What? No you're not. Look at Chelsea and their 7262682 players out on loan.
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So the Caf wants young, hungry, homegrown talent, United go on to (almost) sign one, Caf is up in arms as he isn't good enough and not ready for first team action????!!!
Great signing, really don't see much of a downside to this, he is a cracking player with enormous potential.
Great signing, really don't see much of a downside to this, he is a cracking player with enormous potential.
that was my point and why I criticised that post. Thanks for agreeing with me.
I can't care less if we keep Martial or not. Honestly, I would let him go at this point as laziness can't be tolerated at this level. However we shouldn't replace him with James. That would be silly from our part and unfair on the player. If we bring in James then we should see him as a squad player (and we should let squad players go to make him some space). That's his level, at least for the time being.
I'm in for a transfer window full of young players. The club needs to be rejuvenated.
He was far less complacent as well. If he did those antics with Juventus then either Vidal or Chiellini would have ripped his head off. Juventus has standards that needs to be reached, something the current United doesn't have.
Facts are that United is one of the least hardworking teams in the EPL. Surely that's not down to just Pogba and Martial. Therefore the question comes natural. If the likes of Rojo, Young, Jones, Shaw and co can't do the running then wtf they provide to this team?
That, or Ryan Giggs has been on the blower
I highly doubt this kid is being bought as an undisputed first team player. Him plus another established winger is good business though
This kid is a genuine winger with searing pace and is good with both feet. As a winger he would be our best wide player if he lives upto his potential. Rashford and Martial are not wingers.
Yeah I considered that as well but if that was the case, I'm sure that would be the first thing every article would have gone with.
I totally disagree with your second point . We are lacking an entire squad not just key players. 15m buys you what nowadays? Pogba's left elbow?
We should be collecting promising young talent when they can be acquired for a decent price, especially when they have proven themselves In England or at the international level. Maybe they work out and start for years, maybe they become a decent squad player or maybe we just sell them to West Brom for 8 million in a few years.
Chris Snalling is a good example of this. Fergie seemed to randomly pluck him from Fulham out of the blue for around 7 million quid. Maybe he shouldn't have started as many games as he has, but even his critics can't complain about that deal.
Unfortunately, Rashford wasn't really uprooting trees in the reserves. He got a lucky break because of the injuries and he took his chances well in the early years. However, Rashford's game hasn't really improved. He's improved physically but not mentally. Greenwood is a far talented player than Rashford if you are to go by what the scouts say or even the statistics. He's compared to Pogba in terms of talent..... fair enough.... there may not be a contract as such but when a manager buys you, he needs to justify his purchase by playing that player. Why do you think Sarri keeps sticking with Jorginho when the whole world has been crying out for Kante to be returned to his original DM position. The moment he sticks Jorginho on the bench, he loses his credibility in front of the board when it comes to transfers and that's exactly what happened with Jose. He made Ed buy Lindelof and Bailly and Jose asked for two more CBs as he deemed them crap. I'm a firm believer that if you're good enough, you're old enough. Greenwood is good enough. He should at the very least been given minutes in the lesser cup games which he wasn't.
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Regan Poole will have played with him for Wales u21 as well
Very good.That's our two current fullbacks innit?
There’s nothing wrong with me.
I agree that a balanced approach is what is needed but my point is chasing the immediate impact player hasn’t exactly worked out in recent years.
Nothing wrong with investing in youth and potential and nurturing their talent. It’s what we used to do under Fergie all the time and reaped the rewards.
McTominay has got games ahead of Fred.
If James is shit we won't be playing him for the sake of it.
Wouldn't make sense to send him back to the championship. I doubt he'd sign for us if he was gonna go back to Swansea on loan. I expect to see him on tour if we sign him.
We should wait for someone else in the EPL to sign him, then sign him the next year for 50m
That's our two current fullbacks innit?
Best post ever
Who was the last young player signed from the Championship by a top side?
Brave move from Man United, I wish more big clubs would take a chance like this.
Shame the guy decided to play for Wales though.
Brave move from Man United, I wish more big clubs would take a chance like this.
Shame the guy decided to play for Wales though.
Zaha probably wouldn't want to come after being here before and never getting a chance. He was relieved to go back to Crystal Palace. We blew it with him
I know nothing of the guy. That said, I’d prefer this type of signing to that of Dybala or Bale for 80,90,100M
We signed Powell from League 2 in 2012
That's the last one can remember from the lower leagues.
That's the last one can remember from the lower leagues.
Another left winger
He can play either wing and is equally good with both his left and right foot
I certainly hope not. I don't see the point in that
Anyone see Ole quotes. I can't post as newbie but on sky sports app, he said he wants to follow Rooney and Ronaldo transfer model, young exciting players that will be at Utd for long time and players who will excite fans.
Young, pacey wide player, from Wales and can play either side and on only £15m... fine with me. Likely will come in as a squad player and then let's see how much potential he has. Better to sub him on, am actual winger with pace, compared to shit like Sanchez these days...
Yeah I doubt that too, maybe that's what they initially hoped for.
Well Alli came from lower than the Championship and he did ok.
I honestly think it's far from brave though, just a smart punt. If he's works out? Brilliant. If not? We can probably get most of the fee back when we sell him
Keep going...
Fergie only invested in youth when he was absolutely sure that the player he's was getting was destined to excel. However he got those wrong a lot as well. Rooney, Ronaldo to name a few were gems.
Smalling, Jones, Bebe, Obertan were all bought when they were very young and you can tell how much they've improved their game since then.
Excited by this if true, hope he turns out to be more of a Bale and not a Zaha/ Powell.
Shaw? One of our best dribblers and joint 2nd most throughballs with Mata. Plus a very good defender compared to most Leftbacks. The rest sure. But if you have luxury players who dont do the job without the ball then it creates a much bigger job for the hard workers to do.
So he didn't know that every youth player he was signing were destined to excel.
There's a risk with every young player with potential.
I suppose the players people think we should be signing are those that have proved they can hack it in the PL, but are still sufficiently under the radar that they won’t attract a huge fee (Robertson being an example). We seem to wait until everybody rates them and their price tag has inflated (Shaw).
It’s all very well mocking people for being negative about our signings but our abysmal record over recent years doesn’t leave much cause for optimism. That said, I’d rather take a cheap punt on an unproven youngster than have any more Sanchezes.
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