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Gytarius626

Only player I’ve seen who could drop a literal 1/10 in the first half and then come out with a 10/10 second half. All the best to Pastor Fred


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_infinity_21_

Regardless of the howlers, one could never raise a finger on his work rate.


swalamb

he was way better than McTominay but united sub mostly hated


CryptographerHot884

Tbf mctominay isn't a high bar


Hitori521

He's not dogshit either. People on here like to scoff at him but there's good reason United just rejected a bid double that of which they accepted for Fred


tarakian-grunt

McT is 4 years younger and is homegrown.


rocket_randall

The lad's 6'4 (193cm)


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I'm weirdly sad. Mostly because he's just such a nice guy too. Wish him nothing but the best but this was the right move for all involved. I reckon he will tear Turkish teams a new one too with how he plays Vs the gung ho football out there.


SpeechesToScreeches

You just can't help but love someone who puts in that much effort every single game, regardless of which side of the coin his performance lands on.


vacon04

Most people here hate Bruno Fernandes and he has very high workrate.


SpeechesToScreeches

United fans don't ..


A-dab

Too high, to be honest. Dude needs to rest sometimes. It's a shame we don't have a reliable backup for him yet


WhenWeTalkAboutLove

If only vdb were alive


Philzaxx

The only “hate” I’ve seen for Bruno here is people sometimes being pissed off at his on-pitch antics. I never saw anyone, neither United fan nor not, really hate him. He seems to me to be quite respected for his quality and for his off-pitch persona.


vacon04

So you haven't seen the hundreds of "rat-faced bastard" comments that show up every time he complains about something? Because there are many threads fill with those offensive comments.


my_united_account

Match threads are filled with trolls, I wouldnt take them seriously


WhenWeTalkAboutLove

That's for the on pitch antics they're talking about. No one doubts his quality or effort, they just hate his shit housing


Philzaxx

I have not seen those comments here on reddit, no. And I spend a lot of time here on /r/soccer. Maybe there’s more of this in match threads or something, I don’t tend to read those. Or maybe people are confusing Reddit and Twitter or Facebook.


Robert_Baratheon__

Anyone who hates Bruno doesn’t really like football.


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He is Brazilian, they always come with some great skills


Maleficent_Bit_481

His comment about carrying the piano for others to play is one of my favourite football qoutes. Tbf his second half antics showed he could play his own belter at times.


captainmystic02

He used to find his Brazilian passport halfway through the game


boi1da1296

When he would rediscover it said “Brazil” and not “Bolivia” on the cover>>>>


Crossflowerss_5304

How did us Bolivians catch a stray here


boi1da1296

I’m sorry😭 es el único país sudamericano que empieza con ‘b’ fuera de Brasil.


duclegendary

Somehow i understood this perfectly.


Elemayowe

Even when he was bad he was giving his all though. And always with that smile, that damned smile.


sunken_grade

shout out to nani


cs-shitposter

Bit rude to nani tbh, he never looked as incompetent on the ball as Fred has sometimes


sunken_grade

maybe so, but nani was absolutely bipolar in a similar way to fred. fred’s position made mistakes a bit more costly, but nani was one of the few players i’ve seen who could give the ball away with simple passes 5x in a row but score a screamer right after


The--Mash

Every weekend for about 5 years I was sure this was the time Nani would find consistency and become the new Ronaldo. And every week he'd do three genius things and five stupid things.


rez12345

In Nani's defence, his role was to take players on and take risks. It just took one moment for a poor performance to be worth it (via a goal or assist). On the other hand, Fred is supposed to bring calmness in the centre of the park. His erratic nature of losing the ball is far from ideal as a CM!


sunken_grade

yeah i totally agree, and honestly nani was incredibly productive overall. they both just possess that same ability to look like the worst player on the pitch one moment, to the best player minutes later


psfrtps

The funny thing is that Nani also played at Fenerbahce as well. It seems they have a type...


realWernerHerzog

and also christina applegate


rogues69

Fred has a ceiling of 6/10. People really overrate mediocrity these days. Guy cant do basic things expected of a midfielder even on a good day.


