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Andrey Santos Signs for Chelsea

I think it's getting that people on here blame the owners for everything that they don't like at the moment, and still pick at things they get right.. i.e Alonso's appointment.

He wanted to leave because he wasn't good enough to play in front of who did, the club said ok and sold him for 50m... Good business I'd say for a player who after just one season behind a world cup winner and a beast in that position wanted out.

FFS lads everything isn't the fault of the owners, sometimes it's just how football at every big club pans out.
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The Alonso appointment is a plus for me. Getting someone of his standard is a good move.

I just don’t trust the owners to make the right moves to make us stronger.

We finished 10th last season and the team who finished 17th are buying proven Premier League players to improve thier team.

Just changing the manager isn’t gonna be enough to jump all the way up to the top 4.

Let’s be honest Santos wanted to leave because he didn’t get enough minutes despite Enzo having no impact in the most of the games he played other than popping up with a goal here and there.

We’ve made Enzo an untouchable and he doesn’t even want to be here!

If it was right at the end of the transfer window and Enzo commits to staying then maybe it would make a bit more sense. But selling at this point with Enzo’s future up still in the air and at the same time giving Man Utd the chance to integrate Santos fully during pre-season is very short sighted IMO.

 
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The only reason you think he wanted to leave is because that’s what BlueCo have told the media to say. We’ve seen this with every exit we’ve had under these owners, where they’ll paint the player in a bad way to soften their own reputation.

Shame to see such naivety this long into this ownership.
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More conspiracy theorists here than naivety Cucurella and Enzo have made it clear they want out so why wouldn’t Santos? Could easily feel the same way about how the club is ran (who can blame them), on top of the fact he wants first team football. Looks on paper like a career upgrade for Santos if he gets to play.

 
I think we will regret this ,will turn out to be a top player when given a good run in the team and proper training from the coaches

 
More conspiracy theorists here than naivety Cucurella and Enzo have made it clear they want out so why wouldn’t Santos? Could easily feel the same way about how the club is ran (who can blame them), on top of the fact he wants first team football. Looks on paper like a career upgrade for Santos if he gets to play.
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I’m not surprised so many wanted out. They’re probably silenced, to a degree, in their contracts. But if that Maresca stuff started going down in November, and he wanted out in Dec, if must have been pretty toxic behind the scenes.

Still disappointed to see Santos go, but we move on with Alonso. Better times ahead - maybe he can get Caicedo, Enzo and whoever else is fit, available or signed firing again in midfield.

 
More conspiracy theorists here than naivety Cucurella and Enzo have made it clear they want out so why wouldn’t Santos? Could easily feel the same way about how the club is ran (who can blame them), on top of the fact he wants first team football. Looks on paper like a career upgrade for Santos if he gets to play.
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Once again we have this theory every season.

Before this season end, I already said Santos will probably get sold, same with cucu. At the end of last season I said Madueke n Jackson were the one that gonna get sold.

This got nothing to do with their playing time or whether they want to leave or whether the manager rate them or not. It is all about 🤑🤑🤑

 
Once again we have this theory every season.

Before this season end, I already said Santos will probably get sold, same with cucu. At the end of last season I said Madueke n Jackson were the one that gonna get sold.

This got nothing to do with their playing time or whether they want to leave or whether the manager rate them or not. It is all about 🤑🤑🤑
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This. Nothing matters except the $$$$.

If someone were to offer 70m+ for Palmer or 120m+ for Caicedo or James, they would sell them too.

Club were happy for Fernandez to mouth off if it meant they got a big bonus. Now there's no suitors, so all the talk is about "re-integrating Fernandez" and how "valued" he is by Alonso etc.

 
I think it's getting that people on here blame the owners for everything that they don't like at the moment, and still pick at things they get right.. i.e Alonso's appointment.

He wanted to leave because he wasn't good enough to play in front of who did, the club said ok and sold him for 50m... Good business I'd say for a player who after just one season behind a world cup winner and a beast in that position wanted out.

FFS lads everything isn't the fault of the owners, sometimes it's just how football at every big club pans out.
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Please don't come in here with the simplest possible explanation for something in football. 😅

We much prefer elaborate conspiracy theories.

 
This. Nothing matters except the $$$$.

If someone were to offer 70m+ for Palmer or 120m+ for Caicedo or James, they would sell them too.

