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Arturo Vidal
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Im so hard right now it's unbelievable.
If we get Vidal too, Woodward is god.
If we get Vidal too, Woodward is god.
Juve fans seem nervous hearing this guy saying so. Something must be happening.
Pretty sure we heard about Di Maria's goodbyes before any official bid was confirmed.
Man Utd not giving up on Vidal. Offer $53 million and Kagawa or Hernandez.
Same stuff that's already been reported today really.
If this happens I'll take back everything I've said to Woody!!
I've said frm the start it's pretty 50-50 but if pushed I'd come down on the side of yes. And I'm sticking with that.
You talk to Woody?
Woodward is immune from hate if he manages to land both Di Maria and Vidal in the same window.
This is the problem we have. Fickle fans. Even if Woodward pulls this off I'm uneasy about him. Everyone was hailing him as the messiah when he signed Shaw and Herrera. The former an easy buy, the later 12 months in the making after an initial screw up.
I think he will be much better next summer especially when he has had a whole season to plan transfers with the manager.
I just hope were convinced his knees are fine. If that's the case, don't care how much we spend. He's rated as the best all round midfielder around.
I take it all with a pinch of salt. He's clearly very good with the sort of business accumen that pulls in the sponsorship deals etc, but I'm really not sure how much influence the CEO canb have on transfers. It's got to be the football people who decide how far any given player is worth pursuing, and the footall people who talk to the player to persuade him of their vision etc. All the CEO can really do is authorise or not authorise the spend, surely?
This is happening, I can feel it.
Di Maria signing may as well have swung it our way as far as Vidal's interest is concerned. Hope MK dons don't hijack it now.
One of Gazzetta or Di Marzio are wrong about the location of Vidal's agent, unless of course he was in two places today (not exactly impossible) or Vidal has more than one agent working for him (also possible, although unlikely that he would not be given priority treatment by an agent for this move).
Players "saying their goodbyes" to their teammates is often the first tangible news to come out when a player is leaving!
I know they are a team on the up, but I can't see them signing a player of Vidal's calibre.
If he gets Vidal as well, I don't see how he can better this - unless he signs Ronaldo and Messi next summer
Nah, he'll still be the bad guy because we didn't sign De Jong and Benatia.
If he gets Vidal as well, I don't see how he can better this - unless he signs Ronaldo and Messi next summer
No just Reus & Hummels
On a serious note, I just mean that the deals would be done early and not in the last week.
OK this transfer is definitely back on in my mind.
Get it done Woody, you sexy beast.
Get it done Woody, you sexy beast.
I had a nice after lunch sleep.what are the latest developments?
And if woody get this done will we give him some slack?
And if woody get this done will we give him some slack?
Not until he gets Hummels!
I actually think it's going to happen now.
Vidal now and strootman in January. Do it woody!
No just Reus & Hummels
On a serious note, I just mean that the deals would be done early and not in the last week.
True but if all the deals had been done on the last day I would still be happy, even though the caf would have been in sheer panic
600 pages... How much productivity lost throughout the world..
How much productivity lost throughout the world..This past 24 hours is like one massive viagra pill.
I was always on the fence with this transfer earlier in the summer but now I'm feeling quite convinced it will happen.
If we get this done, Di Maria in tow, I can definitely see us winning 6 of our upcoming in a row conceding less than 6 and scoring more than 12 easily.
This would not only get our season back on track, but it'd put us in an amazing spot for top 4 or feck it, the title. That's how crucial I think this transfer is.
This would not only get our season back on track, but it'd put us in an amazing spot for top 4 or feck it, the title. That's how crucial I think this transfer is.
It's hard not to feel slightly optimistic, we've only okayed stories linking us to players we've been close to signing this summer.
It seems we have gone to only briefing the press when sth might happen this summer. We've been denying our interest all summer long. That the British press is coming out now and seemingly being briefed by us is a positive imo.
This is reminding me a lot of how the Di Maria stories broke through. First LvG's name dropping, then British press confirming our interest, the player seemingly saying goodbye… I don't want to get my hopes up too much but feck me I can't resist.
This is reminding me a lot of how the Di Maria stories broke through. First LvG's name dropping, then British press confirming our interest, the player seemingly saying goodbye… I don't want to get my hopes up too much but feck me I can't resist.
Yep - I just checked and the Di Maria "says goodbye" stories were on Sunday afternoon... a day before we started getting concrete info on the bid.
600 pages...
Who cares, money no longer matters!
Wasn't Di Maria sort of like this?
We were linked with him. But papers were mainly saying we considering making an offer.
Fixed. Get two in now and then add Strootman to it. Job done.
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