We also had the likes of Jovanovic, Poulsen, Konchesky, Meireles still on the books, I’m not sure what they were earning but they would certainly have fallen below FSG’s threshold of being worth what we were paying them.
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Paying him 1p was over FSG’s threshold of being worth what we paid him
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Slightly different issue isnt it? Utd’s problem is not debt or lack of revenue but spending limits imposed on clubs under FFP?
I’m wondering is the tea lady and Christmas bonus covered by FFP?
The numbers weren’t as big, but neither was the revenue. Wages as percentage of revenue peaked at 73% in FSG’s first year, because they knew they had to pay keep key players but were stuck with some terrible contracts. ManU still hasn’t hit 70%
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Jurgen Klopp lost less times at Old Trafford than Amorin has
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I actually said the same when he was at Bologna.
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Haven’t seen him at Bologna, so won’t comment.
Feel sorry for him though. Clearly isn’t a #9.
Not sure he’s EPL level though.
Firmino and Zirkzee are both such unusual players that one is drawn to a comparison despite major differences. But both have a remarkable sense of space, and Zirkzee was showing some gorgeous passing at Bologna that was what made me think of Firmino at the time. Zirkzee didn’t look like a natural scorer, he was just there at the right time. Neither are blazingly fast. When Firmino first arrived from Hoffenheim, lots of people were trying to figure out where he would fit.
Zirkzee’s misfortune is that he has landed in a worse situation than Firmino did with Rodgers at LFC, which is really saying something considering Rodgers was gone three months into Firmino’s first season.
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Basically now all he needs is a Klopp type figure who works with him and moulds him into a forward you can rely on, one who encourages and nurtures him and doesn’t call him part of the worst Man Utd side in history.
Ohhh
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I think there’s a quality player in him but he doesn’t look suited to this Man United side. Then again, which player does… His technical ability is insane but he strikes me more as a player who would have been Yaya Toure’s heir apparent 15 years ago.
Maybe he comes good at Man United but if I was him, I’d look to return to Serie A.
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In the 2024-25 PL
ETH 4-3-4
Amorim 4-2-8
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Casimiro has done an interview in which he says he wants to see his contract out and will continue to work hard.
I mean I’d do the same if I were stealing a sweet £350k a week 
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Unless Amorim dramatically turns things around over the remaining games, ManU will go into the summer window once again pondering whether to make moves around building the side around the ideas of a manager they don’t have confidence in. Exactly where they were in June 2024, anything less than wholehearted support for him (including major investment) will take him out at the knees before the season starts. The fans will of course be howling because they have seen this play out last year.
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How many weeks will the review last this time?
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By which he means ; Waddling around the middle of the park , committing needless fouls and occasionally getting his head on a corner kick. VFM!
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It’s all baloney!
Amorin won’t have any backroom staff the way Sir Jim is going.
“Physios…nah Rueben, give the players a rub down yourself, oh and while you’re at it, take the players kit back to yours and ask your missus to run them through the washer - electricity is expensive these days and I’ve a football club to run, don’t you know”
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Latest reports are that the players are getting jack of the tactics.
How shocking!!!