Old myth! The young players we are looking for, like Yoro, are in our sights precisely because they have been given trust and playing time despite their age. Everton also had a young player we were interested in, but he was priced too high. If we bring in extremely young players only to put them on the bench, they won't improve, their development will stall, and progress will be minimal. You shouldn't play a 16-19 year old 2-3 games a week; you take care of them, and the same applies to Mainoo as well.
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Fair play for sticking your neck out.
They have to win the UCL and prem for that so I pray you’re correct!
Seems so strange to me that people who have achieved absolutely nothing in life and are basically an anonymous name on the Internet think that their markers for things like success and pride are relevant in the slightest.
This is a guy who has been in the top few % of various groups since he was a kid. He's captained his country and one of the biggest clubs in the world. Played for years at the highest level in football and it's made him wealthier than you or I will ever hope to be.
You sitting at home deciding what is or isn't the morally correct or prideful thing to do is utterly bizarre. I imagine he has a hell of a lot of pride in what he's achieved in life.
Football fans are hilarious.
Not sure how many hundreds of Bayern Munich fans need to come into the thread on a daily basis and tell people this is absolutely not true and that he was always first choice there when fit before people stop peddling this.
The whole point of the prediction is that you can’t say such a silly thing. We have no idea how good an 18-year-old and a 24-year-old are going to be; but what we know now is that they are two super talents and the world is there oyster.
He’s not fecking saying Will Fish & Lindelöf are gonna be Vidic and Rio is he?
So that seems the CB positions might actually be sorted for a few seasons, depending on injuries of course. Still need to address most of the team still but it’s refreshing to potentially have one area of the team ‘fixed’ going into a season.
Why?
Embarrassing post
It's fairly standard practice to report the fee in the currency of the selling team.
I think Martinez is our best CB. He and Fernandes are the only two players I personally consider world class
Also consider that United ideally would love to get Branthwaite in (in the unlikely event that Maguire and Lindelof are sold, they’ll probably try again this month) meaning that the idea is likely one left footed and one right footed defender. Martinez/Branthwaite left and De Ligt/Yoro right
That’s why I said “prediction”. I’m not talking straight away
At last - a muppet sighting
On paper you'd have to say De Ligt, Yoro and Martinez are quite easily the best CB group we've had since the Vidic and Ferdinand days, really excellent depth with the eldest only being 26.
There were already in London yesterday, so a plane from London(ish) would be better, like SUA712 arriving in Manchester around 17 today.
Agreed. But I believe 2 of them are will go on to form a long standing partnership
The Dutch can’t help their addiction to the Netherlands
Niall didn’t put him in the squad yet so he can’t play
An underrated aspect of these signings is how much tactical flexibility both players will give us. We can comfortably play just about any formation now and not be worried about personnel or shape.
We now have a CB group that can at least compare with some of the best out there. City's group is still the creme de la creme but we're getting close.
We now have a CB group that can at least compare with some of the best out there. City's group is still the creme de la creme but we're getting close.
Exactly what I thought, even his body shape is similar and the way it was all or nothing. Loves defending.
Getting De Ligt and Mazraoui for a combined £50 million is excellent business finance wise seeing as Bayern wanted £50 million for De Ligt alone at one point, it does fill me with confidence going forward in regards to how the new structure conducts our business.
Music to my ears. Straight into the 11. Both he and Mazraoui.
He’s has very little preseason (has he even played any?) so doubt that he will start against Fulham
Defence is sorted, now we need a midfielder or two
Amazing isn’t.
Sat at home, covered in crisps and surrounded by empty coke cans, demanding the highest standards and questioning the character of people they’ve never met.
The old “I’ll reserve judgment” type phrases also make me laugh. Sound so pompous, even if not intended that way by the poster!
Glad we’re getting this over the line.
So far all the signings look like they’ll gradually help us to raise the bar. Which is a sensible approach.
No more charging around like madmen looking for the magic fix, irrespective of cost or logic.
The ‘instant success’ crowd might not like it but this is the way
So far all the signings look like they’ll gradually help us to raise the bar. Which is a sensible approach.
No more charging around like madmen looking for the magic fix, irrespective of cost or logic.
The ‘instant success’ crowd might not like it but this is the way
I've been thinking for a while of the transfer choices made, how they're also aligned with having the option to use Martinez, either as LB, but specifically also as an inverted LCB. We're getting some direly needed flexibility in set up, both in case of injuries and tactical assessments.
good to get this one over the line. I would have signed him regardless of Yoro's injury, just to give Leny time to develop and grow into a starting role rather than putting too much pressure on him right away, but the injury made it a no-brainer. De Ligt was a fan favourite at Bayern for a reason, he's a bit of throwback defender, a fighter and a leader. I think he and Martinez will complement each other really well. Solid fee and payment structure too.
I think we're slowly building solid CB depth. De Ligt and Yoro at RCB, Martinez at LCB is a good foundation going forward ... just need one more LCB at some point, pobably next summer. For this season, Maguire and Evans will do, I guess.
I think we're slowly building solid CB depth. De Ligt and Yoro at RCB, Martinez at LCB is a good foundation going forward ... just need one more LCB at some point, pobably next summer. For this season, Maguire and Evans will do, I guess.
Could Yoro getting injured have played a part or we would have gotten him regardless?
Because we have 6 CBs now.
Because we have 6 CBs now.
One or two will leave before the end of the window.
Possible, but personally I doubt it. We had 6 CBs last season as well, lost 2 and added 2. Evans will be gone next season and possibly one or both of Maguire and Lindelof too.
One CB needs to go, hopefully Lindelöf.
My bet is that we would've gotten him anyway... I highly dobt ETH thinks Lindelöf and Maguire are the players he wants to pick. I could also see the logic in getting Hermoso which can cover the left as well...
Shaw, Malacia, Hermoso, De Ligt, Yoro, Martinez, Evans, Dalot and Mazraoui would be a nice set of defenders that hopefully could last a season. Lindelöf and Maguire have to take a deep look at themselves and think "Am I good enough to start for this club, are the other players better than me?" and then move on. But sadly I don't think they do and sadly this is real life and not Football Manager
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We already sold Willy.
Well seeing as you know absolutely nothing about me you are making some very big assumptions of your own pal. I am not even going to get in to who I am or what I achieved in life because I don't intend to justify myself to someone who is clearly clueless and has completely missed the point of what I wrote.
We shouldn't let anyone go imo.
Lindelof is dog crap
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The whole point of the prediction is that you can’t say such a silly thing. We have no idea how good an 18-year-old and a 24-year-old are going to be; but what we know now is that they are two super talents and the world is there oyster.
He’s not fecking saying Will Fish & Lindelöf are gonna be Vidic and Rio is he?
Thread 'United Post Ferguson CB Rank Off'
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/united-post-ferguson-cb-rank-off.484154/
Would love to hear all your thoughts about who would be our top 5 based on the post Ferdinand and Vidic era!
We were obviously after another CB anyway. I did think that Yoro's injury may increase the price we'd pay as we'd be a bit more desperate, but even that doesn't seem to have happened.
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