PSG and Madrid judging players isn’t a benchmark for anyone. Both of y’all will get rid of players just to get the next shiny toy. Just cause they say you aren’t part of the team doesn’t mean the player isn’t good.
Agree, we need calmness and good positioning, not more chaos in the midfield.
Who should we be looking to bring in?
This is true, but there is a severe lack of players available, capable of providing it.
I don’t think anyone here is suggesting he can be the new Scholes and dictate play but if you are looking for calmness and playing passes to keep us ticking then he is your man. Not only that when a pass isn’t available, he is actually good at dribbling to find open spaces. And just cause he slide tackles doesn’t mean he isn’t calm on the ball.
To be a good CDM, which he is, you need to have good positioning to clear the ball when defending and slide tackle. He does that. Not exactly sure what you mean by he will more chaos to our midfield?
Heh. Maybe so, but if a player is good for us we won't push him out unless there's personal/financial reasons involved. And anyways, I was actually pointing out the irony in posting a CL performance as an example of what this guy can do...when his inability to play well in CL is the reason PSG don't want him anymore. I mean, it's a fact that after that admittedly good performance in the debut against Dortmund, he was an absolute disaster in the following 4 games against Newcastle and Milan, after which Luis Enrique lost all faith in him. Which is why he's out at PSG
We tried to sign him for 200M in 2021, when he had one year left on his contract, actually. United just spent 60M on an 18 year old injured defender with a year left on his deal. Big clubs will not much care how much they have to pay for a signing they consider strategical
It was bad yerstarday too. And that's my point anyways: building your structure around a single player's skillset is stupid. You're better off trying something that doesn't hinge on one guy playing every minute of every game to work. Especially defensively
You “tried” to sign but you still didn’t. If PSG were asking for more and clearly wanted him then why didn’t you pay more? Cause there is a “right” price that every club wants to pay. Same situation here.
Because PSG didn't even reject our offer, they refused to even answer. At that point making further offers is pointless(we still tried to let them know we were ready to increase the offer anyways)
Sure
Mainoo is developing in that and Wharton is for sure the long term target. We need to address both that and the ball winning aspect, while letting Mainoo develop his playmaking. He can dictate tempo, and he already showed yesterday in the first half how he's controlling games more (the most touches and passes on the pitch). But he's still young.
The next Carrick
Who is that?
That's for the recruitment team to work out but there's more players out there than Ugarte who PSG have decided isn't good enough for them.
| Amadou Onana | Per 90 |
| Passes Attempted | 45.16 |
| Pass Completion | 84.1% |
| Progressive Passes | 4.63 |
| Progressive Carries | 0.85 |
| Successful take-ons | 0.54 |
| Progressive Passes Rec | 1.48 |
| Tackles | 3.19 |
| Interceptions | 0.90 |
| Blocks | 1.08 |
| Clearances | 1.35 |
| Aerials Won | 2.29 |
Another one!I mean surely it’s worth giving your own opinion? Or too risky?
Lets hear yours or is he the only player in world for you?
Shouldn't be getting Sander Berge at any point.
Not at all. But was just curious to hear your views as you have been quite boastful on the forum about always being right.
For me its Ederson from Atalanta.
Far more right than wrong were my actual words.
Little know it all.
Thanks
I disagree, this midfield (Bruno and Mainoo) need a pure DM as overall they are not compact enough
I don't think Onana would've sold our problems, and I think the lack of bigger teams going after him answers that question. He's okay but he's not what you want if you're aiming for the top. He'd most likely have to be replaced sooner than later. There's not a lot of good 6's out there, Berge I think could be a good short term stop gap, and I haven't watched enough of Ederson to have an opinion on him
Hopefully he doesn't do a Gerrard first game walks on the pitch, lunges into a challenge into Herrera red card and off.
