Everton are even worse than us when it comes to spending money. They've spent almost £100m on Sigurdson and Richalison 
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Absolutely mental, Richarlison looks a good talent but the money takes the Mick.Everton are even worse than us when it comes to spending money. They've spent almost £100m on Sigurdson and Richalison
50mil for half a good debut season. Maybe not even half, he was good for what? A quarter? I really hate the way the transfer market is since the Neymar fee. We need some kind of regulation. Like, you can't spend more on a single transfer than x % of your income. I mean Jesus, 50 million!
Dortmund is a bit of a shit hole compared to london. Madrid is probably a better draw.
Not sure. Dortmund, Ruhr is considered the busiest urban area in Germany(?)
I'm not sure why you seem to think Mkhitaryan has performed really well in comparison to Sanchez when he hasn't. Both have near identical outputs and are yet to settle. What is clear though is Sanchez is proven quality whilst Mkhitaryan is still the unknown. One is world class the other isn't.
You also said that Arsenal got the better deal which is crazy as Sanchez was, and still is, the most valuable asset. Fact is the deal was great business by United irrespective of how either performed for the 3 months left of the season.
It would be silly to try and suggest otherwise.
Far to reasoned
No he hasn't. While Sanchez was far from great for us he did put in some excellent performances and scored one of the most important goals of our season. What did Mkhitaryan do? I remember him having about two good games and then going back to his old inconsistent self.
Although I dont agree with some of the players you are listing there whatsoever, I do agree with your sentiments regarding our failure to replace. This could read the exact same thing for several positions. Rio/VIdic......5 years later or so we are still playing JOnes and Smalling regularly? Giggs we have signed DiMaria, Depay, Martial, Sanchez and nobody has consitantly filled the void to any decent standard/ Rooney had been in decline for 4/5 years and we signed Falcao who was injury ravaged and only a year ago Lukaku. Gary Neville have we signed any replacements until Dalot? Evra we have just signed Shaw (edit that bad I managed to forget Rojo, Darmian and Blind)? The list goes on and on from the Ferguson era.
For some reason despite spending record amounts of money certain postioins we havent made enough signings and others we have made quite a few and high profile but have we made ONE single signing we could say has been anything other than good consistantly (Matic and its only a season). Bailly and Pogba could still turn out to be brilliant, Lukaku certainly cant be labelled consistant, Herrera has had decent perdiods, probably Ibrahimovic is the only one I could class as a brilliant success consistanly performing but that was cut short by injury to just a season.
For a period we must have spent over £500m that is an absolutely horrific success rate and the majority of the period also pretty poor deals, for me only DiMaria, Martial, Pogba, Bailly, Ibrahimovic, Shaw and Sanchez have been real quality additions in terms of ability and suitability, regardless of success....which certainly explains why our huge number of defensive options are pretty much a shambles
Pretty sure Chelsea would rather sell to Barca than United, especially if they are Willian's first choice.
Also I am not sure how I feel about us spending 55 million on a 30 year old winger who is super inconsistent with very little end product
Also I am not sure how I feel about us spending 55 million on a 30 year old winger who is super inconsistent with very little end product
Pretty sure we have not offered Chelsea that kind of money. Barca are a dodgy club. The Willian, Arthur and Paulinho deals have one common denominator, Kia Joorabchain.
Willian will be sold to China for a profit in a year.
Willian will be sold to China for a profit in a year.
And Willian turns 30 on 9th August. Paying 60m for a talented if extremely patchy player of that age is just as big a gamble as signing Malcom for 40m. I'm not one of those who'll moan about a players age but a winger is just not someone you sign after 30.
One name not linked so far is that of Lucas Vasquez. That's a player Jose would love to death. Hard working, with a great fizzing cross and great pace. He plays on the right and will accept the minutes he would get. Don't mind him as Madrid haven't been able to sort a place out for him. Considering there were times last season when Zidane was starting him over Bale and sometimes curiously at RB.
One name not linked so far is that of Lucas Vasquez. That's a player Jose would love to death. Hard working, with a great fizzing cross and great pace. He plays on the right and will accept the minutes he would get. Don't mind him as Madrid haven't been able to sort a place out for him. Considering there were times last season when Zidane was starting him over Bale and sometimes curiously at RB.
Dembele is way better than Willian
The Ruhrgebiet is the biggest metropolitan area in Germany, comparable to the Manchester/Liverpool area. It had coal mines and steel production all over the place but when that died down, they experienced a long period of economic stagnation. Since other areas of Germany boost a much stronger economy, they lack behind in living quality compared to the likes of Bavaria, Hamburg and the South West.
Dortmund in particular has a rather large amount of poor (european) immigrants and until recently, had a bit of a Nazi problem.
Hoping Willian joins Barca and we get Dembele.
Dembele would be a dream scenario.
I think they are buying Willian to play a supporting role, helping Dembele to adjust to the new surroundings by lifting some pressure of his shoulders.
When you have way too much money, you can easily buy a 55 million pound player to be a backup to a potentially 140 million pound player
I don't rate Dembele. A light-weight Nani, sure he'll be extremely frustrating in the PL.
I think he will suit us more especially if we are playing a counter attacking system.
I have no idea why Barca bought him, he's clearly talented but he's way way better when there's space ahead of him, he is like Mbappe. He doesn't work well in a possession system.
I think he can play the Mbappe role for us, yes he is not that good a finisher but his movement can stretch defenses like Mbappe does. Also he's a good crosser.But he would probably cost 100 million plus and for that amount, he's a big risk.
Dembele is far from the finished product. He’s in the same place as Martial for me. Talented but unable to put it together week in week out.
Obviously I’d take him as we are crying out for a RW but I think the weight of expectation to hit the ground running could lead to him becoming frustrating to fans.
Obviously I’d take him as we are crying out for a RW but I think the weight of expectation to hit the ground running could lead to him becoming frustrating to fans.
Leipzig want Ademola Lookman
I think the reason they are signing Richarlison is so that Lookman gets his wish and leaves.
I followed Lookman when he was at Germany and he was pretty impressive.
How is Dembele 'way better' than Willian?
If you are referring to Dembele being younger and potentially with a higher ceiling to grow and achieve, yes, I will agree.
But right now, at this moment and considering past achievements, they are not in the same category. Willian is simply better. That comes down to age and experience but it's the reality of the now. If we are looking at how talented the kid is and what he can potentially become and how he can potentially be a much better footballer than Willian in the future, then sure. If Willian goes to Barcelona right now, Dembele will be behind him in selection order.
A bit weird for Benzema to throw shade when he extorted a member of his own National team
I won’t dispute that United got the better asset in that deal, but that only counts for something if Sanchez actually performs to the levels that he did at Arsenal. For the most part he hasn’t come close to that.
Almost every time I’ve watched Sanchez play for United I thought it looked like he’d upset the balance of the side. Mkhitaryan and Sanchez have almost the exact same output at their new clubs but the latter has played over 300 minutes more. Mkhitaryan has done more with his time on the pitch at Arsenal than Sanchez has at United so far.
Marca are linking Mignolet to Barcelona.
Definitely won't complain about Willian even if I think we need more.
Completely unrelated and he was accused of something by the journalist so not weird at all.
Indeed. Wonder what Di Marzio's answer would be.
#rekt
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