Edinson Cavani

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Spoiled or not, this signing would irritate me to no end. A pure vanity purchase that isn't needed, and the money will be best spent on the midfield. If Rooney and Van Persie are still here, given we've just signed Mata, it is completely and utterly impossible to keep those players happy.
 
On that Kevin Davies comparison, a mate told me that a guy on talk sport said that Costa was a glorified Kevin Davies.

I'd love Cavani here but I just don't see any need whatsoever with the glaring weaknesses in defence and midfield.
 
Even if we sell Rooney (or RVP) this signing doesn't make sense. We would be well stocked for that position with one of Rooney and RVP as main strikers, while Chicha and Welbeck would provide backup.

So, I guess it's all media bollocks similar to Falcao deals this time of the year last season.

I rate him very high though (based on his time at Napoli and Palermo). Slightly below a fully fit Van Persie, while above Rooney's level.
 
Kevin said:
No I desired Thiago and Fabregas. Herrera not so much.
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Usually agree with you on football matters profy, but I think that you were wrong on wanting Fellaini over Herrera. And wanting Huddlestone and Parker at all for that matter. Barry - while pretty stupid looked at that time - would have done a good job here for a single season.
 
Note to Glazers and Woody - Please use these hypothetical funds on the likes Kroos, Vidal and Reus instead.
 
I really don't understand this deal if it does come to fruition and I would go as far to say I'd be disappointed if it does go through. If there's one area we are well stocked in that's the striking department and even any concerns we have up front, in my view, are tactical and not individual deficiencies. Any problem can be amended by a tactically astute coach, not by making an unnecessary vanity purchase.

If van Gaal is in the offing as our new manager, I can't believe for one second, he'd agree to sanction a move for Cavani when he would be managing international colleague Robin van Persie, while also favouring a 4-3-3 system which could have ramifications on Rooney's future, or indeed, any striker in our squad. This deal would actually do more harm than good and if it has an effect on the rest of our spending, we shouldn't even give it the time of day.
 
Glanville95 said:
I really don't understand this deal if it does come to fruition and I would go as far to say I'd be disappointed if it does go through. If there's one area we are well stocked in that's the striking department and even any concerns we have up front, in my view, are tactical and not individual deficiencies. Any problem can be amended by a tactically astute coach, not by making an unnecessary vanity purchase.

If van Gaal is in the offing as our new manager, I can't believe for one second, he'd agree to sanction a move for Cavani when he would be managing international colleague Robin van Persie, while also favouring a 4-3-3 system which could have ramifications on Rooney's future, or indeed, any striker in our squad. This deal would actually do more harm than good and if it has an effect on the rest of our spending, we shouldn't even give it the time of day.
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Would certainly be a complete mismatch of aims if we're trying to hire Van Gaal and sign "superstars" for £60m. The Guardian certainly implies Woody's attempting the latter and it doesn't sit right with me at all. Would essentially going for marketing potential over team building.
 
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What the hell! Even the Times are reporting that Cavani is a target. This would be such a colossal waste of money that could be instead used on our crying needs!
 
The Cavani reports appear to be more press briefing from the club, I'm insure what the strategy is.
 
I wouldn't pay attention to the name of the newspaper when it comes to transfers.

Even the respectable ones like The Times, Guardian and Telegraph become toilet paper when it comes to football transfers.
 
KiD MoYeS said:
The Cavani reports appear to be more press briefing from the club, I'm insure what the strategy is.
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I'd go along with you on that. If its simply a strategy to keep RVP and fatboy on their toes then that's fine by me but whatever its about I don't see it happening.
 
As good as he was for the first part of the season, and generally since he's been here, part of me is delighted with any striker link that could lead to Rooney fecking off. He's screwed us a few times, and even on a footballing level, he is generally one of those shit good players in my opinion. Just something about him doesn't quite make me warm to him.
 
For the life of me I can't understand why we would want Cavani. We can't even accommodate the strikers we have. As it is I can see Welbeck and Hernandez leaving for lack of matches. Plus we have Wilson and Henriquez to the think about.
 
All the talk may be coming form Cavani's end anyway. He's not happy at PSG, and Utd are known for having a "warchest" this summer. It could be a way of him saying play me or lose me essentially.

Maybe we are losing Hernandez this summer and want 3 star strikers, a little bit like 99 was with cole Solskjaer Yorke and Sheringha
 
If you Take the Van Gaal rumours to be true then this guy is half our 100m gone lol
 
At least two of our current strikers would have to be sold for this to make any sense.
 
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Can he play wide in a 4-3-3?
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Yeah he can. He's a good winger, but he's limited in what he can do and him being shifted wide at PSG is the main reason he's not happy. I don't see him coming here and settling for a position on the wings. Also, where does this leave Rooney assuming Van Persie is our main centre-forward in a 4-3-3 (hypothetical of course)? It doesn't make sense, especially if Van Gaal takes over.
 
What the hell do United want Cavani for? LVG's love of RVP a international thing only?
 
WTF is this shit. Rooney and Welbeck benched maybe? :drool:

Still, RvP and Cavani...
 
