I watched the clip and him naming Darwin definitely stood out considering the other names were Aguero, Messi, Mbappe and Haaland.
Darwin Núñez / signs for Liverpool
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I watched the clip and him naming Darwin definitely stood out considering the other names were Aguero, Messi, Mbappe and Haaland.
Ye that sounds like the most ideal thing to do. That’s why we should of gone all in for that young striker city have signed from river plate. Not sure who we could get who’d be happy playing second choice for a season though..
It's either Nunez,shick or jovic in my opinion.
And I would pick Nunez over both.
And I would pick Nunez over both.
They are probably praying we spunk all our kitty on him. Or he actually does rate him and wants to emphasise he should play at that level. Really off otherwise.
The "not playing in the CL" is go-to media fabrication/ABU dig. There's absolutely no chance that's a real reason not to move somewhere for someone of his age and status.
We can't really on Ronaldo alone, and we can't really on an inexperienced backup to come on and not score the goal we need. Get a proper striker and if CR7 sulks on the bench sometimes so be it, he's gone next year anyways. Lots of teams can accommodate multiple superstars, I don't see why we can't manage it properly for just a year.
So because Alvarez scores 6 in one game against some plodders, you'd take him over a striker who's scored over 30 goals in a top european league, and a good handful in the CL?
He's going to a CL side. I'll have a pound bet with anyone in it!
He won't be coming to us and I'm fine with that, we need a more technical striker. I hope he doesn't join one of our rivals mind.
But this is why we always land up paying them major $$ to bring them over. We buy and overpay when we are not in a position of strength. It used to be called the United tax under Fergie. But post-Fergie its just lack of strategic approach to transfers -- buying by committee.
? Why don't we just play a midfielder up front in that case?
Who else is there available that you describe?
Strikers are about scoring goals, and this guy does it very well.
Ive listened to the podcast now and it was just a speculative shout from Whitwell.
They joked after that the twitter aggregators would go nuts from a throwaway sentence.
I think actually Darwin quite suits Ronaldo. Ronaldo has never been best as a lone striker, this holds true last year too. Darwin also does a lot of his best work drifting into wide positions and making runs in behind there. He also has a ton of pressing and work rate, which can help cover for Ronaldo's lack of. Ronaldo can play with him, and we can still use a striker when Ronaldo is rested in that case with him being replaced after next year.
We have a good relationship with Mendes, so if he's getting involved then it looks petty positive
The point Whitwell was trying to make there is that Mendes might not want to buy competition for Ronaldo at the same club.
If he won’t be coming to us, why would a more technical striker come to us?
Wait, why would the outcome of the UCL Final affect his decision re coming to United?
Because presumably he's choosing one of the other 2?
Maybe he wants to do a Hazard style announcement, but instead of joining the European Champions he will join the team that hasn't been close to competing in the final.
Exactly, so why throw our name in there?
If there's truth to this it means we're not an option.
Two of the bidders play each other. Maybe he wants to hear out the plans they have for him before deciding.
Haha what I thought
Probably a fair point but Mendes strikes me as a serious guy who would not waste time if either he or his client had reservations about coming here
If the final goes to an infinite penalty shootout he'll choose United
It's a fast and furious style drag race. whoever wins gets Monica.
Waiting for Liverpool and Madrid to both lose tomorrow night.
Portugal isn't a top European league. It's worse than Bundesliga and Serie A, which are already way behind PL and LL.
Dost was also top scorer over there with one goal more in 17/18.
I would feel more confident of a top player from Primeira Liga performing here than one from the Bundesliga.
To be fair, he's been scoring in the Champions League too.
You don't look only at goals scored as a number. You look at his qualities and how he scored the goals, and if he would have a similar impact in a better league. Him scoring against top opposition in the CL hints that he could perform in a better league as well.
If young Lewandowski or Cavani or whoever would score 30 goals in Portugal, you would dismiss him as well by your barometer, because some Dutch clogger managed similar. You obviously have to look beyond that.
If he thinks Nunez is his toughest opponents. He would find it difficult to play in the old era where there were lot of no 9 like Nunez or even better.
Or else it is a load of bollocks that makes no sense.
Yeah, Centre forwards are a lot less physical compared to the days bygone.
He would still be world class i reckon, probably just caught off guard by his tenacity.
We will be interested. Media will hype the move to United. Then, out of nowhere, he’ll be spotted at Chelsea/Liverpool/City. Signed for peanuts.
You can only play who is Infront of you.i would have been sacked in the corporate world nowadays with the choices of words I would use on a daily basis
They're playing friendlies in Australia right now, more of an end of season press tourPre-season tour? It's May
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