FOOTBALL English Premier League 25/26 Discussion

[Super Freak]

It sounds like Ederson won't pass the medical.

 

[The True King]

Santos to United confirmed.

We're paying Chelsea £48 million + £2 million in add-ons.. A player that's been out on loan to the French League. A player that Chelsea doesn't want.

And we said we wouldn't overpay for players. What a ****ing joke.

No doubt the incompetent ****stains at United think this signing is a win.

We were promised so much for this summer window when it came to the midfield rebuild. So far we've got Ederson and Santos. Anderson gone, Tonali gone, Tchouameni is signing a new deal at Madrid. It's like getting a PS5 for Christmas and inside is ****ing socks.

I rate Santos quite highly.. So many reasons that he didn't work out at Chelsea and none of them are really the players fault. Most their fans are not happy he's being sold which is a good sign.

Interested to see his role in the squad, he's not really a destroyer 6 and a pivot of Santos-Mainoo doesn't scream physicality to me. In all likelihood he's the back up to Mainoo.

Market is dire. Most the big clubs need the exact same profile of player.

 

[Super Freak]

he's not really a destroyer 6 and a pivot of Santos-Mainoo doesn't scream physicality to me.

That's the problem.

We need that physical monster in the midfield. None of the midfielders we're getting are that and the ones that could have provided that, we passed on.

We were promised so much with this midfield rebuild, and we've been completely let down. This midfield rebuild is going to be useless because we still don't have someone that can stop our midfield from being overwhelmed.

I'm sure Santos is good in other areas, but he's not good in the area we desperately need, and that's why he's not a good signing.

Not just that, but we're forking out £50 million for a ****ing bench player. So much for not overpaying.

 

[The True King]

We were promised so much with this midfield rebuild, and we've been completely let down. This midfield rebuild is going to be useless because we still don't have someone that can stop our midfield from being overwhelmed.

What was promised and by who?

 

[Super Freak]

What was promised and by who?

INEOS.

After the last summer window when we ignored the midfield, INEOS got their client journalists to release a bunch of briefs that "United are going to go big for a midfielder next summer" "United will make a huge marquee signing". And after the January window they started releasing more stating "United have Anderson, Tonali and Tchouameni at the top of the list as a Casemiro replacement, they want one of those three and will throw everything at the deal to land one of them".

INEOS had spent the last 6 months talking about Anderson.

Nek minit, "United want fair market value". Like that ****ing exists...

Even when INEOS first took over. Best in class was the line they drummed out, those are the players we would sign. Best in class.. But they must accept under 200k. Like any best in class player will accept that...

 

[Super Freak]

Manu Kone reportedly wants a move to the PL and has indicated to United he would be willing to sign for them.

Let's see if it's true and how much he wants.

 

[Super Freak]

Ederson deal off.

Something must have shown up in the medical. But the fact that it's taken 6 weeks to come to this is a joke. If they weren't so focused on getting him on the books for the 26/27 financial year, this would have happened sooner and we would have more time to find a replacement.

 

[Super Freak]

Barcelona have also signed Adeyemi.

I hope Rashford has another club in mind because he's not getting his move back to Barcelona.

 

[Fitzy]

Honestly Manu Kone for $50 million is the sort of deal you leave laughing with. Maybe not prem proven yet but he is proven across many leagues. Far better signing than an ederson who has bust written all over him. I still think an Adam Wharton would be excellent at United.

 

[The True King]

We should be looking at Kone too, if he's available. We nearly signed him about 3 seasons ago but passed on it.

INEOS.

After the last summer window when we ignored the midfield, INEOS got their client journalists to release a bunch of briefs that "United are going to go big for a midfielder next summer" "United will make a huge marquee signing". And after the January window they started releasing more stating "United have Anderson, Tonali and Tchouameni at the top of the list as a Casemiro replacement, they want one of those three and will throw everything at the deal to land one of them".

INEOS had spent the last 6 months talking about Anderson.

Nek minit, "United want fair market value". Like that ****ing exists...

Even when INEOS first took over. Best in class was the line they drummed out, those are the players we would sign. Best in class.. But they must accept under 200k. Like any best in class player will accept that...

Not to have a go at you, but you're a fool if you believe anything the club says. They showed their hand in that whole super league saga.

As an aside, don't need marquee signings or "to go big" to rebuild a midfield. We did it with Szoboslai, Grav and MacAlister... none of which were stars or $100mil signings.

United have a lot of other work to do off the pitch, the infrastructure around the club needs serious investment. Given the situation of the league right now I think they're probably accurate in the assessment that only a few squad additions are needed to maintain a European spot. Where that is at odds is with the entitled fans who think they deserve to win titles and should kick on to close the gap to Arsenal etc.

They got away with it last season thanks to fewer fixtures and drop offs from the teams around them. This upcoming season has to be about cementing their spot in UCL which as I've already mentioned doesn't require a massive window.