Last sentence is pretty interesting and will hopefully not be forgotten when people start baseless claims of the manager not being backed somewhere down the line
Lisandro Martinez | Signs for United
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Last sentence is pretty interesting and will hopefully not be forgotten when people start baseless claims of the manager not being backed somewhere down the line
Guess they will make a short video for the announcement after his medicals.
Or microscopes.
Hope they go all Ant Man for his reveal video
Interesting that ETH was adamant to sign Martinez over Torres who is cheaper and taller.
Never been a big fan despite the links over thr last 2 years. Martinez seems a better fit to provide a lot of what the backline has been lacking
21 will be reserved for Frenkie
Defenders with his aggression and tenacity come in short supply. There'll be hell to pay for any PL attackers that think too little of him this season. It's just a shame we had to pay a small fortune for him but there's only a tiny chance he'll flop.
Fair enough, I love Martinez though. We should have probably signed Torres over Varane last year.
I believe he will fast become a fan favourite.
Is there a chance he plays in midfield?
He's primarily going to be our first choice LCB. Whether he gets drafted into a different position for the odd game, who knows?
If this is indeed the case, it just shows that EtH wants his defenders to be very aggressive and technical on the ball. This signing will also force DDG to play in a different more proactive style. Very interesting to seee who is oing to partner him. If Bailly manages to stay fit, Maguie could find himself on the bench pretty often.
Ajax is stock listed. These kind of transfers are usually announced on business days. Hence no announcement before monday if you ask me.
Yes my vision get blurry when hungry mate, think i need some shortcake.
Given Martniez’s height, he’ll partner Maguire or Varane to deal with crosses. Lindelof and Bailly are both better defenders than Maguire but both are useless in the air.
He was about to get a bumper pay rise once two clubs in the PL were vying for him, he'd also go to the club where his services were most valued, so his wage isn't outrageous, all things considered.
If lowballed, he'd probably fancy his chances on a big move after the upcoming season, particularly if he shines at the World Cup.
This deal was announced on Aug 22, it was Sunday.
https://www.ajax.nl/artikelen/ajax-en-fc-kopenhagen-bereiken-akkoord-over-mohamed-daramy/
Kids who haven’t even made a first team appearance in other teams are getting like 50k a week. 100k for a 24yr old international sounds like a very good deal to be honest.
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First Carrick yesterday now this. We need to talk about vaccine side effects
You already lookig for ways to turn on the manager?
Not at all. Just struggling with people demanding full backing of the manager and at the same time screaming for a DoF. We did was we always do, get the managers the players he wanted (or at least we're trying)
Taking into account Maguire's shortcomings, I doubt that the gaffer will risk playing Martinez+ Maguire combo. It will probably be Varane, as you mentioned.
Tell you what, that James Webb telescope would be handy
Bailly will get injured checking in at the airport for the flight home.
Depends what we mean by backing/supporting the manager really.
I don't think there's any question that we're at least trying to get the manager his preferred targets. But we should also be supporting him with a top level scouting system he can trust.
A comparison being Klopp at Liverpool, who wanted a different player for RW before being rightly pursuaded by the scouting team that Salah was a better target. Do we have a system that would be capable of doing the same?
If this summer's buys don't go well then some blame should obviously be apportioned to the manager as these are clearly his preferred targets. But he could also reasonably argue that given he walked into a club with a much-criticised recruitment history who had just discarded their two most senior scouts weeks before the season ended, he had good reason not to to trust the recommendations they left behind.
I very much believe in the DOF set-up but when that DOF is obviously in the middle of restructuring the recruitment side of the club I think it's reasonable for the manager to have more say in transfers.
Varane will never be fit, and the rare occasion he is he’ll be poor. Again.
Maguire it’ll be.
As a preferred option, probably. But if Varane's fitness issues continue Maguire may end up being Martinez' de facto main partner.
Martínez against Brighton
Torres also despite being taller is worse than martinez in the air
I agree with you but the problem is that Varane often gets injured. So when he's out, the manager will have to choose between Maguire and Lindelof to partner Martinez, even though I agree that Varane is better than both.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s cottoned onto Varane being shite when fit, something that’s conveniently ignored by the majority of our fans.
I agree with ETHs choice of going for Martinez over Torres, Torres just seems so passive to me.
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Indeed. I do like his ability on the ball but i have my doubts over him fitting into our backline.
Give it Christian or Lisandro because they actually wanted to join this club not snub it
I don't know much about Martinez but i'm happy with this for two reasons.
1. I trust ETH over our 'recruitment department'.
2. He's a naturally left sided player, unlike all our other centre backs.
1. I trust ETH over our 'recruitment department'.
2. He's a naturally left sided player, unlike all our other centre backs.
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