Serious whiff of “Manchester United can confirm that the club has reached agreement with Valencia for the loan of Sofyan Amrabat for the 2024/2025 season. The agreement is subject to personal terms, visa requirements and a medical and will contain the option for the move to be made permanent. The club wishes to place on record its appreciation of Sofyan’s efforts in his time at the club and wish him the best for the coming season” off this fella.
Sofyan Amrabat | signs for United on loan
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Serie A is shit and we're potentially signing someone from it for 30m. The club is a joke.
Unless we're talking about Kim Min-Jae in which case Serie A is the hardest league in the world and anyone who plays in it would improve us immeasurably and make 30m look like a bargain.
Unless we're talking about Kim Min-Jae in which case Serie A is the hardest league in the world and anyone who plays in it would improve us immeasurably and make 30m look like a bargain.
Wasn't that the case for Bruno too.
Hope he is as successful as Bruno
It's just a bit cringeworthy, along with fans spamming social media with desperate pleas for us to sign him. It's like we're desperate for people to believe we've signed a world class player - let's just wait and see how it goes because he's not yet proven to be that level.
Think it was pretty clear he was holding out for us
Very happy we got a player like him for a reasonable price and seemed like he only wanted us.
Time to change to title of the thread but watch it, it should the one at which rival fans wont laugh at.
And yesterday his Henderson dream finally died. How much punishment can one man take?
Both those players were well known - even on RedCafe. The fact bigger clubs didn't take a punt is a different matter.
But Statman Dave thinks he's one of the best in the world at the age of 27 years old, playing for Fiorentina....you think a player genuinely at that level is playing for Fiorentina, Hellas Verona, Utrecht, Club Brugge? I'm fairly in the 'wait and see' camp, but given we spent a shit load on Mount, I'm guessing he'll be a bench player and a tactical player for bigger fixtures.
Hopefully so. It’ll be interesting to see how he does.
Not every player has to be world class. Completely different to Bellingham but we need his attributes in midfield - former set up was making Casemiro look bad.
Fred is just as good a passer, maybe more creative as well. But he is so inconsistent, one moment he makes a nice pass into the forward and the next he cant manage a 5 yard pass to a teammate and finds an opponent. So I think we can say Amrabat is likely to be a bit more reliable and predictable but Fred was capable of the big switch passes too which is the main thing Amrabat has.
He certainly seems keen. Makes a change from the likes of Di Maria being dragged here kicking and screaming.
I’m not sure of your point?
No one has taken a punt on Amrabat until now much like Paulinha, Nunes, even Bruno.
Not really how you judge a player is it.
You will be surprised to see the difference in the passing between Fred and this guy.
What was his Henderson dream?
On this forum, Serie A is considered a shit league because Smalling did well there. Bundesliga is considered a shit league because Sancho/Mkhitaryan did well there. Ligue 1 is considered a shit league because they are French. La Liga is considered a shit league with only 3 good teams, so any player outside of them are shit. Portugal is a farmer's league (the popular opinion when we were signing Bruno), same for Holland (popular opinion every time we are linked to any Eredivisie player).
So the general consensus amongst this forum is that we should only sign players from PL, mainly because that is the only league they watch and have some knowledge of.
So the general consensus amongst this forum is that we should only sign players from PL, mainly because that is the only league they watch and have some knowledge of.
So Hargreaves won the game of duck duck goose in the end? Fantastic
Well the best thing to do is not to read what the fans on social media are writing cause its a cesspool.
On this forum, Serie A is considered a shit league because Smalling did well there. Bundesliga is considered a shit league because Sancho/Mkhitaryan did well there. Ligue 1 is considered a shit league because they are French. La Liga is considered a shit league with only 3 good teams, so any player outside of them are shit. Portugal is a farmer's league (the popular opinion when we were signing Bruno), same for Holland (popular opinion every time we are linked to any Eredivisie player).
So the general consensus amongst this forum is that we should only sign players from PL, mainly because that is the only league they watch and have some knowledge of.
And then we do that. "Brexit FC mate, stupid club, look at all these bargains from other leagues"
Thats why we're paying 10m euros for a loan right? Its just FFP mechanics
So how did Matt Hargreaves do in rock, paper, scissors?
He plays the same position as Fred and McTom did for us as the 2 Dms but his strength is his passing so that makes him a bit more like Eriksen who is also deployed in the same role. He's not as creative or a threat going forward like Eriksen at his best/prime though. He's just a ball retainer who can switch the ball from one side of the pitch to the other. A very basic skeleton version of Eriksen's game. I dont think he'd get on Arsenal's bench even because he's worse at it than Jorginho
Romano reporting that it was finally settled by a game of noughts & crosses.
