It’s literally, ‘think of a number and double it’
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No, free transfer, 2 year deal.
I don’t hold Maguire solely responsible, but I had an issue with GB’s sweeping statement.
I blame whoever signed off on signing Maguire because I would be very surprised Ole did since Ole had shown previously that he prefers a high line and with Maguire you will never be able to play a high line. I don’t believe Ole is that stupid.
Same with how I blame whoever signed off on VdB. I don’t believe he is Ole’s signing.
If Ole said yes to both, then he cannot continue as manager, and have a say in transfers. He can become a sporting director or whatever and have a specific role where he only clears out deadwood.
We're not just talking about top speed. Maguire is slow on the turn and slow when it comes to acceleration, two massive issues to do with speed of movement. His lack of agility needs accounting for.
So he's not slow then, as his acceleration is fairly decent over the first five yards.
He just lacks a little mobility which is to be expected of a player of his stature.
Is it? I find it to be lacking.
He's a fecking geriatric and they are making it out to be the return of God.
Milan want him on the cheap.
Honestly I don't think these prices are unrealistic at all. We are trying to buy key players in teams like Dortmund, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Even the likes of West Ham etc. are rich enough and Rice is important player to them. We have only three options here:
A. if we want to catch up to likes of City quickly, then we just shut up and pay;
B. we can go into long drawn multiyear battles with these clubs, eventually get them for cheaper as the clubs see the prospect of keeping a demoralised player who can leave for free at some point (basically what we have done with Sancho), or
C. we buy emerging talents in key positions not established players at big clubs - which is what we used to do under Fergie.
There is literally no point of continuing to crib about what other teams are asking for. And I see the club's strategy to continue to be based on the assumption that teams will hand over their key players to us at a price we want. Which hasn't worked for Maguire/Bruno/AWB/Sancho etc., so not sure why it will work for others.
And I was replying to more sweeping statements
I actually think maguire is a good CB in the way that Steve Bruce was a good CB. Partnered with the right person it could be a very good defence. Lindelof isn’t that person and they obviously aren’t gonna upgrade HM having spent 80m on him
Wow. Makes it pretty likely Varane has accepted staying then considering Madrid decided for Ramos to leave.
Ah, so you came to that conclusion based on one game, half fit coming off a 2 months injury lay off
Ok
How would you account for it?
Why? They bought Alaba in to replace Ramos it seems.
If Ramos stayed they could have flogged varane and not had to sign a CB. Could have used the money elsewhere. Seems weird a few weeks back they wanted him to stay, then when he accepted they didn’t want him to stay. Something must have changed.
Didn’t he lobby the players to not except pay cuts in their contracts because the money was going on Mbappe? That’s the kind of behaviour which might piss your boss off
Every summer.
Every summer, Chelsea will sell some made up guy they never had and never existed before for a large sum.
Helps when said players do *really* well on loan...
Lmfao. He played for us just last season.
Have you raced him recently then?
I think the whole Maguire is slow theory is a bit of a myth.
Jonny Evans had an interview a year or so ago with the Belfast Times whereby he was saying that Maguire had explosive pace....
Hardly a made up guy!
Has an full international cap for England, played amazingly well for Milan season just gone, has been around the Championship on loan and is still only 23, i would say that Milan have themselves an absolute bargain there for a shade over £20m.
Just out of curiosity - how long did it take to make that deal official?
From the first reports towards the end of the season, that Milan want to exercise their buy option, until it's official ?
The easiest transfer probably took 2 months.
That gives me hopes in the pursuit of Sancho.
The fact that this is the same AC milan "doesn't have the money" to sign a player like Dalot and wants to loan in for a year with the option to buy casue 15m is too much, there has to be some money laundering going on.
It’s simple accounting mate: debit agility, credit his huge head.
Have you raced him recently then?
I think the whole Maguire is slow theory is a bit of a myth.
Jonny Evans had an interview a year or so ago with the Belfast Times whereby he was saying that Maguire had explosive pace....
I have eyes. He has good top pace but explosive and acceleration? Not so much.
He's a bit like Pally except his top pace was top notch. Faster than Kanchelskis Fergie said.
Ole signed off on both - the system is very clear and is a matter of public knowledge, repeatedly confirmed by Ole himself as well as by the club.
However, I think you're wrong that you can't play a high line with Maguire (Pep G seems to agree, since City actively pursued him, and I for one think that was a good signing.) Think it's too early to draw conclusions on DvdB too.
Yes. I'm not a paid scout or a football nut who watches multiple leagues at once. I watch my team, a bit of the PL and the CL (and increasingly the EL...). The fact he's 36 and missed almost 30 games since the turn of the year is not an argument in his favour ffs (and got absolutely spun in the biggest game of the season. Also his last ever for Madrid? Ouch). Left out of the Spain team as well, obviously. And it doesn't look like they are particularly brimming with defensive talent.Ah, so you came to that conclusion based on one game, half fit coming off a 2 months injury lay off
Ok
By getting in a quicker, more agile defender next to him, ala Varane/Kounde etc.
His acceleration is crap
Maguire's got explosive pace? Wtf am I reading?Have you raced him recently then?
I think the whole Maguire is slow theory is a bit of a myth.
Jonny Evans had an interview a year or so ago with the Belfast Times whereby he was saying that Maguire had explosive pace....
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