Kai Havertz

Not £#%&!ing around are they.

Nope.

Had his medical Sunday apparently. Talk of them doing a triple rollout of him, Chilwell and Thiago Silva for social media %@#$&!s.

Would be just like Woodward to be waiting patiently for Chelsea to announce this deal, breaking the British transfer record before we announce Sancho and take the record back think of the hits

Their attack is just ridiculous now.
Lets just hope the fading legs of a 35 year old centre back isn’t enough to fix their disastrous back line.

They know to get transfers done that's for sure.

Impressive buys, but that side still has holes in it. Chilwell is the one that seems to address an obvious flaw.

They've still got Giroud up top, there's question marks over keeper, centre back and there will now be big pressure on them and F£#%&! - a lot of that coming from our cockney media bigging him up so much.

They'll be expected to push for the title, but I don't think they're there yet.

Not £#%&!ing around transfer wise though, that's for sure.

Originally Posted by Whalefish

I'm trying to avoid all the nonsense this window since I'm not sure United will bother signing anyone (qualified for CL job done for the ££ counters). However, if/when this lad signs how much have Chelsea spent? That's before a new keeper.

Pressure on Frank next season. No excuse not to be challenging for the title. Not sure his Derby tactic of getting 5 of his players to nobble the opponents best player in the first 10 mins will work all the time (against the better teams).

Agreed.

Lampard simply has to deliver now. Just top 4 isn't enough really. Hoping Chelsea doing this shocks Utd into actually doing a bit in the market. Couple more and whilst United aleays have pressure and the spotlight we might actually be able to quietly go about our business on the pitch with the pressure on others. Liverpool, City and Chelsea.

Originally Posted by MUFC One Love

Agreed.

Lampard simply has to deliver now. Just top 4 isn't enough really. Hoping Chelsea doing this shocks Utd into actually doing a bit in the market. Couple more and whilst United aleays have pressure and the spotlight we might actually be able to quietly go about our business on the pitch with the pressure on others. Liverpool, City and Chelsea.

If years of underachievement didnt spark us into action, I doubt Chelsea making signings will.

We'll do what we do.

We rarely don't spend, but we rarely get exactly what we want.

I can see VDB and maybe one other at a push. £50-£100m spent.

If we get the right players in, I'd rather that than sign any old shite just because we 'need players'. We don't. We need quality. We're 4 or 5 players away, but we've also seen the impact a quality upgrade can have in Fernandes.

Hopefully VDB will do likewise in that Fred/Matic role.

Do the same for CB, RM, Striker and LB, even if it takes 3 or 4 windows.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

If we get the right players in, I'd rather that than sign any old shite just because we 'need players'. We don't. We need quality. We're 4 or 5 players away, but we've also seen the impact a quality upgrade can have in Fernandes.

Hopefully VDB will do likewise in that Fred/Matic role.

Do the same for CB, RM, Striker and LB, even if it takes 3 or 4 windows.

That is a good point. I think the numbers can be over played at times. It only takes 1 player to transform a team at times. Like you say look what Fernandes did for the team. It's not just his involvement his goals, it's his influence.

Get another 1-2 of the right players in and we might do something.

Jamie Carragher made reference to it. That one player can change a team.

Liverpool have shown if you buy well, and they've done it from some top coaching tbf you can do it. We are buying slightly bigger names but I do think we should be copying their path.

Originally Posted by MUFC One Love

That is a good point. I think the numbers can be over played at times. It only takes 1 player to transform a team at times. Like you say look what Fernandes did for the team. It's not just his involvement his goals, it's his influence.

Get another 1-2 of the right players in and we might do something.

Jamie Carragher made reference to it. That one player can change a team.

Liverpool have shown if you buy well, and they've done it from some top coaching tbf you can do it. We are buying slightly bigger names but I do think we should be copying their path.

Yep. I remember Carragher making that point too. He referenced Suarez, didnt he? Took them from 4th-6th to pushing for title, with his own quality but also how the others around him elevated their game.

4-5 is a projection in terms of what we need right now. It'll change and you rarely look at any squad and think 'yep. Perfect.'. As we solve some issues, new ones will occur (this time last year, many of us thought the defence was sorted. Now, you could make a case that only Maguire in the whole back 5 is an automatic pick).

All we can do is work within the restrictions each window and not look to compromise. I would honestly rather sign nobody than sign for the sake of it. The panic buys and mega contracts we've dished out have killed us these last few years. It's why we can't shift half the shit now. We can't afford to go down that route again. Even if it means leaving ourselves short in the short term. We did it last summer with Dybala and not replacing Lukaku and it turned out fine too.

Not every signing will work, of course, but we have to keep following the template we have for the last 3 windows: quality, the right age, the right character and something to prove, however long that takes.

They’ll be a good side. Looks like top 3 is sorted with us, Arsenal and Spurs going for 4th.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

If years of underachievement didnt spark us into action, I doubt Chelsea making signings will.

We'll do what we do.

We rarely don't spend, but we rarely get exactly what we want.

I can see VDB and maybe one other at a push. £50-£100m spent.

If we get the right players in, I'd rather that than sign any old shite just because we 'need players'. We don't. We need quality. We're 4 or 5 players away, but we've also seen the impact a quality upgrade can have in Fernandes.

Hopefully VDB will do likewise in that Fred/Matic role.

Do the same for CB, RM, Striker and LB, even if it takes 3 or 4 windows.

LOL.. You're a nice patient fellow.

VDB is not a CDM.. He's gonna be more of a backup for Bruno/Pogba.

And we'll have a lot more holes to fill in 3-4 windows.

Originally Posted by Scholseyfanforever

LOL.. You're a nice patient fellow.

VDB is not a CDM.. He's gonna be more of a backup for Bruno/Pogba.

And we'll have a lot more holes to fill in 3-4 windows.

No, but neither is Fred and he'd been starting in that 3rd position alongside Pogba and Bruno.

I expect him to be starting, not back up.

Originally Posted by Scholseyfanforever

LOL.. You're a nice patient fellow.

VDB is not a CDM.. He's gonna be more of a backup for Bruno/Pogba.

And we'll have a lot more holes to fill in 3-4 windows.

No chance he signed to be a backup.

HTH.

Originally Posted by Scholseyfanforever

LOL.. You're a nice patient fellow.

VDB is not a CDM.. He's gonna be more of a backup for Bruno/Pogba.

And we'll have a lot more holes to fill in 3-4 windows.

Is he £#%&!

He's a top tier player..

It doesn’t matter how we label new players or speculate where/how they fit in - if they work hard and perform well they’ll become first choicers very quickly under Solskjaer. With proper competition certain players will realise they can’t pick and choose when they fancy it. Fernandes seemingly became the first name on the team sheet after about three games.

Whenever I see the name Kai Havertz, I think of long-serving Sky commentator Guy Havord.

MOTWYW.

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

They’ll be a good side. Looks like top 3 is sorted with us, Arsenal and Spurs going for 4th.

Ffs

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

They’ll be a good side. Looks like top 3 is sorted with us, Arsenal and Spurs going for 4th.

That's the spirit.

80m + 20m in add-ons.....he's going to be there 6th signing of the summer and pushes their spending to over 200m

for all their defensive issues, they've gone crazy heavy on buying attacking players. It'll be interesting to see how Fat Frank deals with having 7 forwards in the squad

Originally Posted by bosskeano

80m + 20m in add-ons.....he's going to be there 6th signing of the summer and pushes their spending to over 200m

for all their defensive issues, they've gone crazy heavy on buying attacking players. It'll be interesting to see how Fat Frank deals with having 7 forwards in the squad

Poor Tammy Abraham