Buzzword alert; his 'profile' sounds really good. It's clear we're after a mobile young defender. Wouldn't mind who we sign as long as they're half decent. And not John Stones.
Eric Bailly | BBC say signing is imminent
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
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Hopefully we will see Bailly-Smalling as CB's with Blind being backup at CB and LB.
We're gonna have a really young squad aren't we 
I can't believe it. This is massive.
Beast. Graham Hunter rates him if that means anything these days.
Let both wendell and fabinho move too.It does. Hunter is great, love his podcast as well.
Hope he falls in the Martial category of unknown signings rather than the Rojo one...The last time we signed a player no one had heard of it worked out quite well.
Seriously though, is he ready to be our starting CB.
Confused as feck right now but yeah, £31mil for a bright young star is a bargain. I'm quite excited about this guy, heard he's good.I was joking.
Too many people knew about Rojo, that was the problem.
Well played. Now get Pogba and Ibrahimovic sorted while you're at it.
Never noticed him the few times I saw Villareal which is probably a good thing. I'm not sure why but I'm really excited about this signing. Get in!
I think Rojo was a bit more known.He had played in a WC final before signing for us.
He looked great against Liverpool in the europa but that's literally all I've ever seen of him
brilliant news........super signing
I've loved this guy ever since learning he existed in the OP
I've loved this guy ever since learning he existed in the OP
Hopefully the end of Jones.
Never has a scouser been so right before, this prospect is the real deal. Mark my words.
Rojo needs to go far far before Jones.
- Terrible haircut
- Never heard of him
- Name Americans are certain to butcher
Do we have any resident Ivory Coast fans that could maybe tell us about how is in the NT?
Jones is a better CB than Rojo i will agree, But jones is the Saha of CB's so Rojo actually has more use
Apparently fee is £19m with £11.75m add ons.
I still think we'd need another centre back also because Bailly will go to the AFCON and Jones/Rojo can't be relied upon. Blind won't play there next season. I think we'll sign one of Stones/Varane/Manolas.
So next seasons CB options could be-
Smalling
Stones/Varane/Manolas
Bailly
Fosu-Mensah
Jones
Rojo
So next seasons CB options could be-
Smalling
Stones/Varane/Manolas
Bailly
Fosu-Mensah
Jones
Rojo
He looked brilliant vs Liverpool but haven't seen much of him
When I saw the name I was expecting a 16 year old from Rotheram, then I saw the tweet was in Spanish, I think I've seen him once, I remember Messi's Dad being in raptures about him on Sky commentary.
Shame he's Ivorian though.
Shame he's Ivorian though.
Doubt these two will survive the summer
Not an Ivory Coast fan but looking at Wikipedia he played all of their games when they won the AFCON last year.
Villareal signed him for 5.5 million last january. Great deal for them. Hopefully it is done very soon.
We've been preparing the bid since Moyes was in charge.
Touted as the new ....wait for it.......Mangala
Who is this guy? Never heard of him but it seems Mourinho has done his homework on him.
Touted as the new ....wait for it.......Mangala
He can actually pass the ball unlike Mangala.
what's the Source of those figures
A signing that makes sense, potentially world class.
Well he looks to be fast, strong, and good in the tackle. Seems he can play full back too. Would like to know how he is in the air, anyone seen much of him clearing crosses and winning aerial duels?
Stats suggest he's not that good in the air, only wins 54% of duels according to squawka.
The report from Ballague actually states we have already reached an agreement with Villareal and we wont pay the termination fee but a figure (fixed plus variable) around it.
Who? Never heard of him but if JM wants him I'm not arguing.
From seeing that YouTube vid he looks like a similar player to TFM. Hopefully if we get him he can be our zouma (please don't call me racist for comparing him to two black guys)
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