I hope the club's assessment of Alderweireld changes after Smalling gets his ankles twisted into knots by Messi. We already have the perfect back-up centre-back in Smalling. We need a centre-back of Alderweireld's quality.
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We'll take his brain still.
Can't believe the club are apparently happy to go into next season with Chris Smalling as first choice CB
I'd take £5bn and not a penny less
Last time I checked, Madrid was in Spain, not Zimbabwe.
That price just became £20bn! We are United, we mean business!
How can we turn away from Alderweireld at 25 million when we have kept and handed contracts to players like Jones and Rojo. fecking baffling.
True, but i think Alderweireld would have been on bigger wages something like 200k if we signed him.
We'd go into meltdown if one day we were linked with Hazard, Mbappe, Pogba and Rabiot and the next day we were linked with Jovic and Pjanic.
Yes yes, maybe try and buy a new fax machine first?
Rojo and Jones are probably on that, or at least close to that if you combine the wages. They are never fit anyway so what are we even losing? We are also losing Darmian and Valencia from the wage bill.
I feel this time Perez won't take any chances and will probably send a raven with the transfer offer .
That would fit his dinosaur ass, but you can imagine Woodward being himself, he would probably make a soup with it.
I am a bit worried about this Pogba stuff. We need to show some real ambition in the transfer market to help convince him to stay.
He doesn't have to be spectacular on the ball. That's why we have 2 other mids. Hes there to win the ball and move it on quickly. Which he did here for example:
Lots of ball recovering and even attacking the space when it's there.
True, but we have to put our foot down at some point. No time to start like the present I guess.
‘Asking’ doesn’t require us to be ‘given the opportunity’. We can do that if we want. If he and Real are willing, we’ll do more than ask.
Respect your opinion, but dont agree.
I’m not expecting him to be Paul Scholes, but players like Carrick and Keane (hugely underrated in this area) had great passing ability. That helped us move the ball quickly forward. When you look back our buildup from defence into final third was so much better under Ferguson. Even in his worst years. And the passing ability of the defenders and midfielders were crucial, in my opinion.
Matic and even Herrera is not at their level, and in my opinion it hurts our football a bit. And Rice is not as good as these two either, in terms of passing.
Pjanic is the best midfielder in that list
. Unless you think goals are more important for a midfielder than controlling the game.Depends on what you want from your midfielder doesn't it. If you want a deeper midfielder or a goal scoring one.Pjanic is the best midfielder in that list
But that wasn't the point I made was it. Caf would meltdown if we went from Pogba to Pjanic.
Who is it?
Well thats one to get the juices flowing. A link to a mystery player, thats the stuff.
I wouldn't. I rate Pjanic very highly. If we could get him + someone like Neves with the money we get for Pogba I'd be fine with that. Added bonus: less drama.
I'm sure there are tons of players who are 10x better than Herrera who we're keen on, doesn't mean for one second that they're gettable targets. Just nonsense reporting as usual
Don’t think it matters who it is. Even if we have a midfielder better than Herrera, doesn’t mean Herrera shouldn’t be retained.
Alex Shaw was awful in terms of reliability before he went to ESPN. No idea what he's like now but I'd still take what he say with a huge pinch of salt.
Pogba is a superstar, Madrid are going to have to splash £150m+ if they want him.
Won't hold it against him if he leaves but for that money we could get a new midfield. Mind you, I'd rather sell him to the less cnutish Spanish side of Barcelona. Just so they can own Madrid for another decade.
Won't hold it against him if he leaves but for that money we could get a new midfield. Mind you, I'd rather sell him to the less cnutish Spanish side of Barcelona. Just so they can own Madrid for another decade.
City are gonna be looking pretty thin in midfield if Gundogan goes. Maybe they'll actually give Foden a chance now?
Pjanjc has a grand total of 2 goal and 3 assist in the CL favorites team. If we didn't get at least two world superstars in attack it'll just be a massive downgrade on Paul.
I'd be pissed because I think Pjanic would be perfect next to Pogba, not to replace him.
I'd imagine Modric's stats are similar the past few seasons. They're different type of players, both have incredible strengths.
Doubt it would be Rakitic considering his age.
Pjanic, Verratti? We have been linked with Rakitic.
As much as I like Herrera, Rakitic would be a dream replacement.
When does Rakitic's contract end?
Sounds like cock teasing rubbish. If they had a strong rumour, why wouldn't they publish it?
Also agree with above poster - why replace Herrera if we can keep him and buy another midfielder? If PSG are only offering a 3 year contract, what are we waiting for? He's 29 FFS and a 1st team player. A 3 year contract would be perfect!
If we're not careful, we'll go into next season with Matic, McTominay and Fred in midfield.
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