Club were happy for Fernandez to mouth off if it meant they got a big bonus. Now there's no suitors, so all the talk is about "re-integrating Fernandez" and how "valued" he is by Alonso etc.
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Selling star player is more complicated, it impact the perfomance too much and replacement will be too expensive.

 
This. Nothing matters except the $$$$.

If someone were to offer 70m+ for Palmer or 120m+ for Caicedo or James, they would sell them too.

Club were happy for Fernandez to mouth off if it meant they got a big bonus. Now there's no suitors, so all the talk is about "re-integrating Fernandez" and how "valued" he is by Alonso etc.
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Would you? Even if they do, we can't say for sure it's a bad business considering those players have drawback.

 
Once again we have this theory every season.

Before this season end, I already said Santos will probably get sold, same with cucu. At the end of last season I said Madueke n Jackson were the one that gonna get sold.

This got nothing to do with their playing time or whether they want to leave or whether the manager rate them or not. It is all about 🤑🤑🤑
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Predicting Madueke and Jackson are to be sold, come on mystic Bob I wanted them both gone having seen them play for a month. Cucu basically came out saying the club is a shambles and he wants out. No doubt from me he'd still be here if that's what he wanted, not exactly forced out for profit.

Have any of our best player been sold or have they all been deemed not good enough? Selling Juan Mata was a million times worse than this.

 
Wow, Santos and Tielemans? Man Utd are really targeting their problem position.

With that idiot Maresca at Man City and Arsenal not really being that good they might win the league.

 
Wow, Santos and Tielemans? Man Utd are really targeting their problem position.

With that idiot Maresca at Man City and Arsenal not really being that good they might win the league.
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Don't really know how to read into this, can't figure if you are serious about it, or just taking the piss.

If anything, these are average at best transfers that won't improve them at all. Guess their pull on big names is fading away for the moment if Andrey Santos and Tielemans are the ones they can attract with UCL football.

The talk of United suddenly back in for the big trophies is laughable, people forget they were the only big club in Europe that started 2026 with only one competition to play in having been knocked out by Grimsby in August and knocked out in the FA Cup very early in January 2026. They even had a three-week break from mid March to mid April because of that, when others were playing every three or four days.

Let's watch them this season when the pressure is on and the matches pile up.

 
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Don't really know how to read into this, can't figure if you are serious about it, or just taking the piss.

If anything, these are average at best transfers that won't improve them at all. Guess their pull on big names is fading away for the moment if Andrey Santos and Tielemans are the ones they can attract with UCL football.

The talk of United suddenly back in for the big trophies is laughable, people forget they were the only big club in Europe that started 2026 with only one competition to play in having been knocked out by Grimsby in August and knocked out in the FA Cup very early in January 2026. They even had a three-week break from mid March to mid April because of that, when others were playing every three or four days.

Let's watch them this season when the pressure is on and the matches pile up.
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They're in Europe, they're adding squad depth. Obviously.

 
They're in Europe, they're adding squad depth. Obviously.
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Casemiro is gone.

Mainoo, Mount, Santos, Tielemans and Ugarte their central midfielders.

That really is a bang average midfield.

It's not like they qualified for Europe having had a congested season. They had the most favourable schedule a club can ask for.

 
Don't really know how to read into this, can't figure if you are serious about it, or just taking the piss.

If anything, these are average at best transfers that won't improve them at all. Guess their pull on big names is fading away for the moment if Andrey Santos and Tielemans are the ones they can attract with UCL football.

The talk of United suddenly back in for the big trophies is laughable, people forget they were the only big club in Europe that started 2026 with only one competition to play in having been knocked out by Grimsby in August and knocked out in the FA Cup very early in January 2026. They even had a three-week break from mid March to mid April because of that, when others were playing every three or four days.

Let's watch them this season when the pressure is on and the matches pile up.
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They don't have the quality of manager, and they don't have the funds to spend big. They wanted Anderson, Tonali etc. but couldn't get the money. Santos is someone they identified 12 months ago as a player they wanted, and they've reverted back to that despite him not showing he can deliver in the PL. They are gambling.

They'll be there or there abouts in the top 4 race, but won't challenge Arsenal.

We might have a freak season where we do, it depends on us making the quality transfer at CB and CM we need, and our players clicking without Europe.

 
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