Cheers! Sounds like he'd be a sensible signing.
Bruno Martins Indi
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Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) discuss United's fantastic win away against Athletic Club in the semi-final of the Europa League.
They also pick out the positives of United's 4-3 loss away at Brentford, and Nik reviews a day out at Old Trafford watching Manchester United Women qualify for the Champions League.
I really don't see the point of bringing in another centre back who is more or less at the same stage of his development as Smalling and Jones to be honest.
I only did A Level Psychology but a real expert would have a field day with that last sentence of yours.
I know the content of the thread - I started it, so I feel some justification in supporting the others who you've targeted with your psychotic vitriol.And you're just the man to do it?
Behave yourself. If you want to continue this nonsense, pm me or something. You're taking this thread more off track than anyone to date. At least before it was actually a discussion about our centre back options and how best to address them going forward. If you have an issue with me either pm me, report me or ignore me. Pick whichever one suits you best.
What? A quote from a film? You should have studied filmography instead.
You're a weird one. If you must take this further, do so via pm. I won't be engaging with you further, I'm in work and only have a limited amount of time (and posts) with which to post on here. I don't want to waste any more posts on you. Report me or ignore me, whichever pleases you most.PM sent
That'll haunt your dreams. Thankfully, he's "only" concussed.
Indeed
I'm convinced LVG will want a left footed CB and I think Bruno will be the one.
That'll haunt your dreams. Thankfully, he's "only" concussed.
He was actually controlling the referee at this point.
Martins-Indi and Jones tandem would probably scare the shit out of any forward and may end up being involved in one of Steven King's books
He's just about to slash his thumb across his throat and hit the Tombstone piledriver.
Vintage Inditaker!!!!
Gung-ho was the impression i gained of him, possibly due to playing the 3 at the back though. In the first game he looked like he was given license to go forward into a 'DM' sort of role which didn't really help him or the team and he was putting in a poor performance.
wow. Comedy gold. i dont even remeber what thread im in anymore.
Imagine if somehow they manage to combine Jones face with Martins-Indi eyes/stare.
Just a little update: he got himself a concussion against Australia. Seems to have recovered, might play against Mexico.
Benfica wanted to sign BMI last winter and stories in the Dutch press have been that FC Porto were in for him last week. Apperently he/his agent refused the deal because of wages and Bruno wanting to play in a big league like the premiership.
Benfica wanted to sign BMI last winter and stories in the Dutch press have been that FC Porto were in for him last week. Apperently he/his agent refused the deal because of wages and Bruno wanting to play in a big league like the premiership.
Porto are stock pilled with defenders if this deal goes through.. make that Mangala, Rolando, Maicon and the young Mexican Reyes.. Martins Indi surely coming in to replace one of those? Most likely Mangala?
Mangala will be off for sure.
Mangala is off I reckon. Still, they got a good young player for a great price. They will most likely sell him for £30m in a few years knowing Porto.
If Porto want him a the more reason to hijack the deal tbh.
Looks like the deal to Porto is just about done, so I don't think we can hijack it, but who knows. Feyenoord is pretty eager to make a deal because one normal transfer would mean they're out of dept and their preseason training has already started, so the sooner they know who's leaving, the better they can prepare for next season.
Earlier in the week they were reporting that it had stalled because of wages and BMI wanting to play in a big league. But Porto probably play in the CL, he's born in Portugal, speaks Portugese and it's a respectable club.
Between Bruno and Vermaelen I think it wouldn't really matter who we would get (not sure if we are getting Vermaelen obviously), so it's not the end of the world, plus if Van Gaal really wanted Bruno, we would've gotten him. Still, 8.5 million euro or 6.8 million pounds is a very good deal for a player like him.
It's probably bollox but
If you want him, get ready to pay a big hefty fee. He's doing well at Porto and just got there. Porto are no mugs.
I have been saying that we need two centre backs. One experianced and one up and coming. Indi wont sort anything out himself, and as the post above said, he would cost a buck if hes done good once he's moved.
Wouldn't make any sense to spend a furtune on him now, when we could have had him with relative ease just 6 months ago.
If we wanted him we should've gone for him before he moved to Porto. Maybe LVG thought our defender situation wouldn't be this bad.
He looked clumsy to me in the WC, if we want a young CB Laporte looks a calmer, more cultured option.
God, I hope not. I've watched him enough times to give a fair judgement. Looks clumsy to me, and his positioning seems very suspect. If we're going to get a centre back, he needs to be an established one. Preferably someone with leadership skills and bags of experience, who can guide the rest of our youngish centre backs.
I'm sure we'd love to deal with Bilbao again.
He seems to do a lot better with his club then the national team. He's an absolute horror show in Oranje but he was good in his last year at Feyenoord and by all accounts has done well enough at Porto thus far.
Personally I wouldn't go for him even if the fee was reasonable. I don't think it would really solve the defensive problems at United.
Personally I wouldn't go for him even if the fee was reasonable. I don't think it would really solve the defensive problems at United.
There's no "dealing" to be done with them. We'll just give Laporte the amount required for the buy-out clause, inclusive of the legal shenanigans, and get Laporte to pass the money to the club.
At least, that's how it has always been done with him for the players they don't want to sell.
I'd rather not. He's okay in my book, but not the solution we need. Made a few mistakes the last times I saw him play with Holland and in general, is too young and inexperienced (in my opinion) to be the solution for our defensive problems.
I smell bullshit.
I think f365 sum this up rather well
Why the hell would we try sign him after passing up the chance in the summer!?
Takes out Van Gaal here
This what I like about Van Gaal he has the discipline that would scare people yet his players seem to love him, He has the perfect balance.