This is not factual.
Alex Sandro
- Thread starter davidmichael
- Start date
I can see Dalot being a bit of a surprise this season and may even finish as first choice. Jose will love his delivery from out wide as he uses his right full back as the main threat from out wide down that side.
The Jose against young players agenda posters are out in full force today then.
Varane was younger when Mourinho brought him to Madrid and he played a fair few games his first season. I mean look what Varane had to say about Mourinho (the article is from the Star, but it's the quotes that matter):
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/f...ael-Varane-Jose-Mourinho-took-gamble-Man-City
The point is, I don't think Mourinho would have bought Dalot, if he didn't think he was ready for game time this season. I reckon, Dalot will get a decent number of games and will be pushing Valencia for a starting spot by the end of this coming season.
That’s a lazy response. Young is at peak form, he has been very influential towards the England World Cup run. He has come back into the United team very strong. If anything we should be looking at a right-back, someone that can befit is going forward like young does in the left.
On paper. But Young is the one that is making the impact at the moment so does he really deserve to be dropped for being in probably the best form of his career?
"Deserve" doesn't really have anything to do with it. We'd be better served as a team by having a left-footer at left fullback - we're too narrow and too predictable going forward.
Young is playing as a wing back in a 5 at the back formation, which is a completely different setup to what we play. Also he is 33 and his injury record isn't good (seriously go look it up). If we're expecting him to play 50 games next season then we're fecked.
Signing a left-back is a priority for us this summer because Young isn't one and Shaw doesn't seem interested.
I don't see how you can say Dalot won't be used with so much certainty. That remains to be seen I reckon.
Ashley Young did a decent job last season and he's playing alright for England in the World Cup ahead of the LBs in the other top 6 clubs. I personally think Shaw will come good for us so I'm naturally more optimistic about the LB slot.
Mate, Shaw posted some footage of him running on a treadmill on Instagram the other day and he showed up in Dubai a week early to make sure he's in top shape for pre-season, because he wants to fight for his place at United. He's totally, completely, definitely interested. Just trust him.
lol
Don’t think this is going to happen. If we were concerned about his price before and still haven’t wrapped it up now it’s reportedly gone down then we must be happy with what we’ve got 
He'll go to PSG
Nah. Fulham.
That's brilliant value. Throw in Darmian for free just to get rid of the useless fecker.
Looks likely.
Young in the second half of last season certainly wasn't good enough. However, in the first half of last season and also when he played leftback the previous season or two before that, he was well worth his place. Hell, he was arguably the form leftback in the league in the months leading up to his suspension. Of course he fell away quite significantly after that, and that is where the big issue is. If we knew for sure he'd be able to get back to that form and maintain it, we'd have no strong need to replace him now. Unfortunately at his age we have to figure that we will likely see the form of the second half of the season quite often, and as such we should be looking for his replacement.
So has Henderson, he has been one of Englands better players. Does that mean that Fred isnt the better player?
It doesn’t mean that at all, we are discussing Sandro here, not Fred or any other midfield option. I’m merely stating that Young is in good form and he knows what it takes to win titles, to me this is pretty influential for the team.
But to answer your question Fred has been injured during the World Cup so we will never know
Shaw does seem interested, he is in pretty good shape ready for pre-season, it’s more of the fact that Mourinho isn’t interested in him.
Young has strived at left-back, nobody can say he hasn’t had a great season because he has adapted to that role well given the curcumstances. Yes, he is 33 but will Sandro want to share the role with Young? Because I can’t see Mourinho replacing him as he seems to have quite a bit of faith in him.
Is a left footed player not predicatable then considering they primarily cross on their left foot? What’s the difference?
So why are they so desperate to get rid of him? I haven’t paid much attention to this rumour and Juventus transfers, is he not signing a new contract or something?
They want to raise funds for Ronaldo
€35-40m is absolutely nothing in this ridiculously inflated market. We would already have signed him by now if we were interested.
We should go back with a take it or leave it offer of £20m.
Was reffering to the Fergie days
That means that he'll be 35 tomorrow.
We had the same options last season but I think Darmian featured at LB more than Shaw. I could be wrong though. Dalot is also comfortable at LB so that could be the reason we may not sign a LB.
Hopefully we've let them have a free run at Ronaldo because we're putting a greater value on getting Sandro.... well at least that's what I'm going to keep telling myself for the moment anyway
You don't let the dog eat your dinner because you want his squeaky toy. If we've really done that I'd be sickened. There's just no way...
Considering the state of our squad, Ronaldo probably makes more sense as the squeaky toy.
Maybe. We've a few holes no doubt. I believe the guy could win us a league, by hook or by crook, he's just such a winner.
Until Mourinho looks at him the wrong way and his confidence is shattered. I'm not worried about his work ethic but he's a sensitive boy and if he wants to play for Mourinho that has to change.
The difference is not the individual player, it's the attack as a whole.
At the moment we have Young cutting in from the left flank onto his right foot, Pogba trying to find space in advanced positions on the left side of midfield and Sanchez/Martial/Rashford looking to drift in to that left-hand channel (with Mata/Lingard doing something similar on the right). It's just too congested, too narrow and too easy to defend against. We're relying on Valencia alone to provide all the natural width for the entire team, and given his attacking contribution in the last 12 months, that's a mistake.
If we had a left-footer, with some pace and a decent delivery, playing on the left hand side, then we'd have the option of going wide, rounding the fullback and stretching the play a bit - it's just another point of attack and would prevent the lesser sides, in particular, from sitting deep and narrow against us (which, incidentally, would also open up space for Pogba/Sanchez in the middle).
White text.
Sorry I missed that!
As far as I can remember, I figured it was Fergie being cheap, not the Glazers re: market value and all. But that's for another thread to discuss.
Surely that first comment is a joke. I reckon Juve are asking for £50m+ and no team is willing to offer that. You'd hope that they'd eventually settle for £40-45m ish (so about Darmian+£25m).
The idea Juve would sell Sandro for €40m is fanciful.