He's just started following Cuadrado on Instagram 
Marcos Rojo | Manchester United Player Pending Medical
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To be fair, he looked decent at the WC. Admittedly haven't seen anything more of him. Still, given our lack of numbers, I won't be complaining.
If he becomes a United player, especially a defender, he probably will become injury prone =[
Rojo should call Di Maria now and tell him to come to us. I hear they are good mates.
I thought we're after Di Maria to play him in midfield, like he was used last season?
He's just started following Cuadrado on Instagram
Pretty content with Rojo, especially as a left back together with Shaw for the next two years. Don't know how I would feel about Cuadrado coming in, it's all very confusing.
Does this mean our interest in benatia is over?
Cuadrado would be fecking awesome as a right wing back going by the 2 YouTube clips I saw.
Not old for a CB though is it?
It is also important to move on the dead wood, getting rid of them is proving a very difficult task so this transfer ticks more than one box.
He follows all sorts on Instagram, can't look too much into it.He's just started following Cuadrado on Instagram
Although I'd like Cuadrado...
I think he would be more suited to a back 3 and been signed for that purpose but i haven't seen enough anyway.
I think we need another defender. A proper top quality central defender. Every defence needs one of those.
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To be fair his link to United first started with him following a bunch of United players on Instagram.
Who said we have shown interest?
28 caps for Argentina at the age of 24 is pretty good pedigree.
Did we ever have any?
Van Gaal needs a left footed centre back to make the system work. That's where he'll play.
If we're playing 3 at the back we need another one
Him and Januzaj would be two proper wingers too in a 4-3-3.
Still need at least another centre back. Preferably world class or thereabouts.
Maybe. Maybe not.
It could be that we always wanted two Cbs. One a left footer who can cover LB too (Vermaelen/Rojo) and the other a experienced top quality CB to be our main guy (Hummels/Benatia).
That's what I'm hoping anyway. Rojo on his own will boost our numbers but it doesn't seem like he'll boost our quality to any great extent.
feck.
Guess there's not much hope of signing William Carvalho then
Certainly not such a young player.
Was busy at work and wasn´t following the Rojo affair, is this a done deal? There´s nothing on the portuguese sport papers sites
Skysports
Is he the new Agent David?
He's going to be coached intensively over the phone by Dave. Di Maria will be a United player shortly after.
Apparently it's done.
Would you say Rojo would instantly become our best centre back if he joined? Smalling is probably our best defender at the moment.
True and there's no point in us doing things in halves either. If we're going to do it at all, go the whole hog and get an Argentinian nutter!
I can't say I've seen anything of him at all until the WC where he looked impressive and played a big part in what was a very tight defence so I'm looking forward to seeing him line out for us and seeing how he fairs out now.
I still prefer Rojo tbf, on the basis that he's at least capable of staying fit for an extended period of time. That in itself makes him a more worthwhile signing than Vermaelen, regardless of his actual quality.
More reliable than the usual twitter bollocks..Ah yes, Sky Sports. It must be true.
What a load of bollocks
Still bollocks.
Can´t say that because the Premier League is much more demanding. Smalling doesn´t impress me but i´m a fan of Johny Evans (was excellent for Northern Ireland against Portugal at our Home game), can´t say he´s better than him since Evans is already proven in your league. What i can say is that i think Rojo will become a fan favourite if Van Gaal can correct his positional errors and instill much needed discipline in his game. Before the whole refusing to train affair, Rojo was one of my favourites because he always gives everything for the team. Will be curious to see how he evolves under Van Gaal.
The best nutters to get.
Sounds like a plan C at best if not a panic buy (especially considering the fee)
I don't rate him higher than de Vrij, but he's left footed
I don't rate him higher than de Vrij, but he's left footed
Maybe, I think his versatility is a key point though. He's essentially a master of two roles.
I can't really see him, Herrera and Mata playing in a midfield three though, so I suspect that he'll be a winger. Or alternatively Mata will be shifted out wide in a possible 4-3-3. It all depends on what shape LvG want for the midfield. If Di Maria plays there it will be a more traditional shape with Herrera and Di Maria flanking an anchor (Carrick, presumably), but with Mata there it will look more like what you'd expect from the midfield 3 in a 4-2-3-1 (like the Dutch in the World Cup when they switched to 4-3-3).
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