How would they know that stuff anyway? Have they got his phone bugged?
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I can only speak for myself but I see him as a pretty complete midfielder in the future. As you said he's very good on a technical level but also has great work rate off the ball and in recovery. His size is an issue right now but he'll fill out (as his frame is the issue not height) and you'll have a combination of a sizey midfielder with a great work rate and insane technical ability. I think comparing him to Cherki is a bit unfair as many see Cherki as the greatest French prospect ever.
Juventus pushing strong for De Ligt. Talks with Raiola ongoing, trying to reach an agreement on wages, option of a buyout clause also on the table. Juventus have the chance to close the deal
Got done for match fixing, avoid.
I'm more concerned about that moustache
Maybe they’ll sell him to us 5 years down the line if the situation here drastically improves?
One can hope
‘Precious time’ we haven’t even started pre-season so how have we lost precious time? Plus if Palace want £60m as an asking price no wonder we didn’t just accept it. £45m is more than fair for him.
Well it took us almost a month to sign a guy from the championship and we are dilly dallying for another one from freaking Palace. I think we have lost way too much time already.
Never understood this about Tierney, he plays in the Scottish League. Even Scott Sinclair looks top class in that league.
I know the media like to portray everyone at United as incompetent but in all honesty I'm pretty sure they are negotiating more than one deal at a time. so I dont think it matters how long it takes to sign AWB.
I’m getting fed up that deals haven’t been done as well but let’s be honest James’ dad died during the negotiation period, AWB is playing in the under 21 tournament and all the other players we are linked with are on holiday. We need players but none of the big Premier League clubs have done any serious business either.
De ligt talks about liking a challenge and he goes to play with a team that is guaranteed to win the league every year?
VVD played in the Scottish league and the caf didn't want him from Celtic either
And you don't see City getting stick for not signing Rodri yet despite his 'fee being aware of for months'. We're the only club who is getting stick for things like this. Chelsea have lost Sarri, Hazard, still have a transfer ban in place and their next manager hasn't been appointed yet and you don't really see any flak headed their way. Arsenal and Spurs haven't made any signings yet, seem to be hamstrung in terms of finances and they're not getting much criticism either.
To be fair our situation is different to that of city. We require a general overhaul of the team while city s squad just need minor tweeks
If De Ligt joins Juve there's no way They're getting Pogba.
I know, but you still don't see any other team getting criticism for deals taking weeks. There must have been several occasions in this thread where people had praised City for getting Rodri done and criticising us for getting no transfers done, yet weeks later Rodri still isn't done and that is being ignored.
Depends on the number of players they sell...
Cancelo is gone for a fee not very far away from that of DeLigt.
If they sign Rabiot on a free and Pogba they can afford to sell Pjanic and possibly another midfielder,from which they could be able to finance Pogba transfer.
Difference was Celtic were doing it in the Champions League then beating the likes of Barcelona. Plus both him and Wanyama went to Southampton and proved they could do it in the league before moving to a bigger club.
A challenge working off all the pizza, pasta and garlic bread?
He's an exceptional player. Has leadership qualities. Great crosser and passer. Can tackle. If he's available for 50m or less you simply have to buy. As I said about De Ligt two seasons ago.
I don't mind players going to Italy, as long as they stay away from the French and Spanish leagues its all good with me.
Problem is that atm the left back position is probably the least one,we need to address urgently.
If our squad was in a better position....like that of city or Liverpool for example, Tiernay would be ideal.to put pressure on Shaw.
That's because all journalists agree the deal is done. You don't have anyone coming out saying City have been outbid or are only able to focus on one signing at a time. Or that City's best players are leaving and being replaced by nobodies.
Agreed it would be harsh on Shaw. But when you have a chance to get one of the best players you go for it. Especially if the alternative is he goes to a rival for the title next season.
Other teams don’t sell papers the way United does. I also happen to think we have a higher portion of entitled supporters than most other clubs
You can't be serious
. With the way this club is being run; offering contract extensions to Young, Jones, Smalling, Mata... Taking ages to sign needed players this summer and generally being notorious snails transfer-wise, don't you think that having the insight to bring in Tierney to replace Shaw would be near impossible?I understand the frustration but neither of the top 6 have signed anyone (apart from chelsea signing pulisic last year but losing their best player. though the ban have affected that)You can't be serious
Why the hell would you do that? This kid is a bigger prospect than Pogba was.
Exactly. Rodri has a release clause yet its taking ages. Real is the only team who got things done well until now.
Please can we not buy another Italian with shit facial hair. We'll be struggling to get rid of him for the next three seasons.
Will be more like £25M. £15M is a daft opening bid. Still decent but he's had injury problems this season just gone and I *think* he had an operation at the end of the season (or was said to be having one), so depends how he recovers from that.
The end deal will be closer to £30m I would imagine.
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