Manuel Ugarte | Romano - he’s signed | Awaiting Club announcement

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lex talionis said:
I suspect we’ll see a fair amount of rotation between Mainoo, Casemiro and Ugarte.

The more interesting question is once we’re done with this false 9 experiment where Mount fits in. He’s been praised for his pressing…does he steal a wide role off of either Rashford, who’s been horrific, or Amad?
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Probably not, he needs to improve on the ball some more or he won’t be getting selected too much if Bruno and Mainoo are fit.
 
Can imagine they are waiting for McT’s medical tomorrow in Naples to be OK. Don’t imagine there will be a problem with it and the paperwork is almost certainly prepared ready to be signed when Napoli sign off at their end. I think if we register him by close of transfer window on Friday we can include him in the squad against Pool on Sunday - subject to International Clearance and Work Permit. Is that correct?
 
George The Best said:
Can imagine they are waiting for McT’s medical tomorrow in Naples to be OK. Don’t imagine there will be a problem with it and the paperwork is almost certainly prepared ready to be signed when Napoli sign off at their end. I think if we register him by close of transfer window on Friday we can include him in the squad against Pool on Sunday - subject to International Clearance and Work Permit. Is that correct?
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Lunch time Friday.
 
Hammondo said:
Bruno isn't part of a midfield that modern top sides would use. The difference is that on one has suggested Casemiro, Mainoo, and Urgate as our midfield.
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Disagree. Tactics make a big difference. Our team always looks infinitely worse without Bruno.
 
Hammondo said:
When do we play without him? When have we bought a player to compete with him?
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VDB was meant to allow us to rotate with him even though he’s nowhere near the same quality. There different types of AM. Once Hojlund is back it will be interesting to see if ETH partners Zirkzee upfront with him or plays him behind him which would allow us to rest Bruno in certain games.
 
Red_Manc_M15 said:
He will do for me. He can like Carrick was, an underated midfield who was bascially the water carrier of them but he allowed Scholes, Ronaldo, Rooney to flourish. Just my opinion
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Feck me are you serious? Carrick was world class, if he were playing today he'd be held in the same esteem as Rodri.
 
Dan_F said:
It’s really not relevant to my point that Casemiro, Mainoo and Urgate is not a midfield that a modern top side would use. What Bruno does or doesn’t do is not really the issue being discussed.
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Casemiro isn't in a midfield any top side would use full stop. He's too old.

Mainoo, Urgate and Bruno seems to make sense but I don't know much about him so maybe that's wrong.
 
Blood Mage said:
Feck me are you serious? Carrick was world class, if he were playing today he'd be held in the same esteem as Rodri.
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Calm down, he was a really good player, but not world class and not at the level of Rodri
 
Blood Mage said:
Feck me are you serious? Carrick was world class, if he were playing today he'd be held in the same esteem as Rodri.
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Agree. Carrick was world class. I really miss him. He was the master of balancing and dictate the speed of the game.
 
Hopefully Ugarte improves our midfield massively. Think we'll still struggle to control games (as he's not type of player to help in that regard), but at least we should be more solid now. Casemiro is on a decline and getting older but having him and Ugarte as options for DM, can't complain.
 
BorisManUtd said:
Hopefully Ugarte improves our midfield massively. Think we'll still struggle to control games (as he's not type of player to help in that regard), but at least we should be more solid now. Casemiro is on a decline and getting older but having him and Ugarte as options for DM, can't complain.
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I'm hoping Bruno will be able to control games better if he has two of Mainoo, Ugarte and Mount helping him out. If he still can't then we really will need that de Jong type player.
 
glazed said:
I'm hoping Bruno will be able to control games better if he has two of Mainoo, Ugarte and Mount helping him out. If he still can't then we really will need that de Jong type player.
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Is De Jong that kind of player? De Jong is similar to Mainoo isn't he? More of a Kroos sort of player might be a better fit for that.
 
Blood Mage said:
Feck me are you serious? Carrick was world class, if he were playing today he'd be held in the same esteem as Rodri.
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That's a slight exaggeration. Carrick was a top player but lacked the consistency, steel, and aggression of Rodri. He also wasn't as much of a goal threat. People forget there were years when Carrick got a lot of criticism for being too passive with his passing as well. His form drfiniteoy went through slumps as well. I'd kill to have him available now, but let's not get carried away.
 
Blood Mage said:
Feck me are you serious? Carrick was world class, if he were playing today he'd be held in the same esteem as Rodri.
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He was excellent but there wasn't universal approval was there? Quite a few doubters on here if I recall and he did have lulls - slow starts to seasons especially.
 
How’s his match fitness? Has he played in any of the pre-season games with PSG?
 
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