Are Fellaini & Young such bad options?
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Manchester United were unable to shift all the players new boss Louis Van Gaal was happy to let leave during the summer transfer window. He sent the club on a spending spree where they massively overpaid for most of their purchases.
But money was no object, when you have the commercial income Manchester United have then you can raise money against the club value and service the debt. Get a loan from Wonga and pay the monthly payments on a bigger scale. Since the Glazers took over in 2005 until February this year they had spent fractionally under £700 million servicing their debt.
It's not a route ENIC take and can't take with a stadium to pay for, that will send the club into debt and so it has had to be run on an even keel to prepare for that. It's only Archway Steel holding the club to ransom to the tune of £21 million I believe I read somewhere.
It's highly unlikely their stance is anything to do with business just a method of making money. Their income, if their accounts are anything to go by, would suggest they can't afford the legal bill. It would seem to me their legal team are going to be paid out of a settlement figure which they wish to bump up as high as they can, providing whatever legal hurdle they can to delay matters in the hope ENIC will cave in.
Our policy of watching what we spend on transfers will have to remain the same, we will have to look for players entering the last year of their contracts we can get cheap and players the head coach feels he can improve or get the best out of. Players no longer required at clubs fall into that category and with Financial Fair Play starting to take effect we may see the effect with fewer inflated transfer fees.
Marouane Fellaini was nearly sold to Napoli but injured his ankle in training so the move to Italy was shelved. Whether Van Gaal is going to use Fellaini or not is unclear, reports are conflicting so we'll just have to watch team selection. Ashley Young has been widely touted as being up for sale, particularly since the arrival of Angel Di Maria.
Reports suggest that Daniel Levy is happy to offer £24 million for the pair, which is a lot nearer their real value than the inflated £27.5 million Man U paid Everton for Fellaini in September 2013.
It's difficult to see where Young would get in the side given the form of Nacer Chadli and he wouldn't replace Erik Lamela. Tottenham will be wanting a return on the investment in him, thus playing him and getting the best out of him is a top priority. The back up to the pair is weak, neither Aaron Lennon nor Andros Townsend naturally fit the inverted roles, they are more traditional wingers.
Marouane Fellaini will be another being looked at either for a deep lying central midfield role or the attacking midfield berth where again we need a bi of depth, we have plenty of midfielders but not enough of the creative kind. At the moment it's Chrstian Eriksen or shuffling the team about. With his height and ability on the floor you'd think he could make a decent centre-forward, I wonder if that's what we are thinking?
With Tottenham watching Benfica play in the Champions League we appear to be watching potential attacking midfield options to add to the squad either in January or next summer. A left side attacking midfielder has been on the shopping list and Young is a player who has seen his career stall through injury, he has never recaptured his best form.
Perhaps we feel we can resurrect his and Fellaini's career.
But money was no object, when you have the commercial income Manchester United have then you can raise money against the club value and service the debt. Get a loan from Wonga and pay the monthly payments on a bigger scale. Since the Glazers took over in 2005 until February this year they had spent fractionally under £700 million servicing their debt.
It's not a route ENIC take and can't take with a stadium to pay for, that will send the club into debt and so it has had to be run on an even keel to prepare for that. It's only Archway Steel holding the club to ransom to the tune of £21 million I believe I read somewhere.
It's highly unlikely their stance is anything to do with business just a method of making money. Their income, if their accounts are anything to go by, would suggest they can't afford the legal bill. It would seem to me their legal team are going to be paid out of a settlement figure which they wish to bump up as high as they can, providing whatever legal hurdle they can to delay matters in the hope ENIC will cave in.
Our policy of watching what we spend on transfers will have to remain the same, we will have to look for players entering the last year of their contracts we can get cheap and players the head coach feels he can improve or get the best out of. Players no longer required at clubs fall into that category and with Financial Fair Play starting to take effect we may see the effect with fewer inflated transfer fees.
Marouane Fellaini was nearly sold to Napoli but injured his ankle in training so the move to Italy was shelved. Whether Van Gaal is going to use Fellaini or not is unclear, reports are conflicting so we'll just have to watch team selection. Ashley Young has been widely touted as being up for sale, particularly since the arrival of Angel Di Maria.
Reports suggest that Daniel Levy is happy to offer £24 million for the pair, which is a lot nearer their real value than the inflated £27.5 million Man U paid Everton for Fellaini in September 2013.
It's difficult to see where Young would get in the side given the form of Nacer Chadli and he wouldn't replace Erik Lamela. Tottenham will be wanting a return on the investment in him, thus playing him and getting the best out of him is a top priority. The back up to the pair is weak, neither Aaron Lennon nor Andros Townsend naturally fit the inverted roles, they are more traditional wingers.
Marouane Fellaini will be another being looked at either for a deep lying central midfield role or the attacking midfield berth where again we need a bi of depth, we have plenty of midfielders but not enough of the creative kind. At the moment it's Chrstian Eriksen or shuffling the team about. With his height and ability on the floor you'd think he could make a decent centre-forward, I wonder if that's what we are thinking?
With Tottenham watching Benfica play in the Champions League we appear to be watching potential attacking midfield options to add to the squad either in January or next summer. A left side attacking midfielder has been on the shopping list and Young is a player who has seen his career stall through injury, he has never recaptured his best form.
Perhaps we feel we can resurrect his and Fellaini's career.
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