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Singapore1:
it's even Bullsh!t to believe he picked us over city. You have to be trolling otherwise you would be a fool to believe such nonsense

As in, choose to fight Chilwell for a starting spot 3 months to the World cup.

Illimitable:
Haaland had a very solid start. Even better than the Messi/Ronaldo duopoly. If he takes care of his body as much as Ronaldo does, he’s the most likely to break the record. That young man is a wizard.

Injury-free Haaland will break both Ronaldo UCL goals record and Alan Shearer's EPL goals record.

That guy is fvking good.

Android17:
It even makes no sense. He was literally following all the Manchester City players and liking all the pictures of the new signings like Kalvin Phillips, Ortega, etc. Then he even submitted a transfer request saying that Brighton was being unreasonable with their transfer demand and that he wanted them to sell him to City. It is Manchester City that told Brighton they will not pay anything over 40M for the player and pulled out.

Correct. I don't know who will leave a sure EPL winning team and a first-choice left-back role TO join a rebuilding team and be willing to compete with 2-3 LBs.

Illimitable:
He will go to Sporting Lisbon and statpad there till age 44.

No single human being is catching Ronaldo in the CL.

Sporting Lisbon?

That's if they make it out of UCL qualifiers or group stage.

GoddyOra:
Where is your faith o' man of little faith?
ETH x CR7 x Sancho x Rashford/Martial ball = minimum of top3 finish plus one cup trophy.

Believe man

Lol, Rashford and Martial?

Forget Man City and Liverpool, with this our transfer activities we can't finish ahead of Chelsea and Spurs.

GoddyOra:
I think his point is that messi won't deliver elite goal scoring numbers going forward especially playing in a Mbappe-Neymar/another striker (like the Etikite guy) attack. Messi is getting more withdrawn from the box-18 as he ages hence it makes it unlikely that he will get higher goals tally than a Ronaldo (who plays as a 9 now) as both ages.

It's not about their overall play but more about how realistic it is for Messi to top Ronaldo UCL goals record with his more withdrawn attacking role.

With Bayern Munich, Juventus, ATM, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool and PSG out of the race for him, which top Club is he going to play and score his UCL goals for??

Because Man Utd won't qualify for UCL next season.

Starboytwo:
But it’s Messi showing signs of decline overall using the just concluded season stats to judge. Ronaldo is 37 but he’s fitter than Messi.

True.

But Ronaldo has been available for transfer for like a month now and no single bid has been reported, If Messi becomes available tomorrow Barcelona will gladly re-sign him.

And Ronaldo has always bn fitter than Messi since 2006, it didn't stop Messi from doing his things.....no be by fitter.

BlueAngel444:
Cucu would prefer to join Chelsea than city but Brighton playing hardball

Big lie, the only club he would pick ahead of City is Barcelona

ChristoBam:
Messi wan score 15 this year? It's probably more because of these devilish youngsters like Mbappe and Haaland. Make it more difficult for them to meet it.

Despite his average form last season, he scored 5....repeating that same 5 this season moves him very close to CR7 record, and don't forget that he's 2 years younger.

TrebleChamp:
Ronaldo is trying to be a disruptive influence in the team, Ten Hag should shove in aside asap before he lead other players to do same. I don talk my own finish for the Ronaldo saga....

Messi is 15 goals behind in UCL, so missing out for a year won't sit well with him.

Ellexy:
I mean during the game against Rayo, he showed the signs as ETH was explaining some stuff to the team

Since we don't want to release him for free, Baba go try frustrate us small.

BlaqFaze:
Lol... Manchester don turn Lagos

Normal, traffic go dey that day as England Vs Germany women's final was on that same day and most people go watch am outdoor.

But leaving early is a no-no, especially during preseason.

Ellexy:
Just one week he returns and the drama is through the roof already, na God go help us

I expect him to clash with ETH before December, because Ten Hag head dey hot wella and a renowned control freak.

TrebleChamp:
Which report are we to believe now

Which one sounds real?


What's the meaning of left early because of traffic?

summary of the midnight event:

- Khalid and Daniella had 3 sexual sessions. 1.sex 2. agressive cuddling/kissing/fingering 3. sex

- Amaka and Phyna caught them.

timay1:
Smart thinking to be fair.

If the new manager watch him train, he'll probably want to convince him to stay and my guy is confident in himself to be a starter and not a bench warmer to a Spanish goalkeeper that doesn't know the basics of goalkeeping.

So he saved himself all the trouble before it started.


On a side note, I feel if he had stayed, Ten hag would have made him his 1st choice.

I think he made the right choice, nobody want to sit on the bench in a World Cup year. As it stands, Pickford and Ramsdale will make England world cup squad so he needs to fight for the last slot with Nick Pope, Sam Johnstone and Alex McCarthy.