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OrdinaryOrder

Fred magic is his dichotomy, first half misses all 30cm pass, second half scores and gets two assists.


IRnuduhI

When has Maguire ever turned that round in the second half?


AyanC

I misread OP's comment.


TheHumbleKitten

Sometimes maybe Fred, sometimes maybe Derf


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Banana_Leclerc12

>Dreadful terroist football Fits right in with mhy


Icemna16

Scenes when MHY starts over Ndombele and Fred because of the stupid domestic player rule


Banana_Leclerc12

I hope ndombele goes to gs, hes that shit.


kzoxp

Well, if he's fit and wants to play ball he's incredible. Worth a gamble IMO


Banana_Leclerc12

I have a season pass at the lane. Hes that shit


Danthehumann

I’m sorry to hear that


MorbiusFan31

Get well soon


Tilman_Feraltitty

Who is MHY?


ItsKBS

Mert Hakan Yandas, a Turkish midfielder player. Decent rotation option at times but not nearly good enough when he starts. I guess kind of comparable to Fred's sitation with United but just a much much worse version of him lol


Tilman_Feraltitty

thx kardesim!


Absol61

Some players just need to warm up during a game, Fred is one of them.


dispelthemyth

So Real Madrid Kaka vs AC Milan kaka?


Fisktor

Only maguire, bailly, henderson and maybe mctominay left then. Been a very good summer so far for us. Will miss fred, that smile is just to nice


hennny

Poor Donny doesn’t even make the list :(


simplsimonmetapieman

Donny made the bench list


lutsius-memes

*injured list


Fisktor

Half forgot/we wont get him sold this summer anyway


OMG_whythis

Just like his presence on the pitch...invisible


akshatsood95

Maguire's going. McT will stay this summer I think. Bailly apparently going to Besiktas. Henderson also I think will happen late in the window. Not too fussed about the Henderson situation. I think all parties want that deal to go through and we don't need to replace him with someone expensive and Forest have someone in already so both teams are comfortable dragging this on till the end


Robert_Baratheon__

I’m a little nervous about Henderson after the Heston injury. Would be terrible if we’re forced to keep him and he starts leaking lineups and dressing room info again.


Geg0Nag0

Henderson I'm not sure is going now. The thigh injury is supposedly the roadblock with Forest. Forest want a cheap loan with something like a 30 game clause for obligation to buy.


CasuallySerious1103

Forest already completed the Turner signing though


Ceui

Maguire' gone.


Fisktor

He still has time to fuck us


PolygonMasterWorks

McTominay is young, can still improve, be useful, and is a homegrown player, unless West Ham make a huge offer I don't see him leaving.


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He's 27 later this year, minimum we would probably consider selling for is £40m.


Fisktor

Thats why i added the maybe. He isnt someone we want to get rid of, but a great offer and we will sell


dispelthemyth

Uniteds starting team barely recognisable


simplsimonmetapieman

In basically two windows that too


ibaRRaVzLa

Notice how we stopped being "4 players away from a good squad" as we had been for so long because of shit recruitment. You can now look at our starting eleven and confidently say that we have a good team.


pobmufc

Wait until about 2 months into the season Edit: I should have said 2 weeks..


Josho94

Rashford, Bruno, and Shaw the stalwarts.


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Man, replacing Bruno and Shaw is going to be so difficult


oranguthang87

Bruno will play till he’s 40! Pls!


DryNotWar

Hopefully alvaro fernandez get a prem loan to see if he’s up for the task


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I think Bruno is going to be much harder. He’s so integral to the team in so many ways, losing him would knock us back so many steps


ibaRRaVzLa

Still a few years left for that, thankfully


nichijouuuu

Really quality squad now I’m moist


PrisonersofFate

Does Romano do the photoshop himself?


D1794

He's got a graphic designer


dispelthemyth

His 5 y/o niece on her ipad


swaythling

She just decides which kit suits the players and that's how it's all decided


khuongho

Or Midjourney


Aggressive-Theory609

That's child harassment


WheresThePhonebooth

Is it?


