Quote Originally Posted by PhoneymcRingRing View Post
What happens if Man Utd pull the plug on this? That would be a serious own goal for Ashworth.

This would be my favourite outcome.
That would be fantastic.

As it is, they've shown their hand and he's shown his character. They can pay up or fuck off. The deal for Lingard would have cost us £16 million for 6 months including his wages so we definitely owe them one.

And it's not that I don't understand why he wants to go, rather the context, including how little time he's actually spent here after seemingly 'buying into' the project.

And I know that every club has its share of knackers online but Man u fans have universally shown themselves to be arrogant cunts. I was going to say almost universally but, actually, the 'almost' bit doesn't apply.