality who could fill in for Bruno would be great, but what we really need is a Declan Rice kind of player. Spending any more than £50m on a player with only a single year left on their contract seems like bery bad business already, more so when you consider that we’ll probably still need to play one of McFred or Eriksen in bigger matches, or bring in another top class midfielder to play alongside Bruno/ Mount and Casemiro.
23.) 22 Jun 2023 13:17:43
How much better than McTominay is he? Ermm an absolute million times.
24.) 22 Jun 2023 17:45:50
Leicester want £50m for Maddison and he only has 1 year left on his contract too. Mount is definitely worth £20m more than Maddy easy.
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10 May 2024 15:37:57
Mount injured AGAIN.
Luke Shaw ANOTHER setback.
Honestly WTF is going on.
1.) 10 May 2024 18:02:43
Well Mount I think has just been unlucky. Shaw is always injured so nothing new. A new LB has to be one of our top priorities going into summer.
25 Jul 2023 12:27:21
Sounds like ETH is eager to get the Amrabat deal done before the Hojlund deal.
I think the Hojlund deal will depend on how much money we raise from outgoing players (is it get's done) .
1.) 25 Jul 2023 13:12:40
I assume this is more a case of one being naturally more advanced than the other. Sales will be needed by the end of the window to balance the books but so long as we are confident of bringing money in I doubt Hojlund/ Amrabat will be held up by sales needed in advance.
If we can get both in over the course of the next week we will be in a great place to review the squad over the remainder of the tour and what final ins/ outs required.
2.) 25 Jul 2023 13:31:31
Brad76 - i hope you are right.
I would be more than happy with Mount, Onana, Abrabat and Hojlund.
I think that would be a great window for us.
3.) 25 Jul 2023 14:45:07
Bringing in Onana, Mount, Houjland and Arambat would be an amazing window, upgrading in several positions and giving us multiple tactical options against a range of formations and pressing models.
Also promising youngsters Mainoo, Hannibal, Fernandez and Amad to add to first team squad depth.
Also, apparently Sancho being conditioned for second striker, so again more options in attack.
Would be brilliant window if can sell players not part of longer term thinking, such as Fred, Maguire, McTominay, Donny, Williams and Maguire, as well as getting decent money for youngsters such as Pellistri and Bishop (Elanga, Savage and Iqbal already gone) .
Going to be a really tight battle this year for too 4 (and even for the title) between City, Arsenal, Liverpool, United, Chelsea, Newcastle - and maybe even Villa.
4.) 25 Jul 2023 15:24:09
I must admit i love the look of Mainoo.
He looks more than capable of looking after himself on the pitch.
Very calm with the ball at this feet, good passer, quick thinker and bags of strength.
I hope he can break in to that first team squad this season and bag a few first team games.
5.) 25 Jul 2023 16:11:24
I'd like a pint of what Wallace is drinking.
6.) 25 Jul 2023 18:15:49
Yeah, but we’ll be sorted for a range of formations and pressing models………….
7.) 25 Jul 2023 19:21:35
I for 1 liked Wallace’s optimism. These pages would be a much more enjoyable read with more posts like his whether you agree or not. We’re all optimistic fans really and under ten hag even more so.
8.) 25 Jul 2023 20:57:01
Love it Wallace, selling my Maguire twice is genius.
9.) 25 Jul 2023 23:12:28
Wallace - Don't forget Spurs and Brighton. West Ham may be a surprise package this season if they get their targets in the door.
10.) 25 Jul 2023 23:15:24
What makes you think any of that? Twitter rumours?
11.) 26 Jul 2023 07:46:56
Not convinced about Spurs Syd, depends on what happens with Kane.
Brighton will have list two best players but their recruitment fantastic and will have older Ferguson scoring goals.
Not sure about West Ham though.
12.) 26 Jul 2023 08:54:27
By all accounts according to people that watch a lot of Serie A Amrabat had a pretty club average season, yet was brilliant for Morocco. Wonder how much was down to his role and suitability in either team. Hopefully Utd play more like Morocco than Fiorentina!
