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Gareth Bale
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We need a player who can drive the ball forward at defences. We don't have that. Di Maria isn't physical enough to do that in his current state.
Bale would be a superb signing. If Madrid would be open to selling him, we should be first in line.
Bale would be a superb signing. If Madrid would be open to selling him, we should be first in line.
I think he's a very good player, however unless Madrid are willing to take a significant hit in terms of his transfer fee then I'd rather not. We need to spend around £100m on other positions before we think about signing a winger.
Bale has turned back and picked the easy option more then valencia normally does this season, so people on here might be disappointed with what they get.
If we signed him, what would be more likely then see him running past players down the wing was cutting in and having lots of shots from distance, which he is very good at. He's not a great dribbler though.
In my eyes, he's extremely low on confidence. He needs to leave Madrid as he will forever be in Ronnie's shadow if he stays there. The PL suits him a lot more.
He'd had two mediocre seasons on paper, but to the average footballer he's actually had a very, very good season. Very similar statistics to Hazard.
It wasn't that long ago when he was tearing up the PL with a mediocre Spurs side.
When you look at our wide options, we just don't need him. We just signed Depay, who is that type of player, a player who runs with the ball with pace, has strength, is a threat from range and is a good dribbler, and has world class potential. Along with him, we have Mata as a wide playmaker type, Young as the hard working and reliable player, Di Maria as the creative talent with great pace who is world class at his best (but shite this season), and Januzaj who although he had a tough season, still has huge potential if he finds his confidence again.
Best case scenario for next season, we have Di Maria and Mata on top form, both world class players, Depay rotating in and out with them and same with Januzaj and Young, but all showing good form. We'd have no reason for another wide player, as we have the good mix of pace, creativity, dribbling, defensive work rate, goal threat, and a good left footed/right footed split. Signing Bale would be giving up on di maria meaning we need to sell him, it would almost definitely confine Mata/depay to the bench for most of the season as we'd spend 100m on bale so he would be starting for the vast majority of games, and it'd probably be giving up on Januzaj. Great player at his best, yes, but would you spend 100m on Bale, when it would mean giving up on Di Maria/Mata and Januzaj? Take the 3 of them (mata, di maria and Bale) at their best, and there's not that much between them. Certainly not even half of what we would have to pay to get him.
I agree, but I still don't think we should get him. If Di Maria wants to go and we sell him then it's an option, but until then it'd be more of a problem. We just signed Depay, have Mata, Di Maria, Januzaj and Young. We just don't need more wide players as any more and it would unsettle them, especially considering the price it would take to get him in makes it probably not worth it.
Yeah I agree with this. Even if one of them gets injured or has a shite season there's enough depth there. 5 players is enough for 2 positions.
3 "great players" for 100m Euros? Have you not been following transfer fees this past couple summers?
If we're gunna stick with Rooney and RvP as our forward options then we need to add a new dynamic to our attack. Don't want to place that burden on Depay but the threat would have to come from the right side probably at the expense of Mata.
He means players we need more. For example we could get Gündogan, Otamendi and Darmian for 100m €. I would take these 3 over Bale.
Exactly. Not keen on taking a player who rejected us two years ago because his "dream move" didn't work out either
I don't think signing Bale would result in us abondoning our pursuit of those 3 positions nor do I think we'll compromise on their quality. I expect us to get our targets in early and monitor Bale's situation.
I'm with @bosnian_red in this one. Do we really need him. We already have Mata, Young, Januzaj, ADM and Memphis.
Although Mata and Januzaj are not classic wingers they could and should work with Memphis, Young although not wc has proved he has a lot to offer for us and I hope ADM will come good next season. We esp dont need Bale if he'll cost some crazy amount of money which we can spend on other positions.
I dont know, lets sort defense and midfield first than see the Bale situation.
Although Mata and Januzaj are not classic wingers they could and should work with Memphis, Young although not wc has proved he has a lot to offer for us and I hope ADM will come good next season. We esp dont need Bale if he'll cost some crazy amount of money which we can spend on other positions.
I dont know, lets sort defense and midfield first than see the Bale situation.
I think we probably do need another wide attacker or an attacker of some sort. It's not all about numbers. You look at our football and we have no issues with retaining the ball now. We do it quite well. But penetration is where we lack. The ability to just have a few players who turn defenders, exploit the spaces in between them and generally put them on really the back foot.
Now, you could argue that this will come from Di Maria and Memphis but I'd argue that Memphis is too young to depend on in his first year and that we do need one more in case we want to use Di Maria in midfield etc.
Now whether this explosiveness to unsettle teams comes from a new centre forward or a wide attacker, is obviously very debateable. And whether it NEEDS to be another big money signing or can be a more clever buy, is also something not entirely sure of.
But in my mind, our attack has been our most "under-performing sector" this season so I'm in favour of us signing another attacker with genuine ability to hurt teams.
I would like Bale here.
Some posters have mentioned that part of LVG's philosophy is to allow a couple of attacking players freedom to dribble/shoot regularly (with the rest of the team prepared for the possibility of that player losing the ball). As a result we have seen Di Maria take a ton of long range pot shots when it's not something he is at all good at. Give Bale that same license and he will score a load of screamers each season.
