“Decent” is the perfect word to describe him.
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“Decent” is the perfect word to describe him.
Can anyone who watches Ajax/ Eredivisie regularly fill us in on what kind of player he is and what qualities he'd bring to the team?
We need @NL_Max back who I'm convinced was Memphis in disguise.
We need @NL_Max back who I'm convinced was Memphis in disguise.
Yeh, I prefer bird with no bush too.
Well up for this signing. Great player, good attitude on pitch and won't cost the world. Finally be able to rotate the midfield now.
Ziyech and Fernandes in one team would be some sight. Every pass is either a direct insightful chance created or a simple 5-10 yarder squandered and a counter started. No inbetween.
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Never mind fan bloggers, actual MEN staff should be ignoredSancho should be first to come, though. The supposed difference in valuation was about 20m so hopefully we still do possess funds to get him despite trying to spend in other places.
Says the poster that rates Dan James
Have we ever had a Dutch midfielder? Can't really remember one.
If this happens, the club have done a good job of keeping the lid on it unless they decided to go for him this morning. I know we've been linked before but what player aren't we linked with. Never saw anylinks as strong as today.
this. he’d be a rotation player with upside unlike pretty much everyone currently on our bench apart from Fred/McT who are more defensive 8s. This could turn out to be a very smart signing. He can play with both feet and has a good cross on him and he gets onto the end of things. He definitely has potential. I reckon if this is going ahead we’ve maybe pulled out of the sancho deal and started to crack on with other deals to shore up the squad. I’d expect Brooks and a left footed CB and hopefully a LB to come in and that’ll probably be us for this window. Rumours Real had a deal in place for him but pulled out because of covid. Hopefully it’s a goer
Crossed my mind. Or it could mean we have given up.
#HereWeGo
Yeah, I still won't believe it until he's holding the shirt.
MEN are the fecking worst of the lot
Remember that Portuguese poster who was adamant Bruno wasn't good enough for us...
It would be a great signing for us based on the bit parts I've seen with Ajax.
I'd take him, although I'd take just about anybody at the moment. It might not be top priority but we do need cover for Pogba/Bruno, and van de Beek could give us a bit more versatility in the way we set up.
Far better than Pereira, Fred, Lingard and the other dross coming off our bench.
So quite clearly not pointless.
Fosu-Mensah has become a better agent for us over the years than first team option 
I can’t believe people are questioning this asking we’re is he going to fit in. Madness. Top player . Hope it’s true
Bang on mate
Ah fair enough. I doubt Donny is looking for a role like that though? Either way, I hope he proves me wrong. He's a nice kid with a level head.
I reckon the club will be relaxed about the situation.
Should be a great player to lessen the burden on Bruno and Pogba. Probably 20-30m cheaper than Graelish which probably means we are getting closer to Sancho. Those two and a CB would be a great window.
Ahhh the joys of depth.
Is the Sancho deal done maybe? Hence we are moving for other targets.
VDB looks a decent signing if true. Great engine in him and doesn’t give the ball away too much.
VDB looks a decent signing if true. Great engine in him and doesn’t give the ball away too much.
To be honest when people say comments like “pointless signing” like yourself generally highlights those who actually don’t know what they’re talking about.
We need good squad players, which we always used to have. You probably moaned when we signed Park or Solskjær. He's not even kicked a ball for us yet and your writing him off.
I'd be happy about bringing him in for the simple fact that we've yet to have a Dutch player with 'Van' in their surname not turn out be a solid player for us *knocks on wood*
He'd also give Ole a needed injection of quality in his MF options on the bench
*knocks on wood*He'd also give Ole a needed injection of quality in his MF options on the bench
Nah I don't think it was a Sporting fan
Ooh, someone got that sweet, sweet mint sponsorship deal.Fosu-Mensah has become a better agent for us over the years than first team option
Powerful posting.
Would be a welcome signing.
We have a lot of midfielders but some of them take a while to find their rhythm. Donny and De Jong looked superb for Ajax, I'm a little surprised with Koeman as well he's not going to Barca although I think he likes the PL and things at either club aren't great and maybe he doubts his prospects there too.
We have a lot of midfielders but some of them take a while to find their rhythm. Donny and De Jong looked superb for Ajax, I'm a little surprised with Koeman as well he's not going to Barca although I think he likes the PL and things at either club aren't great and maybe he doubts his prospects there too.
Ja??!
Absolutely.
The fact we are signing VDB instead of Grealish actually gives me even more confidence that Sancho is going to be a done deal. We initially wanted Sancho and Grealish but as we’ve gone for the cheaper option in VDB, it’s most likely freeing up funds to pay a bigger initial payment for the Sancho deal.
If he comes he’ll get loads of games. I’d definitely play him in a diamond in games such as Liverpool and City (Matic, Pogba, Donny, Bruno is a tasty diamond!), he can play alongside Pogba and Bruno against the “park the bus” teams and he can play instead of any midfielder that might be injured. I also think he could do a job on the right as he’s that dynamic in his play, although I wouldn’t wanna stick him there often. There’s also cup games so he’ll be as good as a regular for sure.
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