After being linked with Griezmann, James, Silva, and even Sanchez all year it would be the epitome of no UCL if we signed Perisic.
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I dont know why, but somehow this transfer would make sense IMO. Cant explain, but Perisic looks like the typical Mourinho transfer to me.
Edit: Or better too lazy, as beer and sun left ones mark.
Oh it could certainly work out, but just from a "hype" perspective it wouldn't feel very good.
He ticks a lot of boxes. Down to earth hard working guy..can play multiple positions and shouldnt need too much time to acclimatize. He would fit into that warrior type not being extravagant and selfish. He would just be temporary fix though and he isnt or wont become extraordinary or WC. He would be too expensive for a valuable squad player, but I ll keep an eye on that one.
So he's basically taking the Colombian reports and the English reports and regurgitating them. Well in Guillem.
Sounds like backtracking from Balague and he's covering all bases too. Didn't he pretty much say that we're getting him the other day?
Does he not realise how conflicting those two tweets are?
I think James is one of the players that Ancelotti really would like to have and standing on his wish list..right behind Verratti.
Verratti is a muppet dream though. I could see Bayern offering absurd amounts for him, but just having his buddy Ancelotti cannot be enough to tempt him and I dont wanna go on about PSG.
What I cannot see is Bayern offering more than 60m€ for James..even 50+ is hard to believe.
IMO he is underrated here.
Verratti is a muppet dream though. I could see Bayern offering absurd amounts for him, but just having his buddy Ancelotti cannot be enough to tempt him and I dont wanna go on about PSG.
What I cannot see is Bayern offering more than 60m€ for James..even 50+ is hard to believe.
IMO he is underrated here.
Don't fecking sign mid-table lurkers like Perisic, Keane and Schmeichel.
Last summer, you knew you were getting quality with all our signings. Even with Bailly, it's true that not many people knew about him and he came from an upper/mid-table Spanish club but he did have a strong reputation from those who did know about him for having great potential at that young age. Nothing like Keane.
If we want to sign Keane just to replace Smalling/Jones as squad options, do we really see that as an equal transaction? What we would get for both Smalling and Jones combined would probably be about a quarter of the total we would have to pay Burnley for Keane. Is he really that worth it? Are we going to spend about 20-30m out of our summer budget on Michael Keane when we could really argue for about 6 upgrades to our current starting XI? That's quite a decent-sized gap in quality.
I would rather not sign anyone than pad our team full of squad players again. Our squad is absolutely full to the brim with squad players, just sign the starting-quality that we desperately need.
Having said all that, I'm hoping all of this is just silly season well and truly under way, and it's nothing more than that.
Last summer, you knew you were getting quality with all our signings. Even with Bailly, it's true that not many people knew about him and he came from an upper/mid-table Spanish club but he did have a strong reputation from those who did know about him for having great potential at that young age. Nothing like Keane.
If we want to sign Keane just to replace Smalling/Jones as squad options, do we really see that as an equal transaction? What we would get for both Smalling and Jones combined would probably be about a quarter of the total we would have to pay Burnley for Keane. Is he really that worth it? Are we going to spend about 20-30m out of our summer budget on Michael Keane when we could really argue for about 6 upgrades to our current starting XI? That's quite a decent-sized gap in quality.
I would rather not sign anyone than pad our team full of squad players again. Our squad is absolutely full to the brim with squad players, just sign the starting-quality that we desperately need.
Having said all that, I'm hoping all of this is just silly season well and truly under way, and it's nothing more than that.
Ballbag has been essentially useless the past 3 years. I don't think he has any clue what English clubs are actually doing
he passes the buck twice, he put the responsibility on the radio station in the first tweet and muddied the water with some bullshit in the second tweet so he's correct whatever happens.
What a clown. Honestly.
The English press has been useless since I can remember. I always need to smirk, when they are putting numbers out of their anuses..like a cancer..give the pack some numbers.
Balague 
Another super scout in our boards. Joy
Keane and Perisic are top 6-level signings, not title contender signings.
Or just, like, a sensible post.
I would like to put Mertens there too, but I have always had a soft spot for him and was hoping Schalke would have recognized his potential before he left Holland.
