Hello my friends, I’ve been putting together my non-exhaustive, exploratory notes and lists for Man Utd’s summer recruitment. To not make it too long, I’m splitting the posts by position, but as a brief introduction let me share some general notes. Although summer recruitment will necessarily depend partly on who the manager is gonna be…

The appointment of Erik ten Hag was genuinely exciting for me, as I thought – and in I think it was fully warranted to think that back then – he was the best option in terms of an ambitious, modern, “total football” kind of coach and tactician, based on his excellent work at Ajax. While…

I’ve tried to believe Erik Ten Hag’s project at Utd would be different – that it would finally lead to something good and a sustainable rebuild – I really have… When he joined us, he was one of the most exciting and wanted coaches in Europe, after multiple seasons of constant success and beautiful football…

Here are pieces of football journalism/writing/etc that I liked; I’m collecting stuff highlighting the multiple facets of the game and its sociocultural impact/issues, focusing especially on a bunch of brilliant/interesting/remarkable stories during the ongoing season…

I wanted to open this by saying something very important, and that is that no matter how bad it gets at Man Utd, I’m simply not someone who can get dramatically affected by it. On one hand football has always been about sticking with your club in both the bad times and the good times,…