Manchester United Part V/Ole Sack Watch

Sergio Ramos has broken all negotiations with Manchester United and will stay at Real Madrid. [@LucaMattiacci]

— utdreport.com (@UtdReport) July 10, 2015

Valkyrja wrote:They've spent in 2 summers more than Fergie in 25 years

jibers wrote:I don't rate Schweinsteiger that highly tbh. Even if we get this team I have my doubts. Honestly I hope we get top 4. Anything else is a bonus.

Fußball wrote:There are question marks all over the team.

GK: Will DDG stay? If not will Valdes be #1 and if so what level will he reach? Even in his prime I would have said the Premier League ain't for him but 1 1/2 years out of football? For a small keeper who relies on his reflexes a lot that might be fatal.

RB: Serie ZzZZzz players have a knack for flopping in a different league. Whether a good but certainly not great 25 year old Torino rightback will actually deliver for a big team is anyone's guess.

CB: Otamendi in general has to prove that he's more than a 1 season wonder. On top of that whether he will be a good fit in van Gaal's system is up in the air. He won't come cheap in any case, Valencia will demand the full € 50M buyout clause the same way they did when they sold 30 year old Mathieu.

Midfield: Schweinsteiger is barely fit. He has started 37 out of 68 possible league games in the past 2 seasons which is about 50 %. Keep in mind that the workload in Bundesliga is also a lot lower than in the EPL. Only 18 teams, only 1 Cup which is always 1-legged and a 4 week winter break. Also Bayern usually stroll through games in the league (Müller: "training is harder than playing vs. Bundesfodder teams"). In England he'll have a much higher physical workload which might see him struggle even more with injuries.

Angel di Farcia: Will he continue to flop?

Schneiderlin: The step from Southampton to Yanited is huge. He might come good, he might flop.

Forwards: Wouldn't be the first wonderboy from the Dutch league to flop.

And obviously van Gaal himself remains a big question mark. Surprisingly Yanited's 2nd half of the season was actually worse than their first half of the season with that terrible start against Swansea, Leicester, Burnley, Sunderland, MK Dons etc.

36 points, 33:19 goal difference in the 1st half of the season.
34 points, 29:18 goal difference in the 2nd half of the season.

There hasn't been major progress throughout the season apart from 1 dominant display against Liverpool.

Tl;dr: All the signings could come good and improve their team. Or maybe they wouldn't.

linetty wrote:"Quietly" If they get Ramos I think the title race is settled before it starts tbh.