Thinking about it actually now, if Moyes hadn't panic bought Mata in January, Di Maria would really have been the perfect addition this Summer.
Angel Di Maria | £59.7M fee agreed I Maybe tomorrow...or the day after...
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
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PSG have pulled out for the moment... if Lavezzi, Pastore or Cavani are sold they will be right back in for Di Maria.
Hes a great player but I'd love us to get a CM and CB - in this order.
They've really struggled to cast them off and it seems pretty clear nobody is interested in them.
And you to the caf.
That will be tough......no one pays 30m for Lavezzi, 25m for Pastore or 50m for Cavani
They can't even buy Aurier for 9m!!!!!!!
They can't get Di Maria for money....only a loan deal is possibly.....but i don't think Real Madrid are interested in a deal like that
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LVG called the squad unbalanced. There is no way he will sign another attacking player until we have seen substantial departures.
I'm sure our departures have begun. This who don't have a future at old Trafford have already been informed.
Even so, I don't see the value in signing a world class player in a position that we don't use.
There are other areas of the squad that should be addressed first, and if we plan to play 3-5-2, then Di Maria is a waste of time.
The manager has already stated its not his preference
Nonetheless the squad will not be overhauled to the extent this summer that we will play a different formation next season the majority of the time.
If we sign Di Maria he's definitely playing lwb imo, especially with Shaw now out. Just because LVG called Angel a winger doesn't mean he wouldn't play him as a wing back.
People realize di maria played in midfield last year, right?
I thought Arturo Vidal was a long shot.. Angel di Maria is even more so.
So many of them seem to have missed this.
Do we play a midfield of Mata, di Maria and Herrera then? That seems a bit light defensively.
It could work in a 4-3-3 but that means playing Rooney and mata out wide (or dropping one)
we are not getting him
We could play something like:
------------De Gea----------
------Smalling----Evans------
------------Jones------------
Rafael-------------------Shaw
------Herrera---Di Maria------
-------------Mata-------------
------Rooney--van Persie------
Jones combing his defensive midfield and centre back talents. Doubt it would function well.
We need 1 or 2 CB's and a CM, but we buy players which we don't need (Mata). I think we are being to tight, every club in the world knows UTD need a cm and when we knock on there door they will automatically ask for more then the value of the player.
If we truly do have unlimited budget then Ed better get his backside into gear.
We need a CM not Di Maria, if we get the CM sorted then yes try for Di Maria but we are like a kid in a sweet shop, looking at one and thinking I want this one then see something better and want that instead.
Rant over.
If we truly do have unlimited budget then Ed better get his backside into gear.
We need a CM not Di Maria, if we get the CM sorted then yes try for Di Maria but we are like a kid in a sweet shop, looking at one and thinking I want this one then see something better and want that instead.
Rant over.
I think we're more like the tight mum telling the kid in the sweet shop to put everything down because it's too expensive, whilst all the kids friends get giant gob stoppers and bon bons.
Why suggest it then?
Makes no sense to spend so much money for him when we can get Vidal for that. Not saying I wouldn't love us to sign him, just that we should have other priorities.
Anyway, gotta laugh how a player that has always been one of the top performers and is in his best years is no longer wanted... Only in Madrid.
Anyway, gotta laugh how a player that has always been one of the top performers and is in his best years is no longer wanted... Only in Madrid.
Why are we all discussing in an Angel Di maria thread when it won't happen? This is a place of discussion. Weird quote.
If we sign Di Maria, the only way we can get the best out of him would be to go back to a back 4 and use a sort of 4-3-1-2 imo. We'd keep some width through the full backs and whatever he himself could offer. He'd also bring some much needed pace and trickery.
-----------De Gea----------
Rafael--Smalling-Rojo--Shaw
----------Carrick----------
---Herrera-------Di Maria----
-----------Mata-------------
-------Rooney--RvP---------
-----------De Gea----------
Rafael--Smalling-Rojo--Shaw
----------Carrick----------
---Herrera-------Di Maria----
-----------Mata-------------
-------Rooney--RvP---------
What's the hold up with this one 
I love this line up. Believe....
We really would've had much better chance with so many players if we were in the CL this season. Just agreeing terms or beating competition would've been a bit easier.
Definitely, a front 3 of Di Maria and Januzaj either side of Rooney or RvP would have been great.
This formation could definitely work and would make Blind worth buying to rotate with Carrick in the #6 role.
Us fans expected this to be the case, but Ed decided it would be a good idea to rub the muppets nipples and sell some tickets. Now he's backed himself into a corner.
Well if by September 2nd we don't further strengthen our squad, Woody will justify the mocking.
You could still do this, if you're willing to drop Rooney or RVP.
---------------Back 4------------
------Herrera--------CM--------
---------------Mata--------------
Di Maria--RVP/Rooney--Januzaj
Yup. I'd be a lot more forgiving of him in different circumstances. Ones which say, saw us have a stable manager working with him for months on targets for the upcoming summer, rather than a new manager needing to assess the squad leaving him under a month to do business. However his constant boasting about us breaking the world transfer record if need be, "watch this space" and our commercial standing improving as opposed to wilting means that he needs to deliver. He probably should have just kept his mouth shut, instead of briefing the media that he was off to conduct urgent transfer related business.
Any lighter than a midfield trio of Iniesta/Sergio/Xavi?
People forget how much the teams pressing worked, to cover Peps Barcelona teams weakneses defensively.
Its even weirder to suggest a line up and then dismiss it two seconds later.
Erm, yeah.
Busquets is a defensive midfielder and in Barca's prime was the best in the world (still is for me) in his role and incredible. He did the defensive work and kept things ticking as well, none of Mata, Herrera or Di Maria are even close to his defensive abilities.
Not to mention Xavi controls the game at a level none of those 3 are remotely capable of.
If we move to a 433, Di Maria can play in the front 3 or the midfield 3. Given our squad composition (with its strong options for the front 3) a midfield 3 of Herrera, Fletcher/Carrick (or Vidal or even Blind), Di Maria would be an obvious option. In a 442 he can play on either wing or in behind the striker in the centre.
He's not only a high quality player, he's a hardworking player and he's a flexible one. If we buy him, it will be Ancelotti's problem, not LvG's.
Of course, like every other player you do have to put a value on him and that's a much harder question. To me at £50m he seems like a fair deal, at £60m he sounds expensive - but that's me, my mileage and other people's, or United's may vary.
He's not only a high quality player, he's a hardworking player and he's a flexible one. If we buy him, it will be Ancelotti's problem, not LvG's.
Of course, like every other player you do have to put a value on him and that's a much harder question. To me at £50m he seems like a fair deal, at £60m he sounds expensive - but that's me, my mileage and other people's, or United's may vary.
Because not one of those midfielders are defensive midfielders like busquets mate, do you find it hard to work out what a football position is?
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