Vesper 30,175 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Gabriel Magalhaes’ representatives jet into UK as Manchester United weigh up transfer move https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/31/gabriel-magalhaes-representatives-jet-uk-manchester-united-weigh-transfer-move-13065181/ The representatives of Lille defender Gabriel Magalhaes are in the UK to negotiate a move for the defender, with Manchester United and Everton battling it out for his signature. United have identified Borussia Dortmund and England winger Jadon Sancho as their priority transfer target this summer but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is also keen to bring in a central defender to partner Harry Maguire. Maguire has largely impressed since joining from Leicester in a world-record £80million switch but the Englishman’s lack of mobility has been exposed on several occasions in his debut season and the Red Devils are scouring the market for a centre-back with pace. snip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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killer1257 3,282 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Horrible if true. We are interested in Rice for CB, who played couple of games in that position, while Spurs are interested Skriniar, who is known to be a beast when he plays in a system with 4 at the back. Gesendet von meinem VOG-L29 mit Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,175 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 54 minutes ago, killer1257 said: Horrible if true. We are interested in Rice for CB, who played couple of games in that position, while Spurs are interested Skriniar, who is known to be a beast when he plays in a system with 4 at the back. Gesendet von meinem VOG-L29 mit Tapatalk I think the 'Rice to CB' is a project, not an immediate 'toss him to the wolves' type of thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,175 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 IF we buy Rice, sell Jorginho, and keep Kante, Rice will end up at DMF a shedload, as Kante will inevitably go on the injured list I think his days of full healthy seasons here are done and dusted, which is why I have been saying to sell him (along with my other 3 major reasons) Supermonkey92 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 1 hour ago, killer1257 said: Horrible if true. We are interested in Rice for CB, who played couple of games in that position, while Spurs are interested Skriniar, who is known to be a beast when he plays in a system with 4 at the back. Gesendet von meinem VOG-L29 mit Tapatalk Skriniar main weakness is aerial duels, i think that's the reason why Lampard doesn't consider him as CB option for next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer1257 3,282 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 I think the 'Rice to CB' is a project, not an immediate 'toss him to the wolves' type of thingI do not want us to pay an insane amount of money for Rice to let him play as a CB for a project. What if he is not good enough? 15 matches or so do not give me enough evidence that he is worth that amount of money. I know that Skriniar is good enough as a CB because he has showed that last season with WC performances.We can buy Rice and sell Kante for no. 6 position, but Rice project as a CB is for that money too risky. Being a CB is not easy. You need to have a instinct of timing, body positioning and reading of the game. Guys like Rüdiger and David Luiz started playing CB when they were 16/17 years old and never developt those instincts. Gesendet von meinem VOG-L29 mit Tapatalk Mufassir08 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer1257 3,282 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Skriniar main weakness is aerial duels, i think that's the reason why Lampard doesn't consider him as CB option for next season.That may be a fair point, but I think Lamps is just in love with Chilwell and Rice that he forgot that their are better options out there. It is not like we are linked with other CBs on a regular basis. Gesendet von meinem VOG-L29 mit Tapatalk Alabama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,073 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 8 hours ago, Vesper said: Gabriel Magalhaes’ representatives jet into UK as Manchester United weigh up transfer move https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/31/gabriel-magalhaes-representatives-jet-uk-manchester-united-weigh-transfer-move-13065181/ The representatives of Lille defender Gabriel Magalhaes are in the UK to negotiate a move for the defender, with Manchester United and Everton battling it out for his signature. United have identified Borussia Dortmund and England winger Jadon Sancho as their priority transfer target this summer but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is also keen to bring in a central defender to partner Harry Maguire. Maguire has largely impressed since joining from Leicester in a world-record £80million switch but the Englishman’s lack of mobility has been exposed on several occasions in his debut season and the Red Devils are scouring the market for a centre-back with pace. snip I've noticed Gabriel on pretty much all of your CB option lists, albeit down the page a bit. I like a lot about him, but he seems painfully slow. Would you see that as a deal breaker? Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,175 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 22 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said: I've noticed Gabriel on pretty much all of your CB option lists, albeit down the page a bit. I like a lot about him, but he seems painfully slow. Would you see that as a deal breaker? very observant, the more I watched him, the less I became comfortable with his lack of pace thus his drop down he stays on because I still rate him over AC, but TBH, that list is probably 50 to 60 players strong, lolol (which just is a gut punch, as I had huge hopes for AC just 2 or 3 years ago) OhForAGreavsie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Special Juan 28,141 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 United close to agreeing deal for Sancho, talks very advanced contract until 2025. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,907 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Not in a million years did I expect United to complete a deal for Sancho before we did for Havertz. Not with the notoriously slow Ed Woodward. I figured that saga would last all summer. In fact, it's the Havertz saga that may last for weeks longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 16 minutes ago, Pizy said: Not in a million years did I expect United to complete a deal for Sancho before we did for Havertz. Not with the notoriously slow Ed Woodward. I figured that saga would last all summer. In fact, it's the Havertz saga that may last for weeks longer. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8497307/Borussia-Dortmund-Manchester-United-August-10-ultimatum-decide-Jadon-Sancho.html Dortmund long ago set a deadline for Sancho's future at August 10th while Havertz was always likely to take part in the EL with a transfer finalized only after Leverkusen finish their season first. So it's not that surprising really. Also, the Havertz deal only really became a realistic option around June but United have been all over Sancho since last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,907 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jype said: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8497307/Borussia-Dortmund-Manchester-United-August-10-ultimatum-decide-Jadon-Sancho.html Dortmund long ago set a deadline for Sancho's future at August 10th while Havertz was always likely to take part in the EL with a transfer finalized only after Leverkusen finish their season first. So it's not that surprising really. Also, the Havertz deal only really became a realistic option around June but United have been all over Sancho since last year. I just figured United would do what they did with Bruno and haggle for months until finally signing him like a week before the season started. Didn't know about any deadline Dortmund set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomiswave 6,117 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Yeah Sancho looks a done deal any min now, they have a very potent attack now......I expect dive galore next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Vesper 30,175 Posted August 3, 2020 Popular Post! Share Posted August 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Atomiswave said: .I expect dive galore next season. killer1257, Dimitr, Alabama and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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