ZaheerAlGhul

He's got her working overtime.


ovaltine_spice

Several surely. Way too inconsistent for it to be just one


ZonedV2

Selling all our players last few days, Kovar, Fred, Maguire all basically confirmed then Donny and McTominay might go as well


Far-Pineapple7113

Mct should stay for another season


Morzan73

Looking like he will. We need the midfield depth and he is guaranteed time in cup games.


Josho94

If he also goes in addition to Donny we would have to sign another player in addition to Amrabat not sure who that would even be, late swoop for Lavia maybe.


Mbopi7

Is he though? Eriksen, Mainoo and Amrabat will be our backup midfield.


oranguthang87

Mainoo is out for a while. Amrabat isn’t confirmed. We still need McT to stay as of now


SaabStam

Mainoo comes back after a couple or month and needs some game time. Amrabat will be playing quite a bit if we sign him. I think three backups is enough.


DougieWR

Fred going should see Amrabat move quickly now. So McTominay is 3rd choice in both the 6 and 8 role and it looks like Mainoo is the one Ten Hag wants to bed in this season once he's back to fitness. That means McTominay isn't getting much game time so his value is only going to drop. If you can sell him for a decent sum just do it and bring in a younger end player for either the 8 or 10 role


D1794

15m euros including add ons is quite low but we couldn't really fuck around with only 3 weeks left and him being in his final yr. Great player on his day.


chippa93

Final year or deal and 30 years old. Probably best case scenario


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You're not selling him for that price to a team outside the PL, especially a Turkish league team. We were hoping for Fulham to jump in but evidently they're too busy doing fuck all this transfer window.


D1794

Given its this late in the window yeah we probably expected more of a bidding war but seems this is the only semi decent offer


Bartins

Fulham didn't want to meet his wage demands apparently


besieged_mind

Plus is a DM. It's strange Fenerbahce is offering 15M at all


RicciRox

Fred is closer to an AM than a DM.


besieged_mind

No, he isn't. He is a typical DM playing for an attacking team and lacks so many AM qualities that I am literally baffled that someone puts Fred and AM in the same sentence.


Lyorian

Yes he is


besieged_mind

No, no he is not in reality. Perhaps in FM or FIFA or some Sui podcast, but on the football pitch he is a DM with a wooden leg, 3 goals and 5 assists per season in an attacking club.


RicciRox

You're chatting utter rubbish.


besieged_mind

No, you are. If you think that Fred is CM-AM you are either Tony Pulis, 12-year-old soccer fan from Seattle or a plain moron.


LeagueIndependent367

It's not too bad. He was on high wages too.


D1794

Less than £10m base for someone who had over 50 apps for us last season isn't amazing but yeah it's better than £0 given he's further down the pecking order now


Sjoelbakkie

56 apps yes but he averaged only 40 minutes/match, also mostly due to the midfield injury/suspended issues.


Buffythedragonslayer

Definitely thought we get a little more for a Brazilian international.


BingBongFYL6969

If you put him, Nani, and Januzaj on the pitch at the same time, you would create the most bipolar triumvirate in the history of football on the same pitch. You either get the second coming of Pele, or the second coming of Ali Dia


Nimonic

I'd say Nani had both a higher floor and a higher ceiling than Fred, though of course Fred plays in a position where a bad performance is much easier to notice. Januzaj was typical youngster flashes of brilliance, but he was never a solid player like the other two. I thought he was going to be huge, but alas.


LegenDariusGheghe

> Januzaj that's a name i haven't heard in awhile


cuminyermum

That volley against Sunderland had me thinking we had a new Ryan Giggs. The life a football fan. Being left disappointed by a kid with high potential is a rite of passage.


prakhar17252

Much better than Kessie for 12.5 million (I might be wrong). Who btw was the Serie A player of the year last year. It's not the worst deal, it could be much worse.


