I am all for Thomas Tuchel.
It will be seriously entertaining to watch.
Like putting a Mentos in a bottle of Coke, or dropping a Manchester-sized chunk of potassium in a lake.
I say put on your safety goggles and enjoy the show!
Heād actually be a better fit than ETH. Thatās a counter-attacking squad, and Tuchel would get more out of them.
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Thatās still 75% more than what he deserves.
Tuchel isnāt just a counter attacking manager.
Heās a cunt but his game tactics are pretty good.
Probably depends on how connected the infrastructure is now and how willing they are to allow him to rebuild.
Man Utd open to offers for nearly all of squad
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Marcus Rashford has been at Manchester United his entire career, making his debut in 2015
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Manchester United are willing to listen to offers for virtually all their first-team squad this summer as Sir Jim Ratcliffe looks to turn the club back into challengers for major honours.
It is understood Marcus Rashford is on the list, although club sources are adamant their preference is to keep the England striker and work with him to restore the form that brought him 30 goals for the first time last season.
Paris St-Germain have previously been linked, external with Rashford and are set to lose star man Kylian Mbappe, although sources in the past have distanced the Champions League semi-finalists from a move for the 26-year-old.
Of manager Erik ten Hagās regular starters, youngsters Rasmus Hojlund, Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho are thought to be exempt.
It would take a major offer before United would even consider selling skipper Bruno Fernandes, goalkeeper Andre Onana and full-back Diogo Dalot, who signed a new five-year deal less than 12 months ago.
The actual amount of business they eventually do is open to question. It is not clear what the interest will be like in any of Unitedās squad, nor the fees they might command. They have been poor at selling players in the past. Daniel Jamesā Ā£25m move to Leeds in 2021 was the last time they raised Ā£20m for a player.
However, in the week when Ten Hag is due to have substantive talks with new technical director Jason Wilcox about what he sees as the state of his squad and the problems he is facing, Unitedās position, as first reported in the Daily Telegraph, external is instructive.
With current Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) in place for next season, the club are having to be careful about what they spend, especially as they are now virtually certain to miss out on a place in the Champions League.
It is likely they will have to either finish sixth in the Premier League or beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final to qualify for the Europa League. They are currently sixth, one point ahead of Newcastle, who they play at Old Trafford on 15 May.
It means they will also look to maximise the fees they generate in the transfer market.
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Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has reportedly spent more than Ā£400m in three transfer windows since becoming manager in 2022
Some experienced players will leave as their contracts have expired. This includes striker Anthony Martial. Defender Raphael Varane is also likely to figure in that list as his contract expires in the summer. Sofyan Amrabat is expected to return to Fiorentina after the Morocco midfielder endured a difficult season on loan.
Midfield pair Christian Eriksen and Casemiro have one and two years left on their contracts respectively, but both have had disappointing campaigns. United were willing to sell Harry Maguire and Scott McTominay last summer, and though both have made significant contributions this season, the club are unlikely to stand in their way if the right deal could be done.
Meanwhile, midfielders Donny van de Beek and Hannibal Mejbri are currently on loan at Eintracht Frankfurt and Sevilla respectively.
It is expected Mason Greenwood and Jadon Sancho will also leave. Any fee generated for Greenwood would be regarded as profit under PSR as he is a homegrown player. Sancho has not apologised to Ten Hag for his social media outburst in September and is currently on loan at Borussia Dortmund.
Ten Hagās future is also under huge scrutiny amid potential interest from Ajax about a return to the Dutch giants. If United were to decide to let Ten Hag carry on, they would have to decide whether to offer him a contract extension as his present deal expires in 2025.
Sources at United have suggested it could be the 2025-26 season before the club are really able to flex their muscles again.
Basically you can all bugger off.
Itās not the best starting position in a market is it?
I see Man Utd havenāt learnt from telling football about their plans.
Garage Sale :0)
Itās somewhat understandable given the relatively low quality of their squad - but it does ask questions about how that helps forward planning - when their main recruitment guys havenāt started yet, and they donāt know who will be leaving and therefore need replacing.
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Rather this all done behind closed doors.
Like I am sure Edwards and Hughes know of some of our guys but he isnāt going eh anyone fancy Trent?
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Doesnāt take a genius to know, journalists to find out or the club to leak that theyāre open for offers for a lot of that group. They have cleaning to do, just like we did in some early transfer windows under Klopp.
Bit different to going everyoneās for sale
I suppose with ETHype in chargeā¦ they could call it a Dutch Auctionā¦
Taxi - 
If anyone wants a laugh:
BBC failing to grasp that players who are deemed not good enough by a mid table prem team and earning a kingās ransom arenāt going to fetch a high transfer fee.
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Bizarre valuations. Iām assuming that they just pulled the figures from PlayStaion FIFA (or whatever it is called now).
Given the wages, it is possible that they would actually have to pay clubs to take some of those players off their hands (which is, I think, what happened when Rooney went back to Everton?)
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Yes, those valuations are bizarre. But it wasnāt the bbc that came up with them. it was transfermarkt and CEIS
BBC Sport worked with two respected football data and research providers CIES Football Observatory, external and Transfermarkt, external to calculate the approximate market value of Unitedās players.
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So they ignored wages as well? Maybe they thought that they call flog them all to Saudi?
Just looked at CEIS as never heard of them, and now I know why.
Foden, Saka, Musiala, Alverez and Yamal all ranked above Mbappe screams cluelesss cunts that probably gain all of the footballing knowledge from playing FIFA
Isnāt Mbappeās contract up? He should probably have a transfer value of ā¬0 at the moment.
Varane and Martial both out of contract in June are valued at 11M each. Onana valued at 53M
I really doubt that they have any credibility when it comes to valuing players
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