Give Monaco what they want..
YupGive Monaco what they want..
Can’t say I’ve seen anything linking us to Neves, and the Rice links are very weak - we’re fluttering eyelids at him rather than seriously making an offer.Have there actually been any credible links to this guy? It seems more like a few people in this forum really like him so are just willing it to happen...
Compared to all the journalists linking us to Camavinga, Rice and Neves, the stories attaching us to this guy seem very thin.
Frustrating than we can make signings like Amad and Pellestri but not ones like this.
It’s so poor though. So many players have passed us by in CM. We’ll sign someone in Jan/next summer and it’ll be another 4 or 5 years before we sign someone else. We are the only club in football that doesn’t prioritise midfield, going back to the SAF days.Yeah seems to be an area where the club have had a bit of a blind spot for many years, maybe it comes from the bad experience of summer 2015 when the Schmidfield didn't work out well at all and only Matic has been brought in since then
Frustrating than we can make signings like Amad and Pellestri but not ones like this.
Midfield is the most important area of the pitch there is no excuse for having it in the state it’s in. The only player I’d keep is McTominay. Pogba isn’t a true CM so he’s not in my thoughts.The only time we've made signings like Amad and Pellestri in recent years was Amad and Pellestri. We at least tried for both Camavinga and Bellingham the year before but both said no, recruitment isn't the issue here, we're going for the right targets. I'm glad that we're not blowing are load on mediocre players like Neves.
Yeah seems to be an area where the club have had a bit of a blind spot for many years, maybe it comes from the bad experience of summer 2015 when the Schmidfield didn't work out well at all and only Matic has been brought in since then
Matic Pogba Fred VDB and McT promoted and hannibal for the youth. Every single midfielder we have on the books has been brought in since then
The only time we've made signings like Amad and Pellestri in recent years was Amad and Pellestri. We at least tried for both Camavinga and Bellingham the year before but both said no, recruitment isn't the issue here, we're going for the right targets. I'm glad that we're not blowing are load on mediocre players like Neves. At some point in the next windows I'm confident we'll get it right, we've slowly been fixing priorities. It was always a massive ask to get everything fixed this window but we've done a fantastic job in getting 3/4 of the way there. Feel some of our fans are getting a bit spoiled from just how much progress we made this window. We'll be there soon.
For France, playing with Pogba yesterday for the second half vs. Bosnia. He is clearly the best DM for us. We should have bought him already.
Was it a midfield 2? Bosnia is not a very strong team but interesting to see nevertheless
For France, playing with Pogba yesterday for the second half vs. Bosnia. He is clearly the best DM for us. We should have bought him already.
Looked like a midfield 3 with Veretout at 6, Tchouameni and Pogba as 8s (Pogba a little more advanced)
Really hope we look for deals like this instead of overpaying for Rice. But I'm not surprised that Chelsea were the ones linked with him.So strong and mobile, with good passing, too. Such a shame, his name is not Rice.
Started like that but then became a midfield 2 when Kounde at RB was red carded and Veretout was subbed off. Tchouameni was fantastic with Pogba.
So why are you posting it here?I've been following him a bit, watched him again last night, very energetic, full of running, Good passer(long or short) and press resistant too which is what is needed to be a top DM, the kid is improving everytime I've watched him, we should get him in this January before our rivals pick up interest.
So why are you posting it here?
Yup. He looks a quality young CM. I'd argue that we also need a proper playmaker from midfield but this as one out of two additions in the midfield sounds great.What on earth are you on about? Don't i have rights to post on here?
The boy has a better ceiling compared to Fred, isn't that what we all want to sign a player better than Fred?
Really hope we look for deals like this instead of overpaying for Rice. But I'm not surprised that Chelsea were the ones linked with him.