🚨 Sir Alex Ferguson on Manchester City being found guilty of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules:
“I read the news and the first person I thought about was Carlos Tevez.
Funny, isn’t it? After all these years.
We wanted Carlos to stay. David Gill spoke to his representatives, we made our offer, they said we’d left it too late and eventually he went across Manchester.
Then City put up that bloody ‘Welcome to Manchester’ poster.
I remember looking at it and thinking, ‘They haven’t just signed one of our players. They want us to know they can.’
That was when I called them a small club with a small mentality.
But there was something else happening around that period that people forget.
Suddenly City could walk into conversations for players that previously would have been choosing between United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Madrid, Barcelona.
I remember one summer hearing that Adebayor had agreed to join City, then apparently his people were still contacting us and Chelsea.
I thought, ‘What a strange situation. Players who would rather be somewhere else are signing for City anyway.’
At the time, you simply accepted that they had enormous financial power. You competed with it.
That’s football.
But if you then discover years later that rules were being broken during the period in which you’re trying to compete with that financial power, you’re entitled to look back differently.
Because people will say, ‘Ferguson was just angry because City became successful.’
No.
I was angry before they were successful.
I was standing there in 2009 watching them take Tevez, chase players everywhere and put his face on a building to celebrate taking him from us.
Imagine telling me then, ‘Alex, one day the Premier League will investigate how all of this was being financed.’
I’d probably have pointed at the poster and said, ‘You might want to start there.’
And that’s the part people miss when discussing what happened afterwards.
Once you change the financial strength of one club, you don’t only change that club.
You change where players go.
You change what everybody else has to pay.
You change which manager gets which footballer.
You change title races before the first ball is kicked.
People can spend the next twenty years asking whether this player would’ve joined United, whether that player would’ve joined Chelsea, whether somebody else would’ve gone to Arsenal.
Nobody can prove those alternate histories.
But I know this much.
When I was fighting them, I thought I was fighting Manchester City.
Apparently I should’ve brought an accountant.”
🚨 Kobbie Mainoo on the message David Beckham sent him:
🗣️ Kobbie Mainoo: “David messaged me after one of our games and I honestly didn’t know what to say at first.
“He said, ‘Kobbie, I’ve been watching you. You’ve got something United players are supposed to have you don’t look scared of the shirt.’
“I thanked him and thought that was the end of it.
“Then another message came.
“He said, ‘I keep hearing people compare you with midfielders from the past. Scholes, Carrick, even me sometimes. Don’t listen to it.’
“I replied, ‘Why not?’
“He said, ‘Because the moment you start trying to become someone else, you stop becoming the player you’re supposed to be.’
“Then he said something that really caught me.
“‘You’re playing for Manchester United at a time when everyone is desperate for the next superstar. Don’t rush to become one. Just become the player your team needs.’
“I asked him, ‘What would you do if you were me?’
“He replied, ‘Ask for the ball when everyone else is hiding.’
“That message stayed with me.
“And then he finished with, ‘One more thing, Kobbie. If you ever score a goal that wins a big game at Old Trafford, don’t celebrate like you’ve made it.’
“‘Celebrate like you’ve just started.’
“I screenshotted that message.
“Because when someone like David Beckham talks to you about Manchester United, you listen.”
🚨🎙️Unai Emery emery on tielemans move to Manchester United
🗣️Unai Emery: “Youri Tielemans is an amazing player. What makes him special is how quickly he adapts to any role you ask of him. He can play as a No. 6, a No. 8, and even as a No. 10 in certain situations because he understands the game so well. His intelligence, composure, and professionalism make him invaluable to any team.
He has been very important for me, not only because of his quality on the pitch but also because of his mentality. I see him almost like a son because of the relationship we’ve built and the trust I have in him. He’s always willing to learn, always ready to help the team, and always gives everything.
I have no doubt that wherever Youri plays or wherever his career takes him, he will succeed. Players with his talent, character, and football intelligence can perform anywhere. Every coach would love to have a player like Tielemans in their squad.” #MUFC
Ayden Heaven is 19 years old. Leny Yoro is 20. Kobbie Mainoo & Patrick Dorgu are 21. Senne Lammens, Amad & Benjamin Sesko are 23.
Manchester United can create one of the most exciting young squad cores in Europe with the right signings (Mateus Fernandes, Lewis Hall) this summer.
🚨 Evra:
“I swear, In the tunnel I had to hide my smile. Cameras were there, but I knew what was coming. Ronaldo. Rooney. Tevez. Pick one to mark and the other two kill you. Defenders were beaten before kickoff. That front three was organised bullying.”
🚨 Rooney:
“You think greatness is just tricks? I turned the basics into a weapon. Pass it better. Run harder. Finish cleaner. Do simple things at a level nobody can match & suddenly they call you world-class. Football is simple. Players complicate it”
You wanna hear something ironic?
When United were first for xG generated after the first five games, certain people on this app said: “It’s a small sample size, it means nothing.”
Now after 15 league games, United are 2nd in xG generated, and they’re still trying to undermine the improvement.
Is 15 games still a “small sample size” Tacticos?
When United were 1st for total shots after 5 games, the same people said “It’s the quality of shots that matters, not the number.”
Well, United are now 1st for total shots per game, 1st for shots on target per game and 3rd for goals scored in the league after 15 games.
So is it still a small sample size, Tacticos? Is the quality of chances good or not? I mean being 3rd for goals scored clearly doesn't say anything, right?
It’s obvious some people would rather see the club struggle just so they can claim they were “right” all along.
If you still think there have been no improvements this season, you’re not being objective you’re being deliberately negative and we know why.
You can be a miserable toxic prxck, but if you point out clear improvements, that's called “toxic positivity”.
This fanbase in a nutshell...