Antoine Griezmann

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I'm a huge Griezmann fan but with Zlatan around next season, I just don't see how he would fit in our system with the players we have at our disposal. Sanchez on the other hand would be far more spectacular especially since he's PL proven.
 
If we are in the Europa League there is absolutely no chance of getting him. A one-off season is fair enough but this would be 3/4 seasons not even taking part in the CL having spunked millions. Griezmann should be in a CL winning team not missing out on even playing in it. He will know that himself surely.
 
I'm a huge Griezmann fan but with Zlatan around next season, I just don't see how he would fit in our system with the players we have at our disposal. Sanchez on the other hand would be far more spectacular especially since he's PL proven.

Unless you would play Alexis as a winger isn't it the same problem?
 
Unless you would play Alexis as a winger isn't it the same problem?

Not really and the reason is that Sanchez can play on either wings and as well as behind Zlatan or lead the line himself. He's done it at Arsenal and has done a decent job. With Griezmann, I have my doubts of him playing on the left or leading the line as the main striker. Sanchez is more of a bullish player who'll get stuck in challenges and will run around till his feet drop off and also he tracks back to win possession of the ball. I'm not too sure if Griezmann is willing to do that. Those are just my concerns. PS: Since the time Sanchez played for Udinese, I always thought he was the perfect CR7 replacement but we lost our chance when he joined Barca and he did again when he joined Arsenal and we went for Di Maria instead.
 
How realistic do you think it would be for Griezmann to openly and publicly campaign that he wants to be a United player whilst still under contract at Atletico Madrid ?
He could come out with the 'god only knows the future' that most footballers that want a move use. The fact he is saying all what I mentioned makes me think hes staying. Unless he is a big liar of course!
 
He could come out with the 'god only knows the future' that most footballers that want a move use. The fact he is saying all what I mentioned makes me think hes staying. Unless he is a big liar of course!

No footballer is going to do that. At the end of the day if he wants to come here and we are willing to pay, he will. This nonsense about the weather is just that.
 
No footballer is going to do that. At the end of the day if he wants to come here and we are willing to pay, he will. This nonsense about the weather is just that.
Well thats what I'm saying I dont think he wants to come here.
 
It's always funny to me how people use the "we're shit and he's better than us" reasoning as if we're eternally doomed to never win a football match again despite being a team with a genuine possibility of ending the season with 4 trophies in 12 months.

Thankfully, it's likely that Griezmann isn't basing his future projections of United on the fact that we drew a few home games that we completely dominated.
 
By his endless comments about being very happy in Madrid you'd have to think he's not coming. Jose's comment the other week about how any players who prefer the beach should go and play for LA Galaxy sounded very much like it was aimed at Griezmann.
 
The problem we have now is that so many of us have convinced ourselves this is a done deal if it turns out it doesn't happen who do we turn to to ensure we don't have another season like this next season?
 
It's always funny to me how people use the "we're shit and he's better than us" reasoning as if we're eternally doomed to never win a football match again despite being a team with a genuine possibility of ending the season with 4 trophies in 12 months.

Thankfully, it's likely that Griezmann isn't basing his future projections of United on the fact that we drew a few home games that we completely dominated.


Yeah he could basing it on us being out of the top four three out of the last four seasons and being exactly where we deserve to be this year .

Let's be honest he would have to be a mad united fan to choose us over city or Chelsea at his age .

Oh and his brother doesn't count ..noone makes decisions on who their brother likes
 
Pay the release clause on the first day of the window, no question we need 4 or 5 players of his calibre in this team. Also, we dont yet, i think, have an official head/alice band provider, so there's clearly another endorsement for Woody to work on.
 
Balague just started pushing the Griezmann to Madrid story.
The man really is shameless
 
Balague just started pushing the Griezmann to Madrid story.
The man really is shameless
So what, you don't think he got a fictional phone call on one of his nine mobile phones as he was waiting to be interviewed? Don't embarrass yourself. We all know this is how big money transfers work. First you decide you want the player. Then you start discussing it with his club. Then, long before you've reached agreement, you call international journalist of repute and chairman of Biggleswade United, Guillem Balague, to make sure he's got up-to-the-minute information before you proceed with the deal.
 
So what, you don't think he got a fictional phone call on one of his nine mobile phones as he was waiting to be interviewed? Don't embarrass yourself. We all know this is how big money transfers work. First you decide you want the player. Then you start discussing it with his club. Then, long before you've reached agreement, you call international journalist of repute and chairman of Biggleswade United, Guillem Balague, to make sure he's got up-to-the-minute information before you proceed with the deal.
The truth is actually worse than that. He cited the article from L'equipe as his basis for his line of thought. The same publication he rallied against every day last summer when they carried the Pogba to United saga.
Now they're the most reliable media outlet out there.
Poor Guillem, you can see his struggles when the biggest transfer in Spain over the last few years is Gomes to Barca
 
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