Yes please. Sign them both
ESPN - Mourinho wants to sign Skriniar and Romagnoli in Jan
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I prefer another defend-minded manager. Ninety minutes of defending is what I like to see.
Yes, would like to sign both, but I like Milenkovic also.
You’re sick
This is clearly fake news, even the history of transfers between the 2 Milan clubs and Utd tells us this:
With Inter:
in Laurent Blanc and Mikael Silvestre
out Paul Ince, Nemanja Vidic.
With Milan:
out Ray Wilkins, Joe Jordan
With Inter:
in Laurent Blanc and Mikael Silvestre
out Paul Ince, Nemanja Vidic.
With Milan:
out Ray Wilkins, Joe Jordan
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https://www.football-italia.net/129895/man-utd-€75m-not-enough-skriniar
Inter reject new offer for skriniar
Inter reject new offer for skriniar
Romagnoli makes more sense as he's left footed, and would slot nicely into the left centre back role, with Smalling on the right.
If Skriniar comes, it means either he or Smalling has to play on the left, which, I'm not sure about Skriniar, but I know Smalling isn't as comfortable there as he is on the right.
If Skriniar comes, it means either he or Smalling has to play on the left, which, I'm not sure about Skriniar, but I know Smalling isn't as comfortable there as he is on the right.
Koulibaly plays on the left side too (but right footed). But probably not available. Lucas Hernandez plays on the left side (is left footed), has a relause clause and seems like a very interesting option.
No point in chasing these overpriced targets IMO, Inter are never going to sell for anything less than 100m. We'd do well to make sure Alderweireld doesn't slip our fingers this January or next year.
Genuinely believe he is on a downward curve mate, much rather we buy young quality defenders like De Ligt, Skriniar, Gimenez or Tah
100m for Skriniar, 100m for Koulibaly. Pay whatever it takes, just sort our leaky defence out. Please.
Then you just sign 2 CB’s. We have Jones and Rojo at our club doing nothing.
I want it to be true. It would heathily transform our defence
I still marvel though loads of folks cant grasp JM wants two center backs to upgrade and replace Jones and Rojo. Not because ''he lost faith' in Bailly and Lindeloff. For even a toddler can see they and Smalling need competent help.
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And competition which is much needed. Thick cnuts think we should stop buying players so they can weaken us to make things worse to suit their narrative while our rivals spend and change players like their underwear.
Oh my god, sense. It’s been so long since I’ve seen it posted I almost forgot what it could like like. Sweet, sweet sense.
It’s so true. I don’t think I’ve ever heard this ‘make do with what you’ve got’ mantra anywhere else in football.
The number of times clubs sack a manager and the new guy brings in a whole new squad. Then he goes shortly after and someone else guts the place once again. I’m not saying that’s right, but compare with the richest club in the world where we’re apparently only allowed to sign two centre-halfs a decade.
People then say why didn’t we take a punt on this guy when he was at Villarreal or Benfica? When we do we’re apparently committed to them forever regardless of how they develop.
Yes. Worst argument I constantly hear from pundits is ' JM should improve what he has and not spend more'. Which none of them EVER say when it comes to Pep when he bought the likes of Bravo and Nolito, plus added Laporte yet he had Stones and Otamendi. Along with the rubbish notion its Bailly and Lindeloff he has issues with rather than the other two oft injured cbs we have. One of whom is the useless Jones
Nail on head. Caf Einsteins know better though.
We should buy more centre backs if that's what a new manager wants. Mourinho must be held accountable for his failures and leave the club. The squad needs investment but it is clear that Mourinho is not the manager to hand the money to, unless we want more players for whom the manager has no plan or are just crap.
Eddie Howe comes we may be able to prise Steve Cook away.
Indeed its only the CB signed that are underperforming right.
We should sign a new CB, the manager needs to go though.
romagnoli looked weak for milan in the cl this week
Yeah, we're not signing any.
Mou has yet to buy his annual 30m+ rated cb
Mou had been signing a 30m+ rated cb every year he has been here and he still wants more CBs on big money.
Jeez - the prices being mentioned for these defenders. £75m for VVD looks a total steal. Wish we’d been in for him - far more Taylor made for the EPL than anyone being mentioned here.
Not that I agree with the price but it'll keep going up. Next year you'll say 100m for Skriniar is a steal.
Skriniar just looks like the kind of player Sir Alex would sign. He’d be an excellent fit in the squad. Maybe we could dangle Rojo in front of them as a laughable sweetener.
Still not a fan of wasting money on Jose. This is where a DoF would be great. Sign a player with a long term view.
What if the next manager wants different kinds of players?
What if the next manager wants different kinds of players?
Romagnoli is pretty crap tbh. Hopefully there's no truth in that.
Will Jose still even be in charge by then if we're still in 10th place? At this rate we'll be 20 points behind Liverpool by January.
Will Jose still even be in charge by then if we're still in 10th place? At this rate we'll be 20 points behind Liverpool by January.
You don't think Skiniar would be a good signing long term? He seems to me like the sort of player that regardless of who comes in next, they'd be happy with.
While both players are good talents, dont think they are what we need and dont think they would even leave serie A at all. IMO we need an experienced CB that can lead and organize the defence.
