Marco Verratti… | signs for Al-Arabi
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Another one of to Saudi. Ridiculous.
We won’t get him. Can’t compete with Saudi wages.
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Go for him. He is better at passing and holding the ball than anyone we have got.
Good lord yes, if possible.
Would he a pretty stupid signing considering he can’t stay fit
Got lord, no, your post is from 2018. He is past his best, fitness issues and mental issues to stay motivated the whole season. Every PSG fan I know wants to send him off to Saudi Arabia.
No thanks. Another 30 year old on high wages.
Always liked the look of him as a Scholesy replacement back in the day...
Used to be so good, not followed lately, who would he replace?
If the fee is low, we should be in for him. Not surprised Bayern would take him too.
Martial.
Bayern are likely not interested.
Martial and Bailly in the treatment room maybe?
I‘m happy the Saudis are targeting crocks, gives me hope we can send a few their way.
Way I understood he played DM /DLP pirlostyle, still need protection in front.
this checks outYet better than anything we have in a first phase midfielder. I'm not saying he's anywhere near the player he was, but if we're happy with Amrabat, you've surely got to be happy with Verratti.
No thanks
Always injured
Always injured
Such a transfer would manifest us firmly as European Elephant graveyard #1
Casemiro
Varane
CR7
Cavani
Veratti
Casemiro
Varane
CR7
Cavani
Veratti
If there's ever a move that shows we haven't learned from our past mistakes, this is it.
Bringing in a player who had all but checked out of playing at the highest level in favour of riches from Saudi, and expecting him to bring in the needed quality/mentality to improve us?
Melodramatic, but if there's even a sniff of this being true then it'll confirm we're going absolutely no-where with Ten Hag/Murtough at the helm
£450 million spent, are you telling me Ten Hag's revered possession play is so reliant on one single player (De Jong) that failure to get him means we have to completely abandon it in favour of a more counter attacking style of play? With all the resources at the club, there's a not a single player they've been able to identify in the whole of Europe that can help us to recycle and hold possession? Maybe also a DM that doesn't look like he's running through treacle?
The club is a mess from top to bottom.
Bringing in a player who had all but checked out of playing at the highest level in favour of riches from Saudi, and expecting him to bring in the needed quality/mentality to improve us?
Melodramatic, but if there's even a sniff of this being true then it'll confirm we're going absolutely no-where with Ten Hag/Murtough at the helm
£450 million spent, are you telling me Ten Hag's revered possession play is so reliant on one single player (De Jong) that failure to get him means we have to completely abandon it in favour of a more counter attacking style of play? With all the resources at the club, there's a not a single player they've been able to identify in the whole of Europe that can help us to recycle and hold possession? Maybe also a DM that doesn't look like he's running through treacle?
The club is a mess from top to bottom.
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As useful as Thiago at Liverpool. Get Onana and Amrabat, stop messing around.
If it’s not Tchouameni or Kimmich. I don’t want these big names.
If it’s not Tchouameni or Kimmich. I don’t want these big names.
Veratti would be too lightweight to partner casemiro.
I love him truly but he would be on titanic wages, has dodgy availability, not the greatest discipline on pitch and he's getting older. Doesn't really help with "physicality" much either though not shy for his size.
Magnificent player but not the right choice for United.
Magnificent player but not the right choice for United.
He's absolutely done. This is the kind of transfer the club should absolutely stop making.
I really rate him as a player but he's injury prone, not a long term solution with a questionable motivation. Getting him alongside a younger CM (not Mount) and I would understand a move but if we actually did get him, it just looks like poor planning. It would be two summers in a row where we've realised after the season has started that we're short or lacking quality in key positions.
Always my muppets dream of a midfield signing but sadly that was 3-4 years ago. These days he’s seemingly out for large parts of the season due to injury, possibly a little bit of a question mark over his attitude/professionalism (maybe I’m wrong on that count). He’s getting older and he’s on high wages.
But yeah, supreme midfielder when he’s in form/on top of things.
I'm not sure it does look like poor planning, when we've been targeting Amrabaat for the window, last season we went all out for De Jong. They're all the same profile. The focus on Mount is probably where it looks like poor planning.
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Yes he can do that
Should have been in a proper league years ago but hes too old and too injury prone now.
Anyway his career choices and big game performances suggest hes got no intention of going anywhere that might be a challenge for him.
Anyway his career choices and big game performances suggest hes got no intention of going anywhere that might be a challenge for him.
Feel like the Premier League would be way too much for him at this stage.
Pierre Emil Højbjerg seems to be allowed to leave Tottenham. He would be a great add to the team. He delivers a 100% effort, and he blocks the midfield. If you look at the statistics he's the midfielder who win most balls, runs a lot, making safe passes and he's a winner. He and Casemiro can handle the midfield against top teams, and when we are in a good situation he can be subbed with Mount and Eriksen for a more attacking style. He can also sub for Casemiro - no one can play every game right... except Pierre Emil Højbjerg, look at how many games he has played for Tottenham the last couple of years. There's a reason why he was such a high priority for Mourinho and that Conte used him in every game.
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Also will mean a more efficient use of ø on RedCafe.
Hoejbjerg is a Bundesliga player and from Bayern. That should scare you.
He was!! Diego Simeone at Atletico Madrid wants him. I'd say we get him first :-DHoejbjerg is a Bundesliga player and from Bayern. That should scare you.
No. I mean, I get the DM urgency, but we'd get so irate every week over his deeply average use of the ball. There are miles better players at passing and driving with the ball who still have tackling ability and decent positioning and aren't an aging Cas or blundering Scott.
Unfortunately, as soon as he is on a United contract, his drive will be gone. Mid table teams players are motivated to urn a top level contract
We should absolutely get Verratti, at the very least on loan if possible. We have an entire midfield without any actual footballers in it. We except Eriksen, who is just alright. The market is not full of obvious options, especially considering budgetary constraints, so Verratti on the cheap is a risk well worth taking if we hope to have a football team that has any idea how to play football.
If we need a footballer we should stay clear of Verratti.
He’s everything but a professionnal footballer. He’ll only add to our long list of unfit players with bad defending habits. He’ll get yellow cards every games - the games where he’ll be fit to play I mean.
It would only be a good news for night club owners in Manchester
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