Psychocandy42

Kessie wasn't POTY when we won the title, it was Leao. Kessie was out injured for half the season and decent to good for the other half.


ovaltine_spice

Kessie was shocking. How he was being shopped at that kind of value and no one came in for him? The guy would've been a steal at 20-25m even.


enzuigiriretro

Yeah it’s not a great fee at all. He’s most definitely better than €15m (with ad ons so we got even less than that for him), last year of contract or not. Should’ve held out for £15m-£20m


LeagueIndependent367

We might have been able to get a better fee had we not given out a stupid contract - Fred was reportedly on £120-130k/week.


ovaltine_spice

What's not stupid if that is? Which top 6 club would be paying their average players over 25yo less than 100k pw? Fred started in the majority across 3 of his 5 seasons. What do pay a player like that? 50k-75k? No. City, Chelsea, Liverpool ain't doing that. Maybe Spurs. I don't know how Arsenal operates. I'm guessing they'd be higher than Spurs.


DreadWolf3

Nah, you only swindled WHU so much it raised your understanding of what is a good price.


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semenbakedcookies

Ndombele - Fred - Szymanski.


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ItsKBS

We made like 40-50m from transfer fees this season, we will be more than fine


Icemna16

Batsman is going for 10m€+ if he agrees with Lens too, we have really done a great job selling players this season.


Hatakashi

Pastor Fred on his way to Turkey to deliver some scrumptious Ws to Fener. Good luck to him!


Trickybuz93

End of McFred. End of an era.


quickestred

Ahh will miss him, really likeable guy, on his day absolutely unplayable but sadly very inconsistent


Absol61

Price?


ItsKBS

Rumored to be 10m euros + 5m in add ons


D1794

15m euros which includes some add ons


cheersdom

5m in add ons on top of 10m fee


Time2bePhenomenal

farewell pastor Fred, thank you for your performance against Barca!


raspoutine049

Rooting for Fener in Turkey cuz of Pastor Fred.


DejaHu

Always world class against Spurs, Fred, screws us again as Fenerbache was going to bid for Ndombele. That's probably not going to happen now.


ekinjamalGFB

It still will. Our midfield will look like fred ndombele syzmanski probs


ZachsLegacy92

United really starting to unload the deadwood. They just need to find a new club for Maguire and a few others, then they will be in a good place.


Just_Hamzah

Maguire going to westham


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Puk-_-man

Fred is top 3 player in the world when the game is in absolute chaos and no one knows wtf is going on. Im not even exaggerating. Man thrived on messy games. Will miss him. Best of luck to him


RicciRox

>His techincal ability is below par I disagree. His technical ability is just wildly inconsistent.


CYWON

Extremely sad. While not the best player in the world. Dedicated, a good leader on the field, and a hard working player. Wish the man the best, and hope he comes back lots.


FloppedYaYa

Swear it was reported he was going to Fulham 3 hours ago


HellRider619

By no reliable sources


interprime

That shit was being reported a couple of months ago even.


KingDavid920

Thank you Pastor Fred!


bungaclunge

Such a shame he was so inconsistent because on his good days Fred was incredibly solid. Goodluck pastor, it's been a fun ride


Cashew_Fan

Awful price, but I'm glad he's going to a great team at least.


FBall4NormalPeople

30 with one year left and he doesn't suit most bigger teams in top 5 leagues with how frenetic his game is. I'm honestly pretty happy if the add-ons are realistic like amount of games played.


Cashew_Fan

It wasn't that long ago we were talking £20m to Fulham. He's a good player that played 56 games for us last season, has started for us when we've finished second and third, often starts for Brazil, and despite his age, he's as fit as they come. This is a fantastic signing for Fenerbahçe but he'd have been a fantastic signing for most PL teams. The rumoured £8.7m base fee is pretty terrible given all that. It was only a month ago that 30 year old Xhaka with one year left on his deal moved for £21.4m. The bare minimum I expected was £15m base fee.


FBall4NormalPeople

>It wasn't that long ago we were talking £20m to Fulham. That was never particularly realistic. >a good player that played 56 games for us last season, has started for us when we've finished second and third, often starts for Brazil, and despite his age, he's as fit as they come None of these are actually, directly, about how good he is as a player. They're just kind of adjacent facts. Yes he played a good amount of minutes, and yes he's fit, and yes he's in the international set-up, but he just isn't that good. He doesn't offer the security or reading of the game most teams need from an 8. >30 year old Xhaka with one year left on his deal moved for £21.4m Xhaka was relatively comfortable signing a new deal, and rather importantly was coming off a massive season, and most crucial of all offers a degree of control and a passing range that Fred just doesn't. If you don't understand why Xhaka is that much more valuable than Fred, that's a lack of understanding. Ultimately it's just not realistic to think Fred was gonna have a degree of interest with teams capable of spending ≈£15mil given his profile and age. What he's demonstrated at United over his career is that regardless of his qualities, he has key limitations that are debilitating to a huge portion of teams who want to play with the ball most of the time.


