Tyrell Malacia | Romano: Here we go…

[Strootman's Finger]

Simple. We just don't want to sign him, that's it.

I imagine we must operate under very strict guidlines: ie: we must sell Telles before buying a new LB or we must sell Wan Bissaka before we buy a new RB.

Hence why we are no rush to complete our deals. Squad wise we look set. The only players we are after are the ones who will pluck the whole left by our departures.

That's why we are not rushing the De Jong signing.

He was near the top of the list from the moment Ten Hag took charge. We were definitely interested, but maybe not enough to outbid Lyon.

 

[Kag]

Malacia was a target signing so I wouldn't say "werent"

Obvious press bollocks in light of a Dutch passport.

 

[VP89]

Obvious press bollocks in light of a Dutch passport.

Credibly journalists were reporting it so I don't buy that

 

[rbnZz]

For me its pretty simple, Feyenoord had to sell before 1st of July. United still didn't sell Telles so the leftback isn't a priority.

 

[Caesar2290]

He was near the top of the list from the moment Ten Hag took charge. We were definitely interested, but maybe not enough to outbid Lyon.

Credibly journalists were reporting it so I don't buy that

Says who? No tier 1 journalist(Ornstein, Whitwell, Stone) have confirmed our concrete interest in Malacia. The links are there due to the fact he is Dutch and ETH wanted to sign him at Ajax. That's it.

The notion that we couldn't pony up 15 mil when we are about to sign De Jong, Eriksen and were negotiating for Nunez, Antony and Martinez is just laughable.

Why is that stretch of imagination that we won't sign any new LBs as long as we have both Telles and Williams on the books?

 

[Red the Bear]

Shame, kinda liked what I saw in the conference final.

 

[AjaxCunian]

Wasn't he also close to signing for you guys?

I don't quite remember it.

 

[VanDeBank]

Lyon feels like a move sideways.

For Christ sake - if a player is going to Lyon for €15m then we simply were not that interested. That link to Lyon has been there all summer with our name thrown in - sound familiar?

Spot on.

 

[Adnan]

The De Telegraaf article from a few days ago alluded to Peter Bosz at Lyon dangling the carrot of regular game time at Lyon as being important to the player. And there was no guarantee he would get that at United with Luke Shaw still at the club.

 

[SAF is the GOAT]

Is he a starter in NT ? is he even in the squad ?

 

[croadyman]

The De Telegraaf article from a few days ago alluded to Peter Bosz at Lyon dangling the carrot of regular game time at Lyon as being important to the player. And there was no guarantee he would get that at United with Luke Shaw still at the club.

Yeah we need RB

 

[VanDeBank]

Is he a starter in NT ? is he even in the squad ?

He's been in every squad post Euros under LVG and has been getting chances. Blind is the first man. I can see Malacia starting under Koeman after the world cup, but things can change rather quickly in football. March last year, Wijndal was the up and coming prospect, but he's fallen out of favour and Malacia has had a very good development ever since he was MotM against France in the u21 euros last summer.

 

[Avero]

"English club were also in the race but Malacia wants to work under Dutch coach Bosz."

That doesn't make sense, Bosz has never stayed anywhere longer than 2-3 years, he's probably on his way out right now

 

[Rolaholic]

We could've done 15m even with a FDJ deal

 

[Nero]

We could've done 15m even with a FDJ deal

He's probably just not that good, hence why the best he could do for himself was Lyon.

 

[Leftback99]

We could've done 15m even with a FDJ deal

Obviously not, with Shaw, Telles and Williams still here.

 

[VanDeBank]

Obviously not, with Shaw, Telles and Williams still here.

I can't argue with that. You're the expert.

 

[dannyrhinos89]

Obviously not, with Shaw, Telles and Williams still here.

And all of them are absolute shite.

 

[Leftback99]

And all of them are absolute shite.

Shaw is ok but never fit. You are being generous on Telles. Either way we won't buy until we shift them, we are predictable.

 

[dannyrhinos89]

Shaw is ok but never fit. You are being generous on Telles. Either way we won't buy until we shift them, we are predictable.

Would be nice but none of our players are desirable.

 

[VanDeBank]

Shaw is ok but never fit. You are being generous on Telles. Either way we won't buy until we shift them, we are predictable.

How so?
I recall us buying VDB when we had numerous players for his position. Sancho and Varane likewise.

