value signings on January

devilish

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Keisuke Honda - a deep lying playmaker whose renowned for his workrate and technique. He moved to AC Milan on a free transfer

Radja Nainggolan - a hardworking defensive midfielder. Radja injects steel and workrate in any team. He signed with Roma on loan for 3m euros with a buying clause of around 7m

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devilish said:
Keisuke Honda - a deep lying playmaker whose renowned for his workrate and technique. He moved to AC Milan on a free transfer

Radja Nainggolan - a hardworking defensive midfielder. Radja injects steel and workrate in any team. He signed with Roma on loan for 3m euros with a buying clause of around 7m

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That buying clause is only for half of Nainggolan, but yes, you should have been in for him. Just what you need.
 
Doesn't Honda play in the Rooney/Kagawa position?

Nainggolan is great in most football computer games, but he's kept out of the Belgian National side by Fellaini and co...

We don't need value we need 2-3 legitimate world class players. I don't see it happening in January.
 
Coentrao imo. We need a left back, we need a left winger, we need a midfielder. He can play any of these, isn't old, is available now and will cost less than Baines. Makes perfect and maybe too much sense.
 
This is clearly less about value signings and more of an "'other clubs sign midfielders" thread. We need someone of real quality, Honda and Nainggolan aren't the right men for our team.
 
Rowem said:
Doesn't Honda play in the Rooney/Kagawa position?

Nainggolan is great in most football computer games, but he's kept out of the Belgian National side by Fellaini and co...

We don't need value we need 2-3 legitimate world class players. I don't see it happening in January.
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That's the reason he wanted to move to a bigger club. He's like ((Joey Barton + Arturo Vidal)/2 ) + a touch of Silvestre.
 
I still don't know why we weren't in for Strootman.
 
Most value signings like that are useless to us unless we're just looking to replace our current ordinary players with slightly less ordinary players. Which is fine except it still doesn't really solve our actual problem, which is a lack of top class talent.

Unless we're planning an absolutely massive clearout in the summer there's really no point.
 
There are no value signings when it comes to top players in Jan and that's what we should be aiming at.

As others have said, Coentrao for now. The rest in the summer as I believe we should go for the best.
 
Coentrao would be fantastic and apparently (according to Sid Lowe) it was all set to be completed in the Summer with Real having a replacement lined up

when it didn't happen the other deal fell through and, as a result, Lowe seems to think Real won't be selling for now

why would they leave themselves with only Marcelo?
 
Seriously are there any value signings around.

I haven't folllowed them enough to have a definite opinion about them but Fernando and Matuidi look fine prospects. They'll certainly add steel to our midfield
 
Honda would had been perfect for us at this time.. But maybe some jewel from South America is available, I don't know..
 
walsh said:
This is clearly less about value signings and more of an "'other clubs sign midfielders" thread. We need someone of real quality, Honda and Nainggolan aren't the right men for our team.
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In theory I agree but in practice, well, I am not so sure.

We lack quality but that also reflects in our strength in depth. Giggs will retire, Rio, Kagawa, Fabio, Ando and probably Vidic, Lindegaard and Evra (hopefully there won't be RVP and Rooney to that list) will probably leave. Carrick is 32 and there are question marks whether the likes of Valencia, Cleverley, Young, Fletcher (although early signs are encouraging) and Buttner are still (or were ever) Manchester United quality or/and they still want to stay at United. Homegrown talent such as Powell and Jesse will be back but its pretty evident that an overhaul is on the cards and it will cost an enormous amount of money to achieve that.

In my opinion we simply cannot snub these sort of players anymore. May I remind you that Pirlo was first Inter's and AC Milan's reject and Pogba was a young player who couldn't get enough games with us. It didn't turned bad for them isn't it?
 
2 Man Midfield said:
Coentrao imo. We need a left back, we need a left winger, we need a midfielder. He can play any of these, isn't old, is available now and will cost less than Baines. Makes perfect and maybe too much sense.
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coentrao can play in midfield? wow never knew that.. pity we could not complete the deal last transfer window. anyway ancelotti is unlikely to let him leave this month unless coentrao himself pushed for a move. with the world cup looming surely he need games now.
 
ricky-romeo said:
coentrao can play in midfield? wow never knew that.. pity we could not complete the deal last transfer window. anyway ancelotti is unlikely to let him leave this transfer window unless coentrao himself pushed for a move. with the world cup looming surely he need games now.
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So i'm told anyway, every time I've seen him play it's been at left back.
 
