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I will have to watch it. More than likey that blueprint won't work for us because nobody is really using their brains or they used the money in the wrong way.
2023/2024 Football/Soccer Thread ⚽️
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I will have to watch it. More than likey that blueprint won't work for us because nobody is really using their brains or they used the money in the wrong way.
Blue_London
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Him coming on restricted Milan because he had to stay wide and he's not a winger he's actually a n10
Blue_London
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I don't like the goal show been moved to the app but at least it hasn't been cancelled.
Easily the best football related show on tv
Easily the best football related show on tv
Joao!
Joao to Lewy! Who is this man???
Raphinha. Game over lol
Mbappe penalty....1 nil up against dortmund
Gavi!
2 goals, 1 assist for Joao.
Blue_London
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Blue_London
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Excellent movement
Everything's looking gorgeous © Drake
TOP BOY!
The Final Boss
SCIENCE BITCH
Either we win against bvb next game or else we're finished, i'm not even hyped about hellas verone game
Elzo69Renaissance
Niggas online ratting then calling it content
Happy to see Joao Felix bounce back
Ole doing interviews to spill man united tea! 
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Ole doing interviews to spill man united tea!
Some snippets....
You lost five league games from seven that autumn. Did you feel you were going to lose your job?
Nobody told me, but I knew at half-time against Watford (a 4-1 defeat in November 2021).We didn’t look like a Man United team; the players weren’t running for each other. At half-time, I told the players it was probably going to be the last time we worked together and to play with pride. We almost turned it around, until Harry Maguire got sent off.
Is the United job impossible?
No, but it’s difficult, especially for managers following one of the best managers ever. The expectations are very high but we can’t live in the same era as when I played. We had Arsenal and Chelsea as rivals towards the end. Now, most teams have money or even if they don’t, they don’t need to sell. Back then, Wayne and Cristiano were the best young players and we signed them. Now, United can’t just go and buy Evan Ferguson. We couldn’t buy the players I mentioned to the club.
Players like?
Erling Haaland, before he made his Salzburg debut. Declan Rice, who wouldn’t have cost what he did in the summer. We discussed Moises Caicedo, but we felt we needed players ready for there and then. Brighton are very good at letting players come from abroad and find their feet for a year and a half. At United, you don’t have that luxury and that has cost the club loads of players.
We wanted Jude Bellingham badly — he’s a Man United player, but I respect he chose Dortmund. That was probably sensible. But it’s why I respect Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Dan James and Jadon. Young players prepared to come into a team that wasn’t 100 per cent there like it was when I arrived.
I would have signed Kane every day of the week and my understanding was that he wanted to come. But the club didn’t have the budget with the financial constraints from Covid-19, there was no bottomless pit.
Ralf Rangnick came in after you were sacked and was critical of the club he found. Was that a slight against you?
The club he found in November 2021 was different from September 2021.I told him when I gave my opinion on every player. Things had soured, the collective had been lost and that’s not Man United, where teams are built on the collective.
Some players felt they should’ve played more and weren’t constructive to the environment. That’s a huge sin for me. When I didn’t start games I wanted to prove to the manager he’d made the wrong decision.
Now, a lot of players aren’t like that. Agents and family members get into their heads and tell them they’re better than they are because they have a vested interest. It’s a disease of modern football.
We had a great group to work with by the end of the 2020-21 season. We got to the FA Cup semi-final in 2020 and the Europa League final in 2021.
Which of your signings were your best?
Bruno Fernandes came straight in and lifted the team. Harry Maguire – it’s a disgrace that he’s getting so much abuse. I feel sorry for him, but he’s a strong lad and I hope it turns for him. He raised our defence big time when he arrived and lifted the mood around the place. I can’t remember every signing I made, but I should because there was a cap on three main ones every season.
Did you feel the players threw you under the bus, as some of your former team-mates have stated?
No. Not really. Some weren’t as good as their own perception of themselves. I won’t name names, but I was very disappointed when a couple turned down the chance to be captain. I was also disappointed when others said they wouldn’t play or train because they wanted to force their way out. There was stuff in the media after I left about how I treated some players, which were complete lies, but I had a solid, honest relationship with most of them
Did you want to sign Sancho and how do you think he’s done?
Yes, I wanted to sign him. Manchester United will never sign a player the manager doesn’t want. That’s not the case everywhere. Jadon was put up as the No 1 target for the right wing by the scouts and when you look at his talent, I could see why. Unfortunately, it has not worked out. When he arrived, he had to go to hospital and that was a setback as he couldn’t start the first games. He’s immensely talented and we haven’t seen the best of him. I hope we do, but he prefers to play left wing… where Marcus plays.
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