Right Winger... Who do we go for?

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On his Wiki for buy back
On 2 February 2015, the final day of the winter transfer window, Zaha's move to Palace was made permanent with the signing of a five-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. It also included a buy back clause,[32] believed to be in the region of £3 million, rising to £6 million with add-ons; Manchester United will also receive a percentage of the fee if Palace sell Zaha in the future.[33]
Here for the sell on
While the fee for his latest move has not been disclosed, a number of reports suggest Palace have paid just £3m to bring the player back to the club.

But United could still see more of a return with a number of add-ons included in the deal.

"There is a big sell on fee for United so we will be very happy if eventually they get their money back," Parish was quoted as saying in the Evening Standard.

"That would mean he has been very successful for us. It was clear there probably was not a future for him at United so we worked with them to do a deal that worked for both clubs.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/crystal-pa...zaha-fee-after-sell-clause-revelation-1486433
 
Speaking of the options at the position, Oyarzabal scored another goal today:



Brings his tally up to 6 goals and 2 assists in ~660 minutes in La Liga and the Europa League:

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Given the improvement in his game in terms of finishing, he could have a chance to equal Griezmann's total of 19 goals for La Real in 2013/14 - which is the highest figure for a Sociedad player since the return to La Liga in 2010, and led to the transfer to Atlético.

Is that an Adnan Januzaj assist I see? :D I'm a fan of Malcom, this lad seems alright too - looking at his stats.
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In general the position of right wing seems a tricky one for Mourinho; I don't think he'd be too content with two very young, inconsistent (in terms of risk/reward playstyle over 90 minutes rather than general form) on both wings. We'd end up with Rashford/Martial on one wing (22/20) and a 20/21 year old on the right. In an ideal world for Mourinho I reckon he'd want a proven, does what he says on the tin type of winger. Basically a Perisic on the right.

With Willian not in the best of form this season, falling down the pecking order a bit - and nearing the age where wingers begin to start losing their appeal - I could maybe see a sizable bid tempting Chelsea. Not that I want him, but I could definitely see him being another system player Mourinho would crave.
 
Is that an Adnan Januzaj assist I see? :D I'm a fan of Malcom, this lad seems alright too - looking at his stats.
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In general the position of right wing seems a tricky one for Mourinho; I don't think he'd be too content with two very young, inconsistent (in terms of risk/reward playstyle over 90 minutes rather than general form) on both wings. We'd end up with Rashford/Martial on one wing (22/20) and a 20/21 year old on the right. In an ideal world for Mourinho I reckon he'd want a proven, does what he says on the tin type of winger. Basically a Perisic on the right.

With Willian not in the best of form this season, falling down the pecking order a bit - and nearing the age where wingers begin to start losing their appeal - I could maybe see a sizable bid tempting Chelsea. Not that I want him, but I could definitely see him being another system player Mourinho would crave.
Yep, Malcom's a really good prospect too. Though if I had to critique one segment in his resume, I guess it's the lack of semi-proven pedigree at higher levels. He's been consistently excellent in Ligue 1 for about a year now, but being at Bordeaux doesn't give him the chance to showcase his skills against better opposition (especially since they were knocked out by Videoton in the Europa League qualifiers) - that gives me pause as regards a transfer when you consider the hit-and-miss nature of Ligue 1 transfers to the upper echelons of the Premier League. Plus, he hasn't quite made inroads for the Seleção after being one of the better players for the U-20 team with the likes of Jesus, Jorge, Pereira, Boschilia - so you can't gauge him at the international level, either. As an example, with Douglas Costa - you could refer to his performances for Shakhtar in Europe, so you had some sort of idea regarding his performances against quality opposition, albeit at an advanced age vis-à-vis Malcom. By virtue of playing in La Liga, Oyarzabal is showing that he can perform in what is arguably the best (and certainly the most technical) league in club football - on top of being rated as the best young Spanish wide attacker after Asensio when you consider the fall from grace of Deulofeu, as well as the heir to Griezmann ever since he made his La Real debut. Both are exciting prospects, but I favor Oyarzabal by a slight margin, as things stand, especially when you consider his application off-the-ball in terms of workrate.

Agree with the second paragraph! Having two young and learning' players on both flanks is not the ideal recipe, particularly for a team managed by José given his affinity for almost mechanical consistency and tactical nous. But given the paucity of quality options in that position from a more experienced bracket, we might have to roll the dice come summertime. That said, you can easily envision him signing Griezmann as a floating forward in slightly wider areas with maybe Özil playing through the middle as a creator ahead of Pogba. Looks decent on paper and in terms of mechanics, even though in an ideal world - you'd play Griezmann directly behind the lead forward given that he's not a stereotypical winger or wide forward.
 
