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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
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Not to mention his own team Juventus bought Dejan kulusevski who actually followed the same path from Atlanta loaned to Parma which Amad Diallo was supposed to take with half a season under his belt it seems he is upset that Amad Diallo might be the one who got away from Juventus.
Ok, all is extremely good for all parties involved. We will see how this goes. 
I mean it took a while but if he eventually turns out like Martial has now it'll be a good deal.
If he can show something a bit like Fati or Vinicius then I'm all for it. The reality is the top stars cost £100m+ now, and like a lot of teams have found out with players (Hazard, Coutinho, O.Dembele) there's no guarantee that they're going to be good.
So a better strategy is to buy players that have talent before they become breakout stars. Obviously the risk is that they turn out more like Januzaj or just aren't ready at all for the first team which would make it a bit of a waste for the present.
If he can show something a bit like Fati or Vinicius then I'm all for it. The reality is the top stars cost £100m+ now, and like a lot of teams have found out with players (Hazard, Coutinho, O.Dembele) there's no guarantee that they're going to be good.
So a better strategy is to buy players that have talent before they become breakout stars. Obviously the risk is that they turn out more like Januzaj or just aren't ready at all for the first team which would make it a bit of a waste for the present.
AWB is not a problem, 2 bad games do not warrant that. Same with Maguire, people are just so short term in thinking. Maguire simply needs a partner. Matic is still a good DCM and Fred a good back up for him. I see that as a fix for next season, not now.
I totally agree with this, and I even complained that our hirings lacked "balls" in terms of risk taking, but I think that for the values involved one would expect a player with a better portfolio, TBH.
I don't know. The correlation between Wan-Bissaka's fall off coincided with Greenwood's entry into the team as a regular, I think we just need to get Greenwood up to scratch with his defensive responsibilities.
If all of them are so good, why are we miles behind our rivals in terms of performance (let alone points)? Our squad is not good enough.
Who could be part of a title winning team from this lot? Both GKs, both LBs, Bruno, Pogba, VDB, our three forwards and perhaps Cavani (we have yet to see him). That’s all really. Players like Bissaka, Maguire, Matic and Fred could make the bench, but that’s about it - all the rest are not good even for that.
The squad is miles better than it's showing. Last season is proof of that. The onus is on Solskjaer to get performance levels back to where they're supposed to be.
My word.
We were miles behind them because to start the season we had pereira, lingard, mata, james and mctominay playing more than 20 games. our issue wasnt goals conceded for the most part ( even though lindelof is poor), but chances created and attacking depth.
If he flops we still recoup the fee. It’s currently a win win. As a prospect he looks perfect for us though. Happy to assist. Great balance and dribbling in the EXACT areas of the pitch we need him. No shoehorning involved. He left footed so could go over the other side and provide something different too. It’s exciting and hopefully it’ll prove to be shrewd. His brother is an attacking midfielder for Sassuolo who’s also supposed to be a baller
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the Giggs/Wilson thing most probably
So after what many considered a good season for the pair of them ( both statistically and with the eye test), we should abandon our signings and get a new right back and centre back because they've had a poor start to the season ( 2 - 3 games) despite carrying our defence last season....and people want to talk about woodward being incompetent.
I'm very optimistic about him, not so sure on Pellistri.
I never wanted AWB to start with so I'm probably the wrong person to ask.
He's not a good enough footballer for me. What is like England's 5th choice right back?
Walker, Trent, James, Trippier are all ahead of him.
That's fair if you didnt like him. Most did. Before his recent poor form he was behind Trent and Walker.
Anyone here seen him play and of so, how good is he?
Potentially a really good signing. If he can get settled, and show his potential then he would be a coupe. If he flops, no harm is done. We can recoup a lot of the fee. Leeds were offering 25 million for James!
Genuinely looks like a top talent. Don't think we've had players on the right that do things like at 6:02 since Nani.
Come on man, all clubs will lose top talent from time to time. Juve missed on this one, no reason to be so bitter about it.
Does anyone know what he is doing until January?
Is he training with us, or in the Atalanta teams/ youth team?
Is he training with us, or in the Atalanta teams/ youth team?
He's still contracted to Atalanta so he'll almost certainly be with them. It's probably unlikely he'll get much time for their first team but hopefully they won't freeze him out of the youth team.
He's definitely 2-footed, but with a clear preference for his left and for us, that's exactly what's needed. He'd really nicely balance out our attack.
He definitely uses his weaker foot more than Sancho did/does in any case.
It's weird that hes completed his medical now when he could still play for Atalanta and get injured.
Can he not technically come in on a trial still under a visitors visa just to train at United?
Can he not technically come in on a trial still under a visitors visa just to train at United?
Looks promising. Wish he was here immediately.
In Diallo and Pellistri it feels like we backed ourselves into a corner and had to actually go off a scouting recommendation to sign a player for once. Something we should have been doing more often instead of chasing big names.
I've grown sick of us not looking for the next big thing, instead preferring to pay big money for the "finished product". Thankfully, through whatever circumstances, we might have avoided that this time.
I've grown sick of us not looking for the next big thing, instead preferring to pay big money for the "finished product". Thankfully, through whatever circumstances, we might have avoided that this time.
I really wanted sancho and I thought out of all our big stupid transfers that he’d be worth the money. He’s perfect for us right now and he would have helped us go a bit further this season but I totally agree with the rest of your point. We should always be ready to go the extra mile for the next big thing. I like these signings a lot. I would have hated if we’d got Douglas Costa or someone like that instead of the youngsters. At least we are trying to think a step or 2 ahead. Or are we? I’m definitely worried we don’t really have a plan... but maybe it’s not as scattergun as it looks.... Hopefully it’s the start of a talent drive for the best 17-23 year old players out there for the first team. Get them before the likes of Dortmund do.
He looks very promising, far more so than Facundo or Dan James. He couldn’t do worse than the latter, so I’d be inclined to chuck him in for a few games in January if Rashford’s form hasn’t picked up by then.
That double whammy of missing out on Sancho and losing to spurs 1-6 sucked all the joy out my week, that's why I have been avoiding the Caf for about a week now.
But I am still excited about this kid. He looks a real talent - skills with dribbling, looking up before making a cross or shot - those are signs of intelligence (Greenwood has plenty)
My only worry is that we regress even further as a team (defensive side particularly) before the likes of Rashford, Martial, Greenwood and Diallo all gel and reach their full potential.
Can't wait to see him play on that right side.
But I am still excited about this kid. He looks a real talent - skills with dribbling, looking up before making a cross or shot - those are signs of intelligence (Greenwood has plenty)
My only worry is that we regress even further as a team (defensive side particularly) before the likes of Rashford, Martial, Greenwood and Diallo all gel and reach their full potential.
Can't wait to see him play on that right side.
Have we finally signed the next Messi?
Does anyone know is he going to get any games before January? Do Atalanta give him any minutes? This is a little bit worrying.
Probably still play in their youth side. We’ve placed a contingency fee in the contract for if the work permits fall through, which means theirs a slight possibility that it falls through and so it’s still in their interest to keep developing the player.
Probably knocked off an entire million over the year and dragging them deep into deadline day. Another Ed Woodward masterclass.
He's been in the squad for every Atalanta game prior to the transfer but Atalanta have now dropped him from the squad.
as expected. Shame. Seems somewhat petty.
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