Is nobody giving any real credence to this then? The tabloids seem to be full of us having agreed a fee with them, for what thats worth.
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who is? ha ha
No reliable tabloids though. We are clearly in the market for a midfielder but I don't think anyone has a notion who it is. Perisic + mysterious midfielder will probably conclude our transfer business for this summer. Not sufficient in my opinion but we'll see. We really lack that world class attacker in the final third along with some decent competition for Shaw for that left back spot.
At least we can rule out Matic as Chelsea will refuse to deal with us after their Lukaku fiasco.
Would he be the type you would expect Jose may go for then? If anyone can sort out any defensive deficiencies, it would surely be Jose. Sounding a bit like a Ramires on steroids to me, and now making me consider that Jose may like the idea of such a versatile powerful runner in our midfield.
To me Mourinho doesn't have a type, so it's more about rating his potential and only Mourinho can answer that question.
I liked the idea of us signing Bakayoko and you signing Matic the most. Bakayoko and Kante would be such a destructive CM partnership. No chance our midfield gets dominated
Don't think I could bear witnessing Matic wander around the pitch at 1mph again for another whole season
But I can't understand why you guy haven't been after Fabinho tbh. Pogba, Herrera and Fabinho would be a ridiculously good midfield
Don't think I could bear witnessing Matic wander around the pitch at 1mph again for another whole season
But I can't understand why you guy haven't been after Fabinho tbh. Pogba, Herrera and Fabinho would be a ridiculously good midfield
France Football are now saying Chelsea are pulling out of the deal because of a knee injury that will keep him out for 8-10 weeks.
Fair enough, appreciate your insights.
I hope not. There's so little to his game.
He had a surgery on his knee during off season according to Jardim, Chelsea were surely aware of that?
This could be saving face. I'm pretty sure medicals look longer term than an injury that'll keep a player out for 6 odd weeks (players always seem to bounce back quicker with these estimates)
I mean it's July, so he's back in training by the end of August. Big deal.
Not encouraged by our caf Frenchies assesment of him, besides not the type of player we need.
The flight has been tracked, looks like this one is a done deal for Chelsea
The only pretence here is attempting to label him as anything other than what he is: A DM.
Not a chance!
Monaco plays a 2 DM system. Just like Chelsea. One holds the position whilst the other is proactive. Bakayoko plays the role similar to what Gatusso used to for Milan and Kante does at Chelsea.
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Hopefully we can tie up the deal for Matic pretty soon as well then
Wouldn't want him here as I haven't been remotely impressed when I've seen him. Chelsea can take this one.
I love the way Chelsea trying to leak that we were in for him. Still salty over Lukaku, trying to save face.
Who suits us better? Bakayoko or Fabinho.... and why aren't we going full throttle for Weigl?
Weigl will be unable to play till september and looks like its the same case for Bakayoko.
There was also a private jet going from Nice to L.A yesterday. So you never know.
Monaco plays a 2 CM midfield like Atletico.
Didn't find him that impressive at all on the few occasions I saw him but I figured that's just because you're naturally drawn to the flair players of teams you rarely see, and Monaco are obviously full of them. I'm a bit surprised that there's so little praise of him in here though. I thought he was highly rated.
There must be numerous private jets flying between Nice and London everyday...
Apparently he posted a picture on instagram of him in an airport earlier today
Fair enough
He wasn't really rated before this season and he wasn't great when the world was watching Monaco.
That's what I saw in the 10 or so Monaco games I watched last year. I actually think Tolisso and Rabiot, all the same age, have similar strengths (mobility, technically good, strong to varying degrees)
We play about half our games in a 4-3-3 and half in a 4-2-3-1. I think if we sign Bakayako we'll play like this:
4-3-3:
-----------Lukaku------------
Mkhitaryan-------------Mata
------Pogba---Bakayoko----
-----------Herrera-----------
4-2-3-1:
-----------Lukaku------------
Martial---Mkhitaryan----Mata
------Pogba----CM----------
with the CM being a battle being Herrera and Bakayoko, maybe the occasional rest for Pogba unlike last year, and the occasional Pogba as a 10 game when Mourinho wants to play a 4-2-3-1 but has decided Mata and Mkhitaryan are lightweight flakes as he is wont to do with 10s.
Obviously Martial or Rashford or a winger we sign could take one of the wide jobs.
Didn't he play with a wrapping on his knee towards the end of last season?
Guessing still bollox
We have to sign him to show the world we mean business.
Don't believe it and don't want him.
But the idea is funny as feck.
But the idea is funny as feck.
I bet Chelsea are leaking a fake bid so they can pretend to beat us to him
All United need to do is have Mourinho categorically deny any interest in signing him at his next presser/interview.
If we're interested and do get him, then great. But I don't think we are.
If we're interested and do get him, then great. But I don't think we are.
Please no. G'wan Chelsea make him yours.
Something's going on if we're fighting for this guy instead of Fabinho, who even in his highlights is better than him. Must be the age difference.
Would be the funniest fecking thing ever but nah it's ok Chelsea you can have him
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