"Winning is hard"
Not happy
"I want to win the Prem and the CL"
Not happy
I think we just need to pick a lane and be a bit more consistent with our arguments.
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"Winning is hard"
Not happy
"I want to win the Prem and the CL"
Not happy
I think we just need to pick a lane and be a bit more consistent with our arguments.
Looks like another shit season looming...
Yeah we'll get rumoured with Eze all window and then post loads of stats to try and convince ourselves the Aldi version is just as good
Bale you'd have to pick one of the 7. Certainly Eriksen. Modric was effectively Mousa Dembele the next day.
Walker was mostly in a mood when he left because Trippier was getting some of his game time.
Berbatov was replaced with Crouch in the January.
Kane's replacement is Solanke.
Same argument can be made for a whole host of clubs, though, when picking generational talents. Certainly in Bale and Modric we're taking - comfortably - two of the top 5 players in their positions this century.
To compare, you'd ask who Real Madrid have replaced them with. The answer really is that you can't replace Modric - but Dembele was also one of our best central midfielders so it didn't work out too badly.
You don't really magically replace the likes of Bale or Kane like-for-like, because they were unique players not playing a defined position
I am getting seriously worried that we are overstretching ourselves with our strong desire for CL and PL success. This latest irresponsible spend on a Japanese centre half is 5 million that could have gone to upgrade the shower curtain rings in the fabulous 4 towers project .
Wasting money on buying players when we are a trophy winning machine already is going too far . We need constraint and frugality right now. We all know in the year 2105 this conservative approach will be rewarded when Man City and Chelsea are both docked 2 points for the season , suspended for 5 years .
I have had enough of our spend spend spend approach
Levy out and ENIC out .
Wasting money on buying players when we are a trophy winning machine already is going too far . We need constraint and frugality right now. We all know in the year 2105 this conservative approach will be rewarded when Man City and Chelsea are both docked 2 points for the season , suspended for 5 years .
I have had enough of our spend spend spend approach
Levy out and ENIC out .
You have to limit how much credit you give to the Spurs transfer team, or else they'll rest on their laurels.You've always got to fuckin spoil it.....
OMG , you thought Levy was being genuine with the PL and CL comment
Who needs the newspapers or contractual detail.
They all drag it out and make a saga out of it. Its obvious whats going on. United will eventually pay the fee.
OMG , you thought Levy was being genuine with the PL and CL comment
Do you think he was being genuine by saying "winning is hard" or are you being obtuse to a particular statement purely because one happens to align with your agenda?
Edit - Where is the origin of this statement anyway?
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Not 300 grand a week though. That's just nonsense.
Close to 250k a week I believe. He's getting his wages bumped up by around 200k. Hence why he only wants to go there and why everyone else backed off as its bad business signing a player for 60-70m and then paying them around 12m a year in wages. You only do that for world class players, not decent premier league level players who still need to make the next step.
Its typical United. They wonder then why they keep ending up with these Sancho situations of players on crazy wages who they can't sell.
I get he’s got Frank’s trust and is a good character, but I’ve never watched Brentford once and thought he’s anything other than a bog standard Scandi water carrier. Selling Hojbjerg and then buying him would be 2 steps forward, one step back. Frank’s gotta aim higher.
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I REALLY hope we’re not in for this toxic little twat after his latest antics!
Huge disrespect!
Yes I do , but I also admit that statement is way less disingenuous than the ambition one . Winning is very hard , even harder though if you don’t fully commit
Is he actually any good?
Feels very much like another plodder in the PEH mould
What was the context of the "winning is hard" statement, where can I find it?
They sold Mane to Bayern for €32m
They signed Diaz for €47m
Diaz wages were lower but the transfer fee almost certainly made the total transfer cost the same or higher
Either way, I don't see missing out on Mbuemo as anything to be concerned about.
He ain't a Saka that's for sure, and I'd strongly argue that Kulusevski, with some improvement is every bit as good, if not better.
I hope we are looking at players who are superior to Mbuemo and who can be acquired for less than an extortionate 60 million pounds.
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