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Mbappe is never coming. He's touted as the biggest talent in the world currently and it's obvious he wants to play for Real Madrid. If he wasn't in the "galactico" category I would think differently but it simply makes too much sense for him to get his dream move there.

Now if Monaco refuse to sell him there because of bigger offers from other clubs, it's another story. However since they are indeed a club that cultivates talent and replaces them immediately (a conveyor belt of talent) I see them giving him the preferred move. It's not like we can offer them double what Madrid will offer anyways.
 
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The prices you mentioned at simply absurd, no offence.

Laporte has a 70 mil euro clause and this is Bilbao we are talking about. The won't sell for a penny less.

Fabinho for 35 ? Dude, I see you've valued Mbappe with one good season for 120 million. What makes you think Monaco will settle for 35 ? Ain't happening anywhere below £50 mil and that's like if we get lucky.

Mbappe has done nothing to warrant a world record sum for a 19 year old. Maybe if he has another one or two similar seasons, yes. He isn't ready to make the step up yet, an for the price you've mentioned it's definitely a no-no.

Rooney most likely won't fetch 15 mil owing to his salary. Fellaini the same, unless he moves to China.
Mata may fetch a decent sum as we can take a similar stance to Depay and Schneiderlin sale.
 
Nick7 said:
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.
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Maybe in sending off and missing the EL final but performance wise he has been excellent. The CV game he was brilliant and two good performances at right back as opposed to when he came back from ACN when he was poor. Been a great signing and I'd be happy with Keane as he is domineering in the air and assured on the ground. Would be a sensible signing for us at £25m in today's market the fact we sold for £2m makes it sting a little though but who cares that's not Jose's fault.
 
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AN17 said:
@simonhch

The prices you mentioned at simply absurd, no offence.

Laporte has a 70 mil euro clause and this is Bilbao we are talking about. The won't sell for a penny less.

Fabinho for 35 ? Dude, I see you've valued Mbappe with one good season for 120 million. What makes you think Monaco will settle for 35 ? Ain't happening anywhere below £50 mil and that's like if we get lucky.

Mbappe has done nothing to warrant a world record sum for a 19 year old. Maybe if he has another one or two similar seasons, yes. He isn't ready to make the step up yet, an for the price you've mentioned it's definitely a no-no.

Rooney most likely won't fetch 15 mil owing to his salary. Fellaini the same, unless he moves to China.
Mata may fetch a decent sum as we can take a similar stance to Depay and Schneiderlin sale.
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Last I saw Laporte had a 50m euro clause. Maybe it's gone up. Prices I posted are in pounds. Fabinho at that reckoning will be 45m euros. That's a totally realistic price.

As for Mbappe. The kid is a revelation. Someone will pay big money for him. World record fee. I'd prefer that to be United. Zero fecks given that you don't rate him.
 
RRCE said:
Although I would welcome Griezmann, I tend to agree with this. He's not the sole way to improve the team. Even without giving up De Gea, we could likely buy James for half the price of Griezmann. That would leave a lot of "extra" funds to put toward other players. Tack that difference onto an already massive bid for Mbappe, for instance, and we could possibly secure what appears to be the best young striker in the world. More realistically, it would go a long way toward paying for a Fabhino, Dier, or some other badly needed midfielder. You get my point. Our needs are significant. Investing too much of our transfer budget in one player is risky when so many are required.
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Mbappe will go to Madrid imo
 
simonhch said:
Last I saw Laporte had a 50m euro clause. Maybe it's gone up. Prices I posted are in pounds. Fabinho at that reckoning will be 45m euros. That's a totally realistic price.

As for Mbappe. The kid is a revelation. Someone will pay big money for him. World record fee. I'd prefer that to be United. Zero fecks given that you don't rate him.
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Im not going to slit my wrist if we miss out on Mbappe. The kid is alright not the next Ronaldo.
 
I doubted the Griezmann deal the moment he started whining about how precious the sun is in his life.

Then the fact that Mourinho came out days later and gave his quote about how if players are only interested in weather then they should go play for LA Galaxy. Seemed a connection to me.
 
simonhch said:
Last I saw Laporte had a 50m euro clause. Maybe it's gone up. Prices I posted are in pounds. Fabinho at that reckoning will be 45m euros. That's a totally realistic price.

As for Mbappe. The kid is a revelation. Someone will pay big money for him. World record fee. I'd prefer that to be United. Zero fecks given that you don't rate him.
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You are being presumptous. There is a difference between not rating a talent and saying he hasn't done enough to warrant a world record fee. He may indeed end up breaking the world record fee, like you said. But this season won't be it. If he keeps this up, maybe in a season or two. At least wait till he can back it up with another solid season. What if he slows down a bit like Martial, Dembele, Koman and all of these kids did after their breakout season.

If someone does indeed buy him this season, I hope it isn't us for the sum you have quoted. For Martial kind of money/deal fair enough.

Also you put a price tag of 120 mil pounds for the kid, forget Fabinho is just as wanted probably more by top clubs. 45 mil euros won't cut it. Just wait and see.
 
If Griezmann is so darn happy in Madrid that's where he needs to stay.
 
Zoo said:
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Sun have an abysmal track record, to put it lightly, but I'd definitely take Dier.

I think most people on here really undervalue him. A midfield trio of Dier, Herrera & Pogba would be wonderful. Excellent balance and a bit of bite.
 
Nero said:
I doubted the Griezmann deal the moment he started whining about how precious the sun is in his life.

Then the fact that Mourinho came out days later and gave his quote about how if players are only interested in weather then they should go play for LA Galaxy. Seemed a connection to me.
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Then he needs to stay where he is.
 
