That's grealish screwed then
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That's grealish screwed then
No player is ever a certainty when they transfer. It's still insulting to refer to one of the best holding midfielders in the last 25 years as a decent player.
Wow! They took us to the cleaners! I hope he is good enough and productive for us.
Count in the salary-expense and you’ll find that unless Antony is on around £260k per week Antony will be the cheaper of the two over their contract periods (5 years)…
And that’s not including the separate deals City had to make with Alfie (the father) and Raiola etc.
Yes in this case. My guess is Boehly will seriously regret paying 2-3x players value, but we'll see.
Yea it's just the money is mental in football these days. You see clubs like West Ham and fecking Forest spend close to 150m this summer, no wonder other clubs try to get the most from a club like United with our revenue.
It's a ludicrous fee. I don't know why some have difficulty in admitting the totally obvious that is right in front of them. No amount of "Yeah but Nunez cost X" or "Fofana is worth Y" dresses up an 80 million forward that plays in the Dutch league. It's completely unheard of for that to happen and taken on its own merit for where he is in his career it is bonkers. That can be fully admitted without being downbeat about the signing or lacking excitement for it. It's a very exciting signing too.
Yeah haven't Forest bought 18 players
I guess the Leicester game will be too soon for him?
Decent is an adjective for good. Find your outrage odd tbh.
I never felt him as a tricky winger who likes to take on his man to be fair.
Always looks like a 1 touch give and go player.Yeah will need to wait on visa a la Isak
Must be way bigger than that. We're around 200 million pounds now, maybe north of that. Pretty sure that's never happened before.
Why didn’t we bid for him at the beginning of the window. I reckon we’d have got him for 60 million. Just stinks of bad planning for me.
Think we tried but then was all about how much money did we have left after FDJ
Doubt he would be in the group. Hasn’t trained since two weeks? He needs couple of trainings and adjusting to his new teammates.
Agree. Although I'm going to keep my reservations to myself until I see him play for us. Hope he proves me wrong...
He was injured from March until almost the end of July. Maybe we wanted to see how well he recovered from his injury or we don't learn from our mistakes. Pick whichever option you like.
We’ve come a long way from Maguire and Wan Bissaka for 130.Casemiro and Antony for 150 mil, unbelievable
Great signing.. think he’ll be another fan favourite. Him and Sancho on the wings is very appealing
The lads being pissy about this fee wise would be jumping up and down raging if someone like Chelsea or Newcastle nipped in ahead of us and got him
That is a huge fee, he better be better than good or we're going to be looking even more stupid than we're already looking.
Yea the latest being Lodi from Atletico for 5m loan fee with option to buy for something close to 30m.
Jeeeez, the moaning. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
We have signed a very talented, young player in a position we were screaming for upgrades in, enjoy folks. This is supposed to be fun.
We have signed a very talented, young player in a position we were screaming for upgrades in, enjoy folks. This is supposed to be fun.
Fecking brilliant signing. If he can add goals to his game, he will be amongst the best in football in his position. Even if he remains at this level, he will improve our attack by being a press-resistant outlet, one who can carry the ball, opening up space for others. Not to add, he's a fecking treat to watch, would make us much more entertaining.
One who scored at Old Trafford
No it isnt.
I'm not outraged or even mildly annoyed, I am debating a person's view on football players on a football forum.
More than anything else, this should light a fire under the asses of Rashford and Sancho to up their game or else join the nandos brothers on the bench.
He's a much better option than Brobbey as well, who was the initial target this summer for upfront.
2028...
And our cars aren't even flying yet, never mind living on the moon. We were so ambitious in the 90s. Those were the days.
And our cars aren't even flying yet, never mind living on the moon. We were so ambitious in the 90s. Those were the days.
Yea not sure why he wants to go to a club who just got promoted to PL. The wages they are willing to offer must be insane.
I think you can have players who are playing at high level in some Leagues but It does not mean they can take that level and perform anywhere. Van De beek playing in a good team with opponents who give him much time and without additional pressure is ok footballer who can make some simple passes and score goals but when he plays for us and our opponents are more physical and put more pressure he just cannot cope with that and turns into poor player. There are players who do not need speed, dribbling and other attributes to be one of the best because they are smart, have good understanding of the game and have very nice foot to give an assist or score a goal having all time in the world. Ziyech, Tadic, Van De Beek are examples of that. They only need those few attributes to shine. When the gameplay is slower you do not need to be fast, so when you get the ball you can focus on finding some movement around and make things happen but in better League you need to somehow make that few seconds for yourself by being faster or leaving your opponent behind with some dribbling. So being very good winger your main attributes are good shot and good pass and also your movement, that is what count the most but the more difficult the League the more additional skills you need to get to the point when you have the opportunity to use that main attributes. Antony have those attributes that are necessary to be great winger and also is hard working, rapid with great technique and also looks like someone who is gonna cooe with the pressure.
So good wingers from Eredivisie right now It is around 40 mil. If you have some other skills thats extra.
He is 22 Brazilian international, Ajax already Lost half the team, and ten Hag knows him and they know that. Thats why we need to Pay extra.
How much have you drank?
Cheers.
Great signing.. think he’ll be another fan favourite. Him and Sancho on the wings is very appealing
I think it says something about the profile of player Ten Hag has brought in this summer that any one of Martinez, Malacia, Eriksen, Casemiro and now Antony could be deemed a fan favourite.
Don’t give a monkeys about the price, it’s all relative. The value will be based on his success and and also the success of the team.
BBC reporting it as £80m
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It’s not the best aspect of his play but it’s certainly something creative from wide areas that we’ve sorely lacked from our RW for 6+ years.
We now have another dimension for teams to worry about and that can only be a good thing. Plus he works hard!
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