Before #FIFA start pumping the propaganda tonight and telling us all how amazing this #WorldCup has been, let’s remember they oversaw:
- highest ticket prices ever and took a cut from resale sites.
- did nothing about Somalian referee and dozens of staff who were banned from entering the US for no legitimate reason.
- stood by as Iran were forced to train outside the US and travel in on match days.
- overturned red cards after phone calls with the president.
- Americanised the beautiful game with hydration (TV) breaks and 25 mins half time in the final
- guided Argentina through the tournament with less travel, VAR support and blatantly turning a blind due to their aggression and foul play.
if hypothetically you saw in the world records book that the guy with the "worlds smallest dick" actually had a longer dick than you, would you keep it a secret or would you air it out to one-up him
£100m in transfer fees. Upwards of £90m (£93.6m) in base salary of £300k per week across six years, not including any kind of bonuses. That is an eye watering, staggering amount of money to pay.
Wage structure matters. Massively overpaying Alexis Sanchez in 2018 meant when David de Gea needed his extension, Jorge Mendes used this figure to justify De Gea's salary which also became an issue for the club.
Take away Tottenham transfer fees for Mateus Fernandes & Sandro Tonali & just consider the salaries. If you pay Fernandes & Tonali the amounts they took to join Spurs, what happens in the dressing room?
How do Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo & Benjamin Sesko respond? Harry Maguire who just took a pay cut or Lisandro Martinez who needs a new contract soon? All that work to fix the wage bill & structure blown up.
The dressing room culture has just been fixed & they're still working to get other bloated salaries out. You can't just have all the mistakes of this past decade only to instantly start making them again now.
This is literally what we were critical of the club for though? 🤷♂️
Not a shot at Mark or TUS, but this is my point about what do #MUFC fans want?
We ask for a change, get it, and then ask for what we initially complained about 🤷♂️
Cunha carried Wolves for two straight seasons and still didn’t cost us £85m. Yet you expect INEOS to pay that for Fernandes, who’s already been relegated twice at just 21? 😂
We’ve spent 15 years overpaying for players and everyone’s gone mad about it, now we aren’t willing to do that the same fans are now going mad we aren’t willing to overspend
I said it before and I'll say it again, if someone chooses Spurs over United, he wasn't the right character for us to begin with. Good luck dousing fire at Spurs.
As far as United are concerned, I do hope we have those lists ready. Because you cannot expect PL-proven and reasonable fee at the same time, especially now after City ravaged the market with the Anderson fee.
What I do not want to see is United, who have been backed into a corner after missing a key target, panic and pay £80-85m for someone like Alex Scott. If you have drawn a line about not overpaying, you better stick to it no matter what. Better hope our scouts have some gems ready.
Spurs have just beaten Manchester United to Mateus Fernandes.
Let that sink in.
A near-relegation Spurs side is moving with more ambition and competence than Manchester United.
INEOS should be embarrassed, but embarrassment requires self-awareness.