Bale has had 11 injuries in 4 seasons at Madrid, adding up to 251 days. He's already lost a lot of his speed. He no longer has the acceleration he had in 2013/14.
Players you don't want United to sign this Summer
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Out of people we've been linked with either in the media or by fans, even though there are some fantastic players in this list, I'd rather we didn't sign:
James Rodriguez. I just don't see the point to this one, absolutely not what we need or if after that type of player we already have better
Bale. Im a huge fan of bale, and think we missed out not signing him years ago, but his recent injury record is far too concerning considering the price tag he'd fetch and our record with injuries. A guaranteed fit bale of two years ago, top of my list, right now- not so much.
Mbappe- absurd money for a player in the position we need as close to a guarantee of success as possible. Is he better than martial was two years ago? Probably not.
Also not keen on dier or morata,
James Rodriguez. I just don't see the point to this one, absolutely not what we need or if after that type of player we already have better
Bale. Im a huge fan of bale, and think we missed out not signing him years ago, but his recent injury record is far too concerning considering the price tag he'd fetch and our record with injuries. A guaranteed fit bale of two years ago, top of my list, right now- not so much.
Mbappe- absurd money for a player in the position we need as close to a guarantee of success as possible. Is he better than martial was two years ago? Probably not.
Also not keen on dier or morata,
Actually agree with you, I don't watch Aletico too often admittedly but when I have sat down to see them over the last couple of years he's not been as influential as someone like... say... Sanchez is for Arsenal. He has a good eye for goal, I think he's more a 60mill type valuation, we'd be overpaying substantially again as we did Pogba.
Mou seems to like him a lot and he IS a good player, so i'm OK with us overpaying, I just haven't seen "the 3rd best player in the world" in him. At least not the games I've caught.
Ditto and I would add Fabinho as well of the Monaco players
Michael Keane. Just another overhyped English centre back which we've got two of already. He isn't any better than the two we have and for me he'd just take a spot away from Axel who we have to push towards the first team now.
Rodriguez and Pepe
Michael Keane
Romelu Lukaku
Ivan Perisic
Eric Dier
Romelu Lukaku
Ivan Perisic
Eric Dier
Perisic
Perisic
Wesley schneider
James
Lukaku
Bakayoko
Joe Hart
Kasper Schmeichel
Perisic
Lukaku
Bakayoko
Joe Hart
Kasper Schmeichel
Perisic
Rodriguez.
From who we've been heavily linked to:
James Rodriguez
Michael Keane
Gareth Bale
Ivan Perisic
James Rodriguez
Michael Keane
Gareth Bale
Ivan Perisic
1) Balance is given by what role a player plays, and not the foot he uses. The Chelsea team that won the title under Mourinho was pretty balanced even with right footed Azpilicueta at left back.
2) In what world is Kroos inferior to Pogba? There is no doubt he is a world class player.
3) You will not be getting Verratti.
I don't want
Belotti, Perisic, Lucas, Keane or Morata.
I would rather Lukaku, Griezmann, James, Van Dijk and Mendy. If we MUST sign another CM, Matuidi would be a good experienced option.
Has anyone considered the possibility of coupling someone from the Chinese League? Ramires, Hulk and Oscar all look like decent options. All of them know Mourinho and would fit his system perfectly. I wouldn't say no to Ramires coming in to be honest.
Belotti, Perisic, Lucas, Keane or Morata.
I would rather Lukaku, Griezmann, James, Van Dijk and Mendy. If we MUST sign another CM, Matuidi would be a good experienced option.
Has anyone considered the possibility of coupling someone from the Chinese League? Ramires, Hulk and Oscar all look like decent options. All of them know Mourinho and would fit his system perfectly. I wouldn't say no to Ramires coming in to be honest.
Are you off your rocker? You don't want Morata, Perisic or Belotti, but you want the likes of Hulk or Oscar, who have sold out on genuinely competitive football for a pay package? Good grief.
And yes, we MUST sign another CM.
Lucas Moura.
You sure about that?
He is. By miles and miles. I totally understand why Real and City are willing to pay a ridiculous fee for him hes the real deal. I hope that he stays in Monaco for another season to cement himself and maybe we can be in for him.
Back to the thread topic its definitely James Rodriguez for me I dont think he fits into the squad at all. Keane is another one, he just doesnt seem worth bringing back to the club but Mourinho has a good eye for defenders so lets see.
Keane
Dier
Matic
Dier
Matic
Hulk and Ramires would suit us more than Belotti or Morata would.
I don't want Hulk, Ramires and Oscar.
