Don't disagree. In whatever case, I think Leicester's valuation will scare off teams.
Riyad Mahrez | Signed new contract at Leicester City
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Certainly.
Mahrez is a proven EPL talent.
Draxler will come with question marks.
The price tag on Mahrez will be huge though.
I think it'd probably be a smart move to sell him now and I don't think he'll maintain his form, but that's a crazy thing to say. He was player of the year for a reason. The likelihood of Leicester having someone reach the level Mahrez did in the next however long is incredibly slim.
Our right side today looked really, really bad. With Mikhytaryan on No10, Mahrez would be perfect solution for RW...
cleary that's what i meant
Jose will probably play Mkhi as the right winger and Rooney in the no. 10 position.
He looked like he'd run out of steam after a tiring campaign more than anything. Your team work hard and it's got to take its toll on players with only two lungs, as opposed to Kanté and his artificially enhanced body.
Big fan. Would take him in a heartbeat if available at a reasonable price. Would probably mean the end for Mata though.
Yep lets make wholesale changes to our squad after one pre-season game with just 10 days into the new manager's training sessions.
It was a pre-preseason friendly with half the squad missing.
That's a good point. Would you prefer Mkhitaryan as 10 with Mahrez on the right wing... or Mkhitaryan on the right wing with a player like James as 10?
Indeed. That'll be the initial plan.
I don't care for James. Why? Because the guy has gone off the rails at Madrid, which is why he is not their most liked player. I heard that he lives a party lifestyle.
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/88/s...peeding-and-defying-zidane-where-its-all-gone
And like Di Maria, James doesn't actually want to join us. He may join for the money or because there is no where else for him to go, but he doesn't really want to be here.
Mahrez and Mkhitaryan, can both play on the wing or No.10. Mahrez will more than likely be happy to join MUFC. He knows the EPL inside out.
they wouldn't need to, if they reached 60% but more often they would actually contribute more, if you actually watch the games in person you would be shocked at how little involvement Mahrez has most of the time, but flashy flare players always grab the headlines and take the awards
Maybe he had be he got dropped for his form earlier in the season, people forget that
Can't disagree with that.
Sure he's a flashy flair player but he's also a decisive attacking player. That's what wins the awards. Having a player able to decide games with limited involvement is something to cherish not something to take for granted.
I enjoy watching this guy a lot but I'm not sure if he's a United player. James Rodriguez strikes me as a United player.
You mean the guy we're only being linked with because Madrid don't want him?
Agreed. Tricky goalscoring wingers who end up as the PFA and players POTY aren't United players.
I know rightNot every good player is a United player. I've said this numerous times.
Di Maria is one of the best wingers in the world. But is he a United player? No... Mentally, he lacked almost everything that it takes to be a United player; Passion and desire being the main two things for me. He had the talent and skill but he lacked everything else. And Mahrez strikes me as the same kind.
We need passionate players who want to play for the club and know how big it is. Not players who will come here for a year or two and hold out for a move to Real Madrid or Barcelona.
Why is that a bad thing? Ozil only ended up at Arsenal cause Madrid didn't want him. Sanchez only ended up at Arsenal cause Barcelona didn't want him. Those two turned out to be great signings, did they not?
I wouldn't buy James before Pogba. Cause I think Real are trying to ship him out, collect the funds and then spend it on Pogba.
We're hardly bubbling with a side of passion and desirable Roy Keane's and Nemanja Vidic's right now. 'The United player' doesn't really exist anymore. Is there really anybody in the side today who would even truly embrace your assertion? Zlatan Ibrahimovic, perhaps- the player we've only just signed?
And why do you think James is such a player? He'll be fine staying at Madrid, comments about his wife saying as much on social media a month or two ago I believe. His play at Madrid hardly beams with 'passion and desire' either.
And why do you think James is such a player? He'll be fine staying at Madrid, comments about his wife saying as much on social media a month or two ago I believe. His play at Madrid hardly beams with 'passion and desire' either.
Rooney, Blind, Mata, Fellaini, Herrera, Rojo, Rashford, Lingard are all passionate about the club. Schweinsteiger seems to have some in there aswell.
And half of those aren't anywhere near good enough. What good is passion? Should we have more lads to get stuck in too?
I'm willing to give Januzaj a chance. Plus I don't think we'll go for him anyway.
Rooney?
Schweinsteiger came here for a final payday. It has been reported that he was regularly flying back to Munich during midweek last season.
We need more players who get stuck in, yes.
Look, I can't stand Rooney these days and think he should be benched, but to say he's not a "United player" is rubbish.Rooney?
Schweinsteiger came here for a final payday. It has been reported that he was regularly flying back to Munich during midweek last season.
It's as rubbish as defining them by your arbitrary standards, to be fair.
You can believe whatever you want.
Rooney looks after number one and always has. He uses the club as his cash cow.
Had Ferguson stayed on one more season, we'd be rid of the virus that is Wayne Mark Rooney.
If Mourinho wanted Mahrez it would have been done by now. We won't be in for him.
I'm not gonna disagree with any of that. I'm just saying, he shows passion on the pitch. Whether it's genuine, only he knows.
Unfortunately many MUFC fans believe that this is our level.
We need to be thinking bigger/better than this.
I'm all for buying Galactico class players, but they need to at least want to play for the club and not join us because their preferred club(s) could not afford their transfer fee/wages.
And lets not forget that he is currently having disciplinary issues at Madrid. This is the part that really puts me off.
He still makes a valid point. If Mkhi plays through the middle, we have limited options on the right and may well be forced to watch the mediocre Lingard.Okay
I can see Rooney being played through the middle and Mkhi on the right and therefore nullifying the RW problem; but if my prediction is wrong, or if either of them get injured, our RW wont look good at all. Mahrez is a player that can transform our right side and allow us to play a fluid,skilul and pacy trio behind Big Z.
Mahrez-----Mkhi-----Martial
----------------Big Z----------------
Edit:Big Z was coined by me if it catches on. You saw it here first.
This won't happen as it will essentially push Rooney to the bench and I'm not sure Jose is read to do that just yet.
Van Gaal realised Rooney couldnt get it done as a number 10 or centre forward anymore, and standards were very fecking low for that forward line. There's no way Jose's will allow the side to carry Rooney for to long this year.
Ferguson knew this in 2013. He was as good as gone.
Ferguson knew this in 2013. He was as good as gone.
Firstly, Ozil himself wanted to leave according to Ancelotti, while Ancelotti actually hoped he would stay. With Sanchez, Barca's intent to bring in Suarez definitely played a major part in it, so I'd say that had more to do with making space in the team for an upgrade than it did with him being unwanted. There were bound to be problems with both Pedro and Sanchez on the bench, so both parties decided it would be best to part ways. In both of those examples, it was really their own decision to leave.
In the case of James, he would be sold because they actually don't want him or view him as useful. Selling him wouldn't even make space in the team for a new star signing because he doesn't start. Plus James is definitely giving off the vibes of someone who wants to stay with some of the statements I've seen, so him leaving would really be more like Di Maria 2.0 if anything. We'd all know he never really wanted to come here. Also as a poster said, there have been reports about disciplinary problems too.
In any case, I didn't necessarily say it was a bad thing, I just don't see how someone literally being chased out of Madrid that would choose United in an act of desperation can come across as any more of a 'United player' than Mahrez who we'd know made his own personal choice to leave.
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