Thing i'm most impressed with about him is he plays with good spirit. We always knew he was skillful but i think the desire he shows on the pitch would work well with people like Carrick etc
Moutinho
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
Eh? Fergie loves his traditonary wingers so much he played Beckham on the right hand side for around 10 years, has played Park wide on the left countless times and allowed Ronaldo to float inside and force Rooney wide.
Anyway you look at it Valencia is not even close to being considered our best player
You're a dull boy Jimmy
So a guy that we could have got 12 months ago for £10 million, we're now gonna spend £20 million + on?
Fantastic.
Fantastic.
24 months ago
Exactly right, he could be the last piece of the puzzle.
How do we know he was ready to move and how do we know our interest was genuine 20+ months ago? Also, this apparent bid has surfaced after a Euro Tournament - bound to inflate transfer fees.
Woosh...
I knew you were joking, it's just an excuse to post a Simpsons quote.
He's right though, SAF is stupid! We could have signed Messi on a free eight years ago and now he must be worth at least £1zillion! I just don't understand why Sir Alex constantly fails to operate his crystal ball correctly?!
Did we need Moutinho 2 years ago? Scholes and Carrick in their primes, Giggs still effective in his new central position, Fletcher's innards still working, Anderson still young and with untapped potential. It wasn't as obviously a problem position as it is now.
Don't give a feck how much we spend on him tbh, if he will improve our team next year, that's all i care about. Let Gill and the Glazers worry about the cost.
He's on his way
Really? Let's hope the fact that it is absolutely fecking hammering down doesn't put him off!
Scholes was 35 2 years ago
And? Scholes' prime has lasted about 10 years
Scholes was 35 2 years ago
And didn't start in UCL final so I agree with you that he wasn't exactly in his prime.
Sometimes you under pay, sometimes you over pay. It don't matter if he proves to be a good player for the club. I've not seen much of him, who knows how serious we are about him - but he's at a good age and playing for a national team that pass the ball well. He's not the biggest and it will be interesting to see how we reshape the team.
I predict us going 4-3-3 against better teams and our classic 4-4-2 against the sides that we can afford to go toe to toe with. If we signed Moutinho you would have him, Scholes and Carrick who can play the two holding midfielders to a tee a 4-3-3 formation, I also think that Moutinho would be suited to a two midfield as he is mobile and good at both the defending and attacking aspects of playing in midfield.
Up top you have Rooney, Kagawa, Welbeck and Nani who are especially suited to playing in a fluid attacking front three. Young, Valencia, and Hernandez are more linear types of players that would be more comfortable in a 4-4-2 formation.
Of course all players are interchangable between the formations with Valencia inparticular able to be effective in a more rigid front three.
I agree with that JHC,but i would also put Young in the wide forward bracket, he is probably more effective playing a bit further in from the touchline. There is no doubt he can score goals too. Agree with everything else though.
I don't know if he's THE player, but he's the style we should be looking for. Can't help but wonder why, although he's been around for quite some time, he's still playing in Portugal, but it shouldn't be held against him.
I don't care about the money. If we want to get the midfield right, we have to spend. We had a period in which we could have maybe done it on the cheap, or cheaper. But we didn't get any great finds, the midfielder signings of 2007 who could have been so big for us right now, Hargreaves and Anderson, are not. And by now Scholes retired and came back. The time has passed, we need solutions now.
I don't care about the money. If we want to get the midfield right, we have to spend. We had a period in which we could have maybe done it on the cheap, or cheaper. But we didn't get any great finds, the midfielder signings of 2007 who could have been so big for us right now, Hargreaves and Anderson, are not. And by now Scholes retired and came back. The time has passed, we need solutions now.
whats Arruda's opinion on him?
Come on Fergie/Gill, get this deal done. He'd be a great fit for United and bring some much needed energy to our midfield..... pretty please!
Might want to hurry up a bit if Spurs are about to get the Modric cash from Madrid.
The same Beckham who hugged the touchline?
Rooney, Vida..Valencia is in the mix behind those two.
Only a muppet would think otherwise
They just won't leave Anderson alone, he's not been a flop, for the last time.
''The Porto playmaker is regarded as one of the finest in Europe, and only enhanced his reputation this summer with a series of superb displays for Portugal at Euro 2012.
Sir Alex Ferguson has made no secret of his desire to bring in another creative central midfielder, but has been priced out of a number of potential targets, including PSV star Kevin Strootman and Borussia Dortmund's Mario Gotze.
