I'm gonna go with this otherwise I'll have a muppet meltdown.
Morgan Schneiderlin | BBC: Morgan Schneiderlin is currently having a medical at Manchester United.
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And Ducker from the Times saying we're in pole position.
I don't follow Auclair but he doesn't strike me as the type of journo to just make up stuff for the sake of it.
Ducker adds a slight bit of credibility, but even his slight mention came just after the other articles. Looks very much like he's covering his own back, just incase we do sign him, and he can say 'look I told you'.
It's Manchester United versus Arsenal, with the latter having french connections but the first mentioned the financial power. Hope this sage will not drag to long.
I reckon he also prefers Arenal - French manager, closer to trophies, in London - money maybe our main asset in terms of fee and wages
Times and Telegraph area also saying we're in pole to get him.
no, he always seem quite honest. It does not mean the person telling him this is saying the truth though.
Should some traction on this within 48 hours.
Like I said, they had brief mentions of it within a day of the other articles. Looks to me like they were just copying the information to cover their own backs. Journos do it all the time.
Hopefully, Ian HERBert confirms he's coming soon.
Is that massively influential for a player who has been in England for seven years?
Since it's Auclair the information probably comes from Arsenal.
I'd be morgan happy if he joins us.
Based on nothing but a vague feeling, he's coming to us. Definitely.
How good is he on an international level?
We've seen what he can do at club level but has he been good playing for France or is he down the pecking order behind Pogba and Cabaye.
We've seen what he can do at club level but has he been good playing for France or is he down the pecking order behind Pogba and Cabaye.
Expect some schneide remarks from the resident Arsenal fans if he ends up there.
Yeah Auclair is serious and if he's tweeted that it's that he's genuinely been told what he said. Whether or not it's being fed to him as disinformation or whatever, however...
Schneiderlin, Schweinstieger... we'll probably end up with schneither.
Profile wise Schneiderlin would be ideal. We currently only have Fellaini and Rooney as muscles in midfield, with Blind, Carrick and to a lesser extend Herrera as defensive midfield options. The only balanced midfield we can play with the current options is Fellaini-Carrick-Herrera, a fit Strootman is exactly what van Gaal needs to be able to play different midfield combinations since he always has 2 defensively good players.
I'm sure van Gaal wanted to wait last season to sign Strootman, but he got a setback and will only be ready just before preseason and therefore is a risk. He's a defensively good 8 who can play at 6 and also is a good passer, I see the same qualities in Schneiderlin. Players of that ilk are hard to find nowadays and Schneiderlin has the added benefit of being PL proven and isn't too expensive either compared to a Vidal. It would make alot of sense for this transfer to happen and therefore I'm optimistic, I think this will happen.
I'm sure van Gaal wanted to wait last season to sign Strootman, but he got a setback and will only be ready just before preseason and therefore is a risk. He's a defensively good 8 who can play at 6 and also is a good passer, I see the same qualities in Schneiderlin. Players of that ilk are hard to find nowadays and Schneiderlin has the added benefit of being PL proven and isn't too expensive either compared to a Vidal. It would make alot of sense for this transfer to happen and therefore I'm optimistic, I think this will happen.
Fixed.
The player said he hoped this would be sorted before training started
1) would that be Monday?
2) considering that very little business gets done over the weekends, shall I assume he wanted it done today?
1) would that be Monday?
2) considering that very little business gets done over the weekends, shall I assume he wanted it done today?
He hasn't played much at all for France. Certainly not at the WC. For their recent friendlies it seems he started a few until he got injured. Pretty sure he's behind Pogba and Matuidi but not Cabaye.
Maybe, I get the feeling he doesn't like silence and fills it with whatever whimsy that comes to mind, but because he speaks in a slow french accent people somehow put more creedence in it, like when Arsene arrived with 2 kinds of pasta and blew everyone's minds and became le professeur
Kind of like that charming Irishman in the pub whom you eventually realise is just an annoying pisshead.
The very same.
I feel the moment Strootman will return to form will be the same day when Louie will start the chase for him again no matter who we'll have in midfield already.
I would even risk and say it's a crucial player to his late managerial career. Strootman breathes the philosophy. I still hope it may happen someday but first we will need extreme determination from player to return to his best. Fingers crossed for Stroot but as for now totally I agree despite Schweini's indisputable experience Schneiderlin fits the profile like no one else from available midfielders.
Thanks...thought he was kinda of a regular
He actually tends to disappear during the silly season, this tweet doesn't look like him.
I'm not even sure if we're in for him. I do think had it not been for Coquelin's emergence we would have signed him by now. For three summers in a row now we have had the chance but not really made a proper move.
Even though he is more proven and better than Coquelin I am not sure if he is the type of CM we need. So I'm not sure it is worth coughing up £25m for someone who doesn't solve our problems and not a significant improvement on what we have.
He's even behind Matuidi in the pecking order for France?
Right but at his best for dortmund doesnt he have bender or someone doing the tracking back mostly...?
Even? Isnt Matuidi the best player for France accorrding to Zidane?
Matuidi and Pogba start but the DM behind them is the position up for grabs for the French NT.
Whereas, he's exactly what we need. Hopefully, it will turn out like Firminio - we may have been interested at the right price but Liverpool needed him more than us, so that's where he ended up
He hasn't played much for the national side anyway. And tbf Matuidi is a really good player. French midfield is insanely talented.
Which is what I'd expect schniedelin/carrick to do for us.
How refreshing!
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