Anyway, one of Mertens or Perisic kind of player looks likely IMO. You cannot fix all holes at once only buying superstars.
It's not really a sensible post though is it. He brushes off Bailly by saying well he was highly regarded blah blah blah. Keane is very highly regarded and multiple top teams are interested in him. Teams that finished above us. Aside from that he was highly regarded by our staff, LVG notwithstanding, when he played for us. Basically that post is saying Bailly good because reasons, Keane bad because reasons.
The cnut knows what Biggleswade United are doing at all pissing times.
So a player that has improved himself greatly since he left us, has just been voted Burnley player of the season, and who could well improve a good deal yet under Jose, isn't an improvement on sick note Jones, and Smalling, who's distribution and ball control will always hinder him from becoming anything other than a average prem defender. Also by your calculations you'd be valuing Jones & Smalling at £6.25 million combined..?
It's just a lazy comparison imo, and a Keane and Bailly partnership could be just about right for us long term.
Nah!
Have you ever in your life thought that one footballer was a better player than another?
How much do you think we would get for them if they were sold? I don't want either sold, for what it's worth. And unless Keane has a clause/a year left on his contract (which might well be the case) I think you might be underestimating how much Burnley will want for him.
Well yes, Bailly was considered to have more potential and a higher ceiling right before he moved to us, compared to Keane currently. Are you denying that?
And yes, there are in fact reasons why Bailly will most probably be the better player. Why is it strange that there are reasons a player might be better than another? Weird point.
My original post made the comparison to pre-emptively deny that Bailly was in the same situation as Keane with regards to coming from a mid-table club, that's it.
So, Liverpool signings?
More money than he'd get at Spurs.
Ballbag is covering both bases. Essentially he's saying "United will DEFINITELY sign him or not sign him this summer".
Well done, Guillem.
The world has gone mad when an average player like Zaha is trying to make £110k a week... But I suppose when Lingard earns £100k other average players are going to fancy their chances.
Is he even that good? Looks like a poor man's Nani.
Lingard, Young and Zaha all taking home 100k each....*shivers*
Average for United isn't average for Crystal Palace. He is one of their best player without a doubt.
That's the exact problem with your post. You are taking your conjecture as fact. Both are/were highly rated young players, if you're denying that, well I don't know what to say.
What are these reasons that Bailly will be the better player? For all we know he could fall off a cliff in performances, hell he's going through his worst period in a United shirt this month. Football is fluid, Keane is and has been a highly rated young centre back with United, English youth teams and now Burnley and has taken significant steps forward since getting regular game time. Keane has also played three times the amount of first team football than Bailly. He's much more of a known quantity to our scouts and our manager. But sure if you think he's not good enough he definitely must not be good enough, because of your superior scouting skills.
Yes but it doesnt mean he wont be good for us.
I don't know how that guy keeps doing it, but people continually over rate him and the fact he might be getting 110k a week is borderline criminal. When I was watching the Hull game, the commentator was gushing about him, but I fail to see how he's done remotely well this season.
Of course he could be good for us, he could even be better than Smalling and Jones have been this year. My point is I don't think that's the level we should be aiming towards for our starting CB. If we're going to upgrade let's try to do it right the first time, not just get a slightly better version of what we already have.
I'm hardly the first person in the world to think a football player is better than another, it doesn't make me a scout so I'm not sure what's with the little quips. I think Bailly has the potential to be a starting CB for United for many years to come considering the level we want to get back to. I don't think Keane has the potential to reach that kind of level although he could be a very good player. Like I said above, I would rather fix something than just paper over the cracks.
I do, Smalling especially, reckon we'd get £15 - £18 million for Smalling, and £10 - £12 m for Jones. Reported £25 million fee for Keane, 25 % cheaper for us as we have a sell on clause, so all things considered it'd be a good deal imo.
Chelsea just won the league with Victor Moses, Marcos Alonso and Gary Cahill (who's England place Keane will be taking very soon) Last year Leicester won it with Drinkwater, Albrighton and Simpson.
Perisic is a winger who'd add a dimension currently lacking, Keane is an upgrade on Smalling.
Won't excite the fanboys, but will add good balance to the squad.
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