To be fair, I don't think many academy talents have threads on them here at all. Even this one was created when we were thought to have signed him.
Dayot Upamecano
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We generally try to keep things quiet and ask the player and the other team to do the same until the deal has actually been completed and even then its often not actually made public for a while where as a lot of the other clubs allow the player or club he's joining from to make it public as soon the deal has been agreed. This often leads to a lot of hype around the player often based as much on the club he's joining as it is based on his talent and people who have never seen the player hype him up so they can claim they knew about him before anyone else. An awful lot of clubs and journalists also use United's name to hype up a player where there has never been any interest because they are safe in the knowledge that United don't comment on youth players. Pogba was fairly hyped before he joined us because he had impressed for France at youth level and was wanted by Arsenal and Liverpool its just that even though its only a few years ago there wasnt quite as much of a spotlight or as much reporting on youth football as there is now.
Agree with that
http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/...r-set-for-quick-transfer-to-manchester-united
Manchester United almost signed young French defender Dayot Upamecano during the last transfer window. At the beginning of February, just after the transfer window closed, French newspaper La Voix Du Nord reported that Manchester United and Valenciennes had agreed a price of €450k which could have risen to €900k.
Then, a few days later, France Football also confirmed a transfer was almost completed and they cited 'administrative reasons' as holding the deal back. Upamecano, said France Football, had been given the grand tour of Old Trafford and also Manchester United's Carrington facilities. It was just a lack of time that made the deal collapse.
Valenciennes have serious financial difficulties and that makes a sale almost inevitable. This week's edition of France Football magazine has what they call a 'confidential' claim on the matter, saying that the 16 year old is set for a quick exit, with Manchester United named as the club working on that. Arsenal have also been credited with interest over the past month or so, but there was no mention of them from France Football.
If the original claims of Manchester United agreeing a price were correct then it's no surprise the Premier League club would be working on a deal for the summer.
Manchester United almost signed young French defender Dayot Upamecano during the last transfer window. At the beginning of February, just after the transfer window closed, French newspaper La Voix Du Nord reported that Manchester United and Valenciennes had agreed a price of €450k which could have risen to €900k.
Then, a few days later, France Football also confirmed a transfer was almost completed and they cited 'administrative reasons' as holding the deal back. Upamecano, said France Football, had been given the grand tour of Old Trafford and also Manchester United's Carrington facilities. It was just a lack of time that made the deal collapse.
Valenciennes have serious financial difficulties and that makes a sale almost inevitable. This week's edition of France Football magazine has what they call a 'confidential' claim on the matter, saying that the 16 year old is set for a quick exit, with Manchester United named as the club working on that. Arsenal have also been credited with interest over the past month or so, but there was no mention of them from France Football.
If the original claims of Manchester United agreeing a price were correct then it's no surprise the Premier League club would be working on a deal for the summer.
Want him for his name
Judging by that, Dortmund have got to be the favorites to sign him...
Axel Tuanzebe says no.
Indy Boonen's signing confirmed that we're having a U18s team next season with good names.Zak Dearnley,Angel Gomes,Indy Boonen,Axel Tuanzebe,Dayot Upamecano,Faustin Makela,Tosin Kehinde,RoShaun Williams.Dreamy stuff.
Wouldn't put it past us to have somebody on our books with that name in the next few years.
Chelsea U18's always have some great names: Fikayo Tomori, Miro Muheim, Faiq Bolkiah to name a few. I'm still upset they got rid of Nortei Nortei and Fantaky Dabo
Stewart Gardner's going to need counselling after every fixture.
Wouldn't put it past us to have somebody on our books with that name in the next few years.
Chelsea U18's always have some great names: Fikayo Tomori, Miro Muheim, Faiq Bolkiah to name a few. I'm still upset they got rid of Nortei Nortei and Fantaky Dabo
Stewart Gardner's going to need counselling after every fixture.
sounds like a Carry On scriptNot sure if it means anything but he followed Gribbin,Gomes,Warren and Williams recently on Instagram.
hope it works out if only for the chant
imagine 70k singing Day-o, Daaaayooooo, Dayot come and he wants to (insert something)
imagine 70k singing Day-o, Daaaayooooo, Dayot come and he wants to (insert something)
Should be quite easy to repair him when he is injured.
