There are plenty of teams that will wipe the floor with this bunch of overpaid hacks.
The bigger concern is The Conference League and who could stop Chelsea?
Couldnât even win against a Sociedad team minus Zubimendy.
Frauds.
Clear and obvious understatement!
This was the first I read about their match last night, and I thought they somehow thrashed Real Sociedad.
Not struggled to a draw.
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Chelsea being in it is a bit silly but in fairness there are plenty of teams in the top 5 leagues who will never and have never won any significant trophies. It meant the world to West Ham fans to win it a couple of seasons ago. Unfortunately the Premier League just has too many disfunctional giants who may drop into it.
But if, for example, Bournemouth end up in the conference league thatâs probably going to be the most exciting season in the history of the club for the fans.
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The counter is that if this is the typical stature of the clubs in this competition a tie against Chelsea is likely going be even more exciting for them. An unexpected giant being found in one of these lesser competitions is one of the one high points of it for lots of the clubs.
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That could end up restricting Forest and Villa and I donât think thatâs entirely fair.
If they win it who cares.
Mainoo apparently set to leave Utd this summer to try his luck abroad. They reckon theyâll get ÂŁ70m for him.
From who ?
Chelsea
Dumb fucks.
Theyâll get maybe half that amount, some team in Italy or Spain will snap him up. Ironically I can see him going to Real Sociedad after they inevitably lose Zubimendi in the summer.
The only other player of any real value that they can turn a profit on is Garnacho who is also likely to go. Remains to be seen if Villa will want to trigger the 40M option to buy on Rashford, his wages are prohibitive and if they donât qualify for the CL next season I canât see them doing it. Heâll probably agitate for a move elsewhere, that relationship seems completely broken at this point.
Antony is also not happy with Amorim, so heâs likely to force a move too. Could be looking at another season of Zirkzee and Hojlund up top unless they spunk all their money on a proven goalscorer. To that end, sources are saying theyâre looking at Mateta from Palace. Yes, that Mateta.
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Mainoo definitely underrated by many now. He wasnât ready when he was thrown into the team over there and hailed as the saviour at 18 years old but he is an excellent player.
Heâs going to be a very good technical âscuttlingâ midfielder in time. Probably wonât ever reach his potential at Man Utd though.
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He looks too slow, both in running and reactions, to make it at the top level. He stood out in a shite Man United last season, but heâs looked way off the required level this season.
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Smells like a negotiating posture to make ManU increase their offer, with the foreign part calibrated so as not to alienate the fans - hoping they will contribute to the pressure on the club.
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Oddly the trajectory of most of their players under the last 3-4 coaches.
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Maybe.
Imagine them losing another homegrown lad though , and then going and spunking the money on another foreign flop.
Yes please !
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They have been so badly run that they just keep getting hit with these no-win options. ManU either:
a) Pays Mainoo far too much, far too early in his career in order to keep him, and then likely sees him stall in his development and underperform
or
b) Sells him (for less than they think), and invests in the latest shiny object to catch their eye, for which they overpay dramatically, only to see that new player underperform
Their wage structure is so broken that any reasonable level of performance requires world-beating compensation to avoid resentment.
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I agree with you, he is talented, he is overburdened with expectations in a manner not too dissimilar to Rashford when he broke through. I wonder which foreign club would pay anywhere near 70 million pounds for him, though. Very few can afford to pay it, let alone on a relatively untested teenager. I reckon that a domestic club will splash the cash, especially if Man United can buy an academy product of that particular domestic club, also for an inflated fee.
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Offer them some money + Endo for Mainoo.
