Sneijder to Galatasaray?

The question is where would he play, with Rooney playing just behind RVP in a revolving role between the two, would sneijder play in midfield alongside Carrick and Clevs?
 
Nate Dogg said:
The question is where would he play, with Rooney playing just behind RVP in a revolving role between the two, would sneijder play in midfield alongside Carrick and Clevs?
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Front of a diamond with Rooney and RVP ahead of him, Carrick, Cleverley and Kagawa behind.
 
I think he'd be a good signing for between £10-£15 million, but anything beyond that wouldn't be good value for United. I'm not suggesting we'll be able to get him for that kind of money, but that would be as far as I'd like to see us bid.

I struggle to see where he would fit into the team at the moment, and I'm not sure we need him given that we added Kagawa in the summer. The other thing is his form, which hasn't been nearly as good as when we were first linked with him.

I guess for £15 million, for example, and a reasonable wage, then getting 4 or 5 good years out of him would be pretty sound business.
 
in europe i would have rvp with wes just behind, rooney out left a la eto'o/inter 2010, one of our wingers on the right, carrick and fletcher in midfield.

we'd be better than inter 2010 and win the CL :)
 
Brwned said:
I'd asked an Ajax fan around that time whether he thought Sneijder could fit into our fairly rigid setup in a deeper role and he basically said that coming through the youth teams of Ajax meant you were developed with the total football philosophy so midfielders could pretty much play in any midfield position, and Sneijder did so throughout his Ajax career with him initially starting off in a left-central role like we've seen Anderson and Cleverley play in the diamond this year, at one point he played as a deep-lying playmaker and then he finally came into his own in that advanced role.

Even after Ajax we saw him play off the wing at Madrid, and we've seen him play in a deeper role just last year for Inter. I was actually watching that Argentina-Holland game the other week (just to remind myself of how much Messi's changed) and I forgot he played in the deeper central midfield role then. Now there's no doubt in my mind that his best position is that attacking midfield role but I think he'll have to adapt like Scholesy did anyway at some point and drop deeper into midfield and with his range of passing it shouldn't be any issue on the ball. He'll have to put in a bit more of a shift but he is capable of it. And with that diamond he can happily play in any of the three slightly more advanced roles.
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with sneijder in a deeper role how might you think wed line up? keeping in mind i think kagawa rooney and rvp should be the front three.
 
JmRssll555 said:
I think he'd be a good signing for between £10-£15 million, but anything beyond that wouldn't be good value for United. I'm not suggesting we'll be able to get him for that kind of money, but that would be as far as I'd like to see us bid.

I struggle to see where he would fit into the team at the moment, and I'm not sure we need him given that we added Kagawa in the summer. The other thing is his form, which hasn't been nearly as good as when we were first linked with him.

I guess for £15 million, for example, and a reasonable wage, then getting 4 or 5 good years out of him would be pretty sound business.
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If a player of his quality, which clearly enhances the ability and options of the squad, then if it is within the financial parameters that SAF is asked to work within, we have to sign him.

Webcam worry about how he slots in and who has to make way for him later! Though given his midfield flexibility, I'm guessing he takes over from both Giggs and Scholes so I don't see a problem as they will soon retire
 
I'm not a big fan of the diamond myself but I could see us using that if we bought Sneijder.

Code: 
[CENTER]De Gea
Rafael Rio Vidic Evra
Carrick
Anderson Kagawa
Sneijder
Rooney Van Persie[/CENTER]

Or a simple 433 with Rooney pulling out wide.

Code: 
[CENTER]De Gea
Rafael Rio Vidic Evra
Carrick Anderson
Sneijder
Nani/Valencia Van Persie Rooney[/CENTER]

Just think of when we're two goals down in half an hour to go...

