Transfer Tweets - Summer 2017 | Keep it on topic
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He COULD be. It's been one season.
Honestly where's the proof he's a one in a generation talent and not a one season wonder?
He'll never be even close to Messi and there will without a doubt be a next Messi this time next year.
The money is daft and I hope so badly that he flops.
Can't help but feel Real Madrid are willing to pay so much for him just to smash our transfer record. Everything's a big dick swinging contest to them.
I'm only reading the tweets, but what happened to the PSG and Barca conferences which were scheduled yesterday. Was it just a click-bait tweet ?
AKA they've been told that he's going to Madrid.
Clubs have been chasing him for a good 5yrs now.
Yeah, funny how they declare their disinterest now when talks of Pep meeting him and their interest has been going on for ages now.
Still doesn't mean he's a once in a generation talent. You can only say that about a player once they've achieved things that put them in that category.
The fact that clubs has been chasing him for the last two-three years. There has been one season wonders before but no-one has sparked such an interest like Mbappe before. As much as the people like to criticise scouts here, they are professional people who has a better eye of talent than us.
There was this one time United signed one of those players.. A young lad called Ronaldo for a mere £12.24m back in 2003. 14 years on and even adding a zero to that number doesn't cut it. That's some hyper mega super street fighting, ring fighting, cage fighting uppercut inflation. Maddddddd!
What I mean is that clubs have viewed and chased him for ages whereas we fans have had a short period of time to judge him from. For us, it's totally understandable for 1 season to not be enough to categorise his talent as highly but clubs who've been monitoring him for 5yrs have a much bigger period to judge him from.
Hadn't even seen that. Categorically not interested at the mentioned fees for sure
If we got bale i don't think we'd be after greizmann anymore.
Personally, I don't think we'll go back in for him anyway. He led us a merry dance before committing to Athleti again. Another factor is the rumours that Simeone might sign a new deal, can't see Griezmann moving if he does sign it.
Apparently United also enquired about adding Mbappe when negotiating the Martial deal, and the responce was that he'd cost even more than him.
I was kinda hoping before the CL knock-out rounds started in February that he wouldn't do anything special so that we'd have a shot at buying him for a semi-reasonable fee.
I was kinda hoping before the CL knock-out rounds started in February that he wouldn't do anything special so that we'd have a shot at buying him for a semi-reasonable fee.
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bullshit but makes sense on one account. Instead of paying 50 mil plus Martial for Perisic we could spend 30 mil more on Bale. Same age, better quality.
where did you get this from?
I remember reading it at around the time of the Martial deal and dismissing it without a seconds further thought due to how ridiculous it was.
IF Bale is available and we still pursue Perisic, then I will definitely tweet my displeasure to the official United twitter account
Ok, cheers
Remember, we are the club who bought Fellaini for 3 million more and a month after his release clause expired. We, as a club, are capable of great things.
Pep used him as a utility player last season. He was all over the midfield and seveal games at RB. He ran him into the ground and his form tailed off after New Year.
He's getting on a bit, now, and he and Yaya will be eased out of the team over the next year or two.
To be fair, since Mbappe's transfer is supposedly coming we have a slight chance... Still not likely though, they'll have 4 top players on 3 positions, which isn't that much, especially considering potential injuries.
Mourinho makes a joke with Bale in the tunnel and suddenly we want to sign him again.
Despite Jose saying this before the game:
Despite Jose saying this before the game:
I would take Bale and play him as a LWB, or LW. definetely not RW.
If anyone leaves for Mbappe, it'll be Benzema.
You tell em.
I think Benzema is the least likely to leave if Mbappe comes in.
Ronaldo had played most of last season as the left forward alongside Benzema. Bale doesn't quite fit there and with the re-emergence of Isco last season, I think that is the formation Zidane will stick with.
Mbappe and Benzema would be rotated I guess. And Benzema is a very good backup to have now that Morata is gone. Madrid will struggle to find a quality backup striker at the current market prices.
Besides, Benzema shares an excellent relation with both Perez and Zidane. Might be a bit of wishful thinking on my part, but I do hope Bale becomes available.
£80m? They sold Morata for £5m less! I think they'd be looking for more than that.
The campaign to get rid starts.
As far as his generation is concerned, Mbappe is the real deal. I am betting on that kid to be a MEGA star. I can easily see why most of the top clubs in the world want him badly after only one season. Mbappe makes my jaw drop when I watch him play. No kidding. He is very quick, very sleek, very ruthless. He is incredibly confident for his age. Even when he has a bad game, you can see that talent just waiting to explode. Of course he may end up flopping or not meeting up with all the hype but that is unlikely.
Yes, the money is completely insane but it's more about where the market is at the moment than any other thing.
Mourinho makes a joke with Bale in the tunnel and suddenly we want to sign him again.
Despite Jose saying this before the game:
Pre Mbappe. Things change!
For once he does have somewhat a sensible point of view that Benzema is the most expendable. However he will also probably be the lowest in value of Madrids 3 front players.
Don't think even Madrid are that stupid to sell Asensio. (plus knowing our luck he would end up at Bayern or someone else in the Premier League.)
Bale will be closer to £100 million at least.
I don't get why Madrid will prefer to get rid of Benzema instead of Bale at all.
1. Bale earns about 15 million GBP while Kareem earns just over 7 million GBP. Considering the new contract for Mbappe and other players they are considering, surely, freeing up the wages of their Welsh galactico who is always out injured will make more economic sense especially if his replacement is football's next big star.
2. Kareem plays twice as many games Bale plays in a season due to the latter's many injuries. Why would they want to get rid of a fitter player who has consistently delivered for the club for 8 good seasons? Benzema has scored 122 goals in 244 appearances for Real Madrid. He is just a year older than Bale and he is hardly ever injured. He is a more versatile forward and...
3. Benzema is the player that makes Ronaldo tick. It is well rumoured that Ronaldo has privately insisted on Madrid keeping Benzema so as to keep the goals flowing.
4. Everyone knows how much Zidane loves and prefers Benzema. Against every sensible thought last season, he kept Benzema as his preferred striker over the fast improving Morata.
5. Benzema is French. Mbappe is French. Zidane is French. Surely, the club must be thinking that Benzema will be extremely helpful in quickly getting their new prized asset settled in Madrid and the team.