Reply To: Summer transfers – Contracts

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@steveosnakeeyes – Maybe he isn’t deemed surplus to requirements, hence the club loaning not selling and the deal not including an obligation to buy. Loaning keeps him sharp for a return to OT in a year as second string cover.

Why Smalling not another you ask. Well maybe nobody else interested in any other of the defenders at an acceptable price.

The European transfer window closes Monday and it doesn’t look like any other deals are close to completion, even the Darmian one.

PS – the numbers are not slim for central defenders.

PPS – buying shite is easier than selling it. It would be no problem to replace much of our deadwood with prospects from smaller clubs or loan players, cheap oldies or free agents.

I read that Zlatan has offered his services to United, what’s the odds we see him in a red shirt in January ?