The biggest factor is always the market itself.
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The biggest factor is always the market itself.
So Rooney and Rio would only cost about £40m would they?
Funny that a 33 year old Ronaldo cost Juve over £100m then isn't it?
Do you think Antony is in the same bracket as a young Rio or Rooney?
He's nowhere near but we're about to spend £85m on him.
How tall is he?
I wonder if there is any chance he'd be available for Southampton. Unlikely but bringing him on in a tight game would be very helpful. These type of players can have near immediate impact, he is skillful and unpredictable.
Let me ask you this. In the past, say, decade, what have you thought about our transfer business?
Bravo!
If we get this over the line, I'm going to adopt Brazil as my second team at the World Cup this year.
I think the point is we already pretty much know Richarlison's level (not that players can't improve at any time).
The hope would be Antony surpasses that quite considerably. Whether it happens or not feck knows but I think signings like this are generally a bit more exciting due to the unknown factor.
He’s on a run; you’d hope it’s a seamless troll run.
Yeah I get that though I would have expected a bit more from him in the Dutch league to give an indication he can step it up in a much tougher league. Time will tell and I'll be watching on with interest to see how he does.
Hear hear
How much do you think record transfers of their time, Rooney and Rio, would cost in today’s market exactly?
It’s almost like this was my point.They’d never have worked with Ronaldo up front.
Is Richarlison not more of a striker though, with Antony being an out and out winger?
Atletico paid over 100m pounds for Felix as a potential world class teenager; that’s a more apt comparison to Rooney‘a transfer fee.
Club revenues have far exceeeded inflation for some time (discounting Covid) and the presence of the oil clubs have further distorted it. You honestly think a young Rooney regen today would go for 40m pounds (based on your Ronaldo inflation figures)?
Yes, he's a centre forward/ left forward and not what we need anyway.
Doesnt make any sense to compare him with Antony.
Not great. There you have it, your decade of repetition in two words.
Now let me ask you this, what effect has all your whinging had apart from making these boards worse?
I've added contrary opinions that have promoted discussion on a website dedicated to promoting discussion amongst Manchester United fans.
Richarlison is not a left-footed RW that United is looking for. You said he can play anywhere in front three, but he's not better than any of three forwards. Basically you paid £60m for a backup forward, which is a weird investment.
Kulusevski is more comparable, and a great signing too.
Yes but highlighting that doesn’t fit with the point they’re trying to make…
How much do you think Rio and Rooney would have costed in todays market because it certainly wouldn’t have been anywhere near the fees we paid for them 20 odd years ago.
From what I've seen (not much tbh), Antony usually stays wide so I would not expect him to put in high numbers in terms of goals. Assists is something I'm more concerned about.
Im not trying to sound convincing, i want to sign him, its a lot of money, but im not arsed about the price, im not arsed about what Liverpool payed for Diaz, dont care if people have the same opinion or not.
You were posting incorrect stats to back up your opinion, which tells me you are trying to convince people that your opinion is the only correct one.
If age is meaningless here then why make a point of stating there ages in your previous post which Roonster09 called you out on? Not only have you proved to be wrong, or lied, about what the players were doing at certain ages, you are now being contradictory.
I'm sure the 4 he provided last season were worth 20m a pop
Not to mention he's saved less penalties that de Gea! I can't understand why we'd want someone so inept.
That is the concern indeed.
Taller than Martinez
Looks like this lad and a reserve keeper are the only targets we're looking at now, so let's get on board with Antony and not worry about the fee! It's him or nobody at this point and I do not think our attack looks particularly dangerous if we sign nobody else... So all aboard the Antony train!
He had 4 in 7 games in the CL.
His Eredivisie assist tally last season has been an anomaly. The season before he had more, and even this season he already has 2 assists in 2 games.
Makes sense…if you feel that the price of potatoes and Ronaldo’s transfer fee is a fair comparison.
Roughly speaking, the same height as Lisandro Martínez; 174cm or so.
Other forwards in that range: Neymar, Salah, Mané, Hazard and Vinícius.
Oh great. Another midget.Roughly speaking, the same height as Lisandro Martínez; 174cm or so.
Other forwards in that range: Neymar, Salah, Mané, Hazard and Vinícius.
The exchange rate is a fair point though but im sure united must work with financial institutions to maybe hedge that risk out, options on fx swaps etc.
He seems to really love Eric, thats a positive at least.
Stats are always useless without context. If Anthony is drawing 3 defenders over to his wing the whole game which helps the other players score more, that's just as effective as having a tap in.
Of course that won't get recorded in the stats though. Antony is a magnet to defenders, and just as importantly a great ball carrier and progresser.
I'd rather have this than 5 more goals stat padded by penalties.
So you’re saying football is more than goal/assist statistics? How dare you!
IMO what we're missing is someone to run with the ball, create havoc in opposition, draw some fouls. Sancho is not willing to do that because he lacks explosive acceleration, Rashford is not capable of doing it because his close control is random, so if Antony is in this "Sterling" bracket (he used to be not-so-productive but very useful) then I'm all for it.
Exactly what I'm thinking. I wouldn't bother about the stats for his position/role. And I think we badly need that kind of player.
Your argument was Ronaldo would only as much as inflation from 2008 > 2022. Meaning going by that logic, so would Rio and Rooney. So according to you, they'd only be £40m, not what Antony is costing. It's baffling and just plain wrong logic so I hope you're trolling cause I don't know how anyone could be that ... well ... yeah.
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