Rob Blanchette
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โฝ Journalist & Broadcaster: ๐บ๐๏ธ@TPLMUFC for @90min_Football ๐ดโซโช Please subscribe to my #MUFC channel ๐ฑ๐๐พ๐๐พ @BRfootball, Red News & more ๐
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Joined December 2008
Bruno Fernandes.James Maddison.Jadon Sancho.Ruben Neves.Timo Werner.Kai Havertz. #MUFC could buy these players over the next two transfer windows and transform everything at the club. Not one is out of reach. Sell Fred, Matic, Mata, Jones, Rojo, Smalling & Sanchez. Keep Pogba.
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This is the player I'd like to see replace Paul Pogba at #MUFC. Ruben Neves is perfect for United's needs. A modern midfielder who intercepts and distributes. He can defend & attack. He's a great age at 23, & he'd compliment our existing players. He's Premier League-ready. ๐ต๐น
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SAF lost 48 games in his first four years. And drew 47. And in that four years he restructured the club to become the best in the world. Our knee-jerk society gets so much wrong today. #SupportOle #MUFC.
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If #MUFC hadn't turned up tonight, I'd be angry. I'm not angry, this young team dominated but made poor defensive errors. I feel better about United today than at any point since SAF left. We look more like Manchester United than at any point under Moyes, LvG or Mourinho.
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Paul Pogba will only sign a new deal with #MUFC for one reason: Because he believes he can win trophies at the club. He can pick up a big wage at plenty of clubs. But he's a player focused on winning. The boy just wants to win silverware on repeat. That's his fuel.
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I did a piece of David De Gea when he was 18 at Atletico. I was delighted when SAF bought him. He's been a legend for #MUFC & always will be. It's time to part ways with no animosity or disrespect. Time for a new No. 1 under our brilliant coach. Cheers, DDG. Forever a Red ๐ดโชโซ
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He's been playing in the worst #MUFC team for 30 years & is expected to carry the team with magical play every match. He's a scapegoat. He was excellent against Leipzig. Lose 1-0 to Arsenal, and it's: 'let's move on Paul Pogba'. If I was him, I'd leave the club & not look back.
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In real time in the stadium, Aaron Wan-Bissaka going to ground did look like a foul and a stonewall penalty. It is crystal clear on the replay the contact doesnโt constitute a foul. VAR in the Premier League remains shambolic and not fit for purpose. That decision could decide
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Charlie McNeill is a goal machine. He's scored hundreds of goals through the youth ranks. Alejandro Garnacho was just called up by Argentina. Hannibal was excellent for Tunisia at the AFCON. It's time to give them their #MUFC debuts. Let youth flourish ahead of Utd's mediocrity.
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I've spent years covering Ligue 1 and PSG. They didn't want Cavani to leave because he's integral. He's a glue guy - gives ๐ฏ every game, gives you energy, but is also a world-class finisher. Rashford, Martial, Greenwood and Cavani will scare every team they face. #MUFC.
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Once Maguire is complete, #MUFC need to get Lukaku sold. He doesn't fit at Utd. ยฃ70-80m would be an acceptable fee. Then sign Fernandes and Pepe, and suddenly, this looks like a squad that can compete. Keep Pogba for one more year if possible. This would represent a good window.
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I like Pogba more than Bruno. I like Bruno more than Pogba. I like Martial more than Rashford. I like Rash more than Martial. Why do some #MUFC fans feel the need to do this? Can't you just unequivocally support the players? Constructive criticism is fine. But the rest is trash.
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The Premier League have done an awful job protecting English football from profiteering ownership & sportswashing consortiums. The #europeansuperleague is their punishment. The PL is a haven of greed for billionaires. The FA, UEFA & FIFA are all responsible for this new league.
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If you want to know why Paul Pogba is ready to sign a new deal with #MUFC, the answer is. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Pogba could force an exit if he wanted to. But none of the senior talent at United want to leave. That's a huge shift in attitude. It's because of the manager.
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My favourite moment of Jurgen Kloppโs final season at Liverpoolโฆ.
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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐! . Amad Diallo sends @ManUtd into the @EmiratesFACup semi-finals!. #EmiratesFACup | #MUNLIV
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If #MUFC want Maddison, they can get him. They can pay him much bigger wages, they can explode his brand, he can play for the club he supported as a boy, and he'll play in front of 70k+ people each week. All they have to do is pay a fee. Will the Glazers do that? Only God knows.
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Pogba showed no disrespect to Souness with his comments. Yet Souness slanders him at every opportunity for his wage. Pogba has won 10 major club trophies & the World Cup. All by the age of 27. The medals comment was inane. Pathetic punditry #MUFC.
English First Division - ๐๐๐๐๐.European Cup - ๐๐๐.League Cup - ๐๐๐. "Graeme can show him the medals!" ๐
. The #SkyFootballShow discuss Paul Pogba's recent comments about Graeme Souness.
