The winter transfer window is an invention for people who can’t wait. I’ve said so for a long time. This week, someone proved me right.
According to TEAMtalk, Manchester United have spotted Nicolo Tresoldi, the Club Brugge striker. He is high on their wish list. United urgently need a striker and want to sign one in winter. Urgently. The word is right there in the sentence. In 1980, a club that urgently needed something was looking for its keys.
In Bruges, things were taken in order. The club agreed with Tresoldi that he finishes the season in Bruges. A big transfer, they would only work on that next summer. Summer. The transfer season. The one that used to exist. I’m not criticising. I’m comparing.
I read that at the chip shop, on Monday, in my weekly. It was pouring. I finished my cone of chips before turning the page. Nothing was pressing, and that was good.
The player is in the sights of several big European clubs. That puts Bruges in a position of strength. In my day, a position of strength was not answering the phone. It was fixed to the wall, which helped.
“Marcel, if United call, pick up anyway. I’m weighing my words.”
United have other names on their list, according to TEAMtalk: Jean-Philippe Mateta, Igor Matanovic and Dion Drena Beljo. Four names for one winter. Note that I’m not against progress. I’m against this progress.
It is not yet known whether Manchester United will make an offer for Tresoldi in January. In Bruges, they are looking to next summer. Like before. Well. It’s the times.
It’s true, we checked: VoetbalPrimeur.be.
