Yikes! He's definitely not worth that.
Alphonso Davies
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
Sounds about right for a player of his calibre.
Hopefully Madrid goes all-in for Trent as a result of this. Davies and Mendes would've both been excellent for us but it seems like we've shifted to long-term project option with Dorgu instead.
He has somewhat turned it around this season after being underwhelming for two seasons. I like the guy (and his extension makes it easier to extend Musiala and Kimmich) and an adequate replacement is almost impossible to find now that Nuno Mendes seems to be staying at PSG.
He was allegedly aiming for €20m and that was obviously not going to happen.
Don't make me click "show ignored content".One after the other
Sounds like Bayern mostly won out then? If I remember the rumours right they offered somewhere in the 13-14 mio range, while Davies wanted 20+.
If he keeps this season's good run of form, I'd say he's certainly worth it, especially when taking the lack of decent wide defenders in the market into account and how much one would cost in transfer fees. If this was just his "new contract season" performance and he falls back what he has shown the last two years, it's not so much of a good deal. Time will tell.
If he keeps this season's good run of form, I'd say he's certainly worth it, especially when taking the lack of decent wide defenders in the market into account and how much one would cost in transfer fees. If this was just his "new contract season" performance and he falls back what he has shown the last two years, it's not so much of a good deal. Time will tell.
One says definitely not worth it, the other says about right. Funny that they were literally one after the other
I was just speaking with my United head on. I don't believe that any player currently at the club deserves to be earning over £200k a week. I would not have been happy if we had signed Davies and put him on £250k a week.
Me either to be honest, I like the idea of going with young, hungry players with things to prove not players sat on fat contracts that we can’t shift
History has taught us well.
I fear it’s not us that needs taught
Too true.
Davies just turned 24 in November. Is that already considered old at United?
Is this Yoro guy for 70 million a better deal because he is just 19?
Hasn't impressed me at all when I saw him
But Davies is young? He certainly looks hungry to me this season, no? And after the criticism he got for his past two underwhelming seasons, he certainly has something to prove (and has seemed to risen to that challenge this season).
Like, I get your sentiment, especially in light of what's happening around Rashford this year, but I kinda feel like Davies is the wrong person to throw that at.
OK, I guess it is possible that Davies only performs as well exactly because it's the year of his contract renewal and he's giving 120% because of it, I don't know him nearly well enough to take a guess at his personality. But then again, what's the alternative? Bayern does not have another leftback that is anywhere near Davies' quality in hand, Guerreiro is a good backup but that's it. He's also getting on in years. So they'd have to go shopping, and either go very high risk with a talent, or buy a proven player from a club for big money - if they can even find somebody willing to come with their club willing to sell.
Davies' deal will cost Bayern about €80m if the wages reported are rougly correct. I'd think a new proven leftback would have been at least as expensive for them between their transfer fees and their wages.
He’s just 24 but he’s going on to a 250k per week contract allegedly. It’s more that which would concern me if United were in for him. We’ve been burned too many times now and it’s not sustainable. What will he look for in 3 years time when he will peak?
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Then he'll have 2.5rs of contract left and Bayern can either sell him or reconsider his wages. But for now, for the next 5.5 years, they'll have a very good left defender nailed down.
And again, what's the feasible alternative that would have been less risky and/or cheaper?
I don’t know what the alternatives are but back to my original point I’m glad that United aren’t paying that wage for another. We can’t sustain it and we certainly wouldn’t want him hanging around on that wage if it didn’t work out
Didn’t we give Rashford and Martial the same contracts at the same age and a few years back too whilst not having regular CL football ? To be honest though watching Benfica/Barca tonight makes me want Alvaro back even more as he’s been the best player on the pitch.
He’s a classy player. I just have a concern about his running power and pace
He’s not the quickest but seems to have big strides so makes up ground quickly, his running power has seemed fine whenever I’ve watched him but at £15 million we’d be insane not to activate the buyback option as he pisses over everything we have.