I'm not overly excited about this transfer, but I can maybe understand it in the short term. My problem is not that the player is finished, is who will create chances for him. Right now we could put Aguero up front for us and he'd struggle. We've a big problem with creativity from our midfield and that includes when Pogba plays.
Mario Mandžukić
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That's what people say about Lingard too and we saw how that turned out.
Just kidding though. That guy makes sense. For one and a half year you can't go wrong with him imo.
What’s happened there, has he even played for Madrid yet?
Surely this would be a free transfer with Juve paying some of his wages. He’s 33, best days are gone, hasn’t played a minute all season, he’s desperate to go and their desperate to get rid.
Free transfer and 18 month deal on pretty low wages is only way this deal should happen.
Free transfer and 18 month deal on pretty low wages is only way this deal should happen.
We have Rashford, James and Martial for the left side...so theres no need for another LW player, specially Mandzukic who is more of a "defensive striker". Regarding moving Rashford it has been done several times and it doesnt work at all, James has been tried two times on the right if I recall correctly and he works way better on the left.
Old players decline fast and heavily. Look at Matic, Valencia, Vidic, Schweinsteiger for example they all fell from a cliff and once they where done they were pretty much useless. I just dont see how signing a 33-34 year old striker from serie A is a good idea specially Mandzukic who hasnt been no where near a special player.
Not all old players decline fast and heavily.
Mandzukic since to have done that unfortunately which is normal for a player whose style is built around passion and work rate. That's style is pretty taxing on the body.
Yeah we won't agree on that one definitely.
He is the right type of player (unlike Rakitic for example) for this league and he would surley fit the team in posseisson and without it. He would probably influence the young guys up front positivley as a professional and someone to look up too. He's won it all with Bayern and was great for Juventus too. He's seen it all on international level as well so if we are not breaking the bank for him we should definetly sign. That being said he is obviously a short term fix and someone to fill the squad with some quality while we are looking to sign more young players in the summer.
For 9million we will get a player who will get us out of this rut. He will maybe not break records in the scoring department but he will help others by holding up play and creating chances for them. He is very good at this and is a big strong presence. what we are missing up front.
Chelsea tried something like this last year and he was a complete flop.
sure mate, you will also have a signed postcard of him with paratici smiling from behind
sure mate, you will also have a signed postcard of him with paratici smiling from behind
If they wont let him got for free they can keep paying his wages for 18 months. Utd shouldn’t be paying a fee for him, he has no transfer value in current circumstances.
Loan deal I understand but to buy him would be utterly stupid.
agree with others mentioning this should be a loan, it once again shows how inept we are in the transfer market when Chelsea were able to get Juve's 70 million pound striker on loan but we can't negotiate getting juve's deadwood striker on loan, it's a joke.
Martial will play up front, James can play right sided and Rashford should be benched
Bring Mario to United please. Hvala.
I would take Zlatan over him anytime,maybe he is a bit rusty now,but he have this being in right płace at right time trait, that make him such a profilic goalscorer.
Zlatan is one of the reasons we finished 6th. He was finished years ago and now he is hardly mls level
Pogba for Jovic + £100m I'll drive him to the airport myself.
To bi bilo zakon!
The bid is £9m from Woodward going once going twice sold.
So our best option to sort the right wing somehow is buying a 33 year old striker and move 2 players out of position...still doesnt look like a great idea, maybe we can buy a right winger instead? I know it sounds crazy but hey its just an option...
At least 2 years too late.
I honestly can’t believe some folk want this transfer. We really have become desperate and reaching the bottom quickly.
He will want pretty big wages and at least a 2 year contract. No way he comes for a smaller contract.
What will he give us? 5, 10 league goals if he starts when Martial doesn’t? Sounds like the biggest transfers feck up since Sanchez.
Surely, surely, surely, there is a mobile and reliable goal threat we can bring in in January that will be a better option than this guy.
That said, come Sunday evening, the club will be so desperate to save face Woodward will buy anyone. What a mess.
He will want pretty big wages and at least a 2 year contract. No way he comes for a smaller contract.
What will he give us? 5, 10 league goals if he starts when Martial doesn’t? Sounds like the biggest transfers feck up since Sanchez.
Surely, surely, surely, there is a mobile and reliable goal threat we can bring in in January that will be a better option than this guy.
That said, come Sunday evening, the club will be so desperate to save face Woodward will buy anyone. What a mess.
What's the point in signing Mandzukic? He thrives off quality delivery. We've got two of the poorest attacking fullbacks known to man and a crap midfield that doesn't create anything unless Pogba is a) playing and b) up for it.
He'd struggle badly for us. We just don't have the players to suit him.
He'd struggle badly for us. We just don't have the players to suit him.
This is exactly our transfer policy recently unfortunately
Couldn't get excited in the summer for this, can't now. I think if he's our striker signing in January it has all the chances of it backfiring and us just having another human paper weight needing to be shifted come next summer.
If he’s the answer why did we offload the big fella shortly after Ole arrived? We got what 8 million for him?
If Jovic is available then that sounds tempting. Although if Zidane doesn't make it to summer he might get a better chance there.
Mainly because he wanted to leave and go play in China. He also wasn’t a striker and averaged 2 Premier League goals per season with us so probably not the answer.
Mandzukic has never been very prolific, now his best days are gone and he’ll be expected to score goals in a team that doesn’t create chances.
I really don’t see the point in signings like him or Rakitic. By time they adjust to league (if they ever do) the short term benefit of signing them has gone and it’s more overpaid players with contracts that are too long.
Don’t understand why we didn’t sign Ben Yedder in the summer. How much did he move for?
About £25m
Weird we didn't go for him.
Not a fan of this signing, just reeks of another player on a huge contract that we can't shift on our books. We've had enough of them for a lifetime. He hasn't played a game this season, so he'll be nowhere near match fit.
Haller on the other hand.....
Because we have hired someone as the manager who is just as clueless, if not worse, as Ed Woodward. 90% of the forum could have told you this squad needs more attacking options/strikers in the summer. Going for one in January only tells you how badly run we are, completely all over the place. It is like nobody cares about transfers, trophies and squad management, earning money and making financial gains is their only goal, including the manager who lives in La La land.
I won't be surprised if Ole is fired before January and he is replaced by Allegri. In that case the rumours surrounding Mandzukic and Can would make sense. Honestly I still disagree with such signings. It's the same old same old within the lines of Bastian, fellaini and Matic
So we have the most scouts of any club in the world, analyzing hundreds of thousands of players using this giant super computer, wearing bras on their heads.
And out of the smoke walks in Mario Mandzukic?
And out of the smoke walks in Mario Mandzukic?