Genuine question. Who do you guys prefer? Sancho or Dembele granted i have not watch both played much
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I always thought +100 million for Sancho seemed absurd. I wouldn't mind this happening. Decent price for a world-class talent. Looks to be gathering pace quickly.
Great price, get in him, Jovic and Telles and I would be very happy with the business.
Surely that couldn't happen
Tbf I can see Koeman pushing Dembele out. Koeman was told he have to sell before he buys.
The talent is there but he's always out injured.
I'm not doubting the talent or the production pre Barca. But you look at how many games he played for Barca, the talk about his attitude etc... There are serious questions regarding this player
I just want a good right winger.
It's more that they can get the manager's choice in Depay for cheaper and get money into the club, whilst have a lot of talent already at the club that he sees ahead of him anyway.
If Barca said yes to our bid for Dembele, we're in seriously pleasant situation. Sancho prefers his right foot, Dembele can assist with both. If we need someone with left foot ability, we found one.
Still Jadon has better momentum, so I'll go with him, but having in mind we can have a great alternative for not so obnoxious price.
Sancho because he numbers are ridiculous plus he has a good injury record. But Dembele, going by certain fans here, is just as talented by all accounts.
What do the resident Barca fans think of this? We have a few here, don’t we? Did Dembele appear to be playing well the last couple of years?
Sancho on the field is a hell of a lot more appealing that Dembele on the physio table
Feck off don't want
I give it only the slimmest chance of ever being an option, but it's a fun thought experiment to think about what we would do if Sancho told us next summer that we were still his first choice club.
I'm not opposed to this as long as he's not on an absolutely ridiculous wage. He's still such a talented player and if he comes good for us, we'd have a world class player on our hands.
I'd still prefer Sancho but I think Dembele is a better plan B than someone like Bale or Perisic would have been.
I'd still prefer Sancho but I think Dembele is a better plan B than someone like Bale or Perisic would have been.
Do you reckon we would still get a striker on loan too then with Telles & Sancho/Dembele
Plus, if we go for Dembele ,at the rumoured fee, then I imagine deals for Telles and a striker could go through too.
That's a naive idea, a player that is at a big club won't want to leave just for the sake of it, it will either be about money or game time. Manager say that type of nonsense in press conferences because it sounds nice but they all know that it's not how it works and if they actually believed in that they would never target players from big clubs and we both know that they target those players whenever they are available and they actively try to convince players to pick them when there is competition for their signing. Also we don't really know if Ole talked to Dembélé and if they have had a positive conversation or not.
There is also the possibility that it's a fabricated story.
I cant forsee a situation where we get BOTH Sancho and Dembele.
For £55 million he'd be worth getting on top of the Sancho deal. You'd get your money back off him easily if you wanted to sell down the road.
Loan with option would be perfect if we can’t get Sancho.
He's a bit like Coutinho at Inter, I remember he suffered constant injuries time and time again which didn't help in his development but once he went to Liverpool, Coutinho's injury problems went away and turned him into a top player who eventually went for 100+ million in a transfer.
If you kept him fit, he's possibly one of the most talented wingers in the world
If you kept him fit, he's possibly one of the most talented wingers in the world
If Leeds are giving us 25m for James then it’s possible...but I can’t see it either. That’d be an amazing transfer window. We’d just need a CB next summer if we added Telles too.
Feels that way, we would have to sell a lot of players and this could definitely mean Greenwood tied with central striker role.
I say we bin off the Telles deal and go for both Dembele and Sancho. I am in muppet mode now
Oh no, oh please no!
Just pay Dortmund whatever they want for Sancho.
Dembele is a known lockerroom cancer (both in Dortmund and Barcelona). He's lazy, spoilt and injury prone.
Just pay Dortmund whatever they want for Sancho.
Dembele is a known lockerroom cancer (both in Dortmund and Barcelona). He's lazy, spoilt and injury prone.
I wonder if, now that he has seemed to have matured, whether we could have consider going back for Depay again?
I do not think it's naive. Well reputable reporters such as Bouhafsi (today/yesterday) have said Dembele is outright not keen on leaving Barcelona. If he leaves it's because the club don't want him, rather than him not wanting to leave.
I disagree with managers saying things for the sake of it, with Ole specifically it's evident enough that he wants to change the dressing room culture and get a squad that identifies with the club, that it's an honor to play for them etc. Even if we accept it's whimsical, no manager out there will go for Dembele on an outright perm deal with his injury record + lack of professionalism on top.
I mean, Liverpool apparently asked for a loan and it was rebuffed, funnily enough because he wants to stay at Barcelona. So it goes back to my point, he doesn't really want to leave. If he was to leave it's because the club just don't want him and we're the only ones offering.
Dembele rejected us to go to Dortmund so our interest goes back. He hasn’t exactly set the world alight at Barca but he’s a top tier talent if he can stay fit. If he’s genuinely motivated to come here and prove Barca wrong I’d be up for it. If he’s coming to the only club stupid enough to give him a raise it would be a hard pass from me.
So £55m for Dembele or double that for Sancho. Dembele's injury record is almost as bad as some of our gems like Jones...
Was Dembele in the world cup squad in 2018 with Pogba?
Think he was injured.
I refuse to believe this. Surely we are not that daft to sign the Phil Jones of the RW.
This guy practically resides in a rehab centre.
This guy practically resides in a rehab centre.
Dembele for 55m and if we could get 15-20 for Dan James it's not too bad.
Massive injury issues but when fit he's a top tier talent.
Massive injury issues but when fit he's a top tier talent.
Yeah one would think surely that's not possible but this is United!
Welcome to Manchester.
He was, yeah.
It may be money down the drain if he can't stay fit. Worried it's like a Baily situation where he's hyped from the injury table, comes on and takes time to get into games, and gets injured again.
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