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Out of interest who do you think will give you 60million euros in the summer for him?

Aye, that was West Ham last year. My concern is us this year. And I’m not saying he will toss it off; I’m saying it’s a worry if we give him a big long contract to get him here.

If he’s motivated to play for us I’m all for it. If he’s coming to toss it off and pick up a wedge then … Sorry, it’s always my fear with ex Man United players in Particular.

Worrying lack of CM’s mentioned again.

Iirc the Glazers basically mortgaged the club in order to buy it.

We definitely need a DOF to create a football structure which is something we don’t have. We are crying out for a philosophy which can run throughout the entire club (think Ajax or Barca). it’s totally crucial to have someone who can ensure the continuity between all levels of football at the club as well as between different managers.

I think, we all have to give each other the benefit of the doubt we know which posters are sincere and which are just WUM’s. Let’s try and take others comments in the spirit they are meant.

Of course it’s been messy, it’s not as if it was left in good shape. They will definitely make mistakes, past present and future, but if the Saudis are taking this as seriously as Qatar and Abu Dhabi it will come good.

It’s far from ideal, they cleared wanted to conduct a very in depth search and get the right guy in. Given the the time taken the appointment has to be absolutely spot on. it’s incorrect to state they think they know more than football people though, they’ve hired consultants on the basis they don’t know football and given the reports it’s clear they want to appoint a DOF to sort out the football structure.

I understand the sentiment but I think it’s unfair. People are here to discuss the club and give opinions on the state of play.

Definitely would have been ideal they do seem to be sticklers for SOP’s which might cause issues in a fast paced environment such as football. Personally, I’d rather we got the right DOF in place and took our time than rushed it mind. knowing our luck it will be Howe mate from Bournemouth (not Edwards).

Barca going to be disappointed when he decides to kick rocks for another 6 months.

I think on the surface it does look that way. That being said the time horizon for this kid and the reported investment to come in the club does change it ever so slightly. Also Reims reported demands we’re also from a similar stupid place All of that aside, do we even have the structure in place to be signing such a player? At this time without play liaisons in place and skeletal backroom team lacking a director of football, director of player development etc this all seems Ill timed. Shola would have this lad on loan to Darlo or something.

We rightfully seem to be fully behind Howe so I’m not sure. it’s an interesting situation though, wait until relegation and Rafa might have moved on again

Probably, you could also argue it should too.

Yes it did and flew through the fit and proper persons test no issue. Yet our takeover was stalled for 18 months.

That offer is perfectly reasonable like.

Please post your source of said rumour.

These high quality write ups are needed daily Rich

Fishing for clicks at this point tbh.

No chance we are paying 50million euro.

Looks like he’s not going to extend and wants to leave in summer so a loan is an awkward compromise for all parties For Lingard it would be a great move, he gets to test drive us before committing.

He’s better than Fraser, Murphy and Almiron and is thus an upgrade on what we have.

I think it goes without saying this would be a cracking bit of business.

Let’s hope this guy isn’t the usual Twitter bullshit merchant.