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Same age as Van Dijk who is still showing no signs of dropping off in the league now that he’s over his big injury. Isn’t €40m only like £32m? That’s not bad at all for a world class CB in this day and age. Think it would be pretty smart of the club to make one of the CB’s we buy a more experienced guy.

Ronaldo officially not traveling with United’s squad on tour. Bayern have pretty explicitly said no thanks, Milan have 2 oldies up top already in Zlatan and Giroud, Napoli is not a big enough club for a player of his stature, he left Juve in bad terms. Tuchel wouldn’t………..would he? 😬

I guess. It’s just dumb if so. He would be one injury away from being the starter. And should get plenty of starts even if Kai is fit.

I don’t get why there’s even discussion about Broja right now. With Lukaku gone and only Kai as a striker he will get a LOT of minutes this season. Seems like a no brainer that he should stay.

We can cross Raphinha off for good then, I think. Maybe something changes with Dembele and we still have a shot at him?

How have we still not completed the Sterling deal? It was apparently “done” days ago…

There’s been nothing at all from any English media. Which says it all. Catalan media just using our name to spice things up.

We’re going to end up with 2 above average CB’s this window by the look of it. Every top one is slowly being checked off the list. Aké + Kimpembe would be unbelievably underwhelming. I’d rather just take the chance with Colwill playing a major role than spend big money on Kimpembe.

If we didn’t have like 16 midfielders currently on our books I’d start to get a bit excited. But this is the area of our team that is in the best shape. I find it impossible to believe that De Jong is even a consideration at this moment in time. Kante Kova Jorginho RLC Barkley Gilmour Bakayoko Gallagher Ampadu if you wanna count him as a midfielder? All on our books and earning big wages. How on earth could we do a deal for De Jong unless like 4 of those are gone? It makes no sense.

It may not even be about specific players. Like his meeting with Jorge Mendes a couple of weeks ago, Boehly is likely just trying to establish new relationships with the power players in the world of football. If Mino Raiola hadn’t just passed away I’m sure you’d see video of Boehly meeting with him, too.

Definitely strange. Negotiating for squad players like Azpi and Alonso in person?

Where’s our Sterling announcement? 🤔

Would indeed be a masterclass if we could send Jorginho + cash to Juve for De Ligt and then replaced him with De Jong to reunite former Ajax teammates. Two key areas of the pitch sorted for 5 years or more. But with no English reporters corroborating this latest link it reads entirely like a Barca briefing to speed United up.

That’s exactly what this is. Barca have their typical Catalan mouthpieces in the media put this out to get United to pay up. And pay up in full all at once rather than the add ons United want to use.

Ah, the classic “throw Chelsea’s name out there to pressure the actual interested club into paying more” strategy that we’ve seen countless times. De Jong makes no sense unless J5 is sold. And the only news we’ve heard on the Jorginho front lately is about him renewing not moving.

What is shit about it, exactly? After last season’s abomination this nice clean, simple shirt looks ace to me. Collar is a bit funky but everything else looks great to me.

That’s why I have zero respect for any non-German player who goes there. It’s lame as hell. I can get German players going there because it’s probably the dream of all of them to do so. Or a player who has already done it all and is winding down their career like Mané. Yes, they’re a huge club and yes, you’re guaranteed to win titles but a title with Bayern is so hollow. You know before a ball is even kicked every season that Bayern will win the league. A PL trophy is a monumental achievement. A Bundesliga trophy is literally a formality these days.

Just try for Skriniar before PSG advance things further. Or Koulibaly. Kimpembe is bang average. Reminds me of a slightly better Zouma which is decent for a squad player but not a top class guy. Missing out on de Ligt will probably really hurt for Tuchel. His leadership in addition to his ability was something Tuchel clearly after.

I think it’s great. Much, MUCH better than last season’s.

Damn shame. And then if we try to go for Koulibaly as a fallback option we’ll have to compete with Juve for him. And for a player who is already in Serie A they may be more enticing than us at his age.

De Ligt is 22 and has the potential to play for us for 10+ years if he realizes his talent. As insane as it would’ve seemed a few years ago, he probably is worth the €85m asking price. I think we should offer it if he is truly Tuchel’s top choice.

I’m not that bothered about the wages. United and City have loads of players on more than 300k. English tax, coming from a direct rival, in his prime, and has years of top football left in him. He’s not some unproven gamble like this dude Antony is that United are chasing.

Would (finally) be a great start to our business. Let’s hope it’s the opening of the floodgates.

Bayern’s director once again pouring cold water on any move for CR7. If Tuchel gives his blessing I think we are his only option of he wants to play at the very highest level. Otherwise it’s either stay at United and play Thursday nights with no hope of competing for the league or drop down a level to play for a Napoli or someone like that which I think he’d view as beneath him. I’m beginning to think more and more that this may be on. If he applies more pressure on them by refusing to show up this week for their tour….

Sadly, this is indeed the imagine most people around the world have of the majority of Americans. 🤣