He wasnt that good in games, but delivers goals and assists. Similar to Mkhitaryan, he is inconsistent and can really make some easy mistakes, but will score and assist if plays all the time.
Ivan Perisic
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With the crazy price inflation we saw towards the end of the summer, does anyone else think we should have paid top dollar to get Mou his man? Does seem as though playing hard-ball over a relatively low fee might be looked back on as something we'll regret. With Matic we've seen how influential a new signing can be when signed at the peak of their powers.
Hatrick today. Inter top of the league.
Such a good player. Turns out Mourinho was right to want him.
Though with Young playing so well it doesn't bother me as much that we didn't get him.
Though with Young playing so well it doesn't bother me as much that we didn't get him.
The guy is singlehandedly out to prove the caf wrong
£50m for a player nearing 30 y.o. is not low.
We don't need Perisic, we've got Ashley Young
Turns out the Portuguese eye gouger knows his players huh?
He's 28.
Still don't rate him, he's been mediocre his whole career and is only just peaking. We have better left sided players in Martial and Rashford and even if we were looking at playing him at LB/LWB Young can more or less do the same thing (provide width, put in a cross, chip in with goals, work hard on both ends).
Caf logic:
Not plays in PL --> Not good.
Fecking hell people were downplaying Ibra before he joined here.
Ibra because of his age more than doubting his ability. People’s main concern was that he was 34 (I think) when he joined so whether he can still be reliable. It’s valid imo
I am not talking recent. They were downplaying him when he was tearing apart Serie A and Ligue 1.
Same with Salah.. he is doing well in Serie A but oh he flopped in Chelsea == shit player.
Like I said
I think He would have owned The right had side of our attack. Not playing left back
Nah, Matic is shite as well.
Best shooter in the world. His shot is just amazing.
£50m for a player nearing 30 y.o. is not low.
We don't need Perisic, we've got Ashley Young
Just to clarify, we offered £31M. Inter declined.
They countered with £50M.
It was our job to counter offer. We could've got him for around £40M. And in today's market, for a player at his absolute peak, £40M is fair value.
The only negative about Perisic joining us, is that it may have reduced game time for Martial.
PL proven > everything else.
If you fail here, you are automatically a flop. It is like a bubble, where outside is more or less irrelevant for a lot of people
Gutted we didn't get Ivan Perisic. Especially with Martial and Rashford doing such a bad job there this season, and no sign of our own all-round left-sided utility player knocking in wondergoals either. Yes, here it is.
Really wish we stumped up the extra cash, what was the point of it just sitting there?
Having Martial/Lukaku/Perisic + 1 of Rashford/Mkhi/Lingard would have been awesome.
Having Martial/Lukaku/Perisic + 1 of Rashford/Mkhi/Lingard would have been awesome.
He hardly plays there and has a much better record on the left.
Left Wing 148 42 41
Right Wing 39 10 4
Attacking Midfield 14 2 -
Left Midfield 6 1 3
Central Midfield 5 - 1
Secondary Striker 4 - -
Centre-Forward 3 - -
Right Midfield 2 - -
Jose pretty much confirmed he saw Perisic as a left wingback.
IIRC, reports said we did offer £40m in the end but Inter held out for their full asking price.
Blessing in disguise that he didnt join. No disrespect to his talent but he is a winger who would have taken that LM spot in 4231. Means less time for Martial and Rashford.
And no, his wing back theory is overstated. Firstly, we don't play 352 in all games. Secondly, he is an out and out winger who has never played a wing back in his entire career.
Glad we decided to pass.
And no, his wing back theory is overstated. Firstly, we don't play 352 in all games. Secondly, he is an out and out winger who has never played a wing back in his entire career.
Glad we decided to pass.
Same age with bale , cheaper & not injury prone
Buy
Buy
I want us to buy him in January.
He just looks like a United player to me and someone that could lead us to titles.
He’s Ambidextrous too so playing on the right won’t faze him.
He just looks like a United player to me and someone that could lead us to titles.
He’s Ambidextrous too so playing on the right won’t faze him.
Inter we're demanding huge money earlier. I don't see why they would sell him when they're in a title race.
So? He is better than Martial (Rashford still needs time). You could have used him as striker though.
Martial is having a good season and at 21 has the potential to be a much better player than Perisic, we did the right thing not buying him.
@bond19821982
Its not a theory, Jose himself said he was wanted as a LWB
Its not a theory, Jose himself said he was wanted as a LWB
Hindsight is easy.
People were saying he was shit though. That was always bullshit. He isn't 'average' either.
He hardly has a record as a right winger but to your own stats he has no record as a left back.
I think if the price wasn't as ridiculous as it was quoted in the summer, people wouldn't mind so much that he came.
I'd rather see us spend £100 million on one world class player, then £100 million on 2 decent players. We already have too many 'decent but not excellent' players in the team.
I'd rather see us spend £100 million on one world class player, then £100 million on 2 decent players. We already have too many 'decent but not excellent' players in the team.
Yeah, it's quite common for fans to comment on players based on minimal (youtube highlights) to no knowledge.
This works both ways, however, and the "i told you so" also comes mostly from people who gambled on an opinion.
Bottom line, there are very few people who've watching the player enough to make an educated guess. The rest is just pure speculation.
I don't get this obsession over perisic, Perisic has played 1350 mins in serie a this season accounting for 7 goals and 6 assists, Martial has played 579 mins and has 6 goals and 3 assists, why exactly do we need him?
If we were in the same headspace as City's board are with Pep, we'd have stumped up the cash for him early in the transfer window rather than taking any risks by delaying things towards the end of the window.
Because we are not as balls deep into Jose as City are with Pep, we didn't.
Because we are not as balls deep into Jose as City are with Pep, we didn't.
Because he recently scored a hat trick against a pub side.
His numbers aren’t all that impressive. Still happy we didn’t buy him for that outrageous sum, much rather play Martial and Rashford. And if the idea was to play him at LWB, well, I’m more than happy with Young at the moment, and would rather we buy someone younger to replace Shaw.
This is such a simplistic way to look at things. It is about more than just goals and assists. Perisic would have offered an option on the left when we play 3 at the back as well (granted Young is doing well). We would have had healthy options down the left whenever we rotated or changed system. We are up against a ridiculous City side, we need everything we can get.
He has done much more than just score a hatrick (which was against a team in 12th, not a 'pub side').
Reckon this particular ship has sailed. Perišić is enjoying life under Spalletti with Icardi, Candreva and co. and José must've scouted different wingback targets since the summer given Internazionale's tough negotiatory stance.
Wrt. Perišić's lack of experience at leftback, he would've presumably operated like Pandev (also not not a wingback) at Inter - left sided attacker/forward in 4231 and a pseudo wingback when the rightback pushes forward with 3 at the back:
Despite the tactical considerations, I'm not too displeased that we didn't sign him because we should be developing Martial. Perišić's signing would have stunted the growth of our biggest forward talent unless Mourinho's plan was to develop Martial as a 9 (which wouldn't have made sense because we had already signed Lukaku).
Wrt. Perišić's lack of experience at leftback, he would've presumably operated like Pandev (also not not a wingback) at Inter - left sided attacker/forward in 4231 and a pseudo wingback when the rightback pushes forward with 3 at the back:
Despite the tactical considerations, I'm not too displeased that we didn't sign him because we should be developing Martial. Perišić's signing would have stunted the growth of our biggest forward talent unless Mourinho's plan was to develop Martial as a 9 (which wouldn't have made sense because we had already signed Lukaku).
We must sign the next Ivan Perisic!