There's a lot of top quality players they have wanted to sign in the last couple of years. They haven't actually signed any of them.
Marco Reus
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There's a lot of top quality players they have wanted to sign in the last couple of years. They haven't actually signed any of them.
I would love to have him, but i'm also a bit afraid that he is too injury prone. Not quite sure he wants to leave Dortmund either, seems to like it there.
I admire his loyalty but I'd lose my mind if we got him. What a player.
True, but its only Liverpool that's being linked to him at the moment. It's most likely rubbish but it'd be nice for us to have apparent interest in him too.
Liverpool stand zero chance. Zero.
Reminds of that post on Blue Moon about how they are being rumoured to be after better players than us.
Dortmund to Liverpool is a downgrade. They have got no chance of signing him.
If Di Maria goes then let's just get this sorted.
Fantastic player
Looks made for the pl and like Mata, depay and adnan he could operate wide or as a no 10
Fantastic player
Looks made for the pl and like Mata, depay and adnan he could operate wide or as a no 10
putting the name Reus next to Liverpool in a transfer...
Is he even that good anymore ? I've been watching several Dortmund in the past few months and really he has been underwhelming (just like his entire team).
He had a very average season by his standards last year, but so did the entire Dortmund squad to be fair. If we rule last season out as a blip, then Reus's stats from the three seasons before that equal 130 games, 63 goals, 53 assists. That's pretty impressive. In that same period (writing ADM's season with us off as well) di Maria played 136 games managing 27 goals and 61 assists. Stats don't tell you everything, but Reus's record is far superior.
He only played about 20 games last season, didn't he?
If he can be got for the di Maria cash, we should. He's 26 years old, CL proven can play across the front 3
I think it's less of a risk signing northern europeans than latinos, he's unlikely to cry if it rains.
Get it done Louis.
I think it's less of a risk signing northern europeans than latinos, he's unlikely to cry if it rains.
Get it done Louis.
Have we even been linked with him? All rumours and transfer gossip has pointed to Madrid?
Yes but he had a bad ankle injury, then just after recovering had it re injured before the World Cup with a bad tackle.
Early days yet obviously but he seems to have recovered fine, still got great pace and hasn't lost any agility.
Is they're any way we could start this rumour off to get it going....Redcaf power.
Pretty sure we use to do this in the Fergie days.
So angry we would never buy anyone we wanted that we would somehow force some speculation.
Which would result in what exactly? Some muppet dreams?
These "links" from Liverpool´s side are nothing but English paper talk, which make so little sense that they not even prompt a response from the German counterpart. Same with some one month old Spanish online article, btw. The tabloids starve for such information in the Summer break and would jump on every opportunity to make a juicy sensationalist head line, if there would be any truth in it.
I think that there is a pretty simple rule regarding International transfers. If there is any hope of a transfer happening, informations will surface from both sides/countries. The problem in the causa Reus? There has been absolute radio silence in terms of a Reus transfer this Summer in the German press. This also makes sense, because even the most sensationalist papers have understood that way too many things would not add up here. Beginning from Reus erasing his release clause in the first place over his reasoning for doing so, Dortmund´s history of selling top players with long contracts to Puma´s (his biggest personal sponsor and one of Dortmund´s major sponsors and shareholder) involvement in his contract renewal and salary.
Sigh. Way to crush our dreams Sphaero.
Well, see it from the bright side. He won´t play for Liverpool either
.Fun fact is actually that if I had to choose the EPL club with the highest probability (still extremely unlikely, though), it would be neiher United nor Liverpool. It would be Arsenal. Why? Because they are a Puma sponsored club, probably the one with the highest reach, eventhough the connection with Dortmund is undoubtly tighter. This would be the one destination, where Puma could save at least some face after letting it known that they pay Reus 2 Mil. € per year extra to motivate him to stay in Dortmund.
And, no, before anyone starts. This ain´t happening either.
I hope Reus will stay at Dortmund in any case. Good for the league and I'm interested to see what Tuchel can achieve there. Would definitely be more of a waste to see him play for Real in my opinion.
