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I'd think De Ligt and Todibo would be the better options if we can get the court to rule in our favour over that transfer. De Ligt can also cover the left side too incase Martinez gets injured. Them two to me, offer a lot more than Braithwaite. Plus we could almost get both for around the price he'd cost us.
He does like the PL, unlike De Jong. I think he'll enjoy it and do well here.
I like the fact that many Bayern fans are upset. I also like the reports on his personality being a model professional and has captain potential. Mentality has obviously been an issue with the United squad the last 10 years.
A chance to hate on PSG is not a chance I miss out on
Btw the tweet @Adnan posted is the one I wanted to post as well, I just didn't notice my mistake
That Martinez aerial duels won stat though... maybe its affected by the small number of games he actually played.
Why does he not start for Holland? Has he lost his place?
I know a lot of people here don't watch much football outside of the PL, but did you at least not watch him vs Arsenal/Real Madrid where he was at least on the level of Rudiger/Saliba?
Fair enough there are some concerns, but some posts on here make no sense. Especially the flop ones.
Fair enough there are some concerns, but some posts on here make no sense. Especially the flop ones.
Looks like this is a near certainty now. Hope I'm wrong about him.
To be fair, my top 5 list of signings I was happiest about and a list of our top 5 worst signings might actually consist of the exact same players.
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To be fair, my top 5 list of signings I was happiest about and a list of our top 5 worst signings might actually consist of the exact same players.
Welcome to the biggest club in the multiverse.
De Vrij is a top defender and fits the tactics better possibly. Though I think jn the friendlies, de Ligt looked great and maybe even better.
De Ligt has had a few mistakes in the NT in the last 7 years and that Dutch CB position is the most stacked in world football so it's fair play.
On the plus side- helps us remember that Maguire is amazing!So they tweeted then clarified the tweet was basically a load of bollocks?
I suppose it’s the same as Martinez at the last World Cup, he didn’t start every game and was somehow behind Otamendi.
Managers just have players they prefer, because there’s no way anyone could argue that Otamendi was better than Martinez at the time.
While I agree we need two CBs, do we really want to drop £40million+ on De Ligt and £60million+ on Branthwaite in one summer when one will warm the bench if Licha is fit? Yes we need to build our squad but we also need to be much better across the board and I worry we'll not have the funds to strengthen in other key areas.
Sancho
Di-Maria
PogBack
- All surely get onto that list.
Antony I think we all knew was a massive overpay from the get go and Mount felt very much like DVB redux, but both are surely contenders.
It's easily fixed, just normalize it by both teams time out of possession to get an actions per 90 minutes of defending.
United had 51% possession in the PL on average last season, Bayern had 59%. Still not perfect as I didn't check the possession stats for each players games, but still should be a better picture:
| de Ligt | Maguire | Martinez | Evans | |
| Tackles | 2,37 | 2,67 | 3,41 | 2,90 |
| Interceptions | 3 | 2,78 | 1,41 | 3,02 |
| Headed clearances | 4,73 | 6,02 | 2,27 | 4,20 |
| Aerial duels won | 6,49 | 7,67 | 1,14 | 4,74 |
If the last 2 years of EtH management has shown we play a lot of games in cups, it makes sense to have a lot of options, when SAF was manager towards the end we had established defenders in Rio and Vida and then Evans and Smalling as back ups, its good to have top options that are not Lindelof
I prefer interceptions. Like a Rio, who anticipates rather than last ditch tackles.
A chance to hate on PSG is not a chance I miss out on
Btw the tweet @Adnan posted is the one I wanted to post as well, I just didn't notice my mistake
Yeah, seen that tweet. He’s got good taste as least and hating on PSG is completely understandable, so carry on!
We absolutely need a CB who can play LB I think.
So they tweeted then clarified the tweet was basically a load of bollocks?
Basically yea. They tweeted that graphic that Sky showed on their channel probably.
It definitely has impact but I'd say theres other things affecting it too. When Maguire and Evans were playing, a lot of the time we were deep in our box defending for our lives or holding on to slender leads. Obviously those stats shown would shine. With Martinez he would push higher up the pitch being aggressive near the half way line.
I haven't checked but I'm pretty sure Arsenal's defenders would be below Maguire and Evans for those stats as well. Simply because of their dominant play and how little defending they have to do each game.
There's no doubt signing two solid CBs would strengthen us more than signing just one, but it's all an issue of the alternative cost. Our budget is not unlimited, so the question our management has to answer is if spending 100m+ on two central defenders would still allow us to strengthen other areas.
HIm and Jerky are 2 more dutch players..I just hope its not Ten Hag making these suggestions... his track record is pretty garbage.
He has never worked with Zirkzee so doubt he'd be the one picking him.
Agree with this - seems excessive to me. Martinez is our best player and with another top CB (De Ligt) I think we would have arguably the best pairing in the league.
Obviously having a top third centre back would be beneficial for depth, as it would be for all positions, but improving the starting XI surely needs to be a priority.
Bayern have upped and now agreed a £48m deal for Palhinha - wonder if that has anything to do with reaching an agreement in this deal…
Koeman is very odd. Maatsen and Frimpong had wonderful seasons and they are sitting on the bench too.
Have to say, this guy and Ugarte would be huge deals for a team without CL football. Both established players yet to hit their prime.
Whoever runs that account needs to log the feck off! Talk about being salty!!!
Someone's annoyed
30-40 million is a great price.
Someone pin that post. Can't count how many times the same question had been asked
If you mean 2025, you've got a lot of faith in ETH still being at the club in 2025.
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