He reminds of Azpilicueta so much in his playing style! Its uncanny.
Anyone think this is all to do with Ribalta? It's a very Juve signing.
Anyone think this is all to do with Ribalta? It's a very Juve signing.
Diogo Dalot | Done Deal | Speaks better English than Valencia
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So far he has been labeled as new:
Varela
Bebe
Darmian.
Keep 'em coming.
Varela
Bebe
Darmian.
Keep 'em coming.
I already told you why I disagreed with your premise, for me Valencia needs to go yes, but IMO our problems at fullback are worst on the left side, the issues with the right side of our attack are not solely due to the FB position, but due to also not having a right sided attacker, which has been the problem for years.
Yes Valencia needs upgrading, but actually Young does first, and if Jose has no trust in Shaw then LB has to be the priority. If we can sign a RB who can also start great, but we need to fix the issue infront of the RB first.
As for Dalot, he seems like a highly rated talent, so I am happy with that signing tbh.
Barcelona and Real Madrid battle it out for 'new Cristiano Ronaldo' Diogo Dalot
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/barcelona...out-new-cristiano-ronaldo-diogo-dalot-1610850
One poster even said "we finally replaced Irwin" so it's really working both ways.
I think he deserves a shot, maybe Mou could bring out the best out of him. Who knows, he could be our next first choice RB soon...
Sandro at LB, Young at RB (with a new RW)
Valenica and Dalot as back-ups.
Valenica and Dalot as back-ups.
And again, what are you reading that lead you to write that post, where have I said that RB is the only issue, or the only problem with our right flank?
I quite simply haven't. Creating a list of perceived 'priorities' in which we must deal with squad issues strikes me as disagreeing for the sake of disagreeing at this point.
No I am disagreeing with the fact that it is some sort of crisis if we have Valencia at RB with Dalot as competition, if we manage to fix the other issues like LB and a good player to play down the right flank.
All by people who don’t even know what he looks like, never mind actually seeing him play.
Everyone talking about valencia like he has been dogshite for us. He has been playing through injury FFS.
Azpilicueta isn't quick and not very attacking. All the reports are that this guy is.
I think this transfer has a bit to do with -
1.Dalot being Portuguese and maybe Jose's contacts in Portugal told him about this kid, also maybe we have been scouting him for a long time as a potential RB buy.
Castles in his article yesterday said Monaco could be asking for more than 50 million for Sidibe.
2.Juve's stand on Alex Sandro : Juve now seem a bit reluctant to let Sandro go and maybe asking for a higher price than before.
I've felt that Jose wants to replace LB for sure and is OK with RB as he trusts Valencia, even though we ourselves don't.
And i feel Sandro is the first choice LB as we have been linked with him for about a year now.
This transfer could mean Jose is not very convinced with the established RB options out there and therefore is reluctant to pay the 50 million price tag on most of them but at the same time is fixated on Sandro.
The availability of Bale could also have played a part in this transfer.
1.Dalot being Portuguese and maybe Jose's contacts in Portugal told him about this kid, also maybe we have been scouting him for a long time as a potential RB buy.
Castles in his article yesterday said Monaco could be asking for more than 50 million for Sidibe.
2.Juve's stand on Alex Sandro : Juve now seem a bit reluctant to let Sandro go and maybe asking for a higher price than before.
I've felt that Jose wants to replace LB for sure and is OK with RB as he trusts Valencia, even though we ourselves don't.
And i feel Sandro is the first choice LB as we have been linked with him for about a year now.
This transfer could mean Jose is not very convinced with the established RB options out there and therefore is reluctant to pay the 50 million price tag on most of them but at the same time is fixated on Sandro.
The availability of Bale could also have played a part in this transfer.
Christ hope not for 2-3 years. Needs to bed in next season to fully be our No 1 RB for the season after. Valencia not good enough last season and will get progressively worse.
That's one of the things that excites me here combined with how Porto fans are describing him. If he manages to nail a starting spot down by next season, that's exceptional scouting
Youngs job was made easier by the fact that we have attackers in the left hand side. Sanchez, Pogba and Martial all like attacking from the left whilst Mata and Lingard go awol on the right
3 options. Either Oppo fans, complete fecking morons or both.
