We are probably walking a very thin line in terms of PSR. Usually we never spend in January, and never long-term? Spending this amount of money - in January - reeks of desperation imo. The form is horrible and the team doesn’t seem to be improving under Amorim.
At the same time, the reasoning for sacking EtH was that the earlier the pain of transition starts - the better. But there has to be some highlights to justify that pain and we are not seeing it right now so the leadership is now desperate to give Amorim more tools to improve things because in the end - if they sacked the manager and hired a new one (which undeniably is a great manager - I have nothing against Amorim) and we end up in a horrible position with no leverage in the summer window and a squad depleted of motivation after finishing 14th… Then were does that leave us? Then it’s hard to argue that sacking EtH was the right choice… Or RvN if you so like (i.e. going with RvN for the rest of the season)
Can’t imagine we’d spend this amount at this point of the season otherwise.
I think you are reading too much into this, 30 million on a 5 year contract is 6 million a year (in euros), or 120K a week, anthony on loan frees up 85K pounds a week alone, if dorgu is signed then malacia can be loaned out too.and whitwell mentioned that with Maguire getting his contract extended his remaining book value will be amortized over more years too.
I think this is simply United buying another player that’s young and promising and can play in multiple positions a good pickup regardless of the manager, but letting ETH and Ruud go was not a bad choice, if anything not letting ETH go kn the summer was the wrong choice
The 32-year-old Brazilian turned down a move to Roma earlier in the transfer window as he wants to move to Saudi Arabia, where the wealthiest clubs would be able to pay him even more than his present wage of £350,000 a week.
Casemiro has not made it off the bench in United’s past four league matches because Amorim thinks that Toby Collyer, the 21-year-old academy graduate, is more suited to the pace of the top flight.
“Sometimes it’s a system fit, sometimes it’s the player’s [form],” Amorim told TNT Mexico when asked why Casemiro had not started a game in any competition since December 30.
“We know that Casemiro nowadays has other qualities. He is intelligent, understands the game, knows where the ball is going to be… but we are in a league that — and I can even see this in the European competitions — there is a big intensity difference, therefore I feel our team needs players with high intensity and sometimes we don’t have them.
“We all know Casemiro’s qualities and everything he has won, so I have nothing to add to that. It’s just a selection choice.”
Surprised there hasn’t been much talk of Case leaving. I guess nobody actually wants him and/or his wages.
