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https://t.co/t2cM62yvUY

We interviewed @FabrizioRomano for 17 minutes. Lot of thanks to @centredevils to draft some main ideas into tweets.

[JonyBall @Jony_Ball]

Arsenal 3-0 Coventry City |

-​Numerical superiority against the front line ​
-Manipulation of central midfielders ​-The half-space player acting as a bridge on the flank

​How Arsenal broke down Coventry’s defensive block? 🧵👇

[Brightonian @Brightonian_]

Baleba is an incredible signing for #MUFC

I have to admit, I’m actually suprised more clubs weren’t in for him.

His ceiling is outrageous. Good on the ball, strong, athletic, capable of dominating midfield.

One word of caution, he did go missing last season. There was some speculation it was caused by the Utd interest, but perhaps there was more to it. I only say that as he’ll naturally have a lot more pressure to perform at Utd. So mentality is a slight question.

However I wish him well, he didn’t strike, he’s ultimately another success story for Brighton that will bring more elite young players to the club, and will be interesting to see how he does at Old Trafford 🇨🇲 🌟

[Chesterman United @chestermanutd3]

✍️ Some notes on Carlos Baleba
[24/25 + 25/26] #mufc

[Ems @Ems_pitchtalks]

This was Carlos baleba worst sesson btw
It’s up to carrick to develop this elite potentials

[Valuball @valuball]

Premier league spending now at £2.5bn for this window with Konsa + Savinho deals in the pipeline.

Key highlights:

- The promoted teams have a combined net of £351m

- Chelsea and Spurs have spent over £300m each this window

- Man city’s sales are close to £300m

We’re expecting the last 10 days to take the window to over £3bn in purchases.

[Pythagoras In Boots ⚽️ @pythaginboots]

Will work all night to get this out for tomorrow noon... provided no copyright issues.

I promise you will not find a more deeper dive on Baleba anywhere on the internet or as unfiltered.

Watch this damn space 👀

#Baleba #manchesterunited

[Aaron's Analytics @Aaronsanalytics]

I think Bryan Mbeumo can have a Mo Salah-type year for Manchester United.

The small-space technical players around him should create plenty of transition opportunities, and that’s where Mbeumo is devastating.

We saw the patterns throughout pre-season.

Ready to explode.

[Misheal Clinton ✪ @Mish_clinton]

Key notes on the split:

• Baleba goes straight into the starting double pivot with Santos for physicality, recoveries and ground coverage.
• Tielemans + Mainoo become the alternative pair when Carrick wants more control and progressive passing.
• Bruno stays as the free No. 10 in the first XI.
• Attack stays Cunha–Šeško–Mbeumo as the most balanced and dynamic front three.
• Full-backs and centre-backs are clear 1st/2nd choices based on current hierarchy and profiles.

This gives Carrick two genuinely different midfield units and healthy competition almost everywhere except left-back.

[Chesterman United @chestermanutd3]

🇨🇲 Carlos Baleba • 25/26 • [completed]

#bhafc #cameroon #afcon #mufc

I know the modern generation can’t sit through more than 5 minutes of video and prefers highlights of the best moments, but if anyone genuinely wants to get an objective view of Carlos Baleba as he is today, spend an hour of your life watching this video rather than watching comps of his best games from the 2024/25 campaign. You shouldn’t judge him solely on last season, but you should temper your expectations a little so you don’t put additional pressure on the player at his new club.

Note: the video doesn’t include simple passes backwards without pressure in his own half - there were far too many of those, and the video would have ended up being two hours long.

[🔱cantonadevils @Cantonadevils]

Data showing the best midfielder trio or combination at Manchester United;

1• Bruno + Andrey Santos + Baleba: For defensive compactness.

Andrey Santos and Baleba will offer high turnovers, high ball possession, ball winning, difficult to play through and breakdown United midfield while Bruno offers creativity.

[Gradient Sports @Gradient_Sports]

Using our clustering model, which factors in both event quantity and location/physical metrics, these were the player roles of Manchester United's new look midfield last season:

Youri Tielemans - Box-to-Box
Kobbie Mainoo - Ball-Winning Midfielder
Andrey Santos - Deep Lying Playmaker
Carlos Baleba - Ball-Winning Midfielder

#MUFC

[🅰️ @AshtonGgmu]

🧵 Analysing Carlos Baleba 🇨🇲

Manchester United are reportedly closing in on the signing of Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder, Carlos Baleba. Widely considered to be one of the best midfield talents in Europe, why exactly has he got this reputation? Well, here are my findings. ⬇️

If you enjoy this thread, likes and reposts would be greatly appreciated! ❤️

#MUFC #BHAFC

[TopCee @UtdTopCee]

Manchester United's midfield 26/27 season

[Misheal Clinton ✪ @Mish_clinton]

Rather than going after big foreign names that usually need months to settle, United have quietly built the midfield with Premier League-ready players at sensible prices.

Tielemans = control
Santos = energy and forward drive
Baleba = intensity and defensive cover.

Different strengths, but all of them already know the league.

That removes the usual “he needs time to adapt” excuse.

Carrick gets players who can step in and contribute straight away.

It’s not the flashiest approach, but it’s joined-up thinking; and that coherence is exactly what this squad has been missing.

[Misheal Clinton ✪ @Mish_clinton]

This is the cleanest way to look at the United squad right now.

Proper depth and competition in midfield, attack and centre-back is exactly what a coach needs; every player knows minutes have to be earned, nothing is handed out.

The right-back battle between Dalot and Mazraoui is healthy too.

The one position still sitting outside that framework is left-back. Shaw remains basically unchallenged.

Closing that single gap WILL NOT suddenly turn us into title favourites, but it does hand Carrick a squad that’s deep enough AND balanced enough to be coached properly across the Premier League and Champions League.

The message is straightforward: get the left-back sorted, finish the structure, then let the competition take care of the rest.

[𝚜𝚞𝚢𝚊𝚜𝚑 @suyashft]

"BEST OF BALEBA"

I looked at Carlos Baleba's last 2 seasons to see the *potential best version* of him, if that can be unlocked by Carrick & co at Man Utd.

Defensively: Very good at Interceptions, Ground Duels and Recoveries; Good at Pressing and Box Actions.

In-possession: Very Good at Progressive Carries; Good at Dribbling, Long Passing/Switch and Through Balls.

Definitely an athletic, physical addition that the team needed.

[UtdArena @UtdArena]

Manchester United improved their build-up a lot under Carrick last season.

Now he's about to have Santos, Baleba, Tielemans and Mainoo as options.

[UnitedFever @YanitedFever]

🚨🧠 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥 signings…

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 🔴

£18m Lammens
£25m Dorgu
£35m Tielemans
£48m Santos
£60m Baleba
£62m Cunha
£65m Mbeumo
£66m Sesko

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭/𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 📈

£0m Obi
£0m Kana-Biyik
£1m Heaven
£1m Kone
£1m Orozco
£4m Tynan

#mufc

[Graeme Bailey @GraemeBailey]

Brighton have joined arch-rivals Crystal Palace in the race to sign Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara as they prepare for Carlos Baleba’s switch to Manchester United, @TEAMtalk understands.

https://t.co/qkp8FBTubr

[UtdArena @UtdArena]

Youri Tielemans should be an excellent signing.