The more I think about which top pacey players are actually available on the market this summer and could fit into LVG philosophy and be marketable .. the more I believe Reus is one of the real possibilities out there.
Surely he'd be easier to get than say Bale/Muller. I understand the Puma thing, but I don't think when it comes down to it sponsors always get it their way.
Surely he'd be easier to get than say Bale/Muller. I understand the Puma thing, but I don't think when it comes down to it sponsors always get it their way.
Reus is not leaving.
And no - I am no Dortmund fan so I am not that romantic to believe that he stays because of the club - but because he has the package that matches to him best there. I do not see him enjoying to go abroad, having to learn a new language, integrate in another surrounding and finding new friends etc. - he is simply not the type for it. And - he has in Dortmund everything he needs and is the top earner.
And no - I am no Dortmund fan so I am not that romantic to believe that he stays because of the club - but because he has the package that matches to him best there. I do not see him enjoying to go abroad, having to learn a new language, integrate in another surrounding and finding new friends etc. - he is simply not the type for it. And - he has in Dortmund everything he needs and is the top earner.
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A £60m bid to BVB may change that.
You have to convince the player - not the club. He has a contract there. It is no slave trade...
To be honest, given the criteria of Galactico, Philosophy, Marketability, Fast, Creative, Somewhat Realistic, I'd say Reus is the only option.
Muller will not be allowed to leave by Bayern, and, by all accounts, Benitez is looking to build the team around Bale, pretty much striking him off the list.
I like Griezmann a lot, but he's not creative.
Crazy how dry the market is in terms of forwards.
If we want him that bad, just keep throwing £££ at him, his agent and BVB and lets see whose head gets turned first.
My issue with Griezmann is that he lacks 1 v 1 pace, he's another Mata type but not as bad. He's an intricatelink player and can get goals but I see him as an arsenal type player not United.
We need players who can grab game by scruff of the neck and take us to that next level, Reus has that in him.. Greizmann no.. I see him more as a luxury player not a key component who can take it upon himself to transform the competitiveness of a side.
Triple his salary?
How do you know what he wants? I was looking at his twitter earlier and most of his tweets are in English, so it's fair to say that, like most of the young Germans, speaks at least basic English.
I don't know why he signed a new contract and got rid of his clause, but by putting it there in the first place it shows that he had/has ambitions to play for a bigger club.
Also on personal level he might be pleased in Dortmund, but surely on a professional level he realizes that he outgrown his club and he should make the step forward? His popularity will go through the roof if he signs for a club like Madrid or United and that will not only translate to much more money, but also in a much higher recognition from a professional point of view.
It worked with Schneiderlin - I'm sure the thread was well underway before any real links
@Sphaero stop crushing muppet dreams with your logic
If he would have the ambitions he would not play for Dortmund anymore...
He had all the chances to cash in because of the clause.
If the clause was made like the one of Götze (and the contract was made at about the same time from the same agency with the same club...) he would have gotten 10 per cent of the clause + could have cashed in with the new club because of the low transfer sum. And the new wage would have not been lower.
I do not know why the situation should have changed in the recent months...
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But Draxler is available as Schalke has said no to the offer of Juve - too low.
He had all the chances to cash in because of the clause.
If the clause was made like the one of Götze (and the contract was made at about the same time from the same agency with the same club...) he would have gotten 10 per cent of the clause + could have cashed in with the new club because of the low transfer sum. And the new wage would have not been lower.
I do not know why the situation should have changed in the recent months...
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But Draxler is available as Schalke has said no to the offer of Juve - too low.
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Let's get on it.... who can make a fake ITK twitter account!
This is the way to do it.
Hope we sign him just so that we can make cocky @Sphaero pipe down.
Cocky or just more knowledgeable on the subject.
I guess for around 80m, Dortmund might consider. But will United take the risk after ADM debacle?
I very much doubt it. I think we're probably done with big transfers now. Once bitten twice shy and all that.
I disagree. I think we would pay it for a Bale in a second.
This one - maybe not. More risk.
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