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6 days ago
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Should Man Utd have signed Kepa?
BBC chief football news reporter Simon Stone has been answering your questions. David asked: With Kepa Arrizabalaga having been available, should Manchester United have signed him? He has got to be a better option than Andre Onana. Advertisement Simon answered: First, we cannot be certain he wanted to make the move. Arsenal have more to aim for than Manchester United. Kepa might believe he can get into Mikel Arteta's team ahead of David Raya and, geographically, he can stay where he is. As a goalkeeper, he might also think playing for United is setting himself up for a fall because he is exposed too often. It is true Onana has made mistakes - but he has also made a lot of good saves. The more any goalkeeper has to do, the more errors they make. I accept doubts persist over Onana but, a bit like David de Gea - who was also heavily criticised in the end - my belief is there are more fundamental issues to address. If United had a defence that was secure in possession and a midfield that could screen, then we would know how good the goalkeeper was. Just now, we don't. Advertisement Luke asked: Is it looking ominous for Manchester United? So much talk about giving Ruben Amorim a summer transfer window, yet we have managed to sign one first-team player so far and have not been able to sell our unwanted contracted players. Meanwhile, most other teams have strengthened their squads. Uh oh. Simon answered: You can look at this situation in two ways. You are clearly correct - it is only one signing and obviously the five unwanted players remain. That is not ideal. However, the way the five have been treated suggests Amorim is being allowed to make the decisions he chooses, which is clearly a positive - and the reality is no manager gets all the players they want as quickly as they want them. United want to strengthen but they need to balance the books. At this stage, it is a question of trust. Admittedly, that is in short supply when it comes to United and their transfer dealings in recent summers.
BBC News
6 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Should Man Utd have signed Kepa?
BBC chief football news reporter Simon Stone has been answering your asked: With Kepa Arrizabalaga having been available, should Manchester United have signed him? He has got to be a better option than Andre answered: First, we cannot be certain he wanted to make the move. Arsenal have more to aim for than Manchester United. Kepa might believe he can get into Mikel Arteta's team ahead of David Raya and, geographically, he can stay where he a goalkeeper, he might also think playing for United is setting himself up for a fall because he is exposed too often. It is true Onana has made mistakes - but he has also made a lot of good saves. The more any goalkeeper has to do, the more errors they make.I accept doubts persist over Onana but, a bit like David de Gea - who was also heavily criticised in the end - my belief is there are more fundamental issues to United had a defence that was secure in possession and a midfield that could screen, then we would know how good the goalkeeper was. Just now, we don' asked: Is it looking ominous for Manchester United? So much talk about giving Ruben Amorim a summer transfer window, yet we have managed to sign one first-team player so far and have not been able to sell our unwanted contracted players. Meanwhile, most other teams have strengthened their squads. Uh answered: You can look at this situation in two ways. You are clearly correct - it is only one signing and obviously the five unwanted players remain. That is not the way the five have been treated suggests Amorim is being allowed to make the decisions he chooses, which is clearly a positive - and the reality is no manager gets all the players they want as quickly as they want want to strengthen but they need to balance the books. At this stage, it is a question of trust. Admittedly, that is in short supply when it comes to United and their transfer dealings in recent summers.
BBC News
7 days ago
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'United already at maximum level of numbers for a manageable squad'
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter Simon Stone has been taking your asked: Any chance of Manchester United actually doing some business in this window? Such a promising start and yet again failing to deliver. Going to be yet another poor season if the club don't get players in and replied: We know United are trying to get the Bryan Mbeumo deal over the line and, ideally, want that done before they head off to the USA next theory, that should significantly improve their goal threat.I am pretty sure United would bring in a number nine if they could find one at the required standard, but the reality is they need to sell players as well, and that is not all know the five players Ruben Amorim has no use for, but he may well have to look beyond those because, with no Europe, I already think United are at the maximum level in terms of numbers for a manageable forget, apart from Alejandro Garnacho, all the exiled players spent the second half of last season out on loan, and only Christian Eriksen, Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans - who didn't play much anyway - have more of the Q&A with our football news reporting team here
BBC News
23-06-2025
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Garnacho supports Rashford in social media post - what do you think?
BBC Sport's Chief Football reporter Simon Stone says Alejandro Garnacho's recent social media post will not come without backlash from Manchester United have told BBC Sport that it is nothing more than support for his team-mate - but we want to know what you you think Garnacho was wrong for this social media post, or is it being blown out of proportion by some Manchester United fans? Tell us here
BBC News
03-06-2025
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What does a striker signing mean for Hojlund?
BBC Sport chief football news reporter Simon Stone has been answering your asked: Following the signing of Matheus Cunha, what other signings can you realistically see Manchester United making this summer?Simon answered: Clearly a number nine is a priority. Liam Delap turned United down, so Bryan Mbeumo of Brentford, Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta and others come into the that means for Rasmus Hojlund I am not sure. He could be an (expensive) understudy or United could try to sell, although they won't get anything like the £72m they paid for is the general problem for United and Ruben Amorim this summer. I think they would like to make a lot of signings but they also have a lot of underperforming players under contract who are not worth what they paid for sale could cost money and they can only get rid of so we have not even started speaking about Marcus Rashford, Antony and Jadon Sancho back at the transfer window Q&A here