Need to upgrade both RB and LB positions. Valencia+Young need to be replaced with younger talents. Shaw and Dalot are not first XI level for now.
Need to upgrade both RB and LB positions. Valencia+Young need to be replaced with younger talents. Shaw and Dalot are not first XI level for now.
Then he'll have to make do like any manager coming in does. CB signings are far more of a quality issue than style of play, our scouts should be vetting on that irrespective of a DoF.
Based on Mourinho going for Boateng and according to Bonucci, interest in him, it seems we're interested in experienced CBs who have some quality on the ball. Mainly passing. But Bonucci and Boateng pass differently. Bonucci is more of a short passer who will give and go up the pitch like he did against us. Chiellini next to him plays more longer passes. While Boateng is one of several CBs more in the Ramos category that wants to play long high passes out to the wings to spread play.
I cannot say I've seen much of Skriniar at all. Just videos. I like what I've seen of him defensively but statistically I'm not sure he's the type of CB we seem to be looking for. As he seems to be more of a defender first and foremost and his passing seems to be about keeping the ball rather than making something happen with it. More of the Smalling and Jones type. Personally I'd be fine with signing that type of defender as that'll help us concede less which is what I think the main priority should be with our defense. But its pretty much the opposite of what we seem to be looking at when it comes to the CBs we're linked with and especially the ones who have come out publically and claimed we tried to sign them last summer.
Romagnoli, I dont have much of an idea why hes mentioned. Maybe because of Mourinho talking about us not having many options at left CB? And he's left footed? He looks worse than Smalling and maybe worse than Lindelof too. He seems even less like what we're looking for and not particularly good to start with. He seems like an average out and out defender and we have more than enough of those, although some are in poor form. And Milan's defensive record this season isnt amazing even though its better than ours. Unless we'd want him as squad depth and replacing someone like Rojo or if Mourinho has given up with Bailly and is moving him on, I don't see it. If we're just looking for out and out defenders who arent particularly amazing then I'm not sure why we'd go for him over the likes of Tarkowski, Michael Keane or Maguire who can do the same clearing job but is also better on the ball.
Yes again, he's left footed but that seems to be the only reason we signed Rojo and look how that turned out. So I'm just going to ignore him from here.
I cannot say I've seen much of Skriniar at all. Just videos. I like what I've seen of him defensively but statistically I'm not sure he's the type of CB we seem to be looking for. As he seems to be more of a defender first and foremost and his passing seems to be about keeping the ball rather than making something happen with it. More of the Smalling and Jones type. Personally I'd be fine with signing that type of defender as that'll help us concede less which is what I think the main priority should be with our defense. But its pretty much the opposite of what we seem to be looking at when it comes to the CBs we're linked with and especially the ones who have come out publically and claimed we tried to sign them last summer.
Romagnoli, I dont have much of an idea why hes mentioned. Maybe because of Mourinho talking about us not having many options at left CB? And he's left footed? He looks worse than Smalling and maybe worse than Lindelof too. He seems even less like what we're looking for and not particularly good to start with. He seems like an average out and out defender and we have more than enough of those, although some are in poor form. And Milan's defensive record this season isnt amazing even though its better than ours. Unless we'd want him as squad depth and replacing someone like Rojo or if Mourinho has given up with Bailly and is moving him on, I don't see it. If we're just looking for out and out defenders who arent particularly amazing then I'm not sure why we'd go for him over the likes of Tarkowski, Michael Keane or Maguire who can do the same clearing job but is also better on the ball.
Yes again, he's left footed but that seems to be the only reason we signed Rojo and look how that turned out. So I'm just going to ignore him from here.
Yeah, two, and of the profile most people were desperate for. He’s clearly assessed we still require at least one more - the physical type - which we clearly do.
Thought Baily was physical... thought Jose has been harping on about quality on thr ball
Yeah, I suppose so, a big physical passer then.
Whoever we need, I don’t think it’s to replace Bailly or Lindelof and, ideally, we’d be upgrading on Jones and Rojo one way or another.
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Bailly should have been that player. Also Lindelof is probably the weakest defender we've got which does say something considering that he's 'competing' for the spot with the likes of Bailly, Jones and Rojo who are hardly Stam, Vidic and Rio
Mourinho's transfers had been all disappointing compared to the money we spent on them. Bailly, Lukaku and Matic were all one season wonders (thats a combined 150m fee btw), Mkhitaryan has come and gone and Sanchez + Lindelof had been cack. The best of the lot is Pogba and if one takes his performance vis a vis his fee he hardly represents value. But that's not all. Mourinho had developed a reputation to buy players for important fees only to fall out of love with them quickly. It happened to Bailly and Lindelof. It also happened to Mkhitaryan, things doesn't look too rosy regarding Pogba while Fred has hardly been given a fair share of the whip. The club understand the fact that managers can't get it right all the time however if the manager gets things wrong all the time then its only fair for the club to hesitate next time the manager comes knocking at the door asking for his 3rd new CB on crazy money.
Ultimately the results are all there to be seen. The team has regressed since last season, we're struggling to persuade our players to commit themselves (DDG and Martial), our defence is nearly untouched (Young/Valencia, Smalling, Bailly/Lindelof, Shaw) despite the fact we spent a staggering 90m+ on it and the manager's attitude off and on the pitch has been embarrassing.
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