2 Man Midfield said:
So i'm told anyway, every time I've seen him play it's been at left back.
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even if he is only a left back we should try and get him. evra is fast turning into a liability these days and maybe he needs some rest in between games. to bring in someone who is international class on loan would be a great move.
 
Banega for a bout 12m might be worth it. Champiosn league eligible? and not a fee that would take a huge dent from summer plans and in terms of place in the squaf would replace anderson in numbers. worth a gamble i think. always thought so having seen him match that barca midfield a couple of season ago
 
So many players we could have done with in central midfield it boggles the mind how fecked up our transfer department operates. At a time when Fergie left, we could have done with an experienced negotiator rather than a feckin virgin. Several we could and should have signed include:

- Luis Gustavo (Bayern Munich)
- Kevin Strootman (AS Roma)

Worse we let go of an entire midfield over a few million quid and/or guarantee of matches when titles have already been sewn up that could have already formed the future.

Adam Lljajic, Daehli, Ravel Morrison, Pogba.


---Llajic-----Daehli---P. Pogba----R. Morrison beats our mid four any day.
 
SER19 said:
Banega for a bout 12m might be worth it. Champiosn league eligible? and not a fee that would take a huge dent from summer plans and in terms of place in the squaf would replace anderson in numbers. worth a gamble i think. always thought so having seen him match that barca midfield a couple of season ago
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He is a fantastic footballer and exactly the profile we need on the midfield, football intelligence, excellent passes, allround midfielder. He can play in the CL, he wouldn't cost alot off money and he wants out and Valencia need to sell because of their financial situation.

The guy is a bit of a nutcase, so there is always a risk, but if he puts his mind to it one of the better midfielders around and would instantly walk into our team.

-------------DDG--------------
Rafael---Jones---Evans---Coentrao
------Fletcher----Banega---------
Nani---------Rooney-------Januzaj
--------------RVP----------------

:drool:

Should get us in top 4

Get it done Moyesy !!!
 
Valencia are away to be bought by a billionaire. They don't NEED to sell. Banega is decent but he has never lived up to his potential. Still, he'd be a good signing for United
 
Longlivekeano said:
So many players we could have done with in central midfield it boggles the mind how fecked up our transfer department operates.
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When you look at the midfielders that have moved over the past few years, or at least been available at the right price, and then remember that we ignored them all and decided instead to spunk £27.5 million on Maruanne fecking Fellaini, which A) doesn't solve the problem and B) Actually perpetuates problem as we now have a £27 million player who isn't good enough and who we will now be stuck with, meaning even less chance of decent investment in the midfield, as we'll have to try and fit that useless mop head in, it honestly makes me want to cry.
 
Stack said:
How many of you make these judgements based on FM rather than actually having seen the players?
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I hate this argument.

So what, we should just assume that Marouane Fellaini is the best and most cost efficient signing available in the summer, in midfield? Sure, there's probably no other player available that would actually contribute to our midfield.

That's not taking into account he's not even the most cost efficient version of himself - we could've got him for £4 million left but for the wild goose chase after the rest of Everton.
 
marjen said:
I hate this argument.

So what, we should just assume that Marouane Fellaini is the best and most cost efficient signing available in the summer, in midfield? Sure, there's probably no other player available that would actually contribute to our midfield.

That's not taking into account he's not even the most cost efficient version of himself - we could've got him for £4 million left but for the wild goose chase after the rest of Everton.
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I don't see what this has to do we his comment?
 
marjen said:
I hate this argument.

So what, we should just assume that Marouane Fellaini is the best and most cost efficient signing available in the summer, in midfield? Sure, there's probably no other player available that would actually contribute to our midfield.

That's not taking into account he's not even the most cost efficient version of himself - we could've got him for £4 million left but for the wild goose chase after the rest of Everton.
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Please explain exactly where I made any reference to Fellaini. Seriously, those voices in your head need to be dealt with....
 
Stack said:
Please explain exactly where I made any reference to Fellaini. Seriously, those voices in your head need to be dealt with....
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It's an example. The point being: Those players that are suggested earlier in the thread are suggested for a reason, and it's not got anything to do with FM, I'd wager.

It's a cheap putdown towards anyone who suggests prospective signings to accuse them of only having seen them on FM. You don't have to play FM to confidently suggest players that'd improve our CM options, which, for instance, the post directly above yours did.
 
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