Think the goal against Chelsea was probably my favourite of his.
Nani
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Barcelona should not have been in the 2009 CL final. Everyone could see that match was an absolute travesty.
No surprises when it came out down the track that Barcelona were bribing referees around that time. Yet another stain on Pep's legacy.
Yes this is greatly overlooked, when people point out that pep had it easy in managing the dominant bayern where they would cherry pick players from their rivals and man city where he was backed with oil money and had almost flawless foundations laid out for him behind the scenes.
The pro pep fans will say look at how he turned around barca when he took over despite ignoring the fact that he happened to have quite possibly have the best ever player in football history fall in his lap and had barca officials bribing refs domestically and had massive fortune in his first CL win to the point that you had to think that barca were also giving bribes in Europe.
The game that Barcelona completely dominated and Chelsea parked several buses?
I think it's cool that he's at a mid-table Portuguese club.
Seems to be in some bother about stealing a fans money over a shirt he wore at a WC/Euros.
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/ZLZVpq7Rw6
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/ZLZVpq7Rw6
Not quite. Fan says bought a shirt on second hand clothing app Vinted. He says it's not one the players wore, just a regular one that was made to look like the player edition shirts. He says he was aware ff this when buying, and that the seller was clear about it too.
He approaches Nani to sign it after training. Nani asks him where he got it, keeps it and drives away, saying he'd recently had some shirts stolen from his house.
So it's a shirt that Nani stole from him, not money. It wasn't worn by him, just made to look like the ones that were is the claim. From Nani's perspective, he thinks he's reclaiming his own stolen property.
Nani's current club contacted the guy about it, asked him to remove his posts and assured him they'd get the shirt back to him. They didn't make that happen so he's posting again. He says he'd be ok with just getting the money that he paid for the shirt but that hasn't happened either.
Police reports were filed at the time accusing Nani of theft according to the guy, and the whole thing was captured by other fans on mobile phone footage who were hoping to meet Nani/get his signature. He says he showed that to police.
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I liked Nani and don’t think he gets the credit here he deserves.
Enjoy retirement Nani. Some excellent goals for us
Enjoy retirement Nani. Some excellent goals for us
Happy retirement. Hopefully he pops up at OT at some random game sometime
Sensational player, had a great career. Wish we had a young Nani now.
There was a very brief window where it all seemed to click for Nani and I thought he would be the next Ronaldo, and while that didn't happen at all he still had a hell of a career.
What a great player he was.
Imagine having a career with that pressure on you
Always remember the night it broke out of the blue that we were signing Nani & Anderson
He scored some belting goals, for around 2 seasons after Ronaldo left he really stepped it up with some world class performances and became a vital member of the team. Unfortunately injuries set in the season after Fergie left and LVG didnt want him and sent him on loan and sold him the following summer.
He scored some belting goals, for around 2 seasons after Ronaldo left he really stepped it up with some world class performances and became a vital member of the team. Unfortunately injuries set in the season after Fergie left and LVG didnt want him and sent him on loan and sold him the following summer.
To think that at the time people were massively frustrated by him.
Now look at our winger cast!
Now look at our winger cast!
Great player who was a little bit inconsistent, which often got him crucified in an era of sky-high standards. If he was playing today at his peak he would be our best player by a mile though.
He used to annoy me no end but he was really a good player. He'd look like a god in this team compared to the clowns we have playing for us nowadays.
Still the most recent great RW for United?
Loved watching him at Old Trafford but also went to see him play a couple times for Orlando, magnificent player in a dying breed of wingers that play to entertain.
He's the Seedorf of wingers right now, age 38. Always remember him being a twig for us. Happy retirement.
Inconsistent game to game but still a top player.
Scored some bangers!
Scored some bangers!
One of my favorite players ever. Enjoy your deserved retirement and thank you for everything.
I don't know why that Arsenal goal isn't considered one of the greatest in PL history. Destroys three defenders and dinks the keeper from a ridiculous angle. It was Ronaldinho-esque.
A good player that was lucky to be a part of a (mostly) great United era.
He was far too inconsistent.
When any of our attacking players put those numbers in now, they're getting all sorts of abuse.
He was far too inconsistent.
In his best goalscoring season, he scored 10 goals. He'd struggle so badly in this current team.
When any of our attacking players put those numbers in now, they're getting all sorts of abuse.
It was given as a Park goal at the time anyway, I bet it was officially too cause he knocked it over the line. Incredible bit of skill from him though. He was amazing from that game until around early 2012, then he dipped again. 10/11 Nani is up there after 2013 RVP and 2010 Rooney in the best individual seasons of a United player in the last 15 years.
What a player. I enjoyed the goal against Liverpool in the 3-0 win. Something about how it arrowed into the net.
I loved watching nani play. Expecting him to be another Ronaldo was unfair. He was only inconsistent because he was always trying to create. Didn’t always come off but when it did, my goodness he had some amazing goals and assists. We haven’t had many wingers, or any attackers really, that can actually take on and beat a man with dribbling since he left us. Would kill for someone like him now.
