Damn right. I remember two players arriving in January who were described by Fergie as 'not the main targets'.
Evra and Vidic.
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Damn right. I remember two players arriving in January who were described by Fergie as 'not the main targets'.
Evra and Vidic.
I would be very happy with this transfer if it were to happen. A player I like a lot, and I think he would add to our midfield options very well. However I'm suspicious this is something leaked by his agent in order to speed up his transfer to Arsenal or somewhere else. We've never been said to be interested before.
He was the pivot for all Spurs play, and in that West Ham team his quality was obvious. There was no way he was going to come to United and take over from Scholes, that would make sense on no level. When Scholes left he stood up. Carrick's football ability was never in question, for me he lacks a bit of belief, if he was cockier, he'd be better.
Well it has to start somewhere and hopefully this is it. It makes too much sense.. so you're probably right and we're not interested at all.
Yes I concur. It becomes pointless to fantasize. I don't see too many gettable world beating talents out there.
True, but we'll have to wait and see if there are more concrete links to him coming soon. Here's hoping.Well it has to start somewhere and hopefully this is it. It makes too much sense.. so you're probably right and we're not interested at all.
Who here has watched him play for over 10 games?
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Don't think Carrick was that good in West Ham to be honest. From the little I've seen he didn't have that composure yet at the time. It was his time at Spurs that he really grows into the role of main playmaker. I also think that playing with Scholes elevated his game even more. In many ways, Carrick development was a perfect trajectory: coming from West Ham to Spurs enable him the move to a bigger club but with less pressure to hone his skills. When he's ready to make the jump, he played along side one of the best midfielder in the world, which took a bit of the pressure off him. So he's able to slowly to improve even more on a bigger platform. When Scholes called it a day, he's ready to take over and be the main guy in midfield.
Ok, it's odd that the things I seen at the time which weren't there, turned out to be there later. I had no idea about my prescience.
Me.
Me. Watched since he joined Southampton. Developed steadily and excellently.
If he played for a team in Spain, everyone would be raving about him on here. Don't get the negativity of some on here regarding him as he is an excellent player, who would instantly upgrade our central midfield.
£25M is sweet FA in this day for a player of his quality. Yes, we could maybe get cheaper on the continent but then you have to consider time to adapt, language, settling in etc.
I hope he comes but I fear this is just another Twitter made up story.
£25M is sweet FA in this day for a player of his quality. Yes, we could maybe get cheaper on the continent but then you have to consider time to adapt, language, settling in etc.
I hope he comes but I fear this is just another Twitter made up story.
Agree, I just didn't want to complicate my point by dropping Herrera from the second line up.
Just accept that he will always be under naked historical revisionism, nothing can be done
I get your point, but Herrera has a good number of goals and assists especially since he hasn't been playing in an advanced position.
As much as i like Herrera i do think a carrick schneiderlin Mata 3 would work better.
I'm with moses on this one. He was always incredibly composed, even as a teenager, which made him an outstanding prospect from the moment he broke into the West Ham side.
This would be a fantastic signing if it goes through. He's a proper midfield general.
Fellaini was the player who ran most during the world cup, which was also the last time I checked those types of stats. I'm sure his numbers this season are excellent, he runs up and down the pitch all the time.So bascially LVG wants a poacher type striker but he got rid of our best poacher in Hernandez. Yeah, that does make sense. Not to mention the statement about Fellaini's "immense" work rate
Also, it's your choice whether you'll believe me or not about the striker, but it's not something I've made up myself. Read Gary Nevilles recent interview with Rooney, there you'll read with your own eyes the same as I have pointed out with the striker role.
Roy Keane like performance. His use of the ball shouldn't be overlooked as well, especially in that Arsenal clip posted earlier. He put in a few more performances like that too, including against us at Old Trafford.
He's not the big name signing that some want but he would honestly be my number 1 midfield (realistic) signing, ahead of Gundogan etc. Think he would be a great signing for us, very much hope this one happens.
This one makes too much sense , not to mention the price (£25M) is a steal in this day and age.
If he was Spanish (aka Javi Martinez) they would be asking for about double the fee.
If he was Spanish (aka Javi Martinez) they would be asking for about double the fee.
Rather him than Gundogan
Respectable source reporting our interest or not really? Would be delighted if we got him!
I'd rather we don't make big name signings as look what happened to the 2 we made last season. I'm all for this signing but don't want to believe it until his at OT holding the shirt...
Going by what others in here have said it's the French equivalent of Sky reporting on it I think. They don't tend to mention rumours unless they have been given firm reason to believe them, and have been first to call a couple of transfers involving French players, including Debuchy to Arsenal last year.
Oooooh nice! Thanks for the Information
The club better confirm this soon. He's such an obvious target it would pain me if this is rumor that gets nowhere.
Lets not forget Sky also said Gundogan is close to moving to utd... they can be wrong or mislead!
Has anybody posted his strengths and weaknesses yet? Because I've not seen much of him, and I really don't want to rely on whoscored.
The DailyMail also said we are in pole position but that we "hadnt made a bid yet". So don't expect anything soon.
Good player but not in the quality we should be looking for.
It's a big fish in a small pond type of player from what I've seen. I don't think he'll fit that good as everyone is expecting.
Couldn't disagree more, out of interest who should we be looking for in the midfield in your opinion?
Morgan(a) needs King Arturo.
there are more shocking comments from him...
Schneiderlin's best possible and realistic signing we could make, personally think he would upgrade us over Carrick as the steel, strength he would bring and the spirit with which he plays is perfectly what we need right now. We have got plenty of creativity further up the pitch, it was all about shaky and too unempathic defending this year, Blind and Carrick are good readers of the game but they are too elegant off the ball.. With Schneiderlin as 6 we could play diMaria as left b2b, this is something we can't right now because neither Blind or Carrick can't cover that much ground for him..
We could also play faster more aggresive football I believe, too good to be true if we signed him though
Vidal, Verratti, Schweinsteiger
That's really impressive, iif true. Bodes well for whoever signs him. Plus he's shown his capability in a pressing side. With Herrera's energy and willingness to pass first-touch, and play/receive a riskier pass, they'd mesh well.
Nothing better for everyone than playing with someone like Herrera, who rarely doesn't feel comfortable receiving a pass. Coupled with Schneiderlin's added energy, we'd probably see a lot more speed through the centre.
What is the more shocking ones do share?
Is really Schneiderlin the best option? What has he done up to now to establish himself and to be the player that we lack and that we need in the middle of the park? If you think he's on Carricks level, or Makelele or whoever else was mentioned in this thread you'd be disappointed.
The rumored bids for Schneiderlin are around 25m. Schweinsteiger will go likely for less, Vidal probably we can get for a bit more, both of whom are much better players overall than Schneiderlin and will fit right in.
If Verratti or similar class player becomes available we should also go in for him for more money as in the long term he'd be the better option. I doubt that a bid around 50-60m wouldn't prize him away from PSG with the EUR being battered these days against the pound and dollar.
All three of them are with more experience, established players and with much higher ceiling than Schneiderlin will ever be.
And how is Schneiderlin an upgrade on Carrick? He has nowhere near the same passing range like him nor the ability to control the tempo in midfield.
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