may be we should pay or at least try 100m pounds to Levy for Kane?
Suspect that Lukaku wont be chipper, but Kane is much better player anyway
Suspect that Lukaku wont be chipper, but Kane is much better player anyway
Summer Transfer Window 2017
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Griezmann hasn't won anything either. Means nothing.
I think Everton are just posturing with the 100m fee. He has openly rejected a new contract and said he wants to leave. They'll come to their senses and settle for a reasonable fee. We can even offer them Rooney if they indeed want him.
Yeah, he was complaining about his team-mates to Pogba after the game at Old Trafford
Griezmann is a different level to Lukaku though. But yeah trophies are not the best way to judge a player in a team sport. What can we expect him to win at Everton and West Brom anyway.
Kane is worth way more that that to Spurs. As long as the player expressly doesn't ask to leave, they won't sell him. And Kane seems to be the type that will stay loyal to them atleast for a few more years.
Not a big fan of him, but if he can score goals then why not? He is definitely not worth 100 million though.
We should rather go for Bale at this price .
I don't see any other teams (esp in Europe), linked with him ?
There has to be a better buy somewhere out there, but who knows, it could work.
I trust if Jose wants him , he surely knows better than me, then let's give a go.
We should rather go for Bale at this price .
I don't see any other teams (esp in Europe), linked with him ?
There has to be a better buy somewhere out there, but who knows, it could work.
I trust if Jose wants him , he surely knows better than me, then let's give a go.
Centre Half, Defensive Midfielder, Winger and Centre Forward are a must.
Keeper (only if De Gea goes), another attacker and a left back (though I think that's maybe less likely now) may also be possibilities.
Probably depends on how many go out of the door - Depay, Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin haven't been replaced and I'd expect 3-4 more to follow this window, so while maybe not ideal, it may be we need to bring in 6.
Keeper (only if De Gea goes), another attacker and a left back (though I think that's maybe less likely now) may also be possibilities.
Probably depends on how many go out of the door - Depay, Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin haven't been replaced and I'd expect 3-4 more to follow this window, so while maybe not ideal, it may be we need to bring in 6.
Griezmann, Lukaku, Keane, Perisic, Fabinho is my realistic wishlist.
Although i would have replaced Perisic and Keane with Bernardo Silva and Van Dijk, but since the first one is gone and Jose needs a proper winger and the second one is probably too expensive with Griezmann and Lukaku being already expensive themselves.
Hope Shaw can step up at LB, would be great.
Although i would have replaced Perisic and Keane with Bernardo Silva and Van Dijk, but since the first one is gone and Jose needs a proper winger and the second one is probably too expensive with Griezmann and Lukaku being already expensive themselves.
Hope Shaw can step up at LB, would be great.
Did Mourinho actually say that there may be a surprise signing this transfer window, or was he just misquoted?
If true, it makes me wonder which player he views as a surprise. Guessing it's either a really big name or someone from a domestic rival.
If true, it makes me wonder which player he views as a surprise. Guessing it's either a really big name or someone from a domestic rival.
I hope Gomez get to play in the cups, he could learn a lot from the likes of Griezman. If he keeps improving we will forget the loss of Bernardo Silva very soon.
Agree on everything except Bernardo Silva, since he lacks pace to counter attack wich Mourinho likes in attacking players. Silva do not backtrack enough to help defence either. Think that is why he likes Perisic.
van Dijk with Griezmann would lift us to the next level. He is a leader, wich we lacked in defence for a while now. His physical presence is immense and does not have any weaknesses and he scores goals. The thought of him pairing up with Bailly is mouth watering and makes me think of Ferdinand/Vidic CB pairing. The lack of links between us and van Dijk makes me nervous cause i do not want him to join a rival.
I trust Mourinho in buying the right players cause he was spot on with Bailly, Mikhi, Pogba and Zlatan. Thanks to these players we won the Europa League and League Cup.
Fabinho makes sense cause he can play CDM and RB if Valencia is out and he is class. The fact he can take penalties and score from the deep also helps. We need goals from the whole team to win titles.
Griezmann will lift our attack with finding spaces we never found last year.
I am also hoping Shaw grows into the player he showed glimpses of. Perisic could help Shaw grow since he would keep the width on the flank and give Shaw space to run in and if we lose the ball he would help out in defence.
My inner muppet wants Kane and Sanchez.
Make it happen Woody.
Make it happen Woody.
This could turn out to be quite a unexciting transfer window.
I know right, 31st May and no signings yet! What's taking Woody so long?!/!?!?!?
I was talking in terms of players. When ever we sign them i'm not really bothered.
We've been strongly linked with Fabinho and Griezmann already. 2 potentially fantastic signings who would come in to our first 11 and instantly improve us as a team.
A winger, striker and LB on top of that, it would be a brilliant window. I do think we'll have a very productive transfer window.
If we ended the summer with this I think it would be serviceable and would see us looking fairly strong in defense and midfield with a good age profile across the back 4 with the excetpion of Tony. We could look to add some genuine flair and excitement to the attack with Ousmane Dembele next summer.
This won't be so bad. Rose will massively improve our left wing. But replacing Zlatan with just Morata might not be enough. We will still have the same problem as last year with not enough goal scorers in the squad. Our current players will have to really up their game for this to work.If we ended the summer with this I think it would be serviceable and would see us looking fairly strong in defense and midfield with a good age profile across the back 4 with the excetpion of Tony. We could look to add some genuine flair and excitement to the attack with Ousmane Dembele next summer.