Mourinho should go for Ballack, Lampard and Drogba.
Mourinho should go for Ballack, Lampard and Drogba.
Renato Sanches, Lucas Moura for now.
James Rodriguez
Bale
Lukaku
Joe Hart
Kasper Schmeichel
Perisic
Michael Keane
Lukaku
Joe Hart
Kasper Schmeichel
Perisic
Michael Keane
I don't care about Perisic as a squad player for acceptable fee (30-35m), but I will be really furious if we replace Martial with him. Martial is a world class potential.
Dier and Keane. Average players.
In Jose i trust.
Quite a worrying summer ahead for me, coz of the 4 major names that keep getting repeated (Griezmann, Keane, Dier, Perisic) only one of them ticks the boxes for me in terms of actually improving us. We'll see how it pans out I suppose.
Wholeheartedly agree. Bale is obviously great on his day but with his injury record and our history of attempting to sign him in the past means we should probably stay clear.
It is troubling though that near enough every player we have been linked with (bar Griezmann) has such an underwhelming feel to it. And no this not me saying we should be looking to simply sign players such as Sanchez, Kroos, Mbappe, Neymar etc. Clearly that would be, to put it mildly, highly unrealistic (and probably wouldn't solve the problem either or at least not all of them). However, surely there must be a happy medium of sorts, that is quality players that can genuinely improve us without being unattainable or costing so much that it would likely negate signing anyone else.
Anyway let's just hope it's been press bollocks so far and we will actually get some pleasant surprises even though Jose never actually said that.
Dier plays as a roaming center back for spurs which is effectively a DM in their system. He has one of the highest minutes and starts for a team in 2nd place yet he will not improve our team 
The caf arent happy that we arent buying the hot new properties on the market, instead we are going for the players that have the right qualities to make the team better.
The caf arent happy that we arent buying the hot new properties on the market, instead we are going for the players that have the right qualities to make the team better.
Dier plays as a roaming center back for spurs which is effectively a DM in their system. He has one of the highest minutes and starts for a team in 2nd place yet he will not improve our team
The caf arent happy that we arent buying the hot new properties on the market, instead we are going for the players that have the right qualities to make the team better.
Absolute nonsense. It isn't a one thing or another kind of deal. Shades of grey not just black and white. We don't need a team full of 'galacticos' or whatever one may wish to call them. At the same time we need a significant improvement in the quality we already have rather than like-for-like replacements. All the signing of Dier does is makes us look like we are happy to consolidate sixth place.
Mcnair and OShea
Early times but I agree. Long summer ahead of us.
Redcafe: Every player who isn't Griezeman
Yep, talking about shades of grey then saying Dier is a sixth place standard player. If you think Dier is someone with no quality and just someone who will do a job then you are just the person i outlined in the bolded paragraph. Dier is a starter in a team that finished 2nd in the league, but he isnt a glamorous signing so he must be an average player. Im sure if we signed Fabinho youd be ecstatic since he's part of the team that is being hyped up to the moon.
We have 1 DM, who is 35 years old and has the mobility of a turtle. We are also looking for a CB to add to the team. Dier is a good DM and CB, and will probably be cheaper than an exotic name. If we sign Dier for the £40 million that is floating around then its a tidy purchase of a solid young player than can play in two positions. Fabinho is also a good option so long as the asking price isnt absurd.
I wouldn't make any of those non-Griezmann signings personally but I do think Dier would improve us. Right now, our best with Griezmann lineup is probably something like this:
--------------Rashford--------
Mkhi/Martial-Griezmann-Mata/Mkhi
----------Pogba-----Herrera----
Shaw----Rojo-----Bailly-----Valencia
but
--------------Rashford--------
Mkhi/Perisic---------Griezmann
--------Pogba-----Herrera----
--------------Dier---------------
Shaw-Rojo/Keane--Bailly-----Valencia
is probably a bit stronger.
The problem is the money and the waste of a summer in which we've made the CL, of which we have no guarantee of next year as City should be much stronger and Chelsea are well ahead of us at the moment. It'll still likely be a dogfight between the top 6 for the 4 CL spots, so it's probably only about 60% likely we have the CL to sell players on next summer.
If we spend 40 on Perisic, 20 on Keane (we get some of the transfer money back) and 40 on Dier, that's 100M. I'd much rather we bought a 9, LB and CM with that money and played 4-3-3. It's not impossible to find great young players for that sort of money (30-40M per signing). Hell, even securing stars at 2 of those 3 positions by spending big and then going cheap at either LB or to find a 9 to cover until Zlatan is back or Rashford can be our 9.