Oh shit that actually did happen
Precisely, also counters the bleach boys in the squad with a glorious, shiny crown.
No, I've already seen plenty of him. Theres going to be people claiming we shouldnt have let Fred leave
Here we go.
Happy with the signing and has a profile of player missing from our squad currently.
Case and amrabat has the makings of a destructive double pivot for the big aways.
Happy with the signing and has a profile of player missing from our squad currently.
Case and amrabat has the makings of a destructive double pivot for the big aways.
what do I know?
Players I wasn’t excited about at all that turned out really good : Martinez, Casemiro (due to age and wages more than anything) Varane (ditto but always injured)
Players I was really excited about and they haven’t delivered yet : Sancho, Antony, Malacia.
Everyone wanted Ronaldo and Sanchez and I could tell they were a busted flush and going to be bad for overall morale once the hype died down.
I think Onana Mount and Rasmus will all at least be solid this season and have levels to go up. We can’t ask for more than they work their asses off and stay professional.
This guy is a steely NT captain but uninspiring to me in the same way Martinez was. Managers project player bla bla bla. Martinez leaves it all out there and is a really good honest gutsy player. If this guy is more of the same I’ll be delighted. I loved Fred but he wasn’t strong enough to always fully trust on the ball to make a run with full conviction that he won’t get turned over behind you. McT will just pass it back, hide beside someone or give it straight back to the opposition. We need more steel industry aggression and basically any decent cover in the centre. I’m quite looking forward to seeing how he does. I think he’ll quickly become a fan favourite due to his no nonsense approach.
Players I wasn’t excited about at all that turned out really good : Martinez, Casemiro (due to age and wages more than anything) Varane (ditto but always injured)
Players I was really excited about and they haven’t delivered yet : Sancho, Antony, Malacia.
Everyone wanted Ronaldo and Sanchez and I could tell they were a busted flush and going to be bad for overall morale once the hype died down.
I think Onana Mount and Rasmus will all at least be solid this season and have levels to go up. We can’t ask for more than they work their asses off and stay professional.
This guy is a steely NT captain but uninspiring to me in the same way Martinez was. Managers project player bla bla bla. Martinez leaves it all out there and is a really good honest gutsy player. If this guy is more of the same I’ll be delighted. I loved Fred but he wasn’t strong enough to always fully trust on the ball to make a run with full conviction that he won’t get turned over behind you. McT will just pass it back, hide beside someone or give it straight back to the opposition. We need more steel industry aggression and basically any decent cover in the centre. I’m quite looking forward to seeing how he does. I think he’ll quickly become a fan favourite due to his no nonsense approach.
That's already happened after watching our midfield part like the red sea the first two games. I am happy to get Amrabat in. He profiles like a player that could be really useful in this team at multiple roles. He could also suck and not play that much in which case the club paid 8.5 million pound for a emergency backup option for a season.
More relieved than anything, we needed a midfielder like him. I just hope he’s up to the level we desperately need.
We’re paying a high loan fee to avoid being obligated to buying him next year. 8m loan fee this year goes on the books in the exact same way signing him for 40m on a 5 year deal would.
He isnt like Fred. Far more considered and controlled. He's not going to be chasing around like a mad dog, like Fred would.
Apparently we're paying £8m loan then another £21m as an option. The press led us to believe he was available for 25m Euros though... Have we mugged ourselves off again?
Appearance wise he looks like Veron.
Serie A has been on the rise in recent years. Just look at all the European competitions last year. Especially the CL. Even the final the so-called underdogs gave City a better match than any prem team I saw last year.
This comment reminds me of when United played Madrid in 99/00. Shows a complete lack an awareness to what’s going on in other leagues.
Well yes, but clearly signing a new midfielder is supposed to improve us. So if we do and people still think we shouldnt have got rid of Fred, thats going to be damning
Luka Modrić played his trade in Croatian and Bosnian league. Imagine what they think of those leagues then.On this forum, Serie A is considered a shit league because Smalling did well there. Bundesliga is considered a shit league because Sancho/Mkhitaryan did well there. Ligue 1 is considered a shit league because they are French. La Liga is considered a shit league with only 3 good teams, so any player outside of them are shit. Portugal is a farmer's league (the popular opinion when we were signing Bruno), same for Holland (popular opinion every time we are linked to any Eredivisie player).
So the general consensus amongst this forum is that we should only sign players from PL, mainly because that is the only league they watch and have some knowledge of.
Apparently there is life outside of PL.
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