I like the type of player Amad is more but I'm excited by both.
If both reach their potential, we might not need to buy any winger or wide forward for years.
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I like the type of player Amad is more but I'm excited by both.
If both reach their potential, we might not need to buy any winger or wide forward for years.
I am a Facundo fanatic. He's gonna be amazing.
The boy impressed. Even if the opponent was Derby County, very nicely done.
Problem is, we already have Rashford and Sancho who are quite young themselves. Having 2 more is bit of an overkill when they need games .
Nice problem to have though.
Fantastic hair. I hope he makes it here
He looks a bit like Harry Styles, he’ll be Golden.
Facundo and Amad - 2 young footballers Ole picked up out of nothing last year, and was quite criticized because of it.
Ole's choices have been immaculate so far.
Ole's choices have been immaculate so far.
Amad is still very raw. I highly doubt any club will want him on loan. So no point sending him away, instead keep with u23 and the first team. Pellistri however looks much more matured and also physically developed. He will have clubs lined up for loan. I would say choose a best option and send him on loan for a year again.
Real and Barca might need some players on the cheap.
Yes, i have a feeling one of these youngsters possibly from Sancho, Amad, Greenwood and Mjebri may et opportunities in Fernandes position in certain games or late on....and a feeling over the next season or two, someone is gonna make it theres
four players for two positions is perfectly fine. Even considering Rashford can be played more central
Not really, they are all young and need consistent game time. Rashford as CF is as bad as you can get.
Having said that, I think Facundo will be more of a Silva type player.
Rashford is 24 in 3 months. At what age does he stop being young?
We actually have the following as wide players; Rashford, Sancho, Greenwood, Martial, James, Diallo, Pellistri. That is 7 which makes it a bigger predicament.
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25 is about right. Same age as most insurance and benefit plans stop allowing people to include their kids in the coverage.
Martial and Greenwood would both prefer to be the no.9 but can do a job out wide. Long term, assuming Martial catches fire again, they're competing with each other more than they are with those who prefer playing from wide.
4 excellent attacking players for two wide forward positions is treble squad makeup down the line.
4 excellent attacking players for two wide forward positions is treble squad makeup down the line.
Facundo cost 10m which is relatively cheap, but didn’t Amad cost 36m? That is far away from nothing, it is more expensive than any of our keepers, any of our defenders except Maguire, as expensive as Matic, Martial or Mata.
I think Amad was 20 million rising to 36 on various clauses.
That's correct if reports are to be believed. Pellistri was 4.5m with a further 4.5m dependant on clauses being met.
Add James to that list, and possibly Lingard if he stays.
I think Pellistri will be loaned and Lingard will be sold probably , and with Rashford possibly being unavailable until late October /early November, that means for the early part of the season, Sancho, Greenwood, James, Martial & Amad will be our wide options, with Martial being preferred to either start as CF or be a backup to Cavani.
Wow. I was thrilled with Pellestri at 10m, 4.5 is insanely good. I hope all those clauses get met because he sure is exciting.
I really liked how he opened his body for a spit second to make the keeper think he'd finish with the inside of his foot.
Then rounded him
Then rounded him
I don't think we would've signed either if we managed to sign Sancho in the same season. But Dortmund's asking price was ridiculous which then opened up the opportunity for us to sign the two youngsters.
I said at the the time it was a good move by the club and I still stand by that statement. We have to look at things holistically, and that's what the club did IMO after refusing to pay Dortmund £108m for Sancho which was the correct decision.
I thought it was 36 rising to 50, but probably got it mixed with Martial.
Yeah, I'm sure we were all disappointed not to get Sancho last summer but we did well to pick up two very promising youngsters instead. Great move in the end as we've got Jadon now, too, for a lot less money.
Those figures are indeed Martial's.
Amad was the 2nd highest rated winger in his age group across europe, with ansu fati being 1st. So i guess utd will treat Amad with kid gloves and protect him as much as possible. After all dont want whats happen to ansu fati to happen to amad (2 knee ops on the same knee and hes 18 years old. Not good).
Was an impressive direct dribbling half. He's clearly confident to take players on and has the speed to get clean away from them after using technical skill to beat them. Need to see more of his passing, he did have 1 sloppy pass but other than that it was just the basics and he did it fine. Also good composure going round the keeper for his goal
I really liked how he opened his body for a spit second to make the keeper think he'd finish with the inside of his foot.
Then rounded him
Yeah that was lovely. You don't see enough players go round the keeper much these days, it was a real throw back move. Great to watch.
It was tranfer fee paid in two installments of 4.5 m each which is guaranteed, there was no mention of add ons clauses .
There was various different reports with one even saying we had signed him for around 7m in total. But that's besides the point because the total fee paid for him was a potential bargain for a player of his ability and it wouldn't surprise me if his value quadrupled in the next few years.
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Think this kid is gonna be a player myself, can't wait to watch him develop.
In my books, in 3 months then. Until 23 you are "young" and not afterwards. Its arbitrary of course but that's the rule of thumb for me.
I think irrespective of whatever price we payed for him he does look like somebody who can actually make it here and prove to be decent bargain long term similar to Diallo .
He reminds me of Rafa Nadal, and he looks a silky young craftsman rather than a blunt instrument.
I really liked how he opened his body for a spit second to make the keeper think he'd finish with the inside of his foot.
Then rounded him
Enough to make one swallow their words and drool!The finish reminded me of something Messi or David Silva would do. Especially putting it away with his right foot. The way he rounded the keeper it would make sense to use your left, but that in particular reminded me of Messi.
This kid looks like the real deal, that sort of quick elastic close control is very rare. But most importantly, for a young player he looks brave and gets involved as much as possible, great energy levels.
The new Kanchelskis?
The new Kanchelskis?
The downside from sending him on loan is missing out on him spending a season training and occasionally playing with Cavani. Reckon Edi would put a lot more time and focus on helping him improve than any coach will afford a loanee anywhere else.
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