People are underrating Keane on here because he he came from our academy and Van Gaal got rid of him for £2mil. If his name was Van Ragtensteiner and he had a full sleeve and a pony tale i think their attitude would be different. Just look at Lindelof, people are hyping him up big time when most of them have never seen him play enough to realise that he's pretty poor defensively (even in the blummin Portugese league) and lacks the qualities that would compliment Baillys style of play.
Keane would potentially (with some of Jose's coaching) be a perfect partner to Bailly. He is more of a passive positionally orientated defender whilst Bailly charges his man down when he senses danger, he is great in the air, can pick out a pass and is composed on the ball. Whilst he would probably be bought in to be 3rd choice to Rojo or another new CB i think he could become much more than that for us over time.
Yes Smalling had a good 3/4 season for us last year but it's not enough. He's been with us for like 7 years and hasn't improved at all in that time. He's scared of the ball and opposition like no United player should be, backs off from his man to the point where they find themselves in a better position than where they began, takes a weird amount of time to make a sideways pass and has nowhere near enough positional sense to fit in a zonal marking system.
Don't know how anyone can question Jose's judgement when it comes to defenders, if he want's rid of Smalling and to bring in Keane then people should be excited that we are bringing back another academy lad who get's the club through and through and is deemed by Jose to be good enough to play for us.
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