United Thread 2014/15

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

From the Mail, explaining the 'United Way'!

Manchester United have the most expensive squad ever assembled in the Premier League after Angel Di Maria's arrival pushed their combined value over the £400m mark
The current Manchester United squad cost £401.2m to assemble
It is the most expensive squad ever in the English game
Angel Di Maria's move from Real Madrid for £60m has seen United overtake rivals Manchester City, whose squad was built for a combined £344.15m
United have also signed Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera and Marcos Rojo
Chelsea squad put together for £341.8m, Liverpool £245.8m and Arsenal £209.5m
By ADAM SHERGOLD
PUBLISHED: 07:16, 28 August 2014 | UPDATED: 07:16, 28 August 2014

Manchester United are attempting to return to the summit of the Premier League with the most expensive squad ever assembled in the English game.
The arrival of Angel Di Maria this week takes the combined transfer fees of the United squad to an eye-watering £401.2m - and that figure could grow with new signings before the transfer window closes.
The value of United's squad now outstrips their neighbours and defending champions Manchester City, who are worth a collective £344.15m when the transfer fees are added up.

Expensive: Angel Di Maria's £60m move to Manchester United from Real Madrid has pushed the total transfer fees of United's squad beyond the £400m mark

Money men: The combined transfer fees of the United squad now exceed the £400m mark

Overtaken: United's summer buys have seen them leapfrog neighbours City as the Premier League's most expensive squad
BIG FIVE SQUAD TRANSFER FEES
Manchester United £401.2m
Manchester City £344.15m
Chelsea £341.8m
Liverpool £245.8m
Arsenal £209.5m
Chelsea come a close third on £341.8m following the acquisitions of Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa over the summer.
City's title-winning squad from last season cost £364.7m to put together, while their successful team from the 2011-2012 season was worth £334.5m.
United have so far spent £131.7m on four players - Di Maria, Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw and Marcos Rojo - as Louis Van Gaal desperately tries to strengthen a squad that slumped to seventh in the table last season.
But these big money signings are merely an escalation of United's exponential buying over the last decade with 17 members of the squad costing in excess of £10m when they arrived at the club.

Reinforcement: United announced the £16m signing of Marcos Rojo from Sporting Lisbon last week

Incoming: Luke Shaw was signed from Southampton earlier in the summer
Chris Smalling, for instance, cost £10m when signed from Fulham in 2010, Phil Jones cost £16.5m when he arrived from Blackburn in 2011, and Wilfried Zaha cost £15m. The much-maligned Anderson was £27m, Luis Antonio Valencia £16m and Ashley Young £17m.
The result is by far the most expensively-assembled squad in the Premier League. And the numbers could increase further if United land £30m-rated Arturo Vidal from Juventus and other last-minute buys.
United have made Vidal their prime target following the arrival of Di Maria and are involved in negotiations with the Italian champions.
They are also interested in the Ajax defender Daley Blind, who is well known to Van Gaal, the former Holland coach.

United's total transfer fees far outstrip those of title contenders Liverpool, who squad was put together for £245.8m, and Arsenal, worth a combined £209.5m.
As transfer fees grow ever-more extortionate, the price of assembling a title-winning squad will grow higher and higher.
Already, United have smashed the £400m mark. It surely won't be long before the half-a-billion point is reached.


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[bluesoup]

But but but, they spent their own money so, it's all fine and dandy!

 

[tonea2003]

They are officially the most expensive squad in the league. And that's before you add about 50 M for blind and Vidal, they'll not only be the most expensive squad, but by quite some distance.

They're rationalizing it in three ways:
1. The dead horse about the source of the money. Theirs is "earned", etc etc
2. Wages. [Surely after the Rooney fiasco they don't have the high ground here?]
3. Trying to say that their spending has been spread out and includes players from a while back like Rooney and Anderson. [But those players were from a time when they were the ones inflating the market and breaking transfer records].

From the cafe thread on "costs of squads":

Depends on your outlook I guess.

My issue with Chelsea and (moreso) City and their spending has not purely been down to the quantity, it's been more to do with the source. We're spending money we've generated ourselves, not money handed to us by some billionaire benefactor.

why is this an issue for these rags fans? if not entirely true both ways
so only turnstile money has been used by the rags to buy these £190 mil worth of players plus wages.
plus the hypocrites have conveniently forgot they were spending twice their income not so long ago to get them at the top of the tree in the early 90's

 

[Juan King]

"I'm not arsed was his response,you have bought all your success"

Typical thick rag twat. They have spent more money than we have & will still win fuck all this season, so they have bought a lack of success!

 

[yeah whatever !!]

Would you twats please get it right? It's "filoschoffee".

No.. its Phil O'fersheah... Irish lad bought from limerick but is an academy player.

 

[the blue panther]

It's disgusting! They're just trying to buy 6th place.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

From the Telegraph article by Ogden...ooo the pain ;)

The Capital One Cup exit ensures that United can only play a maximum number of 49 matches this season, should they reach the FA Cup final and require replays in every round until the semi-finals.

49 games with replays AND a final?????

38 League, 1 Coca-Cola Can & 2/3 FA Cup. They'll be lucky to get to 42.

Add to that or take away as well all that lovely cash missing from CL games.

 

[manimanc]

I`ve seen some shite talked on here and this allendintiers takes it to a whole new level..
what the fuck is he going on about?
a defeat in the league cup and they roll out the "full of academy players" line...
now call me mr picky but I`m sure 7 or 8 of the starting eleven was full internationals!!
could you enlighten me flower who was these mythical 10 academy players you mentioned?
like di maria I`m all ears....

 

[bluethrunthru]

They are officially the most expensive squad in the league. And that's before you add about 50 M for blind and Vidal, they'll not only be the most expensive squad, but by quite some distance.

They're rationalizing it in three ways:
1. The dead horse about the source of the money. Theirs is "earned", etc etc
2. Wages. [Surely after the Rooney fiasco they don't have the high ground here?]
3. Trying to say that their spending has been spread out and includes players from a while back like Rooney and Anderson. [But those players were from a time when they were the ones inflating the market and breaking transfer records].

From the cafe thread on "costs of squads":

Depends on your outlook I guess.

My issue with Chelsea and (moreso) City and their spending has not purely been down to the quantity, it's been more to do with the source. We're spending money we've generated ourselves, not money handed to us by some billionaire benefactor.

why is this an issue for these rags fans? if not entirely true both ways
so only turnstile money has been used by the rags to buy these £190 mil worth of players plus wages.
plus the hypocrites have conveniently forgot they were spending twice their income not so long ago to get them at the top of the tree in the early 90's

So we must assume that the huge and widely reported record kit and other sponsorship deals were not needed to run the club and service its debts? That the Glazers have not continually floated and refloated parts of the club to raise capital to run it? Their "sugar daddies " did that just to trouser the money raised for themselves did they? I think not !!

And finally what is the difference between the money sheikh Mansoor or Roman Abramovich put into their clubs and say the money Chevrolet are posting through the letterbox at the swamp? Its all money coming into the game from outside as is the SKY money !! As far as I can see there is only one set of owners taking huge sums OUT of a club to feather their own nests !!! Hypocrites.......... and scum !!

 

[mike channon´s windmill]

But but but, they spent their own money so, it's all fine and dandy!

It certainly itheir own money - the US taxpayer has seen to that