 

[Stevie Wonder]

Shame, kinda liked what I saw in the conference final.

I watch the dutch league every week and this guy is not the signing Manchester United needs. He is a big questionmark in my book. Ofcourse he has great potential but it is still potential. United needs a more arrived and experienced played who is sure can match the level that is required in the Premier League.

IF this deal does not go through. Which I think it will not. Then it's a blessing in disguise.

 

[Leftback99]

How so?
I recall us buying VDB when we had numerous players for his position. Sancho and Varane likewise.

VDB was just odd. Sancho and Varane were competing for more than one spot and were clear first teamers. This would be a back up to Shaw.

 

[GledTheRed]

We could've done 15m even with a FDJ deal

We have four left backs.

 

[Red the Bear]

I watch the dutch league every week and this guy is not the signing Manchester United needs. He is a big questionmark in my book. Ofcourse he has great potential but it is still potential. United needs a more arrived and experienced played who is sure can match the level that is required in the Premier League.

IF this deal does not go through. Which I think it will not. Then it's a blessing in disguise.

Fair enough, you definitely have a bigger pool of performance to gauge your opinion of him than I do.
Still found him to be an exciting prospect based on the very littile of what I saw from him, wouldn't have hurt to have him if we offloaded telles.

 

[pratyush_utd]

 

[Rolaholic]

Doubt we'd have gotten a 'here we go!' from Fab if there was still a race for him going on

 

[croadyman]

Doubt we'd have gotten a 'here we go!' from Fab if there was still a race for him going on

Yeah he will join Lyon and honestly not that fussed because it's a RB we need

 

[RedRonaldo]

We could've done 15m even with a FDJ deal

Er...how does that even work? There is still time for us to hijack a bid or something after the agreement was made from others?

 

[sglowrider]

He was near the top of the list from the moment Ten Hag took charge. We were definitely interested, but maybe not enough to outbid Lyon.

This makes no sense. You buy based on priorities and key problems that need to be fixed or improved. Our LB situation is a much lower priority than most other positions.

So are you saying our RW, CM or even striker positions are lower priority than the LW? If you are then I am not sure if you have been watching United the past year.

 

[Enigma_87]

Would be a shame. 15m is well worth the punt for him.

 

[TwoSheds]

Bullshit. Signing him, or not, has feck all to do with Frenkie De Jong.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Bold claim from this reporter, he's challenged Romano's "Here We Go". This could be a career-ender for him.

 

[VanDeBank]

Bold claim from this reporter, he's challenged Romano's "Here We Go". This could be a career-ender for him.

There's still no official announcement. Think Romano jumped the gun with this one.

 

[Stevie Wonder]

Fair enough, you definitely have a bigger pool of performance to gauge your opinion of him than I do.
Still found him to be an exciting prospect based on the very littile of what I saw from him, wouldn't have hurt to have him if we offloaded telles.

Don´t understand me wrong. He is an exciting prospect with great potential. But he lacks the experience of playing on the level of the premier league week in week out. The guy never even has played in the Champions League. Ofcourse his run in the conference league was great. But the teams in the conference league weren´t that great.
United could take the chance and sign him. But it is a big gamble.

Players that go from the top dutch league (eredivisie) to a top four premier league team mostly fail. Examples are: Memphis Depay, Hakim Ziyech, Steven Bergwijn. I think Malacia won't be an exception. He should go to a mid table team first. Like Virgil Van Dijk and Giorgino Wijnaldum did.

 

[Mainoldo]

There's still no official announcement. Think Romano jumped the gun with this one.

Think he should of probably just left the here we go out. Deal probably agreed but wouldn’t mean it’s over I suppose.

 

[roonster09]

Looks like Dutch paper reported the fee is not agreed, so it's not over.

 

[Escobar]

In an ideal world we would sell Telles and get someone new and more talented in

 

[LordSpud]

I've always liked Fab but this year he's had a touch of the di Marzio's about him. Definitely dropped down as a Tier 1 for me and if he's now stamping his "Here We Go"'s on deals that ultimately aren't done its not a good look. I know some just flat out dont buy into him and I'm starting to have doubts myself.

 

[Bestietom]

Think it could be Tagliafico as understudy to Shaw. Sell Telles and bring in Tagliafico for 5million.
Ten Hag can depend on him and he can score and assist from LB.