Nah, no use to him to stay and be fifth choice. Best scenario would have been to sell Bailly and give Axel the chance to fight for his place and see if he can get over his injury issues. It was just terrible planning on our part to loan him to a club where he features even less than if he'd stayed at United.
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Nah, no use to him to stay and be fifth choice. Best scenario would have been to sell Bailly and give Axel the chance to fight for his place and see if he can get over his injury issues. It was just terrible planning on our part to loan him to a club where he features even less than if he'd stayed at United.
That's his own fault for not being good enough.
Like gerard will help out a player that is on loan from man united.
It was a stupid loan move. Mings is their captain and Konsa is the better defender; Tuanzebe was never going to be starting unless one of them got injured or suspended.
Spot on.
You're contradicting yourself. He did start, in a back 3. He played poorly.
How did I contradict myself?
Aston Villa never played 3 at the back last season and never played well with that formation. I don't think Mings and Konsa even played well.
Did you miss the part where you said he was never going to be starting? He did start, so all the reasons you mentioned as for why he wouldn't are not true.
Injuries in other position allowed him to start games but when they returned he was back to the bench, the other times he played was when either Mings or Konsa was not available. There's a reason why he is now being touted to join Napoli.
What injuries? He started in a back 3. How about the logical conclusion that he was benched because he performed worse than Mings and Konsa.
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Good move for him if true! Great, historic club and there may still be some coaches knocking around Italy who know how to train a defender!
It's logical to loan him out but I think we should keep him. United have FA, CL and PL matches coming up and.also those 2 delayed games to squeeze in. Baily is injury prone and Varane lindelof maguire can't play every match.
Great in napoli he actually gets to compete for the serial title which is nice
Why is the fee so low though? I mean he surely is worth more than that?
Why is the fee so low though? I mean he surely is worth more than that?
Incredible move for him if he gets significant minutes.
For us as well. If he can do well over there then we can hopefully move on from Jones and Bailly.
Seems he is moving to Napoli in Jan
Fantastic move for him. That Villa loan was pointless.
Manolas left, and Koulibaly is injured, they only have Juan Jesus and another one, so the hope here is that he actually gets to play as Napoli really need CBs
Hopefully goes through as the spell at villa was doomed the minute mr liverpool became manager at the club
Was there a recall clause on his loan move ?
It's an amazing life they lead. 24, barely played and gets a move to Napoli. Incredible.
Seems like a good guy so hopefully this finally gets his career going.
Seems like a good guy so hopefully this finally gets his career going.
He doesn't look Prem level yet so interesting to see how he does in Serie A, should've been an option to buy though
Yes he does. Comes across as grounded and intelligent. I imagine he won’t find it hard to settle in at what is obviously a very different environment to Manchester or Birmingham.
What a turnaround.
Napoli are playing Florentina on the 12th. Fingers crossed we'll see Tuanzebe shine vs Vlahovic 
Then a month later vs Barca in the europa
Then a month later vs Barca in the europa
That says it all though doesnt it. Mings is actually a good defender as he showed in the Euros....but he always has a big mistake in him and Konsa is a promising one.....but neither are really top notch are they. The fact nobody expected Tuanzabe to force his way in, why should we expect him to establish himself as a United player then?
Did Mings or Konsa play against Mbappe and Neymar and do well ?….
Fair fecks to him
I still believe in him. There is a player in there IMO. I hope he gets plenty of game time and shows it at Napoli.
Totally agree with you. He’s only been able to show it in flashes but I rate him really highly, would love to see him given more of a chance here.
This is a great opportunity for him to secure a move away from United. Napoli are playing some really good organized football under Luciano Spalletti and sitting pretty at third in the league. I hope it works out for him
ONE good game last season in the Champions League and i had people on my twitter timeline saying drop everyone we have 'the new Paul McGrath' 
ONE game.
If you followed the academy Tuanzebe didnt look exceptional. He was never going to be a top tier.
Good luck to Axel mind, I still think he'll have a good career...Good lad and pro.
ONE game.
If you followed the academy Tuanzebe didnt look exceptional. He was never going to be a top tier.
Good luck to Axel mind, I still think he'll have a good career...Good lad and pro.
ONE good game last season in the Champions League and i had people on my twitter timeline saying drop everyone we have 'the new Paul McGrath'
ONE game.
If you followed the academy Tuanzebe didnt look exceptional. He was never going to be a top tier.
Good luck to Axel mind, I still think he'll have a good career...Good lad and pro.
You might as well be talking about McTominay as well and he's first name on the team sheet. I think Rangknick should've brought him back for more cover but this Napoli loan is probably the best thing for him
We have 5 senior CBs and you want a 6th for "more cover"?
Well, Jones and Bailly are injured so often that you could consider both of them together as one cover option. Not sure if that is even true, they are likely injured at the same time too. It would be nice to have some defenders who are good and could stay fit most of the season.
Bailly is out for the Africa cup, Jones is injured again and merely a cheerleader. With Maguire and Lindelof both currently struggling for optimal fitness and Varane just recently back after a long layoff you'd think Tuanzebe could've been useful this month. Just me.
If there's ever an injury crisis of that magnitude you'd play Mengi (who wasn't on loan in the first half of the season).
People have bought in to Ole's/Ed's hoarding nonsense.
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