I haven't said summer 2015....i've said summer 2016.
Then maybe you should read his latest interview
Kevin De Bruyne
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I imagine LvG sees Di Maria and Januzaj as front 3 options in a 4-3-3 but I could be wrong. A lot is guess work in fairness and it's only due to the fact we have been linked with him quite a lot since January. Personally I'd like to see Herrera given the AM role in a 4-3-3.
I wouldn't say clear favourites, Everton beat them comfortably in both group games and I think Villareal and Sevilla are legitimate contenders as well as Roma and maybe even Inter.
Are you really questioning Chelsea's transfer strategy? It hasn't any logic - just hoard as many players as you can - hope they don't get pissed off when you loan them and hope you can sell them on for a profit or they become first team standard.
De Bruyne has always been a top talent, the year Chelsea signed him was the same year he was key in getting Genk into the CL. His development has been amazing in the last year but it was always there, it wasn't a sudden spurt. De Bruyne (allegedly) had a bit of an issue with Mourinho and wanted constant game time, the two didn't see eye to eye so he was sold. At that point he certainly wasn't superstar quality, but he was a 21(?) year old attacking midfielder with huge talent and little opportunity to prove it.
What like Matic did?
Another 3 assists at the minute, completely turned the game on it's head. Too good to miss out on.
This is what I call creativity. If we become a more fluid and fast playing side we shoud sign him, he was always regarded as a mega talent and he's looking to fulfill that potential.
11 goals and 18 assists in 31 games in all competitions so far this season.
Yeah but can he square up to his fullback, slow play, run to the touchline and smash in a low cross? Didn't think so.
People said the same thing about Matic when we were linked with him 18 months ago and now he's regarded as the best holding midfielder in the league, so it's not quite that simple.
He is a great player, just sad he is playing for such a boring club now.
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Would love for us to sign him. Unfortunately would probably be at the expense of Mata. I think De Bruyne would add a balance to our midfield that LVG is struggling to find.
Excellent contribution... Chelsea were mad to sell him, but I guess he was never going to kick-on like he has if he had stayed there.
He's got some good statistics - doing well for himself since leaving Chelsea, but I have never been a great fan of him to be honest.
Might have something to do with Courtois aswell. They had some issues over a girl and although they might tolerate each other at the national Belgium team, to be stuck with each other at the same club might've been to much for Kevin.
He also never really got the chance so he probably just wanted to play more.
What if we pulled a Matić and re-bought him? 
Sell Oscar to PSG or something.
Sell Oscar to PSG or something.
He's been brilliant this season. Whilst I think Chelsea shouldn't have sold him he's improved quite a bit since he left. Wouldn't be surprised if we tried to go for him and sold Mata.
Thought he was very good even at during his Chelsea time but for £30m I can see why they sold him. Didn't think he'd turn this good this fast though, a great player.
Chelsea also sold Matic at the same age as they sold De Bruyne - because Mikel was playing ahead of Matic and they wanted to use him as a makeweight in order to bring in David Luiz.
I haven't watched De Bruyne at all since he's moved to Germany so I have no idea how good he is, but if his performances merit the praise then Chelsea's past decisions shouldn't be a consideration IMO. Chelsea just isn't a club where young players will get time and opportunities to develop.
I struggle to name a more in-form midfielder at the moment. He looks world class these last 2 months.
His stats are certainly impressive.
What if we pulled a Matić and re-bought him?
Sell Oscar to PSG or something.
Considering Chelsea seem to have a FM cheat edit mode it wouldnt surprise me
I'm not sure Mourinho would admit he made a huge mistake so soon and buy him back for double what we sold him for.
He's basically turning into our Pogba to a smaller degree. At least we managed to get money for him but he looks like the one who got away at this moment in time.
We need to start buying players like De Bruyne. Players who are hungry to prove themselves, have the ability to develop into the best players in the world. From what I've heard and the little of watched of him, he's definitely in that category. If we can move Mata on, then I'd love him here, assuming we don't feck around with him and play him wingback.
To be fair to a manager that I cant stand;
de Bruyne was 22 and Chelsea had some great players in midfield.
