Id' like him - but I hear Porto put a 40m euro bouyout clause in his contract.
Centre Mid options other than Vidal..
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
Good post - our new scouting coach is supposed to be good..hopefully over the next couple of years we see that.
carvalho would be my 2nd choice, different type of player but going to be a beast and perfect behind Mata and Herrera going forward
I meant off the pitch from the player's perspective. Rabiot was reportedly homesick during the first 6 months and failed to acclimatize. Much like Denis Suarez who always had an eye on a return to Spain after signing from Celta. Both of them couldn't manage to make much of an impact at City despite being obviously talented.
http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features...pes-biggest-clubs-lurking#VAKzf770BH70HMLM.99
Khedira, Bender twins? Wasn't there reports in Germany the other week we were interested in Kramer?
Haha yeah I was just messing.
I'd expect it is extremely difficult for young kids to try and play in new countries with others they can't even communicate with. I know I would have hated trying to cope with that.
Reminds me off Clarence Seedorf a lot in these clips. Looks very good though of course it is yotube. What I didnt know and sounds very good for him as a potential signins is his versatility to play left back as well as all positions in central midfield.
Top post, good knowledge.
Tielemans looks very talented but he's only 17, it would be great to buy him and develop him but it would be a bit much to expect him to be able to jump right into our first team squad.
Just looked him up. Played the whole season for Anderlecht aged just sixteen. That's impressive, definitely one to keep an eye out for.
Yeah I noticed he'd been an ever present for them last season and certainly looks very good, but I'm not sure how good the league he is playing in is, he might be the type of player to buy early rather than letting him go to a mid level club who will then want £40M for him in 3 years time.
Vidal is great at everything in midfield. He has a lot more to his defensive game than Herrera. That is why a lot of people rate him higher than Yaya who right now doesn't put as much effort defensively. Don't let Vidal's goal scoring fool you into thinking he's all about attacking.
I'd like to eat something healthy like vegetables, lean proteins, fruits....and to a lesser extent, foods like deep fried mars bars and triple bacon cheese burgers would be good.
Well said, we have certainly underperformed in recruitment over the past five or six years and it's come back to bite us in the arse. Something is definitely broken in our football structure because it shouldn't happen to a club of this size for such a sustained period.
Carvalho
I wouldn't mind Khedira tbh. Isn't it too many players in RM already?
I wouldnt mind Classie, not sure he's ready to come into 1st team, and LVG knows him better than most, but think he'll develop to be a good CM.
If not Vidal then Khedira is probably the next best who is potentially available in my opinion. Loads of experience, may well demand a wage but probably rightly so. We pay others at the club good money, as long as its within the realms of realistic values then think he'd be a good addition.
If not Vidal then Khedira is probably the next best who is potentially available in my opinion. Loads of experience, may well demand a wage but probably rightly so. We pay others at the club good money, as long as its within the realms of realistic values then think he'd be a good addition.
Arda Turan maybe.
If we are looking a for a proper defensive midfielder i think Gustavo would be perfect and unlike Carvalho is proven, youngish and would cost less.
Not important. We are not signing a midfielder in this transfer window.
I'd like us to have a look at Bender from Leverkusen though. Should be available and the last time their top midfielder left for a bigger club for €12m we ended up chasing him for five times the price a couple years later. They've got a history of good midfielders with Ballack and Ze Roberto pullign the strings in the past.
I'd like us to have a look at Bender from Leverkusen though. Should be available and the last time their top midfielder left for a bigger club for €12m we ended up chasing him for five times the price a couple years later. They've got a history of good midfielders with Ballack and Ze Roberto pullign the strings in the past.
More of a winger/attacking midfielder, certainly not the sort of player that we need.
Khedira at €20m would be an excellent deal. Either him or Illarramendi if we are going to strip Real Madrid off their midfielders.
I think it had more to do with Ferguson not wanting a midfielder. He was very stubborn, especially towards the end of his career, and at times it looked like he neglected the issue on purpose.
Sandro is fine but would probably cost a bomb seeing as it'd be Tottenham selling, Tiote is downright ridiculous.
Where does this idea come from? Gustavo would cost a fortune, Wolfsburg would not want to sell and have no need to.
Release clause lower than Carvalho's.
Had no idea he had a release clause. What is it?
Carvalho release clause is a ridiculous 37 million. I've read varying reports saying between 25-30 for Gustavo.
Wolfsburg are apparently signing Guivalogui for 14m who I believe is a DM.
If we don't get Vidal this summer, we still need to sign another CM and cannot afford to wait for Strootman in January, that's for sure.
Are you suggesting we go for him?
People have been talking about Luis Gustavo, with Guilavogui seeming like a potential replacement.
Can't take him seriously as a footballer sporting that ridiculous lip wig
but is it any more ridiculous than Vidal's hair?Agree. I also think our scouting has been not as good as it should.
It also was very limited, very focused on domestic league, i think we should closer look at Europe, especially seeing how transfer fee are low there and how low are the salaries. So it's not that big of a loss even if a player does not make it.
Right now in 3-5-2 we need someone with a more bite going forward. That's why Strootman and Vidal's are constantly linked with us.
I think it will improve with Van Gaal. Sir Alex in his latter years focused primarily on premier league proven bar few from foreign leagues but those were often cheap buys.
Strootman is the best option but we can't wait till January to buy another midfielder. I hope Van gaal knows that but I haven't got a clue who it could be.
i agree.
I don't think so. They supposedly already turned down offers in the region of €25m for him in the past (Arsenal and Bayern were the supposed bidders iirc), despite that he recently signed a contract extension until 2019 (supposedly without a clause) and they sort of made him the public face of the club.
I also think that his last season was rather mediocre.
Vidal's contract was running out at the end of the season when they sold him (and he supposedly already had agreed terms with Bayern). That was a completely different situation.
Also the situation at the top of Bundesliga (read: spot 3-4) has changed. Schalke already have more money and prestige than Leverkusen and with their recent flood of youngsters from their academy they really threaten to leave them behind.
Then you have Wolfsburg who finally seem to have a competent leadership (as well as a shitload of money obviously) and Gladbach with a great coach and what right now seems to be a very smartly handled transfer window pressuring them from behind.
The battle for the CL spots should be extremely tough/close this season and under those circumstances I don't see them selling one of their most important players two weeks before they kick off the season (against Dortmund of all clubs).
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