How does him playing through an injury mean he hasn’t been shit at fullback? Because he has. For a long time.
2 or 3 more years of Valencia? Please no. If I was a religious person I’d be praying nightly that we are going to bring in song with this guy another RB who is ready to go.
Actually this kid can provide cover at both LB and RB, I'm liking this signing more. Hopefully he can challenge Valencia for his position by the end of the season
Or the correct option: people who watched Valencia stink up the place all season.
I don't know if it's used in England but here we would say he has both legs.
as opposed to legless?
I suppose With some of our crosses last season you would wonder if some of our players had legs at all.
If the idea is to make this signing with the intention of gradually phasing Valencia out then I can definitely get on board with it. I understand some will want an instant replacement but I think this makes sense given there's a very real chance of us signing a new left back and (another) CB. Replacing 3 of our existing back 4 in one summer could be reckless so this is a good compromise.
The sounds are encouraging and I prefer the idea of making a signing like this than throwing £50m at someone like Sidibe. That is predicated on him actually receiving some minutes, though. If we sign him and he ends up starting 2 or 3 league games next season that would be a waste, so it relies on Mourinho actually making some form of commitment to a young player.
The sounds are encouraging and I prefer the idea of making a signing like this than throwing £50m at someone like Sidibe. That is predicated on him actually receiving some minutes, though. If we sign him and he ends up starting 2 or 3 league games next season that would be a waste, so it relies on Mourinho actually making some form of commitment to a young player.
No I haven't. I don't think player performance threads are an accurate representation of United fans. They're reactionary and full of nonsense a lot of the time.
Player performance threads are reactionary and rubbish a lot of the time.Only a minority of posters.
Take a look at the Rashford or McTominay thread.
The players receive support from Old Trafford and away fans.
He can play both. The plot thickens!!
Between this and the Porto fans saying we'll play him as a RW, it does make you wonder if there might be something in this.
Yeah, it’s unbearable.
I might be one of few but I like signings like this because there is always a chance the kid might develop into top class, and if not the fee is not high enough for us to say we made a huge loss. What we need is guys who are willing to put a shift in day in day out, people who take pride in putting on our shirt, I want people who are only in it for the wages to stay the feck away from this club.
what the feck has that got to do with saying we don't win trophies any more when we have??
So that guy has definitely started working for us? There was a big commotion when it was being announced, but I never actually saw any confirmation that he was hired.
Oh, god, sorry I thought you replied to a different post. My bad.
Depends on your definition of crisis though doesn't it? If your expectations are we compete for the league next season, which most people seem to think they are, then we simply can't afford the lack of contribution we got from Valencia this year at RB.
If your expectations are simply for us to get into the Top 4 again then it's probably fine, but expectations that low may put you in a minority of one.
And at any rate, I feel given how far off the standard Lindelof is, and how much earlier in his development Dalot is, I think expectations that Dalot will come in and immediately be good enough to provide cover may be a little optimistic, even if he has the potential that people are saying.
Again I have already said I disagree with that, so stop replying with the same rubbish
Right, but you being wrong about how important full backs are in the modern game doesn't change the fact that it's an obvious area where we are significantly weaker than our rivals.
Besides, we're going up against a team that have excellent players in most positions, got 100 points last season, and are going to improve in the summer. Even if you think RB is an unimportant position in the grand scheme of things, which you'd be wrong to do but whatever, it still doesn't bode well for our chances to compete with City going into the season with a player who the best we can seemingly hope for is 'ah we can probably get away with him there'. Standards need to be higher than that.
I don't have any objection to see Young players like this come in here. I am sure some scouts have watched him and spotted something, which is what they are hired to do. Give him a chance before we criticise.
Wait, so for posters here who want a first choice RB, on top of what is most likely new first choices in LB and CB, we will have a brand new back 4 next season bar 1 of the CBs? That's not going to work in terms of stability, understanding and chemistry I feel.
I'm not wrong since I already said they are important. Again our rival won the league with Delph playing LB but you want to ignore that?
We can compete IF we get someone like Sandro at LB and a very good RW is my point. I won't make it again, I know your point and disagree end of.
Don't use logic dude.
This! Especially considering that the pre season is going to be short as many of our potential buys would be sway after their WC duty.
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