He runs at people too much with the ball without passing, wont fit our team.
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Definitely. I'd bet on it happening, if Mourinho was put in charge.
Well he loves/loved Willian, who was exactly that kind of work hard off the ball, but still have quality on it, kind of player.
Bid, bid, bid!
People say he's not good enough for United, but he'd walk into our current side. Always making things happen.
Can see us going all out for Sadio Mane and Harry Kane in the summer. Surely the Neymar, Muller etc. bollocks will stop and we'll throw a shitload towards English based Premier League proven stars.
Martial drifting in from the left.. that would be very tasty. Would also be very expensive, I don't see us getting Kane for anything under £50-60m
He was very good tonight, interestingly most want him as a RW but his best games have been as a #10 with freedom to drift wide.
Agreed definitely shows more effectiveness as a #10 and I really do hope we go for him, interestingly the same thought is made for Griezmann. Possibly neither would play to their full capacity out wide.
Another way to look at it is if we ended up with both they could form part of a fluid front 3 with Martial, interchanging positions throughout games.
Sack Van Gaal, sell Fellaini, buy Mane
forgot about releasing rooney but agree
Mourinho would ruin him. He would hammer the flair out of him.
Mane is a fantastic option, he can play behind the striker or as a winger.
If we have the opportunity to sign 2 players of Griezmann, Mahrez, Lucas Moura, Mane, Barkley... Who would you buy as a No.10 and right winger?
If we have the opportunity to sign 2 players of Griezmann, Mahrez, Lucas Moura, Mane, Barkley... Who would you buy as a No.10 and right winger?
Spurs would laugh at £50-60m for the brightest young talent in the PL.
Get with the times ffs.
Lucas RW/RM and greizmann as a second striker/no.10 behind martial. then we have Januzaj/memphis/young for lw/lm
And their were people,balking at those numbers in the summer!
He'll cost us minimum £80m. And given the amount of mone6 we and other elite clubs that's the going rate. My issue is why would he join United right now when we are a shower of shite?
That is exactly the reason why we should look at the continent for our attacking options. Kane for 70-80 mil pounds will be crazily bad business when we can get good options on the continent for probably half that.
No chance of getting kane, spurs don't want to sell and I doubt he would be desperate to leave them for us anyway. Mane would be a great signing in January but I can't see Southampton selling him, completely agree about all the nonsense regarding the likes of neymar it has to stop but I don't think club have realised that yet.
Should have gone for him in the summer already.
That's what I said at the time but, no, most people on here said he wasn't good enough for United.
He'd have been exactly what we need. Was all for it as well. But meh. We preferred to try and sign Müller and Neymar instead.
When we were linked to him in the summer I laughed but he has since proven to me that he is a good attacking player
I'm still not sure he would be a good fit for Utd though
I'm still not sure he would be a good fit for Utd though
He would be more productive on our right wing than anybody in the current squad, and wouldn't come with the ego or risk a bigger named player would.
He's still very young too, I really can't see a downside to signing him.
I genuinely can't see why people don't want to sign him?
Just something we see often from players like that moving to a bigger club often doesn't work out
He'd be the best attacker at the club. And he works hard and has loads of energy.
True but every player ever has an element of risk too it, we can't not buy players because we are worried they might not perform. The only downside is having him in the AFCON, but for now he would make a huge difference, and would give Memphis more room to work in also.
For the amount he would cost I really don't get the excitement with him here.
Fact is he's been underwhelming for a few weeks now and he has a good game yesterday and all of a sudden and everyone ignores his earlier performances.
People talk of us spending £250m and having nothing to show for it but signing Mane for £30m - £40m will continue that trend.
We should be aiming higher imo. From the players @Fer listed, he's comfortably bottom of that list.
Fact is he's been underwhelming for a few weeks now and he has a good game yesterday and all of a sudden and everyone ignores his earlier performances.
People talk of us spending £250m and having nothing to show for it but signing Mane for £30m - £40m will continue that trend.
We should be aiming higher imo. From the players @Fer listed, he's comfortably bottom of that list.
