Radamel Falcao | Ducker: Medical passed!

[Keeps It tidy]

I love how everyone is classifying Di Maria as a midfielder. I reminds me back in 2012 people complain about not signing a midfielder and someone will say "well we signed Kagawa".

 

[sglowrider]

But leaves us with a severely unbalanced squad. We'll have three strikers on big money(and we play with two) and we still have problem in other areas of the pitch!

Wasn't long ago where 4-2-4 used to be normal. Before my birth but nevertheless.

Lets go retro.

 

[Everest Red]

I love how everyone is classifying Di Maria as a midfielder. I reminds me back in 2012 people complain about not signing a midfielder and someone will say "well we signed Kagawa".

Bit different. Di Maria ran up and down the pitch and operated behind the attacking trio last year, unlike Kagawa, who thrives playing closer to the striker.

 

[Speak]

Why buy a striker when we cannot create chances for the strikers we already have. Pretty sure this is not going to happen, but Falcao must be looking forward with anticipation to those long balls hoofed up field by the defenders.

Falcao's movement is on another level to the strikers we currently have. That's a part of the problem solved.

 

[Hal9000]

I could see Rooney getting "angry and confused" again if he's moved back to midfield.

Shouldn't do considering in one of LVG's first pressers he mentioned that Rooney said he could play there, think Rooney said it himself in an interview as well?

 

[Moonred]

This is insane, out of the fecking blue!

Don't even want him, but if he ends up here somehow it will be phenomenal.

 

[Dargonk]

Would be an odd signing if it happens. We don't really need strikers right now, particularly one that costs so much.

 

[Deleted member 78215]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...nked-with-deadline-day-move-to-premier-league

 

[MDFC Manager]

I love how everyone is classifying Di Maria as a midfielder. I reminds me back in 2012 people complain about not signing a midfielder and someone will say "well we signed Kagawa".

He did start as a conventional midfielder this weekend, no?

 

[ghagua]

Falcao's movement is on another level to the strikers we currently have. That's a part of the problem solved.

No amount of movement by Falcao is going to help make up for the lack of scoring opportunities created. But i do understand your view, i'm just too disgusted with what i have seen over the last 4 matches. Different system and we would have won at least 3 of those matches.

 

[Deleted member 78215]

He's making SSN now. Not surprising, of course, but it's obvious he's definitely coming to the PL.

 

[holyland red]

No late bit for Manuel Neuer yet?

 

[FromTheBench]

 

[Adnan]

 

[hobbers]

Love how they still mention City as in for him after saying Negredo LOAN move.

L2FFP Sky jesus

 

[MDFC Manager]

I'm coming to my senses a bit, don't think this is too likely to happen. Won't complain if it did, though.

 

[In Rainbows]

I love how everyone is classifying Di Maria as a midfielder. I reminds me back in 2012 people complain about not signing a midfielder and someone will say "well we signed Kagawa".

Di Maria was part of a 3 man midfield. Usually on the left side shadowing Ronaldo.

 

[marukomu]

Still more likely to go to City, I reckon.

 

[MDFC Manager]

Still more likely to go to City, I reckon.

I'd actually put my money on arsenal. City can't sign him with ffp issues I read.

 

[RoadTrip]

Of all the transfers I hoped to wake up to potentially happening this is not what I expected.

 

[Jev]

Someone at the club is officially clueless if we buy this guy. Would be livid.

 

[FromTheBench]

 

[sullydnl]

Would genuinely prefer to sign someone like Schneiderlin. As is Falcao only makes the squad more unbalanced.

 

[Deleted member 78215]

If we can swing the loan deal instead, this would be brilliant business. Better than Rooney. RVP possibly out for months. Welbeck leaving. Plus, we could go in for a MF or two.

 

[Wednesday at Stoke]

If we can swing the loan deal instead, this would be brilliant business. Better than Rooney. RVP possibly out for months. Welbeck leaving. Plus, we could go in for a MF or two.

Rather sign him for 55 mil than loan him for 20.

 

[hobbers]

I don't think a loan deal is any kind of value at all. Not for £20m.

At least with a permanent signing we'd get additional commercial revenue. I mean Falcao in the biggest league in the world, that's hella marketable.

If you look at it from a FFP perspective. A loan deal is a £20m payment + wages for one year. Whereas a transfer (on a 4 year contract) is £12.5m per year + wages.

 

[MDFC Manager]

Would genuinely prefer to sign someone like Schneiderlin. As is Falcao only makes the squad more unbalanced.

