Does anyone really know who we are linked to?
Since LVG started all the rumours have died off and we have also publicly distanced ourselves from previous targets.
Nicolas Gaitan
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Does anyone really know who we are linked to?
Since LVG started all the rumours have died off and we have also publicly distanced ourselves from previous targets.
If we go for Gaitan, when Sanchez is available, someone needs to have his head checked. Seriously it doesn't make any sense.
No assists from 3.2 key passes a game and 2.8 accurate crosses a game says something about the team and the strikers ability to put the ball away
Rooney had 10 assists from 1.9 key passes and 1.2 crosses
Mata 4 assists from 2.2 key passes and 0.9 crosses
Then there's someone like David Silva who had the same 3.2 key passes a game as Gaitan (the most in the league in fact) with 1.2 accurate crosses, and he had 9 assists.
At the end of the day its a key pass because it was a direct chance. Its an accurate cross because its a direct chance. If the Benfica strikers are missing the chances its not much fault of Gaitan
While these numbers don't mean Gaitan is as good as Silva or something ludicrous like that, it shows he had a good season creating chances for Benfica in the Champions League and Europa League. No idea about Liga Sagres because I dont know of any websites that have the data, but the european competitions are a better gauge of how good he is.
The european matches I saw of Benfica he had mostly good performances
42 games, 7 goals, 10 assists. 26/4/5 in the league. Assist-stats from the Portuguese league are N/A at a lot of the usual places but transfermarkt do 'em.
right, it is N/A not 0
I check those stats on whoscored.com
I check those stats on whoscored.com
did he play the majority on the wing or also at no.10?
On the left. In previous seasons I know he played on the right, I think this one he was almost always left.
It's okay, you can say van Gaal.
To be honest, I'm willing to trust van Gaal on the transfers in and out of the squad. He knows what he wants from his team and if certain players fit a particular system. I will fully judge the players after they sign and play for us.
I have no idea if it's Van Gaals idea or not. Probably is and as good as he is as a manager, he is rather poor in the transfer market. I trust him to make the most out of the squad, and make us play good attacking football again, but Gaitan over Sanchez would be mental. Like Fellaini over Thiago/Strootman
Of course it would be van Gaal's idea. We wont sign players unless he wants them. Maybe Sanchez isn't leaving or maybe he has told us he doesn't want to join us.
How could I..and here it is -
http://www.espnfc.com/league-name/story/1890694/headline
Expect a link in the Express pretty soon.
Bullshit. He'd just add to the problems with Mata and Kagawa. Atleast Di Maria offers something different.
There we go, right on cue. Gaitain, Guarin, Sneijder - the circle of shite is complete.
Yippee another 10. Midfielders are for wimps.
If Gaitan is worth 45m euros Di Maria is worth 120m.
Feck even Cuadrado would fetch 80m+
Would have been a pretty shit signing back when it was first rumoured, even worse now.
Feck even Cuadrado would fetch 80m+
Would have been a pretty shit signing back when it was first rumoured, even worse now.
It won't be a transfer window without being linked to them.
How many times have we signed this guy now?
Less times than Garay.
We have been constantly linked with this guy for the past 4-5 years. Just shows how long it takes to prepare a bid
If we do sign him, we'd still probably get linked with him
fecks sake. 
Why would LvG buy someone considered a no 10 when he's already moaned about having too many? Don't believe this for one moment, he will be looking for either defenders, DCMs or wingers surely.
This guy is clueless. It wasn´t "Record" that spoke first about the Rojo deal. It was "O Jogo". Record is as reliable as the "Daily Mail". If it was up to Record you would have signed Gaitan and Garay 200 times already.
Both reported Rojo bid together tbf. Record was ahead on when the deal was agreed and when he was flying etc..
No. O Jogo reported first. It was also the only newspaper to have " Rojo to United is a done deal" in their front page after his Sporting interview. O Jogo editor was also the first journalist in a TV sports show talking about the deal. They were the first. You´d know that if you had access to portuguese tv also. About Rojo flying to Manchester it was neither. It was Sic Notícias
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May aswell bump this.... A Bola reporting this morning we are close to signing him after the Portugese Cup Final. Obligatory nonsense.
5 years too late. And I don't see him adding anything to the squad to be honest.
I agree... hope it's not true.
Are A Bola a reliable paper?
Not too sure- i swear they have claimed the same every year since 2011.
Not the right sided winger we need, if we are dipping in for that position.
O Jogo are reliable. Record and A Bola are shit i think. This one is hopefully their usual shit again.
Why would United want to sign a 27 year old AM with a less than average goal return?
Don't bump old megathreads, either start a new one or better yet when the source is this crap just don't bother.
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