The fact that Mané might walk into United's current XI shouldn't ideally be a determinant. Marc Albrighton and Odion Igalho would also walk into United's XI - doesn't mean they will be quality medium to long term additions. We need to aim higher if we're looking in the €35+ million range (conservative estimate, because Southampton will likely demand €40+ million). Paulo Dybala cost Juventus €32 million and he's been stunning - Agüero lite, Henrikh Mkhitaryan joined Dortmund for €25 million last year - arguably a Top 5 player in Bundesliga this season, and Yevhen Konoplyanka transferred to Sevilla on a Bosman - they're all as good as, and in the former duo's case - better than Mané. We need to target players like that - ones that are capable of emerging as Top 5 players in the league if we're paying big, big fee - not overpay for player with grossly inflated 'talent'; only to turn around 2 years later, and claim how crap our squad is compared to the European elite; and how the hell £250 million worth of players can be so bad (figurative) - ill-advised signings! Aiming too low, that's how you end up with crap. Much rather Texeira to be honest, with all due respect to Mané. Just shows a higher level, and he has that smooth Joga bonito flair. You buy Texeira and maybe another top player, they'll improve our attack substantially. And Texeira will cost as much as Mané too.
Agreed.
We need players to take us to the next level not just players that are better than our current lot.
I think you're being generous comparing him with the likes of Mhiki and Dybala as they are streets ahead of him but I do get the point you are trying to get across. Ferreira Carrasco, Brahimi, Coman, Deulofeu and so many other players across Europe that would improve us just as much as Mane if not more but for half the price.
To pay Lucas Moura money on Mane would be a joke.
Why can't Mané be someone who takes us to the next level? He has coped with the physical demands of the Premier League very well and his pure acceleration could be very handy for us in attack.
As long as we were able to get him for ~£30m, I think he'd be worth a punt. I certainly don't think he'd be more of a risk than Lucas Moura.
As long as we were able to get him for ~£30m, I think he'd be worth a punt. I certainly don't think he'd be more of a risk than Lucas Moura.
See that's the thing, we could pay 40m on Moura and he could end up flopping too, how many flairy Brazilians have made it in this league?
He's potentially better than mane but it might take time to adjust. We know that mane will come in and do a job straight away.
He's potentially better than mane but it might take time to adjust. We know that mane will come in and do a job straight away.
All those players good as they are changed clubs with us watching and paying millions more for duds. It happened with Vidal to Juventus in similar circumstances ie with us watching. All these examples mean there is something rotten at the core within the club's football side butas things stand our needs are more immediate hence we should take the plunge and bring him in to help us rescue the season whilst the suits take stock and look to restructure the clubby bringing in a DoF and revamping to scouting network and stuff.
United shouldn't buy foreign players from English clubs, the inflation in the English market is way too big. And only a handful of premier league players don't have a cheaper equivalent on the continent.
The thing that many people are missing with Mane and its the most important thing is that his ability with the ball is exceptional. Its being missed because at this point he isnt a "big name" player. In terms of his technique and also his skill levels he is absolutely superb. His physical attributes are also as good as they come. At some point one of the "big" clubs are going to snap him up and his ability with the ball will mean he wont have any trouble becoming a star player at a much bigger club. He is as good and often better than any of the names people are comparing him with and I think people are being blinded by the fact he is at a small club.
Pace of Mane combined with Martial would be frightening. Long made Arsenal look silly yesterday, Martial and Mane would be even better 
Don't think we've got a hope signing him in January.
To ensure top 4 I think we should acquire both mane and Lucas.... Right after we fire LVG.
Lucas should be relatively cheap, so why not? But Mané will cost way too much, it's probably best to stay away from him and target a cheaper or better player for the summer, we could buy that player next month for the next season.
I'm very wary of us missing out of top 4... If we do that it will be much harder to attract the talent we want. We need to be as ruthless as Madrid or as efficient as bayern as this point. Mane replaces Rooney and Lucas replaces Mata.... Now we got power and speed up top.
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