Manchester United

[spud_gun]

Jose brought Pogba back to United.

I'm convinced that move was driven by pure ego on Jose's part. Here he was spending a record fee bringing back a player that Ferguson let got for next to nothing.

Backfired pretty spectacularly

[Exiled_red]

They have a net spend of over £1bn since Ferguson left 10 years ago

[Assassin]

They have a net spend of over £1bn since Ferguson left 10 years ago

That’s a humongous sum, but the Chavs have spent the same amount 90% quicker

[Buzzo]

They paid massive bucks for Martial as well didnt they, comparative to the other transfers at the time?

He has been sat on the sidelines for so long now, totally underappreciated never properly backed.

Will leave on a free.

[Exiled_red]

They paid massive bucks for Martial as well didnt they, comparative to the other transfers at the time?

He has been sat on the sidelines for so long now, totally underappreciated never properly backed.

Will leave on a free.

I think it was about £60m but some of that may have been add ons much of which they probably haven't had to pay

[danperkins]

They have a net spend of over £1bn since Ferguson left 10 years ago

It's actually bonkers

[Irishnev]

It's actually bonkers

Chelsea have spent that in 18 months!

[red g]

Chelsea have spent that in 18 months!

https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/the-premier-league-big-sixs-net-spent-per-trophy-over-the-last-10-years/

At least Chelsea have recouped a fair bit of money.

[red g]

Talking of inflated fees, Pepe is haveing a medical at Besiktas. 72million to potential free in 4 years

Bullet dodged as I thought he was going to be class.

[Irishnev]

https://www.planetfootball.com/quick...last-10-years/

At least Chelsea have recouped a fair bit of money.

True but it doesn’t fit with the narrative I’m trying to get across here

[danperkins]

Chelsea have spent that in 18 months!

[Kenneth]

They paid massive bucks for Martial as well didnt they, comparative to the other transfers at the time?

He has been sat on the sidelines for so long now, totally underappreciated never properly backed.

Will leave on a free.

To be fair to the managers, it’s clear that they can’t sell players that they don’t want and it’s not the managers deciding wages. Maguire is still there having had the captaincy taken off him and having been told to find a club. Sancho isn’t wanted by the manager and is still three. He didn’t want either and likely more but the club say tough ****. That’s not good circumstances for a relatively new manager.

[BobTheCharmer]

They have 6 points from 4 games..... And were gifted the wolves game at home with that dodgy as **** non peno and were also jammy v forest.

Cunts should have 2 points

True but on the flip side they should have had a pen at spurs and that offside yesterday was ****ing close. So they could of been on 12 quite easily. They'll be top 6 pushing top 4 again.

[red g]

True but on the flip side they should have had a pen at spurs and that offside yesterday was ****ing close. So they could of been on 12 quite easily. They'll be top 6 pushing top 4 again.

Not even United get every call. They have been **** for every game they played this season they should be on nil pois !!

[Cormack74]

There's a pattern here . .

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/09/04/man-utd-antony-police-investigation-ex-girlfriend/

Manchester United and Brazil winger Antony is being investigated by Greater Manchester Police over claims he attacked his former girlfriend.

Gabriela Cavallin claims she was headbutted and punched by Antony in a Manchester hotel room the day after United’s 2-1 victory over Manchester City on January 14 that resulted in a cut to her head and a breast implant being damaged.

Cavallin said she received treatment from an English doctor in her room at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Manchester following the alleged attack. The news is the latest controversy to surround United and comes just a fortnight after the club announced Mason Greenwood was to leave the club despite charges of attempted rape, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and controlling and coercive behaviour against Greenwood were dropped by the Crown Prosection Service

In an interview with the Brazilian website UOL, which was published on Monday and included photographs and screenshots of messages, Cavallin also alleged that she suffered a cut finger while trying to protect herself after accusing Antony of throwing a glass cup at her.

That incident is alleged to have occurred at a house on May 8, the day after United lost 1-0 to West Ham in London.

Cavallin, 23, who is an influencer and DJ, claims she was subjected to a series of attacks by Antony between June last year and May this year.

She alleges she was first attacked by Antony on June 1 2022 while she was pregnant on holiday and claimed the 23-year-old United player threatened to throw her out of a moving car at speed.

Sao Paulo Civil Police are currently investigating Cavallin’s claims after she filed a report to them in June accusing Antony of “domestic violence, threat and bodily injury”. Cavallin also filed a separate complaint to Greater Manchester Police (GMP).

In a statement to Telegraph Sport on Monday, GMP said: “Greater Manchester Police is aware of the allegations made and enquiries remain ongoing to establish the circumstances surrounding this report. We will not be commenting any further at this time.”

Antony – who joined United from Ajax in an £85.5 million deal in September last year, which made him the world’s 13th most costliest player at the time – denies any wrongdoing.

In a statement posted on his Instagram on June 28, the Brazil winger said he had been “falsely accused of assault”.