Nikola Milenkovic

croadyman said:
Yeah for that sort of figure I think it's worth bringing him in
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If we’re losing Jones and Rojo, then we’ll need more cover, as Axel and Eric aren’t the most reliable back ups. He may well take Lindelof’s place if he performs as well as he can. I like him as a player, good on the ball, great in the air, decent pace and improved a lot over the past few years.
 
Red_toad said:
If we’re losing Jones and Rojo, then we’ll need more cover, as Axel and Eric aren’t the most reliable back ups. He may well take Lindelof’s place if he performs as well as he can. I like him as a player, good on the ball, great in the air, decent pace and improved a lot over the past few years.
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Do you think we will finally manage to get them off the books in January,we certainly look more assured in that defence with pace
 
Imo it s very difficult that we sign Milenkovic, as reportedly we are looking at CBs with pace.
Milenkovic is not the fastest player around.
I see him more of a backup for Maguire.

Upamecano, Konate and Torres more likely to fit our requirements. (Upamecano seems Bayern bound).

Torres is a possibility - apparently he s highly rated by our scouts
 
dev1l said:
Imo it s very difficult that we sign Milenkovic, as reportedly we are looking at CBs with pace.
Milenkovic is not the fastest player around.
I see him more of a backup for Maguire.

Upamecano, Konate and Torres more likely to fit our requirements. (Upamecano seems Bayern bound).

Torres is a possibility - apparently he s highly rated by our scouts
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Odd how you name 2 other none speed merchant defenders as better options. Plus Torres would get eaten alive in the premier league. For 20 million it’d be a no brainer.
 
croadyman said:
Do you think we will finally manage to get them off the books in January,we certainly look more assured in that defence with pace
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Rojo s contract is up till end of the season. So I can see the club agreeing to let him leave on a free.
Jones situation is more complicated. Most probably he LL be loaned out with us forking part of his wages- similar to sanchez deal.
I read a rumour about Bailly being offered to Villarreal as a part of a deal to sign Torres - I saw it as a bit far fetched
 
dev1l said:
Rojo s contract is up till end of the season. So I can see the club agreeing to let him leave on a free.
Jones situation is more complicated. Most probably he LL be loaned out with us forking part of his wages- similar to sanchez deal.
I read a rumour about Bailly being offered to Villarreal as a part of a deal to sign Torres - I saw it as a bit far fetched
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Yeah wouldn't be surprised to see Rooney take Jones on loan and can't see us letting Bailly go in exchange for Torres
 
dev1l said:
Imo it s very difficult that we sign Milenkovic, as reportedly we are looking at CBs with pace.
Milenkovic is not the fastest player around.
I see him more of a backup for Maguire.

Upamecano, Konate and Torres more likely to fit our requirements. (Upamecano seems Bayern bound).

Torres is a possibility - apparently he s highly rated by our scouts
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According to Ducker's latest article we have reservations about signing Dayot and now looking elsewhere,also we are not interested in Alaba either.
 
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dev1l said:
Rojo s contract is up till end of the season. So I can see the club agreeing to let him leave on a free.
Jones situation is more complicated. Most probably he LL be loaned out with us forking part of his wages- similar to sanchez deal.
I read a rumour about Bailly being offered to Villarreal as a part of a deal to sign Torres - I saw it as a bit far fetched
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This is farfetched but would be great. Allows us to get a LCB to take Bailly's spot which opens us space for a RCB spot in the future (for a younger CB later down the line).
 
Godfather said:
Hugely overrated. Never really shone for Austria. Arnautovic was and still is hands down a better player for us.
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Who do you think we should go for as looks like him & Upamecano are not on our radar
 
Konate would be good. Milenkovic i wouldnt be against, would suit the league.

Upamecano has disappointed me this season and Torres doesn't look like a PL CB at the moment. He would need a lot of time to adjust physically.
 
izec said:
Konate would be good. Milenkovic i wouldnt be against, would suit the league.

Upamecano has disappointed me this season and Torres doesn't look like a PL CB at the moment. He would need a lot of time to adjust physically.
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Would definitely have to wait until the summer for Konate,however reckon other targets could be signed in January. Personally I want us to buy one in this window as think there are enough quality options available.
 
izec said:
Konate would be good. Milenkovic i wouldnt be against, would suit the league.

Upamecano has disappointed me this season and Torres doesn't look like a PL CB at the moment. He would need a lot of time to adjust physically.
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Looking at we need for other areas of the team in the next two or so windows I'd argue that Milenkovic makes the most economic sense.

Suppose one of our punts for the RW shows promise we still need a DM, a commanding CB and possibly a striker given that Martial blows hot and cold. Spending any fee approaching £50m on a CB would take the bill for the three positions to £200m over two summer windows but the €25m being touted on Milenkovic gives us some room to work with if we get him.
 