13.) 26 Jul 2023 10:54:05
I'm on the fence with Amrabat, he's clearly a good player, but I'm not sure he's definitely good enough for where we want to be.
He has been a mixed bag for Fiorentina putting in both memorable and forgettable performances.
Maybe EtH has a plan for him, maybe he thinks he can take him up a level. I don't know.
What I do know is I'm very skeptical of judging players for their international performances. Personally I feel the quality of international football has declined or at least club football has surpassed it in terms of quality. Either way it seems foolish to judge a player based on their performances at a lower standard of football than you'll want them to play at.
Also things like the world cup are such a small sample size. 6 good performances in 4 weeks is nowhere near enough to judge a player.
I also feel strongly about giving Mainoo a real chance this season. Give him some proper minutes and see what he can do and how he can develop. I certainly wouldn't want to block his pathway to getting that playing time with an average or slightly above average player.
I've always said we should only sign players who are either better than our current starting player in that position, or who have the potential to be better.
I don't see Amrabat as better than Casemiro or even potentially better.
14.) 26 Jul 2023 13:06:19
Maybe Amrabat compliments Casemiro if we go with a box formation like a 3223 when we've got the ball. Amrabat and Casemiro with Mount/ Sancho and Bruno further forward. Martinez could also play there hence why we are looking at CB's and maybe not so much fullbacks now. Not saying we will play like that but getting another CDM gives plenty of options if ETH wants to change style.
15.) 26 Jul 2023 15:57:01
We need to consider how poor we were away from home against strong opposition. Our home form was excellent all season. In big games we were poor against any decent team, and the reason was that we were over run in midfield.
Now mount may add some legs and a bit more bite to the press than Eriksen and sancho for example. But I think we still need to be able to play more solid in the middle against teams like city, liverpool and in UCL away from home.
Fred and mctominay may be more robust, but they both struggle to play EtHs passing style. Fred with loose passes to often and mctominay is not good at finding passing angles and space.
Mainoo looks a good player. But we have to consider what happens if cassemiro is out injured or suspended for a period of time. It is too much to expect Mainoo to play from the start against city/ liverpool away. Especially without an experienced player like cassemiro next to hin to guide him through.
Seems like fred leaves. Possibly McTom leaves. Amrabat or another comes in and Mainoo is 3rd choice CDM/ B2B. Plenty of chance to feed him into the squad and see if he can make it. Similar to garnacho last year, who was handled pretty well.
07 Jun 2023 13:34:27
So the Sheikh has submitted a final 5th bid.
1.) 07 Jun 2023 17:39:24
Not feeling state ownership.
2.) 07 Jun 2023 23:32:13
Not feeling Chemical Company Ownership.
3.) 08 Jun 2023 07:39:02
Let’s hope the Sheikh is successful. The divisive Ratcliffe bid that includes continuity Glazer involvement is totally unacceptable and would leave us with a toxic club.
4.) 08 Jun 2023 09:10:46
So a 5th and final bid on the back of his 4th take it or leave it bid hmmm.
17 Mar 2023 12:19:57
Sevilla. that's a 50/ 50 tie.
Very tough match.
1.) 17 Mar 2023 13:05:48
They are having a poor season. Betis are playing much better than them. We should easily sail through.
2.) 17 Mar 2023 14:41:02
Unruly - Believe me they won't sail through.
Sevilla have a great record this competition no matter how well or badly they are playing in the league.
3.) 17 Mar 2023 15:57:14
They are not the same team though simo. We should have this in the bag. Quite a few decent teams left in uefa, Sevilla are one of the easier ties to get.
For now we need to get our heads onto Fulham, not an easy tie. Especially without cassemiro.
4.) 17 Mar 2023 16:21:21
Logically we should have a strong chance of getting through, as mentioned they are having a poor season. However there is something about them and this cup. if we play well we should progress.
5.) 17 Mar 2023 17:15:30
No teams are easy at this stage, all ties looked potentially tricky for different reasons.
Sevilla have an unbelievable record in this competition. maybe they aren't playing as well in La Liga, but we aren't playing them in La Liga, we are playing them in the Europa League. A competition they have won SIX times.
