Mata wont stay on the bench. We'd end up in a 4-3-3 or Diamond formation. Mata will play just behind the strikers. Rooney and RvP would be upfront. I cannot see LvG dropping Mata unless he is completely useless...which i doubt very much.
Angel Di Maria | £59.7M fee agreed I Maybe tomorrow...or the day after...
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Mata wont stay on the bench. We'd end up in a 4-3-3 or Diamond formation. Mata will play just behind the strikers. Rooney and RvP would be upfront. I cannot see LvG dropping Mata unless he is completely useless...which i doubt very much.
Sound to me (from Neville's interview with LvG) that he has decided to play 3-5-2 for a long time, and it makes no sense to get rid of Nani otherwise. So LvG has a nice "problem" to fit in all of Rooney, RvP, Mata and Di Maria in that system, I can't imagine any of them would be benched (if fit of course)
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
I'm not... I don't believe this in any way 
His wife has now liked one more United related picture, which makes it three in total. She's either on massive WUM to bring down the caf or....
-------------------De Gea------------------
Rafael--------Evans------Rojo--------Shaw
--------------Carrick----Herrera-----------
--------------------Mata------------------
---Di Maria------------------------Rooney
-----------------van Persie---------------
4-3-3 with both Shaw and Rafael adding width.
Rafael--------Evans------Rojo--------Shaw
--------------Carrick----Herrera-----------
--------------------Mata------------------
---Di Maria------------------------Rooney
-----------------van Persie---------------
4-3-3 with both Shaw and Rafael adding width.
I'm in Paris right now with the mrs, and apart from Disneyland, no idea why he would choose PSG over United.
Much prefer Manchester to Paris.
Much prefer Manchester to Paris.
So United is leading the race even though United haven't contacted RM?
Not sure about Rijo but we'd need a sitter like Carrick in this formation rather than a box to boxer. Perhaps why we're not going for Vidal.
Would rely on mata to press too which ain't gonna happen. Starting to understand why Jose didn't want him.
Would rely on mata to press too which ain't gonna happen. Starting to understand why Jose didn't want him.
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$$$$, playing in a better team and playing in the CL.
So the same source that says we are leading the race, now says we haven't even contacted them.
Everyone's on a mission to sink the caf.
Meh, negotiations can be carried out through agents until the 'make a bid' stage.
It's okay, as long as his wife keeps liking pictures on instagram this will go on.
Anyone else get the feeling these sources actually read the CAF and are trying to torture you guys?
I'd say these "sources" are even caf members
Exactly this. The whole deal is the biggest elaborate caf windup in history.If there was a @redcafe_meltdown twitter, this would be on there.
I can still hope, right?Nah, that would be Kaka to United.
This. For what its worth, in all our recent negotiations we have been actively trying to have minimal contact with the selling club, until its absolutely necessary.
Preparing to Contact.
Woody is preparing to switch the computer on in order to prepare to sign in to his email account in order to prepare sending an email
Preparing to Contact.
Mata from Chelsea being the prime example. The whole deal was apparently done through 'intermediaries' rather than direct contact with the other club.
Not at all. It was obviously said as tongue-in-cheek. But the hysteria and overrating of Welbeck in that thread is hilarious and they people wade in here and say Di Maria is overrated! The mind boggles.
His wife has now liked one more United related picture, which makes it three in total. She's either on massive WUM to bring down the caf or....
The interesting thing is, if you read the main page of her profile it says
"Jor Cardoso and Angel Di Maria
Angel doesn't have Facebook,no Instagram no Twitter!!!!"
The first line makes it seem like they both use the same profile. So it might even be Angel himself liking the pictures!
PS - It was always Di Maria that needed convincing, not Real Madrid. They have made their mind up regarding the sell.
Marca should be reliable, right?
They are said to be Real's mouthpiece.
He's clearly off, but does anyone have faith in United closing the deal? I'm utterly convinced this'll be hi-jacked, leaving us to cry into our hankies.
I never trust them regarding players they are meant to be signing, but would be strange for them to bullshit about a player that is leaving them. In summary, it's on.
tricky question: if you had to choose one of Di Maria or Mata, who would you prefer?
Di Maria. Pace.
Mata. I would miss the bearded Spanish selfie king. Di Maria's head looks like a naan bread.
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