Is This Manchester United's BIGGEST Mistake?

[@StephenHowson]

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[@bronconv]

Remember last season we let Reguilon go back to his team and he was actually pretty good and we still needed him.

[@mitchellbrough1615]

Point is it should've never been him. It should've been alvaro, he'd ripped it up that pre-season

[@lew115]

Don't remember that, no, because it never happened. Spurs loaned him out again.

[@damiena1478]

Failures from the medical team, telling the bosses that we'll have Shaw and Malacia available. They screwed us there.

[@no9scrum]

@@lew115 what??? we needed him, we let him go back to spurs anyway and they didn't even need him so they loaned him again... what exactly "never happened"??

[@joni.sirvio8867]

We are at point when we cannot trust med team and its new director o’driscoll anymore

[@ste4392]

It's inexcusable, we let him go on loan for Reguilon, who we then let go back to Spurs, because we're relying on Shaw and Malacia and ETH was told they'd be fit. Then we get to the summer and let Fernandez go. Were we expecting them to get fit again? It's ridiculous

[@Benedict1313]

Pretty sure most of the people who did that deal aren’t employed any more

[@TightLinesNI]

Reguilon would be starting too 😅. And where's Harry Amass? Clueless.

[@ste4392]

@@TightLinesNI me clueless? Amass is only 17, tbh while I'd like to see him get his chance, it's tough for a kid that age to come into a team playing this poorly

[@TightLinesNI]

​@@ste4392 no no not you, man. Echoing your statements that its ridiculous to let Fernandez leave given how short we are at LB. Calling the club clueless. Amass, yeah I agree but I find it strange he hasn't got more minutes even in cup games. He looked mint in pre season.

[@ste4392]

@@TightLinesNI sorry, I wasn't sure if you thought I was criticising being Reguilon in haha just can't believe we let him go, trusting the medical staff and then it looks like same again in the summer with Fernandez. Make the mistake once, sure. Yeh, I though Amass would play against Barnsley tbh

[@Stegibbon]

Selling James Garner was also mental to me

[@Qammar_GGMU]

I never understood that move, he was a multi position player and we were crying for a MF that season.

[@Peakfitn3ss]

Garner. Angel Gomes. Teden Mengi. Chong. Alvaro. All for absolute PITTANCE too. This club does some mad stuff.

[@ScarzChosenspokesmen]

​@@Peakfitn3ss Gomes was the only one talented enough out of those

[@Yusuf-q6b8y]

James Garner would have saved us millions on Casemiro and also let's not forget Ethan Laird on RB.

[@joni.sirvio8867]

I bet you were the one saying pellistri was best and diallo is world class

[@englishgentleman3551]

It was so predictable Fernandez sale would be a mistake.🤬🤬

[@reddevil6166]

Crazy how we haven't had malacia for over 2 years and Alvaro didn't get a chance and we sold him for nothing. And he had a banging spell on loan.

[@lew115]

Over 2 years?

[@XboneMalone]

@@lew115 people make stuff up to try to make their inane points feel more important these days. Like the ones who say that ten Hag has been here 3 years. The Venn Diagram is close to being a complete circle with those two camps I fear.

[@reddevil6166]

@XboneMalone instead of trying to sound smart with your feelings why don't you prove the claim to be false, so we can have a decent discussion, but you aren't interested in that because you are a troll.

[@reddevil6166]

@lew115 how long has it been? I haven't checked when he last played 2 games in a row. Please let us know.

[@mattk120]

@@reddevil6166A year! Ten Haag has only been here 2 years! Difficult to believe I know, because the world is being consistently brain washed by the press every single week

[@johnmitchell2269]

What do you do when both of your left backs are always out injured? Sell your only other fit left back of course and don't bring in any new left backs! Because that was bound to work wasn't it? 😂

[@ChristoJohnSaaiman]

Stevie Wonder could see that Shaw was not going to be ready to play this season and Ten Hag sold Alvaro, I was shocked when I read that he was sold when we don't have fit left backs. Selling him was a big mistake, I agree with you Stephen.

