I have a sneaky suspicion that Bayern are selling at a low price because they know the full extent of his injury. Otherwise, this transfer at this price does not make any sense.
De Ligt | €45+5m agreement reached pending medical | Signed!
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If it is that bad, then it will show up in his medical. The fact that all anyone seems to talk about is his injuries would tell me that they have decided that it's not a concern to the deal, or maybe we've also factored into our fee/fee structure.
Surely the doctors and physios would pick anything of this nature on the medical though?!
Think it's more a case they're getting a good fee for him (€50m), they're replacing him with Tah costing a low fee (€25m) and using the rest of the funds towards other targets like Xavi Simons.
Look at these stats...oh by the way they're crap. X in a nutshell!
I'm another in the 'if it's too good to be true then it usually is' camp. Something just doesn't feel right about this. Hope I'm wrong as a fully functioning, on form De Ligt would be great. Here's hoping.
I'm another in the 'if it's too good to be true then it usually is' camp. Something just doesn't feel right about this. Hope I'm wrong as a fully functioning, on form De Ligt would be great. Here's hoping.
You are totally wrong here.
They have bought Ito, Olise & Palhinha for 130 million € and want Xavi & Tah.
They must sell players and De Ligt could bring in 40-50 million €......maybe only Coman and Upamecano could that too.
To my surprise we haven't played 352 but Dumfries plays very high on the pitch, which is why de Vry kinda plays as a RCB that also covers for the RB. De Vrij is more comfortable in this than de Ligt.
I think that's the main argument.
I feel like de Ligt is an 7/8 in nearly every aspect, aerially, strength, agression, ball playing, covering zonal area's, composure, goalscoring, rushes, speed.
But then you will have someone like van de Ven, who looks like the fastest defender on the planet which is a huge weapon. Or Ake who's super athletic, agile and smooth on the ball. Timber who's extremely fast, agile, and a great dribbler who can take the ball forward.
Not to mention Geertruida, Botman and later the likes of Hato/Beukema/Schuurs/Teze who can really develop. When de Vrij and van Dijk are too old, there will still be so many great options.
I dreamt about him since he joined Juve. He has a lot of qualities we need (speed, agility and ball progression)
Experienced at 25 and can complement Licha pretty well.
Him having Ten Hag will strenghen his qualities so I really hope this will be done soon.
Experienced at 25 and can complement Licha pretty well.
Him having Ten Hag will strenghen his qualities so I really hope this will be done soon.
Ideally they probably wanted Branthwaite/De Ligt and Todibo however not possible due to NICE ownership
You honestly trust our doctors and physios after the season we've had?
He prefers faster centre backs so he's going to sign Tah?
this is the concern, they have history for this (Hargo, Schwiney ) Bayern don tend to sell players that are on the upward trajectory. The only possible caveat is that they just dont want to keep paying huge wages for a lad that sits on the bench. The thoughts of Bayern fans are fascinating on this, maybe i am wrong but i always found them to be a fairly measured bunch of fans.
I will personally stalk and jump the next person on here, who claims that we somehow purposely sold you a crutch with Hargreaves.
Yeah that's makes no sense however, he is a decent defender and they would be weakening the reigning champions.
You purposely sold us a crutch with beautiful hair
Wait, but Bayern have signed Olise? Since when?
, but what a wonderful crutch that helped us win a CL final, we surely cant fall out over that brother.Officially not yet. But it looks like everything is in place except for the official confirmation.
So Olise and the bloke from Fulham too? Is Tah on a free? How much did you sign Ito for? De Ligt to United will surely be a done deal soon
Anyone any idea why he hasn't played in this Euros?
Here fishy fishy
Here fishy fishy
Compare this to how Maguire moves. Night and day.
What fecking salty tool. downgrade for De Ligt? He is joining a bigger club you donkey.
He and De Vrij are about the same quality. De Vrij is a bit more conservative.
Romano says the same shit every day in different words.
I would make them personally liable if there was an undetected serious injury. Then we will see how thorough the test is.
If he has a clean bill of health then I am all for this signing.I think because De Ligt is better in a back four whilst De Vrij has often played in a back three like Koeman likes to play but then Koeman is also a bit mental when it comes to selection as Frimpong, Botman, Zirkzee and a few others don’t make his team either.
If Holland were playing the traditional 4-3-3 that they’re famous for then De Ligt and Zirkzee both start I think and whoever replaces Koeman after the Euro’s will almost certainly go back to 4-3-3.
Bayern fans have started a petition to stop the sale of De Ligt. Sort of hopeful sign for all the nay-sayers on here?
https://talksport.com/football/1948...etition-matthijs-de-ligt-man-united-transfer/
https://talksport.com/football/1948...etition-matthijs-de-ligt-man-united-transfer/
While Koeman is definitely odd, benching De Ligt for De Vrij isn't that odd. De Vrij has been very good for Oranje for his entire career (though missing tournaments due to injury) while De Ligt's Oranje career has been a bit hit and miss. He was brought in too early by Danny Blind while he wasn't ready and cost us the match against the Czech in 2021. He then said at the last world cup that in a back 5, the coach probably shouldn't start him, which didn't exactly instill confidence.
His time will come though, De Vrij is old and at a club level De Ligt is already ahead of him.
We haven't played 5 at the back all tournament. Our back line is Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk Ake.
Bayern fans not happy. I've watched Upamecano with France and you can see that when he's on his game he's a very very good defender blessed with absolutely ridiculous recovery pace. It's just, you know, the brain farts and all. Get the impression it's the same with Kim.
The more i hear the more confident I am this could be a good signing. He's not as slow on the turn as Maguire and is not as error prone, and is more of a leader and an aggressive ball winner compared to Lindelof. What's not to like, really?
The more i hear the more confident I am this could be a good signing. He's not as slow on the turn as Maguire and is not as error prone, and is more of a leader and an aggressive ball winner compared to Lindelof. What's not to like, really?
But we were apparently only targeting him because ETH worked with him previously?
Ito was about 30 millions. Tah is expected to cost about 25 millions. Palhinha looks close, too, for something about 55 millions. In addition to Olise, who should be announced quite soon and should cost roughly 60 millions. We’re also in the race for Xavi Simons and Gruda from Mainz.
So that’s all part of the reason we’re willing to let De Ligt leave. We’re having a major squad overhaul.
If you don't remember, look back through the thread.
Good signings, don't necessarily think Tah is better than de Ligt though and I would have said prior to us being linked to him.
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