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Odysseus looks set to be off out on loan. For those worried about the bench breaking under the weight of all the goalie gloves.

Shola looked mint on his highlights reel. Everything you hear about this kid is he's raw as fuck and will need coaching. Man United prefer a sink or swim approach.

When you add the terrible exec appointments and the total lack of tangible progress on training ground, stadium, etc, it just looks like we're going nowhere. There's no one at the top of the club going "well if the playing side is being held back, let's accelerate this other stuff to at least have that for signings to look at". It's just stagnancy across the board. The only person at the club doing their job is Howe, his team, and the players.

When we signed Bruno and Isak, the takeover was still at the "wow, what could this club become?" stage. We'd just made CL for the first time when we signed Isak iirc, and Bruno was in the first window post takeover. These lads thought they were getting in on the ground floor of the new Man City. Reality has taken over since then and everyone and his wife can see that we are YEARS away from becoming any sort of force. And not only that, but we can't even pay players the wages that would allow them to see past this. That's how it all adds up imo. I just hope we see a change in stance from the club towards these PL rules. Because we are being prevented from competing, it couldn't be any simpler or more obvious.

So all the nonsense claims yesterday that Leipzig have accepted both bids and are pretty chill if the player does them out of £5m as long as he gets what he wants, were as absurd, as stupid, and as wrong as they sounded.

No one has suffered more from Staveley's exit than George Caulkin. That bloke was pally as fuck with her and basically access all areas of the club during her time. Now, I barely see an article of his where there's even the hint that he's clued in to what's happening at the club.

Nah, footballers don't give a fuck that we're owned by the Saudis. Our big problem is that the excitement of the takeover has worn off, and the reality of PSR has come to bear. Add to that, the dreadful executive appointments that have been made over the past 3 and a bit years. We're now about to start again with an entirely new CEO and DoF, coming up 4 years after the takeover. Let's hope these two are still in place 4 years from now.

Goes without saying that I hope Sesko is fucking DOGSHIT, which if he receives the coaching that's been on display at Man United in the last 5 years, he more than likely will be.

Ah well fuck Sesko. I hope he enjoys the bottom half of the Premier League and no European football. This is not your dad's Manchester United, you thick cunt. I hope we just bin off the search for a striker now, announce that Isak is staying, and move on to CB and CM targets. Joao Pedro or Liam Delap might be looking for a new club next season if they play as many games as Chelsea's ludicrous squad (and continued pursuit of MORE forwards) suggests they might.

Jon Obi Mikel interview on Lineker's pod today. It's worth a listen for how appallingly Man United and Chelsea behaved with this 17/18 year old kid. The way I remember the reporting at the time, it was him and his agent that were the villains, but not if you hear what actually happened. Proper strong arm tactics on both sides.

Our bid for Sesko wasn't reported at all on the Guardian as far as I could see. It certainly wasn't on the front page. Man United's bid? It's the first story on the front page of their sport section.

Maybe the goons tracking private flights between Leipzig and Milan have actually been on to something for once.

The same people would be raging if we let Man United buy Sesko without putting a bid in. "why didn't we get Sesko, be would have picked us over them, they're not even in the CL" etc etc. People are pricks.

He'll be sick of his fucking life but there's no one really left at the club to be angry with. New CEO imminent according to Hope. This needs to signal a step change in the way the club is run or Howe will be put to a fairly straightforward decision if one of the original Big 6 comes in for him.

All the mongs on Bluesky pattering on about how NAIVE the club is for even going for these players, as if the answer is just to find dead good players that nobody else wants. No solutions, just endless criticism and toys flying out of prams.

Sorry can't hear you, I've got my free £300 headphones in. 🕺

Aye I'd be keen to turn the page on Isak at this stage, but there'd definitely be some enjoyment in fucking up Liverpool's plan. Ramos and Watkins are next down the list apparently, but we should probably give up on the striker search and just tell Isak he's stuck for a season so we can plug other holes.

Hasn't even finished and you're on your victory lap. Just wait until you've fully landed your big I told you so moment.

Absolutely revelling in it. Christmas morning for him ffs.

They're really good headphones, noise cancellation is class etc, but finding the right combination of ear piece and collar thing to get a good fit has been a pain. Still not convinced I've sorted it.

She's more your age bracket than mine. Would you?

Given the choice, PIF would rather get a Saudi team in than us, I would imagine. Wouldn't quite be an ESL but they'd be happy.

To be very clear here as well, if he picks Man United, he's choosing to be out of the Champions League for definitely next season and probably the season after that. We absolutely should be the better option here.

Absolutely dreamland for him and his agent like. Euromillions win basically. Cunts.

Leipzig will be wanting Man United to outbid us now, and for us to go again. If everyone sticks then maybe he comes here?? Who fucking knows though, I'm pig sick of this shit.