Was always gonna happen.
Daley Blind - Deal Confirmed
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Oh ffs you would think that our rivals for a top finish are bringing out the likes of Vidal, Xavi and Schweinsteiger not Gerrard, Aterta, Ramsey, Dembele etc. We have a better attack than either and I doubt that a midfield of Herrera, Blind/De Jong and Di Maria is much worse than you people are making it look. After the international break players will return from injury, we will be able to gauge the strength of the side when we are able to field a full strength side.
20m pounds they said 
12.30am (outside working hours/everyone's in bed or just going) and the Dailymail are the first ones to report it
Doubt we've agreed anything, if we had it would have been reported before 12.30am.
Fair price, versatile player, nothing not to like about it.
Great signing if true, will help us as a squad player.
Someone change the title to ' Daley Blind-our 4th choice'
This has zero to do with the fact that he's slow and weak, those CM's at the other clubs may not be world beaters but they are physically equipped for our league, Blind is not.
Except that he is pretty average.
12.30am (outside working hours/everyone's in bed or just going) and the Dailymail are the first ones to report it
Doubt we've agreed anything, if we had it would have been reported before 12.30am.
I think his favoriting of the tweet little while back seems to suggest this is true.
3rd tbf.
Nice upgrade then
I don't think he's much better than the players we are selling talent wise but at least he has a set of bollocks.
Let's actually give him a chance first. I'd much rather have someone like Blind in the squad who can fill holes in 3 positions than watch us play Carrick at CB, Rafael in midfield or Ashley Young at left back. Players like this are extemely valuable over a season.
Carrick/Herrera/Blind and Di Maria (who can play central) at least we don't have an average/lower tier Premier League level midfield anymore.
Maybe he's not the last either.
Maybe he's not the last either.
maybe he was our 8th choice? you never know.....
100% BS Daily Mail.
If his opinion helps anyone.. I am still not sure what is his best position.
He can pass the ball, can run with the ball, can cross and doesn't need a GPS to know where to be on the pitch.
He is way better than Fellaini, Cleverley and Anderson.
Happy with this. He'll surprise a few I think.
That's not exactly something to be shouting from the rooftops about though. Hope he does well and proves people wrong. He is a grafter, that's what I like about him.
Agreed.
Meh. Will he be much of an improvement, if any?
Because we've backup players aren't good enough.
We really need to overhaul the midfield and that means signing starters and squad players.
Capable squad player.
Can't believe twitter likes have broken yet another one of our deals. It's like some elaborate online marketing scheme on our part.Anyway, that's not a bad price tbf. If we're just expecting him to be cover for midfield, LWB and CB then I'm happy enough, those are positions we badly needed numbers in after all. We're basically replacing Cleverley with a far more useful player.
I don't see him improving our first team though, which is what we really need. Still, hopefully there's a surprise or two still to come...
I can't see fletcher or Cleverley being the best player in the Dutch league.
He will play as CM. He will only play LB if there is an injury.
Noticed that too. I'm gonna wait for other newspapers to report this.
"According to reports in Holland"
If he's all we bring in then fair enough, I'd trust van gaal's judgement but I still think we need another quality midfielder.
If he's all we bring in then fair enough, I'd trust van gaal's judgement but I still think we need another quality midfielder.
He's not and never will be a left back, not in the Premier League.
We'll have to wait and see I guess.
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