Thiago Alcantara | Signed for Bayern Munich

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I can't believe I actually thought we'd sign him last week despite Moyes not fully in charge yet.

The signings will come next week no doubt I'm sure. Hopefully Thiago will be one of them.
 
RedRonaldo said:
I would regard Thiago is somewhat a cross between Ronaldino and Xavi, Xavi is basically a Scholes in Barca jersey, Thiago share some of their qualities but he also has tendency to take more risk and dribbles. Scholes is the the main orchestrator in our midfield for so many years, he was basically faultless in everything except his trademark tackling. Carrick, on the other hand, was more a good ball interceptor, with good anticipation, good passer of ball and bring good positioning in our midfield. This season he has add more authority in our midfield which has made him such a great player for us. I don't see either Scholes or Carrick being good comparison with young Thiago, who is a risk taker and "likes" to dribble alot. Scholes and Carrick would cut this down in the match (not saying they can't dribble, Scholes has one of the best skills/technique in the game, but he would leave this one to Giggs and Ronaldo as it works better under our system) as they are more concerned on playing for the team in their particular role.

But I agree with everything else you've said. Just that he is from Barca academy and the fact that Guardiola will know how to use him better, makes me wonder that he may blossom more playing for Barca and Bayern in long term.
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Xavi is not Scholes in a Barca jersey lazy comparison they are both good passers but when Scholes was in centre midfielder he was linking things box to box with his running and late arrivals as much as he was with his passing. Xavi tends to patrol the same area horizontally so that's about 10 -20 yards past the half way line. Scholes was a consistent goal threat which Xavi has never been making himself an outlet for the pass constantly, so comfortable in possession. Xavi gets forward now and again to devastating affect but he controls the game deeper than Scholes did when he was a cm and Xavi has never played as deeply as Scholes did when he was a deep lying playmaker. Scholes was never the conductor or as consistent as Xavi was at the highest level.
 
Just copied the tweet people thought this thread would appreciate more than the twitter thread.
 
:lol: I've been quite reliable since I earned that tagline but the source is a paper we know to take their news with a pinch of salt.
 
Scrumpet said:
If you insist on posting twitter bollocks, I'd say the twitter bollocks thread is the best place for it.
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Not really bollocks the source is AS i'm sure if it said Thiago joining United you would be jumping for joy.
 
JaffyJoe said:
Not really bollocks the source is AS i'm sure if it said Thiago joining United you would be jumping for joy.
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Interestingly AS haven't bothered to put it on their website or their twitter feed. Obviously not enough of a scoop for them.
 
Can't be bothered to argue we will see I guess just put it out there no need to cry about it.
 
Just as I expected, more rumours despite the situation not changing. We'll know more when he returns from holiday.
 
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i think we have our answer here.
 
Looks like he's gonna accept both United's and Barca's contracts... Typical transfer avalanche bullshit.
 
It's not reliable, it is bullshit.
 
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