I couldn't agree more. I think the point you made about always trying to create leading to the perception he was inconsistent was bang on. He was always positive and tried to move the ball forward everytime he picked it up. Stark contrast to the likes of Valencia and Young who didn't have both the gumption or ability to do the same.
Man I remember when we signed him like it was yesterday. Crazy how fast time flies by. Became one of my favourite players very quickly thanks to his goals and dribbles. Wishing him all the very best for the future!
In hindsight he was way ahead of his time and the inconsistencies prove it.
In the era he played and came through, the wide player role was the weird transition moving away from 4-4-2 to 4-3-3 where there was more of an onus on G/A, but still the expectation that you’d run the line and create danger from the wide areas, rather than cut inside and cause havoc, which was his game in a nutshell.
My core memory of him was if he sniffed an opportunity to do it himself, he would, and it used for frustrate the life out of people when he didn’t pull it off, and this was during a period with Berbatov, Rooney and Tevez, followed by Hernandez and RVP, so understandably people wanted him to have a fine balance between being the hero or being the sidekick.
I genuinely think if he came through in today’s game he would be up there with the leagues best, also taking into account the quality of defences now vs back then.
His penchant for a screamer, or an absolute rat goal (like the one v Spurs) left memories for me in the most fun era watching United.
Dubbed the next Ronaldo and always had to live in his shadow in unfair circumstances, but in his own right should be held in high regard.
In the era he played and came through, the wide player role was the weird transition moving away from 4-4-2 to 4-3-3 where there was more of an onus on G/A, but still the expectation that you’d run the line and create danger from the wide areas, rather than cut inside and cause havoc, which was his game in a nutshell.
My core memory of him was if he sniffed an opportunity to do it himself, he would, and it used for frustrate the life out of people when he didn’t pull it off, and this was during a period with Berbatov, Rooney and Tevez, followed by Hernandez and RVP, so understandably people wanted him to have a fine balance between being the hero or being the sidekick.
I genuinely think if he came through in today’s game he would be up there with the leagues best, also taking into account the quality of defences now vs back then.
His penchant for a screamer, or an absolute rat goal (like the one v Spurs) left memories for me in the most fun era watching United.
Dubbed the next Ronaldo and always had to live in his shadow in unfair circumstances, but in his own right should be held in high regard.
If he was playing today he'd be our best attacking player by a wide margin although of course Diallo and Garnacho have a lot of potential. Fantastic player in his prime and scored some wonderful goals
Not only a superb player but someone who loves playing football (11 or 6 a-side) and is a wonderful sounding board for emerging/younger players even this year.
He looked slim when wearing the shirt but anytime he took it off you could see he was surprisingly built even during his time with us. Not to the extent he is now obviously.He's the Seedorf of wingers right now, age 38. Always remember him being a twig for us. Happy retirement.
I'll always remember and be thankful for that 12-18 months of brilliance where he was an absolute star. Before that he was young and a bit too inconsistent, and after that it never really clicked again. But my god that period in the middle was good.
I do tend to think that we'd have seen him shine for longer if he'd been mostly played on the right instead of the left. He was equally capable of brilliance on either side but his consistency on the right was always a lot better. I just wish we'd have transitioned Valencia to fullback earlier to allow both of them to run riot on the right instead of pushing Nani over to the left to get Valencia into the team.
I do tend to think that we'd have seen him shine for longer if he'd been mostly played on the right instead of the left. He was equally capable of brilliance on either side but his consistency on the right was always a lot better. I just wish we'd have transitioned Valencia to fullback earlier to allow both of them to run riot on the right instead of pushing Nani over to the left to get Valencia into the team.
Nani tended to be more a creator than a scorer. In his best season he got 20 assists to go with those 10 goals. He was the type of player who even in his most frustrating games would always create at least one great goal scoring chance in a match, and at his best it'd be multiple of them.
He's the Seedorf of wingers right now, age 38. Always remember him being a twig for us. Happy retirement.
Uncanny!
He’d look slim enough if he was wearing a shirt in that photo. He was always ripped, stands to reason he’ll get a big bigger when he stops chasing footballs round all day but that’s not exactly a radical transformation.
It's a radical AI picture if you ask me, his arms look like the Spanish Inquisiters have been working on them with their favorite rack
What a talent he was. He had all the tools to be a truly elite player, but it never quite came together for him consistently.
Still a great player though, and absolutely electric on his day. Back then I always wanted him starting on the right over Valencia, I felt he lost a bit of his spark when he wasn't starting there.
Had a great career overall, won plenty of trophies at United and elsewhere. Good to see him doing well and absolutely jacked
Still a great player though, and absolutely electric on his day. Back then I always wanted him starting on the right over Valencia, I felt he lost a bit of his spark when he wasn't starting there.
Had a great career overall, won plenty of trophies at United and elsewhere. Good to see him doing well and absolutely jacked