I agree
Our left side worked well last season with Young, and occasionally Shaw. We also have Dalot who can play left back. We lacked quality and balance on the right wing. Desperately need a right-winger.
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Our left side worked well last season with Young, and occasionally Shaw. We also have Dalot who can play left back. We lacked quality and balance on the right wing. Desperately need a right-winger.
If he genuinely is looking at a new striker he should look at Timo Werner but Werner is better than a backup
I agree we need a second striker but hardly more than we need fullbacks or a RW. Fullbacks and RW have spots in the starting 11 that have been gaping holes in our team for the whole year.
Leipzig have categorically ruled out any chance for Werner to move clubs this summer. A WC can bring a lot of dynamics into this, but even IF they would somehow agree to sell him, then he will mostly likely cost north of 100m€.
Yeah right, a BU for United...
Realistically, I’d have little problem with Shaw getting a proper go. If he’s still here, I imagine that will happen in pre-season with Young in Russia. I think Shaw ‘best left-back in the league’ did well enough on occasion when given a chance last season, and there’s obviously greater upside in investing games in him over Young. That said, doubt the boss sees it that way, but a September hamstring injury to Young is all it takes in football, so as long as Shaw is second choice he’s a step away from a proper chance .
Since Fergie left
with the Brazilians sometimes it is a lottery but seems a great signing. The second goal of the last hat trick is really good and this summer we will finally meet Vinicius
Until we sell them De Gea, forget about Real ever doing fair business with us. Why is this so hard to understand? That club's ego is the fattest in world football.
Correct. That stunning bicycle kick against Liverpool has made many people forget too quickly, his alarming injury record and his lack of enthusiasm in joining United. It will be a mistake paying so much for him.
El Real Madrid needs to tranquilo a little bit with their demands
He has been fit all season because he has hardly been selected.
Can this be true?
We badly need a new left back unless he has decided to give Shaw a chance? or he wants to bring in Mitchell into the first team?
Whatever the case, I think we badly need a top class left back.
It seems that the interest in De Gea is still there but Bale's price is a bit excesive,although the source is good.
I'd love to dismiss Delaney's story as his usual bollocks but I can't forget Mourinho talking about Young playing 50 games next season.
Pray this isn’t the case
Ah feck, I had missed that. So looking like we're going in to the season with Valencia and Young as first choice at full back again. fecking kill me.
I seriously hope it isn't true, because if we don't sign another attacking player (and I don't mean a back up striker) we will not challenge for the league, simple as that. We won't score enough goals.
So what are you waiting for then?do it!
In fairness, the last injury prone super star Bayern got from Madrid, massively paid off. Robben may have spent a lot of time on the injury table but he has won loads of trophies with Bayern.
That's utter rubbish. I suppose next you're going to tell us that it was not worth paying well over the release clause to sign Fellaini??
I'd love to see Mitchell get an opportunity at LB tbf
"we need to compete with City"
"lets play Mitchell at LB!"
"lets play Mitchell at LB!"
Some people on here live in a fantasy world. They want us to win trophies but expect to do it by throwing academy players in the first team.
I'd love to see Mitchell get an opportunity at LB tbf
He aint even good enough for the PL...
We definitely need to look at upgrading LB and sell at least Blind if not even Shaw. That could sum up to a lump of cash spent on improving LB and use Young as cover.
Only 11 games for Santos, madness.
To be honest I think it makes sense not to buy a left-back. Although Mourinho obviously prefered Young over Shaw last season I still think Shaw can be the future for us. When played he was at least as good as Young IMHO. So why should we despair now? Let's just hope Young doesn't perform so that Shaw gets played instead. If Shaw is not up to it then we can always play Dalot there. It's not like we couldn't use the money to strengthen other positions instead. I'd much rather we buy a RW, CM or even a back-up to Lukaku instead. RW is a far bigger issue than LB. And no, Rashford, Martial and Sanchez don't have what it takes to lead the line for us. We would definitely benefit from being able to give Lukaku some rest every now and then. He's played an insane amount of minutes last season. Same goes for Matic. We lack depth in those areas more than we do at LB.
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That's a bit rich coming from a Juve fan though.
Of the 110 mil you got for Pogba (paid over two installments), 94 mil was paid over to Napoli for Higuain...who you didn't need to win the league...and because of his bottling tendencies wouldn't help you win the UCL either. Now you are already thinking of getting rid.
It's not just EPL clubs wasting money. It's just the nature of today's market.
Yep and next summer you'll be saying the same, just as people will still be saying "If Jones can stay fit..."
Time to get real. Shaw has no future here. Stop burying your heads in the head and accept reality.
Never said he'd be first choice. He potentially has a lot more in his locker talent-wise than Young does. Just needs to work on the defensive side to his game which Mourinho would be perfect for.
Only need to look at the games he played for Hearts last season and he was their best player by far which is impressive considering he'd played one professional game in his career before that. Injuries aside, he was considered as big a talent as Rashford in the academy.
Is Demetri Mitchell even an option at LB. Transfermarkt shows him with a contract until 2018 and there is no talk of a new contract that I can find. Maybe there's a club option for an additional year but there isn't any chatter about that.
Dalot could play LB but why count on a 19 year old RB playing out of position in his 1st season on the big stage? Just doesn't make sense to not sign an experienced, starting quality, left footed LB.
Dalot could play LB but why count on a 19 year old RB playing out of position in his 1st season on the big stage? Just doesn't make sense to not sign an experienced, starting quality, left footed LB.
Take what Jose says with a pinch of salt. Was only in January he said there are few better leftbacks than Shaw, then dumped him to the bench.
I don't think it's likely which is a shame because I think he's got huge potential. I know he got injured towards the end of the season so his time could be up.
I wouldn't begrudge him going and getting regular football but it'd be a shame to see him go.
I’d rather watch us win the title, thanks. Would you lay off the manager for not signing the right players after finishing 7th?I'd love to see Mitchell get an opportunity at LB tbf
Gazzetta dello Sport claim that Darmian is only interested in signing for Juventus and ‘will not accept another offer’, having ‘given his word’.
If we are to believe everything that’s out there, the situation stands as is: Napoli have offered €18m, while the Serie A champions have only offered €15m.
Manchester United are demanding around €20m
'Liverpool are in the final stages'.
'Situation has not advanced at all'.
Nice timing.
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