The Manchester United Thread X

Contareo - good signing. Why wasn't all this crap done earlier for crying out flipping loud. I genuinely don't understand why this guy spent all summer chasing Baines then. Poor, poor, poor!

But Fellani for £27 mil.....

Wenger's spent about 60m net since 1996 man. Given the resources at this disposal, which by the way are self generated unlike some others, he's still showing remarkable restraint. Look at how many youth products we have in the XI for a start, Szcz, Gibbs, Jenkinson Wilshere with others like Ramsey/Walcott brought in young and trained. If we're buying success then so are BVB/Bayern as they're the same.

I'm confused. Have you guys bought Fellaini?

Lol you couldn't write this.

Coentrao deal being off would be the icing on the transfer-deadline cake. I'll never, hopefully, experience this day again.

Walcott was still close to £10 million, was it not? That's still pretty pricey for a teenager (and more than Manchester United paid for Ronaldo, two and a half years earlier). Moreover some of those "youth products" only had a year as youth players.

Anyway, this argument again. When you were competitive, you still splashed the cash when needed, as all successful clubs do. The only reason why spending has declined in recent years is, as you know only too well, the burden of the stadium. This has brought a corresponding decline in trophies won and league position,

Should Arsenal get back to being competitive I have no doubt that they will splash the case, when needed, once more.

Practically every single club that's had success as "bought success" in some way or another. It's not necessarily a bad thing. It's just one does get irritated by certain Arsenal fans or admiters criticising teams, such as Manchester United, for "buying success".

In the midst of the ridiculousness of this day, made me realise how important it was to hold onto Rooney. Can you imagine this day AFTER he had left us for Chelsea?!! Rooney staying, Fellaini joining (and hopefully improving his game) and Moyes' ability to hopefully be more inventive with the team, gives me hope.