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ryan_forlan said:
He will not make us UCL contenders, but he will be very useful to us.
We are short in the attack department right now. He can come in this season and have an immediate impact and also give us more options and depth(we are desperate for this).
Next season, if Januzaj and Pereira have done enough this season to make a case for themselves, then, Mane's profile will not come in the way of their growth.
Four positions Eight players for next season:
Martial, Rooney, Mata, Pereira, Memphis, Young, Januzaj and Mane. Looks youthful, exciting and good to me :-)
This is based on two things:
1) Adnan is getting a lot of game time at BVB, I feel he will get the confidence and improve/speed-up his decision making cause of that.
2) Pereira will get decent game time for us this season and he will do well :-)

1st choice:
Martial
Memphis Mata Mane

2nd choice:
Rooney
Young Pereira Januzaj
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I haven't followed Mane enough to give a definite opinion although I liked what I saw. However I'd like to say this to add to your point. People sneered as us when we replaced Cantona with Teddy and we brought in Yorke instead of Kluivert. Back then they were seen as solid but not flashy players, good for the EPL but inadequate for the CL. Guess what? They proved to be instrumental in the treble season. The secret is to bring the right players to slot in the right positions. SAF was an expert in that
 
I'm still not convinced, especially for the money he would cost right now, £30 mil +

If he keeps this kind of form up for the rest of the season, then maybe. But I'd prefer a player proven at the top level.
 
Sam said:
I'm still not convinced, especially for the money he would cost right now, £30 mil +

If he keeps this kind of form up for the rest of the season, then maybe. But I'd prefer a player proven at the top level.
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Thing is, players proven at the top level are not always a success, especially if they're coming from a foreign league.
 
I'm not really sure what's to dislike, he's given Chelsea the run around 2 years in a row. If he can do it against them why are people worried he wouldn't be good enough against others?.

He's not just some pace merchant either, he makes intelligent runs and is actually a pretty good passer.
 
He would be a good addition and will improve our pressing game so much. I am surprised Pochettino is not all over him. However, he far from being a galactico signing that United fans are becoming accustomed to recently.
 
Sam said:
I'm still not convinced, especially for the money he would cost right now, £30 mil +

If he keeps this kind of form up for the rest of the season, then maybe. But I'd prefer a player proven at the top level.
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You mean someone like Pedro, instead of Martial?
 
Stack said:
Thats one of the reasons he is so good, he can create space for himself if needed.
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He's tireless too, any time I've seen him he puts an absolute shift in. And with his pace, he really closes down defenders quickly. One of the reasons Chelsea had such a torrid time against him.
 
Lawman said:
Ive been wanting Mane for a long time. Reus or Griezman would also be welcome but id rather have Ronaldo or Bale than either if we are going in big but Mane would just tick all the boxes (Pace, age, price, pl experience, multi functional)
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Cnaiür urs Skiötha said:
Reus and Griezmann would be first option but it is not very likely that they would join us respectively their clubs will have any intentions to sell them.
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Griezman has a buyout clause of 56m and is a united fan, Mane is probably going to be a 35m+

Ronaldo or Bale will take record fees to obtain
 
For the price we'd have to pay, it seems it would have obvious implications for the future of one of our current forwards. And I don't think LvG is ready to make that decision on Rooney or Memphis yet.

Meaning either Mata suffers in the short term or Adnan/Pereira in the long term.
 
If he was a player being added for attacking depth for a Valencia/Young type of fee while we also bought another top attacking player then I'd find the prospect more appealing, but Southampton will want £35-40M for him and at that price he'd probably be the only attacking addition in the summer.
 
Devil may care said:
If he was a player being added for attacking depth for a Valencia/Young type of fee while we also bought another top attacking player then I'd find the prospect more appealing, but Southampton will want £35-40M for him and at that price he'd probably be the only attacking addition in the summer.
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I think £30m-35m will be a bargain between premier league teams! I can see prices rocket as the TV money kicks in. Not saying it's right but that's what's going to happen. Stones Barclay Kane all will be a ridiculous £50m plus price tag!
 
[QUOTE="Devil may care, post: 18264180, member: 48107"]If he was a player being added for attacking depth for a Valencia/Young type of fee while we also bought another top attacking player then I'd find the prospect more appealing, but Southampton will want £35-40M for him and at that price he'd probably be the only attacking addition in the summer.[/QUOTE]
Certainly this cause the amount of money we have to part with is not exactly in line with his upside at all, he could be in the Young/Valencia range because it is very possible that what we are seeing right now is his best or very close to it and for the same amount on the continent you could find yourself a player with Hazard/Sanchez potential. If it was up to me I would move mountains to bring a player like Griezman to Old Trafford and with a release clause in his contract our only challenge is in convincing the player to come here which shouldn't be difficult considering the wages we can pay plus the fact that he is a fan.
 
sunama said:
If Mane becomes first choice, right winger, and Mata moves to the No.10 role.
What about Rooney?
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Someone above said Soton might need a loan player to boost their numbers, should we go in early for Mane in January....
 
Considering his form and the fact that LVG wanted him in the summer, I can't see us not going back in for him. Looking at the way the season has gone, I'm convinced we would at least make an attempt in January. We need more in attack and i don't think LVG will risk the season on Memphis and aRooney in their current form. He also said Wilson is going on loan in January, so there's that. It might not be Mane but we will sign another attacker in January.
 
Sounds like shaky logic but even just the fact he's a great athlete, has stupidly good pace and acceleration, means he would improve our attacking front almost immediately.

