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When does his contract expire? I could look it up but I'm lazy

I think encasing the freedom for owners to spend equal amounts needs to come in. Allowing us or Villa or anyone else to have unlimited spending is not acceptable, it'll make it purely a richest owner contest. That said deliberately not allowing richer owners to invest more just solidifies the status quo and the same teams are untouchable.

Fair play, you know far more about the club than most on here but all of that above doesn't hint at a settled and happy squad. Some of the performances I've seen Man U put in this season have been some of the worst, tepid, disorganised, flat and utterly shit I've seen from that team going back to the 80s tbph. They have phoned it in many, many times over the last year or so and if that's indicative of a squad that's behind the manager then you've got a lot to be worried about imo. 8th in the League and a negative goal difference is really poor when the bar is so high

Didn't you say he was the leak within the squad a while back? Surely leaking shit could possibly be a hint that he may not like the boss and/or is unhappy but more than willing to stir the shit to create problems that his boss needs to deal with?

'Unnamed candidates'? That's handy

Absolutely no problem with them digging their heels in tbh, they're entitled to do so. We're also entitled to sit and wait while they operate without a DoF for another 15 months or whatever it is

Sounds like he'll fit right in at Chelsea then

Perfectly happy with their decision tbh. After finishing 8th in the league last year I'm sure he's the bloke to get them challenging at the top again like they used to

Managed to last 6 seconds. Absolute aids to the ears

Aye, once mistakes start costing goals, games and points on a regular basis the previous good games go out of the window. It's absolutely true that when he walked in he was really good and a genuine asset to the team and the club. Now his performances have dipped so much that he's a hinderance and a genuine weak link. Not going to say playing him cost us European football as we'll never actually know that, but he was really really poor at times and we conceded far too many with him in goal. Frustration turns to anger and anger leads to hate. Hate leads to the dark side etc

Can't. All full

How many clubs is that now? 4? City, Villa, Forest and Leicester? Something's got to give at some point and it'll need to be completely revamped or the PL will collapse imo. It'll tear itself apart - member clubs taking legal action against the collective of the remaining clubs simply isn't sustainable

Mainly that yeah tbh. Incidents like that are very telling about where player's priorities lie and his seemed to be all about himself rather than the team. It was a huge red flag for me

Madueke seems like an utter arsehole and don't want him under any circumstances. Olise on the other hand would have fitted in up here superbly and it's infuriating that those cunts get him into their pool

Haven't seen anything from Southgate managing a club that makes me think he's be anything other than an unmitigated disaster at Man U or anywhere else. Crossing my fingers he gets the job tbh

Got nothing against him really, he's put in some decent performances and tries his best and can't knock him for that, he was great against Spurs (H) for example. I'm not desperate to see the back of him or anything but I don't think he's going to be anything other than a squad filler really. He's useful to bring into the team but he's not going to transform the way we play. Fully acknowledge it sounds a bit harsh, he does offer far more than others

At 21 he's still just a toddler in goalkeeping terms. He obviously needs to improve in some areas but that should come with experience and maturity, he'll fill out a bit and needs to find his voice to command his area a bit but that's shit that keepers learn and develop as they get older. He's 6'6, young and will only get better, £16m is nothing these days for a player who could potentially be in place for 7 or 8 seasons. If they like him then fuck it, just got to back their judgement of the lad.

Maybe? I'll stand by it for now though tbh, he could come good and hope he does but I've got my doubts

Sorry like but if we're ever to move on to 3rd base as a club then we need need to move the likes of Longstaff, Almiron, Lascelles, Anderson, Targett, Murphy, Dubravka and Wilson on. They've all be useful servants, worked hard, fulfilled their roles but we need to take the next step and unfortunately they're not part of it. They're all canny lads, none of them have done anything horrendous but it's just a natural process of improving and setting our sights higher and higher. I wish them all well but we 100% need to cut them adrift this summer or next

Just filling the motor up, tell him I'll be there in 15 mins

Good. I'm more than happy to give him a pre-season here and he might just be the RW we're looking for, there's got to be a reasonable chance that he could save us a fortune this summer and we can look at other areas because he's come into the squad and hit the ground running. He can learn the system over the summer and only be asked to play a game a week next year, could be exactly what we're after, just his pace alone will have a few LBs worried and that should leave more space for others

I'll be pretty fucking annoyed if this lad is sold before Almiron like. I can understand the need/urge to cash in as it's essentially free money but no decision needs to be made about what to do until after Almiron has been moved on. He's the issue at RW and has been for a long, long time. It's an old, broken record I know but moving him on needs to be number 1 priority

No worries, let's see Liverpool give up 4 or 5 of their Anfield games and play a few in Boston and/or NY. It's their idea so they can go first eh?

Wonder what the world record is for squeezing people into a portakabin is?

Don't we all