My hope is that Morata or Belotti's game is tailored towards team play, so with one of them as the #9 we'd get more out of the likes of Rashford, Martial and Mkhitaryan in the attack, where as last season they all operated as just support acts for Ibra and our entire game was built on what was best for him, Morata or Belotti would make tireless runs that serve the attacking unit, not just play for themselves.
If we went into next season with that XI, we'd struggle to finish top four, Rashford is not a left winger and he never will be.
If we ended the summer with this I think it would be serviceable and would see us looking fairly strong in defense and midfield with a good age profile across the back 4 with the excetpion of Tony. We could look to add some genuine flair and excitement to the attack with Ousmane Dembele next summer.
I think we'd need another quality central midfielder, or we'd end up playing too much Fellaini and Carrick, but the rest of the bench looks good:
Attack - Martial, Mata, Lingard (Zlatan)
Midfield - Fellaini, Carrick, Pereira
Defence - Shaw, Blind, Rojo, Jones/Smalling, Darmian/Young, Tuanzebe
with presumably Rooney, one of the 2 English CBs and one fullback/wingback leaving.
That would be a tough team to play against, though we'd really need one of Martial or Rashford to become a consistently dangerous winger, and Mkhitaryan to get back to close to his best Bundesliga form. I think that midfield in front of a Mourinho coached back 4 and we'd be defensively excellent. Still no good to watch, but maybe only concede about 25 goals in the league and so have a real chance to win it if we can find enough 1-0s
Maybe, it would all depend on how the front 3 gelled and I expect us to get more from Mkhi next summer as well as Pogba if we played a consistent 3 man midfield. As for Rashford, he's only a #9 in a 2 striker system which we don't use, so he can develop coming off the left as a wide forward, he played as a winger at youth level so it's not like it's a foreign role to him.
I agree with you in regards to adding another quality CM, but Jose loves Fellaini and we gave Carrick another year, so sadly they'll be the 2 getting minutes when we rested Fabinho or Herrera. Where as I think Pereira can get some games in the mix as well as he can operate in one of the advanced CM roles or even off one of the flanks.
@Womp will answer you here
I don't see why Jose wouldn't liked him, he looks to me like his type of forward. Would really like if we try to get him instead of some other names. Fabinho is not an attacking outlet but would allow more attacking contribution from Pogba. With Bale I agree, but then again change of injury luck and all together we could have a great team.
Anyway, gone in too much guessing game right now. All I am saying is that you can judge things only at the end of the transfer window. I am quite sure there will be some positive names which nobody even mentioned so far.
I don't see why Jose wouldn't liked him, he looks to me like his type of forward. Would really like if we try to get him instead of some other names. Fabinho is not an attacking outlet but would allow more attacking contribution from Pogba. With Bale I agree, but then again change of injury luck and all together we could have a great team.
Anyway, gone in too much guessing game right now. All I am saying is that you can judge things only at the end of the transfer window. I am quite sure there will be some positive names which nobody even mentioned so far.
Icardi might like a move so he can cease his running battle with the Inter Ultras.
Ye pal, all we can do is hope and see.
Don't know anything about it, could you expand a little bit... I thought he is like their favorite player (because he's the best one obviously).
Few hours later and you can scrap Griezmann. Delighted.
Ok, he's a loony, don't have a filter while he speaks, very good at scoring (inside and outside of the football pitch) and can play as a lone striker. I'm convinced.
Maybe my expectations were too high, but I can't see us having a great summer window with what looks realistic right now. Not at all.
He's nothing special imo.
You're insane.
Obviously it's too early and things can change.
Gut feeling is, we'll have an underwhelming summer with signings. Might need to hope for some internal improvement.
I hope I'm wrong re: signings.
Gut feeling is, we'll have an underwhelming summer with signings. Might need to hope for some internal improvement.
I hope I'm wrong re: signings.
The line from United that we have change priorities to an all or number 9 is clearly bollocks.
We knew Ibra was injured weeks ago.
Either his wage demands are too aggressive or he doesn't want to come
OR
It's still playing out.
We knew Ibra was injured weeks ago.
Either his wage demands are too aggressive or he doesn't want to come
OR
It's still playing out.
It's on ice till January i reckon.
I think Griezmann will stay 1 more season and we may have come to a gentleman's agreement to sign him in 2018(I believe Simeone is off then as well) and he's informed Atletico of that too.
Might be the case.
Best news yet....no thank you. We need a number 9 and not yet another number 10....This is the silly season and unfortunately when Utd get the chequebook out, it's a very public event. Honestly, most the stuff read is rubbish and it's easy to just write about the usual suspects but I hope we just don't buy this seasons flavour and look at the proven prem quality.
I like him a lot, more than other options as our number 9. He plays as a lone striker in a 4-2-3-1 at Inter, wouldn't have any problem with 4-3-3. His hold up play and positioning is also very good and he seem to me that he could fit well. His goal scoring numbers are also pretty consistent in last 2-3 years and he has room for improvement at only 24 years of age.
It's just an opinion of course. He isn't the type of player that you look and can say for certain that he can take our attack to the next level. But, that's also the case with the other targets with whom we're actually linked.
Just looked, apparently he has 4 years left on the contract and his buyout clause is £99 million. Great.
Edit: I would still test them with a lesser offer.
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Silva works just as hard as Perisic in defence and is a perfect wide outlet in counterattacks, he's imposible to dispossess.
I find the mass meltdown quite hilarious tbh. It's well justified in my eyes though as I feel we're going to struggle with improving our squad enough to fight for the title next season.
No doubt this summer will be remembered as the summer of meltdowns
No doubt this summer will be remembered as the summer of meltdowns