With the World cup looming this is the current situation of the 4 GKs fighting for the 3rd slot:

Alex McCarthy: decent GK but will always be exposed with Southampton playing style alongside his lack of cordination.

Sam Johnstone: joined Crystal palace this summer and not expected to walk straight into the team as he will likely start the season as backup to Vincente Guaita.

Nick Pope: also joined Newcastle Utd this summer and will start the season as backup to Martin Dubravka

Henderson: Brice Samba joined Lens already making Deano the no 1

He has showed he's good enough for the PL during his stint at Sheffield United. Winning the club's young player of the season award, nominated for Premier League young player of the season award and making England Euro 2020 squad.

And he was 100% correct, ETH would have asked him to stay at Manchester.

Khalid and Daniella starting the 3rd round.

Boommmm, Amaka just noticed

safarigirl:
Hmm, aggressive cuddling dey happen between Groovy and Beauty under duvet sha

It's Khalid and Daniela.

patrickmuf:
What is your point exactly?

You don't expect Nairaland IT guys to receive the same pay as Twitter tech guys.

patrickmuf:
Go and check what his peers in Valencia, Sevilla, and co earn then come back and edit your post...

See you saying 70k a week isn't huge...No be every club gets money like Manchester United oh!

Lol, this is Manchester United.

I am sure Everton, West Ham, and Leicester will have higher wage bills than Valencia and maybe Sevilla.

Karleb:
People need to understand that working in a certain country automatically improves your wage even if you are very poor at what you do.

You can't be on a $250/month on Nigeria and earn $500/month in US.

Getting x3 of his salary is a very good deal from united end.

Cost of living in countries defer abeg.

Surely, agents/players do consider cost of living when negotiating transfers, but I don't think that's a good example for this Teles deal.

Our ridiculous salary range is out there, so you don't expect players to demand low wages.

afrodoc2:
VDB moved from 40k to 120k.

AWB got 90k after 1 season of slide tackles at Crystal Palace.

Udoji Awards.

AWB upgraded from 10k/week to 90k/week

And FDJ will likely join with a minimum of 450k/week.

ChristineC:
we are saying the same thing, only is revised grammar.
if you are a United executive and you approach me with a contract that will give me an opportunity to compete for a starting position in your team, I can look at the average wage in your establishment and make a salary demand.
moreso, if I see a salary of Phil Jones, a man everybody knows hasn't kicked a ball consistently for more than 30mins in the last 4 year... then how can I be expected to agree to a lesser wage?

Tuazebe is on 50k.
Shaw 150k.
Dalot 65k
AWB 90k
Van De Beek moved from 40k to 120k.

You don't expect the hottest LB in Portuguese Liga that was meant to be our 1st choice to accept a 50k contract.

afrodoc2:
He was on 25k in his former club and it was not like there was a bidding war for him. Double his salary and give him 50k. not 78k. Supposedly be is still a risk. Give him 50k and after 2 years of balling you can upgrade him to 100k and see if he is worth it.

He is not the only one. Our squad is littered with mediocre players on huge salaries. That is why we always struggle to offload players, it is not because other clubs have a conspiracy against United.

I understand your point perfectly, the bolded part is similar to how Bruno's contract was reviewed and upgraded some months ago.

The agent and player are aware of the figures earned by average players at United- Shaw, Jones, Lingard, Martial, Rashford, etc... so I don't see them accepting 50k for a player who was balling so well in Portugal.

afrodoc2:
He was on 25k weekly at Porto. Why did we multiply his salary by 3 just like that? He should not be getting anything more than 50k so those potential buyers are being smart. He is at best a squad player for a top team or a starter for a mid-level team, and he is a full-back, not a striker.

Zinchenko was on 59k weekly at City with their Arab money and Telles is siphoning 78k at United.

78k // 5 years contract for a player that was supposed to be our first-choice LB is/was not a bad deal.

TrebleChamp:
Martinez

Short man, lol.

Baily looks so tall beside him.

Ellexy:
Please any DVD apologists still in the house?

They have moved to Eriksen

FakeNEWSevryday:
Hmmm,

CR7 left the stadium before the final whistle

Lol

afrodoc2:
Iqbal is already as good as VDB in any position in midfield.

ovoP:
Eriksen this and that, he lost d ball that led to the goal, he lost d ball attempting some through balls, I don't have problem with this, because I know Is role is to create... another thing I noticed is he won't be able to press, so keep dreaming of him replacing bruno, bruno has been good defensively of recent.. intercepting and coming back to help..

As they noticed VDB can't bench Bruno they have moved to Erikssen.

@bolded, no issues with an AM loosing possession...as far he's trying to create an opening for the team but we don't expect block heads to understand.

Frankfuse:
One day, we’ll say the truth of VDB

One day we'll all know

Illimitable:
We are not discussing Barcelona or Messi. We are discussing Europa Man Utd.

I am using your logic here. Is Messi bigger than Laliga and Barcelona??