Vidal in holding role?
Its a dangerous game to play if we are really doing that, we have seen soo many times remember Ramsey we had a fee agreed, but Wenger actually called him, while we sent Neville to give him a tour, players respond and love if the buying club is making an effort, and they feel they value him alot, the reason he is leaving Madrid is he feels he's not valued over there and every summer they try to use him in deals to sign other new toys. I believe we aren't in for him, he would be a perfect signing for us and it pains me to see a club like PSG will eventually get him while we take 3 weeks to evaluate and then we are left with Young and Valencia.
You don't really need to have a "holding player" if you have 2 intelligent box to box players to be honest. Just depends on how the team is setup.
I am biased though I tend to lean towards more complete midfielders than deep lying playmakers and limited holding players, or creative types that can't do a defensive shift.
With the formation he had mentioned there, its like diamond in the midfield,where vidal would have limited roles, instead i would put Carrick at bottom of diamond along with Herrera and Vidal on either side with Mata at top.
Although I completely agree, we just don't sign players like Di Maria. I can't see much changing for our wingers imoWe absolutely cannot miss out on this guy. We have no quality whatsoever on the wings, except a promising youngster.
Didn't he comment on only leaving Juventus for another historically important club, citing Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United.sign him up before PSG do, would be a great addition to the squad although Im not sure how LVG would feel about his tracking back skills
Didn't he comment on only leaving Juventus for another historically important club, citing Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United.
sign him up before PSG do, would be a great addition to the squad although Im not sure how LVG would feel about his tracking back skills
He is leaving champions league top paying Madrid because he is not valued or not good enough for the 1st team as the new signings reduce his chances in the pecking order? FF play rules may come into it of course. He is better than our current options, agreed. Although he may not be LVG material , time will tell. PSG seem to be going for him via the loan route , a tactic we may see more of in the coming years.Its a dangerous game to play if we are really doing that, we have seen soo many times remember Ramsey we had a fee agreed, but Wenger actually called him, while we sent Neville to give him a tour, players respond and love if the buying club is making an effort, and they feel they value him alot, the reason he is leaving Madrid is he feels he's not valued over there and every summer they try to use him in deals to sign other new toys. I believe we aren't in for him, he would be a perfect signing for us and it pains me to see a club like PSG will eventually get him while we take 3 weeks to evaluate and then we are left with Young and Valencia.
AS reporting that because of their FFP transfer restrictions PSG have asked Real Madrid for Di Maria on loan. The mind boggles at what the rental fee would be, but presumably it can buy them another year dancing with the rules.
They would then pay €60m for him next summer.
We can have him and Vidal if we put the money up. It is as simple as that.
We could have any player in the world if we put the money up tho......
if PSG sign him, could we go for Lucas?
We could have any player in the world if we put the money up tho......
Di Maria seems like an obvious signing from an outsider perspective and I'd be shocked if we weren't looking at him.
Prepare to be shocked.
I hope not, he isn't that good and wouldn't cost less than Griezmann or Cuadrado, which are both imo better. Di Maria should still be the number one target, if he prefers the PL than just do everything to convince him, that we are on our way back to the top.
Oh well, it could be worse. Instead of failing to sign Angel Di Maria we could have done something awful like actually signing Adam Lallana.
Oh well, it could be worse. Instead of failing to sign Angel Di Maria we could have done something awful like actually signing Adam Lallana.
Januzaj and Mata out wide are much better than Lallana.Lallana would be your best wide-player at this point.
Januzaj's current level is so overrated on here. No doubt about his potential though.Januzaj and Mata out wide are much better than Lallana.
Lallana would be your best wide-player at this point.
Lallana would be your best wide-player at this point.
Nope.
Give Nani a run of five games and he'll do things that Lallana can't dream off or just play Mata.
Januzaj and Mata out wide are much better than Lallana.
Januzaj and Mata out wide are much better than Lallana.
Januzaj and Mata out wide are much better than Lallana.
Januzaj has become absolutely amazing over the summer. He's been in great form off season.
Januzaj is worse than Lallana.
Januzaj is worse than Lallana.
As of right now he is, sure.
It's going to be a ridiculous statement in a year or two though as Januzaj's ceiling is immeasurably higher than Lallana's.
To be fair to him, he was only responding to a post that claimed Januzaj was much better than Lallana.How surprising that you'd suggest such a thing!
Nevermind that you're comparing a 19 year old to a 26 year old.
Januzaj as a 19yr old had 4 goals and 3 assists in 15 starts. Lallana as a 26yr old had 9 goals and 6 assists in 37 starts.
Yet obviously it's the United bias saying that Januzaj is better than Lallana but obviously it's fairly "neutral" opinion that Januzaj was much worse than Lallana. I like how the oppo fans post their stupid opinions as "neutral" inspite of stats saying otherwise.
