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Author Topic: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.  (Read 353099 times)

Offline LukeJames

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #735 on: December 17, 2024, 02:39:04 AM »
There is a compilation of Grealish on twitter. What I'd give for a player like him in our forward line right now. Insane how much he's declined.

Monchi needs to find a 20 year old version.

That's pretty much that kid from Southampton.

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #736 on: December 17, 2024, 06:26:30 AM »
Pace is 100% what we need, so that we can stretch opponents much more. We’re far too easy to play against at the moment.

Offline ozzjim

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #737 on: December 17, 2024, 06:53:20 AM »
I think we need both pace and creativity though, but also an ability to keep the ball in forward areas which we've got worse and worse at.

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #738 on: December 17, 2024, 06:55:25 AM »
Bowen is wasted at West Ham, but I can’t see them selling half way through a season, or the small matter of the rules which seem to be holding us back.

Offline Mister E

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #739 on: December 17, 2024, 07:21:11 AM »
There is a compilation of Grealish on twitter. What I'd give for a player like him in our forward line right now. Insane how much he's declined.
Monchi needs to find a 20 year old version.
That's pretty much that kid from Southampton.
isn't this potentially Broggio?

Offline PaulTheVillan

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #740 on: December 17, 2024, 07:42:19 AM »
Bowen is wasted at West Ham, but I can’t see them selling half way through a season, or the small matter of the rules which seem to be holding us back.
I reckon he'll be replacing Salah at Liverpool in the summer.

He's a very good player.

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #741 on: December 17, 2024, 08:10:32 AM »
What about rashford on a loan to buy - can play a number of positions across the front and is quick

Online Olneythelonely

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #742 on: December 17, 2024, 08:11:36 AM »
What about rashford on a loan to buy - can play a number of positions across the front and is quick

He’s on 400k a week, has been shit for ages and is unprofessional.

It’s a no from me.

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #743 on: December 17, 2024, 08:15:14 AM »
What about rashford on a loan to buy - can play a number of positions across the front and is quick

He’s on 400k a week, has been shit for ages and is unprofessional.

It’s a no from me.
He’s on how much!!! He must be one of the few people that could afford one of our GA+ season tickets

Offline ozzjim

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #744 on: December 17, 2024, 08:19:15 AM »
Garnacho would be a brilliant signing.

Rashford...not so much.

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #745 on: December 17, 2024, 08:21:42 AM »
Garnacho would be a brilliant signing.

Rashford...not so much.
Ok let’s go with that

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #746 on: December 17, 2024, 08:24:00 AM »
I think a forward who can carry the ball and provide goals and assists is the most important - happy with Konsa at right back and if we can try and find a way for Mings and Pau to play together that would be perfect

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #747 on: December 17, 2024, 08:38:54 AM »
I wouldn't want to pay 300k a week to chance it, and I wouldn't pick him ahead of Watkins or Durán.

If we are going to spend that sort of money i would rather it be on mbeulo tbh

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #748 on: December 17, 2024, 09:16:08 AM »
Nobody, except perhaps a team in Saudi will pay him what he's on. It's another example of the stupidity of ManU, the Premier League and football that he could be paid that much. But the world is different now. Lower fee, signing bonus and lower wages.

The question is whether he just isn't the player he should have been, whether he can recapture it and whether we'd want the risk. He's 27 and should be at the top of his game.. maybe his time has gone, but perhaps he could make a positive difference.

He's done good things with his life, but seemingly likes a party...

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Re: Winter 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #749 on: December 17, 2024, 09:21:26 AM »
Garnacho or Bowen would be great - but we have a 0.1% chance of either of them - they also don't offer a great deal of value - we'll be shopping in Europe.

 


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