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Paul Pogba is taking a huge paycut to leave #MUFC in order to win. He turned down City because he loves United. I know fans hate him. & it's for all the wrong reasons. Good luck at Juve, PP. You deserve better than Ed Woodward promised you about the ambitions of the Glazers 1/4
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The ยฃ68.8m fee for Frenkie de Jong meets #MUFC's valuation. It's below what Barcelona paid Ajax, but Utd's logic has been Barca offering the player to them because of their finances. I'm sure there'll be add-ons to sweeten a concluded deal. Looks like Ten Hag has his main target.
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Are some #MUFC fans really judging Sofyan Amrabat negatively after one Premier League game? I'll tell you what he looked like from inside the stadium:. He absolutely worked his socks off and didn't stop moving for 90 minutes. He started left-back but ran all the defensive areas
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Paul Pogba "left out" of #MUFC's training camp? That must mean Ole has given up on him, according to reports?. Scott McTominay is rehabbing with Pogba at Carrington. Does this mean Ole has given up on Scotty?. Some reporting around United is farcical and embarrassing.
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Ten Hag has made it clear to #MUFC he will not be in the thick of the commercial operation as previous United coaches have. This was part of negotiations. ETH wants to be in charge of the football project & nothing else. This is a big cultural shift for United. #WelcomeErik
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Many of you'll bash Ole tonight, and losing gives you that opportunity. But there was nothing wrong with the tactics & shape, nothing magical on the bench, individual decisions on the pitch cost us. Ole has succeeded this season. Now we need to buy and support his vision. #MUFC.
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I'm an advocate of VAR. I was an extra 50 yards away from the Sancho penalty-incident than the ref, & it was pretty clear it was a foul. Only Craig Pawson can say why it wasn't given, but VAR has to call it. Time for VAR decisions to be heard between ref & the officials. #MUNNEW
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I want to see rebellion in the stands at #MUFC this coming season. We shouldn't be going after individual players or attacking them for their social media and clothing. If OGS is not supported in the market, then its not his fault. It is the owners. Fans will need to protest. .
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#MUFC's Jadon Sancho strategy has played out exactly as we predicted & were told: the offer to Dortmund would come late & United wouldn't budge. That strategy has failed. No Sancho, no generational signing. Not Ole's fault, it's on Woodward & Glazers. #TransferDeadlineDay.
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Imagine being at all bothered or upset Phil Jones is doing his coaching badges down the road from his house at the football club he played for?. He's not an #MUFC coach, he's not employed by United and it's not about jobs for ex. players. It's called 'furthering an education'.
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Ironically, if David Brooks signed for Dortmund, did really well in the Bundesliga, #MUFC fans would be endorsing him. United make stars, not (only) buy them. Playing with Bruno, Pogba & the front three, he'd be sensational. He's an ultra-talented lad from Warrington.
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Rooney on Pogba: His application was always fantastic, his mentality was spot on. He wanted to win, he was a strong character, committed to the team. You should ignore the silly criticism that comes his way. All that stuff about his hair-cuts & dancing โ itโs irrelevant." #MUFC.
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I don't believe there's any player revolt against Erik ten Hag at #MUFC. United are going through the painful process of trying to move forward & win games while the owners create disharmony. While senior management fail to sell players no longer wanted by the manager. While you
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This is Ali Dursun: Agent of Frenkie de Jong, Tyrell Malacia, Donny van de Beek & Victor Lindelof. He spent last week in Manchester negotiating with Ten Hag, Murtough & Arnold. He's now in Barcelona to find a conclusion with the #MUFC CEO & DoF. It's Barcelona's move, next.
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Give Ole a top centreback, a world-class midfielder and Haaland, you're all suddenly going to think he has tactics. Player quality is so important. #MUFC's recruitment has improved hugely under Ole but it's not come to fruition yet. This team is not the finished product.
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If Christian Eriksen is out for 4 weeks or so, the Glazers are obviously not going to sign loan cover for a month. I'd be happy to see Zidane Iqbal & Kobbie Mainoo get more minutes as No. 8s. These boys are brilliant. Give them the chance to deputise. #MUFC #ThePromisedLand
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The perfect response to Craig Ramage and the BBC. And a perfect final sentence in reference to the past 24hrs. Thank you, Max Lowe. Media accountability must be demanded.
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Paul Pogba.Raheem Sterling.Etc. Zero wrong with these players' characters. Hard workers, intelligent lads who train like the pro athletes they are. Yet constantly chased by the British press to smear their characters. I wonder why?.
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The fuss over Van de Beek is odd. When you join the biggest club in the world, you have to force your way into the team, especially competing against the likes of Bruno & Pogba. His qualities will prevail, but there's no rush. How long did it take Fred to establish himself? #MUFC.
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So, basically, it was a rant about stuff Ronaldo doesn't like and doesn't rate. That people who love him, he likes, and people that criticise his game are jealous of him. So weird. Morgan must be laughing his chops off. Tabloid heaven. An awful way to end your #MUFC career.
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Ten Hag does want De Jong & Timber, but both players are looking at the Donny van de Beek situation, the promises #MUFC made him & didn't fulfil. Wages & fee won't be an issue but convincing targets United are a serious club is much harder after the Woodward era.
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I despise this type of analysis. He knows nothing about the player but comes up with a ton of generalisations. Based on what? Souness is pathetic. Sky need to get a grip.