I know it's stupid to gauge opinion from a computer game but why do the lads at EA rate him so badly.

Think they have him at 75 or something crap, it's not like he's not been known for some time.
 
If the report in the Athletic is accurate and we are only bringing in 2 players this summer, a CB and a Striker, and only one of them will be top drawer and the other will be an average cheapie, then this would be the latter so I'd expect the one decent outlay to be on the Striker.
 
Never seen him play but his Youtube comps look really good. Seems strong, tall and pretty quick. Based on that, sign him.
 
Devil may care said:
If the report in the Athletic is accurate and we are only bringing in 2 players this summer, a CB and a Striker, and only one of them will be top drawer and the other will be an average cheapie, then this would be the latter so I'd expect the one decent outlay to be on the Striker.
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So if CB is the cheapie then who will the decent outlay be on
 
Can’t say I’ve seen much of this guy so may be doing him a disservice but he seems like a “B” option CB instead of going out and trying to get the best one out there. Just get that vibe with this rumour.
 
As long as he is quick and can head a ball, will be an improvement to Lindelof.
 
ShinjiNinja26 said:
Can’t say I’ve seen much of this guy so may be doing him a disservice but he seems like a “B” option CB instead of going out and trying to get the best one out there. Just get that vibe with this rumour.
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Could live with that if we could got a decent striker, not going to bother suggesting a top class DM because clearly the club don't give a toss about addressing this issue so no point in wasting my breath
 
ShinjiNinja26 said:
Can’t say I’ve seen much of this guy so may be doing him a disservice but he seems like a “B” option CB instead of going out and trying to get the best one out there. Just get that vibe with this rumour.
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yup I also get the feeling he’s plan B and weve been stung going for lindelof and Bailly instead of just shelling out for maguire back in the day. We could have had both for the price we ended up paying for Maguire...
 
Im not convinced about him, I havent watch him play but there's no fuss about him and no other top teams seem interested. We already have average/goodish CBs, we need a great one.
 
ShinjiNinja26 said:
Can’t say I’ve seen much of this guy so may be doing him a disservice but he seems like a “B” option CB instead of going out and trying to get the best one out there. Just get that vibe with this rumour.
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I think there's 2 aspects to this if true :

First is that we are going heavy on the attacking areas - rumours we want a ST and a RW in the same reason. Maybe even a CDM is possible if our CB doesn't cost much.

2nd reason is that we feel that we dont really need this world class 65+ million in our defence and what we really need is just an improvement on Lindelof"s lack of proactivity and a more readily available player to Bailly.
 
Bebestation said:
I think there's 2 aspects to this if true :

First is that we are going heavy on the attacking areas - rumours we want a ST and a RW in the same reason. Maybe even a CDM is possible if our CB doesn't cost much.

2nd reason is that we feel that we dont really need this world class 65+ million in our defence and what we really need is just an improvement on Lindelof"s lack of proactivity and a more readily available player to Bailly.
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Would scrap any hopes of us signing a DM
 
We have competition for his signature.


I'm surprised that the Florentine news outlets haven't reported much on other suitors. The majority of their reporting has been about United and how we're the favourites to sign him. This, however, is indicating that Dortmund are taking the first steps towards a formal offer for the player.
 
SAFMUTD said:
Im not convinced about him, I havent watch him play but there's no fuss about him and no other top teams seem interested. We already have average/goodish CBs, we need a great one.
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A bit like Bruno ?
 
Strong, quick, good passer, and can head the ball. He's also young.
 
Has there been any notice of him being one of those sneaky players willing to accept a contract with another club so he can move free in a years time? Or is he wanting to leave this year right now?

It would be great to get something like that in the first team after a long time - especially as he isnt exactly an unknown player.
 
Hanky panky said:
Sounds like a perfect CB. But why he would be that cheap and not hyped more than this?
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He's not as good as he's being made out to be. Sure, he's tall, aggressive, pacey, good in the air, and comfortable on the ball (though not necessarily great), but he has one glaring weakness: he ball-watches a ton, which makes playing past him relatively easily. He also gets drawn out of position relatively easily due to his aggressive nature. Interestingly, many ball-playing CBs have these weaknesses, but they tend to make up for it with their much better ability on the ball (dribbling and/or passing e.g. Koundé) and/or their athleticism (pacey, very good in the air, and/or strong on the tackle e.g. Joe Gomez or John Stones).

Milenkovic can't show much of his ability on the ball due to Fiorentina setting up their back 3 to be conservative, and much of their attacking threat comes from open play via Ribery/Vlahovic/midfielders. Honestly, Fiorentina aren't set up to get the most out of Milenkovic; a more enterprising team might get more out of him with his supposedly good ability on the ball.
 
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