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Antony | Here we go! €100mill, contract until June 2027, option 'til 2028.
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Yes, we won the match today but if anythign comes from watching the match today it's the obvious need of a player on the wing that can create for himself.
Elanga, outside of the effort that started the goal, was a headless chicken just running into defenders on the dribble. He reminded me of what we've seen from Rashford for the past couple years. Sancho was really quiet today for the most part and Rashford didn't really offer much either. Ronaldo looked a bit void of interest and when the CB caught him from behind on the 1v1 , his 37 yr old legs showed up.
Just get the deal done and over the line before the end of the window.
Elanga, outside of the effort that started the goal, was a headless chicken just running into defenders on the dribble. He reminded me of what we've seen from Rashford for the past couple years. Sancho was really quiet today for the most part and Rashford didn't really offer much either. Ronaldo looked a bit void of interest and when the CB caught him from behind on the 1v1 , his 37 yr old legs showed up.
Just get the deal done and over the line before the end of the window.
Pay whatever it takes.
I'd double the fee just to ensure we dont have to start Elanga on the right and/or Rashford up front ever again.
I'd double the fee just to ensure we dont have to start Elanga on the right and/or Rashford up front ever again.
I'm afraid we will see that plenty this season. Martial fitness level is not very reliable.
I love how reactionary people are. One match and it's "pay whatever it takes", as if it wasn't already obvious we needed him 
If Sancho is on the left and Antony is on the right, then I think we'll be seeing more of Rashford up front.
I would agree with him, there are similarities between Antony and Sancho. Both lightweight full of tricks players who like to make play. Obviously Antony had more fun taking players on in the defensively weak Eredivise in a top team (YT highlights are great for this) but so was Sancho in the youth and for Dortmund, even though he developped into more of a playmaker lately.
If antony comes I am expecting to have a little lightweight player with really good touch and dribbling getting players into play than consistently using tricks against and out sprinting physically strong EPL players.
I'd like to see him here but on today's evidence we need a striker far more.
I love how reactionary people are. One match and it's "pay whatever it takes", as if it wasn't already obvious we needed him
Hahaha, this.
Yeah, I was just pointing out that it's not a given that Ajax will walk the league even without Antony (and most of last year's starting XI on top of that) just because they spend much more than PSV like quite a lot of people here seem to think.
PSV will always remain a close contender even if Ajax were to out spend them 10:1 for a decade straight. The other teams are too weak and the squad turnover rate is too high to dominate consistently like Bayern does.
In truth, we need both. If we're going to keep playing a front 3 or 4-2-3-1, and I think we're assuming that Sancho is going to keep his position on the left, it still leaves question marks for the opposite flank and the central position.
My order of preference would be a top quality striker first, and then a winger/wide player/wide forward after that. If we're looking to do anything this season, the club needs to evaluate what it wants to do in both positions. We desperately need more creativity and goals up front. It wasn't a great attacking performance today.
Worth the price purely to not see elanga starting.
Get it done amd trust ETH.
Get it done amd trust ETH.
Are we going to wait till the last 1-2 days of the window to put in our 100m bid?
Please please please get him. Elanga and Ronaldo are horrid footballers right now and we need competition for the wings desperately
Just pay it, we only ever threaten from sancho and Dalot.
Is he playing for Ajax today or was he sitting at home cheering us against Soton?
110m for him and Memphis, let's get this done, our front line is woeful.
Yep. Rashford, too. All 3 are diabolical and Martial is made out of glass.
Loan/sell elanga and just get this lad.
No not raahford at all. Raahford on the left wing IMO is perfectly capable of being part of a 3 man rotation with Sancho and Antony. He showed it vs Liverpool, but i think he's heavily reliant on who the striker is. Needs someone to link with him and drop deep like Martial does.
Just give them the Amad Diallo. He’s not going to get his chances and being used in here if we get Antony anyway.
I agree that Rashford on the left has his place in rotation, he and Martial have always had good synergy when they're both fit.
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To be fair Elanga is right footed it wouldn’t make sense for him to cut it inside onto his weaker foot.
Well it's a bit of a shit thing for Scholes to say.don’t let the ajax defence squad see this
Edit: pointless reply removed. I Like this forum and you guys. Scholes not so much though.
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Nothing strange here, just typical English bias where if you don't play in England, no one will see it. Nevermind he won't be seen playing in the CL for this season compared to what he would do in Ajax or other 'proper' clubs.
dumb thing to say, Ajax is obviously a proper football club. Could easily talk about taking a step up in terms of limelights and quality of the league without shitting on Ajax there.
It’s not like he downplayed Ajax though, he even called Ajax a good club.
Not very tactful from Scholes tbh. I'm all for our ex players bigging us up but this is just straight-up rude tbh.
and then insinuated they are not a real/proper club. Prefacing a rude statement with "I don't want to be rude here, BUT ..." doesn't make it any better.
Paul Scholes is a genuine idiot tbh. As a United fan I cringe pretty much evetytime he opens his mouth. Much preferred him when he was just an incredible footballer who never spoke to the press.
As for Ajax, we could only dream of being so well run. Incredible football club that deserve nothing but respect.
I will.
Nice screenname. Where did you get that from? Also feeding you names I see.
Sitting home smile wanking to the Bruno goal.
Doesn't he have toenails to bite?
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