Bring him back asap.
Nani | Contract & Transfer talk
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If Nani is injury free and gets a run of games he is one of the best wingers in world football. The only reason why he has stagnated is injuries. Everytime he gets into a good flow he is struck down by injury. People expect perfection from him but give the likes of Rooney so much leeway. Nani makes one mistake and the whole of Old Trafford is on his case. Moving to Lisbon was good for him and his career.
lol our best winger is at another club 
lol our best winger is at another club
The worst bit is the muppets who infest the transfer forum would almost certainly want him bought this summer if he weren't already ours.
Seems like the perfect player for a 4-3-3 system. He's looked really good at Sporting and almost seems back to his best. It would be a shame if we wasn't bought back for next season, especially if LVG really does want to play that formation. Not to mention it could save us some £££ for other areas of the squad.
Love this video, never was that much of a fan of Nani until I saw this a while ago. If there is any hope of seeing this Nani back at Old Trafford then bring him back asap.
Yeah agree. Having Depay and Nani here would be immense for next year. Plenty of pace and creativity to complement Di Maria, Mata, Herrera etc. Getting Falcao and RvP off the wage bill and replacing them with less expensive waged players (as Nani and Depay would be) would allow us to buy a few more players the likes of Godin and a top midfielder, and still allow us to reduce the wage bill.
How? Just how did we go from this to the current crap?
Put Nani and Di Maria on the wings. Unpredictable as feck but but very exciting and that's what's been missing from our play. It's dull been dull, monotonous crap for far too long.
P.S How many goals have Rooney and Nani combined for? There's plenty in that videos alone.
How? Just how did we go from this to the current crap?
Put Nani and Di Maria on the wings. Unpredictable as feck but but very exciting and that's what's been missing from our play. It's dull been dull, monotonous crap for far too long.
P.S How many goals have Rooney and Nani combined for? There's plenty in that videos alone.
Nani's obviously a confidence player and seems to have regained a degree of his confidence that left him. If LvG has his head screwed on properly, he would bring him back and unleash him to compliment Di Maria.
So true. I can't say I've ever been Nani's biggest fan but this loan spell should earn him a reprieve for another season. I have my doubts that it will, though.
Absolutely.Never really understood why SAF would so often deploy him on the left wing.
if we are so short on pace it makes you wonder why Van Gaal let Nani/Welbeck go in the first place
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You already have that in this thread, most of people who want him back won't be patient and will want him sold after few poor games again. It's how it goes here.
He's a 28 year old winger playing in the Portugese league whose only experience at a top club ended with him being marginalised over the final couple of seasons. I'd say there'd be a few objections if we were linked with that type of player....
The advantage Nani has is that we already own him. If we were being linked with him as a new signing then I doubt we'd be as keen....
On the contrary - we already own him therefore the grass isn't greener on the other side. If we didn't, there would be more than a few in transfer enthusiasts posting in the Nani of Sporting Lisbon thread in the transfers.
Its amazing that so many people are now looking at Nani in a different light. Absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder. I would love for him to return, however, I worry about other players again openly chastising him during games. This I think helped in turning fans against him and his loss of confidence.
I agree, some of the flowing moves in that video are just mouthwatering. I really have a soft spot for that 2010-11 team.
How? Just how did we go from this to the current crap?
Put Nani and Di Maria on the wings. Unpredictable as feck but but very exciting and that's what's been missing from our play. It's dull been dull, monotonous crap for far too long.
P.S How many goals have Rooney and Nani combined for? There's plenty in that videos alone.
I know many will disagree as he did go through a period of being rubbish, but I think that he is one of the most naturally talented players to have played for this club. In the post-2007 era, he is up there with Ronaldo, Scholes and Berbatov, I think. His first touch never failed him. Never. He could beat any defender from a stand-still and is probably the most ambidextrous footballer i've ever seen play for us. He even said himself that he has absolutely no preference of foot, and only takes set-pieces with his right out of habit. I'm not saying he was George Best, but the talent was always there. He is extremely gifted - a real street footballer, too. I'll always remember the seal dribble vs Arsenal
Would love to see him back and on either wing swapping with Di Maria. Rafael and Shaw behind the pair of them. Herrera/Mata linking the play with Rooney up top. No chance of that happening though - Rafa, Nani and even Mata or Herrera will most likely be off in the summer
Well it was Rooney and Berbatov, one has left and hopefully the other has grown up a bit since then. Likewise Nani might have, and might brush it off a bit easier
He is still shit , it's the absence makes the heart grow fonder syndrome . Can't see LVG wanting him either .
How's he looking pace wise? I seem to remember in pre-season he looked pretty slow and lethargic (for Nani standards), certainly not as quick and explosive as he once was. Is that still the case?
You guys are barmy goldfish.
