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Expert17:
Scouts are responsible for both young and experienced players search... they report to both Head of Scout and The Coach/OLE.

Even this VDB we just signed was first noticed by OLE back in 2015, when his team Molde FC met Ajax in Europa League.

patrickmuf:
We still have Ighalo, Rashford too can play as the CF...Even Greenwood.

The areas we have deficiency is the RWF where bar Greenwood, no one has done a decent job there.

Another area of concern is the LB position because you can't trust Shaw to keep fit over a season.

Then you have our CB position where it appears we have bodies but a critical looks shows we have just 2 CBs, the rest spend more time in the hospital than Afrodoc...

I really don't see CDM as a big problem, Matic can guarantee us half a season while Fred/McSauce can hold brief for another half...

Oasis007:
To be honest, United Scouts are bunch of overfed, lazy Muppets. I really don't understand how they're getting paid for doing so close to nothing.

If Sancho ain't gonna work out, look further, dig ahead, there are far better Chaps out there waiting for big Platforms to sell their Talents to the World.

Must will be an English Team B?! Out of 5 new Shekpite Players, how many are English?! To Hell with Ed's led Board and useless Scouts!

Fvck them all!

Nezzjnr:
God have Mercy on your post Sa

Nezzjnr:
Rashford lacks Buildup??
Oboi

Leyqute:
How? 13m for 3 years translates to about 4.x m per year, which means about 400k per month.

Or is the 13m per year?

Leyqute:
That translates to about 100k Euros per week. Hard to take a hard stance here.

The question is if he will offer performances commensurate with that pay or will prefer to sit on the bench and enjoy free money.

Age is not on his side and he was really really quiet at Bayern - didn’t play many matches until the last couple of years. Bayern bought him about 7 years ago.

BlueAngel444:
so that's why he wants to leave Bayern he is looking for his next score, his last pay day.

Leyqute:
13 million for how many years?

Leyqute:
13 million for how many years?

United have qualified for the Champions League. It’s not a big achievement but it’s massive progress from where we’ve come. I love Ole. One game we’re on the bench and I started talking. He said: ‘Patrice. I’m focused.’ He would analyse everything so he knows which defender is getting tired. That’s why we called him the Babyfaced Assassin. He helped United win the Champions League that way.

United can’t challenge Liverpool or Man City. Not yet. There’s been massive damage but we’re moving in the right direction. When they wanted to sign Bruno Fernandes, Ole texted me. I asked for advice from Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano says: ‘Bruno’s a good guy and very professional.’ I say: ‘Ole, I’ve spoken with Cristiano. Let’s go for it.’ And Fernandes had a massive impact. Without him I don’t think we would have qualified for the Champions League.

My first introduction to the real Sir Alex was my debut against Manchester City [after a horrendous first half Evra was replaced]. At half-time he gave the hairdryer for one minute to every player. It was a long 15 minutes. At the end he say to me in five seconds: ‘Patrice, sit down. You will learn how to play in England.’ That night my agent said: ‘We made the biggest mistake coming here. I’m sorry.’ I was upset but I was burning.

The new generation are softer than we used to be. I give you an example. At half-time we’re beating Tottenham 2-0. Everyone’s saying: ‘Patrice, you’re playing amazing.’ The worst is when Ferguson stays quiet. He was quiet that day for five minutes. He looks straight in my eyes. ‘Patrice, do you think you’re playing good?’ I say: ‘Yeah.’ Ferguson says: ‘I saw you pass the ball back to Van der Sar.’

‘Yes, boss, but just one.’ He said: ‘If you pass the ball back again I take you off because this is one of your worst games.’

My eyes start burning because I don’t like the injustice. We won 4-0 and the next day I go to Ferguson’s office. ‘Hello, son, what’s the problem?’ ‘Boss, the problem is yesterday.’ Ferguson says: ‘Patrice, some players were disrespecting the opposition. I wanted everyone focused. I picked you to give them the message because you’re strong.’

We are still so close now. I speak to the boss three times a month and his nephews love my videos. One day he texted me: ‘Patrice, I love that video.’ I say: ‘Boss, one day you give me the hairdryer, now you’re laughing about my videos.’

When Ferguson left, United lost their DNA, their philosophy. He was inspiring so much respect, so much fear, and if any player starts thinking he is bigger than the team then he destroyed you. The players always wanted to play for Ferguson. I tried my best for David Moyes but I knew it would be a disaster because players won’t respect him like that. It was a mission impossible.

- Evra

To play at Old Trafford, if you play for United or you play for other teams, it is always special. When you step on the pitch, for me it is the best stadium in the world. You can see it has some history. It has something different to other stadiums. I have to say, Tottenham’s new stadium is great. A lot of new stadiums, they look good, but Old Trafford has something different and I hope that they can keep it like that.

It is always special. For me, when I played against United for Benfica or for Chelsea it was always good motivation, it was always high because you want to do your best against United to show your quality. So I know exactly how the other teams feel when they play against us, especially at Old Trafford. That’s why we need to know that they will always give their best. They want to show their quality and their motivation against us is always bigger then when they play against other clubs.

- Matic

United in Serbia is very popular. It is probably, after Red Star and Partizan, it is the third club. If you look at how many supporters they have, Red Star is number one, Partizan is second and United is third.

I always liked United especially when Nemanja Vidic was playing here. He is from Serbia, he lives not far from my house in West Serbia, so we always supported him. When I got the opportunity to come here I wanted to play for United, for probably the biggest club in England and one of the best clubs in the world. We can say maybe Real Madrid, Manchester United and maybe Bayern. For me that’s the three biggest clubs in the world.

It was easy to make the decision. I don’t want to say that I was not happy at Chelsea, of course I was happy, but I thought it was the right time to move. As I said, when you get the chance to go and play for Manchester United I think that you have to use that. I respect everyone, I respect of course, Chelsea, but I felt it was the right time to move.

- Matic

GloryIsaac:
Without buy-back clause?!

Here we go!!!