And he never seemed THAT good talentwise with Bremen. Perhaps a new Reus.
The body and/or the mind take that last step later with 22/23.
I also wonder what will happen with him.
It would be smart to stay one more year, get even better, make the name bigger.
And then?
Wolfsburg will only sell for a Bundesliga record. I feel 50+ million here.
de Bruyne was 22 and Chelsea had some great players in midfield.
And he never seemed THAT good talentwise with Bremen. Perhaps a new Reus.
The body and/or the mind take that last step later with 22/23.
I also wonder what will happen with him.
It would be smart to stay one more year, get even better, make the name bigger.
And then?
Wolfsburg will only sell for a Bundesliga record. I feel 50+ million here.
they didnt sell him for 30m pounds. They sold him for 22m Euros.
If we move to 4-3-3 and LvG decides to keep Rooney out of midfield we'd still need a CM like Schneiderlin/McCarthy/Allan/Kondogbia added IMO.
De Bruyne----Herrera
------Schneiderlin
De Bruyne----Herrera
------Schneiderlin
Who sold Matic?
Abramovich's DOF guy, Ancelotti was manager at the time but I don't think he had much say in the transfer dealings.
Bend it like De Bruyne
why sign another CAM?
We keep saying this but he's spent all this season on the right.. When he was at Chelsea he was right of a 3 and at Werder he played on the right. So i would assume he is a right sided AM.
De Bruyne has predominantly been playing through the middle this season, with Vieirinha/Perisic/Caligiuri generally used on the right in a 4-2-3-1.
That does not mean much. He is very fluid with his positioning and a lot of his assists have been some kind of crosses.
And - he was already great at Bremen. He was 20 then and new in Germany. And a lot of German clubs - including Dortmund - wanted him after that season.
He is as much of a winger as Silva or Özil are wingers. In the right setup those players can start in wide positions, but they don’t play as “natural” winger. That’s okay if you balance the team with another winger and a suiting midfield, but it’s much easier to use those players centrally and usually they perform better, when they start in this area.
United certainly doesn’t need another guy who can play wide but prefers to drift inside. United is missing a classic wide-man, who can operate in wide areas and make things happen in this part of the pitch (1v1s/runs behind the defense). We only have Januzaj, Di Maria, Valencia and Young for this role. That’s a shocking lack of talent in this area. Di Maria prefers to play centrally anyway and Valencia and Young dont have to quality to play as winger for a top club.
At the moment KdB is simple not needed and would end up like DiMaria, Mata or Herrera: In a limbo to find the right position/role. He´d be a major disappointment. United would need a major change in style and squad to make room for him.
United certainly doesn’t need another guy who can play wide but prefers to drift inside. United is missing a classic wide-man, who can operate in wide areas and make things happen in this part of the pitch (1v1s/runs behind the defense). We only have Januzaj, Di Maria, Valencia and Young for this role. That’s a shocking lack of talent in this area. Di Maria prefers to play centrally anyway and Valencia and Young dont have to quality to play as winger for a top club.
At the moment KdB is simple not needed and would end up like DiMaria, Mata or Herrera: In a limbo to find the right position/role. He´d be a major disappointment. United would need a major change in style and squad to make room for him.
I watched the Wolfsburg/Bremen 5-3 game last night, his final ball is quality without a doubt but I think we are in need of a proper CM that is more involved in controlling the tempo in midfield than we are of a player who does most of his work in the final 3rd, especially at the price he'll cost.
It come down to the fact does Juan Mata stays at United or not. If we sell Mata, I want De Bruyne as our #8. If Mata gets to stay and plays more, than at least this summer, we have more important things to spend money on.
After watching us play last night, we could definately do with something like de Bruyne.
So many of our players lack invention and ideas.
So many of our players lack invention and ideas.
If we don't get CL he won't even think of coming here and if he was watching what LvG did with this team in the 2nd half, why would he?
This logic is wrong and I wish people would stop using it. Players move to clubs for a variety of reasons including playing in a different league, for a bigger club, for better wages, for a particular manager, and a number of other reasons not associated with the CL. If the CL were an issue then we wouldn't have landed half the players we did last summer.
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