I don't know what it would mean for Radford. Mbappe is a more complete version of him currently. Having said that i would fully expect that Mbappe wouldn't have the same impact here (immediately) as he currently does. That Monaco team is absolutely built for him.
Kylian Mbappé joins PSG on one year loan with option to buy
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I don't know what it would mean for Radford. Mbappe is a more complete version of him currently. Having said that i would fully expect that Mbappe wouldn't have the same impact here (immediately) as he currently does. That Monaco team is absolutely built for him.
It would be cool to see the headlines next season say "Mbappe Kylian off the competition as United wrap up another league title"
Let madrid buy him seriously, they dont spend so much on kids and there will be no time for him to develop.
We have martial who can play very good as a stiker too , we should buy a winger .
Are you talking about form or overall ability? Because I agree that he's in great form for sure. If not, then Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, Hazard, Sanchez, Robben, Suarez, Lewandowski, Aguero, Griezmann, Dybala, Bale are a few. He's a good player benefiting from a great system. If Rashford for example played for Monaco, he'd look a hell of a lot better than he has with us. I may be mistaken but most of the goals he's scored in the CL have been pretty standard finishes from chances created by the rest of the team, have they not? I've seen nothing out of the ordinary (worldies, solo runs) that makes him a must buy (apart from his scoring consistency this season). Take him out of the system he plays in and I feel he'd drop a few levels.
As @prtk0811 says, focusing on grooming Martial into the striker role is a much better idea.
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We'd get dybala for 150 m euros , this mbappe fee is absolutely insane.
You don't think mbappe is in the same category? Where was dybala at 18. He's what 22 now and just starting to do well in Europe. Mbappe has scored in every game so far
I still prefer Martial as a left forward, rather than a true out and out striker. I would love Silva, he is an absolute baller.
Absolutely, Monaco play a posession based game with a different system , Martial and rashford shined in a posession based lvg played at united but under jose mourinho philosphy martial has struggled and rashford has only looked good in flashes. Mbappe in a different philosophy and system has never been tested.
Developing martial in a strikers role makes much more sense.
But he's struggling on the wing in thisnew philosophy different to lvg's. I cant see his best comming out there , he's capable of great things in the box , but he's not been able to get into the box on the wing or lwf role.
I expect a good pre season for Martial and Jose to tweak his system with some signings in the summer. Which should, hopefully, get the best out of Martial. He's been good in a couple of games, but he's been pretty poor this season. He needs to learn to make runs off the ball more often. Should he do that, I feel he'd thrive in the current system without tweaks. Look at the way Lingard, Rashford and even Ibra have beat the defensive line and had goal scoring opportunities this season.
We better change formations if we get him. He is in no way a lone striker in the EPL
It should be noted that defending in the french league is absolutely abysmal. But he has fared very well against man city( although their defending is abysmal as well)
Don't do this to me
In a dream scenario, we run a 442 with Rashford, Mbappe up top and Martial and Mkhitaryan on the wings. Imagine the defense having to face a 4 man counter attack with Martial, Rashford, and Mbappe charging forward.....would be pretty fecking beautiful.
mbappe has got off to a cracking start but the money being quoted for him is insanity and I can't see anyone paying close to 100 mil euros for him.
Even someone like thomas muller can be availbale for that price, and muller can re think his decision as he'snot playing so much under anchelotti.
Why not?
Defending is the strongest part of Ligue 1.
I strongly disagree, especially in terms of 1v1 defending.
Just based on his size. He would get pushed over way too much and wouldn't be as effective;however, with time, he can mature to one in the future, but for teams like us that like to play long ball to the lone striker, I don't think he will make an impact the way he was last year.
Mbappe is a very special talent but that is close to Neymar money.
There is a lot of strong physical defenders in Ligue 1 Zlatan even said so himself. I definitely think he can handle the physicality of the PL.
I don't dispute the physicality of the Ligue 1. It can be very physicial and its part of the reason why Martial didn't struggle to adapt. However Mbappe plays in 2 striker system. Making a change to a loan striker where in some games he won't even have a CAM behind him would be a struggle for him I reckon.
Exactly, for that kind of money maybe we should bid for Neymar or Dybala
They bought Ramos, Higuain, Marcelo and Varane at similar ages and experience level.
Barca will not sell Neymar at any price and Mbappe is four years younger and has made a bigger impact in the CL.
You're wrong, United have the highest payroll in professional football. But don't let facts get in the way of your opinion.
Work on your comprehension skills or atleast read a post multiple times before replying to make sure you understand what's written.
Seven years actually.
To be fair none of our top players are anywhere near as good as the top players those teams have. So makes sense that we don't pay them as much.
I think he'll go to Real Madrid.
Ofcourse, neither will Mbappe demand anywhere close to those wages. That's why the wage discussion is a moot point, his transfer will be decided by which clubs are willing to fork out the crazy money Monaco are sure to demand and Mbappe's own preference
I think people are so quick to downplay a hyped up young player on sites like this that sometimes it goes too far the other way. What Mbappe is doing right now at his age is unprecedented. Even for phenom attacking players consistent finishing is usually the last skill to develop. Even teenage Messi and teenage Cristiano did not score consistently in Europe. Even explosive teenage Rooney had a hat trick against Fenerbache and then had a dry spell in Europe. He has scored 5 goals in the CL already all in the knock out stages. And people generally consider the KO stages of the CL to be the highest level of Football now. He is also going to help Monaco win Ligue 1 even though people thought no one would be able to challenge PSG in France for some time. And if he can get a goal or two against the best defense in Europe tonight.... While neither of them went for as much as Mbappe will probably go for remember Raphael Varane and Ousmane Dembele got transfer to big clubs off less appearances for Lens and Rennes respectively than Mbappe already has for Monaco. Everyone is going to be interested in Mbappe so the fee will be insane. Teenage strikers already scoring goals in the CL are unicorns.
I seem to be in the minority but I do think he'll go for close to €100m (including all the structured bonuses) mark when he leaves and I'd be fine with us paying it. He's the best young striking talent to burst on to the scene for a long, long time.
Just 'good' strikers like Morata seem be worth around 50m these days, so we have to step-up when the chance to sign a phenomenal talent comes around if we're serious about getting back to the top.
Just 'good' strikers like Morata seem be worth around 50m these days, so we have to step-up when the chance to sign a phenomenal talent comes around if we're serious about getting back to the top.
You're really not.
A lot of people here are saying it's too much money but we paid so much for Martial who'd proved a lot less it seems about right to me.
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Considering how stupid the market is, the fac that he is so young and a goalscorer, only a world record fee would make Monaco sell him IMHO. Whether he'd be truly worth that money is pointless so I agree with you. This is why United buying him is a complete fantasy to me, cannot buy him and fix the rest of the team at the same time.
Depends how much we're willing to spend but yeah, it does seem rash. For me Fabinho should be priority number one if we're looking at Monaco players.
I don't think he's half as good as people think he is but he'd still be a good signing at the right price. Not at the figures quoted mind.
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