Yes to the player. But not his political influence of PSG, which I think is the club's own doing.
Would you take Mbappe if given the chance?
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Could be argued he is a better all round player than Haaland but obviously in terms of actual striker then he has that nailed down
Absolutely yes. If there are any players out there in the world right now that can instantly change a game for you by taking the game by the scruff of the neck, then it's him.
No doubt about it but would be staggered
He doesn't press, he is a bad air to our beautiful and happy harmony :barbies-emoji:
He'd be another 2021 Ronaldo or Pogba. No thanks.
Mbappe is too big an influence and too big a personality. If he was a positive influence or a motivational personality, then great. Problem is, he's the exact opposite.
We need to get away from being the Disney of football. Honestly, the thinking behind getting Mbappe is the same reason United have been failing for so many years. We keep trying to take shortcuts and it's been blowing up in our face.
The Madrid dressing room might be able to control his ego, but the United one is still too fragile. Generally speaking, the big two Spanish teams have been better at tempering glamour signings because they're more glamourous clubs which can keep Europeans/South Americans in awe. On the other hand, English clubs usually need to create their own stars and steep them in the traditions of English football in order to earn their loyalty. I don't think you can skip those steps with a diva like Mbappe. He'd kick off as soon as his plane landed.
Fergie built all his teams around young players who gradually matured into stars. As much as I hate Guardiola and Klopp, they did the same thing. Hell, even Arteta is following that template now. It's the direction EtH also needs to go in as well.
Mbappe is too big an influence and too big a personality. If he was a positive influence or a motivational personality, then great. Problem is, he's the exact opposite.
We need to get away from being the Disney of football. Honestly, the thinking behind getting Mbappe is the same reason United have been failing for so many years. We keep trying to take shortcuts and it's been blowing up in our face.
The Madrid dressing room might be able to control his ego, but the United one is still too fragile. Generally speaking, the big two Spanish teams have been better at tempering glamour signings because they're more glamourous clubs which can keep Europeans/South Americans in awe. On the other hand, English clubs usually need to create their own stars and steep them in the traditions of English football in order to earn their loyalty. I don't think you can skip those steps with a diva like Mbappe. He'd kick off as soon as his plane landed.
Fergie built all his teams around young players who gradually matured into stars. As much as I hate Guardiola and Klopp, they did the same thing. Hell, even Arteta is following that template now. It's the direction EtH also needs to go in as well.
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This is a very silly question
Would like to get a million dollars without moving a finger?
No, I hate happiness
Safe to say @Devil You Know clearly thinks his potential disruption to dressing room overrides what he could offer on the pitch. Would guess he feels exactly the same about a loan deal for Neymar instead but maybe wrong
Ah, but think about how much we can all moan when he has a bad game!!
Remember when Ronaldo had a bad game around 06-09?
Either @Devil You Know feels it won’t realistically happen and it protecting himself from getting sucked in by telling himself all that, or he is the type of person who’d go to Disney World and complain that the guy in the Mickey Mouse costume was too tall to be a mouse
I really don't get this whole diva thing and I've not seen anything from the guy himself to suggest he has such a bad attitude. It's all come from the media and their love for Messi and the desire to tear down a young foreign talent. There's a great interview Mbappe did with David Beckham and he comes across really well. He's at a small club now who don't have the history to handle his talent. If he came here I firmly believe with the new owners and ETH, he'd be motivated and would become a legend. Imagine him here vs Haaland at Man City. The competition between those two alone would be immense and I'd love to see him in a utd shirt
who wouldn't? Of course it is impossible, and if he decides to leave PSG one day, it will be Real Madrid anyway.
Yeah accepted that
He once stopped running during an attack because he didnt get the ball. Besides unconfirmed media reports that might be the only thing that suggest Mbappe being the diva. Sure he is a star and likely will have quite the ego but he is also a player who lost the World Cup final and was back on the trainingpitch shortly after.
Big players have big ego's. Ronaldo had the largest ego of them all and is the largest diva ever on the European fields. Hardly anybody in Manchester and Madrid complained when he was scoring every multiple goals every week though.
exactly this
He ain’t coming here. He is a Madrid fanboy, he wants Madrid.
I have a feeling it is probably the same soap opera or tactic to get more money from PSG. I will not be surprised if he sign a new contract with PSG with 200m sign on fee and 2M a week end of summer.
Obviously yes, as long as we still signed other players in other positions. If it's Mbappe vs a new striker, keeper, midfielder and centre back, then no
Why not use United...the most used club in the world. Players and agents use us to get higher salaries, other clubs use us to get higher sums for their players and our owners use us the most. So fair play...just go ahead, get your move to Madrid and let the English tabloids get some clicks in the mean time.
No.
I would take him in a heartbeat.
I don't get this players will be upset at his wages and lead to problems. I'd get if we were signing Weghorst and making him the highest paid player in the squad, but this Mbappe, one of the best in the world.
A Manchester United players mindset should be "how is this guy going to help us win trophies". Van Persie came into the squad as the second or third highest paid player even over guys like Giggs, Vidic and Scholes. No one questioned it and raised a fuss because they knew what he would do for the team.
If a player is going to upset at Mbappe coming in they can either a) put themselves on the level to demand similar or b) go find another club that will pay you what you're getting here because considering how generous we've been with contracts, that's not likely to happen. I sincerely doubt City players were ready to cause an uprising when they signed Halaand.
I don't get this players will be upset at his wages and lead to problems. I'd get if we were signing Weghorst and making him the highest paid player in the squad, but this Mbappe, one of the best in the world.
