I'd take Sterling over Depay, just - but that is more of a style issue than quality or potential. If Sterling scores about 8 more goals a season he would be well on track towards being one of the top players in the world.
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Now? When was Depay regarded as the better player?
Helped PSV finish fourth last season with his 12 goals and 7 assists, Sterling was always going to win the golden boy award over the likes of Calum Chambers,Luke Shaw,Deufoleu etc, it is not an award that is highly competitive every year, the likes of Messi,Aguero,Pogba and Rooney have won it, the 'prestigious' award has also been won by the likes of Pato,Balotelli and Anderson - Golden boys indeed.
Besides, the golden boy award was for last season, Depay has clearly outshined Sterling this season.
Sterling last season, Depay this season.
Depay was not better than Sterling last season and liverpool finished 2nd in the EPL. Stats wise he has had a better season but Sterling is still the better player.
What? Depay really is no better than Sterling.
Oh my bad i guess 35 goals and 16 assists in 2 seasons (1 season is still ongoing) isn't impressive,because, Dutch League.
Sterling would probably score a 100 goals
Sterling would probably score a 100 goals
Yeah that's my point about the Golden Boy award as well. The likes of Messi, Aguero etc won it, doesn't say anything great about every other winner.
Nobody said it isnt impressive, everybody has mentioned that his numbers are very exceptional for that age, but sadly theres more to football than just numbers. And you could argue that Sterling would score more goals in the ED than he does in the PL.
Today he isn't. He's played as wingback to accommodate fecking Lallana FFS.
Can we just announce this already like Madrid did Danilo? I can't wait for him to join, if indeed he is actually coming to Old Trafford.
The speed of the PL will suit him mad, I think his decision making in the final third is sound, he's fast, direct, can score and assists, if we'll continue to play how we've done in the past month, he'll be a brilliant addition.
He is the better player, what are you watching?
When the people you are arguing with don't watch the Dutch league, you have no choice but to use stats, i could talk about his FK ability, crossing,finishing,long shots,passing,dribbling etc but it will probably fall on deaf ears, its kind of unfair to underrate Depay's performances last season (which earned him a call up to the WC where he scored 2 goals) when you didn't even watch him play, i mean did you even see his goal against Australia?
More WC goals than Rooney.
That being said, you would be a fool to say no to Raheem Sterling.
Read the post I quoted. It says people think Sterling > Depay "now" as if it was accepted earlier that Depay is the better player which simply isnt the case.
Sterling hasnt been very good this year while Depay has been but till the start of this season, there was no contest as to who the better player was. Sterling was superb last year.
EDIT: Must confess that I'm not a regular Eridivise watcher so havent watched as much of Depay as I have of Sterling.
Oh, okay. Yep Sterling was good last year but then so were most of the side. I still maintain Suarez made that team better than it was and thats been proven this year.
Ofcourse Saurez made them look better, so did Sturridge staying fit.
Even individually though, Sterling had a much better season than he is having now.
Sterling seems to be more special than Depay, but Depay has huge thing for him, he knows what type of player he wants to be, he knows where he wants to play and how, and this year he made the necessary changes. I can't say the same thing about Sterling, what is he exactly ?
I dont get that tbh. Depay is just as quick and skillful and looks a stronger player too. I really hope LVG signs him.
I'm Dutch, been watching Dutch league football for 25 years, but still think Sterling had a better season last season and deserved to win the golden boy. I do think however Depay deserved to be nominated too. I think the World Cup is what speaks most for Depay. Don't think the golden boy list was that weak either, players like Marquinhos, Max Meyer, Calhanoglu and Mitrovic are quite talented and have been performing well.
This season however Depay seems to have progressed while Sterling seems to have stagnated, it'll be interesting to see what happens next season, how Depay's production will translate to a better league. I think he'll probably need a year or so to adapt but will no doubt become a top player.
This season however Depay seems to have progressed while Sterling seems to have stagnated, it'll be interesting to see what happens next season, how Depay's production will translate to a better league. I think he'll probably need a year or so to adapt but will no doubt become a top player.
I said more special not better, It's like Robben-Ribery, you know what Robben is going to do but you can't stop him, when you don't know what Ribery is going to do and you won't stop him.
Impressive performance against Spain, made Carvajal look average but then again maybe he is.. Would be a great addition to the squad and most likely quite affordable.
He's probably the best right back in the world.
We should sign him.
Is depay genuinely brilliant on the ball? Or is he more about end product?
Wasnt that Moreno at Left Back highly regarded pre PL?
Hes very good on the ball too. Seems to not keep a hold of it as often as he used to these days though, but he is very good with the ball at his feet and also in tight situations.
£60m and he's ours...
RM getting Danilo in, maybe something can be done. Much rather we overspent on him, than siged Clyne if at all possible.
He's my muppet target this summer. I thought it was gonna be Reus but Depay seems more likely.
Depay would be a great signing to play in a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1. He would bring goals from the wide position, something which will be needed if we play with 1 main striker.
This guy plays for Real Madrid who are better than anyone in the epl.
It would be a no brainer if we had a chance.
Of course it can be done and probably will be but United never go public with that kind of actions... journos will be absolutely destroyed if they'll ask LVG directly about lad's future while he's still is PSV but what we already know is that Philip Cocu revealed that Memphis may leave this summer as a natural step in the career and Van Gaal has strong history with Cocu as he worked with the guy on many occasions including time in Barcelona.
My take on this is that Van Gaal has enough trusted friends in Netherlands so he can control flow of talents and have the luxury of choice who may join his side without rushing anything... it was certainly the case when we were signing Blind in about last two weeks of a window.
I'm almost sure that if he only wanted, next season United would start with half of a Dutch international team in the first squad but there may be other things like other targets, perhaps even bigger caliber like Bale, there's also need of sorting out the contracts of our remaining wingers (Nani & Young). That may be done first before final decisions who may join...
No matter what we have the best scout and Dutch football insider in a guy who works here as a manager. So far I wouldn't worry about the Dutch targets at all.
EDIT: Player like Clyne shouldn't be a problem if he really is our target. Southampton will sell just like it was in the Shaw case.
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Why buy Danilo then?
Because Real Madrid.
Arbeloa. He's 32 and has been largely shite when he played. They bought Coentrao for 25m when they had Marcelo, so it's nothing new.
We're not getting Carvajal unless we throw serious money at them, he's still got a 4 year contract so Real are in a strong position.
Transfers won't be left late this year. Last year it was difficult because van Gaal was still assessing players when the PL had already started. I'm sure alot of work is being done behind the scenes. Van Gaal was bragging about bringing in Valdes so soon, I'm sure he wants to give a similar speech next season. He loves to praise himself.
Don't worry everyone, Memphis is coming. I've never been more sure of a transfer
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I was talking about Carvajal btw, I agree about Depay, I'm not too worried about that.
Saw a clip of his peformance vs Spain.
Loved the roulette and crossfield ball, and the dogged defending against carvajal.
Loved the roulette and crossfield ball, and the dogged defending against carvajal.
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