It doesn’t mean Inter’s bid get rejected, though. Clubs reject our first bids (and second bids) always regardless of the amount on offer - simply because we always go up to 3rd or 4th bid and clubs know it
Benjamin Pavard
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We're a Varane injury away from Harry stepping into the CB role. I'm sure you don't want that to happen against teams Like City, Pool, Chelsea, Brighton and Arsenal.
You’re posting it here on a Utd forum like members here aren’t aware of the signings we’ve made.
i get the feeling Pavard/Amrabat are gonna be deadline day signings
EDIT: Weirdly can’t get tweets to show up. Elon broke it.
| NEW: Erik ten Hag convinced Benjamin Pavard on a move to #mufc by guaranteeing the player a starting role at centre-back. Harry Maguire has blocked the transfer. [@lequipe]
https://x.com/centredevils/status/1692424142761652567?s=46&t=eCh5Esnz8Fe5EecBqMstPA
EDIT: Weirdly can’t get tweets to show up. Elon broke it.
| NEW: Erik ten Hag convinced Benjamin Pavard on a move to #mufc by guaranteeing the player a starting role at centre-back. Harry Maguire has blocked the transfer. [@lequipe]
https://x.com/centredevils/status/1692424142761652567?s=46&t=eCh5Esnz8Fe5EecBqMstPA
Maguire is the real DoF confirmed ! It's probably an innocent turn of phrase here but it's not gonna help with those holding the Magz responsible of our woes.
Sounds weird. Was the plan to move Martinez to midfield then? Can’t see that ETH would drop Varane or Martinez.
Three at the back with Pavard being RCB? So basically the same position he played at Bayern.
He's not coming now Maguire is staying. We won't sign a CB until next summer now.
Pavard will probably go to Inter.
Pavard will probably go to Inter.
Am I understanding this correctly? A guaranteed starting XI position or guaranteed to be utilised as a centre back. I know Varane will miss games this season and won't be able to play every 3-4 days, but there are higher priority matches and I would find it surprising that ETH would drop either Varane or Martinez for Pavard. Would he go with a back three?
You never know if Varane could be phased out for next season or two or moves to Saudi. ETH might be looking at Pavard for the next 3 years.
Varane is playing very well for us and generally if he is on a game a week his fitness is decent.
I'm talking about the future and a possibility of what Pavard may have been told, the article is probably rubbish anyway, Just hypotheticals, we don't know. Currently Varane is playing well and I'm happy he's here.
Doubt Pavard writes off a season to start featuring regularly next season personally
Don't see this (or any other) signings happening now. We had £100m to spend as was widely reported and even with sales so far, we've spent over this amount. We'll need to sell at least two more players at reasonable prices to be able to spend at all.
He would be playing at RB and covering for CB and perhaps starting at CB for various other games.
What are you even suggesting then?
Varane is 30 and Pavard is 27.
We'll want someone much younger than Pavard to replace Varane long-term.
We'll want someone much younger than Pavard to replace Varane long-term.
27 is fine though
It's fine but not as a replacement for Varane. By the time Varane retires, we'll have to replace Pavard as he won't be long after.
How did you work that one out?
3 years
A bit annoyed how Chelsea can just throw big money around, but we cant. He doesnt cost much, neither does Amrabat, Joao Felix on loan for a position in which we’re skint cost 7-8m.
A defender usually reach his prime around 25-30 so dont see this as a good argument. You’d want a defender in his prime.
They've sold £220 million worth of players this transfer window which allows them to spend big.
We have barely got a penny from player sales in comparison.
But he doesnt want to be RB all the time, if I'm not mistaken?
I'm suggesting the tweet is BS and they want to fill their quota of having random news out
That would be just fine with Martinez actually dropping into midfield and helping out. I think it's our only chance to improve the team if we get no other transfers.
It was brought up earlier but a Ioan with an obligation to buy could be worked out, he just extends his Bayern contract for a year. Depends if wages are still a problem for FFP as we have a huge squad already.
We're not that desperate and we have to see what other teams offer.
We're not that desperate and we have to see what other teams offer.
It’s good to have options. Look at City. They have Dias, Stones and Gvardiol.
This tweet doesn't make any sense tbh. Why Maguire staying blocked the deal when he is defenitely not our starting RCB?
Because we need to sell him to afford Pavard.
You really think we couldn't pay 30m for our starting RCB?
Not while Varane is here on a large contract. We want a defender that will peak when Varane is around 33-34 as he is on the last years of his contract.
If Pavard and Varane are here at the same time, one of the them will be a costly bench option. If Varane is sold, fair enough replace him with someone equally experienced, but until then it is better to invest in promising youth options.
It's guaranteed CB position. Not a guaranteed starter. If he starts, he plays as CB. Simple.
Varane can easely end in Saudi league the next season. He wants "at least one more year of Europe football".
If Varane goes, fair enough replace him with a player in his peak. But I'd say going from Varane at CB to Pavard at CB is a bit of a downgrade.
He'd be a better RB than what we have I imagine so it's not clear cut.
Also no chance Ten Hag just offers starting spots to players like that. The outlet is just clickbaiting
Nope. FFP and/or the Glazers have ensured we can't sign anymore players until we sell some. Pavard was lined up as a Maguire replacement, as was Ambrabat for McTominay, but until we sell either of them we're getting neither.
If we get enough from Saudis then we can break the bank for the next big thing.
I dont disagree but it’s better to have a luxury problem than having a weak backup when Varane gets injured. He will eventually, and sometimes its for long periods of time.
Games gets longer, we play many matches. There’s definitely room for many minutes for a new central defender. I dont see Pavard as “a costly option”. 35m is not much, and if he plays regularly then that and his wages is quite a good deal imo.