Despite most in here saying this shouldn't be happening with a new footballing structure in place....
The contradictory manner people go about their opinions on here is hilarious.
United reportedly approached Nuno Mendes and have made a bid
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The contradictory manner people go about their opinions on here is hilarious.
My favourite photograph of this gentleman.
Who wouldn't want to put their face in that chest?
Haha it really does depress me how this keeps happening.
or of course this plays out as expected and PSG give him a new contract at a reasonable level
Or he actually does have some underlying injury issues and we spend £40m on a crock, whilst PSG snap up Miguel Gutierrez from Girona.
I don't think people were opposed to Ten Hag bringing in players who had previously played for him on principle. The issue was that he was failing to account for whether the players he was bringing were of the required standard, and placing too much emphasis on players he'd worked with in the past.
Nuno Mendes is one of the highest performing left-backs in world football from an attacking perspective, and we are in dire need of an elite attacking left-back. If you were to pick any player on the planet to fill the gap we have at left wing-back right now, I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that Nuno Mendes would be near the top of the list. That'd be true even if Amorim wasn't the coach.
if he stays fit and plays anywhere near the same level I don't care.
PSG can take a work in progress in. It's such a key position for us in a dysfunctional team we need players who are established and can stick their chest out and deal with the expectations of the shirt.
A 6 ton elephant wouldn’t be able to drag Rashford away from OT
I’m aware that he has played that role before. He’s also played left back plenty for club and country, and my assessment from watching him is that he is better going backwards than forwards. I mean, he is good going forward, but good for a left-back. A supplementary threat. But not so much as a more forward player in my view.
I don't quite believe this is the case, surely United wouldn't be having such a free run at him of this was?
People were constantly stating the manager shouldn't have a free run at what players he wanted, yet here we are with a head coach apparently doing the same..
Can only hope this time it works better should it happen.
Very concerning
Sancho was on one that day. I’m not going to judge a young fullback for having a bad day against a player having a one-off stormer.
Fair enough if that’s a regular occurrence, but to my knowledge it isn’t. Any PSG fans on here who have watched him a lot?
Elon?!
Looking into it
I remember before he joined PSG, we were linked with him but apparently someone mentioned he’s more suitable playing as wingback than fullback. If that’s true, he’s going to fulfilling his potential in Amorim’s system.
I don’t know much about him as I don’t watch him enough closely. But everytime I watched PSG, this guy looks very quick. Too often I saw our wingbacks are scared of running past players when given big space because they had been coached to play inverted role and lack of pace to go past players (see below, and it’s not just Dalot, I had seen this from Malacia and Mazraoui). It’s so frustrating that they are incapable to exploit the space on the width when it was given. We need wingbacks who have good pace to exploit spaces and not scared to beat his man. Could it be this guy? Get Hakimi as well, while we’re at it.
PSG reddit actually put Romano as their medium tier.
I don’t know much about him as I don’t watch him enough closely. But everytime I watched PSG, this guy looks very quick. Too often I saw our wingbacks are scared of running past players when given big space because they had been coached to play inverted role and lack of pace to go past players (see below, and it’s not just Dalot, I had seen this from Malacia and Mazraoui). It’s so frustrating that they are incapable to exploit the space on the width when it was given. We need wingbacks who have good pace to exploit spaces and not scared to beat his man. Could it be this guy? Get Hakimi as well, while we’re at it.
On PSG reddit, Fabrice Hawkins is on their good tier list for transfer (they have three tier list: bad, medium, and good). I think he’s a top tier source for French news.
PSG reddit actually put Romano as their medium tier.
We apparently wanted him in '21 (as an 18 year old) as did City, but he went for game time (quite a few of us here were hoping we'd bag him then). Maybe the same reason João Neves went there too. Would have been something to have secured him back then. Hopefully we're more proactive now.
Can’t wait pick up Joao Neves in 2028.
