Well, it was a good ride I reckon. A couple of class gifs here and some ups and downs there to make you sweat a bit.
I guess we'll see each other next year?
I guess we'll see each other next year?
Thiago Alcantara | Signed for Bayern Munich
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran are here to talk about a frustrating 2 points dropped at Crystal Palace. They then discuss the regeneration of Old Trafford. Finally, Nik is joined by special guest Michael Statham from the Football Oranje podcast - who gives us a more in depth look at our EL opposition FC Twente, and then runs through the (many) Dutch connections currently at United.
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for sure..!
We are too fecking nice in the transfer market. Moyes says he won't talk about any transfers, and Pep in just one line - "It'll be Thiago or no one", conveys to Thiago how much belief he has in his abilities.
ten minutes ago.
I hope we meet Bayern in Europe and within 2 minutes Gibson lifts that Spanish Cnut out of it.
I really do.
I really do.
Well, it was a good ride I reckon. A couple of class gifs here and some ups and downs there to make you sweat a bit.
I guess we'll see each other next year?
We should have a thread about who next years 'massive muppet potential transfer that inevitably doesn't come off thread' will be about.
2011 it was Charlie Adam, 2012 it was Eden Hazard, 2013 it was Thiago. Hard to take this.
Why is it so hard to understand that where the player wants to go factors in all this? If he's made his choice and it's Bayern of course it'll get sorted fast.
feck it, lets put a huge bid in for Bastian Schweinsteiger!
Indeed - we've fecked about for six seasons signing multiple players in every position expect in central-midfield, and now the available options there seem pretty limited.
We've lost out on great youngsters many times before and it hasn't stopped us winning things. There's no way we had everything resting on Thiago, chill.
fecking hell.
bet we "had a good look" though.
Makes sense given that he had Gotze imposed on him when he actually wanted Neymar.
Will definitely help Bayern that Thiago's agent is Pere Guardiola as well.
Stop being so sensible! Get with the crowd and whinge and moan!
feckers, they should give us Gotze.
Poor fella. He must be sobbing daily at the prospect of working with such mediocrity.
Some of the reactions in this thread are hilarious.
Hmm, so he intends to play the same Barcelona way, with a false No 9, hence the need for more quality midfielders. If he does that, makes sense and easily provides a platfrom for Thiago, Gotze and Schweinsteiger to dazzle.
feck, that will be an amazing team if he can pull it off.
Fair play to him if he persuades Thiago to join, its a great vision and will take Munchen onto an even higher level of play than last season.
Meanwhile, we have Anderson.
Not sure why the Club is being blamed for this particular transfer.
Guardiola's interview suggests how much he wants him, I said it earlier I think if Bayern wants him badly then they'll get him.
It's certainly one or the other. Either Thiago plays, and a lot of Bayern players get mighty pissed off because they'll be dropped or forced out of their favourite positions or Thiago gets feck all gametime.
I think it's more about Pep coming out and saying it than Bayern doing so. Note that he said 'I give my opinion, but I listen to the board. If they say no, that's ok.' Sounds like he hasn't actually been told whether or not he can have Thiago. By making his desire public so emphatically - 'Thiago is the only player I want' etc - he makes it extremely awkward for the board to say no. It's a cnutish move, but then so is stealing your old club's best talent using a release clause which you signed off on in the first place.
You realize this is a messageboard right?
It's not actually meant to be taken that serious.
Oh the irony....
So Bayern have signed Goetze and Thiago. Great. The only way we'll close the gap on them now is if we sign Messi, Jesus and that Japanese kid off YouTube.
So City lost out on Isco, Liverpool with Mkthiaryan, Chelsea seems to lose out on Falcao and Cavani and now we with Thiago. Been a bad summer for English football so far.
No better still, I hope Moyes convinces that fat Cnut Rooney to play in midfield and gets him to kick lumps out of that little Spanish Cnut.
I really do.
I really do.
Maybe this is where being a gentleman and not discussing other teams players will backfire. If Thiago is hearing all this then he may thinks Moyes doesn't want him as much as Pep.
I don't buy that at all. It only takes Munich to a higher level if you're one of those people who thinks the Barca way is automatically the best way to play football. It doesn't suit a lot of those Bayern players. Some of them won't be particularly good at it, and some will but their skill-set will be wasted on it.
This Bayern team pissed all over the Barca system last season by playing their system. Trying to turn them into a clone of Pep's Barca is a huge mistake.
That's absurd.
Moyes doesn't need to name him in public to show he wants him, he can just give me a phone call and talk to him.
Is anyone surprised? Seriously?
I said that ages ago - that SAF's refusal to sign midfielders will put us in a vulnerable position sooner or later. our bargaining position when buying defenders, strikers, wingers is very strong. when it comes to midfielders basically agents, other clubs and players can dictate what they want and we know that United wont bend for their demands.
So yeah get use to seeing Jones or Rooney playing in the middle.
I said that ages ago - that SAF's refusal to sign midfielders will put us in a vulnerable position sooner or later. our bargaining position when buying defenders, strikers, wingers is very strong. when it comes to midfielders basically agents, other clubs and players can dictate what they want and we know that United wont bend for their demands.
So yeah get use to seeing Jones or Rooney playing in the middle.
It certainly will
Im chilled, except I can't think of a realistic plan b or c ... and this year we really do need an extra classy midfield player
Oh, the allure of Spanish and more recently French clubs.
Same ol' really.
Personally it always seemed like he was a little reluctant to come here. Its taken quite a long time and I reckon Pep's been to work on him and trying to convince him to go there.
You can't beat the lure of Pep and the current European Champions.
They'll sign him now. Pep wants him and Bayern will want to support their new coach.
Personally it always seemed like he was a little reluctant to come here. Its taken quite a long time and I reckon Pep's been to work on him and trying to convince him to go there.
You can't beat the lure of Pep and the current European Champions.
They'll sign him now. Pep wants him and Bayern will want to support their new coach.
Well it doesn't mean they'll get him.
If they were front runners to land him why would they need to make such a public declaration?
Wasn't Mancini talking about interest in RVP before he joined?
If they were front runners to land him why would they need to make such a public declaration?
Wasn't Mancini talking about interest in RVP before he joined?
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