Summer Transfer Window 2020/21 - Rumours & Signings *please quote sources*

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I’ve always felt Ole has done well due to the players being up for it and carrying him, rather than anything he’s done tactically. He’s done some good things for sure but a top level manager he is not.

Pochettino has more about him philosophically and tactically, no question.

Yep, thats how I feel too. Mourinho is fantastically toxic when it doesn't work out for him. That means that any manager post Mourinho would get a massive boost simply by not being a **** and improving morale.

We have a good set of players. We have some really good attackers bar the right hand side and Fernandes gave us a top class AM. Unfortunately you can only go so far with morale and at some point, that will naturally dip. It will dip even more when results sour.

We need a manager who actually coaches a style into us (Oles counter attacking style only works against naive opposition and if our forward line are firing on all cylinders) and we need one who can build a system.

What it comes down to for me is that your job as a manager is to take the players you have and get the best football and results you can from them. If you have the 5th best squad in the league, 5th place is the worst you should be achieving to be an OK manager. You can't complain about not getting the players you want when you are getting smashed by teams that have spent 1/10th as much as you. You can't complain when other managers are playing a better brand of football than you with a bunch of Championship players. You can't complain about your squad when 17 teams in the league are spending less than you and most of them are doing a better job than you.

Ole has plenty of good traits but a top manager he is not. I would like to keep him at the club but he is out of his depth and nothing he has done makes me think otherwise or that he is likely to improve to the point of being good enough.

His main selling point for United is that he is cheap, won't kick up a fuss, is likeable and won't rock the boat.
 
Godfrey to Everton for 30m.

Is he that good? Guess 30m is the going rate for a 'has a lot of potentional and pretty good already".

Also BBC saying Chris Smalling is staying at Utd...so...i guess they kinda "signed" a new CB? :p

25m potentially 30m. It's mad that is nothing these days. The step up from when Everton bought say Lukaku to what that get's you now is insane. Football inflation has gone nuts and Corona hasn't made a dent in the madness.
 
Amad Traore done deal apparently never heard of the lad

personally feel we needed an experienced RW not another 18 year old
 
Not interested in signings for the future.

Sounds like a great talent and all, but we need things now.
 
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Dembele apparently agreed to come to another desperation deal he'll be able to keep Jones company in medical room if true Duncan castles is reporting this
 
I actually think Cavani, Telles, Dembele on loan with an option to buy, and these new wingers incoming would sort of make things more positive for the time being.

We definitely shouldn't be selling Smalling. He's grown as a player at Roma and if he can be consistent he's not a bad option to have. Ole just needs to play a more defensive midfield to protect them.

Dembele apparently agreed to come to another desperation deal he'll be able to keep Jones company

Reading about it, a lot of the blame seems to be with Barcelona for his injury record, he was ok before. He's certainly a massively talented player if we can get him fit and firing.
 
I actually think Cavani, Telles, Dembele on loan with an option to buy, and these new wingers incoming would sort of make things more positive for the time being.

We definitely shouldn't be selling Smalling. He's grown as a player at Roma and if he can be consistent he's not a bad option to have. Ole just needs to play a more defensive midfield to protect them.



Reading about it, a lot of the blame seems to be with Barcelona for his injury record, he was ok before. He's certainly a massively talented player if we can get him fit and firing.
Still to much of a risk for us in my opinion
 
I actually think Cavani, Telles, Dembele on loan with an option to buy, and these new wingers incoming would sort of make things more positive for the time being.

We definitely shouldn't be selling Smalling. He's grown as a player at Roma and if he can be consistent he's not a bad option to have. Ole just needs to play a more defensive midfield to protect them.



Reading about it, a lot of the blame seems to be with Barcelona for his injury record, he was ok before. He's certainly a massively talented player if we can get him fit and firing.

In isolation yes but it is just desperation. If two months ago it was said that this is what's coming it would be different. Cavani has been available for ages.
 
In isolation yes but it is just desperation. If two months ago it was said that this is what's coming it would be different. Cavani has been available for ages.

But it is what it is, we know the club is a shambles, I'm trying to look at the positives, of which there are some:

Cavani is an experienced prolific striker unlike anyone we have
Alex Telles is a very fine attacking full back
Ousmane Dembele (if it happens) is one of the most highly rated young players in the world, he's just struggled at Barcelona
Everyone is raving about that Traore winger as one for the future

As it stands I'd rather we were getting the above than nobody at all, at least this will inject some positivity, look at the impact Bruno had.
 
Amad Traore done deal apparently never heard of the lad

personally feel we needed an experienced RW not another 18 year old

Am I reading the rumours right? €30m + Add ons for an 18yo who has 3 senior appearances?

He must be something special.
 
Arsenal still trying to buy Partey. Would have thought it was a fairly straightforward deal to make considering we’re already talking with them over Torriera.
 
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