"I cannot say where I'll be in five years. I'm going to give everything, every day, so we'll see where I end up. In my dreams, Manchester United top the wish list."
Rafik Zekhnini
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Looked a massive handful vs Dortmund. Sign him up.
Anyone knows anything about this guy?
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Sure, lets have him. Petition?
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That assist was pure sex.
Looks too much like the lovechild of Stewart Downing and Angel Di Maria for me to take him seriously.
To me , he looks like the younger version of Ronaldo. Sign him up!
He's got a touch of the Gareth Bale about him I think. He's got this really nice long stride that is much quicker than it looks and fair play that lad works hard.
Dreams of United? Yong and learning? Sounds like a United kinda signing.
In the fergie years he'd have been the kind of player we'd be signing up... But I think given LVG knows he has limited time he is looking more at the present right now. Don't get me wrong I'm sure he'll leave in place a good foundation with youth but right now his focus is on players who make a difference.
To be fair, he made a difference against Dortmund. He's the type of winger we should be after, very fast, tracks back, has skill and good crossing. Sure he's 17, but if you're good enough you're old enough.
Ooh I completely agree with you... Fergie proved over and over again that age is just a number. I just think LVG would be taking more of a risk with him right now. Plus he'd have to really try and break him in slowly which isn't what LVG is looking for.
If our scouts know about him, then so will Woodward, he'll be looking long term & not just until the end of Van Gaals contract. Lad looks a very talented 17 year old & wouldn't cost a massive fee, would be a no brainer to sign him as he probably won't be ready for first team action during Van Gaals tenure.
That vid doesn't look that great, relatively quick and good strength but nothing to write home about yet.
I did not find anything to spectacular in that video. The assist was good. He tracked back a few times. Seems pacey. Need to see more before I can judge
He's 17 playing against Dortmund in a CL tie. For a kid so young that's an excellent video imo. Looked composed, tracked back, put in a beauty of an assist and looks fast as feck.
Knowing how Levy works he'll be all over this kid. Wouldn't be a bad shout for Tottenham either as a Chadli understudy. Would get more time to develop at Tottenham than at us and he'd be working with Poch who isn't afraid to throw youngsters into the first team.
There's plenty of videos on youtube btw.
Unless I see something which is the next Ronaldo I'm not likely to be blown away tbh.. yep good composure, good tracking back but I'd want to see more of him before he's a youngster whose worthy of being signed for Manchester United.
I'm pretty confident our scouts wouldn't ever sign a player based off a video... Ooh wait! 
If LVG thinks he can use this kid enough then it's a good signing. Otherwise I'd hate to see us waste his talents. I don't want us to get the city and Chelsea label.
If LVG thinks he can use this kid enough then it's a good signing. Otherwise I'd hate to see us waste his talents. I don't want us to get the city and Chelsea label.
Problem is, he's not good enough.
Might become, but that could be said for a lot of youngsters.
Whats happening with daehli btw? All this talk about norwegian youngsters has reminded me of him.
Moved to Freiburg, who ended up relegated. Got injured soon after his move and is just now about to come back from it afaik.
This news breaking just a couple of hours after his game against Dortmund seems a bit suspicious.
Ah thanks, hope he plays well and realizes his potential. Him and Petrucci were the two I was most excited about from our youth ranks.
Ødegaard is currently better, and is more ready for the Premier League than Rafik.
Ødegaard was the best player in the Norwegian league, which is dominated by physical play rather than nice technical play, as a 15-year old technical player; Rafik has so far 203 minutes of professional football.
Neither are good enough for us yet which is the point. We would buy 17 year olds for potential.
The comment I replied to was about him being "ready despite his age".
Did you check it before you replied to me at all?
Who said that?
I know what you/he said. I'm saying we would buy a kid for potential.
You implied it with the "if your good enough your old enough" comment.
Yet you felt the need to talk about Ødegaard, when my only comment was that Rafik isn't ready/good enough?
It's not like I'm a big fan of Ødegaard, so whatever you tried to attempt with that comment just seems weird, and even if i were, it wouldn't change the weirdness of your comment.
I even stated that Rafik could become good enough in the future, so the way you portray it as if I didn't acknowledge we'd buy him for the talents sake is just daft.
You sound touchy about odengaard. If you disagree with what I'm actually, you could just say so.
Are you trolling or is this your way of trying to get as many posts as possible?
I stated that bringing in Ødegaard into the discussion to me seems daft, especially considering i never mentioned him before you did, and that your comment made no sense whatsoever as a counterpoint to what i wrote in response to redsky.
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I also didn't say that Ødegaard would be ready for Manchester United, I said he'd be more ready. There is a difference.
My comment made sense, which is the real point. And one it seems you agree with. I don't have to mention who you do. I can use examples of my own *shock horror*
You're just arguing semantics. I'd let this pointlessness go.
Yes.
Your comment was a brilliant and intelligent input that we couldn't be without.
Like every post of yours. How about letting go of someone mentioning Odengard? Are you this attached or this young?
Don't answer that. And don't respond either. Cheers for this interaction, Ødegaard.
I let it go, i didn't highlight it now in the summary of your posts stupidity and ignorance, it seems you who remains attached to him considering that you are the one bringing him up all the time.
2/10 trolling, try to improve.
I implied that age shouldn't be a reason not to purchase someone. Also calm down on the insulting it's against the forum rules.