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2015-16 Performances

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5.8 Season Average Rating
Appearances
39
Clean sheets
20
Goals
1
Assists
1
Yellow cards
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I want to errrrrrr mettermi alla prova. :lol: I love how he starts sentences in English and finishes them in Italian.
 
Great name, great hair, great facial aesthetics. :drool: Hopefully his ability on the pitch matches it too.
 
That interview is great. He comes across brilliantly despite the obvious language barrier.

Look at how genuinely happy he is to be here. He really is a right back version of Herrera. I can see him becoming a fan favourite too. His English isn't too bad either.
 
:lol: great interview. Very humble and good to see he cant wait to start training. He really seems happy and buzzing. I just love these type of signings.
 
Love it that European players just refer to us as "Manchester", no one cares about the noisy neighbours.
 
Aw, he looks so cute when he asks the translator some things in Italian, plus the 'sorry for my English' at the end, seems to be a very nice lad, Herrera/Mata-esque. Got to give it to him that he's thinking about what he wants to say though, albeit limited vocabulary pool, when he's at loss for words he tries to describe what he means.
 
Love how he apologised for his English, which is better than a few of our British players ;)

Comes across like a nice lad, agree with others that if he can bring it on the pitch I can see him as a fan favourite like Ander.
 
All I'm saying is Juan better keep an eye on Ander. Matteo can make many a man stray.
 
His English is a lot better than I thought it would be. I imagine he'll be able to speak fluently pretty quickly.
 
Fair fecks to him for trying to do an English interview at once even if he obviously struggles with the language.

Seems like a great guy by all accounts.
 
He's going to be best pals with Juan and Herrera you can just tell
 
So what can one expect of the kid? Given that he's 25, is he a late bloomer that he's coming to a big club so late compared to others? Or has he just been overlooked?

I really haven't seen him play at Torino and highlight videos on YouTube only tell you so much, so if anybody has any input, it'd be appreciated.
 
Wade3 said:
So what can one expect of the kid? Given that he's 25, is he a late bloomer that he's coming to a big club so late compared to others? Or has he just been overlooked?

I really haven't seen him play at Torino and highlight videos on YouTube only tell you so much, so if anybody has any input, it'd be appreciated.
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From a Torino Newbie named Toroforever, copied it from the locked transfer thread. Best description so far.

Gentlemen, ManUtd is my favorite English team but I am first and foremost a fan of Torino FC (aka Toro). I registered at RedCafe because I was curious of your reaction on the signing of Matteo Darmian. I watched every match he played in the last four years. I'm probably biased, but I can tell you that you'll love the guy and the player.

As a person, he's not the usual modern spoiled footballer: no tattoos , no piercings, no weird hairdos, no flashy sportcars, no slutty girlfriends. Never uttered a bad or unwise word, never showed jealousy or bad feelings towards anybody.

As a player, his growth has been impressive. He started as a central defender, then, being of normal built, he was turned into a right back (he's right foot) for a 4 defense. Torino took him 4 years ago, the team was then playing 4-2-4, then 2 years ago turned into 3-5-2 and Darmian (by the way, he's not Armenian. Possibly one of his ancestors came from Armenia some centuries ago but he's 100% Italian) was the right wing, covering the whole righr side of the pitch. Then Giampiero Ventura, Toro's coach and the man who created Darmian as an international player, moved him to the left, and Matteo didn't blink and barely noticed the difference.

Darmian is superb as a defender: it's very difficult to pass him, in the team he was nicknamed 'polipo' (octopus) because it seems he has many long legs stealing the ball from opponents. In the last 4 years he improved dramatically in the offensive phase: technically he's good but he's not a Brasilian, he can dribble, jump the defender, he's a fairly good crosser and sometimes scores. This season, among others, he scored the winning goals against Athletic Bilbao in Europa League (Toro won 3-2 at San Mames) and vs arch-rivals Juventus in Turin.

Tactically he's world class: I think he could play in virtually any position because he's an intelligent and versatile player, and he 'sees' the different situations very well. I am sure Mr. van Gaal will love his discipline and sagacity, and will make good use of it.

He is a very fit player: he has never missed a match for injury in 4 years, and being very correct he never had a red card and only a few yellows. He is playing in the national team since last year World Cup, always in the starting 11.

A number of teams were interested in signing up Darmian: Inter Milan, Napoli and Roma in Italy, Barcelona, Bayern and ManUtd abroad. ManUtd was more determined, and now he's one of yours.

All Toro's fans are sad to see him going away, but at the same time we are happy that he went to ManUtd. Another player passed from Toro to the Red Devils a few years ago: someone Denis Law, I don't know if you remember him ;-) I hope that'll prove to be a good omen.

Be good with Matteo, my friends. You will learn to love him, his stamina, his fair play, his professionalism, his low profile combined with his terrific performances. Those are the best spent €20m of the last 20 years, mark my words. All the best for your season, I'll try to watch all ManUtd matches.
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Wade3 said:
So what can one expect of the kid? Given that he's 25, is he a late bloomer that he's coming to a big club so late compared to others? Or has he just been overlooked?

I really haven't seen him play at Torino and highlight videos on YouTube only tell you so much, so if anybody has any input, it'd be appreciated.
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He's been compared to Cabrini in the past, in fact Cabrini himself praised Darmian's performances with the national team.
http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=2117500.html
 
izec said:
From a Torino Newbie named Toroforever, copied it from the locked transfer thread. Best description so far.
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Thanks. If you take the bias out of the post, we seem to have bought a rock-solid player at a position we really needed one. It'll be really important to us that he can defend well and be a stopper on the wing because we've constantly been attacked in those areas. At the same time, it sounds like he'll be a good link between our defensive and our offensive guys and should connect well with whoever is in front of him. I don't expect him to become a world-class guy based on the description, but a good solid defender for a top club.

As for the interview, he seems like a nice guy, not as confident as Memphis, but that could also partially be due to his language problems. Nonetheless, I think he'll need some time to adjust to his new surroundings and especially the new league, but once he's settled in, he'll be a versatile weapon for us.

In terms of value for the player, this could be similar to the Bernat signing for Bayern: Nothing spectacular, but somebody who fits right in and is an under-the-radar buy (despite top clubs being interested in him).
 
Wade3 said:
In terms of value for the player, this could be similar to the Bernat signing for Bayern: Nothing spectacular, but somebody who fits right in and is an under-the-radar buy (despite top clubs being interested in him).
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Obviously we have to wait and see but I predict he'll have a lot more impact than Bernat for Bayern. Genuinely think that after a season or so, he can be as influential as Ever was in his prime. BIG ask, but he seems to have his head firmly grounded and seems like the type that'll succeed with us. Just a feeling.
 
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I want to errrrrrr mettermi alla prova. :lol: I love how he starts sentences in English and finishes them in Italian.
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Mutv really is budget tv stuff. You think they might do some editing,you can hear someone knocking on the door at 5.53.

Still good interview.
 
Wish they didn't torture these players with complicated questions they aren't likely to understand. Reminds me of the infamous Ronaldo/Gary Neville interview.
 
Kill 'em all said:
I've got the same feeling people will be genuinely surprised with how good he is. He gets a lot of praise in Italy.
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Me too, similar to Herrera, who the majority didn't really know about apart from seeing him play against us twice (like Darmian did vs England).
 
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