If we didn't sign him, you'd have people crying next summer when he joins Barca why we'd not signed him when we could. Fickle bastards.
Yeah I haven't seen him play enough at the highest level.
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If we didn't sign him, you'd have people crying next summer when he joins Barca why we'd not signed him when we could. Fickle bastards.
Yeah I haven't seen him play enough at the highest level.
Feck it, let's just get the next Messi
He's been on BT Sport three times in the last couple of weeks in CL and Ligue 1 games. That's where I scouted him.
I bet they're thinking "what the feck? Why didn't they spend more on me?". I bet Herrera is cringing in embarrassment at the club choosing to pay less for him than they have on this 19 year old.
He'll be cringing in embarrassment at a lot of things but not this.....
I was for the signing but, now with the current state of the squad we are going to have to be very reliant on him if we do sign him this summer.
Cost us £36m according to this French Journo
Obertan and Marital are not even a comparison transfer, anyone suggesting the similarity is just fed up on this gloomy bank holiday.
I am quietly happy with this transfer, didn't expect it (good business) and we have bagged a true hot prospect, not a punt like we took on obertan.
I am quietly happy with this transfer, didn't expect it (good business) and we have bagged a true hot prospect, not a punt like we took on obertan.
Yup he'll probably leave in the winter out of sheer embarrassment.
Really hope this deal collapses (in more ways than one)and teaches Van Gaal a lesson.
Step forward Raheem Sterling.
You mean the Hachim Mastour that is loaned to Malaga for two years with an option to buy for 5m?
Come on man. He rarely got mentioned here and just because suddenly someone throws a shitload of money on him he doesn't suddenly become the "hottest teenager in the world". He wasn't even near that, and you know it. Before this move he was, regarding popularity and recognition, on the same level as someone like Embolo or Timo Werner. There was no bidding war this summer, some clubs like Tottenham were sniffing around (Barca and Chelsea? When?) and now on the last day someone throw cash at him.
He didn't even have a thread on this forum before today.
He's a massive gamble, you can afford the gamble, but don't try to persuade yourself he is like a young Cristiano and you wanted him all summer.
I wish I knew more about the lad, I don't know whether to be happy or annoyed or what. Either way he's young so he either serves the club for years or recoups some kind of reasonable resale value.
Portuguese Abola says the deal is being intermediated by Mendes.
Does he mainly play on the left? If yes, does this mean that Depay will move to second striker again with Januzaj gone?
Haha... and how about Depay? At least he had won something in Holland! He must be feeling kind of 2nd rated now.
He's a year olderStep forward Raheem Sterling.
should've specified though. Obviously sterling is ahead right now. But so long as martial has a good impact, I won't care about the price just as city fans don't care about the price for sterling as he improves the team.Philippe Auclair is one of the most reputable French journos following English football.
He also wrote an excellent biography of Cantona, every person interested in The King should read it.
I think Martial will play 2nd striker instead. He can play number of positions from what i've read.
Darmian and Basti didn't have a thread either before the transfer window, what does that mean? We create threads when we get linked with someone.
He's highly rated in France, their next hot property and just called up to the French squad. There were reports of Barca and Chelsea being interested, not my fault you missed the reports.
DUN DUN DUN.
This. We like to hype up our players.
Januzaj is the next Giggs! Depay is the next CR7! Martial is the next Henry! Pereira is the next Beckham!
They are all very good players, but you never know how close they'll get to world class, if at all. Martial is a promising young French striker who we are buying for an insane amount on deadline day. Doesn't make him Zlatan.
Schweinsteiger had a shitload of threads on this forum over the years, the first one in which someone is asking if United should go for him dates back to 2008.
Darmian, yes, very nice, but he wasn't really a dream target of this window was he? He's a good signing, but no world beater before either and was relativly unknown.
Only thing ist, Martial was even more unknown.
Is there any meaningful update on this? Are we dithering on this?
I have no idea who this guy is. Literally hadn't heard of him before today....
Gone are the heady days of my youth where I watched so much football and played so much Football Manager (and Champ Man before that) that I basically knew every player in Europe's strengths and weaknesses. There was a time when I could have rattled through Bordeaux's reserve teams telling people they had 20 pace or something....
But ignorance is bliss. Because I don't know who he is I'm going to assume he will be the next Ronaldo (fat one) until proven otherwise. WHAT A BUY LADS!!!!
Gone are the heady days of my youth where I watched so much football and played so much Football Manager (and Champ Man before that) that I basically knew every player in Europe's strengths and weaknesses. There was a time when I could have rattled through Bordeaux's reserve teams telling people they had 20 pace or something....
But ignorance is bliss. Because I don't know who he is I'm going to assume he will be the next Ronaldo (fat one) until proven otherwise. WHAT A BUY LADS!!!!
Are you seriously basing him not being a good signing on whether he had a thread on Redcafe before last Thursday?
Stop being so pathetic. Not liking LVG is one thing, but this deal collapsing hurts United more than him. Almost everyone is pissed with him but no one wants him to fail so United does well.
Huh?
Let's see after we've sold Hernandez, loaned out Januzaj and probably Wilson. The only no.9 left is Rooney, and Felliani (oh well). So I expect he will fight for the no.9 position instead of wingers
There is a real dearth of quality talent available, and a shit load of money circling around the top clubs.
Reality is prices are extremely high and are not going to come down for the forseeable future.
We are still paying the price for under investment from 2009-13 - a time when Fergie said there was ''no value'' in the market. In hindsight, prices were ridiculously good value then.
Reality is prices are extremely high and are not going to come down for the forseeable future.
We are still paying the price for under investment from 2009-13 - a time when Fergie said there was ''no value'' in the market. In hindsight, prices were ridiculously good value then.
No? But "the hottest teenager in the world", as VanGaalEra called him, is just a ridicoulus statement when someone is talking about him. He's a very promising talent, nothing more, nothing less, like many others out there.
Sterling is a really special talent and he had 2 seasons starting for Liverpool under his belt. Martial is also coming to a new country so it will be much more difficult for him. If he comes in and sets the league on fire it would be great, but he's just a kid coming to a new league having to play with immense pressure because of the inflated price we have signed him for.
Just as an example Jackson Martines got signed from Porto to Atletico Madrid for 35M and he will provide them with many goals I have no doubt about that. That is money well spent and Jackson in United for example I feel would be there goal scorer but once again these are just assumptions and opinions at this point.
Is this the striker who Van Gaal always wanted then? The one "who is not the one you are talking about"?
Its hard to believe he's going to be as useful as Lacazette would be and the fee sounds huge. A few mins of vids and he looks like a stronger/balanced Welbeck
oh yes, wouldn't that be just terrific, if it all goes sh!T for us.
just to teach our manager a lesson eh
you absolute legend
That one exactly I was pretty shocked when I heard of that deal and can't really understand it but the talent the boy has is quite obvious for anyone to see in my opinion he just needs the right club. Malaga is not that club and I think it was the wrong choice for him but his quality on the ball is great huge talent nonetheless.
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