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amolbhatia50k said:
Don't think two loans in one season is possible.
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Spot on. He either stays or returns.

BTW, rumors that Jonas Hofmann may leave in January intensify this week. If so, Adnan may move up the pecking order. OTOH, our CEO made it clear that in the unlikely event any player leaves, we'd fill the vacancy with young prospects as a pre-investment for summer '16. He didn't mention names but theoretically, even Januzaj would fit this description.
 
RedDevil@84 said:
Bravo!! He should look to come back. Not that LvG will give him a better chance. But at least given how people get injured at Utd, he will be playing something
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Ofcourse he'd get games. Much more than Dortmund anyways. We would play him because his future is with us and that's vital. Dortmund have no such incentive as he's going to leave EOS anyways. Whatever game time they can give, they give to Hofmann.
Gol123 said:
Would you not rather he train with a great attacking unit that is full of movement and fast link up play. Or would you rather he get crushed under the burden of creating something out of nothing for a disjointed, slow attack with no penetration? Some times, playing time can be a bad thing for a young player. I think this is one of those times for Januzaj at United. Not playing so much but training with Dortmund will give him a lot more then playing for United at the moment.
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Absolute nonsense. There's nothing more vital at his age than minutes on the pitch.
Pexbo said:
Hopefully it's a bit of a wakeup call and he'll realise he has no rights to expect to start regularly for us... yet.
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Yup. Think this should get him back on earth a bit. LVG warned him about his and he still went there.
 
Is there anything that suggests he'd have more playing time here? Note that 'our attack is shit/our attacking players are shit' doesn't really mean anything for him.
 
Gol123 said:
Would you not rather he train with a great attacking unit that is full of movement and fast link up play. Or would you rather he get crushed under the burden of creating something out of nothing for a disjointed, slow attack with no penetration? Some times, playing time can be a bad thing for a young player. I think this is one of those times for Januzaj at United. Not playing so much but training with Dortmund will give him a lot more then playing for United at the moment.
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Well if he has to return to the so-called "insepid" style of football, then what is the point of him training with a team full of movement. Anyways I dont think anything could compensate the minutes on the pitch.
 
Kostur said:
Is there anything that suggests he'd have more playing time here? Note that 'our attack is shit/our attacking players are shit' doesn't really mean anything for him.
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We have a reason to play him even if he isn't in top form. Dortmund don't.
 
Kostur said:
But did we play him enough last or this season though?
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There are more opportunities now with Di Maria gone and Memphis needing time to settle. Defensive injuries have forced young into the backline leaving us with plenty of chances to give to januzaj.
 
Varun said:
There are more opportunities now with Di Maria gone and Memphis needing time to settle. Defensive injuries have forced young into the backline leaving us with plenty of chances to give to januzaj.
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Wishful thinking really. As you've said, we've got Memphis, Lingard started playing somewhat regularly, Rooney's the undropable one and then there's Martial, so ADM's exit didn't help much, Young being played at RB/LB might have but if we'll switch back (due to injuries blablabla shit) to 352 it wouldn't have helped Adnan either.
 
Kostur said:
Wishful thinking really. As you've said, we've got Memphis, Lingard started playing somewhat regularly, Rooney's the undropable one and then there's Martial, so ADM's exit didn't help much, Young being played at RB/LB might have but if we'll switch back (due to injuries blablabla shit) to 352 it wouldn't have helped Adnan either.
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Lingard took januzaj's place in the squad. Januzaj could also play centrally. Started 2 games for us before he was loaned out.
 
He's one of the most talented young players in the world, but it looks like his very early success and high wages resulted in a huge ego. He acts like he's one of the best, but he has done feck all so far, except some decent half of season under Moyes.

He's one of my favorite players at the club, but he needs to get his shit together, start working hard and don't let his pride affect his important decisions. It's a shame, because when he broke in the first team he looked like he was one of the most down to earth, hard working and professional young players out there, I guess fame changes people...
 
Varun said:
Lingard took januzaj's place in the squad. Januzaj could also play centrally. Started 2 games for us before he was loaned out.
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Would Januzaj play ahead of Herrera at #10 or Rooney (of course he wouldn't) when Martial's up top?
 
Kostur said:
Would Januzaj play ahead of Herrera at #10 or Rooney (of course he wouldn't) when Martial's up top?
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It's hard to say, but he started 4 games in a row before he went to Dortmund, with Herrera available for selection. I think he would have played more here, than he does at BVB.
 
ottosec said:
It's hard to say, but he started 4 games in a row before he went to Dortmund, with Herrera available for selection. I think he would have played more here, than he does at BVB.
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I agree, and I actually thought he did ok, so was surprised when he was let go.
 
Finally a reason to bump this thread.

 
@caisenma
Not really. Reus, Kagawa, Ginter and Hummels can be considered starters; Weidenfeller, Bender, Subotic, Parc, Bender and Ramos are all subs, and Stenzel makes his debut as a starter today.
 
Can we get him back in January? I think there's no recall clause but surely we could persuade Dortmund to give him back given he's not really that big a part of their plans?
 
FromTheBench said:
Don't think Lvg wants him back.
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He may not be the manager for long. Depends on the views of his successor should he go - if it's Giggs, I wouldn't be surprised to see him back.
 
Eugenius said:
Can we get him back in January? I think there's no recall clause but surely we could persuade Dortmund to give him back given he's not really that big a part of their plans?
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https://www.redcafe.net/threads/januzaj-confirmed-on-loan-at-dortmund.408777/page-32
Crossie said:
In line with previous statements from Dortmund, Kicker magazine reports that Adnan will stay at Dortmund this January.

Jonas Hofmann is as good as gone to Gladbach, either sold or on loan. Whether or not this will increase Adnan's chances remains to be seen and will depend on who Dortmund bring in for Hofmann (if anyone).
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Januzaj may not play an important role as a starter but he does as a fringe player. We've been extremely lucky with injuries - even Reus had comparably minor ones - and won't push our luck by triming our squad even further.
 
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