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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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Don Pedro said:
Money talks. Newcastle, Woolwich and Spurs were all in for him too but United were willing to multiply his wages by 5. The other 3 clubs would have been a much better career move for him.

Levy won't make Mbeumo our highest paid player and Mbeumo hasn't achieved enough to sign for us and instantly become our highest paid player. I know our model is frustrating but it does have to be consistent. Can't have Mbeumo coming in earning more than double all our other forwards are on. That is how you create a toxic environment! We would probably offer Mbeumo up to 180k but that would still be well short of what United have offered him. He's currently on 45k at Brentford so United have just stupidly hiked his wages to get him.
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That model isn't serving Man Utd well, but they are doubling down on it, thinking the change of the manager is the key. Time will tell. I think they just keep digging.

Mbeumo would likely have been better off taking the £180k at Spurs and then off to MLS/Saudi in 3 or 4 years.
 
Eze is a weird one because I arguably think him and Madders play the same position best. I’m all for it, but with Tel and Odobert and of course Sonny that LW feels a bit cramped. RW is where we need the most reinforcement. He’s the quality we need, although not necessarily the easiest fit in the squad, so I understand the hesitation.
 
Dudski said:
I can understand why Mbeumo would prefer Man United, in terms of wages, but when you look at what a train wreck they are I'm still surprised anyone would think of signing with them. I don't think Amorim will make it and who knows what comes next after that? I really prefer Mbeumo to Eze but I can't see Levy approving the kind of wages he'll demand.
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Money clearly talks!

Yeah, as United seem to be the destination where playing careers go to die, I’m very surprised anyone decent would want to go there.

Do we know what wages United are offering?
 
manmountainbutters said:
That model isn't serving Man Utd well, but they are doubling down on it, thinking the change of the manager is the key. Time will tell. I think they just keep digging.

Mbeumo would likely have been better off taking the £180k at Spurs and then off to MLS/Saudi in 3 or 4 years.
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They have no model.They can't sell any players because they put them on such ridiculous wages that if they flop they are stuck with them. Rashford and Sancho are on 700k a week combined and they can't sell them. Meanwhile they are signing similar level players like Cunha and Mbeumo and offering them stupid wages. so if they flop they are stuck with them too and can't resell them! Now they want to sell Garnacho!

Meanwhile they'll stick Amad as a wing back next season to accommodate Mbeumo and Cunha. And guess what'll happen? Amad will struggle in the new role and not have as good a season. Confidence will drop and this time next year he'll be the new Garnacho/Sancho/Rashford! "Quick sign Hakimi - a proper right back! Offer him 500k a week to come!"
 
I wish that Fenerbahce link for Bissouma was real. Why not offer him to Galatasaray? See if they’d take him and we could get some of the money they’ve been throwing around before they get done for money laundering
 
Don Pedro said:
They have no model.They can't sell any players because they put them on such ridiculous wages that if they flop they are stuck with them. Rashford and Sancho are on 700k a week combined and they can't sell them. Meanwhile they are signing similar level players like Cunha and Mbeumo and offering them stupid wages. so if they flop they are stuck with them too and can't resell them! Now they want to sell Garnacho!

Meanwhile they'll stick Amad as a wing back next season to accommodate Mbeumo and Cunha. And guess what'll happen? Amad will struggle in the new role and not have as good a season. Confidence will drop and this time next year he'll be the new Garnacho/Sancho/Rashford! "Quick sign Hakimi - a proper right back! Offer him 500k a week to come!"
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Great, isn't it?
If I was Levy, I'd troll them by "competing" with them for every player to make sure they "blow us out of the water"
 
JDefoe said:
Eze is a weird one because I arguably think him and Madders play the same position best. I’m all for it, but with Tel and Odobert and of course Sonny that LW feels a bit cramped. RW is where we need the most reinforcement. He’s the quality we need, although not necessarily the easiest fit in the squad, so I understand the hesitation.
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Eze walks into our team and makes us better. There should be no hesitation.
 
nicoclaesen said:
No he isn’t but he’s a seasoned premier league player and is a guaranteed starter for his country. I don’t think those other two are top notch. Very good players and mostly play games at a high level. It’s fine lines in football and that’s the difference from being a good player to a very good player. Our midfielders are so inconsistent at times and that’s what stops them being top players. At times we’ve seen Bentancur and Biss look crazy good but their form can drop off a cliff from game to game.
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Yeah true.

I’d still be happy with an Agoume type who has a ceiling more like Gravenberch tbh.

Happy to be proven wrong by Norgaard but I wasn’t wrong about PEH. Wrong about loads of players thin so wtf do I know
 
I'm really trying to rack my head around where Eze will fit in this current team, I suppose Frank is adaptable so can fit him in but I can't help think someone like Semenyo or Kudus is a much better natural and obvious fit for us than Eze is.
 
Ionman34 said:
Well I've done some research on this and can't find it anywhere. The only information out there, that I can see, is his interview from a couple of weeks ago, where he said he wants to win the PL.and CL.

Maybe you could put the quote/interview up to draw a line under the argument?
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It was a few years back. Levy interview on the stadium I think. He was sat down, slightly left of center in the shot looking to his left at the camera, to our right as the viewer. Maybe around the time of the infamous Cambridge Student Union speech.

He said “of course we all want to win trophies…” then the famous line.
 
Don Pedro said:
They have no model.They can't sell any players because they put them on such ridiculous wages that if they flop they are stuck with them. Rashford and Sancho are on 700k a week combined and they can't sell them. Meanwhile they are signing similar level players like Cunha and Mbeumo and offering them stupid wages. so if they flop they are stuck with them too and can't resell them! Now they want to sell Garnacho!

Meanwhile they'll stick Amad as a wing back next season to accommodate Mbeumo and Cunha. And guess what'll happen? Amad will struggle in the new role and not have as good a season. Confidence will drop and this time next year he'll be the new Garnacho/Sancho/Rashford! "Quick sign Hakimi - a proper right back! Offer him 500k a week to come!"
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It's been interesting to watch the downward spiral at Man United. If you go back to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the club and fans seemed convinced the problem was always the manager when it was actually bad player acquisition and contracts. Now they are convinced that throwing money at Cunha and Mbeumo will fix things. It won't.
 
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