Was there another player behind Ivanovic who was of decent quality to play? The second Madrid keeper played very good.
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Was there another player behind Ivanovic who was of decent quality to play? The second Madrid keeper played very good.
Still don't understand how the guy went from mediocrity in 14/15 to fecking flip-flopping his way through opponents and popping up with 25+ goals/assists.
My memory is a bit foggy, but wasn't he used as a wingback prior to this past season? I could be confusing him for someone else.
Great signing for whoever he goes to.
Would love him here. We definitely could do with another attacker.
Would love him here. We definitely could do with another attacker.
Have liked him for a couple of seasons , last season it all came together for him and he was outstanding. Mkhitaryan will be right attacking midfielder though so he won't be coming here. You wouldn't sign mahrez and play him out of position on the left, especially when martial is so good there.
We cant even figure out what to do with the ones we have. We have so many - Rashord, Zlatan, Wilson, Rooney, Mata, Perreira, Martial, Depay, Young, Januzaj, Mkhitaryan, Lingard. All these players are vying for four positions. Thats 12 players for 4 positions. So unless we sell a few of them I dont expect to sign anymore attacking players.
Mourinho probably wants to play a 4-2-3-1 no matter what so Mahrez makes more sense than Pogba. Plus we could buy John Stones too.
I mean why stop there? While we are at it lets get Bonucci, Sane, Higuain and Draxler as well.
I agree that we need to sell or loan a few.
Sell:
Mata (already deemed not good enough by Jose once)
Lingard (not good enough)
Young (not good enough)
Loan:
Wilson (Rashford ahead of him)
Januzaj (badly needs to play regularly)
Perreira (not ready)
First team (rotation):
Zlatan (Old, won't play every match)
Mkhitaryan
Martial
Rooney (Old and rotten, won't play every match)
Depay
Rashford (Inexperienced, won't play every match)
So for me; Depay, Martial and Mkhitaryan are the only ones who can play every single match. Most here don't consider Depay good enough either. So there is definitely a place for Mahrez.
Forget everything else, Mahrez is better than anyone else on that list bar Zlatan, so we should make space for him regardless if we want to be a top team.
If we sign him we're going to have to move Mkhitaryan into the midfield 3 instead of our attacking 3. That IMO might hinder our new shiny Armenian. Mahrez though is a star and its amazing that he's still being questioned by some despite what he did last season.
Hazard is nowhere near Neymar actually, Hazard is below Reus for example.
Silly post. Statistically, Hazard was the best player at the Euros. "Nowhere near" is just a ridiculous & incredibly wrong opinion.
And Joe Allen made the best XI at the Euros.
He played like 5 matches there, can you compare that to actual seasons? Neymar is a top5 player in the world, Hazard struggles to get in EPL top5.
If we can get him if take him only 25 also one things for sure whoever does land him they have a hell of player on there hands. Just can't see it being us.
Dude just stop.
And your claim is very odd, especially coming after an atrocious season from Hazard.
Another weird post. That was the voters doing because Wales were the media darlings, he was average going by eye test & any statistical tool.
Don't tell me you're seriously comparing Eden Hazard & Joe Allen by the way?
There are 5 players in the Premier League better than Hazard? Please name them.
Because anyone with a brain knows last year was an anomaly for Hazard. Combination of fatigue, Mourinho's incompetence & a string of injuries resulted in the first ever bad season.
He was the best player in the League after his return from injury against Bournemouth & carried that form into the Euros where he was far & away Belgium's best player. Besides, I don't disagree Neymar's better, just with that silly Reus comparison.
No manager in football is taking Reus over Hazard.
No you said Hazard was the best player at the Euros. Im saying Allen was in the best XI. It doesnt make a difference what they do at the Euros. Neymar is way ahead of Hazard at the moment.
Neymar didn't play at the Euros. How did Hazard, Mr "I don't like to score goals" do at the World Cup???
Would love Marhez here, exciting player who is willing to put a shift in, no sure what kinda fee would be needed
Mahrez Mkhitaryan Martial
Zlatan
imagine the 3 in behind Zlatan, switching with pace, would be a nightmare for defenders, Rashford could come in and switch it up a bit as well.
Mahrez Mkhitaryan Martial
Zlatan
imagine the 3 in behind Zlatan, switching with pace, would be a nightmare for defenders, Rashford could come in and switch it up a bit as well.
