Don't think there was much between them at all back then, I would even put nani in 2010 and 2011 ahead of him as he was more consistent (yeah nani, consistent).
Angel Di Maria | £59.7M fee agreed I Maybe tomorrow...or the day after...
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Um... Michael Owen?
If ever there was a signing to make someone go out and buy a Utd shirt..
Balague gets a lot of undeserved stick. He is a good journalist who gets a lot of stuff right and he talks less shit than most journalists. His blogs and books are great reads too and he very clearly has great knowledge and passion for the game.
£60m eh? That'd take your net spend on additions to the title-winning squad to a cool £210m. Not far thereafter 'til you hit the quarter billion mark.
This has Mata Mark II written all over it: another attacking player who won't solve your CM or defensive problems - problems that should be taking priority over all else.
This has Mata Mark II written all over it: another attacking player who won't solve your CM or defensive problems - problems that should be taking priority over all else.
Good news is he won't want to leave to join his dream club Real Madrid in a few seasons...
Jealous much?
I think we are done playing 3-5-2. LvG should realise that it can be a goal to be working towards, but not just right now. We will see 4-1-3-2 and Di Maria would fit in perfectly in that.
Sublime post. Give that man a like.
Think this will be addressed after. Di Maria is Ed Stud flexing his financial bicep.
So what ? It isn't our money.. I hope they spend more !!
Mata mark II? he's not even been here for a whole season yet.
Get out of here with your wumming. I'm surprised you're still even a member of this forum.
I disagree completely. Anyone with half an eye can see that we have struggled without someone who can carry the ball forward at pace and strike fear into opponents. The fact Januzaj has looked so bright and important says it all. He's 4 or 5 years off being a developed player but as he offers those attributes he's been so important for us.
Having Di Maria in will help us no end tactically in an attacking sense.
Another bitter guy who fails to use any logic whatsoever. Over the past few years we've lost as many players as we've bought due to old age/retirment, maybe if people compared net spend over the past 10 years things would be more accurate rather than convineantly choosing to compare years when we NEEDED to spend.
Agreed. Good post @simonhch
Agreed. No matter how unfortunate his time here was due to injury, he did reward us with that classic goal against City. And there is no doubting he was in the class of players worthy enough to wear the 7 shirt for United.
That's it right there. I know he got it wrong with Thiago, but it's been established to some degree that we pulled the plug on Thiago despite there having been agreements. Of course, Thiago's claim that we didn't have a deal is nonsense. What else is he going to say when you're signing for Bayern and that too Pep Guardiola.
Ah, finally an opposition fan arises. Wonder where the scousers are right now.
@BarneyLFC @PickledRed What do you guys think about this potential signing?
Glaston returns to the Caf after being MIA the entire past season. Wonder why?
Our net spend since 2002 is around £330m (including di Maria).
By comparison, Real Madrid's is a whopping ~£670m, Chelsea ~£580m, City ~£550m, and Barca's, with their incredible academy, is around £250m.
An attacking player who can run with the ball at pace and force the issue is something we've been missing. The problem we've had is quality attacking players like Mata, Rooney and RVP with no impetus or momentum to work with, so the play ends up static and there isn't much they can do. Di Maria is the kind of player who will get on the ball and make things happen, beat his marker and disrupt the organisation of opponents, sparking some opportunities.
Unless by Mata mark II you meant the type of signing Spurs could only dream of? In which case I agree completely.
Yes...let's give the number 7 to this over-the-hill, injury ravaged shitbird who has scored over 150 goals for Liverpool.
State of him.
Share your stories with somebody who cares.
In fairness, £210m is one hell of a lot of money and with that kind of spend we should be challenging for titles, no question about it. If there are another couple of signings in addition to di Maria (if we do manage to pull it off) coming later this week as mooted, we've no excuse not to put in a proper title challenge.
Yep. Nani was great from 2010-2012. I can't believe Bale won player of the year over him in 2011.
I won't be surprised if Man utd put 'Angel Di Maria', I mean they put 'Ander Herrera' and 'Marcos Rojo' which creates a semi circle on the back of the shirt. 
Well yeah but you can't really count Fellaini though, since he's crap.
All the LFC fans on my Facebook are so deluded that they think Balotelli is all they need to win the title. They've forgotten everything he did at City
So I'm guessing Di Maria to them is a poor man's Sterling
Firstly its not £210m. After Fergie left we have signed:
Fellaini - £27m
Mata - £37m
Herrera - £29m
Shaw - £27m
Rojo - £16m
Thats £136m Even if we spend £60m on Di Maria that takes up to £196m. Also add in a few million quid we made from players leaving.
Im surprised you haven't said Lamela is going to be better than Di Maria this season. Why don't you worry about your own team?
Get thee to a wummery.
Nah they won't be comparing Di Maria to Sterling, he is more on the level of Lallana la.
I think you're referring to Cadena Ser. Indeed they reported that Di Maria was leaving and that the likely destination is United. How many times in the past have we read "likely destination" and seen that player end up somewhere else?
Here he is openly saying that it is "certain" (hey hey!) to happen. He even goes on to articulate why this transfer is happening. It's a lot different from speculation and punts. This is factual reporting. That's why I say, he 'broke' the story.
I'm sure he will help you in attacking sense, but that's really got nothing to do with what I posted ... which concerned the lack of focus on your CM and defensive problems. Mata + Di Maria (if it's £60m) = close to £100m on attacking players in the last 8 months, money that could have (and should have) got you pretty much any CB and CM that you wanted.
Real Madrid would no doubt say they made half the transfer fee back in wigs alone had they signed him.
You can add Zaha to it for £12m odd too, though we did get a surprising amount for the Buttman. Either way, we've spent quite a large amount all things considered. Winning in europe again should be the end goal.
He won't solve any defensive problems that is for sure, but if used correctly he can and will solve an important part of our midfield problem and he'll provide us with a massive quality injection attacking wise and in fact I think he'll make Mata a more effective player for us aswell.
I don't think that spending is outrageous seeing as you take it back to atleast 3 transfer windows ago and we have been in need of decent investment for years, obviously there is catching up to do and Di Maria will be a very important piece of the puzzle but not the only one. With another Defensive mid like De Jong or Blind and some players like Anderson out and we did an adequate job this summer. The defense still needs work and our midfield might still need a player like Strootman to replace Carrick but those are things we can look at in the winter or next summer. We can't do everything in one window as the work we had on our plate was massive, the team SAF left behind was just unbalanced and lacked quality in all areas and was full of old players that were passed it and on the verge of retiring. If we can get Di Maria and a defensive mid this summer and LVG can keep on building to this squad we'll certainly be up there for 4th spot and might not be to far off from competing for the title if everything goes well. If we can than bring in somebody like Strootman to replace Carrick in one of the coming windows and maybay add a top central defender like Hummels or Benatia or some top talent like Stones and we'll be back on top of the league again before you know it. Di Maria will be the transfer to put it all into motion for us !
The logic is clear: your CM and defensive problems should be - but aren't - taking priority over all else.
Please shut up. Havent we buyed Herrera, Shaw, Rojo? Our defensive conceded almost the same amount of goals as the famous Arsenal defence last season, while ours was injured a lot, and couldnt get a good run of playing together.
Zaha was Fergie's signing. I thought we were talking about the signings we ve made since he left.
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