Always good to invest in youth. The more the better.
Vanja Milinkovic
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Any update on his transfer? Did we really jump the gun again?
Club representatives meeting him and his parents in Serbia today
Still nothing finalized as far as I know. Genk are signing his brother and trying to get him as well and it seems the agent wants them both to be at the same club.Any updates? We clearly jumped the gun on this one as well
Aah, okay. Thanks! Don't understand why that is his agent's preference, they should do what is best for their individual careers. As far as we are concerned, we should not be announcing deals until they are actually done. Amateurish stuff. Thankfully this is just a youngster, imagine if we announce we have signed Vidal and then his agent comes out and says that he might not sign for us.
I presume we announced it because we have an agreement with the club. Its an awkward situation because Serbias not in the E.U. so he cant officially sign until hes 18 anyway and we would need his parents to agree the contract not just his signature.
I've not read any of this nor do i know the geezer, just seen a bump.
He reject us?
He reject us?
He is already a United player mate, he'll just be playing at his old club next year and then come to OT
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...-agreed-for-vanja-milinkovic-from-serbia.aspx
Vanja Milinkovic "I know that the clubs agreed, and my agent and I now can not wait to be told by Manchester scout Budimir Vujacic about agreeing the last details of my transfer.These details are sporting,not financial in nature,but I cant speak about them at this point"
from @jb8521 's twitter feed:
jb8521 @jb_8521 now
Vanja Milinkovic had medical with United last week and will sign for an initial 1.75M.There will be further payments based on appearances
jb8521 @jb_8521 now
Vanja Milinkovic had medical with United last week and will sign for an initial 1.75M.There will be further payments based on appearances
Hard to get too excited about the signing of any young goalkeeper to be honest. With De Gea being so good and only 23 in all likelihood the best Milinkovic (or any other keeper we sign) can hope for is to become our second choice.
So this one's been confirmed.
True, but the youth sides still need goalkeepers. Plus it never hurts to add talent. If de Gea's still fit and firing by the time players like Johnstone and now Milinkovic need regular first team football, there's nothing wrong with selling them on.
I thought this deal had been done a while back. Anyway I suppose we are in a position to bring in a young goalkeeper what with Gollini and Sutherland both leaving. It seems like we dealt with his club in a professional manner too which is good to hear.
How old was Cech when Chelsea signed Courtois? Can't have been much older than De Gea is now. Besides, if we keep Dave out of La Liga until he's the same age Cech is now I'll be equal parts surprised and delighted.
Henderson (and of course J.Pereira) is better than both of them.It never hurt to add another talent into our rank but we seem to have special love with GKs.
They grow up so quick these days...
This guy must be quite a big talent to go through this trouble for him despite having pretty good GK talents already. We are paying a biggish fee for a 17 year old GK as well and loaning him there for a while.
Guess the worse case scenario would still be us making a profit on selling him a few years down the line though, Chelski style. I.e if De Gea stays and he cannot force his way.
Don't we have 3 more younger GK's on trial as well in addition to Henderson and Pereira who look impressive ? That's ignoring Johnstone as well who is fair bit older.
Guess the worse case scenario would still be us making a profit on selling him a few years down the line though, Chelski style. I.e if De Gea stays and he cannot force his way.
Don't we have 3 more younger GK's on trial as well in addition to Henderson and Pereira who look impressive ? That's ignoring Johnstone as well who is fair bit older.
De Gea is a special goalkeeper. And if we want to help develop a young goalkeeper to come through and genuinely compete with him, making sure De Gea doesn't dip in form much in the future, then its going to take effort. For example Pereira looks good but he'll probably need to compete with other good young goalkeepers to get the kind of edge that will be needed to push him on to the next levels.
Of course we could try and skip the process by signing a first choice keeper at another club who genuinely thinks he could take De Gea's spot. But that costs a lot more and then when he fails to take the spot, he'd probably want to move on after a few years. Whereas someone we bring through might show a bit of loyalty and stick around a bit longer.
Its hard to create the ideal situation for our goalkeepers, so I'm happy to see us putting emphasis on it.
Of course we could try and skip the process by signing a first choice keeper at another club who genuinely thinks he could take De Gea's spot. But that costs a lot more and then when he fails to take the spot, he'd probably want to move on after a few years. Whereas someone we bring through might show a bit of loyalty and stick around a bit longer.
Its hard to create the ideal situation for our goalkeepers, so I'm happy to see us putting emphasis on it.
Trial means nothing.We have tons of GK trialists every year.
That's right, the outfield players need someone to take shots at.