[@malayanpascal1289]

Who said it was Ten Hag that sold him? They were selling academy players to make up FFP simple. They sold Mctom as well, they didn't want to but it was all business for books

[@stapleyp]

I was disappointed to see Alvaro depart, I am also disappointed that Harry Amass hasn't featured, and there is even talk of Jonny Evens being deployed at left back against Brentford on Saturday.... I mean.... wtf?

[@DarioBrubeck]

Harry Amass is nowhere NEAR the level yet. It's SO young and so fragile, has not got the build yet to compete. Give him more time. Fernandes was primed. Tall, athletic, strong and tenacious. We may have missed the boat with Alvaro. He was ready, whilst sending Harry on loan.

[@ScarzChosenspokesmen]

​@@DarioBrubeck agreed. Amass will get cooked

[@reynoldsadum4832]

Wtf. Our coach is desperate for results yet we are languishing at 14th position. This is utter crazy

[@reynoldsadum4832]

​@@ScarzChosenspokesmen Give him a chance. It is wrong he was ignored against Barnsley.

[@ScarzChosenspokesmen]

@@reynoldsadum4832 hes too little and not very good defensively. Recipe for disaster. He is very very technical though which is brilliant to watch. But if he cant defend well he at least needs to have physicality. Both things take time to develop

[@lew115]

Chap on Stretford Paddock suggested that the way United structured the sale (as with Kambwala) was that is actually quite close to a de facto loan. If he does well, we have the option to bring him back, if not no problem.

[@hooksx]

Correct. But chastising Utd management and whining online gets more clicks.

[@tarique9963]

Selling Garner,Alvaro,Angel and funny enough thats all the positions we struggle at

[@Doctor_Kroom]

We didn't sell angel. He left for free after refusing to sign a contract.

[@Yoshimo_]

Based on the fact that the buyback is 10 million more than we sold him for, if we were to sign him back in January, we would essentially have paid benfica 700k per week minus his wages to take him on loan

[@gavinhutchinson7]

Selling this young lad shows more incompetence from us

[@Bloodnok49]

Agreed. But letting Angel go was an even more crass decision, IMO - and we can't even blame that on Hag!

[@robbiekop7]

Malacia looks 👀 like a member of The Jackson 5 🎶🎤

[@rwalker0130]

crazy because in ETH first season LB was like our strongest position and led to Rashford having his best year too

[@mumandubula1788]

Alvaro fernandez should have gotten a start after his first loan spell where he honestlyimpressed, we knew Shaw and Malacia were out and still benched him then sent him on loan again.

[@SqueakyWeasel247]

There's no point Ste … if EtH doesn't wanna play him he'd bring him on up front with six minutes to go

[@charleseddem7042]

I'm an ETH fan...but his obsession of bringing in players he'd worked with at the detriment of home grown and cheaper players he's got rid of is mind boggling..he has also got rid of AWB..who was successive left back cover, and the midfield players who were established and good at their work given the chances..and replaced them with his old mates..these players are struggling to climatise to the prem. And we're stuck with these players who could all be failures.. which means, the boss will go, and we'll be left with players who shouldn't be here...money lost again, and not enough to buy quality..its frustrating

[@rwalker0130]

ETH doesn't make the sale decisions anymore. Also AWB was great at defense (no offense at all) ETH first year but very inconsistent and injured second year. With one year left on his deal it was good business to sell instead of resign or lose for free.

[@zebadee2476]

We had to sell AWB to buy Mezz…… What mates has he brought in midfield?? Erikkson bargain on a free or bringing Mainoo through? Casemiro was a last minute club buy. Did he manage Amad or Garnacho or Mount? What you on about midfield??

[@charleseddem7042]

@rwalker0130 so, tell me now we have an injury list..as we did last season..do you still think it was a good idea?

[@charleseddem7042]

@zebadee2476 he brought in loans and got rid..the ones he is using plus ugate who he brought in and never used ?

[@liamrescorla6670]

Pretty sure we haven’t had an actual left back start at left back was February. That is stunning

[@daze8585]

I never understood why he was sent out on loan last year when Shaw and Malacia were out for the season and we didn’t have a left back and then they sell him to Benfica for £5m , dumbfounded 😳 whoever made that decision wants their ass kicking , pretty sure we got him from Real Madrid youth and they were pissed when we signed him….that should tell you everything , would I come back after being overlooked when the club was in dire need of a left back then…..probably not.

