Transfer Rumours Summer window thread

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Big Ern said:
Aberdeen were ridiculously wealthy when he was there thanks to North Sea Oil, and when he went to United he won nothing for the first 4 years, only after a massive influx of money from their share float so he could break the transfer records each season, did he win anything. And, until Abramovic turned up, no one could match their spending.
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That's massively playing with the actual truth.

What Ferguson inherited was an absolute dog **** squad full of piss heads. The only players of any note were Robson and Hughes. The next three years were spent getting rid of ****e and trying to build a squad, we were signing the likes of Ralph Milne for ****s sake. And using 'Fergies fledglings' from the reserves, who were nothing near the quality of the player he ended up producing for the first team.

Beardsmore, Robbins, Gill, Graham. Anyone remember them? Thought not.

By comparison, Pep inherited de Bryune, Aguero, Kompany, Sterling, Yaya Toure, to name a few, who had recently been champions. Since then, he's pissed away money on massive multiple signings, many of whom fail, every season.

Not denying United have spent, course we do, but to say they two are the same, or even on the same planet, is ridiculous.
 
United were the highest PL spenders during Fergie’s reign for just 3 of his seasons at the club.

Outspent by Blackburn, Everton, Liverpool, Newcastle, Chelsea and City. The seasons when United spent most was when we brought in Jaap Stam & Dwight Yorke, then Ruud Van Nistelrooy, then Rio Ferdinand. Players who all delivered the biggest trophies consistently.

Don’t even talk about Pep.
 
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Bodinki said:
<laugh>
It was my favourite juice drink as a nipper. My mum used to put the juice boxes in my school lunch box.
I remember Kia Ora as well, and Sunny Delight, though Sunny Delight was ****ing awful, **** tasted radioactive and would glow in the dark. Got outlawed in the UK because kids were turning yellow, iirc
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****ing hell didn't know that <laugh>

Used to love that **** as a kid. Always wondered why it suddenly became less popular lol.
 
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Bodinki said:
I dont remember his name, the Belgian kid you signed. His name sounds like Um Bongo

EDIT : Lokonga, just looked it up :)

EDIT EDIT: Can you still buy Um Bongo, the drink? I used to love that as a kid
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Thought that was Sunny Delight...was marketed as a healthy drink until the kids turned day glow orange <laugh>
 
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Tel said:
Nobody else was interested at any stage but I’m sure they’ll say they beat United to his signature.
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He looks like another overpriced 'neat and tidy' player they can add to their roster. They never learn.

Has a club ever failed in the market as consistently as Arsenal over the last 15-20 years?

I think Ben White is a good signing but it's not the type of defender they need.
 
These signings are ****ing Wikkedy Wack!
I'd be going spare if I was an Arsenal fan.
£129m and they will still finish below the top 6 in all likelihood.
Maybe no Europe will help, but I still cannot see them finishing past last seasons top 5 and probably one other of Spurs, Everton or Villa.
 
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