Nero said:
I doubted the Griezmann deal the moment he started whining about how precious the sun is in his life.

Then the fact that Mourinho came out days later and gave his quote about how if players are only interested in weather then they should go play for LA Galaxy. Seemed a connection to me.
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Yeah I said at the time I felt that comment was a shot at Griezmann. I think that's why we have probably been looking at James as the plan B.
 
Macern said:
7 goals and 9 assists in the league and you fail to see how he has done remotely well?
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For an absolute toilet side and those goals were also against Boro, Hull, Swansea, WBA and Chelsea's one blip this season. Hardly worth a 110k contract or any sort of real praise.
 
simonhch said:
That's the point right there. We need both. James scores and creates goals. The amount of times we've tripped up versus teams that park the bus, I think James would have been a game changer in those situations with his shooting from distance. It draws teams out to close him down, thus creating space behind. He's a world class who's suffered because of a surplus of quality at RM and the system. Mourinho loves a number 10. And this guy is a cut above Mkhitaryan and Mata. Personally I will be delighted if we sign him.

If we sign a top DM too, we will have a ridiculous midfield along with Pogba and James. Whatever the prevailing Caf logic says, Pogba is the perfect number 8 in my book. The more he plays there, the more he'll excel too. For my money he's become a more rounded player just based on this season. Mourinho likes specialists, which is why we need a special no.10 and a special no.6. I like Herrera a lot but he and Pogba should be competing for the same spot IMO. While a new DM like Fabinho comes in and has Carrick as his backup. And James comes in and has Mata as his back up. The wide roles are fluid and you have Mkhitaryan, Martial, Lingard and Rashford to fill them. But I'd beef that up too and bring in a mega talent like Bale. He's everything I'd want in a United and Mourinho player.

Up front we need a top quality well rounded forward. Any of Mbappe, Kane, Lukaku, Griezmann, Lewandowski, Aubameyang, Icardi or Belotti would improve us immeasurably. I've listed those in personal order of preference. I think only Kane and Lewandowski are out of reach. The rest, is just a question of money.

My DM knowledge is quite weak as I've not watched a ton of football this year, not like previous years. But specialist players I think which would improve us significantly are Weigl, Dier, Fabinho, Matic. Excellent system players. Fees are largely irrelevant to me, as I'm more interested in what they'd do for the team.

For me the perfect summer would be:

Out (105m): Rooney (15m), Fellaini (10m), Smalling (15m), Mata (25m), Ibrahimovich (free), Mensah (loan) - plus the 40m we got for Schneiderlin and Depay

In (330m): Laporte (40m), Fabinho (35m), James (45m), Bale (90m), Mbappe (120m), Andreas (loan return)

Net spend of 225m.

Laporte on smalling type money.
Bale on Rooney money
James on Mata level money
Fabinho probably on less than Fellaini
Mbappe on a third of what Ibra makes
And we've still saved on wages of Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin, and Depay.

Fees amortized over the duration of contracts. If we win Europa and get CL, this is easily affordable. Even without we could do it.

Dream big.

Now do your worst Caftards.
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I love everything about this post. Especially the bit about Pogba. Some utter nonsense is posted on here about his abilities in midfield.
 
Who knows how it looks like now, during March you dont want to discuss your future and focus on the season and now that the season is over you could decide it is time to move on and start a new challenge. Roma will have a hard time winning meaningful trophies the next few years. Plus money. Now is the time for him to move in his prime.
 
izec said:
Who knows how it looks like now, during March you dont want to discuss your future and focus on the season and now that the season is over you could decide it is time to move on and start a new challenge. Roma will have a hard time winning meaningful trophies the next few years. Plus money. Now is the time for him to move in his prime.
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In every interview in Italy and Belgium he has stated he doesn't want to leave Roma. He feels at home, the fans love him, his sister lives in Rome. Very much doubt he's going to leave.
 
onemanarmy said:
In every interview in Italy and Belgium he has stated he doesn't want to leave Roma. He feels at home, the fans love him, his sister lives in Rome. Very much doubt he's going to leave.
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He also said in that Chelsea bit he will see in the summer again. It is normal for football players to evaluate every summer their possible moves. I am pretty sure he would be tempted by the Premier League. I wouldnt say the probability of him leaving is high, but i wouldnt dismiss a summer move instantly on something he said a few months ago to the camera.
 
Nainggolan has been playing this season in a forward position more than a midfielder I think, as they're playing with De Rossi and Strootman behind him.

Can this be considered the priority Jose has above James as the reports claimed ?
 
Heard a few rumors that Eric dier is all but certainly signing for us and already agreed personal terms.

Haven't heard this before but would be a good move if true. Apparently he is fed up with life at spurs.
 
AngliaRed said:
Heard a few rumors that Eric dier is all but certainly signing for us and already agreed personal terms.

Haven't heard this before but would be a good move if true. Apparently he is fed up with life at spurs.
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Where have you heard this exactly?
 
AngliaRed said:
Heard a few rumors that Eric dier is all but certainly signing for us and already agreed personal terms.

Haven't heard this before but would be a good move if true. Apparently he is fed up with life at spurs.
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Keane and Dier for 60-70 million pounds would be quite underwhelming...
 
unitedbhoy said:
I love Naingollan, but he would be a stupid signing considering we already have 2 starting midfielders who are suited for a box to box role.
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If we got Nainggolan, there's no other way to play except 4-3-3, we'll need a heavy DMF behind them, also. Herrera will be used for rotation for both of them.

And let's be honest, Nainggolan is a massive boost over Herrera and Fellaini. His shots are perfect and he'll do the dirty work Jose loves in the midfield with a higher quality than both.
 
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