I mean, we supposedly agreed a fee for De Jong so we can't be THAT broke. We should be able to pay money for someone with a bit more potential than Rabiot.
Adrien Rabiot | signs 1 year deal at Juventus. See you all next year
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Really don't think this guy is about the money
Everyones missing the point. The real value in this transfer is having Rabiots mom as acting Director of Football during the duration of his contract.
That's fair enough, but then that leads to the question of why are we picking up a bloke on a massive downturn in performance in the last year of his contract where his club are desperate to see the back of him? It's not a set of circumstances that inspires confidence. We just have to pray to reinvigorate his career, I guess.
Caicedo would be the best possible buy with the greatest potential instant impact on our midfield fortunes we could make but that's far too sensible for these lot in charge.
We need a lengthy,drawn out and embarrassing wild goose chase to stay in the headlines only to pony up for an unwanted problem child instead
I'm considered press resistant in Ligue 1 ffs.
Yeah mate to be honest after yesterday I’m taking it anywhere I can find it haha. If that means going full muppet over Rabiot so be it.
I don’t think the fee is an issue. The wages maybe. But with all the players we let go and didn’t replace there should be room. Again, if there were loads of players we were linked with I’d be less happy about this. But other than De Jong/Sesko it doesn’t seem we are. Therefore I don’t think the wages will block anything else from happening .
Yeah I somewhat agree but I’m at the ‘feck it let’s just get things done’ stage now. At first for example I was super against paying the deferred FDJ wages but now if that’s what it takes to make it happen I’m all for it
I dunno everything I’ve read says our scout department had a long list of targets but they were all scrapped in favour of what ETH wants. I find it hard to believe we are linked with so many current or former Ajax if he’s not heavily involved. Regardless, if he’s the driving force or not, I’d imagine he at least has given a thumbs up to Rabiot if it’s got to the stage of having a bid accepted.
Unfortunately Adnan was also singing the praises of our recruitment structure and talking about how Lawler and Bout were a big part of it, just hours before they got sacked. He strikes me as one of those people that is just perennially positive about everything we do, no matter what it is.
Yeah, the difference is Ajax don't pick any random players and their academy is better than ours.
I don't disagree on the whole.
Rabiot wasn't my preferred choice by any means or even on the radar - I doubt he was for any United fan, but if signing him for the relatively paltry sum of £15 million means the end of McFred, then so be it.
Also, we've been incredibly unlucky with FDJ. His contract situation is such a mess that we literally cannot sign him, which United would have had no prior knowledge of until they attempted to sign him.
I trust Ten Hag knows what he is doing. Dont care who we sign if its "his" man. Probably posted before but can we get som report on this guy?
Hope that gets reinvested into another midfielder then. Plus we need to sign 2 attackers.
Is he though, Rabiot has mixed it in Europe, fair enough he's had a bad time at Juve but he was decent enough for PSG.
For the fee they are talking it's clear we are looking to add numbers to our squad and that means we can't pay 50 million for everyone we sign.
Rabiot is an upgrade on Fred and Mctomminey, that much is certain so it's a start and I accept this far more the Arnautovic transfer.
But those are probably quite talented players by the standards of the Dutch league. Trying to pull off the same trick with the same level of player in the pl feels doomed to fail. Also none of those players you listed come across as massive cnuts
That was one of the best midfield performances against us in a long time. He dominated McFred single handedly, along with whichever other player of ours that came near him. His engine is ridiculous! He's a very good player.
Only 20 years old to boot...
He'll be a monster for a big club for a long time whenever he gets his next move
Somebody said stop raiding the Eredivisie.
Now look what you've done
Now look what you've done
Somehow I doubt that.
Well isn't that what cafe wants, that he doesn't buy just players he worked with or knows them but in agreement with the board too?
In what world?
Welp
Of course he is, gets to fail upwards and be rewarded quite handsomely after underwhelming at another big club
They best spend the rest of that transfer fee they are saving then. However I blindly don’t believe this to be true.
Good. Sort it out quick so he can play on Saturday. Don’t want to see McTominay again
He's well too knowledgeable and persistent to be like that and I am talking from the experience as one of the most persistent people in this forum. Let me say that sometimes I do wonder who is the person writing at the other side.
I like how all of the reporters are putting mum before agent.
Perhaps do a bad moments video. Probably go viral.
I can’t believe this shit
Of course he is. Just like Arnautovic is a panic alternative to Sesko.
Manchester united world of economics !!
Its one thing having 6-7 difficult games per season were you have ample time to prepare and its another having 1-2 difficult games per week.
I too work in an office during the week.
Juve wanted rid of kulusevski - which turned out to be a bit stupid! That said, I can't remember seeing Rabiot play for at least two years...
We pulled out of negotiations with Caicedo and he went to Brighton instead
If he improves our squad I'm all for it, were so thin on the ground we need numbers. if we can get our squad to a reasonable level we may then appeal more to world class players.
Funny how talks of “panic buys” when there’s 24 days left of the window
What’s the issue then. I’d hope he’ll not be our only midfield signing.
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