Agreed. My bad.
De Ligt | €45+5m agreement reached pending medical | Signed!
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Some of the comments in the fcbayern subbreddit make me feel assured about what we're getting.
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Always thought he was a class act until he went to Bayern and just felt he sort of lost his way for some reason, but then I read from Bayern fans he hasn't done anything wrong - it was just that Tuchel wanted his centre backs to be more vertical passers so he became 3rd choice.
Bayern played with classic back four. I remember that de Ligt after being injured in Saarbrücken fell down the pecking order. Tuchel explained that Kim and Upamecano were faster and more versatile when he changed the system during a match. As well as both had a better build up game.
I personally would have preferred to keep de Ligt and sell Kim, who didn't live up to the hype.
This is just the opinion of a fan without inside knowledge or having the eyes of s coach.
I think you would have to give Kim another season at least.
He was quality fot Napoli for, what, 2/3 campaigns?
I must say, I think his dad can legitimately feel that his reputation for obesity is somewhat unfair. He might not make the cover of Men's Health, but he's hardly a whale:
Love seeing a player wanting to join us
Really? I thought he only played one season there.
If de Ligt is sold, than Kim will stay definitely. Guess he is on lower wages also.
I can see the reasoning behind both managers choices and ultimately, that is the management game. Doesn't mean either of them are vindicated or wrong, but they had their reasons.
I understand De Ligt isn't the perfect CB, but we desperately miss someone who has his qualities. You have quite a few similar profiles already, so can allow one of them to go.
Damn, you're right.
Maybe I mixed him up with that other guy.
just goes to show that we should put more focus on getting players in from abroad. With the PL tax (and United tax), there just isn't that much value to be had.
Not to shit on Kilman, who is a decent CB. But in no world should 27 year old Max Kilman cost as much as 24 year old Matthijs de Ligt.
Yep, my Bayern supporting mate who I trust when it comes to judging players (and loves to shit on United just to piss me off) said he doesn't understand the transfer and thinks he is their best defender
Good. There hasn’t been a more obvious signing in our history, called it months ago on here that if we are after a defender then de Ligt should absolutely be our main target.
Well only 5 years later then when we all muppeted over him, hope he gets his redemption here.
Agreed.
Lindelof looks technically good and is capable but doesn't do as much by way of actually being proactive and playing on his own terms. He's really not that superior to Varane and Maguire, who are both awkward as feck with their passing and ball carrying but do more i.e effective by simply actually trying and attempting. With Lindelof, the ball usually goes back where it came 9/10 which means it goes back to AWB under pressure or to the keeper with little to no progression and worse, ceding territory/momentum.
There is no way de Ligt is on par AKA as bad as Lindelof on the ball.
On one hand this all sounds great. Maybe not another bayern scam?
On the other, he couldn't even get on the pitch for that bang average dutch team.
I hope he succeeds but I fear he'll just be another sicknote to burden our medical department. Very good player if he can stay fit but it's a big if.
Oh good, they'll be thinking, another guinea pig to experiment on.
Looking more and more like his dad every day.
Next he'll be on the terraces with his top off shouting for the English 'Ooligans
Yes but Mourinho wasn't entirely wrong in his concerns about Shaw, it's not like he's a slam dunk for the fans point of view. He's been here god knows how long and it's not unmitigated success. He's a good player but he's had his very mediocre seasons, obviously career not helped by his leg break.
We always have these explanations when we sign big players from established clubs, before they go very very wrong. There's always a justification and I'm not stating they don't have merit in this case, I'm just saying it's always worth a close eye when a big club is ecstatic to be moving a player on. They aren't even getting huge sums going by the reports. So whether it's for money, salary concerns, whatever it is they see more value in his departure than his signature and that's interesting to me.
Somewhat related: I find Upamecano to be consistently overrated compared to his actual performances for both club and country.
Great defender for 89 minutes of every match
I think this is already on the bag and we will get Orstein breaking the news or Fabricio here we go soon on this one.
Then I think we will get Yoro or Branthwaite. If Yoro decide to come instead of going to Real, them we will stop pursuing Branthwaite.
Then I think we will get Yoro or Branthwaite. If Yoro decide to come instead of going to Real, them we will stop pursuing Branthwaite.
Martinez and Yoro
Now that Zirkzee is all but wrapped up, I imagine we would want to wrap up De Ligt before he goes on holidays. Most likely we are going to announce it either tomorrow or Monday. Or maybe our board can surprise us for once, and announce it on the weekend.
From Bayern's point of view, I think he might be their Stam, a CB they are willing to let go far too soon.
From Bayern's point of view, I think he might be their Stam, a CB they are willing to let go far too soon.
So it’s either him and Yoro or him and Branthwaite.
Never ever seen Yoro play but please him and not the overrated overpriced Branthwaite.
I agree. He seems the most talented out of the 2 by a mile. Says it all because Madrid want him. Bit similar to Varane.
I agree, but then you conveniently ignored the likes of Cantona from Leeds, Sneijder & Robben from Madrid, KDB and Salah from Chelsea. Plus tonnes of other examples of clubs making a “mistake” in selling a player.
I haven’t heard anything about them being “ecstatic”, stop being purposefully daft.
Real Madrid saw more value in Robben’s depature, as did Chelsea, just as they did with KDB. So?
Sometimes clubs get it right and sell a player at the right time, sometimes wrong.
And for what it’s worth, most of our signings go very wrong , doesn’t matter who we sign them from, be it Leicester, Benfica, Villareal, Crystal Palace, so it’s always worth a close eye on every signing.
Highly doubt we pull this off unless we sell 2 CBs. Most like Lindelof and Maguire.
Those three plus Martinez would be an amazing change to our defence.
Not everything that's reported in the papers is the truth. The club might be saying they are interested in all 3, but I guarantee you that there's no way that Yoro and Branthwaite would agree to come as the 3rd and 4th choice center backs. Yoro I can see coming as the 3rd choice after de ligt and Martinez to be the young guy rotating in, but branthwaite I doubt would come as 3rd choice. It'll be de ligt signing as the starter, and then we'll see who we get as the squad player option. Typically big money/highly rated transfers aren't done for 3rd and 4th choice players when you are also going to sign the 1st choice guy, so I'm skeptical.
Even if we do, I doubt branthwaite and Yoro accept big transfers to become 3rd and 4th choice options. I can see it for Yoro being 3rd choice, but both of them as backups I don't see.
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