Mourinho Presser

Haha, American also asking Lingard about whether it's better to stay in Manchester to train, give it a rest.
 
crossy1686 said:
Unless we're changing shape and playing wing backs, which would mean Martial could do a job there along with Darmian and Blind.
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Martial at wingback would be horrendous.
 
KM said:
Pretty sure Shaw is coming back sooner. Just two days ago there was news in every newspaper that he might be fit for season opener.
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What I was thinking, seems like Jose was talking about a number of players collectively, so hopefully the papers are right.
 
No new LB because we're going to 3-5-2 maybe?

Also explains the possibility of giving Ibrahimovic a new contract as both would be guaranteed starters.
 
Shaw is making Jones look fit. Why do we hype the boy so much? I mean he barely played 10 matches for us!
 
Raoul said:
Yep, hard to believe we're not in for some cover. Although I hear Varela is back ?
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Varela is not on the tour so I'm guessing he's out of the reckoning. Fosu Mensah at right back cover with Mitchell as left back cover.
 
Raoul said:
Thought his loan in Germany was done. Isn't he still under contract ?
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I think his Castilla loan was with an option to buy and when Mourinho joined he made it clear straight away that he's not part of his plans, loaned him out because nobody probably wanted to buy him.
 
crossy1686 said:
Unless we're changing shape and playing wing backs, which would mean Martial could do a job there along with Darmian and Blind.
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It's like you didn't watch Martial last season... He was awful defensively last season
 
KM said:
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By weeks he presumably means Shaw?

From his quotes it sounds like he wants couple of players (DM and a winger) and said he wants at least one more player if not two, which points to a DM. If Shaw was indeed out for so long, we'd be surely in for a new left back.
 
So essentially, we definitely want at least one player (and it sounds like Matic) and we *hope* to sign at least one other, probably a winger.

Underwhelming.
 
So Zlatan staying is mostly confirmed. This will be huge when he comes back in December. We'll have two proper strikers + Rashford which should help with the busy schedule at that time.

I'm thinking the two positions he referred to are the winger(Perisic) and dm(matic?). I'm sure Shaw will return earlier. Surely we'd be in for a LB if he was out till next year?

If we go into the season with Darmian as the only LB, we'll have a hard time. Although Jose could have Mitchell in mind. Be interesting who will start there in the first game in August.
 
No chance we'll carry on pursuing Morata now, especially if Jose wants Ibra to play for us again. I wouldn't bother trying to talk with Real again.
 
Carl said:
Had no idea Shaw's injury was so serious. There's the real reason we've kept him then.
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He's training isn't he? Can't say I've seen him in drills but he can't be that far off.
 
Zlatan will be our #10. Position wise and likely shirt number too.

I am not a fan of Jose's insistence on only 4 signings per summer. When you look at the likes of City who don't restrict themselves to such numbers, it is really annoying. We need a new LB, a CDM and a winger, and that's not even factoring in the reality of our attack still being lightweight even with the addition of another winger.

Luke Shaw is so overrated because of his age and yet so useless its' atrocious. The broken leg was eons ago, and he was not exactly world class even before that injury, while he just seems to be a Phil Jones glassman prototype nowadays. Should be sold while his value is high.
 
Kapardin said:
I am not a fan of Jose's insistence on only 4 signings per summer. When you look at the likes of City who don't restrict themselves to such numbers, it is really annoying. We need a new LB, a CDM and a winger, and that's not even factoring in the reality of our attack still being lightweight even with the addition of another winger.
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Then people wonder why City look so disjointed at times. Signing a sensible amount of players is a good way to ensure steady integration into the squad. I always thought 6 players under van Gaal was way too much, under Fergie it was usually 3 each summer.
 
settembrini said:
No new LB because we're going to 3-5-2 maybe?

Also explains the possibility of giving Ibrahimovic a new contract as both would be guaranteed starters.
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Hopefully not.
 
2 Man Midfield said:
Then people wonder why City look so disjointed at times. Signing a sensible amount of players is a good way to ensure steady integration into the squad. I always thought 6 players under van Gaal was way too much, under Fergie it was usually 3 each summer.
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Very true.
 