FFS. Why is there NEVER this much urgency for a midfielder?
 
MoneyMay said:
Yeah he can. He's a good winger, but he's limited in what he can do and him being shifted wide at PSG is the main reason he's not happy. I don't see him coming here and settling for a position on the wings. Also, where does this leave Rooney assuming Van Persie is our main centre-forward in a 4-3-3 (hypothetical of course)? It doesn't make sense, especially if Van Gaal takes over.
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The reason he's unhappy in PSG is because he's being shifted out wide as you said. Which begs the question of why United want to buy him because we already have Rooney and RVP. If Woodward wants a superstar signing, make it Toni Kroos ffs!

I sincerely hope it's just an elaborate smokescreen for another signing.
 
This would be like Chelsea buying yet another AM when they were already overstocked.

Literally the last area we should be looking to buy.
 
Would people on here take a swap deal (I know, very unlikely but still) with Rooney? PSG are the sort of team that would take him on.
 
It would make more sense if we were getting a manager who would play 4-4-2, because Cavani is at his best in a two-striker team, and he would be much better combining with Rooney or RvP than those two together. But if van Gaal comes in then he won't play that formation and it would make little sense.
 
The delay until a possible mid-July start is not regarded as a deal-breaker and United believe they are already in a strong position transfer-wise because of several months of work behind the scenes involving Woodward, Moyes and their network of agents and scouting staff. Cavani would cost up to £60m, breaking United's transfer record, and it might need about £40m if they are to stand any chance of succeeding where they failed with Fábregas last summer.

Again, the deal is highly complicated because of the politics of Barcelona selling one of their local players and Fábregas's apparent reluctance to rock the boat with the club that has been such an important part of his life. However, United's information is that it is negotiable and, as long as that is the case, they will press ahead to try to see whether Fábregas is as unsettled as they have been informed.

Cavani would suit Woodward's ambitions to bring in one of the sport's modern superstars but, equally, there is a recognition behind the scenes that the more urgent need is to strengthen the team's midfield and defence.

The club have reluctantly accepted that Porto's Eliaquim Mangala will end up at Manchester City but other players in that position have been identified to replace the departing Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand. A £30m deal for Luke Shaw is likely to mean Patrice Evra leaving but United consider the Frenchman such an influential member of the squad there is an option for him to sign a year-long contract extension. "He is almost as important in the dressing room as Ryan Giggs," one source said.

United have been working on their recruitment programme since the turn of the year and there is more of an understanding this time that it is important to have contingency plans in place in case deals fall through. Behind the scenes, for example, it has been pointed out that Sir Alex Ferguson thought he had transfers arranged for Karim Benzema, Alexis Sánchez and Lucas Moura in recent years. The problem has sometimes been that there has not been a second or even third choice identified. That will not be the case this summer.

There have been enquiries about Nani, Shinji Kagawa and Javier Hernández and United have to decide who they let go. The recent publicity surrounding Danny Welbeck's apparent unhappiness is not being regarded with great alarm and, potentially, is part of a strategy on the striker's part to be given a new contract, two years from the end of his current deal.
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http://www.theguardian.com/football...hester-united-holland-manager-carlo-ancelotti

Here's the Daniel Taylor article. It's mainly about the next manager.
 
This signing would make no sense, where are our priorities?
 
Cavani is unhappy at PSG because he is played wide due to Zlatan being the main man. Why would he come here knowing he would have to compete with RVP/Rooney and would end up being played out of position.
 
MoneyMay said:
Yeah he can. He's a good winger, but he's limited in what he can do and him being shifted wide at PSG is the main reason he's not happy. I don't see him coming here and settling for a position on the wings. Also, where does this leave Rooney assuming Van Persie is our main centre-forward in a 4-3-3 (hypothetical of course)? It doesn't make sense, especially if Van Gaal takes over.
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I'd be sticking Rooney wide left when RVP is fit whether Cavani joins or not. I know he'd be unhappy initially but in the right system he could score a bucket load there, playing wide doesn't necessarily mean not getting involved in the game, and hopefully a new manager can convince Rooney of this.
 
Would be gutted if we signed him. Probably would mean Welbeck leaves and we waste a huge amount of money on a position that doesn't need strengthening
 
MkPaul said:
Cavani is unhappy at PSG because he is played wide due to Zlatan being the main man. Why would he come here knowing he would have to compete with RVP/Rooney and would end up being played out of position.
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Money! Wait, he's at PSG. Success! Wait, we're not in the Champions League...

Yeah, no idea. Makes no sense to anyone. He's 27 as well.
 
I think I might be more against this signing then I was with fellaini. Arguably. He's a good player, but I'd rather play rvp up top, or Rooney, or give welbeck a chance. Why the feck would we need cavani as well when we still have Hernandez on top of that? Just a huge waste of money. There's loads of players from psg I'd take before him. In fact you could say I'd rather take everyone else from their starting 11 before cavani.
 
I go back to the original article that linked us, which said Woody wants a "superstar". Would be a pathetic rationale to spend that amount of money.
 
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