Isn’t he injury prone these days? I’d be tempted, but we need reliability.
Transfer Tweets - Manchester United - 2024/25
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de Ligt's injury history https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/matthijs-de-ligt/verletzungen/spieler/326031
Yes, I would be cautious as to why such a good player is constantly being moved on by big clubs.
I don't see us signing de Ligt. Fairly sure we'll be in for Branthwaite.
Not sure how I feel about de Ligt. For all his promise, to be 24 and have been moved on from Juventus and now possibly Bayern is a bit concerning. These are clubs that don't typically sell their best performers.
I would hope so or it is ETH driving the transfers again. Just what we need is another injury prone player to replace Varane.
This is exactly the sort of transfer we’d usually make.
Big fee, big wages on a player who hasn’t looked properly up to it for years.
Hope we avoid.
Big fee, big wages on a player who hasn’t looked properly up to it for years.
Hope we avoid.
Whether a “newbie” or not I would say the same thing. I don’t rate this manager and don’t want this manager. Sorry if that upsets you or others.
In theory de Ligt would be the perfect partner for Martinez. Tall, good in the air, right footed, good pace (shut up) and good on the ball. A leader. Captain as a teenager for Ajax. Huge question marks about the injuries though.
De Ligt is slow, injury prone and hasn't kicked on since his Ajax days, avoid at all costs as it's only his name and early promise that's carrying his perceived value right now.
Loan with option
OR
Loan with obligation that is triggered after a certain amount of minutes played/available for and the fee is on a sliding scale based on the amount of minutes.
Meh. He's 6 years younger, but not that big of an upgrade on Maguire IMO. Injuries could be an issue, and ideally would need a pacey player as our number 1 CB signing as well.
Is he a good organizer and ball progressor?
My brain is saying no, but I've always felt like De Ligt's next club will either be United or Barcelona, considering his career trajectory so far.
Is he a good organizer and ball progressor?
My brain is saying no, but I've always felt like De Ligt's next club will either be United or Barcelona, considering his career trajectory so far.
A cheeky loan deal, with an option for 25m sounds about right.
Grand, you can rate or not rate who you like, but let's not just insult players or managers we don't rate. It's not great for discussion at all. There are vast expanses of the internet already filled with it.
If only!
Ineos haven't made their first signing yet so I'm still naively hopeful despite the facts suggesting they have stalled over the Sporting Director, haven't agreed any outgoing, seemed confusing by the varied style of manager they interviewed but here's hoping they can do something different in the market!
If he cannot stay fit in Germany the Premier League is hardly going to be easier on him, so many injuries before 24, he could potentially outgrow them, conversely he could be another Saha, Hargreaves and just be a crock, unless a very favourable loan term then I would want to stay clear, we would be better signing an average CB from the prem/championship who can stay fit for the season
Straight swap for Sancho on about the same wages.
Love these two assessments, 2 minutes apart.
Funny old game
Not too dissimilar...
We both admit he is injury prone, both referenced he was good at Ajax, @Floyd is in denial about his pace but he is good in the air, tall and good distribution.. He has regressed since Ajax though unfortunately partly due to injuries.
I’m not having a dig, we all see the game differently
INEOS should propose the idea just to see what Bayern would say, can talk about being wary of injuries as the reason for that proposal
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That would be like us signing Brereton Diaz or McNeil back for 60 million
I don’t think they have a plan. Just sign shedload of players and then ask the manager to work it out.
Yeah, they're basically taking the MLB approach of signing as many prospects in as possible in the hopes of having them succeed at Chelsea or be moved on for money/other players.
It does seem like overkill...Olise has been primarily a RW. Palmer was fantastic there last season. They also still have Madueke. It would be on odd move if he went there.
If we're actually interested then we best get a fecking move on, manager situation is sorted so we've no excuse now.
Chelsea fecking love to stockpile players in general, but right wingers are their speciality.
Our excuse is that we have no money
I've seen that we'll have to seen a player first(Greenwood/Sancho)
As a reminder, United's priority is to sign a new centre back and striker. Therefore, Olise wouldn't be one of the club's priorities. We'll probably prioritise this when we sell both Sancho and Greenwood (as @SAF is the GOAT mentioned earlier).
We will regret this one for some time to come and pay 100m+ for a similar player a year down the line. Take advantage of the damn release clause! It's like getting Saka for 60M.
Ligament injuries 3 times and missed 60+ games in last 4 years, adjusting to premiere league pace could cause further injuries too, so better we avoid this transfer and focus on other targets!
We had enough problems with injuries in defence and dont need another!
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