Thanks.
That was absolutely brilliant! Is he consistently that good?
That was absolutely brilliant! Is he consistently that good?
Nicolas Gaitan
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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.
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Throw enough shit at the wall, some of it will stick.
I don't think we will sign him. The proposed transfer fee and the fact we have an abundance of wingers makes it seem like a non starter. Also I couldn't stand another summer of "why are we buying wingers and not central midfielders". Good player but not really a United type of signing.
He looks very good but we have two very good wingers in our first team as well as two very good covers in Young and Park. There's really no need to spunk £25m+ on yet another winger while not addressing real issues in our current side.
Not from you.
For what I've read since we've been linked he's more akin to a Silva type of player than your orthodox Valencia/Nani style winger
Still someone we'd most likely use on the wing as we're not going to sacrifice Rooney for him and he looks very unlikely to play in two man midfield.
True but if he's most comfortable left side then he'd be a better option than Nani or Young out there (Nani being played out of position and Young generally being a bit crap)
I realise some people have decided to follow me round this place mocking my every word but if you count the number of shits on the wall in say six months time you'll find there'll be a fair few; one of those sticky shits will be nani having left united and another is likely to be gaitan having joined.
Nani won't leave United.
Anything else?
Rodwell.
The problem I have now is that when you throw a lot of shit and most of it sticks people accept that as the norm and point out the ones that don't stick as a sign of failure.
So where does this come from then?
How do you pronounce his name then? Guy-tan?
All I have to go off is YouTube videos unfortunately, but this is a video I posted a while back. It's obvious that he's technically very gifted.
It won't embed so I'll just post the link...
Nicolás "Nico" Gaitán | Skills & Goals | Welcome To United | - YouTube
Any reason why United would seek to get rid of one of their most important, and talented players, to bring in an unknown quantity, for a similar fee? What do they gain from selling a proven quality player to sign an unproven one?
Unfortunately I can see both of them happening too. I just think Nani is going to be Madrid or Barca bound soon enough. I think Gaitain looks good from what I have seen and I would be chuffed if we signed him, but I just feel we need to be adding quality to the likes of Nani and not replacing. Hopefully I'm wrong on this one, but I just have a feeling that these two are going to come sniffing and if/when they do, there's only going to be one outcome.
Didn't you hear? Nobody likes him, the players voted him PoTY because they felt sorry for him.
Neither Madrid nor Barca need Nani.
He'd improve them both.
friendlytramp already confirmed that Nani is going to Italy. So the question is, would he improve Barcelona or Madrid enough for them to air-lift their ground to Italy and play in Serie A? And obviously the answer is yes.
Never thought of it that way. Guess he's gone then. Gaitan for the 17 shirt then?
Rodrigo is a killer, will be an absolute star. What a player, he doesn't belong in this league and won't stay here for long.
He can curl a mean ball. Certainly talented but not sure if he is worth the proposed £39m. Out of curiosity when does his contract end?
If we were going to buy another wide attacker and Hazard is talking Spurs, surely we could nab him from undere thier nose rather than buy Gaitain.
What position does Rodrigo play?
What position does Rodrigo play?
Funny how everyone moans about not signing Silva but now when we are trying to buy a player like him, many here don't seem to want it.
I think this will happen btw.
I think this will happen btw.
If 39 million is the quoted price I highly doubt it. Especially considering we were knocked out of the CL in the group stages. I think money will be tight this summer.
I don't really think so. He's about the same level as Di Maria although I despise Di Maria so would naturally prefer Nani. He's different than Ozil and Ozil suits Madrid better right now. Ronaldo is a completely different level, naturally, and so are Messi and Iniesta. It's a close shout between him, Sanchez and Villa but would Barcelona spend £25m+ on a player who'd basically be of the same quality as the ones they already have? I doubt it, especially with the amount of attacking talent amongst their youth.
Thr real problem you have is that you've never been right about anything.
Nani is unbelievably overrated by some on here. He plays well in, at best, half of the games he's involved in. That doesn't not cut it at Real or Barca and they have far better players.
No surprise hearing this from a City fan.
Young, hasn't much of a reputation/buzz going around him, little competition to his signature... Sounds like one for us.
You've a ridiculous habit of over-rating City players. I would be interested to hear your views on Nasri btw, I clearly remember you saying that he was world class last season whereas infact he played well for the first six months and did nothing in the last six months, but apparently that makes Nasri world class whereas Nani is over-rated.
You are, though it's against United rather than their way.
How do you rate Gaitan?
Nani's contract expires in June 2014 so you'd imagine he'll either sign a new contract with us this Summer or will leave.
It's not as simple as that though is it? If Nani wants to leave and has refused to sign a new contract then he'll be sold this Summer providing the club he wants to join offers an acceptable transfer fee.
and before you ask, no, I wouldn't like to expand on that, the little green face is all that post deserves.
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