Cristiano Ronaldo

[asahartford1]

Not for the first time.

Or the second.

People can say what they want about Gary Cooke but he knew his way around a transfer negotiation: Agree a budget, Identify targets within the budget, Sign targets. Done.
Would these guys have signed David Silva for 24m? Sergio for 38m? Yaya for 24m? Tevez for free? No I don’t think they would. They would have offered 15m for D Silva and “walked away”.

This summer we spent 100m on a player who may well become a great but is currently unproven above Championship level and only got him because he had a release clause.

Whigh was the greater priority? A striker or yet another midfielder for a team that already has Bernardo, Foden,Fernandinho,KDB, Jesus, Sterling, Torres,Mahrez?

The minute we spent 100m on Jack the price of ANY striker we go for increased by 50m. You get your priority signing done first and then go back with the release clause for Jack if you decide you still want him.

It is transfer 101.

The richest club in the world cannot afford a striker in the most depressed transfer market for years. Shameful.

We may get lucky with injuries and get away with it this year but we would need extraordinary luck in order to win the league again.

Chelsea have strengthened quietly and efficiently.
Liverpool wont be as unlucky with injuries again.
United have their best squad in a decade.
City have further strengthened their rivals by not strengthening themselves.

Amateurish and arrogant in equal measure.

Just trying to get my season card cancelled after reading that, spending my money on euthanasia instead

 

[Keeper!]

Correct - because their wealthy owner keeps his hands in his pocket - unlike ours

shame he hasn't this summer, we may regret it in May

 

[CC1]

shame he hasn't this summer, we may regret it in May

Who has he bought?

 

[Stevieatlasblue]

Good bit of business from United. Was truly hoping to sign him. Can we maybe pull off the best transfer of all now and goall out for that beast of a player Haaland?

 

[Semper aggressus]

Kane didn't become a world class striker until Pochettino gave him a chance in the Spurs team. Kane didn't pull up any trees in his loan spells beforehand.

Give Delap a go. With great creative players around him what is the worse that could happen

Finishing below rags and chavs because we need 25 chances to score one goal against most half decent teams.

Missing out on a shit load of commercial deals because we have no star striker.

 

[waspish]

I bet Delaney, Harris, tariq Panja had articles about to be published about how City and PSG killed off the game getting the crown jewels in Messi and CR.

now the have to dig into how CR to rags shows football is still not dead lol despite they really only got fooled desperatelz into buying him.

Haha bet they’ve working all night on an article

 

[deano ou812]

If anybody thinks Ronaldo wouldn't have hugely improved our team and won't hugely improve their team, they're deluding themselves and being blinded by their hatred for the rag twat

Unfortunately we've somehow allowed ourselves to be left behind by Chelsea and the Rags having productive transfer windows and by Liverpool having key players back from injury, whilst we've sat still or some may suggest actually gone backwards

Maybe Pep will come up with something again but at the moment it looks like we're in a top 4 fight to me

Can’t disagree with any of that,grealish is a decent signing but not worth a £100 mill,the transfer window up to now ( still a few days to go)has been a disaster in my opinion..

 

[manimanc]

Ronaldo would have cost £25-30m and we fuck it off,
sometimes I wonder if the powers that be have a clue what to do when it comes to signing top players

He's 36 mate, not 26.
I think we've been the daddy in this transfer, the rags will be thinking they are signing him at 25.

 

[ninjamonkey]

I feel homeless..

I can't head to the Messi thread,
I can't head to the Kane thread,
This thread is fubar as well.
I can't even resurrect the Isco thread for fear of the Hammer of Ban...

Where the fuck do I go now?

Give it a few hours and we will be linked with a new left sided midfielder, you can settle in nicely there.

 

[chaddblue]

"Chelsea are now better then us" eh? They're quite far behind in my opinion and will be by the end of the season

They had our number after Tuchel joined. They were very very good under him and will only get better. They have strengthened, not least a striker who will get them 25 pl goals. Odds on favourites for the league in my eyes