What a dreadfully shit player.
Just genuinely awful. Why is he so highly rated?
Not helping himself is he. Terrible games against City.
Terrible games against City.Completely collapsed in both games, joker
Disaster class
He goes from having amazing games to being utterly catastrophic because of his aggressive playstyle. Still young for a defender so should learn to be more smart with his pressing. I've always said he reminds me of Lucio when he was at Bayern.
The goal was just unlucky though, he slipped after being in position to stop Haaland, could have happened to any defender.
I was gonna make a new thread.
Anyway, he's one of those defenders I can't remember having a good game. He played like the worst version of Phil Jones in those two games against City. France going from Varane to Upamecano is gonna be quite the downgrade or maybe Deschamps will opt for Salliba after a while.
Anyway, he's one of those defenders I can't remember having a good game. He played like the worst version of Phil Jones in those two games against City. France going from Varane to Upamecano is gonna be quite the downgrade or maybe Deschamps will opt for Salliba after a while.
You could’ve been forgiven for thinking it’s actually Lukaku playing CB.
Apart from these last two games, hasn’t Upa had a good season? Especially since the World Cup?
Remember when he was rated as highly as Konaté when they were a partnership? Looks like the scousers got the better end of the bargain there.
S-H-I-T
I'm not even sure that it's enough to describe him. His poor performances against City have to be the worst I have ever seen from a single centre-back in a knockout stage.
I'm not even sure that it's enough to describe him. His poor performances against City have to be the worst I have ever seen from a single centre-back in a knockout stage.
Been a joke this tie. Lucky to not have a red
Well let’s not forget he got sent off in the first half, which was undone by the slightest of offsides.
He also handled the ball which gave city the penalty not long after.
Saliba and Fofana should be ahead of him but Deschamps has his favourites.
Offside is offside though, Upamecano might have gotten the ball had Haaland been onside. The handball was 50-50, would see it not given as well given that the ball didn't hit Upamecano far from his body.
He's the type of player right now that people will look to blame for everything because one mistake can lead to a goal. He's been crap no doubt, but Sane has been just as bad with all the chances he missed in the first leg and this match.
He's been an utter shambles across both games .
Everyone has the odd game but to have two in a row like this in such high profile games seems unusual, he's been fecking awful.
At fault for maybe 3 of the goals? Gave away a penalty, and was lucky to have a red card overturned really.
Everyone has the odd game but to have two in a row like this in such high profile games seems unusual, he's been fecking awful.
At fault for maybe 3 of the goals? Gave away a penalty, and was lucky to have a red card overturned really.
Maybe the most dreadful knockout performances ever? So bad you wouldnt be shocked to learn he was paid off. A horror show and if I was the new manager Id probably look to sell him off the back of these 2 games.
He was nowhere near the ball, he made the decision to either foul him or get in his way as last man. The fact Haaland was offside is immaterial to that shit decision making
He's how I'd imagine Maguire would play in any big pressure CL knockout game for United.
He really should've never started this game.
The only reason the red card was given is because ref's are told to wait for the action to finish before raising the flag. If the ref raised the flag on time then there wouldn't be a discussion, this is what I mean by some unnecessary criticism. Countless times in matches defenders play the attacker offside and it's close, Upamecano should not be bloody criticized for correctly playing Haaland offside.
Bag of dicks!
He's absolutely toilet.
He's absolutely toilet.
90% of players who get hyped always end up average to shite.
Makes Maguire looks like prime Rio.
Worst performance I have seen over two legs. Dreadful.
Don’t you dare start it!
Didn't he was linked to us in the same time that Gabriel(and then he went to Arsenal) was ?
Didn't Marcus came in the second half and immediately scored 3 goals on his head ?
Didn't Marcus came in the second half and immediately scored 3 goals on his head ?
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