That's lazy ban. The best players in the league right now came in as "Not PL proven". Aguero, Salah, De Bruyne, Silva, Eriksen, Son.. just off the top of my head.
I reckon you're joking now.
Bruno Fernandes | United not interested due to doubts over passing ability
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I reckon you're joking now.
Sanchez, Matic, Lukaku and Mata were all PL proven and they’ve all disappointed.
Any view on his passing accuracy being so low?
Not against this signing btw. He looks like a good addition for us.
I knew this deal was happening but now that it is close and seems almost done It feels like a gut punch
He is fishing, dont fall for it
And what about doing it on a cold windy Tuesday night at Stoke?
Said it countless times but their centremids push up while their fullbacks cover and stay behind. That’s why Sané and Sterling played on their natural footed side unlike earlier in their careers where they played as inverted wingers- so they could stay wide and KDB/Silva use the space between the striker and wingers.
Only James in our squad and Tahith Chong are players that like to stay wide. We could probably make it work, I just don’t think either Bruno or Pogba will be playing their best football if we do buy both.
Luís Fabiano was great for Sevilla and for Brazilian NT and he was utterly crap at portuguese league. Things are not that simple, unfortunately.
what's this talk about a cup game at the weekend? If the deal really is close, surely neither club would want to risk an injury?!
He is the main creator and the brain of the team and as I have stated before Sporting lost A LOT of its core and best players last season so he had to carry the bulk of the work. No one else can be a creator on our team as they dont have the talent for it.
This in turn means Bruno had to make things happen out of nothing or force passes in a effort to create chances. The team we had last season was very average. I think with higher quality players around him that number goes up as he won't be the main creator.
We probably should change that to a fish-smelling evening in Brighton now
Exactly.
I dismissed this as total bollocks all summer but will be nice if proven wrong. Seems it has legs. Be a cracking couple of days if we can wrap this one up and Maguire. I think that will have been a very good summer of business especially keeping Pogba and getting De Gea extended.
Nice afternoon catch.He is fishing, dont fall for it
That’s no way to talk about their women
Supercup vs Benfica
In Portugal fans take it more seriously then maybe in other leagues and with it being vs Benfica it makes it that much more important. Biggest rivalry in Portugal so I imagine Sporting told United a deal will only be made AFTER that game.
I think Bruno and Pogba are better defensively than people on here give them credit for...I would love to see us go diamond 442 in big games with this look, assuming we sign Bruno and miss out on Longstaff,
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I think Gomes 1-2's and ability to press would allow us to keep possession and be a major threat on the counter attack.
Sorry I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today I guessNice afternoon catch.
I am taking everything the wrong way (Pause).The conversation about BF's deal only going on after the supercup is a bit weird..
Would MU risk a chance of injury (just to help scp) ? mehh
Would MU risk a chance of injury (just to help scp) ? mehh
deal is not done. If he injures himself heavily, we call it off.
Ed might have negotiated a 200k discount if we agree to postpone the deal till the supercup...
Like I explained already I was not trying to compare him to the other two players.
I was just trying to provide some stats on the best player in Portugal by some distance in the last 2 Years.
Did anybody see the stuff a month or two ago when he met that rich zookeeper in tge middle east on holiday?
The zookeeper had photos with him and they tweeted eachother, but the zookeeper has maintained since then that he will sign on 5th August. It wasn't clear why then but the cup game makes it more credible. Or it was all just a hoax!
The zookeeper had photos with him and they tweeted eachother, but the zookeeper has maintained since then that he will sign on 5th August. It wasn't clear why then but the cup game makes it more credible. Or it was all just a hoax!
OR Sporting just say they wont discuss any deals until after the game. It has happened in football before.
Who said it? Liga Portugal? Bcs Uefa has other opinion..
Not putting the quality of the player in cause. He is an absolute Baller
Did he say that?
All good things must come to an end I guess
Unless someone steps up somehow () It looks like a 4th place finish is very likely this season.
Hopefully he can help us beat the scum this Sunday at least as a parting gift. Last season he beat them single handedly so lets hope for more of that!
Unless someone steps up somehow (
) It looks like a 4th place finish is very likely this season. Hopefully he can help us beat the scum this Sunday at least as a parting gift. Last season he beat them single handedly so lets hope for more of that!
This deal has been close for the last month. I will believe it when it is confirmed, if it ever is.
Well we as football fans can discuss it right here.
Last 2 years who has been better than Bruno in Portugal?
Pizzi?
Seferovic?
Felix?
Marega?
Danilo?
Dost?
Rafa?
The only player who could challenge him if they were not injured is probably Jonas (even though he was from Benfica I could not help but like him as a player he was great).
Yeah, apparently Bruno said he's going to have a medical on 5th August. Thing is he could have met him and created this off the back. But the guy is rich and well known apparently, so doesn't need clicks. Plus 5th August was such a weird date when he said it because it was two months off and other journos were saying deal close at the time.
I remember him posting pics with Bruno and then mentioning ManUtd in hash tags. Didn't know about this medical on Aug 5th thing.
Yeah he said it a couple of times somehwere. Think somebody off Reddit DM'd him and he basically said for people to stop messaging him and that all he knows is he's going to AON complex on 5th August, or something like that.
Agreed, Fernandes and Pogba feeding Martial and Rashford seems pretty exciting tbh.
We need to bring fear back into our team.
Teams will fear us on the counter attack so will sit deep, with Pogba and Fernandes, we could play a patient game if needed and both can strike a ball from distance.
Totally agree with this, only way I can think of having them both playing is maybe if he plays the diamond, splitting the forwards like he did a few times in the big away games last year, having one of Bruno/Pogba as the 10 and the other on the left (Pogba) or right (not sure which side Bruno plays on), with the other two spaces in the midfield filled with McTominay and someone else.
Bar that, sounds like we could be quite open, especially if we do play them in a 3, massive job for whoever is playing DMC.
This is not happening. At least after this people will realize how unreliable Di Marzio is. He got a couple of things right - iirc Darmian and Pogba - but apart from that he's always been a little hit or miss. And he's been parroting Sporting's propaganda all through this summer. He already said Bruno to City was done.
I thought he was one of the most reliable ones? Sporting fans have all but conceded its a done deal after he reported it.
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Bring it on!
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What's your thought on him as a Benfica supporter ?
He's got a lot right. Moise Keane and De Ligt being recent examples. Mourinho to us he got quite early on if I recall, and I'm sure there's quite a few others.
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