It's good because it looks likely that he's leaving, but bad because last time we signed a player who was forced out looking for playing time he didn't look comfortable at United in a rough league, and flopped. His name was Angel or something.
Pedro | Agreed terms with Chelsea
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I'm not sure you can make anything other than the words of a player that's on his way out. He didn't deny the transfer request and said he wanted to start, doesn't know what will happen, but will always be a Barca fan whatever happens.
Players coming here for the wrong reasons once again. Will we ever learn? Obviously he won't say he wants to leave for United, but you know he's being honest. No way he'd leave them for us if he was playing regularly.
His preferred option would be staying, but only as first choice. He'll leave.
Don't want him at all.
I see what you mean but I think that it's the only 'good' reason to move, he wants to play football and enjoy himself doing so. It's not for money nor for glory, just football.
A high class Spanish footballer playing for Barcelona is never going to really 'want' to leave for anyone else is he?
Doesn't mean he isn't going to give his all and come to love United, players that 'want' to leave their club and come specifically to us are players that see us a step up in stature, Barca to United is a good sideways step isn't it?
Doesn't mean he isn't going to give his all and come to love United, players that 'want' to leave their club and come specifically to us are players that see us a step up in stature, Barca to United is a good sideways step isn't it?
Was Sanchez overjoyed to be swapping Barca for Arsenal? The reality is very few Barca/Real players ever want to leave but it doesn't stop them being successful elsewhere if they have the right attitude.
Do think this could drag on a while yet, and you have to ask the question if we don't get him then who else is there in that mould that we could sign in the next three weeks?
I want Pedro but it's more a case of no other options out there rather than been desperate to sign him, the thought of getting nobody up front doesn't bare thinking about.
I want Pedro but it's more a case of no other options out there rather than been desperate to sign him, the thought of getting nobody up front doesn't bare thinking about.
It's not comparable with Di Maria at all, he was forced out by the Club, Pedro is leaving through his own choice.
The difference is Di Maria's preferred destination was Paris, earlier in that summer I don't think he even considered the possibility of moving to United.
Pedro seems to be happy to come to us if he is to leave Barca.
It's different and not money motivated
Pedro will be nothing like Di Maria as far as attitude is concerned
I'm normally skeptical about certain transfers, but not this one.
Likewise Beckham wouldn't have wanted to leave United, but circumstances changed that.
What's the "right" reason, out of interest?
Or do we just never sign any player from another very succesful club? Because they'd be lying if they said they left Barca/Real/Bayern etc for the chance to win medals, wouldn't they?
I didn't really follow the Sanchez saga. I could imagine a lot of players being happy to leave and be excited about the chance to prove themselves at another big club. That doesn't apply to Pedro though, he's done it all. I've not got as bad a feeling about this as I did Di Maria, but I'm not convinced he'll be that great.
You didn't need to follow the "Sanchez saga" to know that didn't apply to him either, surely?
You really are imagining because players don't move from a big club when they are paid enough, play and win. When they move there is always a problem, playing time, money or lack of trophies.
In my opinion, I honestly wouldn't touch an established player at another big club. I think it's rare that they ever go on to be great elsewhere once they've been at Madrid or Barca.
Give me a slightly more unproven, but eager to impress player any day of the week. For example, last summer I'd have taken Douglas Costa over Di Maria any day of the week. I said so at the time.
Pedro is choosing to leave, despite the club publicly stating they wanted him to stay. I don't know why some are complainint about this. There is no way we're going to get another player with his quality and experience in this window, and for the ridiculously low price as well. Not everybody will turn out like ADM, people. I don't think we can be choosy when a player of his ilk comes along, bearing in mind the lack of quality we currently have going forward. I'd be absolutely delighted with this signing. Keep DDG, sign Pedro, sign Otamendi and we're suddenly looking very good.
cant believe people are getting their hopes up over that picture...... half the team doesn't look to be bothered its not just Pedro.
i count 11 players in that pic (in general I don't mean the team that lined up) at least 7 look bored to tears. There's only Iniesta with a huge cheesy grin on his face.
i count 11 players in that pic (in general I don't mean the team that lined up) at least 7 look bored to tears. There's only Iniesta with a huge cheesy grin on his face.
You wouldn't have taken Alexis Sanchez?
I'm personally a bit averse to galactico signings too but there's loads of example of them turning out great and in the post-Fergie era we're going to need a lot of quick fix signings to get us back to our usual level. Once we've done that we can hopefully take a more long term view.
Robben, Sneidjer, Ibrahimovic, Fabregas and Sanchez have all been great at other clubs.
twitter-twat-cnut, maybe?
Can't think of a better situation to sign a player. He's clearly an excellent player, he has a real point to prove and unlike Di Maria, he seems to me like the sort who's willing to work for it rather than expecting that he deserves it because of his talent.
Its not the picture, it was the actual live stream where it was blatantly obvious he was the only one with a downbeat tone. Pictures is usually a shite way to look at emotions and stuff, but the actual video showed a lot and it was pretty obvious he was sad. Everyone at barca was delighted they won the super cup, its only the English teams who think they're too good for it and don't care.
Yeah I bet the teams who bought Sanchez, Fabregas, Robben, Sneijder, Ibrahimovic, etc., are kicking themselves why they didn't go for some young player instead
Is it Adriano and Ramirez to the left of Busquets? They look like they're waiting to collect their chips!
Robben and Ibrahimovic I'll give you. Sneidjer was a bit over praised and only managed one good season after Madrid. Sanchez and Fabregas still have a lot to prove in my opinion. Both were good at times last season, that's as far as I'd go right now. I honestly don't think Fabregas will be that big a success in the long run at Chelsea.
I don't get the extreme excitement over signing Pedro. People here are positive and excited about almost every player we're linked with. Look at our transfer history over the last couple of years, how many has turned out to be good signings? Less than half IIRC, arguably of course.
I'm not saying Pedro is a bad signing, but I don't rate him any higher than what we already have. It's nice to get a replacement for Di Maria, but I was hoping for someone significantly better than what we already have, like Bale. I understand that there aren't anyone available which is why I'm fine with Pedro, but some of the expectations on here seem way too high imo.
I'm not saying Pedro is a bad signing, but I don't rate him any higher than what we already have. It's nice to get a replacement for Di Maria, but I was hoping for someone significantly better than what we already have, like Bale. I understand that there aren't anyone available which is why I'm fine with Pedro, but some of the expectations on here seem way too high imo.
Makelele, Alonso, Figo, Seedorf, Eto, cambiasso
Sanchez and Fabregas were two of the best players in the league last season. Their transition from Spain to England was flawless, and completely quashed the idea that players need a "settling in time" which is a shocking excuse.Feck me what more does Sanchez have to prove 
Let alone Fabregas
Let alone Fabregas
Players can have good careers elsewhere. It depends on the attitude of the player. Sadly Di Maria did not have the right attitude. Pedro does not seem to be like that.
Messi has spoken, Pedro is packing for Salford winter..
Pedro has scored 99 goals in 319 games for Barcelona. (many of those games as sub)
Thats a fantastic return and exactly the type of wide attacker we need.
Thats a fantastic return and exactly the type of wide attacker we need.
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