Code: 
[CENTER]De Gea
Rafael Rio Vidic Evra
Carrick
Sneijder Kagawa
Rooney
Van Persie Hernandez[/CENTER]
 
I don't think sneijder could play at the tip of the diamond unless we modified how we use it, atm Rooney who is usually there has to do a lot of defensive work which I doubt kagawa would do well let along sneijder. Then following from that I'm not sure how effective kagawa would be in the areas clev/ando were playing. Although could always have sneijder/kagawa playing up top with rvp with them having freedom to go where they want.
 
That's where Kagawa's played when we've played the diamond. Could easily rotate Sneijder and Kagawa though. I don't think it's unworkable it'd just be a fundamental change in our approach, but then that would be the only reason to bring Sneijder in on top of Kagawa and Van Persie anyway.
 
Kagawa played on the left of the diamond didn't he? Tbh I think we'd be better of using a 433 than the diamond long term. Have Carrick and then clev/ando next to him, rooney or kagawa just ahead with the other allowed a drifiting role. Suppose you could fit Sniejder on the other side, but we'd probably have the same problem as Chelsea defensively where there just isn't enough work rate.
 
Sky1981 said:
he's 30

Not worth 40M

We can buy shit loads of player with that amount of money, and I don't think he have the hunger anymore being 30+ and winning everything already.

It's a big risk
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He's 28 and would probably cost about 15-20m imo.

Inter bought him for 15m euros at the age of 25 and are probably desparate to remove his wages from their books, so I doubt he would cost more than 15-20m at the age of 28, because Inter don't have the leverage of negotiating a high transfer fee when the buying club would also need to take on his high wages. Don't be surprised if he goes for below 20m.
 
Next year we are going to be without Giggs, Scholes and by the way things stand Nani and have a 32 year old Carrick.

This summer -

Isco would be our replacement for Nani.
Strootman replacement for Carrick.
Sneijder replacement for Scholes.
Bale for Giggs?
 
coolredwine said:
That article says his salary at Inter is £4.9M annually, which works to be around £100K pw :wenger:
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100k per week would be reasonable. He's earning more than that. Think closer to double. Young is earning about 80-90k per week. Of course Sneijder, probably the highest paid player at Inter, is earning more than that.
 
Art said:
Next year we are going to be without Giggs, Scholes and by the way things stand Nani and have a 32 year old Carrick.

This summer -

Isco would be our replacement for Nani.
Strootman replacement for Carrick.
Sneijder replacement for Scholes.
Bale for Giggs?
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Top muppetry...
 
It's usually best to trust Fergie on transfers but if he were to ask my advice (which would not be a good idea) I would advise him against a move for Sneijder. All the relevant points have been covered here already.

Even so, there's no denying who Wesley was once capable of. But does he still have it in him?
 
No one is mentioning this but Inter are being total douches in this case. We blame players all the time for being greedy bastards and holding out for contracts or being acting like asses when a bigger club comes calling but what Inter are doing is equally abominable. They signed him to a better contract on back of an awesome year and now they want to go back and renegotiate the terms? This might be an attempt to get out of the club but this is not a right precedent to set. It is total nonsense.

As for Sneijder at United....sigh...I thought that ship had already sailed. An injury prone, one season wonder, who plays in a position where we are already stacked - I say hell no!

We are already an unbalanced squad, who is still searching for an identity and a style of play. We have four strikers, none of them wide forwards. Kagawa, who we do not know where to play. Three wingers, one of whom is most likely on his way out and another one who everyone wants to move out. To top that we have ageing midfield, which is our biggest Achilles heel. We do not need to add another 28 year old, injury prone, attacking midfielder to the mix.

We complain about gaps in the midfield when Carrick and Scholes play, what do you think is going to happen by trying to convert Wesley into that role? I'll answer that - Disaster. If he doesn't play in the central midfield then where are we going to fit him in? The AM role when we already have Kagawa and Rooney?

I say let's not try and burn our hands with this one and get a solid central midfielder this summer. We let Martinez and Witsel go last summer though I am sure there are other floating around somewhere who can do the job at a similar level.
 
I'd tear my hair out if we buy another attacking player without getting a proper CM in.
 
Statement will come out this afternoon apparently.

Prepare muppets.
 
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