Malacia - £13 Mil
Eriksen - Free
De Jong - ~£65 Mil
Martinez - £40 Mil
Dybala - Free
Antony - £60-65 Mil
That is a 9/10 window for me.
£175 million spent. Then whatever we manage to get back from sales.
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Malacia - £13 Mil
Eriksen - Free
De Jong - ~£65 Mil
Martinez - £40 Mil
Dybala - Free
Antony - £60-65 Mil
That is a 9/10 window for me.
£175 million spent. Then whatever we manage to get back from sales.
he’s a free transfer if you don’t include wages..
I think we get those except for Antony. He stays at Ajax ...
I wouldn't rely on Antony to deliver many goals, and Ajax are asking for a ridiculous fee that frankly would just make Antony much more likely to fail imo. We can wait a year before getting him at a more realistic and less high-pressure price. I doubt he'd have a particularly massive impact this season anyway. Certainly the lowest priority right now.
Dybala is probably a £10-15 million signing on fee since he's "free". Outrageous wages too.
Pretty much.
Probably around 2/5 of what Ronaldo was on.
The goals were insane, I'm sold
Manchester United paying big wages for an injury-prone player at the mid/late stage of his prime years whose main selling point is that he's conveniently available. What could posdibly go awry?
It's not like we're the only fanbase who would have massive doubts about a signing like this. Dybala is covered in red flags.
It's not like we're the only fanbase who would have massive doubts about a signing like this. Dybala is covered in red flags.
Since Dybala is hardly a classic poacher, he'll need support to break defenses with his technique and fast tempo when exchanging passing. He'll link to Eriksen, Bruno and Sancho without problems, but he won't take responsibility for finishing teams off, throughout entire season.
Additional goalscorer is a must and you know what's most ironic in all this ? He'd love to play alongside Cristiano and it could work as a short time trick.
This window is literally a puzzle.
If it was Chelsea it would be smart business. City; phenomenal recruitment. Liverpool; the discount Mane. Arsenal; Arteta revolution. Spurs; Conte triumph
His agent probably did that so he would look like he supported us from childhood.
He's not injury-prone. He did his MCL in 20/21 and has struggled a little to get back to full fitness since.
In his 7 years at Juventus, he played about 300 games.
We don't want or need this waste of space. Thought he was about to sign for Inter anyway? I doubt he has what it takes to play outside of Italy.
If it were Liverpool or City: they've let themselves go, Arsenal: weren't they in a cultural revamp? Spurs: maybe a good signing for them, Chelsea: , United: Woodward still here?
I dont watch Serie A much so not sure how he plays.
I agree he does not have much pace but is he much worser than Mata. The way I look at him is he is replacing Mata but probably little higher and wider on the field. From my understanding both dont have much pace but they have good ball retention, good at dead balls (Not that Mata has been very effective at UTD)
Also how is his work-rate on the field, worse than Pogba?
I watch a lot of Juventus too and for me he has been massively disappointing in all of the past 4 minus the 19/20 season. He’s an aesthetically pleasing player to watch when he’s on form though and has a killer strike with his left foot.
In all honesty mate, Juventus have been shite for a few years too.
There’s one outlet reporting United are speaking to his agent and the Caf starts losing its shit. Bloody bizarre.
We’ve let lots of players go, lost Greenwood and possibly looking to replace Ronaldo. Would I take Dybala as a free forward option? Of course I would.
I say his workrate is nothing to write home about, he did a lot of jogging around when at Juventus which they could afford i guess.
He would be lovely as a player to have for 150k a week but assuming that won't be the case and the fact that he seems to be a media darling it could get ugly fast.
Maybe Ajax might suddenly drop the asking price for Antony if we put out interest in Dybala
If we are getting Dybala and if Ronaldo does not leave I dont think we would buy Antony and it does not makes sense too. We will have Sancho,Rashford, Martial, Dybala, Ronaldo to pick 3 spots and others like Eriksen, Elanga etc as well. We should use that money and spend big on next summer on striker.
I think your list minus Antony is very decent and would be a great business assuming Martinez will be played as DM or we will switch to 3-5-2 formation.
It's not that simple. Does he fit the style of play, does he fit the culture of what ETH wants to build, does he fit into the wage structure and squad harmony, does he have the hunger to be part of a new project, where is he in his career trajectory. Just because he's "free" doesn't mean all that much. We have to be mindful of how we assemble a squad. Most of these questions apply to retaining Ronnie too, whom we should definitely not try to butter up.
This list was assuming Ronaldo is leaving, which I am fairly certain he will.
..But they don't want to sell.
He isn't playing going to play wide.
Marcel van der Kraan said he thinks they would take €60-65 million euros
So would be down the middle then
Thank you. From the videos, his work-rate on the ball seemed great and for attackers I feel thats more important.
Its no brainer for me, especially there is a chance we could lose both Rashford and Martial next season.
If EtH has asked for him as reported then who are you or I to disagree?
Surely that’s what’s important
I’d stay well clear of Dybala. It’s been ages since he was good.
I guess our option are kinda limited at the moment, I just hope we don't screw up too much.
I think the point that is most often overlooked in these debates is that if Ten Hag wants him, if Ten Hag thinks he’s a valuable or important piece of the puzzle, if Ten Hag has a clear plan on how to use him (which is presumably we he wants him), then what’s not to like? We are talking about one of the most detail orientated coaches in football. He’s not signing him for shits and giggles, or thinking “we’ll get him, and then we’ll figure it out later on”.
And we are only signing him of Ten Hag wants him.
So again, IF we are after him - IF being the pertinent part - then I’m all for it. I’m just going to completely trust this coach, until I have reason to do otherwise.
And we are only signing him of Ten Hag wants him.
So again, IF we are after him - IF being the pertinent part - then I’m all for it. I’m just going to completely trust this coach, until I have reason to do otherwise.
He's had an injuries in Oct 21, Nov 21, Feb 22, Mar 22, Apr 22. Seems to developing a regular pattern of injuries. How he was prior has little to with how he is now. MCL and bad Covid infection could have long lasting implications.
Muscular injuries are fairly common as players return from medium-long term absence.
Just curious, when did Man Utd do that in recent years, cant remember many (Jones, cavani ? ) . The only biggest mistake in terms of wage was for Sanchez. Utd for sure gave ridiculous wages to the players in hopes of selling them in future, but dont recall club giving big wages to injury prone players or people we think dont have value.
We also did a straight swap with Mkhi
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