How did this get from 48M this morning to 63M?
Angel Di Maria | £59.7M fee agreed I Maybe tomorrow...or the day after...
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Silva no, Reus yes. Ribery would have a shout, then players like Falcao and Lewandowski stake a claim.
Man utd will present Di Maria on Tuesday.
Probably are the only one if you only count the people who have properly seen him, as the others would base it off a handful of games. Last season he was pretty much Madrids most important player after Ronaldo and had an amazing season all around, and was one of the top 10 players in the world last year.
Ronaldo, Messi, Robben, Suarez are all better IMO, after that you could argue Di Maria is better then anyone else, certainly based on last season's performances. Wouldn't say there's much between him and Hazard ability wise for example, but Di Maria his much more consistent (as you'd expect given he's a few years older).
agreed, and welbz is intelligent versatile player as well so he has to fit in van Gaals philosophy. I have no doubt that we could play all three, currently most convincing players to start Januzaj, Welbeck, di Maria together.. Januzaj and Welbeck as Strikers and di Maria just behind them. It would provide much more pace into the game and creativity as well. We could play a better pressing game. Today it was horrendous. Rooney doenst seem to be working hard as he used to be. Van Persie was maybe the worst player on the pitch.. if that penalty calling chance bottled welbeck he would be crucified here. He should have shooted.. But other than that he was jogging all the time as well as Mata who just have to run more in that position. Di maria has a fantastic workrate and would do well there as he could put pressure on the defenders and he is such a natural player in final third ether centrally or wide... he could also interchange roles with Januzaj who I would give free role, he could rome around make space and dropp of sometimes to make pass like he did for rooney in swansea game. ATM he is better in wide positions but CAM is his future role if he won't go even further. But that would mean that we need another or rather two midfielders but we could go out with
de Jong/Herrera -Carrick/Herrera
di María
Januzaj - Welbeck/Wilson
This will never happen because Rooney is bigger than club and RVP is obviously van Gaals favourite but I would give it a go in cup game. Wilson could be a good choice in the future in that front two. Not only he is a goalscorer, but he has pace, I think that he has better movement than Hernandez.
if we went for 4-3-3, sure di Maria can go wide but I would utilise him centrally in somthing like this:
Carrick
Di María - Herrera
Januzaj - RVP - Welbeck
But this would need a world class deep laying playmaker which I don't see any, but we could do good with Carrick and World class CB, Rafael and Shaw could be great players in this..
Sounds like Woodward has gone balls deep into the transfer kitty.
I've heard that Man City prepared their bid.
Inflation.
Don't agree that Silva is better. Maybe more talented individually but Di Maria isn't far behind at all there, and has way more pace and better work rate, and based on last season, he'd have to go ahead of Silva. Also I wouldn't put Bale ahead of him. Di Maria's last season was better then anything Bale ever produced, he just isn't a goalscorer like Bale so doesn't stand out as much. Bale is more of a forward and Di Maria is a better winger, but as an individual player I'd take Di Maria, though it depends on the team. Same with Reus who is of a similar class I think. Definitely top 10 in the world though.
People moaning over the price sound like spoiled children.
Who cares? He's a top class player.
Who cares? He's a top class player.
We've such a poorly constructed squad but it severely lacks in top quality, and although di Maria signing does not address the average midfield and defence, it's a bloody great start in constructing a quality squad.
It was never £48m - probably media bollocks.
He's been all fart and no poo until now, nice to see the toilet bowl has been finally filled!
A certain Randy gif from southpark would be very appropriate right now.
Come on Ed! We know you can do it! Di Maria, Vidal and Benatia all announced at the same time!Watching messi play for barcelona against Eliche has me excited about this signing. I am worried he may be underwhelmed when he sees himself lined up next to some of the players that started today, but hopefully his own quality motive them to play much better than they have been playing. Moreover, I hope Van Gaal can picks players that can complement Di Maria ability.
Who's cares what he cost. Christ embrace the fact that we have signed Angel Di Maria.
Does anything think that will our last big money signing?
Does anything think that will our last big money signing?
It was Balague. He's the main source of this £63.9M figure as well.
Isn't it like 10-15m in future incentives? Would go from the 48m to the 63m that the final deal altogether is.