LvG wanted to send Fellaini packing to Napoli at the start of the season and now he's become the main avenue for our forward play.
Hopefully the manager's not above correcting this mistake too. Sometimes players can turn the corner due to completely unpredictable reasons. Hell, that's exactly what happened before Nani's previous purple patch. The idea that it's happened again is hardly unbelievable.
Hopefully the manager's not above correcting this mistake too. Sometimes players can turn the corner due to completely unpredictable reasons. Hell, that's exactly what happened before Nani's previous purple patch. The idea that it's happened again is hardly unbelievable.
Seeing as Raoul posted my video, he's another Nani video I made at the time!
Considering he drops Mata, Herrera, Fellaini, Falcao, Adnan etc every time they have a bad game, I'm really not sure what the point would be under LvG. If Fergie wouldn't give him the light of day during injuries and bad spells, I don't see how LvG would, unless he suddenly becomes Dutch.
Cina makes a very valid point.
Nani is a good player and in theory having him here would be a good thing, but I'm not sure the reality is what people think it will be. Even if we switch to a 4-3-3 or some system that would best utilize Nani, he's still competing for a spot with Di Maria, Januzaj, Young and possibly a new signing. Nani is the type of player who if given a run of games uninterrupted he'll deliver like he did in 2010 and what he's doing with Sporting currently. Put him in and out of the team which is likely how it would go for him under LvG and we get the frustrating Nani we had for a good portion of his United career when he faced similar circumstances.
Nani is a good player and in theory having him here would be a good thing, but I'm not sure the reality is what people think it will be. Even if we switch to a 4-3-3 or some system that would best utilize Nani, he's still competing for a spot with Di Maria, Januzaj, Young and possibly a new signing. Nani is the type of player who if given a run of games uninterrupted he'll deliver like he did in 2010 and what he's doing with Sporting currently. Put him in and out of the team which is likely how it would go for him under LvG and we get the frustrating Nani we had for a good portion of his United career when he faced similar circumstances.
Definitely need to bring him back and give him another shot. Fed the feck up of seeing the immobile turtles RvP and Falcao do nothing in the front line
I've always really liked Nani. Weird some people consider him a bit of a flop. For £18m, and near 8 seasons of - at worst - decent contribution, he's been a great signing.
Probably cause his 'ceiling' was so high that it was frustrating to only see him reach those levels (and I think he potentially had even higher levels than that) for 18-24 months.
It's always unfair to judge people by their imagined ceiling though (though it is human nature)...By the same criteria Rooney & Giggs have had slightly disappointing careers.
I wonder whether at least some of it is the modern over-analysis of football. He's not been legendary by any stretch of the imagination, but he's created more than enough moments here to be thought of fondly IMO.
I wonder whether at least some of it is the modern over-analysis of football. He's not been legendary by any stretch of the imagination, but he's created more than enough moments here to be thought of fondly IMO.
Yeah, I've said something along those lines before myself. He's the type of player that's frustrating as feck most of the time when he's in your team, but if he's playing elsewhere you'd want to sign him.
I quite like Nani and hoped he'd really kick off at some point and become more consistent, but sadly I don't think his technique and moments of individual brilliance is enough to make up for that part of the brain he seems to be missing. Given his age and the chances we've given him, I do think it's time to move on. There's also a big question of whether he'd actually like to return to United at this point - we'd probably need a new manager who told him he really believes in him for that to happen.
He made some major contributions toward multiple titles and cup runs in that time. He didn't become Ronaldo mk2 but that shouldn't be the way to judge a player. Really hope we don't just cut ties with him.
When he's on form then he would be a huge asset...but there have been so many times when he just seemed to have a bad mental attitude when things were not going right for him which was often.......I'd welcome him back with open arms even if just as a squad player but he's the kind of player that needs a run of 10 games to hit his peak. His endless shots that went miles over the bar from the half way line in tight games through out his career here were very painful to watch in the past too
And massively overstated.
I was thinking the same thing. Anyone?
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/26/nani-sporting-lisbon-manchester-united
There may have been few tears at Old Trafford over Nani’s return to Sporting Lisbon on a season-long loan last summer but his lachrymose reaction to scoring against Gil Vicente on Sunday thrust him back into the international spotlight and brought a reminder he has not quite been forgotten in Manchester United’s corridors of power, either.
Nani was allowed to rejoin Sporting, from whom he joined United in 2007, in August after guarantees of first-team football under Louis van Gaal were not forthcoming. He has regained some form and confidence and, while Van Gaal has not been in touch personally, the club’s executive vice-chairman has been keeping tabs on his progress.
“I receive some texts from Ed Woodward,” Nani says. “He texted me about the goal [on Sunday] and the great season I am having here.”
