At this point I wouldn't mind a one year loan.
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He is only interested in Saudi move anyway
Yeah when fit being the key phrase
Yeah but the saudi deal could break down if they don't meet pig's asking price, you never know.
Don't see it happening in a million years but I wonder if him and Amrabat could work
Good as a stop gap but I thought we dont do that anymore and shouldn't. Also, he's only 30 but semiretired already, not to mention he never lived a sports life, was always partying, smoking and drinking.
No thanks. A loan maybe.
He's still linked with a Saudi [Edit : Qatari actually, thanks to the following poster for pointing it out] club as of now but no advancement so far.
The talk on the street is that Luis Enrique doesn't want him, possibly (only ?) because of the deplorable lack of fitness when he clocked in for pre-season.
If PSG parts, they do need to replace him. They probably won't find one as good but that midfield need a little more depth. The three starters from yesterday are very promising but Zaïre-Emery is only 17, as good as he is already.
The talk on the street is that Luis Enrique doesn't want him, possibly (only ?) because of the deplorable lack of fitness when he clocked in for pre-season.
If PSG parts, they do need to replace him. They probably won't find one as good but that midfield need a little more depth. The three starters from yesterday are very promising but Zaïre-Emery is only 17, as good as he is already.
Apparently Qatari league side are also interested in him
Aye thank you, I crossed my wires : The latest talk is about a Qatari club indeed.
Imagine them also trying to build some sort of super pro league and start raiding Europe for more talent.
We should genuinely consider a one year loan i think, but the chances of us getting left back we probably end up not even using is higher.
A Bruno/veratti/casemiro midfield should be much more balanced than if we threw mount in there.
It should be a no brainer for us. Much like Neymar, the 30 games he plays for us will be worth it. Still a magnificent player.
His fitness is the biggest concern
Ofcourse but as a backup option, on a loan deal and to play 30 odd games, he's great. Also, I feel his injury record isn't anywhere as bad as people make it out to be. He's missed 99 games since the start of the 16/17 season. Bigger concern with him is his disciplinary record and I could totally see him spend as much time suspended as Casemiro was last year.
The talk on the street is that Luis Enrique doesn't want him, possibly (only ?) because of the deplorable lack of fitness when he clocked in for pre-season.
United fans : We'll have him.
United fans : We'll have him.
We had a certain Wayne Rooney who would show up to pre-season completely out of shape and fitness. As long as Verrati does the job in season, don't think it's that big a deal.
Jesus christ.
I doubt he would want a move to Manchester.
Don't want?
Given our desperation and apparent inability to secure the funds for Amrabat, this would have been a great loan for us. Anyway, he's off to Qatar so it hardly matters.
Would be an upgrade on Eriksen. But we would need someone faster and more physical in addition
Never understood the constant love from some for Veratti, I would steer clear at all costs.
You guys are mad, absolutely mad.
You want a unprofessional lazy ass past it has-been thrown into our league and club ?
Like, post SAF, you want the club to make the same , continual mistakes. Why ? WHY ? !
You want a unprofessional lazy ass past it has-been thrown into our league and club ?
Like, post SAF, you want the club to make the same , continual mistakes. Why ? WHY ? !
A loan move would make complete sense so that we're not burdened with him if it turns to shite and because simple there are no other players of his ball playing ability available.
This is moot conversation anyway, we're not after him and I doubt we're getting amrabat either, just gotta hope mount settles in.
Like when Liverpool loaned Arthur. Pointless.
Loved this player a few years ago was top 5 Cm in Europe at one point in his career . But this has Basti or Falco written all over it unfortunately .
Wait until people realize that more often than not Verratti would only dribble 30m from his goal, then lose the ball which would lead to a goal and cry for a foul.
If people think Eriksen is easily pushed off the ball, they’re in for a surprise with Verratti
Well he's got a combative attitude and a mouth... A little too much. The Caf would meltdown every other game he plays, that's certainly a plus in his favour
.I genuinely feel people don't watch PSG and are passing off lazy comments about the guy. I've watched a fair bit of PSG for the past two seasons and unfortunately, he'd still walk straight into our midfield. Even at his age and with his alleged fitness issues, he'd still be a far superior signing to Amrabat (who I really hope we do sign!). Calling him similar to Artur is just mental stuff when Verrati has averaged missing just 14 games for club and country across the last 7 seasons.
Verrati is quick enough and extremely combative in the tackle. A bit too much probably and he'd get 2-3 red cards a season.
I must be missing something because he's always been amazing when I've watched him play.
That said if he is unprofessional then we should steer clear as we've had too many bad apples.
That said if he is unprofessional then we should steer clear as we've had too many bad apples.
Absolutely. I feel a lot of people commenting about him being rubbish haven't watched him regularly in a while and are providing their views on the back of the 2-3 CL ties they watch in a year.
He has had six bad months and looks a bit uninterested. He is not the driven Zlatan type who will look for a new challenge late in his career.
That entire PSG team looked a bit disinterested in the second half of the season and even more so after the CL exit.
Not KM from Bondy
As for why there's so much love for him : He's a proper fuoriclasse, World Class player despite all of his flaws. He'll make you stand up your seat sometimes but moan quite a bit too.
Not the right solution for United though a pairing with Casemiro could work decently.
That kid is just a machine.
Not the right solution for United though a pairing with Casemiro could work decently.
That kid is just a machine.
He had something to play for with the top scorer race.
Not what the club would want as a first choice but if you had a choice to snap him up on loan with 3 days to go in the transfer window when you have absolutely no decent backup options in midfield, a loan deal/cut price short term deal makes a lot of sense. Of course, he's off to Qatar so none of this matters but the guy would do a quality job when not suspended.
I'm not sure he'll accept being a rotation option, mesh well with ten Hag, be motivated to come to the North of England, must be on eye watering wages and I don't think PSG would loan cheap. No objection on his football, on that alone he'd be a good fit.
Oh, I agree with on the bits you've mentioned but I'm only hoping this deal, if it had happened at all, would be on favorable terms such as on a loan or similar. In pure footballing terms, he's still more than good enough to easily fit into this United midfield and he's most definitely not Artur.
Isn't he already in Saudi, thought his friend Neymar might have sold him that project.
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