Just seen that RMC are reporting this and they are usually very reliable.
It feels like a very exciting signing!
It feels like a very exciting signing!
On the face of it seems a very good fit for a position we're crying out for someone else in as soon as we possibly can. So what if he's worked with Amorim before? Here's a crazy idea maybe, just maybe our scouts / recruitment team presented a list of realistically available players to the manager and it happens to be he recognises someone who they've identified due to working with them before. There doesn't always have to be the conspiracy that "oh we only sign players the manager has worked with before". Which has also been broken down many times under ETH before too.
Amorim doesn't strike me as the type of person that would want to work with someone again if they'd not impressed him previously too. If he trusts the player then i'm happy with it.
Amorim doesn't strike me as the type of person that would want to work with someone again if they'd not impressed him previously too. If he trusts the player then i'm happy with it.
Luke is back after Christmas. He is a better player but always injured. We need a goal threat as priority
He wants to leave Paris for Menchester? Wow.
Money talks.
It is already after Christmas. We need a wingback more than we need a striker and especially a wingback who has played under this manager before.
Luke should not be even considered from now on, any appearance is like short term loan, can't plan the future on him. Plus he is more of a LCB nowadays.
Would require extensive medical testing, but in terms of fit, there would no better in Europe.
Wingback is an insanely demanding position for which you need almost superhuman durability and powers of recovery; it's really not for the fragile or faint hearted. You do worry for an already injury prone player stepping up to the most intense and physically demanding league in the world in the most demanding position for physical extremes that there is.
Young, robust, athletically incredible and a stranger to the injury table, are prerequisites for me, then comes the talent and skill - it's the most improbable position to find crocks in due to its demands. Limits the pool tremendously.
Young, robust, athletically incredible and a stranger to the injury table, are prerequisites for me, then comes the talent and skill - it's the most improbable position to find crocks in due to its demands. Limits the pool tremendously.
I kinda agree with you as well, a player should not be signed solely because the head coach knows him, the expectations are that the football structure above the head coach will be the one finding the best option and getting the alignment from everyone including the head coach, Ten Hag didn't suggest or push for De Ligt and Maz despite his close connection with them, it was the club that suggested them and he obviously agreed with it.
Hopefully this is a club led signing and the vetting process is done properly before getting the player in.
You made it sound like he's cosplaying as Santa during Christmas and will be back after.
Negotiations for a new contract have broken down. PSG don't mess around keeping players who want to leave. Hopefully we're learning to do likewise.
Yup injuries aside this is a totally correct statement. Same thing as Ugarte. Do you want a world class box to box destroyer?
Yes. There he is. PSG’s scouting and recruitment has been on point more a lot more often than ours has been to be fair in the post Fergie years. Yes they’ve made some horrible signings and big signings that were the wrong thing for the club in hindsight but the desire was always clearly there to assemble the 11 best footballers on the planet together. I don’t think you can say the same for Utd. PSG are also seemingly willing to sell really good players and try new things before their value totally plummets….bit like Real back in the day with the likes of Robben etc
is he an Elf?
Portugal had a lot of technical players at the Euros and he was sticking out like a sore thumb. Looked like their least talented player in every game I watched.
All depends what league they coached in previously.
The way his weight is often discussed, more than likely Santa himself.
A couple of issues. 1. Do we want to be going down the same route as signing players that have previously worked with the current manager, everyone hated ETH for it. And 2. I’ve seen people mention his injury record, do we want to sign yet another player that’s forever injured and especially in a position we desperately need someone to stay fit in.
But we must be the only club that allows managers to sign all of there former players. How many players did pep sign that he’s worked with before? I thought our recruitment team was moving away from this…
There's a bit of a difference from signing shite like Antony and Martinez who we didn't need nor are suitable to the PL, to signing a quality wing back who we're desperate for and who plays for one of the best teams in Europe
I think a young player with quality like Mendes fits the recruitment teams profile with or without Amorim...