However, United believe Moutinho is an attainable target, and have reportedly opened talks with Porto earlier this week over a £20 million deal.
Chelsea, Tottenham and Everton are other well known admirers of Moutinho, but are yet to show their hand and are unlikely to get involved in a bidding war with United.
Any deal ultimately hinges on Porto's desire to sell, having previously stated they wouldn't, but the cash would be useful to fund their own transfer plans.
United believe they must move for Moutinho now, as Porto would be unwilling to lose both him and star forward Hulk, who is in advanced talks with Chelsea.
Moutinho's potential arrival at Old Trafford would almost certainly signal the end for flop Anderson, who has been linked to Benfica, while teenager Larnell Cole will be handed a new contract and promoted to the first-team squad.''
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/footba...20million-manchester-united-bid#ixzz1zr9RqaLK
''The Porto playmaker is regarded as one of the finest in Europe, and only enhanced his reputation this summer with a series of superb displays for Portugal at Euro 2012.
Sir Alex Ferguson has made no secret of his desire to bring in another creative central midfielder, but has been priced out of a number of potential targets, including PSV star Kevin Strootman and Borussia Dortmund's Mario Gotze.
However, United believe Moutinho is an attainable target, and have reportedly opened talks with Porto earlier this week over a £20 million deal.
Chelsea, Tottenham and Everton are other well known admirers of Moutinho, but are yet to show their hand and are unlikely to get involved in a bidding war with United.
Any deal ultimately hinges on Porto's desire to sell, having previously stated they wouldn't, but the cash would be useful to fund their own transfer plans.
United believe they must move for Moutinho now, as Porto would be unwilling to lose both him and star forward Hulk, who is in advanced talks with Chelsea.
Moutinho's potential arrival at Old Trafford would almost certainly signal the end for flop Anderson, who has been linked to Benfica, while teenager Larnell Cole will be handed a new contract and promoted to the first-team squad.''
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/footba...20million-manchester-united-bid#ixzz1zr9RqaLK
Why do I have this awful feeling we're interested in him because of the Euros? Nothing good comes out of such impulse deals.
Hargreaves?
Plus i'm sure we've been well aware of him for some time. Whats wrong with analysing him after a good tournament though?
Well, it can't be based on the fact we've been linked with him a bit recently because that's been happening since 2006...including this rather bizarre 'story':
Came across this just there. Who the hell was Fabio Paim and why did everyone seem to think he was the second coming?!
https://www.redcafe.net/f9/best-youth-players-79299/
Well, there wasn't any noise around him prior the Euros, Porto didn't pay too much for him couple of years ago..you'd think he's not all that.
Suddenly after a couple of good games he's great again. Smells like knee-jerking to me.
-----------Mountinho---Carrick/Clevs----------
Valencia------------Kagawa------------Nani
-------------------Rooney----------------------
Some sexy football there, not to mention the likes of Young, Scholes, Welbeck, Hernandez rotating in with others, If Mountinho & Baines came in I'd be very happy with our transfewr business.
Valencia------------Kagawa------------Nani
-------------------Rooney----------------------
Some sexy football there, not to mention the likes of Young, Scholes, Welbeck, Hernandez rotating in with others, If Mountinho & Baines came in I'd be very happy with our transfewr business.
As Brnwed mentioned before we were interested for him some times ago. Also, is not that Moutinho wasn't good before the EURO. He played also in EURO 2008 as a starter when he was 21 years old so he always was good. We didn't bought him 2 years ago, maybe because we had still hopes in Hargreaves and Fletcher(?), Giggs and Scholes were younger and Ferguson looks like he doesn't like midfielders.
Yes please. Perfect signing, exactly what we need. Sell Anderson as well and we are laughing.
Yeah I remembered those comments, mentioned that Moutinho was mentioned by CQ
Fabio Paim was a football manager star. Because he became a dribbling machine in that game, people were saying he's gong to be brilliant
You was doing so well.....
Is there any supposed young star that the Chief hasn't bigged up?
Gotta love his scattergun strategy.
Nice player. Similar to Modric and with a bit of aggression as well; he should be suited to the EPL.
Good post. You have to wonder why he's been in the shop window so long if he's a top player. It's not as if nobody knew about him.
But we've let our midfield wither on the vine too long. And we don't have the luxury of waiting for the very best any longer. If he can improve us, I hope we get him.