Will be a Premier League 100m signing within a year or two and then that club finding out that he's just another average player.
Jude Bellingham | Borussia Dortmund player...
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Agreed, I’d say Valverde is a similar and better player
He’s Gerrard mk2 without the aggression.
If he came here he’d be better in Bruno’s spot than Eriksens.
If he came here he’d be better in Bruno’s spot than Eriksens.
what? The whole forum was in rare consensus that we grossly overpaid for Antony
Would be smart from their end, doubt he'll sign an extension though
We should stay away from this one. It'll be hard to fit him into the team because his best position isn't exactly what we need for the system we play (a bit like what it was with Pogba when he was here).
Which isn't a surprise. He was selected as third choice captain for the season behind Reus and Hummels and as those two are injured he is captaining the team today.
Whatever the context, him even being an option and already captaining 2 senior sides by the age of 19 speaks volumes...
I don’t know where you get the fact he’s not aggressive. Go and watch him and he was 16 at Birmingham bullying men.
We can forget about this signing anyway.
Can't afford it
Can't afford it
I'm not overly fussed about him at all. I'd rather have him than not, but not for the ridiculous price. I don't see central midfield as a huge priority for us.
The English tax on him will be astronomical but man, he's a ridiculous talent...
Looks a better player than even Foden was at the same stage
And that while captaining his team.
His improvement in long passing is quite noticeable this season.
Absolute must sign for United in my view. CM is so critical for us. We can’t afford to miss out on a player like this.
Bellingham would fit in perfectly in the role Eriksen plays.
Another one that made a great choice by joining Borussia Dortmund over us. Haaland did too and he's reaping his rewards now. Can't blame them at all, and I hope Ten Hag fixes this over years so we can again start to see potential world beaters become butterflies in front of our eyes.
Don't get me wrong, a central midfielder is not to be sniffed at, but I assume we will have a limited budget. Goalkeeper and striker are far more of a priority. However, if Martial can miraculously stay fit, then perhaps we could sign a relatively cheap striker and allocate the funds towards Bellingham. Not ideal though, as a top class striker is a necessity in my opinion.Gentlemen! Duel at dawn!
Just my view but I think he’s more of an attacking box-to-box player from what I’ve seen so far.
I think he would do well in a Gerrard / Lampard sort of a role. From what I have seen, I don't think he is a playmaker. He has good passing much like both Gerrard and Lampard had but he will end up being one of those players who you need to fit into the side to go attack the ball a lot more. Somewhere between an 8 and a 10. Not strictly the kind of player we need right now though but would make sense, if we decided to get rid of Bruno. Him in a side with Bruno just wouldn't work and deeper in the midfield he is still a pretty good player but we won't get value for the kind of money we end up paying for him to play there.
We should be searching the globe for the next Modric/Scholes type players, players with huge technical skill set. We desperately need midfielders that are very good at controlling football matches. Jude is not that in my eyes.
He's a match winner, that's more than enough and definitely more than what we have in midfield atm. We do need good technical players, but Bellingham is the sort of player that is going to win games for you like Lampard/Gerrard as another poster mentioned and I don't think we can pass up the chance to get him. Unfortunately, I don't think our appeal is high enough any more.
We need midfielders that know the art of keeping possession in tight situations, whilst also knowing and having the vision to release accurate foward passes.
If you need a match winner buy a striker to score goals, we shouldn't compromise our midfield in future windows by buying players because of how Athletic they are, besides we already have Bruno known for his lack of control, getting Jude in would make our midfield very unbalance.
No way should we be spending big on this lad, he's a quality player no doubt, but the amount required to buy him would be insane. Better use those funds on two quality players than one quality English taxed player.
Kobbie Mainoo coming through.
For the price he costs he'll have to be a lot more than just a matchwinner who is better than our current midfield. He needs to actually fit the needs of the team going forward, near-perfectly.
And we know what our midfield is missing. We can see it in the qualities we didn't manage to bring into the team when our main summer target FDJ wasn't secured. We bought Casemiro instead, who brings entirely different qualities, but those other needs still need to be addressed and Bellingham doesn't particularly seem to be the right profile of player to do that.
we have no chance of signing Jude so might as well not even entertain the thought
No we need to sign the next possible Jude. We tried with him and he turned us down. We need to show we give young players a chance...
He will cost around 120 million. A fantastic player but not worth this amount.
Why is he getting compared to Gerrard and Lampard? They were goalscorers. Probably midfielders of a different era as nobody really breaks forward and scores goals at that rate anymore. Bellingham hardly scores. That's a big difference.
I see Bellingham has a bit of a jack of all trades midfielder. I don't think he'd come in and immediately kick us up levels. Still has a way to go in my opinion. He can do a bit of everything pretty well but is he going to be exceptional at anything that turns him from prodigy to established world class or will that be enough as he continues to develop? I'm not sure, I don't think he's a 100 million quid player at the moment but you're buying potential.
I see Bellingham has a bit of a jack of all trades midfielder. I don't think he'd come in and immediately kick us up levels. Still has a way to go in my opinion. He can do a bit of everything pretty well but is he going to be exceptional at anything that turns him from prodigy to established world class or will that be enough as he continues to develop? I'm not sure, I don't think he's a 100 million quid player at the moment but you're buying potential.
not saying these guys have his potential but we already have a couple of young players who look to be pretty damn good already if given the chance.....Iqbal, Savage and the younger kid Mainoo
Mainoo yes, Iqbal unlikely, Savage no.
What’s up with Z?
It will be interesting to see what happens. I wouldn't count out City. Bernardo will likely want to leave again next summer and both KDB and Gundogan will be 32 by then. They're going to need a big midfield makeover and they've shown now with both Grealish and Haaland that they're willing to pay really top level fees/wages for single players in ways they previously seemed to avoid.
He's a decent young player and certainly more skilled than Savage. I just get the feeling that he won't be making it with us. Hopefully I'm wrong.
Z looked pretty good in preseason at such a young age....he needs real games against men to see if he'll progress. Mainoo looks the real deal.