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Reports that this is nearly done? £6.2m per year, till 2022.
Sure, in that case you need runners from midfield or a number 10 who can go beyond the target man and score goals. Similar to Lampard at Chelsea. We have, ermm let me think. Yes exactly
33 years old. Hasnt scored more than 10 league goals in the past 4 years
Reports that this is nearly done? £6.2m per year, till 2022.
Really not a fan of the Mandzukic addition, we'll be wasting minutes on a past his best player when we could be playing Greenwood.
Agree with you posy especially the point in bold as I was thinking something similar myself. He will be good for the younger players to look up. He will show them what's it like to put in effort for the team. Played for some of the biggest teams. Big game mentality scored in 2 Champions League finals. Can score a spectacular goal like the overhead kick in 2017 Champions League final and I think his never give up attitude will help us by him harrying the goal keeper like the goal he scored in the World Cup final.Mandzukic is a winner. A nasty kind of guy at times. All these things which are missing in our dressing room. He would be a similar signing to us as when we signed Zlatan.
It will be 2021 with an option to go to 2022 I bet.
Isn't Pogba that number 10?Sure, in that case you need runners from midfield or a number 10 who can go beyond the target man and score goals. Similar to Lampard at Chelsea. We have, ermm let me think. Yes exactly
Agree with you posy especially the point in bold as I was thinking something similar myself. He will be good for the younger players to look up. He will show them what's it like to put in effort for the team. Played for some of the biggest teams. Big game mentality scored in 2 Champions League finals. Can score a spectacular goal like the overhead kick in 2017 Champions League final and I think his never give up attitude will help us by him harrying the goal keeper like the goal he scored in the World Cup final.
Not similar players at all. Lazy assumption.Really not a fan of the Mandzukic addition, we'll be wasting minutes on a past his best player when we could be playing Greenwood.
I really hope this transfer doesn't happen. Mandzukic is an animal, absolutely lacks any class you'd expect from a United player! Elbowing someone in the face, then faking an injury two minutes later. If he's our ticket to Dybala then so be it, but otherwise we need to reject him. He's worse than Diego Costa, also older and barely scores.
Isn't Pogba that number 10?
Exactly. He should be that.Currently no, but he is that runner from midfield.
Reports that this is nearly done? £6.2m per year, till 2022.
Doesnt really get on the end of things though does he. Im staying out of this one. People comparing him to Zlatan. Zlatan was a nasty big feck who scored goals. Mandzukic is just a nasty big feck. We have no wingers who can cross a ball. If we give him a 3 year contract he will be 36.Currently no, but he is that runner from midfield.
Don't have a strong opinion on whether he'd be good for our us in the short term, but handing a contract till the age of 36 to a forward whose best attributes are tenacity and energy when out of possession sounds like a recipe for medium term bloat. In two and half years we'd still have Sanchez (33), Mata (34) and this guy (36) taking up three of the forward slots in our squad.
And if we give him a 2 year contract he'll be 35.Doesnt really get on the end of things though does he. Im staying out of this one. People comparing him to Zlatan. Zlatan was a nasty big feck who scored goals. Mandzukic is just a nasty big feck. We have no wingers who can cross a ball. If we give him a 3 year contract he will be 36.
Ye, crapAnd if we give him a 2 year contract he'll be 35.
Mata won't stay beyond this contract he has now.Don't have a strong opinion on whether he'd be good for our us in the short term, but handing a contract till the age of 36 to a forward whose best attributes are tenacity and energy when out of possession sounds like a recipe for medium term bloat. In two and half years we'd still have Sanchez (33), Mata (33) and this guy (35) taking up three of the forward slots in our squad.
Exactly. He should be that.
Doesnt really get on the end of things though does he. Im staying out of this one. People comparing him to Zlatan. Zlatan was a nasty big feck who scored goals. Mandzukic is just a nasty big feck. We have no wingers who can cross a ball. If we give him a 3 year contract he will be 36.
I would prefer we sign someone who can scrore goals. Vardy would be betterFor a CM, he most definitely get on the end of things. But I can clearly see that you are just trying to justify your dislike of Mandzukic.
I would prefer we sign someone who can scrore goals. Vardy would be better
I think you might be missing the point of this signing. It won't be just for his on field attributes but also his off field too. He's worked with Dybala already so they would both help each other to bed in.
There is no point to Vardy when we already have a starter playing the same role and the price of Vardy would be stupid.
Vardy isn't even an option so it's pointless to mention him anyway.
He has a goal rate of 1 goal nearly every 2 games through out his whole career, 1 goal every 187 minutes. Quite a decent record. And even last season he had a goal every 224 minutes.I would prefer we sign someone who can scrore goals. Vardy would be better