His movement and finding space is another major thing we're missing.
 
sunama said:
If Mane becomes first choice, right winger, and Mata moves to the No.10 role.
What about Rooney?
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RVP will relish playing with his former team mate again
 
This guy is a good player, and would add pace and creativity to the RW. We should sign him
 
Lawman said:
I think £30m-35m will be a bargain between premier league teams! I can see prices rocket as the TV money kicks in. Not saying it's right but that's what's going to happen. Stones Barclay Kane all will be a ridiculous £50m plus price tag!
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The premium on English players has always been there though, to me it shouldn't be extending to every player that has some form in the PL as you can still get good quality for half the price elsewhere. I just can't fathom paying Hazard or Ageuro money for Mane.

itso 7 said:
Certainly this cause the amount of money we have to part with is not exactly in line with his upside at all, he could be in the Young/Valencia range because it is very possible that what we are seeing right now is his best or very close to it and for the same amount on the continent you could find yourself a player with Hazard/Sanchez potential. If it was up to me I would move mountains to bring a player like Griezman to Old Trafford and with a release clause in his contract our only challenge is in convincing the player to come here which shouldn't be difficult considering the wages we can pay plus the fact that he is a fan.
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I agree with you on Griezmann but I am starting to wonder if LvG is wary of slighter built forwards after Di Maria. If you look at the players we brought in this summer all are physically powerfully made, especially the two forwards.
 
GloryHunter07 said:
If we sign him, what does that mean for Januzaj?
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A great shot at being our no10 next season when HOPEFULLY Rooney gets the boot.
Of course though we will want a SQUAD of talented players to challenge on ALL fronts.
 
Sam said:
I'm still not convinced, especially for the money he would cost right now, £30 mil +

If he keeps this kind of form up for the rest of the season, then maybe. But I'd prefer a player proven at the top level.
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Ah yes, Di Maria, Falcao...

Why did we buy Martial?
 
We fans are so fickle. Last summer there was a mass muppet suicide when we bid for him after failing for Pedro. And now he is the hottest property around. Goes to show that our managenent weren't fools (capturing Martial subsequently shows that).

I liked Mane against United, though my worry would be about his ability to last through games. The risk is if he could become somebody like Anderson ( or currently Memphis), which is obviously not helpful.
 
CG1010 said:
We fans are so fickle. Last summer there was a mass muppet suicide when we bid for him after failing for Pedro. And now he is the hottest property around. Goes to show that our managenent weren't fools (capturing Martial subsequently shows that).

I liked Mane against United, though my worry would be about his ability to last through games. The risk is if he could become somebody like Anderson ( or currently Memphis), which is obviously not helpful.
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Yeah with the benefit of hindsight, now it looks like our scouting team was spot on with targets, just a shame we couldn't conclude that deal.
 
Would like to to see a Mane, Martial and Memphis (once he sorts himself out) trio, would be electric.
 
CG1010 said:
We fans are so fickle. Last summer there was a mass muppet suicide when we bid for him after failing for Pedro. And now he is the hottest property around. Goes to show that our managenent weren't fools (capturing Martial subsequently shows that).

I liked Mane against United, though my worry would be about his ability to last through games. The risk is if he could become somebody like Anderson ( or currently Memphis), which is obviously not helpful.
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I think Mane is a much better dribbler than Memphis and is far quicker.
 
Lawman said:
I think £30m-35m will be a bargain between premier league teams! I can see prices rocket as the TV money kicks in. Not saying it's right but that's what's going to happen. Stones Barclay Kane all will be a ridiculous £50m plus price tag!
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You're right - "smaller" Premier League teams no longer need to sell players to make money as the TV money is more than enough - you will mainly see players coming from outside into the Premier League now IMO
 
It's funny that people are trying to play up our scouting greatness in regards to Mane over Pedro, while no one has asked why we didn't buy him much earlier in the window instead of leaving it until it was too late for Southampton to sell yet another player, if we thought he was so good.
 
The question shouldn't be, can he score for us, it should be, can he score for us when teams park the bus defend in depth and look to counter.

That's the majority of teams we face. Most teams don't look to play with us, they look to play Mourinho ball. I think that is the litmus test for a striker playing for United. How do they do when the openings are not there, when its very tight and when teams are looking to sit back and counter stroke.
 
CG1010 said:
We fans are so fickle. Last summer there was a mass muppet suicide when we bid for him after failing for Pedro. And now he is the hottest property around. Goes to show that our managenent weren't fools (capturing Martial subsequently shows that).

I liked Mane against United, though my worry would be about his ability to last through games. The risk is if he could become somebody like Anderson ( or currently Memphis), which is obviously not helpful.
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His performance against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge sticks out in the memory. Reckon he'd be a good and worthwhile addition to the squad.
 
Nucks said:
The question shouldn't be, can he score for us, it should be, can he score for us when teams park the bus defend in depth and look to counter.

That's the majority of teams we face. Most teams don't look to play with us, they look to play Mourinho ball. I think that is the litmus test for a striker playing for United. How do they do when the openings are not there, when its very tight and when teams are looking to sit back and counter stroke.
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Who can do that? However I can't think of many teams parking the bus for the entire 90 minutes. Corners, freekicks, a dip in form throughout the game will allow these teams to attack and that means they will leave some space behind. The secret is to exploit the limited space left by these teams through counter attacks. That requires a good eye for goal and plenty of pace
 
I can't quite understand some of the negativity around Mane - he was excellent against us and Chelsea so surely that should indicate that there is no reason he couldn't replicate that kind of form at the highest level in a better side?

He also has the raw pace that we crave in the forward positions. It's OK having one Herrera/Mata type of player, you may even get away with two at home when teams defend their penalty area, but away from home in the PL you need pace on the break
 
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