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I don't think you have much to fear. A strong lad with a bit of grit and determination.
Needs to mature a little and make the dirty side of his game go away.
I'm sure Ed would end up pay 2x De Vrij price if we were in for him
That annoys me, literally all the guy says after every sentence!
Yup
I think we should just wait for him to play before judging him. Different players react differently to different surroundings and systems.
Utd summed up in a day - leaks of £100m package for a player followed by Utd don't want to pay a certain amount.
Facts speak for themselves, Utd do not pay the going rate. Di Maria? More chance of me playing this week at Sunderland.
Facts speak for themselves, Utd do not pay the going rate. Di Maria? More chance of me playing this week at Sunderland.
He's the marquee signing Woodward gets wood for. It must be more than this, right?
If we are preparing a medical for Rojo - I am seriously worried. It will take us 4 weeks to get it done
So we need experience at the back and we go sign a 23 year old. Wonderful.
Granted we could probably do with someone more for the here and now (not to say we won't still do that tbf) but signing a promising young player is never a bad thing, no matter what the circumstances.
What are these facts?
£27m for a toilet brush.
£28m for an 18 year old left back.
£29m for an uncapped Spanish midfielder.
£37m for a Chelsea player.
Seems to me like we don't mind paying a bit more than we should.
If David Luiz is worth 50 million. Angel DiMaria sure as hell is.
We will pay more for players who aren't worth that. Yet when someone comes along who is worth the asking price we won't pay it. Bonkers.
Sporting fans seem to love him though.
I'll judge for myself anyway, I think he's going to be a quality addition.
So we need experience at the back and we go sign a 23 year old. Wonderful.
Maybe we've been thinking about signing two CBs from the get go. One a left footed player (Vermaelen/Rojo) and another more established quality CB (Hummels/Benatia)?
If Bebe is worth 7 million every player is worth 100 million +
I'd normally agree with you Carl, but when you look at the players we have in defence and the wealth of experience we lost in defence recently then you begin to wonder if the funds should be pushed into a more experienced captain material at the back. That's certainly what I'd do with the funds, not go for another young player. All we're doing is making a very young squad even younger.
That's just how I see the situation with our squad atm. I haven't seen the lad play outside the WC, but i'd be surprised if he came into the squad and instantly because our first choice CB (which is frankly what we need).
Agreed. Just feckin get him! One of my favourite footballers, the guy is sheer class!
David Luiz isn't worth 50 million.
A point a lot of us have been making when idiots say that the Glazers aren't backing us up with money.
Not spending it wisely is down to the managers.
Yeah but we spent less previously and had lost 5 long term first XI players in the last year.
And it's still not enough.
Although true, what it does show is, we have been terrible in the market.
When it comes to actually spending the money, we won't be anywhere near the top of that list, what it shows is, we buy players, they seem to be the wrong ones, we end up losing a lot on them, and have very little resale value
The vast majority was spent in the last 12-18 months.
Well no. Cost 50million.
We haven't made any major sales in the past 5 years, most players have left on a free, retired or sold on for very little money.
Actual money spent we'd be way down the list.
Has Shaw ever played CB for Southampton.
He is the right build, tall and strong. I am just thinking, he could fit the bill for LVG. Pacey, good with the ball at his feet.
Could he play LCB while Rojo plays LB. I liked the look of Rojo in the world cup, thought he did quite well, but from what I've read on here is, as a CB, he isn't the best
He is the right build, tall and strong. I am just thinking, he could fit the bill for LVG. Pacey, good with the ball at his feet.
Could he play LCB while Rojo plays LB. I liked the look of Rojo in the world cup, thought he did quite well, but from what I've read on here is, as a CB, he isn't the best
What if City had gotten Benatia and PSG Di Maria?
Seems like we are stumbling into our marquee targets, rather than thoughtfully and purposefully acquiring them....
That could be the case, but you'd think that the more established CB would be the higher priority in this given situation though? I'm crossing my fingers you're right though. We need a Hummels/Benatia desperately.
When they paid 80m for James.
On the net spend thing: it's a classic example of "let's take some figures, but make sure they're the ones that suit our agenda".
Bump that 5 transfer windows up to 10, and then see what the numbers say.
Bump that 5 transfer windows up to 10, and then see what the numbers say.
We dont play the going rate for top players but we are more than happy to massively overpay for good to just under top tier players.
Yes we could have, but they didn't want to play for us. We did try for some of them.
That was my point - I notice I missed top players from my post.
Looking at Chelsea's squad this evening. We are miles away from them at the moment.
From the little i have seen he is a way better CB.
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