The College Dropout

Doesn't he essentially play for Chelsea? I would be more excited if he was a couple years younger or had a flashier compilation like that other French lad

It's also about trying to secure a sure thing that can be great straight away. But there are players that can be got for cheap. Raphinha went to Rennes for £20m and didn't light it up by the looks of it. Went to Leeds for a similar fee. We got Minteh for £8m, qaudrupled his value in 12 months. Morgan Rogers has 8x his fee in 18 months. There is talent out there but the risk is high. And there's going to be Isak's & Bruno's that are highl touted that other teams don't end up going for and that's our chance.

Agreed - he should be looking to leave with a bang. Not joined Newcastle for a year - got into a public spat with their now legendary manager and left after doing nothing of note.

First concrete link will be someone left field. I hope not Mason Greenwood type left field but someone not previously linked

10 from what I’ve seen of him. Played a lot at striker due to injuries to Welbeck and Ferguson falling off a cliff. But he’s a 10.

Aye we don't even have to be creative - we just won't get first dibs. The biggest issue is Chelsea hoarding players. That should be stopped. They are stockpiling talent. Everyone else has to pass on good players.

According to Whoscored, in his last 10 matches for Bournemouth Semenyo had 5 G/A, 4 goals and 1 assist and 2 man of the match performances. This was a Bournemouth side that went off the boil too. His worst run for Bournemouth was a run of 8 games without a goal or an assist. In the preceding 11 games he had 9 G/A and a 2 MOTM performances. So, in total, it was 19 games, 9 goals and assists. But he was terrible for 6 months. I'm not even big on Semenyo but let's be measured.

The most proven players we've signed outside of the first window are Barnes & Livramento coming off an ACL. In the main we have to sign players other top clubs aren't 100% convinced on.

People will say Gordon wasn't bad last season. But someone with 40% more goal involvements was terrible for 6 months.

We wanted Szob right ? He’s a creator

Nah lots of people with good reputations said we overpaid for Tonali and Isak. They were gambles. I don't think Daiby wasn't good enough. His stats speak for themselves. He played every league game and completed 34 games worth 90 minutes in all comps. I think they realised Rogers was going to be better and they could get all of their money back for Diaby, they had major FFP issues so he was sold. He wasn't a flop or anything. He played regularly and contributed well to a team that finished 4th. He performed better than any one of the Chelsea attackers and i wouldn't class Pedro Neto as a flop - just not a major success.

Moussa Diaby scored 6 goals and had 10 assists in the PL in his one season there. I don't think ppl were "massively wrong" on him. That's better than Anthony Gordon this season. But with that fee you would hope for someone to be transformational and he wasn't. I think he had pretty strong pedigree too. He had 9 goals, 9 assists in his last Bundesliga season, he tracked close to that. Nothing in his profile suggested he was a playmaker or ought so they got what they got. I love the look of Akliouche - but he doesn't have the proven record. If he did though he would cost £60m+. In our position you have to gamble on players. Isak wasn't a guaranteed hit, he came after a season scoring 6 league goals. That's why other big clubs didn't go in for him. They said we overpaid for Tonali. In our position, we have to go for players that other top clubs aren't convinced about - but we are. Or they think is too expensive but fits perfect for us.

Don’t let Froggy ruin our own transfer thread with his Man U bs.

Yeh tbf

I feel like Elanga has that hunger and attitude - the intangibles to maybe become a top player and I don’t see that from Madueke. But Madueke seems more talented. I don’t like either of them though. Well I do but not enough for £50m+. That one French lad passes the YouTube test. Let’s get him in.

I hate that for me to be proven right Man U will have to do fairly well. I hope I’m wrong and Man U struggle with life after the great Bruno Fernandes leaves.

This suggests to me all that is stopping Bruno being held in KDB regard is Man U’s strikers over the years.

Talking about ability as a player - I find goals and assists 2dimensional. G/A we can act like Fernandes is on the same level as a KDB or Hazard. But ability? It’s not close. Prime Wilson was a bagsman, never near Isak’s ability. Fernandes at his best was inevitable. He’ll do something that counts. But he’s a level below Eden Hazard - who could light a game up and not score or assist at all. Or even get particularly close.

As we can now see - the difference between David Beckham and Jacob Murphy was Alexander Isak.

A man suggested the difference between Bruno Fernandes and KDB is Sergio Aguero and Haaland. Im going to glass myself.

‘Stats’ are rotting our brains. I’ve sat and watch them both for years, year in year out and never have I thought Bruno Fernandes was as good as prime KDB as a footballer. Never. It doesn’t pass the eye test Fernandes might have better stats than Eden Hazard, Hazard was a better player and it’s not close. Haaland can score 50 goals, he’s not as good as Cristiano. Cristiano can score 200 goals, he was never as good as Messi.

Ah the greatest midfielders to wear the Red kit of Manchester United: Charlton Best Keane Scholes Giggs Beckham Ronaldo Bruno Fernandes

Name more players you would describe as ‘absolutely outstanding’

‘Absolutely outstanding’. What has Kevin De Bruyne been? Those two words together for me make me think of the very best we’ve seen. That’s how my dad talks about Marco Van Basten - scrunch his face and shake his head ‘outstanding’. That’s how you’re talking about Bruno Fernandes. Bruno Fernandes is a very good player. No more. They’ll be fine with Cunha.

Agreed. It's Marketing and legend building. Adidas semi do it with the Nostalgia kits but the club should do more to shape this as a return to our rightful place in Europe's hierarchy - even if it's not fully true - it's what good marketers would tell everyone.