Alice Talks Football & ECILA Football on YT🎙️
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State of these PR reports from summer INEOS tried to spin 🤣
🚨 NEW: Manchester United strategy this summer transfer window: Stay out of the bidding wars, wait for dominoes to fall
When Mateus Fernandes (£85M) and Sandro Tonali (£92.5M) joined Spurs early, it looked a bad summer for United, who needed two or three midfielders - early deals set high market rates and raised fears of ~£200M spends.
United responded smartly: £48M for Chelsea’s Andrey Santos (mutually beneficial) and activating Tielemans’ £35M Villa release clause. Two quality midfielders for under £100M gives flexibility for a third or to wait for opportunities (e.g. Camavinga if Madrid sign Rodri).
Rashford’s unexpected return from loan also forces a waiting game elsewhere - if he stays, there’s less need for a winger, and it could shift Dorgu between left-back and left wing, affecting defensive recruitment.
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🚨 NEW: Manchester United plan to sign a 3rd midfielder this summer despite completing an £85M double deal for Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans. They always intended to bring in three and will stick to that after Manuel Ugarte’s serious knee injury (with ~£6.5m FIFA compensation incoming).
However, they are NOT chasing a marquee name - they walked away from Elliot Anderson and Mateus Fernandes over high costs, and Aurelien Tchouameni is staying at Real Madrid.
Any further midfield addition is likely to be in the same modest price range as the recent signings rather than a big splash. United also want to strengthen the left side and add another forward, so big spending on midfield isn’t guaranteed. They like Alex Scott but view Bournemouth’s £80M price as prohibitive.
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Half time review:
- Awful, flat, soulless and no response to Como loss😤
- Set piece defending awful
- No life without Cunha or Bruno. Can drop 1 but not both.
- Mainoo huge miss.
- Lack of defensive signings huge miss, no clean sheet yet this season and we can’t defend.
- Dalot and Tielemans frustrating.
- Mount on wing makes no sense.
- Carrick needs to play players in their natural position.
- Feel for Yoro he did well before the slip.
- No identity, plan, direction.
Honestly think because the morale/ dressing room is low, it’s making us flat on the pitch. I honestly think this club needs a huge morale boost like Ratcliffe leaving or Wilcox getting sacked!
I think part of it’s mental. We came third last season, you don’t come this bad over night!