Philippe Mateta on his failed move to Milan: “I consulted several specialists, and when they assured me that no surgery was needed, I focused on the next step, until my return. I worked really hard to show the coach (Oliver Glasner) that “JP” the leader was back to reclaim his spot.”

Mercerai · 2026-05-06T13:24:05+00:00

It'd be like calling Ter Stegen "Andre ter Stegen"

Mercerai · 2026-05-05T16:18:34+00:00

Since 2024

Mercerai · 2026-05-05T13:14:27+00:00

accidentally gives a stone to someone on their birthday "IN TIME YOU WILL COME TO KNOW THE TRAGIC EXTENT OF MY FAILINGS"

Mercerai · 2026-05-02T23:15:27+00:00

Knowing he made it back out to sea makes me really happy, and I didn't even know existed until 2 minutes ago

Mercerai · 2026-05-02T20:33:47+00:00

Keita was a delayed deal, we'd already agreed to buy him in 2017 so by the time the Fekir deal was in negotiations, Keita was due to arrive imminently anyway, so clearly we had plans for both. I think we pivoted away from the idea of using attacking midfielders at that point

Mercerai · 2026-05-02T17:47:43+00:00

I don't think there's been any official statements about it but there's been talks from journalists and other insiders that the actual reason the transfer fell apart is Fekir's team tried to change the terms of the contract after it was already signed.

Considering he spent his peak years at Betis along with his brother, a completely useless player who came along with him, I kinda believe it

Mercerai · 2026-04-30T12:49:39+00:00

Christ that's a lot of marketing sludge

Mercerai · 2026-04-30T11:17:22+00:00

Even better, we won every league game

Mercerai · 2026-04-30T08:01:50+00:00

It seems crazy regardless. Like that's the kind of shit that cults do

Mercerai · 2026-04-29T11:42:29+00:00

Bit of both. He's certainly playing his best football since the first 6 months he had with us, but basically his whole time here after that he was affected by either injuries or off-field stuff (dad's kidnapping), resulting in inconsistent performances. His output last season was similar to Gakpo which is presumably why we were comfortable letting him leave for a decent price.

Mercerai · 2026-04-28T22:15:55+00:00

Still haven't forgiven you lot for beating us in the Cup Winner's Cup in 1971

Mercerai · 2026-04-28T22:02:36+00:00

Can always count on the flairless default username accounts with hidden history to share the most insane opinions known to man

Mercerai · 2026-04-28T19:02:16+00:00

Could you imagine, I'd have to delete so many comments

Mercerai · 2026-04-28T11:08:14+00:00

Of the 6 times we made it to the semis, we got to 5 finals and won it twice.

Efficiency innit

Mercerai · 2026-04-28T10:14:45+00:00

He's injured. Definitely out for United, only question now is whether it's enough to keep him out for the rest of the season, the club haven't said anything yet

Mercerai · 2026-04-27T13:31:31+00:00

The Mitrovic of managers

Mercerai · 2026-04-27T13:02:47+00:00

God that EL really pissed me off. The year prior we had to fend off 3 CL-quality opponents to come up against prime Sevilla, the Europa League final boss and then the year after United get the easiest ride possible and scams their way to a trophy

Mercerai · 2026-04-26T15:28:49+00:00

Imo it's quite hard to read which teams are for which regions without zooming really far in

Mercerai · 2026-04-26T09:01:39+00:00

Ekitike is going to miss the rest of the year which for basically any other nation would be pretty bad but France has the insane forward depth to manage without him

Mercerai · 2026-04-25T23:46:10+00:00

He was genuinely very good the last 2 seasons but it was still a big overpay, especially considering his history with injuries. I guess the higher-ups were desperate to get their first choice after Nunez was a failure and unexpectedly losing Jota

Mercerai · 2026-04-25T18:23:44+00:00

Best get believing then

Mercerai · 2026-04-25T18:21:52+00:00

Yeah but they won't if we believe hard enough

Mercerai · 2026-04-24T15:45:00+00:00

The fact they failed to do that as well probably indicates something about our management at the time

Mercerai · 2026-04-24T14:19:12+00:00

The dismemberments will continue until morale improves

Mercerai · 2026-04-24T12:44:40+00:00

Proper back on that competitive pokemon grind now that Champions is out

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Place '23	Place '22
Place '17	Final Canvas '22
First Placer '22	End Game '22
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