Aguero, DDG, Ozil, Sanchez, de Bruyne are easily on par with him, if not better. Then ofcourse there are players like Mahrez, Kante, Silva, Zlatan, who'd have to show it for a longer periode of time first ir are quite inconsistent like Silva, had an off season but was brilliant before for example. Hazard had a world class first half of the season in 14/15, doesnt make him the best of the best though.
This looks great and i'd love to see it but it simply wont happen. Jose will play Rooney.
On merit, he bossed our Midfield, as did Ramsey.
Yet another bizarre post. Hazard was lauded more for his 2nd half of the season where he carried the team on his shoulders for 4/5 months rather than the 1st half when the entire Chelsea team played well.
Kante, De Gea, Silva Sanchez & Mahrez............ Why not include Kane & Eriksen as well?
As a matter of fact Hazard isn't even the best player on his own team. I'd take Costa, Matic, Willian & Fabregas over him
Neymar is "way ahead" because he's the much better goalscorer. Hazard is a far superior all round player. Intelligence, close control, passing, creativity etc Neymar doesn't compare.
If you're going to troll you have to come harder than this.
Half of his 'assists' was 3 yard passes to Nainggolan long shots and the rest came from one match. He wasn't that good, and went a whole season without scoring in 30 matches. Calm down.
I disagree. I think Neymar is also a very creative player. I think his assists numbers would back me on that with double assists since he arrived at Barca. And when it comes to control of the ball only Messi might be better than Neymar. Also Neymar has been far more consistent so far in his career than Hazard. He has done well with both his clubs and more importantly with Brazil. He carried them all by himself for the past two to three years. I do agree with you that Hazard is a top 5 Premier league player. I just dont think he is as good as Neymar.
Hazard has a better balance and that's it, Neymar is superior in all the categories you mentioned.
Did I wander into the Hazard thread on accident? 
Neymar is a superior player to Hazard. Only a Chelsea fan would disagree, in my opinion. Reus used to be better.. but he's declined after his injuries in my opinion. Used to be my dream signing.. not so much anymore.
As for Mahrez, would love us to sign him but there are absolutely no solid links to Arsenal. We're not in for him.
As for Mahrez, would love us to sign him but there are absolutely no solid links to Arsenal. We're not in for him.
That's the way I am feeling now. I read that Man Utd wanted Fabinho and I thought well, we do need a new right-back.
Where do you get that idea?
UEFA has the best statistical players as
1) Payet
2) Griezeman
3) Bale
4) Kroos
5) De Bruyne
So Hazard was not even statistically the best player on Belgium let alone the whole Euros.
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/players/
Since the tweet the other day saying he wants to leave Leicester I haven't seen a single link to any club trying to buy him, yet this thread has generated 25 pages, summer muppetry in full glory! 
FFS will people stop with the Valencia at RB. Jose will play a proper RB be it Darmian or someone else.
Why is he not a proper RB? Jordi Alba was a winger before he became a fullback. Mascherano has played two CL finals at CB.
1) Valencia did better than the 'expert' FB Darmian last season. Darmian is made for Italian football, not the English league. He's no attacking threat via the wing. If Mkhi plays as #7 he'll need an attacking FB in support; someone like Valencia, Valera, or even Joe Riley. Not someone like Darmian. If Mkhi doesn't play #7 it'll be another season with no attack from that angle; snooze ball.
2) If Jose buys Pogba he'll have hardly any money left. The squad only has 3 experienced recognised centre backs (leaving out Blind). Can't buy the CB and FB with only £40m kitty left.
3) This club has more right full-backs than any other position. Doesn't need another.
4) Apologies. Wrong thread! Thought it was the Fabinho discussion. Anyhow. I don't see how we can buy both Pogba and Mahrez. I would not pay more than £40m for Mahrez; no guarantee he'll do it again next season. Leicester will probably ask for too much.
Didn't realise you were in charge of finances at United. He himself has said after he gets his 4th signing done he will have an open window where he can relax and buy players if he wishes.
There's no transfer kitty. The manager is provided what he needs for the targets he wants. Its not a case of "you have £150m go and spend." If (for an example) we've spent £200m by August and suddenly Ronaldo or Bale comes on the market for £60m, you wouldnt be sitting playing with 2 50p coins. If Mourinho wants money for another centre half or another winger, the board will provide it.
Nothing you just said makes me believe Jose will play Tony at RB. Also who says we will be out of money IF we sign Pogba- Status