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๐ถ You may say I'm a dreamer.But I'm not the only one.I hope someday you'll join us.And the world will be as one ๐ถ. #MUFC #JimRatcliffe
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Going on our pre-season tour with one signing from Palace and a kid from Swansea is an utter joke. Worse is we haven't employed a DoF, despite #MUFC briefing they would. This is a new level of incompetence from Woodward and the board. They are hanging OGS out to dry. #MUTOUR2019.
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Thread: Old Trafford is iconic, but like the San Siro & Bernabeu, it's no longer fit for purpose. The soul of a club is it's fans, not bricks & mortar. Build the best stadium in the world to honour the venue. History will hold you back unless you trigger change. #MUFC
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Erik ten Hag is not going to be subservient to Cristiano Ronaldo or any player at #MUFC. He's the most important person at our club & he's managing like he is. Fantastic. It's what we need. How dare those players leave at half-time. If you don't want to be with us, you can go.
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It's taken 12 months, but Donny van de Beek appears to have finally learned how to play an English-style double pivot. Feels like he's been watching old episodes of #TheMasterclass. Good signs. #MUFC #MUNEVE
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Manchester United fans want to know how serious Sir Jim Ratcliffe & INEOS are about putting #MUFC back as the head of the table?โฆ. The arrival of Omar Berrada from Manchester City as CEO tells you everything you need to know. A stunning capture of one of footballโs brightest
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#MUFC are not interested in the #CarabaoCup, & neither am I. This trophy doesn't pay the bills. Even the worst teams rotate their squads in this competition. Ole will be judged on the results in the Premier League & #UCL Realistically, these are the only trophies that matter.
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The suggestion here is #MUFC are unfairly receiving penalties. Describing Rashford & Martial as "serial offenders." The scandal here is the punditry. You could argue VAR has allowed us to see fouls not previously identified. Also, Leicester have won more penalties than United.
The Man Utd penalty debate. with their โserial offendersโ picked out in pretty brutal fashion here #MUFC
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Really, really impressed with Charlie Savage & Zidane Iqbal as the deep-lying #MUFC midfielders. So young but so much better technically than Fred & McTominay. They lack experience, yes, but you have to start somewhere, sometime. Ten Hag-type players. #MUTOUR22 #ThePromisedLand
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Erik ten Hag might well have saved his job vs Newcastle, not with the 3-2 result, but with the tactical display and performance. Heโs stubbornly stuck with 4-1-4-1 this season & itโs killed the team. The new technical director, Jason Wilcox, has clearly had an influence on the
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Real Madrid have proved once again that you have your targets, whittle them down and execute a move. Then you present them and get on with life. #MUFC are so bad at this. Every deal takes 3 months longer than it needs to be. Its poor business. It's the Man Utd recruitment story.
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Adrien Rabiot and Nicolas Pepe are both positionally the type of players #MUFC should be considering. Rabiot would he the perfect partner for Pogba in the middle and Pepe would be the right-sided forward the team has missed for years. They'd be excellent additions to the squad.
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Why have #MUFC not appointed a DoF yet?. United have briefed for months this appointment was imminent, yet here we are in June, and no movement. A DoF should be in place to work alongside OGS during the most important summer in recent history for our club. Hurry up, Ed.
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All I can think is what the reaction of the world would be if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team was 3-0 down after 27 minutes. The scenes.
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Iโm critical of elements of Erik ten Hagโs tactical ideas but this picture was my favourite moment of Manchester Unitedโs epic victory over Liverpool. I wanted Erik to get this job when Ole left. I donโt suddenly think heโs a bad coach. To see this smile was heartwarming. Heโs
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If I was Luke Shaw I'd be very worried about my #MUFC starting position. Brandon Williams is immense. He fights and he's progressive. He makes Luke appear old skool. Brandon is the modern raiding full-back, packed with energy and endeavour and an end product. Love the boy.
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Get it done early #MUFC ๐๐พ.
BREAKING: Jadon Sancho will leave Borussia Dortmund this summer and Manchester United are keen to take him to Old Trafford, according to Sky Germany.
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It appears many #MUFC fans haven't seen David Brooks play, or are simply only turned on by big-money transfers. He'd be a wonderful addition to a squad that needs depth. He's not a substitute for Sancho & shouldn't be viewed as such. I'd love to see him at United. He's quality.
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I saw Angel Gomes sat up there, looking miserable, thinking: 'when am I going to get a chance?' #MUFC lack a No. 10, a trequartista, and he could do some of the vital creativity. I now fear we will not see him become the talent he should at United. He'll be gone soon.
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Antonio Conte will be manager of Newcastle United in about 5 minutes time. .
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Tactically speaking, I think this is the worst Manchester United team since Sir Alex Ferguson walked out the door. From my elevated view at Old Trafford you can see the shape and the plan. Itโs not good. Pumping long balls from Andre Onana and defenders over the top of the
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Was sat with a neutral tonight. Their assement:. Utd need a ball player. Pogba the only player who has the level to play but has zero quality around him. Dan James will be ace. Axel has ability and will be a starter. Young is awful. (I agreed with all this) #MUFC.
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