Demarai Gray Does look good tricky, fast, good feet can dribble i would take a punt if he keeps it up the full year.
 
Many top teams don't. I have no idea if we need one or not as that's up to the manager and how he wants to play. I just don't understand the view that we definitely need one when there are so few around which would indicate that very few teams are using traditional wingers anymore.

We do need one.
 
Can we buy Wilfried Zaha back? Let him terrorise opposition defenders from the right.

He has improved massively.

Heart, grit, pace, trickery. He can track back like Jose likes 'em. He can score. His crossing is very decent. Your classical touchline hugging, pain in the neck (for opponents) winger. Plus, he'll be returning home.

:D Palace will be relagated if they sell him. It was an obvious mistake to sell him , rather than just loan him or sell him with a buy back clause, but still for me he's not the higher ceiling we want at united. He would In a position where lingard is in right now.
 
He would be well worth a gamble. Someone might well strike gold with him. It’s a mystery to me how the only club I’ve heard seriously linked to him is Bournemouth.
 
Just to throw a few names into the pot:-

Leon Bailey---Leverkusen

Malcom-------Bordeaux

Ante Coric----Zagreb

Pulisic--------Dortmund

These are all young Players 20/21 already playing with their clubs, who can play right or left wing, or centrally. Leon Bailey would probably be my pick. what do you think.

Maybe Mourinho would rather go for a more established player but all these would have a sell on value.

Been watching Leverkusen this season , he looks an absolute beast. Reminds me of Traore but with end product.
 
It won't be any unknown player. Defo. World class, of course in summer. The closest one is Griezi, even though he's more of striker.
 
It must be Donald Trump. We already have a wall (our defense). Imagine an argument between him and the manager. That would be hilarious
 
Been watching Leverkusen this season , he looks an absolute beast. Reminds me of Traore but with end product.

Wow just watched some highlights of Leon Bailey and have to say very impressed. He has incredible dribbling skills. A real creative spark. I think Barca have been scouting him so we had better pull finger. Woodie make it happen!

 
We should definitely go for Pulisic. He's a United fan and he can dab (Tried to upload a picture of him dabbing, but don't have the privileges), what more do we need? :drool:
 
Wow just watched some highlights of Leon Bailey and have to say very impressed. He has incredible dribbling skills. A real creative spark. I think Barca have been scouting him so we had better pull finger. Woodie make it happen!



He'd be devastating in a counter attacking team. We were looking at him when he was at genk but apparently he wanted first team football.
 
Wow just watched some highlights of Leon Bailey and have to say very impressed. He has incredible dribbling skills. A real creative spark. I think Barca have been scouting him so we had better pull finger. Woodie make it happen!



Very exciting young player, and it would be very interesting to have such a youngster on the right whilst we have Martial & Rashford on the left.
We were apparently prepared to go for him at Genk but he wanted assurances of 1st team football, which we couldn't guarantee at that time, we probably could now though...!
 
IMO the right winger is determined by who we get as the #10. We need a playmaker in the attacking four, if we got Ozil for example then we could get a more goal scoring wide player, but if we got a second striker like Griezmann we would need a wide playmaker instead.
 
Leon Bailey is excellent on the ball, hardly ever loses it, and his crossing is great also. He is strong and hard to push off the ball and has great shooting ability. This young man would be great for us now.
 
Pulisic is ready now. He is playing in a team that can't keep up with him at the moment.
 
Watching all BvB games i have to say that Pulisic had a few bad games since the USA didnt qualify. I dont think it is necessary related, but its been a few weeks and games where he didnt put his quality on the pitch. Of course its not that easy if your team as a whole goes through a valley in their performance and there`s a new manager and all that. I think he needs a lot more time to just play and develop.
 
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Is Pulisic that good? He has poor stats for this season.
 
IMO the right winger is determined by who we get as the #10. We need a playmaker in the attacking four, if we got Ozil for example then we could get a more goal scoring wide player, but if we got a second striker like Griezmann we would need a wide playmaker instead.

It feels like we need a 10 but it wouldn't completely shock me if Mourinho is happy enough with his options by virtue of the variety and quantity. Mkhitaryan for speed, Mata or Zlatan for technical quality, Fellaini for headers and harrying, Herrera for a specific job a la Ji Sung Park, Pereira for overall midfield play.

Whereas at RW we don't really have that much going on. So while a Sneijder/Eriksen/De Bruyne style 10 would help, I'm not sure there's one out there. Ozil will turn 30 at the start of next season. Likely his best years are behind him.
 
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