Especially if he plays in goal.
Seriously though not sure about Fonte, im sure he will cost at least 30 million as well. Hed be a big improvement over Jones and Rojo though.
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Seriously though not sure about Fonte, im sure he will cost at least 30 million as well. Hed be a big improvement over Jones and Rojo though.
I'm not so sure. More chances of penalty with those aerial balls
Interesting to see how he does there after all the hype from the Portuguese fans (and one weird City fan who was ardent he is way better than Renato Sanches). I think Liverpool were very interested in him but in the end opted for Wijnaldum, whether that was due to price, or time delays, or just opting against him I'm not sure.
Looked a very average player to me. Works hard and does a few good things here and there but nothing out of the ordinary.
Yup, looks like he's in the mould of players like Wijnaldum, Delph, Ander Herrera
etc. Not happy with this news. Bravo IMO is current the best ball playing keeper. He's very good keeper in traditional sense too. City having him would be significant upgrade in their possession play.Would rather have Van Dijk than Fonte
We want a world record fee for him if it's Juventus.
This thread has died a slow death post Pogba
Mourinho and Woodward have killed this thread. Dithering Dave at least gave the Muppets a lot of false rumours to latch on to
Mourinho and Woodward have killed this thread. Dithering Dave at least gave the Muppets a lot of false rumours to latch on to
I'm quite enjoying the feeling of not having to check it every five minutes during a summer transfer window!
Can't be arsed. We've won the league.
It is rather weird though.
It's perfect for our preparations but it's still weird.
Barvo is a little short for a 'keeper isn't he? DdG struggled when he first came here and he's taller, don't think Bravo will like set pieces against the bigger teams, specially with a make shift defence/Stones in front of him.
Pep might get a shock with a signing like this. More than any other major league a keeper in the PL needs to be able to dominate his area - especially against the more physical sides.
He had a great ball player in Neuer which seems to be what he wants. Might not work for him here though.
Looked a bit ordinary at the Euro's. Not a great measure of a player but I'm not sure what sort of player he's supposed to be.
I noted Stoke targeted Victor Valdes from set pieces yesterday. This was one of the concerns I had about him when he was a possible replacement for De Gea.
Was going to say the same. He was flapping at a couple too.
I've got a feeling United are going to pull one more big signing out of nowhere (Falcao shock factor levels) in the last week or two of the window
nah, we are done bar that cb from Southampton imo
Who do you think it will be ?
Exactly but Neuer is massive so surely P
Sounds like you've tapped DiMarzio' phone? What's the inside scoop?
It looks like he is spawning an extra set of arms.
No idea. Just a gut feeling. I don't necessarily think it will be as exciting as Falcao was. But equally as out the blue. Martial was a bit like that too
Edit - ah I'll guess Lukaku
Meh he is 33 and I bet he gets pressured a lot more in the PL than he did in la liga
If a few leave there will be, Im guessing nothing huge but it will be a CB or RB with Darmian going. People seem convinced Jones could leave too.
If there is one surprise signing, it'll be a young CM that we just loan back anyway. And even that won't be much of a shock given recent rumors.
33 is not that old for GK. For other teams, then it may be a problem but Pep team will look to dominate possession and in theory, their GK won't need to defend as much in traditional sense. His ball playing would be an asset to their passing game.
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We could really do with a 4 armed, 3 legged defender. Imagine the shit he can do.
No-one's megging him.
Bolasie is a good player but if the likes of him a 27 year-old who's spent most of his career playing in the lower leagues is worth £25m, then suddenly £89m for Pogba doesn't seem as crazy.
Napoli wants Darmian (Calciomercato), Mourinho still keen on Varane (AS), Blind wanted by De Boer at Inter (The Times).
(((Soton confident of keeping Fonte (Mirror) & Borthwick-Jackson close to joining WBA on loan (Daily star).)))
£89m for Pogba will seem less and less crazy over the next 3 weeks in my opinion. I fully expect players who've never proven themselves on the biggest stage to be leaving for £50m+ (Lukaku/Lacazette etc), with bench warmers like Benteke replacing them for £30m+.
He is hardly Varane but will be good cover for the Cup of nations.
At least De Brun didn't basically say "he wont sign for United" "but he might" in this update
Weird. Still remember him being linked to United. And when we had the best team in Europe too
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