@Cristiano thank you for all that you’ve done for football but it’s your time to hang up those boots internationally.
Hit your targets and bow out the icon you are. It’ll be a sad day when you hang up the boots for club. You’ve been an incredible watch for so many years ❤️
@Ayamke0 We’ll be able to be in that position once we’ve made a squad that can cope with the heavy demands of the fixture list. Dropping big money on players this year and probably next on 1 or 2 players won’t sustain what we want to achieve in the long run.
United walking away from the Mateus Fernandes deal and seemingly not even entertaining the idea of a Tonali deal is a reason for optimism, not pessimism.
@Muppetiers@FPLfrasier James your view shifts heavily on whether or not we’re successful buying players. I cant recall you expressing concerns over M Fernandes until he turned us down
@AdamJoseph You’ve summed this window up really well so far. It’s not time to panic. If the systems are as good as they seem to be, they��ll be ready to pivot. I personally think it means we’ll probably get to strengthen more areas of the squad which is great considering the volume of games.
Manchester United were right not to pay £116m for Elliot Anderson & £300k+ p/w & they are right not to pay £85m for Mateus Fernandes & £250k p/w.
Not overpaying for players is something the club has to change. If they don't value players at that price they shouldn't & won't be bullied into paying it.
This is the correct decision, whether you want to or can swallow it or not. These are changes the club needed to make & they're correctly making them.
Fernandes isn't worth the wages when considering the club's wage structure. I understand frustration on time wasted, but I can't believe people think he's worth that.
There will be performative outrage, turbo tweeting temper tantrums. I understand frustration of the unknown now & what happens next. That's fair.
The double edged sword with these decisions is being able to pivot to alternative targets & find value in the market - the club have to prove they can do that.