James Maddison

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Wow this bullshit list of potential transfers is growing daily.....
 
If we sign him and keep Pogba, I'd play like this:

Martial---Maddison---Rashford
-----Pogba-------#8-------------
-------------DM------------------

I think Maddison has everything necessary to be a very good false 9 and our strikers are better at running in on goal than any of the back to goal or poaching stuff anyways.
 
bosnian_red said:
I like him, not sure just how good he is or potential wise if he can be a truly top player. My thing with the players in your most creative/attacking positions like where he plays, usually includes the #10 and striker, is that they really need to be top, top players if you want to be a top team. You can have players who punch above their weight in some positions and you can "make do" with them for the system, but if you use a creative midfielder/advanced playmaker type, then they probably want them to be truly world class (or close to it) and not simply "good" players. So that'd be my reservation for Maddison, though I havent paid enough attention to really say whether he can reach that really high level or not.
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I totally agree, the attacking specialists need to be of genuine top quality and it's totally worth it to accommodate them, the others can be jacks of all trades, masters of none. From a technical and creative standpoint Maddison looks like a potential top PL player but it would be good if his fee reflected the doubts that surround him.
 
Don't believe a word these Journalists are saying but this player is definitely one I'd like us to sign. Quality player and the right age and profile we should be targeting now.
 
Every time I watched Leicester last season Maddison was the one who stood out. Get it done Woody
 
Big United fan and idolised Cristiano Ronaldo growing up. Won't have to sell the club to him at all. He's one of us.

Be a very clever move. I actually thought Klopp might go for him before this link too. I rate him that highly.
 
JPRouve said:
Aren't they different player, Maddison being centrally while Brooks mainly plays wide?
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I think they are different, but I could see Brooks ending up centrally too. I’ve compared Brooks to Bernardo Silva in the past. In my opinion, James Maddison is probably more of a KdB/David Silva mix (type wise, not talent/level).

Bringing in these type of players would make us more flexible and more suited to OGS style, I would imagine.
 
He wants to play in the Champions League yet has reservations about not cracking United’s current starting 11?

Story sounds made up and poorly thought out.
 
andersj said:
I think they are different, but I could see Brooks ending up centrally too. I’ve compared Brooks to Bernardo Silva in the past. In my opinion, James Maddison is probably more of a KdB/David Silva mix (type wise, not talent/level).

Bringing in these type of players would make us more flexible and more suited to OGS style, I would imagine.
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Thanks, I was under the same impression. If anything they could both be options to entertain.
 
Anyone think he could work as a midfielder in 3 man midfield ?

For a pure 10, doesn't make sense to spend 60-70 m when we have better options available.
 
The talent is definitely there but our shirt is heavy right now, dunno if he'd handle it just yet.

Think another season at Leicester would do him no harm at all but sometimes the market forces your hand and he'd have garnered a lot of admirers in the past season.

I'm all for it
 
Dr. J said:
He wants to play in the Champions League yet has reservations about not cracking United’s current starting 11?

Story sounds made up and poorly thought out.
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Made up or not, it seems to be assuming that Pogba is headed for Madrid, so he would be here to replace him rather than play next to him. I think he's probably too attacking to replace Herrera, unless we are changing the system.
 
bond19821982 said:
Anyone think he could work as a midfielder in 3 man midfield ?

For a pure 10, doesn't make sense to spend 60-70 m when we have better options available.
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Do we? I don't think Pogba is a 10 and Mata is probably going to leave or sign a new deal and play a bit part role.

I think Maddison would come in and start for us. He's a fantastic player. Very comfortable on ball, energetic and hits a mean set piece.

Pogba probably leaving anyway.
 
mu4c_20le said:
Made up or not, it seems to be assuming that Pogba is headed for Madrid, so he would be here to replace him rather than play next to him. I think he's probably too attacking to replace Herrera, unless we are changing the system.
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Replacing Pogba with Maddison. What a downgrade.
 
I'd absolutely love us to sign maddison. I don't think he's reached his peak yet at all. I think he could develop into a major player like griezman. Unfortunately I'm a little dubious of the sources which seem to have appeared all of a sudden.
 
bond19821982 said:
Anyone think he could work as a midfielder in 3 man midfield ?

For a pure 10, doesn't make sense to spend 60-70 m when we have better options available.
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I think he could, but I also think we'd be have to adjust tactically. For example under Pep, Bernardo Silva, David Silva and De Bruyne all can play in a midfield 3 for City, but I think if you bring them under a different manager or a different team it might be more difficult to make effective in CM rather than having them as a no.10

I also think he wouldn't work in a midfield 3 with Pogba.
 
