Hmmm? Far from convinced.
world-class
adj
of or denoting someone with a skill or attribute that puts him or her in the highest class in the world
Manchester United’s out-of favor wing wizard Nani has reportedly decided his time at the Old Trafford club has come to an end. The Portuguese International has his heart set on a move to Italian Champions Juventus or a switch to new money-bags Monaco this summer.
Nani, who boasts jaw-dropping skills with the ability to tear apart any opposition on his day, has suffered from an inconsistent couple of seasons at the Manchester club and is widely expected not to feature in new manager David Moyes’ plans for the reigning Premier League Champions.
The dazzling winger joined Man United from Sporting Lisbon in the 2007 season in a big-money move, but it wasn’t until the 2010-11 season that the United fans saw the tricky winger finally come of age. The speedy winger played an integral role in helping the Red Devils to a 19th League title enroute to taking the Player of the Year accolade at the club’s Annual awards night.
However, the wide player has often showed his Jekyll and Hyde self, where his decision making in the final third often led to his teammates and fans ending up frustrated.
With Juventus and Monaco interested in signing up the wing-man and with informal talks already well underway, a deal could be thrashed out in the upcoming days. Neither side are likely to face much trouble matching United’s £8 million asking price.
Shame he's off. His most likely destination is probably Juventus
I can't believe we're going to sell Nani but keep Young & Valencia.
It makes we want to cry.
Maybe Marchisio is a target if we dont sign Strootman/Thiago.I heard that too. If he does go there, I wonder if we'll see one of theirs coming in as part of the deal.
I can't believe we're going to sell Nani but keep Young & Valencia.
It makes we want to cry.
Maybe Marchisio is a target if we dont sign Strootman/Thiago.
It's not often we win the league with one part of our team being consistently woeful. I wouldn't base one year where a player suffered multiple spells out of the team mostly due to injury to judge his importance over a 6 year period. We can thank our strikers, de Gea, Carrick and most importantly SAF for getting us to the title this season. Rafael deserves a special mention too. Of course each player made a contribution but they were the standouts for me. I doubt we can be so consistently poor on the wing and win the title again. I think you need to treat this season in isolation and not use it as basis to say one player isn't so important. We played Valencia in a majority of games where he did not do much either. Does it mean we shouldn't value his services anymore?Does seem ridiculous to think Nani would be on his way out, but then you look at his stats last year, and see how we won the league comfortably without him, and maybe not so daft.
Always had to play second fiddle on the right, as Valencia couldn't ever switch sides.
I never thought Nani was as high as world class whatsoever, great player yes, but not in Iniesta, Rooney, Drogba, Vidic, VDS,RVP, Messis class etc which are a few players who are world class.
Still though that fee is a bit of a piss take, I would have placed him around the 15-18 mark.
He is a more gifted footballer than Drogba and the last time he was fit and playing consistently he was the best winger in the league. Drogba was a mismatch few could contain him physically but he was never world class for me apart from that season with Ancelotti.
Who is VDS?
More gifted doesn't always mean better though. Luka Modric is more technically gifted than Roy Keane was but I know who I'd rather have in midfield like.
Didier Drogba was definitely world class as well, not that it really matters much. He was a brilliant forward, twat or not.
Manchester United winger Nani has failed to agree a new contract with the club, according to the Telegraph.
The 26-year-old is entering his final year in his contract with the Premier League champions, and hasn’t been able to agree a new deal with the club.
This has opened the door for both Juventus and Monaco, who have been linked with the Portuguese winger over recent months.
Nani featured in just 11 league matches this season, as he fell down the United pecking order. And after Wilfred Zaha’s loan spell at Crystal Palace expired in May, another player has come in to threaten Nani’s future at the club.
United are expected to accept any offer for the winger in the region of £8.5million, which has out priced Galatasaray, who have also tried to sign the former Sporting Lisbon speedster.
The Turkish club are reluctant to meet United’s valuation of the winger, meaning that Serie A champions Juventus and high spending Monaco are in pole position to sign him.
Nani joined Manchester United in 2007, when the Red Devils paid Sporting Lisbon £17million for the Portuguese man’s services. But now David Moyes’ new club are ready to lose Nani for just half their buying price.
Should Nani join Juventus? Or should he be another big signing for Monaco?
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Swap deals are very rare.
That surprises me, especially when you consider the outrageous prices that are being asked for some players. You'd think a player exchange would be the way to go for cash-strapped clubs.
Why are Italy in the confederations cup? Runners up price because Spain won both World cup and Euros?
I wasn't thinking of either. It was just a general statement on swap deals.Out of United & Juventus, which one is cash strapped?
His is an interesting situation. I think he's a very good player, but not at the level the likes of Hectic & Cina see him as being at. With a year left on his deal and at a stage when he should be approaching his peak, If the clubs mentioned so far are accurate, it's probably fair to say none of the world's top clubs are in for him, which begs the question 'why not?' How often do you see so many top clubs turn down a genuinely world class player who would probably cost less than £10m?
His is an interesting situation. I think he's a very good player, but not at the level the likes of Hectic & Cina see him as being at. With a year left on his deal and at a stage when he should be approaching his peak, If the clubs mentioned so far are accurate, it's probably fair to say none of the world's top clubs are in for him, which begs the question 'why not?' How often do you see so many top clubs turn down a genuinely world class player who would probably cost less than £10m?
Good player? There's a reason Hectic and Cena rate him highly. Nani is a great player and was consistent in 10/11 and 11/12. Last season shouldn't be used as a barometer for judging his overall ability. When he got a run of games (Reading, Fulham, QPR, Real Madrid, Chelsea, etc.), he produced some very good displays. He's a great player, but he was inconsistent last season, and I'd blame contract talks and his weak mentality for the performances we witnessed in the first half of the season.
