Shane O'Leary

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 President Donald Trump on Thomas Tuchel decisions: “You have a great player in England, who I played golf with, he is Harry Kane...

…and maybe England MADE A MISTAKE when they put him as a defensive player”.

“They took a lead and they put their best player at defending?”

[EBL @EBL2017]

Rodri been untouchable.

No #6 comes close to him with the ball at his feet.

The highest level of elite that there is.

#1.

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Perfect. Perfect. Perfect.

[Rising Gems @RisingGemsz]

There is genuinely nothing better in football than when your club signs a young high-ceiling talent who most people don't even know about and he turns out to be an absolute hit.

I'm genuinely so excited about the prospect of watching Andrey Santos grow and become what I know he can become at this football club.

[UnitedMuppetiers @Muppetiers]

The signing of Santos ticks almost every box for the type of recruitment most United fans have been requesting for the better part of a decade.

Young, high potential, technical, Prem and European experience before the huge price increase, data loves him, expertly recruited by Vivell, joining with high motivation not for money.

Call him a Chelsea “reject” fine, he can join one of the most illustrious lists in football as a Chelsea “reject”. Their fans don’t see it that way.

I’m very excited about his potential here, and he’s a great fit.

[Alex Turk @TurkTalksFC]

‘Big Six’ record signings…

Man City: Elliot Anderson - £130m
Liverpool: Alexander Isak - £125m
Chelsea: Moises Caicedo - £115m
Arsenal: Declan Rice - £105m
Man Utd: Paul Pogba - £89m
Spurs: Dominic Solanke - £65m

City, Liverpool & Chelsea have breached £100m multiple times.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨⚠️ Frenkie de Jong: “Many people actually understand nothing about football. They watch, but they don’t really see.

“I hear people saying I never play forward passes… but that’s simply not true. Then you’re not really watching”, told VI.

[PFA @PFA]

Bruno Fernandes 👹

Voted for by the players 🏆

[Jacob @Jsize18]

No way match mags are still going man wow that's my childhood

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

It's official: Bruno Fernandes is the best player in the Premier League 👍

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

If Carlsberg did transfer windows… Isak, Ekitike, Wirtz, Kerkez, Frimpong, Leoni and possibly Guehi would probably be the greatest transfer window by a club ever. #LFC

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

We love this man ❤️

[Scott Saunders @__scottsaunders]

First day of the season. Just as a reminder.

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Goalscorer.
Assist provider.
Award winner.

Presenting @TheOfficialFWA Footballer of the Year for 2025/26: @B_Fernandes8! 🏆❤️

[No Question About That @nqatpod]

This is a classic example of data becoming detached from context.
Underlying numbers are useful, but only if you understand what they can and can’t explain.
Amorim’s United may well have had better underlying metrics. Fine. But football isn’t played in a model. A team can generate decent xG, force turnovers and progress territory while still being dysfunctional in the ways that actually matter: player buy-in, tactical clarity, adaptability, game management, emotional control.
Amorim failed at all of that and the results reflected it. That’s a big part of why he lost so much of the squad and executive support.
Reducing Carrick’s improvement to “vibes” misses the point completely. This isn’t vibes. It’s simplification.
Carrick has stripped the game model back, reduced cognitive load, clarified roles and built around creating moments for high-level attackers in an otherwise flawed squad. That’s why results improved. The marginal moments are going United’s way because the platform underneath them is stronger.
The squad didn’t suddenly become better and variance didn’t flip overnight.
But the conditions for execution have improved dramatically. Your model can’t see that because models are descriptive, not explanatory. The explanation sits outside the model.
The better question isn’t whether Amorim’s numbers were better. He got himself fired. That debate is over.
It’s how Carrick’s current approach evolves into the next stage of this team.
That’s the conversation happening at Old Trafford. Not retrospective process analysis on a failed coach.

[Duncan Alexander @oilysailor]

reminder that Man Utd haven’t lost a home league game after leading at half-time since May 7, 1984

[Telegraph Football @TeleFootball]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Iraola emerges as strongest candidate to rival Carrick for next Man Utd head coach

😬 United wary of Solskjaer repeat
🍒 Iraola admired for Bournemouth work
🇪🇺 UCL qualification will intensify Carrick support

@JBurtTelegraph has more ⤵️
https://t.co/Ee28sy6Q74

[s @exfootballfan]

Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim

[Mod @CFCMods]

There’s no way you’ve watched football with your own two eyes this season and you conclude that Declan Rice has had a better season than Bruno Fernandes.

[Shane O'Leary @shaneol88]

@ronaldobrown_98 Love the FM terminology too 😄