Our best player since Ronaldo, do we think?
I'd say he's individually not in that top tier of players and I don't think he ever played a good enough season as a winger (if that's the plan) to warrant anything remotely close to this 60m pricetag. I like him a lot though and he could be exactly what United is missing in attack. A player that looks for all the gaps to fill instead of trying to be the best individual. I'm not entirely sure yet how you can utilise him best in this team though and I'd be very surprised if he reaches his peak form from last season consistently if he's played as a winger, especially not if he's supposed to be the main attacker instead of being the supporting player who connects all the outstanding individuals around him.
What I don't get are the Robben comparisons, I don't think he could ever play the role Robben played at the world cup.
Dunno, just heard Ballague say it was 64, so going by that. He also said his wages would be €8m
We might have bit a bit over the odds, however the people who are saying this transfer was not needed are out of their minds.
We have blown so many myths out of the water with this transfer, first we brought a ready made world class player in his prime which many said we never do.
Yes, the days of buying young and turning them in to superstars is over sadly due to Fergie's idea of not committing to a midfielder at the end of his old trafford reign and due to last season.
Secondly we now have a player who like Giggsy in him prime will take on the full backs with body feints, skills. Januzaj and Di Maria on the wings gives the wings a sudden boost.
We have purchased a player who is world class and have convinced him to come to United who are right now at a low, without a stable team, out of Europe altogether. So it's a great job by Woodward and Van Gaal. Woodward might have screwed up last summer and a bit of this one but him making sure we have di maria is something we should happy about. Forget the price.
We played over the odds but we need a player like him at United. Anyone could see how incompetent Young and Valencia were today and last season.
Very happy with the news. All we need is now for the team to gel and if possible another central midfielder. Right now even De Jong will do (i hate him from his time at City)
We have blown so many myths out of the water with this transfer, first we brought a ready made world class player in his prime which many said we never do.
Yes, the days of buying young and turning them in to superstars is over sadly due to Fergie's idea of not committing to a midfielder at the end of his old trafford reign and due to last season.
Secondly we now have a player who like Giggsy in him prime will take on the full backs with body feints, skills. Januzaj and Di Maria on the wings gives the wings a sudden boost.
We have purchased a player who is world class and have convinced him to come to United who are right now at a low, without a stable team, out of Europe altogether. So it's a great job by Woodward and Van Gaal. Woodward might have screwed up last summer and a bit of this one but him making sure we have di maria is something we should happy about. Forget the price.
We played over the odds but we need a player like him at United. Anyone could see how incompetent Young and Valencia were today and last season.
Very happy with the news. All we need is now for the team to gel and if possible another central midfielder. Right now even De Jong will do (i hate him from his time at City)
People are saying it because both have great pace and are brilliant on the ball. Di Maria has never been a goalscorer though so I never really got the thinking that he could fill a similar role. He could probably get like 10 goals a season, maybe 15 with european football, but highly unlikely it'd be more.
Lining up next to Mata, RvP and Rooney is underwhelming? Come on now.
Does the £64m include add-ons?
When Madrid saw Uniteds desperation.
Tough to say. When we bought RVP he certainly felt like the best player since Ronaldo.
Though I'd say Di Maria would become our best player if he joined, with RVP slightly behind him.
I think this is it.
Obviously he isn't talking about the attack because thats our strongest part of the squad.
Hmmmhh on matchday
We better make sure his work permit is sorted and that he can actually play in the next game unlike Rojo.
Best in terms of individually being able to make things happen? Probably.
He'll never score more than 10-15 a season, but I don't think people will fully appreciate him until they realise how he creates chance after chance at such ease. The technique in his delivery is different class.
but that will be who he will be working with the most, so I can't imagine he will be too disappointed. Plus he has Rojo there so that's one homie to start off with straight away, easier to settle in that way.
Thats a bold predication to make.
Hard to say. People are quick to forget Rooney's season where he got 34 goals and literally carried that United team on his own. He has been our main player since Ronaldo left, even with RvP coming in.
Sixtyfookinfourfookinmillionpounds! Ho-ly shitballs. Who cares if he's worth it? This, good people, is the dawning of the Age of Woodwardius.
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