I can understand concerns that we should prioritize midfield over a new striker, but does it really make it unbalanced? Hernandez is off and Welbeck could be off too. A third senior striker doesn't make the squad unbalanced, IMO. I'd actually be concerned if Rooney and RvP would be our only senior strikers.

 

[Deleted member 78215]

Rather sign him for 55 mil than loan him for 20.

Depends if we get an option to buy. 20m loan now, 35m purchase next summer. Monaco get their money. We get the player and manage to spread the money bit.

Also allows us to buy more players this summer and more next.

 

[Keeps It tidy]

Di Maria was part of a 3 man midfield. Usually on the left side shadowing Ronaldo.

Yeah more like a Left Winger.

 

[Jev]

I can understand concerns that we should prioritize midfield over a new striker, but does it really make it unbalanced? Hernandez is off and Welbeck could be off too. A third senior striker doesn't make the squad unbalanced, IMO. I'd actually be concerned if Rooney and RvP would be our only senior strikers.

We're already struggling to fit Rooney and RvP into the lineup. How do you bench Rooney, RvP or Falcao?

Of course you need at least three strikers but having three of that calibre is completely unnecessary. Just keep Welbeck and focus on the actual problem areas.

 

[MDFC Manager]

Depends if we get an option to buy. 20m loan now, 35m purchase next summer. Monaco get their money. We get the player and manage to spread the money bit.

Also allows us to buy more players this summer and more next.

Well if we're looking to buy him outright, I think its fair to say that money isn't an issue at all. Either way, I think Monaco want to sell outright and would prefer to sell to a club of that kind.

 

[sullydnl]

I can understand concerns that we should prioritize midfield over a new striker, but does it really make it unbalanced? Hernandez is off and Welbeck could be off too. A third senior striker doesn't make the squad unbalanced, IMO. I'd actually be concerned if Rooney and RvP would be our only senior strikers.

By "as is" I meant if everything else stays the same. If RvP is out for an extended period and Hernandez and Welbeck are indeed sold then it's a different story. Even then though you could argue that spending that much money on a 28 year old who is recovering from a serious injury is risky.

 

[Deleted member 78215]

We're already struggling to fit Rooney and RvP into the lineup. How do you bench Rooney, RvP or Falcao?

Of course you need at least three strikers but having three of that calibre is completely unnecessary. Just keep Welbeck and focus on the actual problem areas.

You don't fit them in, you drop the shittest two. Rooney wins that easily. RVP needs a knee op. Enter Falcao.

 

[Rake]

I can understand concerns that we should prioritize midfield over a new striker, but does it really make it unbalanced? Hernandez is off and Welbeck could be off too. A third senior striker doesn't make the squad unbalanced, IMO. I'd actually be concerned if Rooney and RvP would be our only senior strikers.

It does not make the squad unbalanced in terms of numbers but we will have 3 superstars with huge wages and one of them will be on the bench... Unless Robin, Rooney and Falcao somehow all start in some formation in LVG`s brilliant head. And we are looking to straight buy him so that rules him out as a short term solution

I`d have signed him in a heartbeat if it was the season he moved to Monaco... Surely he is worth less than 60 million now ?

 

[Jev]

You don't fit them in, you drop the shittest two. Rooney wins that easily. RVP needs a knee op. Enter Falcao.

Do you really think that is the most pressing problem with the squad?

 

[MDFC Manager]

By "as is" I meant if everything else stays the same. If RvP is out for an extended period and Hernandez and Welbeck are indeed sold then it's a different story. Even then though you could argue that spending that much money on a 28 year old who is recovering from a serious injury is risky.

I agree with that point of view, and his injury is a valid concern.

You don't fit them in, you drop the shittest two. Rooney wins that easily. RVP needs a knee op. Enter Falcao.

Harsh, but its time tough calls of this kind were made!

 

[marukomu]

Exeter Express and Echo reckon he's off to City once they've sent out Negredo.

 

[Deleted member 78215]

Do you really think that is the most pressing problem with the squad?

Well Hernandez is gone, Welbeck will probably leave, RVP out for months.

Just Rooney as our striker?

I don't think it's our most pressing concern, no, but we can't be relying on Rooney. He's just not the same player he was.

I don't know, I'm always of the opinion that you can't turn down players of Falcao's calibre if they become available and you can afford them.

 

[Moonred]

Rather City than Arsenal, City already have world class strikers and Falacao will make them better no doubt but not to the extent of arsenal.

 

[hobbers]

Exeter Express and Echo reckon he's off to City once they've sent out Negredo.

They're idiots who don't understand FFP.