[@rwalker0130]

I think someone at the club, maybe ETH, just didn't rate him.

[@hamigoni2419]

I like mazraoui he has done well but its just concerning that we needed a left back and the club signed another right back. Now dalot has struggled with form this season playing on the left after having his best season last year playing right back. Its also worrying that we needed goals in the team and we didnt go for a top centre forward with some goals in him instead a player in zirkzee who likes to drop and link the play. The structure of the team has been so bad this year i think Ineos first window has been worrying to say the least 😢

[@oceanedgemediang8549]

It's easy to pick it this way and fault the club. Have you sat down to calculate the club's finances and see how bad it is? This isn't 3 or 4 seasons ago that we can afford to sign so much. We can only do it in bits. The club can still make the transfer of a left back in January if they truly want to succeed. A striker isn't so very paramount considering the positions we need to take care of. We can always do that by end of the season. Let's not forget, we need another creator. The tactics isn't favouring Bruno

[@kingjames1101]

Taking money to promote gambling when it’s an addiction some of your audience will struggle with is shameful. What’s next alcohol and cigarette adverts?

[@oceanedgemediang8549]

Personally, I don't see it as a big deal in the real sense. He might had simply wanted to leave. It's just like keeping someone against their will just like Paul Pogba. What if he wasn't playing well, will we be having this conversation now? I think he should be there for for at least a season. At least he would have had the full experience and we'll be able to tell if he is ready or not. We can begin slotting Amas in as a substitute, begining from this weekend so he starts getting few game time. Same thing with our young midfielder. They need those little minutes. Let's not forget, we can only predict, we can't be so certain. What if we get him and he doesn't perform? Doing this is like crying over spilt milk

[@andreichivu8892]

I said it was a mistake when they loaned him out in 2023. Even before Ineos coming in and before deciding to sell him. He looked really good in the preseason. I even said he was better offensively than Shaw. And he’s got better dribbling skills than most of our midfielders and attackers and really inverts in the middle by nature. He would’ve been spot on now in that position where Dalot plays inverted. Now we have to pay 3 times the price to get him back. Regarding coming summer, I’m willing to bet Shaw is gonna be sold. I think by now they saw enough of him, his injuries situation is not amendable. They need to be ruthless about Shaw too.

[@Edmures_rampant_manhood]

Selling Fernandez when Shaw and Malacia are your other options reminds me of when the club sold Johnny Evans and retained Jones and Smalling. 50% cross accuracy is INSANE.

[@dannysabbath2562]

Genius move from INEOS. Let Benfica develop him as they have a good track record doing so. Buy back for 15m rather than the 60m they'll want from everyone else!

[@XboneMalone]

It also hinges on what was said between the club and player in respect of his playing prospects for the first team. Were they honest? Did they string him along? Were they sympathetic/supportive? It's clear ten Hag gave the OK (if indeed he was consulted) based on the advice of the medical staff regarding the fitness of Shaw & Malacia. But we don't know what was noticed when the player was at the club, what reports stated about him from his loan spells.

[@vestonmansaram7452]

Steve he should not have gone to Preston, when you never had a left back all of last season

[@lew115]

He didn't go to Preston last season.

[@no9scrum]

It is genuinely baffling from the INIOS group that they looked at the terminally injured Shaw, Malacia's injury and potential lack of recovery... and a 17 year old Harry Amas and decided that was enough cover for left back...

[@inBODwetrust13]

Why would you keep a player that Ten Hag said he would never give a chance to?

[@4Bester]

Presumably we sold him because he wanted to play every week in a first team and we thought Shaw and Malacia would be fit. We can’t just hold him hostage because we might need him. That being said, we’re almost at a point of writing off Shaw. So Fernandez and Malacia with Amass out on loan next season sounds pretty good.

