austinfh
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Also something I noticed is that their Sancho thread is over 1000 pages
Player Watch: Gareth Bale - Retires
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mil1lion
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Is it really a shit show? We finished last season on the right track and in fine form. We had 1 loss at the start of the season after a disruptive pre-season. Even last season while the football wasn't the best we were well in the hunt for 4th until the Son injury. What signing Bale would give us is another world class player so if Son and Kane are out we still have Bale and gives us better confidence to rotate and rest them all.
arunspurs
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True...but Ibrhamovic still can play 2000+ minutes a season. Bale is struggling to cross 1800+ minutes in league in last 3 seasons.
Bale - quality not in doubt. Its his injury record for me.
I wont say no to him but if we dont buy him wont be bothered either
SpartanSpur
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I agree on Utd not fooling Dortmund, Woodward has caved too many times for anyone to not call their bluff. I just question why Utd would cave so early after spending so long trying to agree personal terms (supposedly only just fully agreed last week).
I can see why Sancho would be comfortable to stay and why Dortmund would wait (although I suppose they would relish getting £100m to spend in a depressed market). I just question whether Utd would really walk away from such a prime target and not just pay the asking price. Going from a 20 year old potential England superstar to a 31 year old that Real Madrid are literally paying to leave is quite the change in policy, even compared to our striker situation! You never know with Utd though, £300k is a pretty normal salary to them.
E17yid
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Shit show might have been a tad hyperbolic but I honestly think we’ve got some quite serious problems with the strategy/how we’re being run at the top, massive concerns about the manager and also big concerns about a good part of our squad, both in terms of mentality and ability. I’m just not convinced Bale is going to solve these issues but then I’m not sure what will other than a complete overhaul and writing off the next couple of seasons which isn’t going to happen obviously.
SpartanSpur
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I was referring to Trix ITK yesterday saying Levy is the person holding up a potential Bale deal (which in itself was not fully negative), I was speculating that since then the deal has gone further south.
deanostheyido
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Not sure the minutes played is down to his ability to play, more so zidane's jealousy of Bales ability to grow hair
Donki
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Also something I noticed is that their Sancho thread is over 1000 pages
Its a wank fest over him, some accusing BD of ruining Sancho's career, delusional ****s..
worcestersauce
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Sky have been pushing Bale to United for weeks if not months, I honestly don't thinks that's a goer.
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I agree in part with this, however from what we’ve been told on here (and please do correct me if I am wrong!) that this is Levy pushing for Bale, we haven’t heard that Mourinho wants him have we? If he doesn’t want him then no need to lose your shit.
If an ITK has said otherwise then please let me know. It’s just if Mou isn’t bothered about this deal then it’s not the end of the world.
Danny1
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True and that's a fair point.
Tucker
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I wonder if this is one of the reasons he’s hesitated. Mourinho might be neutral on the whole situation. But imagine a situation where we get Bale and a cheap striker. It doesn’t work out for either player and Mourinho has the opportunity to say “well I never asked for Bale and had to have a cheaper striker as a result.”
Metalhead
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They’re probably in the same boat as us: relying on ITK and trying to sift the wheat from the chaff in terms of media links.
dagraham
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Jose is all about containing and then getting match winners to be clinical on the counter attack. I would be stunned if he didn’t want Bale.
JoaoPereira
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how else are you gonna assess Bale's condition if you do not have scouts to go around Madrid's golf clubs?
Cinemattis
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Years: they´ve been pushing for him to go to United since before he went to RM.
Matthew
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tbf, i think that will be the final straw for a lot of people, only downside is our "deal" if you like isn't in the mainstream media and unless you're a fan/member of this site, it's unlikely people will know that it appears danny boy is playing silly bastards with madrid and bale ( when we've heard both sides their end want us)....
SpartanSpur
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Based on what Trix said this needs to be done sooner rather than later. I would also argue the later it goes the more it brings Utd into the equation.
