How do you think the Copa America will affect him going in to next season? Will playing for the Argies revitalize him, or will he be fatigued and have a slow start to next season?
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Was looking through some stats focused on central midfield and defensive midfielders only this season and saw that Di Maria has actually made the most key passes of any CM this season, averaging 3.1 per match in his 7 matches there. Fabregas is just behind with 3.
Its definitely a double edged sword using him as a CM, while he creates from there he also loses the ball and he doesnt partake in defending whatsoever.
So what if we signed Schneiderlin to plug the gaps and kept Ander on the right pressing high and making tackles? Would that see us get the best out of Di Maria once again?
I feel like thats as good a solution as any to seeing Di Maria be successful at the club and we're very likely to adopt a 3 man midfield moving forward anyway
Its definitely a double edged sword using him as a CM, while he creates from there he also loses the ball and he doesnt partake in defending whatsoever.
So what if we signed Schneiderlin to plug the gaps and kept Ander on the right pressing high and making tackles? Would that see us get the best out of Di Maria once again?
I feel like thats as good a solution as any to seeing Di Maria be successful at the club and we're very likely to adopt a 3 man midfield moving forward anyway
It depends on our capacity to score on the chances he creates and on our capacity to not concede before he creates a goal.
I suppose Argentina will reach semis at least, so I suppose it can only have a positive effect on him. He seems more tired mentally than psychically, a good tournament will hopefully raise his confidence (I don’t think any team with Messi can have bad tournament).
A rabbit have more determination and is less frightened.
He is good for the women football.
He is good for the women football.
If Di Maria can hardly get a start this season, how is that going to be any different next season - there is actually more competition already with Depay joining. Is he off?
Surely we can't afford to have a £60m impact sub?
Surely we can't afford to have a £60m impact sub?
It looks like he will be staying with us next season thankfully -
Well, we're certainly rich so why not?
talk about a fecking buzzkill.It looks like he will be staying with us next season thankfully -
We have already paid for him. If we were to pay £60mil for a average player then we obviously can't afford that.
They could cash in in Matuidi for some money or if someone does go for Verrati, that will increase the money they are allowed to spend, no?
Would anyone consider letting Di Maria go if it involved a deal with Veratti coming the other way?
Only if we signed Bale tbh
It looks like he will be staying with us next season thankfully -
If (big if) we do flog him after just one season he'll be damaged goods, which means we'll have to accept a huge reduction on what we paid for him. Which wouldn't rule PSG out, even if they stick to FFP.
No brainer.....feck yes!
Or they could just offer us one of those and some money for Di Maria.
Yes, i would do that. Verratti is a monster, he would fit us perfectly and could replace Carrick. Di Maria on the wing is replaceable, while Verratti is special and he would be absolutely destroying it here.
I'd take the £35mil plus Lucas Moura. Depay on one wing, Moura on the other
In all seriousness, DiMaria deserves another season, unless he's unhappy and wants out.
Bullshit imo. No way would we accept almost half of what we paid for him a year ago, especially after getting 13 assists which is 3rd or 2nd best in the league.
The only way we would sell for that much would be if he was desperately unhappy.
I know but if we sold him, OK we wouldn't recoup al, of it but £40m or whatever we could reinvest in weaker areas of the squad like CB, CM, RB, Striker.....
Don't know where to stand on this, shit season and 13 assists.
Surely deserves another year as he's adjusting and grasping language.
Surely deserves another year as he's adjusting and grasping language.
It looks like he will be staying with us next season thankfully -
I'm sure a swap deal can be worked out. Verratti would be the perfect signing for us.
I'd take £50 mil for him, its only a £9 mil loss, which is peanuts for us really.
I just don't see him ever fitting into LVG's philosophy, unfortunately.
I just don't see him ever fitting into LVG's philosophy, unfortunately.
If we keep Nani, yes.
PSG want Pogba, they can't have everyone with FFP.
Pogba has already turned them down apparently
since??
I'd agree to a straight swap. Not that it's likely, anyway. Veratti would be a very important piece in the puzzle, while Di Maria isn't yet (note that this may change in the future).
Yes without, we'd still need to get another winger but Veratti is a jewel. One of the best young CM in the world if not the best.
Di Marzio tweeted it 2 days ago i think. They offered him 15m wages per year, he turned them down
A few days ago. I believe Di Marzio said it - should be in the transfer thread somewhere
I haven't been pleased with his performances lately, but it amazes me how many people want rid of him, even more so when people suggest Nani is fit to replace him.
We keep saying the same thing: We need someone with pace who can beat a man out wide. Di Maria has these qualities that we're looking for and I think it's stupid to want to offload someone who even in terrible form and not starting has been productive for us.
We keep saying the same thing: We need someone with pace who can beat a man out wide. Di Maria has these qualities that we're looking for and I think it's stupid to want to offload someone who even in terrible form and not starting has been productive for us.
We don't if Nani stays.
I doubt Nani will stay. He'd wanna move to a club with very good chances of starting.
Give him another season to adjust. He's had a world cup last summer and overall a tough season. I'm confident he can turn it around. We shouldn't become a club where we just dump players quickly once things aren't going well. I also don't want us to lose a ton of money on his transfer without having given him a full preseason and training camp with our squad as well.
What we would do if Veratti were to struggle to accustom to the league?
We've invested a lot of money in di Maria, a seriously talented player; flogging him after one half bad year is not the answer, and it never is.
But what if Veratti was the missing piece to the puzzle, and replaced an impact sub who makes no impact?
He could just as easily fail to make the impact we would require, if we were to get him (which we won't, PSG won't sell him). And then what? Flog him in 2016?
You could say that about any signing.
I would have thought captain hindsight would be less patient, considering!
I'm all for giving Di Maria another season to be honest. I just thought it was an interesting question, as it's surely worth considering bringing a player in to improve a position we desperately need to reinforce, at the expense of a player who's currently showing no signs of being able to make it in the PL.
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