This thread reminds me of an old cassette that got broken and repeats the same things again and again 
De Ligt | €45+5m agreement reached pending medical | Signed!
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So we are buying a failure? This club tend to turn good players into shit so maybe this will have the opposite effect
This thread reminds me of an old cassette that got broken and repeats the same things again and again
The feck?
Explain thisTrue but not in the EPL
Name me a Successful title winning EPL CB pairing who were both under the 6ft mark.
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Rules play part of it as well. When taibi played for us a striker came crashing down on him to try and score from a cross. Taibi didn't bother too much of it as in Italy any contact between the keeper and the defender tend to go in the keepers favour. Those were not the rules in the UK were goalkeepers has less protection thus crosses are far more effective. Cech himself complained about that years later as it exposed keepers to a greater risk of injury
This thread reminds me of an old cassette that got broken and repeats the same things again and again
This thread reminds me of an old cassette that got broken and repeats the same things again and again
This thread reminds me of an old cassette that got broken and repeats the same things again and again
So we are buying a failure? This club tend to turn good players into shit so maybe this will have the opposite effect
Yeah we are due that to happen with a player
Actually read the whole list and kept getting triggered because i forgot to read the first line
Ok, probably massively missing something here but just googled and his Dad is really not that fat...
He’s skinny fat, and that’s way worse.
He's extremely fat but also extremely small-boned. So De Ligt is both breathless and brittle; a tragic combination.
No need for the insult at the end.
This one is one of the funniest ones, because I wonder how many posters would say £42m and £200k in wages isn't a huge bargain for a 25 year old Rúben Dias. De Ligt is a very, very similar profile and level to the Portuguese, but doesn't have the CV yet and doesn't play for the best team in the world, so people don't see it. Maguire is also a similar profile and level, btw, but the masses are not ready for that conversation.
Re record not fade away Re record not fade awayThe feck?
How fat exactly is his dad?
MDL is maybe of similar profile to Dias, but he is not as good or similar level to Dias, he could be though since he is a good defender with good qualities and young for a CB (CBs peak a bit later than others), the reported £42m in transfer fees and £200k in wages are not prohibitive, it is still a lot but not as crazy, I was worried BM would demand up to €70M, but they are reportedly asking for less than that and hopefully the club negotiates a deal around €50M in total.
I disagree.
Whilst City have a quality squad filled mostly quality players, if you just isolate one player and compare them to another from the same position, but a different team, City's players tend to get overestimated IMO. If you consider the protection Dias gets in the middle of that City defense (surrounded by only quality players, everyone knows their role in that elite system, and they dominate possession every game so they have significantly less threat to deal with than other teams' defenders), he obviously looks better than Maguire or de Ligt, but in reality they're all a similar level IMO. Put him in the 2021/22 or 2023/24 United team and he will look like an average player in a struggling team, making mistakes every week. Also, Dias is an elite centre back, and there aren't loads of better ones out there, but especially after van Dijk sustained his long-term injury, and before Saliba emerged at Arsenal, people were making cases for the Portugese as the best in the Premier League or even the world, whilst he was never that level. He's simply not that profile, not as athletic, not as quick as a Saliba or van Dijk. Shorter limbs as well (which is important). The chance to get absolutely humiliated in a 1v1 is absolutely there with Dias, and it has happened several times every season as well, it just doesn't get noticed because City are ultra-successful.
And when you consider the market value and salary of a Rúben Dias level CCB in a top Premier League team, a 42m GBP transfer fee with 200k wages seems like a steal. The only concern with him admittedly is injuries, but I don't think that should shave 20-30 mil off the transfer fee. This has every chance of turning out to be a huge bargain, if it gets done for the reported fees.
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£42m is an absolute bargain, i cant believe the fee is even being debated!
It is not a bargain, a decent fee. He is on high wages, Bayern want rid and he is injury prone. Considering this, the fee is alright. He is a good defender, but bot world class. He hasnt kicked on from his Ajax days though.
Absolutely tired of reading these sort of comments. It’s back and forth the same drivel.
This thread reminds me of an old cassette that got broken and repeats the same things again and again
Maybe im out of sync but if the reports are true, £42m cost and 200k a week wages is very reasonable imo
It definitely is. Some people just love a good moan.
I've always rated this guy highly, wanted him when he went to Bayern. Much better bet than overrated/overhyped/overvalued Jarrad Branthwaite
I don't get the brits overevaluating british players, brantwaithe is meh. I said it before last season that there isn't a single player in United I'd want at Bayern (and yes that includes your precious Bruno). De Ligt at that price would be a steal for you lot.
Someone's got to make sure it's coming home eventually!
Who cares what precious Bayern fans want or don't want in their team.
Also it's weird that Bayern fan posting with such conviction about lower table player in PL.
And yet a player who couldn’t get on at Spurs strolled on to your team.
Love a bit of German arrogance & delusion. You do realise ye ended up trophy-less this season yes ?
He isn't really injury prone though, is he. The most games he missed was 17 games, and that was due to a dislocated shoulder. He missed 9 game in 23/24 due to a knee ligament tear and 6 games in the same season due to a knock (so not muscular) but the rest have just been odd games here and there prior to that.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matthijs-de-ligt/verletzungen/spieler/326031
We'll have none of your truth bombs here fella.
I love what my old cassette post has caused in this chat
This thread reminds me of an old cassette that got broken and repeats the same things again and again
That's not how old cassettes worked, it's a tape, you can't repeat the same things again and again.
As a man of a certain age, I recognise you as a man of a certain age
Apparently, Bayern fans have petition with 50K signatures against De Ligt being transferred.
The T-Rex Replicator says hello. :-)
Has a petition ever influenced a football transfer?
Good to see it's not only United fans with dreadful takes on here. Just because we're coming off of a woeful season, we still have many players that would improve Bayern and get significant play time for them.
I see you’re bitter that your best CB is looking to jump ship to the 8th placed team in the PL. Says a lot more about your club than ours.
Not a petition but I think fan backlash made us pull out of signing Arnautovic a couple years ago
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