A return trip to Seville after beating Sevilla's city rivals Real Betis will be interesting and isn't difficult to get to, which is a blessing. Difficult travel is best avoided during a congested and truncated season.
We will have to play well over both legs to progress to the Semi finals where one of Sporting or Juventus would await us if we were to prevail.
It looks like a we will have to make the final if we are to come up against our former manager Jose Mourinho. Which would be a tough game given both how well Roma are playing and Jose's record in finals.
6.) 17 Mar 2023 17:29:06
As long as we have a fit squad, we should go through. Beating barcelona and betis gives us a lot of confidence to go to spain and win.
7.) 17 Mar 2023 18:22:46
Sevilla are europa league royalty tbf, felt like they won it 7 years in a row at one point.
8.) 17 Mar 2023 18:41:11
Tough side of the draw. Sevilla are having a tough spell domestically but Spanish teams always seem to do well in European competitions. If we get through them it's juve or sporting. Sporting are a really good side. If we get through these 2 ties we have a good chance of winning it.
9.) 17 Mar 2023 18:43:13
No European game at this stage is easy
We should win but how many times have we said that before.
10.) 18 Mar 2023 00:09:45
I agree, far too often over the last 30 years I have seen the reaction to European draws, generally its overplaying our hand and underestimating to opposition.
11.) 18 Mar 2023 00:14:46
We're not what we were, they're not what they were. We'll sail through.
16 Mar 2023 16:51:10
Lot of talk today about United looking at Randal Kolo Muani.
Don't know much about him or what kind of a striker he is.
1.) 16 Mar 2023 21:02:08
He's a wide forward who is learning to play in the middle, direct, quick and strong, probably be best if he had another season developing before a move to one of the big boys. a lot of noise surrounding him since the World Cup. Probably best described as not yet the finished article.
26 Jul 2024 10:47:23
Will Denzel really play second fisddle to Dalot?
I don't think so.
01 Jul 2024 15:38:08
Ugarte is now being linked with Liverpool by his own agent.
25 Jun 2024 15:57:07
He was also dreadfull when he was at Chelsea.
Completely the wrong type of player that we should be looking at.
We need to be looking at young hungry players not players that are over the hill in there 30s that want one last big pay day.
21 Jun 2024 16:41:36
Now it suits Rabiot to move to United, after one last big pay day.
Jog on mate that ship sailed two years ago.
20 Jun 2024 10:41:21
Being linked to these players is one thing, signing them is another.
There is absolutely zero chance that Lopez comes to United, it will never happen.
28 Jun 2024 11:30:25
Yes it was a misstype on the conversion Tumbleweed so kill me know lol.
Jesus mate you need to calm down.
27 Jun 2024 10:35:54
Tumbleweed - where does 150m come from?
Zirkzee has a buy out clause of 40m EURO (approx 24m GBP)
Lille are asking between 60-70m EURO (approx 50-60m GBP) for Yoro.
As Ahmed said RM want this kid for a reason, he is young, fast, extremely good reader of the game and a good tackler.
Why wouldn't we be interested in him, that's not to say we will get him.
Just calm down a bit and take it easy! It's an poinion site my friend.
13 Jun 2024 16:53:47
They don't hang about Chelsea, they just seem to get the deal done without any fuss.
06 Jun 2024 11:46:58
Jimbobred - a few reasons why let me explain.
1) He plays at centre back which is where we were short. Imagine playing a centre back in his correct position hey.
2) He's a lot more mobile than Casemiro, a lot younger, better in the air, better positional sense.
3) He has already had first team experiance and has been around the first team for most of the season.
Look at Mainoo as an example.
What you are coming out with is absolute garbage.
06 Jun 2024 09:37:55
Kurtis Heywood - exactly my thoughts regarding Evans.
I want to see Kambwala pushing through to the first team this season.
You can guarantee (if ETH is still in charge) that he will pick Evans over Kambwala if we have another injury crises.
In my humble opinion Kambwala looks a real talent and should of been playing on a regular basis last season. ETH even decided that Casemiro was the better option of a couple of occasions which actually still baffles the life out of me.