So not relegation form then?
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As I said there is too much poor quality opponents in the league for anyone else to fall into trouble. We now seem to have a more even league strangely with evidently 3 really poor teams and one slightly less poor, a couple of poor and then the rest ok to excellent.
Until someone can step up and bridge that gap, Iām going suggest Leeds possibly could. But nothing much else is leaping out at me.
Yeah, the bottom 3 have really been atrocious this season, but United should be fucking embarrassed and ashamed by that.
If they do finish 15th or 16th and donāt win either of the cups, theyāre going to be looking at seriously reducing the size of their squad. Thereāll be some natural attrition with Ericksen, Evans, and Lindelof leaving at the end of their contracts, then you have the likes of Rashford, Sancho, and Antony who will all be sold. Theyāll also try to move Casemiro on Iād imagine, and one or both of Mainoo and Garnacho will be sold to raise funds. With all of that done, they will need to buy at least one proper wingback, at least two central mids, and at least two forwards just to have enough to cover for injuries, etc.
Even if they manage to do that on the very limited budget theyāre projected to have, thereās still a good chance weāll be looking at more of the same from this season, and if just a couple of the newly promoted teams have a half-decent season, then United could very well be dragged into a relegation fight early doors.
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Think theyāll have a reasonable budget once the likes of Casemiro , Rashford go. Not for the transfer fee but their wages.
Casemiro 350k a week
Rashford 300k a week
Antony 200k a week
Eriksen 200k a week
Not sure how much the likes of Evans are on. But between the 4 of them , thatās 52m saved right there.
Add that to 25m which is an obligatory buy out clause for Sancho and any transfer fees they get for Rashford and Antony. 50m perhaps(for the pair of them). Thatās a 125m amount there which they can use to refresh their squad. Not that it will help if clubs keep gouging them with the United tax (over and above the premier league tax) but selling (4 players + Sancho) in theory should allow them to make 3 decent purchases while lessening their wage outlay too(or 2 decent ones and 1 20m)
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There are other issues at play. Their revenue is down, and theyāll be losing a ton of revenue for such a low league finish and no European football. Add that to the fact that they have to make almost Ā£150M in amortization payments for previous player purchases, Iād be surprised if they can afford to spend more than maybe 75-100M. That will get them maybe 2-3 players of the calibre they need to pull themselves out of the muck, and thatās if all of them hit the ground running and improve the side. Itāll be a razor thin squad and if they donāt invest in a reliable goal scorer theyāll struggle massively again.
If they want the likes of Osimhen or Isak or Cunha or even Mbeumo, as you say theyāll have to pay the United tax and that could eat up most of their transfer budget.
This literally is all of the terrible decisions of the last decade and a half coming home to roost and leaving them with the narrowest of pathways out of the mess. Could be a long long road ahead for them from here.
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Agree but Iād suggest that theyād be better off spending how ever much of that it takes on binning off the manager.
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Thatās true. But theyāve got a 50% sell on clause with Greenwood and he looks likely to move after this season or after the next one.There are going to be clubs outside England who donāt necessarily have the problems clubs in England have when taking him.
If Greenwood goes for 80m , thatās 40m for United. Donāt agree with the club continuing to make money out of a deplorable like him but it is what it is. Heās a commodity in this era.
Theyāll still probably have to sell of one of Garnacho/Mainoo/Amad to pay those amortization costs. I think Mainoo perhaps is the most dispensable. Heās probably regressed over this season , doesnāt have the pace too thatās required for modern football and isnāt likely to become much quicker.
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Wasnāt he hyped to be a near-future Ballon dāOr winner not long ago?
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So sad isnāt it
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I donāt think heās making 80m.
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Iām seriously considering a pot-noodle on the 8.04 to Charing Cross (not stopping at Lewisham, thank fuck).
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Pot-noodle confirmed.
Old duck across the aisle is giving me daggers.
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If Amorim is still in charge at the beginning of the new/next season, he will have Utd in the bottom three by the following Christmasā¦ Not sure why I have these āno confidenceā vibes about him, but I just feel he will never cut it in the PL
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Would take 80 atleast for Marseille to be considering the offer considering they paid 28m for him and United have a 50% sell on clause.
And considering his form and the fact that proven goal scorers are going for 80m , thatās the fair assumption.
I mean, itās a āfan pageā on Facebook, of course theyāre going to maximise the clickbaity nature of their crap.
If I was a ācontent creatorā (shudder) Iād probably be trying to capitalise on the shittiness of United too. Itās the legal grift of the modern age.
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