[@zinedinezidane4771]

Almost at the point of writing Shaw of 😂 he should have been written off years ago 😂

[@Ace-wp7ld]

I totally agree i thought it was a mistake to let Alvaro Fernandez go he is tall and was good on the ball and can make all the passes. He is defensively sound and fits the style we want to transition to as a club. It made no sense to me when we have luke shaw as our starter who hasn’t been reliable for half a decade now? Malacia was good for effort and tenacity but we didn’t ever see his offensive acumen at all.

[@TheQuietTactician]

Watched him a few times over the years for united preston & benfica and he’s so direct while running with and without the ball he covers the entire left flank really well very attacking minded but recovers well , decent in the air as well tbh only thing that lets him down occasionally is he trys to play in dangerous positions while being pressed but you obviously dont know if thats an instruction or not

[@JeanJacquesSoopraya]

Alvaro is good going forward, he had an excellent football relationship with Garnacho and was instrumental in Garnacho's performance in the Youth FA cup run. But, defensively he has a propensity to be out of position which he covered for with his pace, which isn't electric but adequate.

[@mdavh2582]

"Can't compete at the highest level when you have make shift full-backs. João Cancelo ring any bells? I know you don't like giving any other club any credit, but he's a right back and he was absolutely superb. That outside of the boot cross for Haaland vs Dortmund was sensational. And he was a makeshift full back, he was only playing there because Mendy went on trial and Zinchenko is/was crap. Also Dennis Irwin, I know he probably played the majority of his games at left back, but he was a right footer, which is really all we're talking about here.

[@iqbalsingh-g7s]

Plus he would be good Arieal presence in the back line

[@fatbelly27]

I saw Alvaro play while on loan at Preston and many times was the best player on the pitch. That doesn't mean he was then premiership quality but he was 19.

[@hooksx]

Amateur football scout over here!

[@JakeDriver]

Honestly think we'd be doing ourselves a huge disservice if we don't activate that buyback in January. That LB spot is a huge weakness for us at the minute, Zero reliability there. Alvaro, Amass & Malacia over the next few seasons could completely change how that position is viewed for us.

[@lungabiyela9081]

Shaw was fit, and we had just signed Malacia. With those two, the kid wouldn't have seen much action, and it just didn't make sense keeping him around and holding him back. And no one knew that Shaw and Malacia would go on to be miss so much time. Reguilon was brought in as a temporary solution. When you make decisions, you don't think about losing two players to injury.

[@swisstony6069]

Sorry Steve, but you keep asking the same question “why did we sell him in the first place”?

[@damiena1478]

I believe it's more likely that he asked to leave. From what we saw, he showed some serious quality. He deserved some game time, and I assume we weren't prepared to guarantee him any.

[@jamiemorgan2972]

If he’s weak under pressure then he would be targeted in the EPL, in which case he would have been back up. The lad probably wants guaranteed 1st team football which he’s getting now. From the situation you would have to imagine he wanted to leave and the club understood his potential by installing the buy back clause. I can’t imagine he will want to leave for a team where he isn’t going to be a guaranteed starter so he needs to work on his ability under pressure before his next move. I think he’s at the right club for him right now as a loan does not provide the same stability as a fresh start. Sometimes the club has to do what’s right for the youngsters as holding onto players and holding back the development they would get elsewhere isn’t good for the game as a whole. I’d love to see an offer go in for Alphonso Davies during the January transfer window but I think he will run down his contract for a big signing fee and bumper wages in the summer but that is the sort of quality Utd will need to challenge for the big trophies. You can’t have weak links in your starting 11.

[@JoeDuffy69s]

If we buy him back for 17m, that's 12m loan fee for half a season that we paid to benfica. Ashworth didn't do great deals at all. He paid release clause for each player and in case of yoro, paid way more than needed. He didn't sell players for giant sums of money like arsenal.

[@CarolSteele]

100% I would resign him. His buy back clause is rumoured to be be €20 million (approx £16 million). Benfica's selling price on the open market is €50 so we would more than get our money back if we decided to let him go again - something we have only done once (Daniel James) in recent years.

