Who wouldn’t want to play for the famous Sloth from the Goonies.
De Ligt | €45+5m agreement reached pending medical | Signed!
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Who wouldn’t want to play for the famous Sloth from the Goonies.
I’ve heard about not being able to see your willy due to having too many lunches but not your feet. Surely that involves loads of desserts mostly associated with dinner?
Great? Any chance he is related to De Ligt’s father?
34m for De Ligt is an absolute steal in this market.
Hopefully no underlying issues but it’s almost worth any risk at his age for that price.
Hopefully no underlying issues but it’s almost worth any risk at his age for that price.
Let’s put this in perspective Max fecking Kilman from wolves to west ham £40m and y’all making all these excuses why this transfer shouldn’t be happening. Unbelievable 
What's that got to do with anything at all?Let’s put this in perspective Max fecking Kilman from wolves to west ham £40m and y’all making all these excuses why this transfer shouldn’t be happening. Unbelievable
Absolutely irrelevant. The question is whether he's actually going to be any good, and why a club like Bayern are very happy to see him go.
what’s that quote about the tape and repeating itself again!!? Can’t be bothered
Edit can you guarantee he will be bad for us???
More like a stinky fart that lingers on forever.
Can you ever be bothered to make a legitimate point? Going on about Max Kilman is nonsense, who cares about Wolves and Max Kilman.
We need to be looking at the player and his attributes not just a fee. Many thought Varane was a wonderful fee on paper. Fitness, suitability to the PL, suitability to partnering somebody like Martinez, whether he can play a high line, surely would be more relevant ideas. Also why Bayern are so happy to sell him, what in his performance or history is causing that because they're not usually mugs, people often find justifications at the time for why clubs like Bayern and Real might be losing a player but many times this is a bad sign in itself.
Not sure about this one, buying players from Bayern or Madrid concerns me. I always think there is a reason they are selling.
This thread reminds me of an old cassette that got broken and repeats the same things again and again.
Like when Bayern sold Toni Kroos or Madrid sold Arjen Robben
Going after a player like this is a bit worrisome, but the unfortunate reality is that this has become our level.
We're able to sign the players that aren't quite good enough for the Madrids and the Bayerns and the Cities of the world. The world's top clubs get players of the highest quality and we have to be content with the leftovers.
We're able to sign the players that aren't quite good enough for the Madrids and the Bayerns and the Cities of the world. The world's top clubs get players of the highest quality and we have to be content with the leftovers.
I'm sure he can play a high line, you don't get to be an Ajax prodigy and not be suited to playing the Cruyff way. He's also young, only 24 and was captain as a teenager, most likely he's got good leadership qualities. The injury concerns are overstated too. He's a risk just like any other signing but he's young enough to even improve as a center back, we won't be getting any better center back for less.
Bayern Munich just literally bought Spurs 3rd choice CB and play him every week.
They also hired a manager that got his team relegated after spending £100m the summer before...
It's almost like these things aren't so black and white in football
If we’re going to become a completely Dutch team, can we get the good ones????
The good ones are retired.
Well he's definitely endearing himself during this process
Well slap my arse and call me sally.
Are we starting to conduct business like a proper club
Oh and that was after begging Ralf to take the job. The German bloke who declared you simply can’t turn down an offer if Manchester United ask, even if it’s only short term, told Bayern to piss off.
Actually appears De Ligt himself is partly pushing this transfer, seems he wants a change, and wants a reunion with his old boss in the Prem.
Well slap my arse and call me sally.
Are we starting to conduct business like a proper club
It's the hope that kills you.
Don’t forget we now have a proper football structure who are looking at this deal now. It isn't being run by money men who see De Ligt as someone who can sell shirts and look good for sponsors, and aren’t too fussed whether he’s a compatible player for the team at that time (feck you Woodward).
Berrada, Ashworth, Wilcox and Vivell will have all agreed to pursuing this deal based on football reasons.
Berrada, Ashworth, Wilcox and Vivell will have all agreed to pursuing this deal based on football reasons.
I was going to say what the feckity feck is this but I realized who the poster is.
They can’t tell a manager they aren’t going to go for a player he wants can they?
Just referring to our dealings.
Of course they can.
Of which there are dozens of examples?
They literally sold us a player that held on to for as long as possible as we spent over a year trying to strong arm them into selling. They eventually reluctantly allowed him to join us, helped us win the League & Champions League double before getting big injury issues.
And then there was Bastian.
Well slap my arse and call me sally.
Are we starting to conduct business like a proper club
. Sally
And who have they sold us? Varane & Casemiro we all knew were late in the career, everyone knew they were short term solutions, but this lad is 24.
Madrid also sold us Di Maria at aged 26, right in his prime, they didn’t dupe us knowing he and his wife were gonna detest Manchester.
I only said I was concerned. I wasn't presenting a full on argument on why we shouldn't sign him.
The only reason I come into this thread is to see if someone's made the daily "Ooh I wouldn't buy from Real or Bayern" comment.
I'm never disappointed.
The reasons for selling have always been fairly obvious though.
• Owen Hargreaves desperately wanted the move, both United and the player spent a year forcing it on Bayern.
• Di Maria was not going to play with Bale & Ronaldo at the club, and they got big money for him.
• Schweiny, Varane & Cas were all approaching the twilight of their careers.
I don’t think there’s ever some hidden agenda as to why they are selling.
As for this deal, it simply looks like they’ve ended up with too many CB’s, and he’s the highest earner who was available the least last season, and he appears to fancy the move to his former boss. After a shit last season Bayern understandably want to free up some funds and freshen up their squad.
Glad you're not disappointed
De ligt is young I suppose, but I am concerned about his knee injuries, especially coming into such a physical league. If we can get him on the cheap then it's not so bad I guess.
I'd be happy with this signing . I'm not concerned that Bayern are prepared to sell .
They've got a huge wage bill , they started spending big on players approaching 30 . Kane is 31 this month , palhinha 29 , the guy they are going to replace de ligt with is 28 .
They just finished 3rd , gave 30 year old Eric dier a contract , then got turned down off numerous managers before securing Kompany .
I think they've got problems brewing .
They've got a huge wage bill , they started spending big on players approaching 30 . Kane is 31 this month , palhinha 29 , the guy they are going to replace de ligt with is 28 .
They just finished 3rd , gave 30 year old Eric dier a contract , then got turned down off numerous managers before securing Kompany .
I think they've got problems brewing .
Good grief
This thread reminds me of an old cassette that got broken and repeats the same things again and again
De Gea. Madrid. Perez.
Has anyone mentioned that they are worried about this transfer because Bayern are so willing to sell?
Not sure it’s been mentioned but very concerned that Bayern are selling and that de ligt’s dad is the size of a fecking whale
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