A Manchester United players mindset should be "how is this guy going to help us win trophies". Van Persie came into the squad as the second or third highest paid player even over guys like Giggs, Vidic and Scholes. No one questioned it and raised a fuss because they knew what he would do for the team.
If a player is going to upset at Mbappe coming in they can either a) put themselves on the level to demand similar or b) go find another club that will pay you what you're getting here because considering how generous we've been with contracts, that's not likely to happen. I sincerely doubt City players were ready to cause an uprising when they signed Halaand.
It is not about quality or wages for me. This is about building a team.
You don't put expensive roof on your house if you don't have great and stable walls. Simple. A football team that is successful needs to be built from back.
Mbappe or those kind of luxury players where most of them have failed in our shirt are not and shouldn't be a priority.
Would be absolutely unreal.
It’s probably too early to be buying an Mbappe when the team still needs a lot of patching but how often do you get the chance to sign an Mbappe. I don’t even really want to think about it even been a possibility but…
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Just absolute joy if he did somehow join us.
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He is the best player in the world. I would definitely take him.
I like all the posters that are saying yes, without even thinking of how he will play in our system. Our left attacking role is probably one of our strongest area of the team with Rashford and Garnacho playing there, along with Sancho. With Mbappe in the team, I can only assume, we are looking to sell Rashford or Garnacho, or play Rashford as a no.9.
Antony - Rashford - Mbappe
Or
Antony - Kane or Muani or Felix - Rashford
Rashford and Mbappe are the same type of players. I doubt they will work well together. Players like Rashford and Mbappe needs that target number number 9 or a false no.9 to get the best out of them. Playing both Rashford and Mbappe in the same team seems something that someone that plays fifa will do. Of course Mbappe is the better player than Rashford, but if we believe in Rashford someone like Kane, or even muani or Felix are better option for the team attacking structure.
Antony - Rashford - Mbappe
Or
Antony - Kane or Muani or Felix - Rashford
Rashford and Mbappe are the same type of players. I doubt they will work well together. Players like Rashford and Mbappe needs that target number number 9 or a false no.9 to get the best out of them. Playing both Rashford and Mbappe in the same team seems something that someone that plays fifa will do. Of course Mbappe is the better player than Rashford, but if we believe in Rashford someone like Kane, or even muani or Felix are better option for the team attacking structure.
Some of you are absolutely insane. He's a generational talent and is a shoe-in to pick up a few Ballon D'ors in his career.
Yeah he has an ego, yeah he doesn't press and his defensive work is suspect at best, but in all honesty who cares? Prime Ronaldo was all those things, as was Cantona. Imagine if we had him leading our attack instead of poppadom legs Martial last season.
And this complex some of you have with him eventually having eyes for Madrid - so? If he's helped us bag a few major honours and is sold for a record-breaking fee then best of luck to him.
Yeah he has an ego, yeah he doesn't press and his defensive work is suspect at best, but in all honesty who cares? Prime Ronaldo was all those things, as was Cantona. Imagine if we had him leading our attack instead of poppadom legs Martial last season.
And this complex some of you have with him eventually having eyes for Madrid - so? If he's helped us bag a few major honours and is sold for a record-breaking fee then best of luck to him.
Anyone who says no is out of their mind and only saying no because there's no chance anyway. Team has a gaping hole up top... But we'd pass up on the best player in the world 
Yeah I would, if we could afford him 
What’s that? A world class striker? We have plenty of those, it’s a no for me.
What made City such as a relentless force last season - it wasn't just Haaland's signing, but the fact they could field two teams, both of which were capable of winning most games. It means they were seldom affected by injuries the same way their rivals were. The best United teams have also always had an abundance of attacking options.
Its the same reason we're looking at a CB too, our options off the bench have far from inspiring at any point in the season, and whenever we had injuries to key players we struggled considerably.
Rashford, Mbappe, Garnacho and Antony aren't going to play every game, but you'd expect them to still get plenty of minutes. And there's no reason why Rashford and Mbappe can't play together most games. And while Rashford has had a tremendous season for us, what happens if he reverts to poor form again or gets injured?
I agree with you about building a team, however, I do think we have those stable walls. De Gea needs upgrading, but I think we have a good back 4 and Casemiro in midfield. Our biggest problem is scoring goals. We scored 58 in the League last season. We have one reliable goal scorer. We need more firepower.
Also, because I used the analogy before. We brought in RVP when we certainly didn't have a competent midfield and it worked out fine for us.
The Footballer - without question
Accompanying Baggage - Hell no
Accompanying Baggage - Hell no
The issue isn't about squad depth, but team structure. Rashford played as a striker is the type of forward that has poor hold up play, ball retention ability, pressing and creativity. That is similiar to mbappe, albeit mbappe is a tad more creative. When these guys plays as a number 9, they are more suited to a counter attacking system where they run in behind the defenders a la a mourinho system, not a ten hag system. You would want a number 9 that isn't just known for his his pace and finishing, but moreso the other key attributes aforementioned that they lack. Playing both mbappe and Rashford cause an imbalance in the attack similiar to playing neymar and mbappe. Which is the issue I m having with playing both in the same team. I was right when I said that neymar, Messi and mbappe won't work, and I m sure I will be right again here. We will either have to sell Rashford or we change or style to be more counter attacking. If we change our philosophy to that, then I can see how having both rashford and mbappe could work.
No, I hate Ninja Turtles.
Absolutely not. Give me wout and ighalo.