Jimmy Skitz said:
its called scouting, rather than just buying the most hyped players going.

Maddison won't be sold only one of our players I can see leaving is Maguire. Rob Dorset on the Sky transfer pod said he thought we would turn down £100m for Maddison
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It's not only about scouting but the philosophy/structure of how the club will use it's own player development and transfer policy as it relates to the first team, which then trickles down to the academy.

That's why Leicester has been able to move managers in an out the past few years and still be competitive. Maddison was able to slot in relatively well because there was structure on and off the pitch for him to succeed. In addition to patience for him to develop at the club and in the first team. Compared to United, it's not the same and yet he'll still need to up his mentality and performances for any club above Leicester.
 
bond19821982 said:
Anyone think he could work as a midfielder in 3 man midfield ?

For a pure 10, doesn't make sense to spend 60-70 m when we have better options available.
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These are the types of questions the club should be asking themselves because it explains why we have had such a bad recruitment policy in recent years buying players for the sake of it.

I've not seen Maddison enough personally but unless he can play either side of Pogba on the right I have no idea why we would even be interested.
 
If we played two wide forwards, which seems to be the thinking, then Maddison would be absolutely terrific as a false 9.
 
bond19821982 said:
Anyone think he could work as a midfielder in 3 man midfield ?

For a pure 10, doesn't make sense to spend 60-70 m when we have better options available.
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Thats where he played in the 2nd half of the season for Leicester. They dropped Mendy out and put Ndidi back to DM, with Maddison and Tielemans playing in front of him
 
edcunited1878 said:
It's not only about scouting but the philosophy/structure of how the club will use it's own player development and transfer policy as it relates to the first team, which then trickles down to the academy.

That's why Leicester has been able to move managers in an out the past few years and still be competitive. Maddison was able to slot in relatively well because there was structure on and off the pitch for him to succeed. In addition to patience for him to develop at the club and in the first team. Compared to United, it's not the same and yet he'll still need to up his mentality and performances for any club above Leicester.
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scouting infrastructure yes that has been in place for years but Claude Puel completely changed how the side played, he just wasn't effective at getting what he wants, Rodgers did the same but actually got through to the players so he didn't simply slot in to a well established system of play
 
NoPace said:
If we sign him and keep Pogba, I'd play like this:

Martial---Maddison---Rashford
-----Pogba-------#8-------------
-------------DM------------------

I think Maddison has everything necessary to be a very good false 9 and our strikers are better at running in on goal than any of the back to goal or poaching stuff anyways.
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If we want to be at the same level as City, Liverpool, Barca, Madrid, Juventus, Bayern, PSG, etc... Then, we would need someone better than Maddison as false 9. IMO Griezmann, Felix, Dybala, Havertz are better than him.
 
JPRouve said:
I totally agree, the attacking specialists need to be of genuine top quality and it's totally worth it to accommodate them, the others can be jacks of all trades, masters of none. From a technical and creative standpoint Maddison looks like a potential top PL player but it would be good if his fee reflected the doubts that surround him.
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His stamina is a weakness and his running stats are poor. Can’t see why Ole would be looking at him given the way he supposedly wants us to play.
 
Classical Mechanic said:
His stamina is a weakness and his running stats are poor. Can’t see why Ole would be looking at him given the way he supposedly wants us to play.
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Stamina is a workable attribute, as long as the player is dedicated to training and improving, the staff can fix that relatively quickly during the first months of the preseason/season.
 
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JPRouve said:
Stamina is a workable attribute, as long as the player is dedicated to training and improving the staff can fix that relatively quickly during the first months of the preseason/season.
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Ole did say he wants an early start to pre-season to work on fitness and conditioning. I expect that to be the case for new signings but also the returning squad members too, there was talk of personal conditioning plans being given to the squad at the end of the season with instructions to show up in shape or forget about being in the first team squad.
 
Looking good but wouldn't surprise me if we could get Ziyech for the same amount.
 
The Nani said:
Wouldn’t even remotely be worth it.
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Less ego, helping to fix our wages and more money to spend on transfers whilst adding a top quality British player into the core of the side? I'd do it in a heartbeat. Not as good a player but better for the squad
 
Ekeke said:
Less ego, helping to fix our wages and more money to spend on transfers whilst adding a top quality British player into the core of the side? I'd do it in a heartbeat. Not as good a player but better for the squad
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He aint half the player Pogba or even Bruno is. And he would cost a bomb.

Replacing Pogba with Maddison is a recipe for midtable. Period.
 
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