What if fails and
Mean while Dortmund keep picking players like Dembele(the best of 'em all) for less than £15m.
Kylian Mbappé joins PSG on one year loan with option to buy
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One of the dumbest members of the caf, don't waste your time on him.
Have we been linked with him by anyone credible yet?
Always funny to see posters disguise their lack of knowledge about a player by being extremely negative about his quality and potential. It was the same with Pogba at Juve, people didn't watch him for 4 years and then basically said he was shit because the last time they watched him was for United in some League Cup dead rubber years ago.
Just because you watched him in two games in the Champions League doesn't mean those were his first two games in football. It isn't a coincidence that the people who rate him the highest are also the ones who have seen the most of him, even before the hype this season.
Just because you watched him in two games in the Champions League doesn't mean those were his first two games in football. It isn't a coincidence that the people who rate him the highest are also the ones who have seen the most of him, even before the hype this season.
Well, he was playing for Rennes and not Monaco in the UCL. It's plausible had the teams been reversed that Dembele would be priced in the £80-90million bracket while Mbappe would be in the £15m.
We used to do these kind of deals under Sir alex . Our Scouting has been very poor and We must scout on root levels again to get these type of players in the academy itself or get them for cheap in the first team.
I think the thing with Dembele was that he was slightly under the radar but then LVG was not quick enough to bid
Dortmund has stole our grass root level market. Time to Compete again because in the era of competitve Epl A proper long term recruitment stategy is must to get to the top and stay there.
Some people are no doubt going overboard but that much is true of almost any young player showing promise these days. Parallels were drawn between Henry and Martial last season too but most people are sensible enough to judge each player on their own merit.Do you agree the hype is ridiculous at this point. Seen a surprising amount of people claim he's the next Henry despite us yet to see if he's anywhere near the dribbler/playmaker he was. Even seen someone claim he's as good as Ronaldo Fenemeno was.
He's obviously a brilliant talent & probably headed for Madrid soon but I need to see more before I start making such claims. I think his numbers are heavily inflated since he's playing in the most attacking team in Europe.
Is his forename pronounced like the Irish Cillian, or is it Kyle-ian, or neither?
Been linked with Madrid today. When asked Perez replied, and I shit you not, "we don't talk about players who don't play for Real Madrid..."
Had my doubts about signing him, but now that I know Madrid wants him I hope we go all out for him.
I thought Perez said," I shit you not,we don't talk about players who don't play for Real Madrid."
Massive risk here IMO look at Martial and in my opinion from watching them both in France, Martial looked the better player. Yes I know he scored less but he wasn't in as good a team as Monaco are now. With rumours that Zlatan will move on your talking about a very young inexperienced front line at United, and asking a 19yo to lead the line (when he isn't physically the biggest player I've seen is massive pressure.
Should be Kill-ian
I'm not exaggerating but you are the first people to say that and I haven't heard anyone in France say something like that.
I watched Martial lots, as we were linked with him and thought the deal was going to go through. Just my opinion I think Martial looked better.
Two 18/19 year old saved our season last year.
It's fine, you are the only person to watch them saying that.
He's worth every penny, he's the new insert Henry/Neymar/CR7 but an actual CF into the bargain. He's better than Martial was at the same age so it's logical he'll cost more than Martial and the prices are higher today too.
I'll never understand why football fans frequently do this. Then they'll be first ones to bash them for not living up to their obscene projected expectations.
It's like the "Januzaj was better than Ronaldo at the same age" nonsense from a couple of years ago.
Agreed again. Fans and the press generate hype and then beat players up if they don't live up to something they player had nothing to do with.
Funny indeed. Always thought that posters here mostly react in the opposite way. Watch 1-2 games of a player, 50 clips on Youtube and then form the opinion which is nowhere near the player ability. Pogba is such case, people who watched Italian league regularly said that he still isn't finished product, had question marks about his ability to control the game and that it will take time for him to settle in the new role. In response they got another Youtube compilation of a player.
I am not talking about Mbappe here. Resident french posters and people who watched him more than few times seem to rate him very high.
I don't think he went under the radar at all. It's just it's more uncertain for him coming into big club (development), especially when we have uncertainty with our manager position (LVG was rumored be gone at the end of the season, but also rumor that he could save his fate by getting top 4. Giggs camp wanted him getting the job).
We never owned that on the continent or I missed something.
How dare you sir! Pistols at dawn!
That's hilarious. How much is the club worth? That price has got to be 1/3 of it lol
It's like one of those random supermarket deals. Buy 1 for £10 but if you buy the whole pack it's £7
Yet another young player with pressure heaped on him with a absolutely stupid price tag? Whilst being that good at 18 guarantees you a transfer which should pretty much secure you finally for life, it also pretty much writes your career off too. Where does an 18 signed for 80m euros go from there aside from potential failure as the bar is set so ridiculous that even the writers of Roy of the Rovers would struggle writing something to justify that price tag....
You can justify it easily, Monaco don't want to sell, rich clubs want to buy him and they will try to change the club's mind. The price has nothing to do with the player and we should never judge a player on his price.
How often does that happen though? Everyone judges players on his price cos it sells, you always see it when a lower league club plays a premier league team, they compare the prices of each team and the wages, every single time.
Talking about money is inevitable when transfers are what some people love about football.
That's an other debate, Wilson blamed the price tag when the price tag has nothing to do with our own stupidity. I understand when on a forum we ask ourselves if the money shouldn't be spent differently, that's an allocation of resources debate but it's stupid to link individual football performances with a price tag.
In an ideal world they wouldn't, but when one player performs similarly to another, yet costs 4 times as much then you're going to get fans and media comparing said players and questioning the price, it's only natural.
I see what you are saying but it doesn't change the fact that it is a simplistic and erroneous comparison. And the first mistake that people make is to for example consider that the most expensive player should be the best player in the world, some players are considered priceless and never hit the market during their prime.
I do agree with you, buying players isn't just about football anymore, marketability is a massive thing these days.
Has anyone called him a one season wonder yet? Or is that a term reserved for English players?
Why would anyone call him that in his first season in the public eye? That would indicate some severe mental limitations. Even someone like Vardy needed a second season for that to become clear.
Surely a deal similar to Martial is in the offing. Money now and more later.
That is the way to structure it for sure.
The potential sum figure can be massive - as long as chunks of it are based on milestones etc.
Thing is, unlike Martial, Mbappe has absolutely exploded on the scene. Will cost a fair whack more especially upfront and will have more suitors.
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