Some posters have mentioned that part of LVG's philosophy is to allow a couple of attacking players freedom to dribble/shoot regularly (with the rest of the team prepared for the possibility of that player losing the ball). As a result we have seen Di Maria take a ton of long range pot shots when it's not something he is at all good at. Give Bale that same license and he will score a load of screamers each season.
I really am in 2 minds about Bale, he's a great player but do we need him when we've just signed Memphis who could be just as good with LvG's coaching.
Yes we do need him. He's an established player with a proven history in the premiership of scoring goals. It's also a big statement of intent. Who knows? Maybe we should have signed Fabregas? After all, Chelsea had so much confidence at the start of the season and players of this nature are better playing for you then against you (if they played in England). Would he have made a difference to our start? We'll never know. However, his influence on games initially certainly was as you would expect
If available, I think it is a no brainer.
If we go for a 433 next season (I hope we do), to have Depay and Bale running and cutting in from the wings can offer us so much as a goal threat.
Mata cannot really offer that from the right. Mata has done well this season, but he's not the RW that will win us the league.
Di Maria could do it, yes, but he's been poor from the right. I'd love him to get back to for, but he's getting bullied.
I really hate saying this, but if PSG are willing to pay good money for him, I would listen. Right now, it can be written off as a bad season, but if he performs like this again next season, then is value drops.... dramatically.
Di Maria is clearly suited in midfield. He is a creator rather than winger come striker. The problem is, with this high line, possession football, we are never going to see the best of him. At Real, it was counter attack football, with pace from him, Ronaldo and Bale. He doesn't / won't get that room playing here
If we go for a 433 next season (I hope we do), to have Depay and Bale running and cutting in from the wings can offer us so much as a goal threat.
Mata cannot really offer that from the right. Mata has done well this season, but he's not the RW that will win us the league.
Di Maria could do it, yes, but he's been poor from the right. I'd love him to get back to for, but he's getting bullied.
I really hate saying this, but if PSG are willing to pay good money for him, I would listen. Right now, it can be written off as a bad season, but if he performs like this again next season, then is value drops.... dramatically.
Di Maria is clearly suited in midfield. He is a creator rather than winger come striker. The problem is, with this high line, possession football, we are never going to see the best of him. At Real, it was counter attack football, with pace from him, Ronaldo and Bale. He doesn't / won't get that room playing here
lots of ifs, however if Bale wants to move then we have to try and get him. Outside of Real, there is no other club that suits him more than us or would probably be able to afford him.
Good thing he tweeted his intention to stay, wouldn't want this to drag on all summer.
True, did kill me a bit though.
He was the muppet dream signing and one we really needed.
Did he? Good stuff, rather we got Benzema out of them!
To the Sterling thread!
Settle down lads. That tweet means nothing. He won't be making the decision.
Delighted with the Bale tweets. Hope he stays there and refuses to move to us even if Madrid agree a fee. Do NOT want.
What if he joins one of your rivals and rips the league up again? Don't get why some of you don't want him.
Some of us don't want to pay 80-100mil for him. We have a lot of money but we don't have a bottomless pit.
Absolutely exhilarating news.
You could probably buy 4 Gareth Bale's without exhausting your funds.
Dodget a bullet here.
If our squad was already top class in all positions and we only really needed 1 or 2 big names, then yes i would gladly pay that amount for Bale. Our squad isn't top class in all positions though and the money we had would be better spent getting 5 or 6 £30+mil players.
Is there a player you ever want?
We've already got Fellaini. The Van Gaalactico is enough.
While ofcourse Bale would be an upgrade, I agree with @Mali_Zeus and @bosnian_red. Your 'if' is Di Maria in midfield, I seriously doubt that will happen. Van Gaal moved Young, our best outfield player, to midfield over Di Maria so he could play on the wing. LvG said he didn't have a worldclass winger like Ronaldo or Di Maria before he bought him, he also got number 7. LvG made Wilson change his number from 47 to 49 so it has a 9 like a striker, and apparantly asked RvP to take the 9 aswell before Falcao arrived. I think there is enough proof that Di Maria isn't suited to our midfield, he was great for RM there but they don't play possesion football. If he's to play in our midfield he won't use his strenghts much: dribbling and crossing, but he'd be passing the ball alot. Don't think a FFP-struck PSG want him either, as they would have to spend pretty much their whole budget on him since we won't sell for a loss. They already went after the cheaper alternative in Memphis too.
With Mata, Di Maria, Januzaj, Memphis and Young we're stocked for options out wide, with an on-paper nice balance too. Buying Bale would mean problems, he'd be the 4th left footed wide option and with van Gaal insistence on balance the odd one out would be Januzaj or Mata. Memphis, Januzaj, Young and Mata would be benched alot too (or sold) since he can't bench a fit Bale or Di Maria (unless out of form).
If we want to refreshen our attack I think it's better to look for an upgrade on van Persie, someone to play 2nd fiddle to Rooney at striker.
You just want to bankrupt the club.
I think Di Maria will take the right wing spot next season. Although Bale is a good player he would just have been a luxury signing. We have other, much weaker areas to worry on.
What we really should do sort a deal out with PSG and swap ADM for Verratti.
That is the type of CM our club really needs.
I wouldn't take them Tweets too serious at this moment. I'm sure Di Maria thought he was staying at Real Madrid at this point last year, In fact he probably had a stronger case after being MoM in the Champions League final. It's still very early doors in the window and it's a long Summer, things can change very fast in Football. I wouldn't rule it out just yet.
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