Erling Haaland

Originally Posted by Whiteside onside

There is actually.. It's not like signing for a top club like Real Madrid, Barcelona or Juventus who you can be sure will be challenging for the top honours.

Keeping your options open shows intelligence sadly.

You're talking about the standard of football.

We're a giant business whose outward appearance is key. That's why Ed is still in a job he is unsuited towards.

What Dunk is advocating is that we follow the likes of Juve: eat some agent shit for a few seasons while we sort our act out. That's partly why they lost Pogba to us. But then they gained Ronaldo, plus that dutch defender, and might get Pogba back.

United were always a draw despite not winning major trophies. We're a different gravy and will remain so right up until the point we admit we're not by folding to agents' demands.

These are very high level business strategies that may be above your security clearance.

There was clearly a "baggage" issue as there are a number of top European clubs who could have stumped up £20mill or whatever the fee is- as pocket change.

Being touted as the "best young striker in Europe" yet going to Dortmund with who knows what in the contract.

If it was as straightforward as "pay them what they want" - hed be at Madrid/Munich/City/Juve before Dortmund. Why would those clubs not pay a little bit of money for this collosus yoing prospect of a striker? And youre naive to think if it was only United that were in for him beside Dortmund. Other clubs dont have to put a press release because other clubs dont have apparent "egg on their faces" after a transfer goes down like this.

"Man utd target signs for Dortmund". He was targeted by Juve and PSG too.

His whole career will be orchestrated by that fat lard ridden leech, and thats the path Haaland has chosen. Theyll both make tons of money together. Bullet dodged

Originally Posted by Whiteside onside

Makes me laugh some of our support worrying about who gets the Glazers money. We should pay the going rate for quality if we want to challenge at the top table

The worrying thing about them taking loads out of the club and being £150m more in debt than we were? Yeah paranoid idiots.

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

The worrying thing about them taking loads out of the club and being £150m more in debt than we were? Yeah paranoid idiots.

Totally off subject. I was on about the Glazers spending transfer cash.

Originally Posted by Whiteside onside

Isn't every transfer? Look at the Pogba deal.

Big club, small attitude.

https://strettynews.com/2019/12/30/m...aaland-claims/

Only one gullible fan in this thread Mon Frere

Originally Posted by Cream

You're talking about the standard of football.

We're a giant business whose outward appearance is key. That's why Ed is still in a job he is unsuited towards.

What Dunk is advocating is that we follow the likes of Juve: eat some agent shit for a few seasons while we sort our act out. That's partly why they lost Pogba to us. But then they gained Ronaldo, plus that dutch defender, and might get Pogba back.

United were always a draw despite not winning major trophies. We're a different gravy and will remain so right up until the point we admit we're not by folding to agents' demands.

These are very high level business strategies that may be above your security clearance.

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Originally Posted by Cream

You're talking about the standard of football.

We're a giant business whose outward appearance is key. That's why Ed is still in a job he is unsuited towards.

What Dunk is advocating is that we follow the likes of Juve: eat some agent shit for a few seasons while we sort our act out. That's partly why they lost Pogba to us. But then they gained Ronaldo, plus that dutch defender, and might get Pogba back.

United were always a draw despite not winning major trophies. We're a different gravy and will remain so right up until the point we admit we're not by folding to agents' demands.

These are very high level business strategies that may be above your security clearance.

No

Originally Posted by Jethro

Only one gullible fan in this thread Mon Frere

The other point of course is that it’s patently evident that whoever signed Haaland now was simply acting as a 2 year (max) staging post for his rep/dad to truly cash in. That wouldn’t have mattered if it were us, Juventus or Real Madrid. The real coin comes from transfers not contract renewals/improvements. As such, any game time he got -and I’m sure that was stipulated too- would have been taking away from long term projects like Greenwood. No thanks. If we’ve learned anything from the Sanchez debacle it’s that these deals have a real meaningful effect on squad morale.

I actually feel a bit sorry for this kid being surrounded by the leech brigade. His own old man too. Still, at least we can go back to laughing at Keano ending him.

Originally Posted by believe

The baggage you talk about surrounds almost every player in the world these days. This stinks of our early statement of intent and we’ll use any excuse possible to not spend the necessary funds on the right players.

Not really - how many non-Raiola players have caused us the same level of debate in here compared to fat boy's stable?

If he'd been £70m outright and an agent who we don't know of then fine, not a problem. The club would probably welcome someone who initially costs more but where the agent has a chat with the club and the player and the start then lets the player be managed on the footballing side of the club. Pogba gives a shit more about what Raiola tells him than Ole, simple as that, which is where the problem lies.

Originally Posted by dunk

United seem to want long term signings, they don't seem to want to be getting embroiled in the transfer market any more than absolutely necessary, hence wanting players that will be here for 5-10 years wherever possible, which is fine. Problem is they are going to struggle to attract the requisite quality in the current state of things, they need to be more aggressive and prepared for a higher turnover of players. They won't though. More long term contracts and extensions for the average and past it..

Originally Posted by dunk

No

Yes

Originally Posted by Cream

Yes

I said £#%&! all about having to eat shit off agents. Just that they are going to have to have a greater turnover of players.

Originally Posted by dunk

I said £#%&! all about having to eat shit off agents. Just that they are going to have to have a greater turnover of players.

Ok pls explain the reasons behind this high turnover.

Originally Posted by Cream

Ok pls explain the reasons behind this high turnover.

Because the sort of quality they want that would be good enough over a long period either aren’t available, are hugely expensive or won’t want to come to United in their current form. So they need to settle for what’s available and look for upgrades over the shorter term.

Originally Posted by dunk

Ok Jesus, Cream, you got me. We need to start accepting players who are just looking for a quick buck and their agents are gonna have all sorts of demands. Happy now?

Fine.

Scored 3 today on his debut after coming off the bench. 5-3 win after being 1-3 down

Originally Posted by Whiteside onside

Scored 3 today after coming off the bench. 5-3 win after being 1-3 down

Bullet dodged 😎

Originally Posted by n48

Bullet dodged 😎

Absolutely! We don't need him

Originally Posted by cream

fine.

yhbr

£#%&!ing hell. None of this is the point, is it? The kid was cheap as chips, but we would have been signing up to be Raiola and Haaland Sr’s bitches.

I’d rather go down.