Apparently they have ran into some kind of problem during his medical.
Lisandro Martinez | Signs for United
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I'm not sure they needed to waste space on the internet with a four minute video of a guy jostling players.
We may be “stacked” in terms of numbers but certainly not in terms of quality and reliability.
Martinez will play as LCB
We ain’t buying him for midfield, he’s made his reputation as a CB and that’s where we have bought him for. We are not stacked at CB, we have a bunch of error and injury ridden individuals that we need to start decluttering from the squad. The only question is who will play alongside Martinez at CB
It’s a cute idea but I’m sure Ajax aren’t going to get involved in something like that just to potentially save £1m quid in a sell on fee
Apparently they have ran into some kind of problem during his medical.
Haters will say this is photoshop.
Great! So, let's hope that this month we can finalise FDJ deal and maybe RWB and RW if needed. Then the transfer window is complete and next steps are offloading Telles, AWB, Jones, Bailly (if he's still crap; haven't seen the pre-season games but allegedly he was good) and Ronaldo .
Martinez will change our game a lot and might be even more vital signing than FDJ would be. Not worried about Antony, but sad that LVG sabotaged our Timber deal. This would have transformed our RB a lot, but again - Dalot has been decent during pre-season so maybe he will find his RWB skills under ETH and we'll see him and Sancho linking with each other nicely. Let's hope so.
Martinez will change our game a lot and might be even more vital signing than FDJ would be. Not worried about Antony, but sad that LVG sabotaged our Timber deal. This would have transformed our RB a lot, but again - Dalot has been decent during pre-season so maybe he will find his RWB skills under ETH and we'll see him and Sancho linking with each other nicely. Let's hope so.
Well saw some tweet Erik wanted two more (not including De Jong), so presume it's RB and RF/ST
People are laughing but I thought the same thing after initially being pissed off with us haggling over 5-10m for months to then offer 15m above asking out of the blue.
Sao Paulo has 20% sell-on clause, so it'd make sense to overpay for Martínez and get Antony on a cut-price fee.
Ajax have Berghuis, Bergwijn, Tadic, Ihattaren, Conceicao as Antony options already..
Can really see why ETH likes him so much.
I thinking jostling players is literally a part of the art of defending. There are those that read the game and never fall like Maldini, others who manoeuver strikers and use spatial awareness to win the ball. The one that comes to mind is Carles Puyol. He was not tall for a CB and yet he was brilliant against strikers of all types. Puyol had the best sliding tackle in the game for a decade and had the uncanny ability to get between the defender and the ball. If Martinez comes to within 50% of Puyol, we’d have ourselves a great defender. In my opinion, he plays a lot like Puyol did, but is so much better on the ball than Puyol.
Bet in his announcement video they give him the Tom Cruise treatment and make him wear lifts and shoot him from clever angles.
Great signing. Same height as Mascherano and he wasn’t the worst when played in defence…
It’d be funny if they gave him the hobbit treatment and used perspectives to make everything else look bigger or one of those giant beach chairs
United will be so much better playing out the back this season and in terms of their collective pressing. We've been desperate for a centre back who can step in when playing low blocks and can also help us play through the press. I don't think we will see massive improvements till the second half of the season but if we can sign De Jong alongside Martinez and Eriksen than everything changes.
I do think we will end up seeing Martinez and Varane (injuries permitting) gradually become the first choice pairing. It makes sense why Ten Hag went for Timber instead of Martinez even though the latter is currently the better player, he is far quicker and makes us less susceptible to the counter (I think especially with Maguire and Lindelof) we will be caught on the counter quite a few times this season).
For any attacking team, Maguire is a proper tactical liability, at least with other tactical burdens like Cristiano he guarantees you goals, unfortunately for Harry, so does he.
I do think we will end up seeing Martinez and Varane (injuries permitting) gradually become the first choice pairing. It makes sense why Ten Hag went for Timber instead of Martinez even though the latter is currently the better player, he is far quicker and makes us less susceptible to the counter (I think especially with Maguire and Lindelof) we will be caught on the counter quite a few times this season).
For any attacking team, Maguire is a proper tactical liability, at least with other tactical burdens like Cristiano he guarantees you goals, unfortunately for Harry, so does he.
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The resurrection of the "Argentina, Argentina" chant at games makes up for his lack of height and desire to be played out of position.
Already love him. Would be great to see him starting every game alongside Bailly/Varane (between both of them, with their injuries, hopefully we have one CB that is always fit to partner with Lisandro)
feck slow trains of Maguire and Lindelof
feck slow trains of Maguire and Lindelof
What a steal! Bargain 
What a steal! Bargain
Eh?
Superb business from the club
Daylight robbery
A steal at 55M?
Yep. Get with the times. £46m or there abouts.
I think so. He is what ETH needs irrespective of price.
Money wise? Absolutely not. He wasn’t cheap by any means
He wasn’t expensive either in todays market. Cracking deal this.
Ajax?
He’s short.
We had them over a barrel. Player was ready to throw a strop and only had eyes for us. I can only imagine we'll be dealing with them again in the near future so no need to sour relations.
They better give us a big fecking discount for Antony
United. fair price and top notch business. Our good relationship really shows through.
Compared to what we paid for Maguire, yes. Martinez is twice the player.
Guarenteed fan favourite if you ask me.
Forget about it!
Discounts have been given way too often in the past. Ajax is also overpaying themselves (Bergwijn, Brobbey and Bassey). You win some, you lose some I guess.
I think thats exactly it. We have a good relationship with Ajax rather than fall out over a few million we just bit the bullet and go him in as ETH wanted him. If ge wins us a major trophy in his time here, heck even if he helps us to top 4 this season he will have paid those extra millions back.
I skipped 115 pages and we are still banging on about this.
I'm sure everyone at the club is well aware.
Apologies. I just wanted to put it out there as I wasn’t sure it anyone had noticed.
Already is my favourite (short) player weve ever signed
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