Whether or not this is a sign Nani’s services may still be valued by United, the Portuguese winger believes he was correct to move from a club at which form and fitness restricted him to 34 appearances in his last two seasons.
“I love Manchester United,” he says. “The only decision I made was to play more and be me again, because I lost a lot of things there last season due to injuries and the change of manager. The new manager didn’t know me well and a lot of things changed. I needed to play regularly to be happy.”
He is doing so now, and his goalscoring ratio – nine in 25 appearances for Sporting this season – is bettered only by Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney among those playing regularly for his parent club. A string of pragmatic United performances may have led to one or two revised opinions of Nani’s gifts, and from afar he has taken note of their change in approach.
“I am not surprised [by their performances] because it’s normal when a lot of things change,” he says. “To compare with last season, we played a different system. We used to play very attacking football and we used to score a lot of goals. Now we are more compact, more organised but we are not scoring goals like we used to.”
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Nani’s effort on Sunday was a vicious, dipping 30-yard left-footer into the top corner after the ball had sat up for him. It was an outstanding goal but not an obvious candidate to set off a reaction that saw him sink to the ground, apparently crying – he had effectively put icing on the cake of a routine win against the Primera Liga’s second-bottom side. He explained after the game that it had prompted thoughts about “personal stuff, that nobody knows about”, and elaborates that it had come at the end of a testing period.
“I had a very difficult week so physically it was hard for me to be at my best,” he says. “I was feeling some pain in my leg and I wanted to help the team. In the game before against Wolfsburg [Sporting lost 2-0 in the Europa League] I couldn’t do my best. I ended the game wishing I could have done more. I prepared myself to do my best and after the goal I thanked God, who helped me be my best.”
Nani was speaking before Sunday’s match between Sporting Lisbon and Porto, which is live on BT Sport. Sporting sit in third place, five points behind Porto and nine shy of the leaders, Benfica. It is one of the showpiece fixtures in Portugal’s calendar but, if his gifts are required again in Manchester, it could be a fleeting reacquaintance with a famous old rivalry.
“You never know the future,” he says. “It depends on a lot of things. If United want me to stay then with a different mentality I think we can work well next season but there are a lot of things to discuss and see.”
Nani was allowed to rejoin Sporting, from whom he joined United in 2007, in August after guarantees of first-team football under Louis van Gaal were not forthcoming. He has regained some form and confidence and, while Van Gaal has not been in touch personally, the club’s executive vice-chairman has been keeping tabs on his progress.
“I receive some texts from Ed Woodward,” Nani says. “He texted me about the goal [on Sunday] and the great season I am having here.”
Whether or not this is a sign Nani’s services may still be valued by United, the Portuguese winger believes he was correct to move from a club at which form and fitness restricted him to 34 appearances in his last two seasons.
“I love Manchester United,” he says. “The only decision I made was to play more and be me again, because I lost a lot of things there last season due to injuries and the change of manager. The new manager didn’t know me well and a lot of things changed. I needed to play regularly to be happy.”
He is doing so now, and his goalscoring ratio – nine in 25 appearances for Sporting this season – is bettered only by Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney among those playing regularly for his parent club. A string of pragmatic United performances may have led to one or two revised opinions of Nani’s gifts, and from afar he has taken note of their change in approach.
“I am not surprised [by their performances] because it’s normal when a lot of things change,” he says. “To compare with last season, we played a different system. We used to play very attacking football and we used to score a lot of goals. Now we are more compact, more organised but we are not scoring goals like we used to.”
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Nani’s effort on Sunday was a vicious, dipping 30-yard left-footer into the top corner after the ball had sat up for him. It was an outstanding goal but not an obvious candidate to set off a reaction that saw him sink to the ground, apparently crying – he had effectively put icing on the cake of a routine win against the Primera Liga’s second-bottom side. He explained after the game that it had prompted thoughts about “personal stuff, that nobody knows about”, and elaborates that it had come at the end of a testing period.
“I had a very difficult week so physically it was hard for me to be at my best,” he says. “I was feeling some pain in my leg and I wanted to help the team. In the game before against Wolfsburg [Sporting lost 2-0 in the Europa League] I couldn’t do my best. I ended the game wishing I could have done more. I prepared myself to do my best and after the goal I thanked God, who helped me be my best.”
Nani was speaking before Sunday’s match between Sporting Lisbon and Porto, which is live on BT Sport. Sporting sit in third place, five points behind Porto and nine shy of the leaders, Benfica. It is one of the showpiece fixtures in Portugal’s calendar but, if his gifts are required again in Manchester, it could be a fleeting reacquaintance with a famous old rivalry.
“You never know the future,” he says. “It depends on a lot of things. If United want me to stay then with a different mentality I think we can work well next season but there are a lot of things to discuss and see.”
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