The Official Manchester United Thread

[Agony]

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Shaw and Rojo(work permit came through) will be available for the QPR game.

[Heero Yuy]

Completely forget about Felliani already

 

Whats Davide Petrucci saying these days, remember the hype around him when he signed.

[The Infamous]

man utd's home grown players have been a myth for the longest

[Fresh]

man utd's home grown players have been a myth for the longest

There's one in almost every team in the PL bruh

[Flojo]

lool Larnell Cole got told to do a specific skill and thought "fuck this I'm flip flapping"

 

[The Infamous]

bardsley and shit. soon ur gona see liverpool academy players at every team robinson,wisdom,Suso playing for mid table teams in the prem or abroad

Man utds academy hasn't developed nothing for a very long time. that old man was living off Class of 92 and a duffle bag full of that money

[The Infamous]

lool Larnell Cole got told to do a specific skill and thought "f*ck this I'm flip flapping"

 

ferdinands laugh got me creasing

[Kompressor]

Completely forget about Felliani already

Whats Davide Petrucci saying these days, remember the hype around him when he signed.

Injuries finished him, being overtaken by the likes of Ravel, Pogba, Januzaj Lingard etc completely did it.

Time for a fresh start tbh

[Mame Biram Diouf]

Last I heard Petrucci was only with us until he can find a new club and we will let him go on a free

[The King]

Growth spurt fucked his career

[Mame Biram Diouf]

 

 

Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_

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Told #mufc have first option to buy back Tom Lawrence...believe there was some opposition inside club to his sale

 

Hmmm

[Mame Biram Diouf]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgXVTf6VwI

[Gambino]

No doubt Giggs would of been against that move.

[Kompressor]

Next Welsh hope init.

That being said, I'm not opposed to his oppinion but Lawrence is older than most people think

[Seth Rollins]

 

 

Was just thinking if Van Gaal puts Rooney on the bench next game ( Won't happen )  The media sh*t storm would be crazy, would love it to happen tho. Elephant in the room ish.

I think we're at the stage now that the media would commend him for it

Sterling is Rooney's biggest problem right now. Rooney being dropped at United would be greeted as there's a swell of opinion behind the notion that Sterling should be England's main man and should be played centrally.

 

This is what gets me mad about England, the media and Roy Hodgson. Sterling is damn near frightening now but that's another subject for another topic.

 

Rooney should be holding the bench for club and country.

[Agony]

@1:36
Demetri Mitchell>>>

[Gambino]

Looks like we dodged a bullet. Vidal broke down in training, same knee injury again.

[Thizz]

Fingers crossed Falcao doesn't follow suit.

[The King]

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United have spent about £150 million this summer as Van Gaal rebuilts his squad with the likes of Di María

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Louis van Gaal has been told that he can carry on spending, with Manchester United adamant that another splurge in the transfer market will not compromise the manager’s commitment to blooding young players.

United have spent about £150 million on six new signings this summer, but it emerged last night that Van Gaal has been given the green light to bring in more reinforcements in January as the club seek to limit the risk of another season without Champions League football.

Van Gaal is expected to make an offer for Kevin Strootman, provided the £30 million-rated Roma and Holland midfielder demonstrates signs of a successful recovery from the cruciate ligament injury suffered in March that ruled him out of the World Cup finals in Brazil.

Strootman, 24 is not expected back until November, but despite Roma’s attempts to ramp up the price — Rudi Garcia, the coach, is claiming that it would take €100 million (about £79 million) to prise the midfielder away — the Italian club are thought to accept that it could be difficult to keep the player.

United’s inquiries about signing Mats Hummels were given short shrift by Borussia Dortmund this summer, although a fresh approach for the Germany centre half next year is possible, despite Van Gaal’s confidence that Marcos Rojo, a £15.8 million purchase from Sporting Lisbon, will develop into a world-class defender.

United admitted that their spending — which included a British record £59.7 million deal for Ángel Di María, the Argentina winger — was a reaction, in part, to finishing seventh last season, failure to qualify for the Champions League having cost the club £35 million, and said that they would not hesitate to write another huge cheque.

Yet they strongly dismissed suggestions that the move, combined with the £16 million sale of Danny Welbeck to Arsenal and Tom Cleverley’s loan switch to Aston Villa, signalled a “dismantling” of the club’s traditions of giving youth an opportunity to shine.

United were keen to stress that James Wilson, Tyler Blackett, Reece James and Jesse Lingard had all been promoted to the first-team squad by Van Gaal and that of the manager’s 35-man squad, 21 players are under the age of 25 and 14 are English.

Van Gaal sanctioned a loan deal for Radamel Falcao, the Colombia striker, only 24 hours before the close of the transfer window on Monday, but his willingness to allow both Welbeck and Javier Hernández to leave stemmed from his determination to promote Wilson to the role of fourth-choice striker behind Falcao, Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney. Hernández joined Real Madrid on a season-long loan.

United believe that Van Gaal’s willingness to invest so much faith in Wilson, who has played only 97 minutes of first-team football, was largely overlooked amid the excitement generated by Falcao’s arrival and criticism of their spending.

Senior sources at Old Trafford insist that the club are “as committed now as we have ever been” to blending the best players with youth and also pointed out that they beat off stiff competition to sign Luke Shaw, the left back, from Southampton for £27 million, one of the few outstanding young English talents available this summer.

Van Gaal is thought to have been particularly encouraged by Blackett’s progress in defence, despite a miserable start in which United have mustered two points from a possible nine.

United had been alerted to Falcao’s availability several weeks ago and asked to be kept informed about developments, but Van Gaal was eager first to assess the strikers he already had at his disposal. The decision to sign the player on loan from Monaco was taken late on Sunday. The club are adamant that they have paid Monaco €6 million (£4.75 million) to secure Falcao’s services for a season and suggested that might be evidence of the player’s desire to move to Old Trafford if rival clubs were being quoted about £11 million. United would not be drawn on Falcao’s wages, but derided claims that they are paying him £346,000 a week.

The arrival of Falcao and Di María has raised questions about the future of Juan Mata, but the club are adamant that the Spain playmaker remains an integral part of the squad.

More departures are expected in January. United will offload Marouane Fellaini if a suitable offer is forthcoming for the Belgium midfielder. Napoli cooled their interest in Fellaini after the player suffered an ankle injury, but may revive their interest.

United are thought to be in talks with David De Gea, the goalkeeper, and Phil Jones, the defender, about extending their contracts. The pair will have only a year remaining on their existing deals next summer, and the same applies to Van Persie, Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling and Ashley Young. Darren Fletcher is out of contract at the end of the season.

Ducker.

[JOHN DOE]

rojo work permit granted 

 

whos gonna get sacked from that back line 

 

hope its not blackett 

[Fresh]

hope its not blackett

Init, but it will be

[Mame Biram Diouf]

Would put Rojo ccb

Blackett lcb

Jones rcb

[Yoshie]

Would rather see Evans than Jones, despite his play this season.

Real interested to see how we'll line up next game with more faces to chose from.

[Mame Biram Diouf]

We have Fresh to play the token Heel now....