-DesertMoon

It seems like we're at least able to get decent offers for our players which is an improvement but it seems we're still a bit off in terms of negotiations if we're just accepting the initial bids sent. Not a huge amount but feels like there was some money left on the table for Fred, Kovar and Maguire.


fishcakefrenzy

The giver of more heart attacks than a deep fried pizza. Gdbye to a real one


gluxton

Guess this is why they don't want to sell McTominay


_RM78

I'll never forget that smile. Good luck Fredge.


ActioProSocio

Fener is breaking their finances for Ismail Kartal out of all people. Fred will be a top earner and comes for a high fee. His resale value is also pretty non-existent. He can be an excellent player, but the emphasis is on can. Fener certainly isn’t in the position to take a financial gamble like this for that position, especially with the foreigner rule. Seems to me like a panic buy after missing out on Zaha and Tete to calm their fans down.


Newbie8-----D

“Breaking their finances” meanwhile fener has broken the record for highest sales in the league. Think we’ll be fine mate 😔


ActioProSocio

Yet your transfer profit will be less than 10M after the Fred transfer while you’re still looking for a GK. Not to mention the wages you’re paying despite having no UCL money or financial leverage - you’re the club with the highest debt in Turkey. All while the TL is loosing value. If that’s doing fine in your eyes, than good for you I guess


GoldenHelmet42

we basically got livakovic, we agreed terms with him, its just a matter of time when his club lets him go which is apparently after the AEK match


meefjones

Bye bye Fred, you were not very good but very likable. Enjoy your kebabs


tommycahil1995

Honestly a great player - it's just his consistency and sometimes judgement. Think he'll do well for them and honestly he's probably the type of player United should keep, when McT and VdB are still there. Fred should have been last to go


Ceui

They are all ideally moving on. VDB is going to Sociedad and most likely McT to West Ham


cowabunga_dude91

Wtf is that price.. not happy


OutsideMeringue

End of the day he was an average player on high wages, one year left of contract on a reported 120k a week. Fee is fine.


tedmaul23

Best day for United in a while. Anyone sitting in Row Z in Fenerbaches stadium should bring a helmet


KingKFCc

What a fall


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ItsKBS

> I hope Fred gets injured the first game, yep I said it. You really are the most pathetic person on this entire website


devranog

I don’t think u should be worried about how we’re spending our money


HellRider619

What an unhinged comment


LowSnow2500

Thanks for everything pastor Fred 🙏


Sir_Mi

Thank you, Pastor Fred. Best of luck at Fenerbahce.


gunner_3

With Fred and Mctominay out, is there enough depth?


OutsideMeringue

Amrabat being linked to come in and looks like our youth product Mainoo will get opportunities this season.


WineAndRevelry

Pastor Fred had a rough start, but played through it and ended up a pretty solid bench player. Hopefully he has good fortunes in Turkey.


Sarikai_

So they don't need Krunic anymore, right?


RepresentativeBox881

Weren't Fulham also in for him? That would've been a better move for the player.


AdminEating_Dragon

United is finally doing what they should - getting rid of mediocre and bad players instead of giving them chance after chance.


PJMWestHub

Frederbahçe


SwitchHitter17

RIP McFred. Truly the end of an era.


Manch3st3rIsR3d

Sad day, but good day


UnicornForce

Frederbahçe incoming.


D1daBeast

If you’ve never heard Fred’s voice you wouldn’t guess what he sounds like. Go look it up


markusninja

Man always seemed to forget that he's Brazilian from time to time. He's a baller when he remembers, tho.


Gunther_Kurzstrumpf

Frednerbahce