Summer Transfer Misery and Recriminations.

[Kano]

Not sure why the Vardy thread was closed, this place is hardly brimming with active threads. I'm quite shocked that he didn't jump at joining us. It's a sign of the times that Leicester can match the wages we offered him. Overall the Premier League is going to be amazingly competitive with every club having so much dosh. Next season will be amazing to watch.

Don't hold your breath. Before every season kicks off it is billed as being more competitive than the last and 20 teams will be fighting for the title until the last ball is kicked. Always comes down to two in the end. But first thing first. If we could have an improvement on basic passing, crossing and shooting that would be helpful. More overrated, overpaid tripe coming into the league isn't going to help that.

[Marc Overmars]

United have agreed a fee of £26m for Mkhitarayan.

[I am invisible]

Yeah fair point, he's not...but you would have thought they would have made room for him in the squad, technically they have two Centre Forwards in the squad, Giroud and Gignac, you could argue Martial is seen as a Centre Forward, though they do tend to stick him out wide when he does get a game.

I suppose it basically boils down to how Deschamps likes to have them play, he seems to favour a "target" man through the middle with mobile players either side of them.

I suppose you have to remember that, in an ideal world, it would have been Benzema in middle, who offers a bit more than just a big target - looks like Descamps is trying to keep his shape and system going with the options he has left.

Whether it works or not is another matter, but it does at least looks like he's given his selection some thought beyond 'just pick all of the highest scorers, even if they're all pretty much the same player and offer nothing different'...

[Niall_Quinn]

United have agreed a fee of £26m for Mkhitarayan.

Well they have wasted just about everyone they have signed over the last 2 years so we'll see how that works out for them. As we are seeing repeatedly, it's the team that counts most, not the individuals. Unfortunately Maureen understands that. Such a shame van Genius didn't get another year.

[selassie]

United have agreed a fee of £26m for Mkhitarayan.

He's a good player, if he gets anywhere near to his form last season at Dortmund then United have a player on their hands. They are starting to build a nice team, a front 3 of Mkhitarayan, Zlatan & Martial with Rashford in reserves gives them very good offensive options.

Weren't we heavily linked with Mkhitarayan? It's almost like as soon as another team got involved we dropped our interest....

[Marc Overmars]

Mane having a medical at Liverpool. Fee thought to be around £34m.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Fuck that. Fuck it all.

[Özim]

United have agreed a fee of £26m for Mkhitarayan.

Great signing for them at a good price, shame he wasn't interested in coming to us would have been a good signing, seems Man U have more appeal despite no CL football (probably due to their sucess and manager).

Would love to have another goalscoring midfielder here, would just love to have another goalscorer as we don't seem to really have many.

[I am invisible]

ESPN (Brasil) saying we've submitted an offer for Barbosa...

http://espn.uol.com.br/noticia/60902...ritanica-da-ue
http://www.101greatgoals.com/news/tr...-espn-brazil/?

...?!

[GP]

who?