Mourinho's comments confirm the basis of my worries regarding Lukaku.

In the games in which Lukaku (due to solid defending or just having a bad day) failsto get on the end of moves and/or score, does he not then become a liability if he can not offer anything else.
 
cheeky_backheel said:
Mourinho's comments confirm the basis of my worries regarding Lukaku.

In the games in which Lukaku (due to solid defending or just having a bad day) failsto get on the end of moves and/or score, does he not then become a liability if he can not offer anything else.
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Just because Lukaku doesn't score doesn't mean he didn't help in creating space and affecting the tactics of our play. He will offer multiple things for us because of his pace and presence and movement upfront
 
2 Man Midfield said:
Then people wonder why City look so disjointed at times. Signing a sensible amount of players is a good way to ensure steady integration into the squad. I always thought 6 players under van Gaal was way too much, under Fergie it was usually 3 each summer.
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You're speaking way too much sense. The obsession with signings and more signings on this place has become unbearable. It's as though every position is independent of the rest of the team in the way it functions meanings that every bad performance or not even that, a not impressive one means that position needs an "upgrade".
 
Worry that 4 signings won't be enough. I think we needed at least 6.

Hopefully the likes of Martial, Rashford and Mkhi step up this season.

Ibra staying seems almost a guarantee now.
 
I truly believe 4 players would be more than adequate. By signing just 4 players, we can see jose giving chances to our academy boys. I can easily see periera, fosu mensah and tuanzebe becoming star players for jose. And then we have the likes of gomes.

Imagine this , how ironic will it be if jose starts giving more academy players chances and pep is just buying ready-made players. I can seriously see this happening.
 
Bit of a fecking reveal wasn't it? Anyone else a bit taken aback when they read it?
 
Theonas said:
You're speaking way too much sense. The obsession with signings and more signings on this place has become unbearable. It's as though every position is independent of the rest of the team in the way it functions meanings that every bad performance or not even that, a not impressive one means that position needs an "upgrade".
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If we signed Kroos and Sanchez rather than Perisic and Matic, - nobody would be complaining we only signed 4 players.. You get my point. We are without the following through either injury or transfer (Ibra, Shaw, Rojo, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger,Depay,Januzaj,Rooney) potentially in ( Lukaku, Lindelof, Matic, Persic) arguably we aren't even after improving..
 
Theonas said:
You're speaking way too much sense. The obsession with signings and more signings on this place has become unbearable. It's as though every position is independent of the rest of the team in the way it functions meanings that every bad performance or not even that, a not impressive one means that position needs an "upgrade".
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Tweets like that one from Alex Shaw earlier reflect this opinion more widely in football. People see the only way to improve a team these days is to buy players. When actually, it is very uncertain whether they will work out and improving what you already have is a lot worthwhile. If we got Martial's confidence back next season it would be more valuable than 90% of feasible signings we could make. If we got Baily fit for every game it would be better than any centre-back signing out there.

We obviously need additions but it's all doom and gloom unless there's a shiny new toy to play with.

This is the Tweet I made reference to:
 
We better sign a fecking left-back. Going into the season with only Darmian and Blind as options would be absolutely terrible.
 
2 Man Midfield said:
Then people wonder why City look so disjointed at times. Signing a sensible amount of players is a good way to ensure steady integration into the squad. I always thought 6 players under van Gaal was way too much, under Fergie it was usually 3 each summer.
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Fergie signed 5 players in the 1989 summer. At the end of the season, he stated that he would never do that again, as it was too disruptive, trying to integrate half a team at once.
 
LoneStar said:
So Zlatan staying is mostly confirmed. This will be huge when he comes back in December. We'll have two proper strikers + Rashford which should help with the busy schedule at that time.

I'm thinking the two positions he referred to are the winger(Perisic) and dm(matic?). I'm sure Shaw will return earlier. Surely we'd be in for a LB if he was out till next year?

If we go into the season with Darmian as the only LB, we'll have a hard time. Although Jose could have Mitchell in mind. Be interesting who will start there in the first game in August.
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We have Blind too
 
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