[@SkullSnax]

It's a little disingenuous to say we sold him. We loaned him out, we agreed to a sell on clause, that was the start of 2023/24 season, Shaw was fit, Malacia was injured but looked like he would be back soon. He'd have been third choice and wanting to play. Shaw was incredible in that 22/23 season, so no chance if Shaw was fit. And then such is life, Shaw gets injured, Malacia's injury is worse than expected, Benfica want to use the sell on clause and the player likes being first choice in a top European team. Like the injury and left back situation last season was a mess, and it's still a mess. It's not all "mistakes", it's unforeseen circumstances.

[@jaserogers997]

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[@SeanBotha]

Erik ten Hag, ratcliffe 2nd.Rewarding failure is unacceptable

[@Benedict1313]

Stupid

[@ntheyezimba5856]

Letting Alvaro go was pure Glazernomics. As a club that prides ourselves on youth we sold a youth player who was actually talented but kept someone like McTominay who was bang average for 7 years this football club. 🤦🏾

[@professorb4286]

Thing is the new structure has been set up so that we sell these players to clubs who will put in their full focus developing them and getting solid game time so it’s win win, if they are special we buy them back, if not we got them off the books and all by actually using business brains and inserting low buy back clauses and high sell on clauses 👌

[@yasheenmahabeer]

Alvaro Fernandez could have been banging amd killing it on the LB/LW with Garnacho. 10 Hag was naive here and backed Malacia over Fernandez and look how that’s turned out

[@hlumelobottoman2627]

Ste kindly do a video on our latest rumoured targets for the winter & summer transfer market.. Chris Rigg, Baturina, Gittens, Goretzka, Sane & co.

[@ohheyitskevinc]

Would he want to come back? The moment Malacia got injured, LB has been a problem and we focused on every other position since then. Getting rid of Reguilon when Shaw was just coming back was also a mistake.

[@Bole77]

Ten Hag is likely to start Toby Collyer at left-back against Brentford due to his ability to invert into midfield, a tactic we've seen him use before with Amrabat last season. Collyer was previously selected in this role against Barnsley, and given Ten Hag's tactical approach and past decisions, it seems certain he'll be chosen again for this position against Brentford.

[@rwalker0130]

I think it'll be Martinez (if he's fit ffs) and Dalot will invert leaving us with a back 3

[@calumjunior7748]

I know Ste is a fan of Mazroui but I think he offers very little going forward and being able to play Dalot at RB and having a natural LB would be better..

[@thebiglebrowski3695]

People really think the buyback clause will help us?? Here is how the conversationnwith Liverpool goes. L: Qe want Fernandez B: Then give us 40m L: United just triggered a 16m release clause B: Oh shit yeah, give us 20m theb L: Done. The second we trigger that clause, the price goes down for everybody else as well.

[@benpeppert3314]

We should just not trust the word of our medical department. Blunder after blunder. Better safe than sorry

[@himynameis294]

Exactly we got Luke Shaw. Hopefully he’s back for the FA Cup final.

[@Yoshimo_]

I hope ETH knows that if he brings up injuries as an explanation for anything LB related this season when they intentionally chose not to address the left back situation in the summer after what happened last year, he will probably lose most if not all of the support he has left in the fanbase

[@VKBKK]

Boy’s issue is talking back to Ten Hag during pre season same like Zidane Iqbal. Some aspect of Ten Hag managing of his team is really suspect and this is the most puzzling considering we already knew Malacia n Shaw has long term injury. Bringing thru Garnacho n Kobe does not mean he has done good n could be delay till Jan. He would have played alot last season. Our manager has to swallow his pride n accept when his setups n tactics dont work n also dont simply discard a academy talents.

[@eamonnpotts5063]

Keeping ten Hag is our biggest mistake for decisions like packing Alvaro off to Benfica!!!

[@rgjmce666]

The thing I really didn't understand was we knew how bad Shaw and Malacias injuries were coming into the season

[@josiahleech3196]

Haven't seen him play personally, but based off what I just heard would sound crazy to not re sign him. If I wasn't a fan united would have to make some serious playing time promises to get me back.

[@paulrenfree4009]

As a club, and just to make a point that I thought we were stupid to let him go (though I assume he wanted playtime assurances), I would take him back. As a player, I'd want a pay increase and guaranteed playtime otherwise I'm wasting my career

[@esp2017]

Did we sell him because we literally had no option? If he had signed a loan contract with an option for Benfica to buy, and they activated that option, what can we do? I might be wrong (trying to remember FM) but I think if the buying club activates the option, then the transfer happens...

