He's one of the biggest talents in the world for his age group
Amad Diallo - Atalanta winger
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To be fair I'd have signed Greenwood last summer for 30m when he'd made about 3 first team appearances. If the club have seen a high level of talent and done their due diligence, I couldn't give less of a shit about the fee.
Tbh I never cared once about Sancho, I knew it was b.s from the start. Just some dream for the fans. I haven't seen Traore play 1 min so I cannot say this is a good or bad signing. Time will tell.
Stop living in the past. Sancho is the real deal and we have skipped that to buy an unknown who has played no first team minutes. It’s more like the Dalot signing than Ronaldo.
Er.... it's like you don't understand how money works.
Man: "Can I buy this magazine please?"
Shopkeeper: "Yes, it's £4.50"
Man: "Oh shit, I only have £3. Oh well, just give me packet of chewing gum instead."
Shopkeeper: "Oh so you can't afford £4.50 for a magazine but you can afford £1 for chewing gum?"
Doesn’t matter. People on the caf are angry that they haven’t scouted him for a long time.
Still didn't get our no.1 target we've been talking about for two summers, even when his club were open to selling.
Seems like you don't understand what has gone on with the Sancho fiasco.
He's done better than Ravel already and is doing well in Portugal. He's making some progree. The point is that buying a kid straight out of academy football for that fee is a massive gamble because you don't know how they respond to the senior game on and off the pitch. Edwards is instructive here.
We can't win can we.
Wait until they emerge and see a 100m+ price...that's wrong.
Get in before they're proven and drones moan that it's too much for unproven players.
Sancho is going to cost 120m. Let's see if we can pay that much. This isn't Sancho thread.
I am not living in past. I am for one actually excited to see the youngster we have bought.
That is a hell of a lot of money for someone who has played 25 minutes. We couldn't get that money for players we have that have made 50 plus appearances!
Haaland, Bellingham etc cost less.
Chiesa going to Juve for deal rising to €50m but we will pay €30m plus add ons for this kid.
I have watched as much of him as you have I'd wager. So yeah I will stick with my original statement thanks.
I can understand that 30 is less than 120 so you know... swings and roundabouts. We all have our strengths.
So we are signing 2 Messi's in Traore and Pellestri.
Plus side of the high fee is we wont have to hear the Dan James defence being used (ie cheap punt and therefore apparently unreasonable to expect competence)
Dont know why James is being brought into the conversation so much here.
I get the feeling there seems to be desire to moan at whatever United do in the transfer market. Just because we are not getting Sancho doesn't mean we should stop trying to sign other players.
A lot of people on this forum have complained about our scouting, on why we don't snap up players for cheap before their value goes up, Yet when we actually do it, we still complain.
A lot of people on this forum have complained about our scouting, on why we don't snap up players for cheap before their value goes up, Yet when we actually do it, we still complain.
I may have been slightly exaggerating.
As I understand it, yes.
Simply quick answer, we need players for the first team and squad depth for now not the future and not someone who could go either way here.
Two shit wingers do not equal a Sancho.
This guy doesn't have blistering pace, or trickery, or a touch.
This guy doesn't have blistering pace, or trickery, or a touch.
He's taller than Angel regardless.
That might be the case, but we also need to invest in the future, the two are not mutually exclusive. Us not improving our first team, shouldn't stop us from trying to bring in players that could be useful for us in the future and save the club money.
Smart decision considering you can get porn online for much less than £3 never mind £4.50.
Okay, but not being able to secure the big target (which is a failure) doesn't mean we need to be completely dismissive if we're also trying to do the latter.
Exactly. Few people just loves to moan about everything.
If we sign Traore and then Sancho,
we’re going to have A mad Traore...
we’re going to have A mad Traore...
30m does sound very steep, but if the scouts are that convinced then hopefully it'll sound like peanuts in the future.
Will be interesting to see if he gets any game time from now until January.
Will be interesting to see if he gets any game time from now until January.
I'm on about the club obviously. Even with the best scouting in the world you don't know how players at that age will turn out as so many things need to translate into the mens game.
I don't think anyone is criticising the player and the signing can only be judged in hindsight. That doesn't make it invalid to discuss the strange nature of it though.
Horses for courses. We need an established attacker to play on right wing, not Amad. Someone to improve on what we have already. We are not stacked with cash either to be able to buy whoever we want. Traore seems to be one for the future not what we need badly now. If we sign another attacker to play on flanks, people won't complain. However, if he is bought to fill the hole that Sancho was supposed to, then we are in trouble. The lad is really young and is yet to be tested in Serie A, nevermind being thrown on the frontline of a struggling giant in the prem.
Always good to get young potential in, that's what true united fans like to see. Such a great feeling when a young player excels into the senior team, lets hope its the same with this guy. Lets not hang him out to dry before he's even kicked a ball for us.
As for Sancho, I feel that he will come here eventually, the club were right not to pay the fee now with the covid situation if they felt it was just too much In the mean time can all you forever needy moaners just enjoy the bumpy ride, we will get it right eventually. We were spoilt during the Fergie years, we do not have a divine right to win trophys.
As for Sancho, I feel that he will come here eventually, the club were right not to pay the fee now with the covid situation if they felt it was just too much In the mean time can all you forever needy moaners just enjoy the bumpy ride, we will get it right eventually. We were spoilt during the Fergie years, we do not have a divine right to win trophys.
well at least he wont get injured, hopefully it will be a nice boost to get him in January Much like bruno.
Yeah but I've already ruined 3 laptops hiding them in the woods.
Mitten > Romano
You can't say anything positive about Mitten around here, I think he's shagged most people's daughters the way they carry on
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