[@temitayoprecious2692]

Everything happening in this club just tells me this club doesn’t want to succeed. I can’t wrap my head around this Left Back issue.

[@zebadee2476]

I didn’t know we stupidly did a loan with trigger to buy option! Well that was Woodward etc and ETH probably thought I’ll get a lb and Shaw was good first season so what could we do??

[@fakethiscrap2083]

Its great that united wanting to fix their fuck up. But i honestly dont see alvaro wanting to come back since he is getting play time

[@richyclubsport5155]

Again KZbin's know more about player's than the staff who are at Carrington every day

[@hooksx]

Exactly. Howson says "we" underestimated AF...ya, we meaning the YR viewers and pundits. The club and player professionals absolutely know what they're doing.

[@TPH250290]

@@hooksx Benfica, one of the best clubs in Portugal, have a starting left back who cost them £5m from us. United, currently 14th in the Premier League, have no starting left back. You can see this whether you're a KZbinr or not.

[@brokenstarr4113]

I believe we can get him back pretty cheap, due to the buyback price plus the 50% sell on clauses. Should be just over £8m to get him back! Also, I genuinely think its time we look at a complete refresh of LB. Move Shaw and Malacia on, and recruit 1 experienced and 1 younger cover. We need stability there!

[@hooksx]

This is a stupid question but if the buyback is £12M and the sell on is 50%, when we buyback do we get £6M from the "sale."

[@TonyLancashire]

I reckon he was advised to join Benfica permanently. He has a better chance to improve as a player, have a better career and ultimately move to a top top club. At Utd we don’t improve players and if we do they hit a wall quickly.

[@RoopakNaigaonkar]

Yes 1000% letting serge reguilon leave last time around and Alvaro this time....

[@ChristoJohnSaaiman]

Benfica is third in the League 8 points behind the leaders with a game in hand, meanwhile United are 14th and looks like we are gonna drop further down the table. I don't think he would wanna come back.

[@snappyturtle996]

This is why for me Erik needs to go. If you don’t have the players adapt the formation go to back 3. He’s so shot his depth it’s scary

[@ValterAbilio-lx8tn]

I was Annoyed at letting him leave, Oyedele is another one, we keeping selling some of our good youngsters 😡

[@sanjaydhirwan791]

We have the best left back in the premier league according to lads at paddock, why even consider keeping a young talent or buying some one else 😅😅😅

[@spencerchapmanbarra7888]

Alvaro not rated by ETH his judgement is so good that he fancies Antony!

[@Edmures_rampant_manhood]

If Fernandez goes to Liverpool without us trying to bring him back, SJR might catch these hands...

[@1footballer]

Wonderful job by ETH. First 2 years he was in control of who he wants in team. Whom Man Utd purchases.

[@JF-di1nr]

We still have serious issues with the medical team. Where was that overhaul

[@L1KEaMO55]

Where did you get your green wall from mate?

[@rogeregerton8531Gorton-Red]

Huge mistake letting him go, get the return sorted for January, Shaw is finished lets not bullshit, never fully fit. Malacia is an unknown quantity as he didn't play long enough. From what i remember he was ok as the inverted wing back and his pace was good, neither are as promising as Fernandez for the reasons i've stated. I can't remember if Inios and crew were in place when he left so i can't blame them? Surely if they were, they wouldn't have let him leave? Good job we have the buy back option as i would be destroyed if the Dippers got him!! LIndleof is surplus to requirement, Martinez is wasted as a left wing back unless the game warrants a 3 at the back, he does his butchering best at centre back, i would love to see him have the odd game in midfield as a ball winner and string puller. Personally ,if i was Alvaro and was promised (in contract) to play regular i would come, otherwise no, that hurts to say as i'd play on crutches to get games for United, the love runs that deep. Excellent video as always Ste, take care Regards Roger.

[@michaeledge6430]

Most ridiculous sale ever, questions need to be asked to whoever made this decision, ridiculous

[@mafanancube7360]

I would rather play Amas than bring someone we sold…

[@seanmmccarthy]

In the immortal words of David Brent "this is gonna cost ya."

[@EzziiG]

It makes ZERO sense!!! Whoever signed this off needs to be sacked. Its inexcusable.

[@Thekevin1961]

Get him back plz !

[@Brendan_M_]

Was this a very weird loan-not-loan to get around FFP? Sell him 5M profit then buy back at a similar price over 4-5 years? Literally the only move that makes sense, even if they've decided Amass is the future, playing Fernandez for a season or 2 until then only raises his value. So I can only assume some weird creative FFP loophole here, no way they thought our left back options are good enough and available enough and his value will only decline

[@ivanisrael4442]

Whatever diet and hard graft you are following it’s working Stephen. Keep up the great content balanced and well reasoned always. GGMU.

[@damiena1478]

When we have a true left back, we see the best version of Marcus.

[@Bilal-cb2je]

Bro what happened to your wall u had some spare Astro? 😂😂

[@janingehoff1924]

Smells like the same as in January when we sent back Regleon. ETH was then told Shaw and Malacia would be back soon, in January. Then they was not. Could be the same in summer, ETH could have been told Shaw is back in a few weeks, after 1 international break. But then again, not so much.

[@Ace-wp7ld]

If i was Fernandez i would not come back to united we treated him horribly and underrated and undervalued him and if he goes to liverpool he will hurt us at a later date 100%. Now if the club says the previous regime is who did that and we fired all them because they were inept then maybe he would listen but idk that ten hag rates him either unfortunately. Which again ten hag may not be here for much longer but still i would understand if he wanted no part of this club anymore we have issues identifying talent and issues developing that talent appropriately. Just look at mainoo garnacho and even rasmus who we overplay into the ground and don’t surround with players who improve their game but force the young players to have to compensate for.

[@jamesfielding3127]

I live in Benfica, hes been superb this season, all the Benfica lads here think its nuts UTD let him go for next to nothing

[@tayosunmola1991]

Man utd let all these youngsters go without giving them chances in the first team. It’s ridiculous. Especially, when those boys have done so well rising through the academy. By the way, what is wrong with Amass. Why is ten Hag finding it so difficult to give that boy some minutes. If you are good enough, you’re old enough. How old was Trent when he started playing in Liverpool’s first team.

[@matthewbaker2573]

Fernandez wanted to go back to him home country. He wanted to be closer to his family being a part of that. Didn't United put a buy back option on him ???

[@cyeamaculture8486]

Is of course the correct answer..footballers are human beings that have desires like the rest of us..nowt wrong wanting to be in your home country near your family

[@matthewbaker2573]

@@cyeamaculture8486 he's spent the prime of his teenage years in another country. 9/10 the portuguese are very family connected. we should be glad we gave him the tools to become a good player and just hope he doesn't hurt us lol

[@SJH.95]

We all knew at the time it was silly to sell Alvaro. Now look at us, another reason for teams to laugh

[@dw2261]

To list our clubs mistakes over the last decade would take fucking days. And the biggest worry for me , as we speak, we are still making them today. Ineos have done nothing to impress or improve this club.

[@gileshouliston7282]

I think as a player, I’d stay at benfica and then next season a Spanish club or another European club will make it a. Key signing. Re. Uniteds plan, since shaw arrived is let’s see. We need to draw a line in the sand. Shaws body’s makes him eligible for a first team role. Keep him as a utility player back up. But find a left bk that first team player that can make his own.

[@HanazonoFiama]

Here for my daily dose of delulu

[@ThomasMedina-j3g]

Two years from now will we be having the same discussion about Harry Amass?

[@easy8237]

Rumors that the buy back clause does not come into effect until 2026. So the conversation of him coming back to help us now is irrelevant if that is true.

[@akh8796]

The incompetence of this club STILL!

[@Empirebusiness]

I knew this was coming !

[@Techdash.]

I don't get why we don't use youth when there's an injury and we don't have back up in the squad. Look at Liverpool, they used a kid on RB. So are we saying we don't have any youth player who plays LB?