nyikolajevics 2,697 Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 1 hour ago, LAM09 said: £60m layout, £300kpw~, and 27 in two days. Not to mention his only productive seasons have come in Portugal. It shouldn't surprise anyone why people aren't jumping through hoops for him. Tell me the last 27 yr old to not have played in any of Europe's top leagues and delivered. Drogba counts? 🙂 I am not saying we should go for him, just surprised about news being quiet on him. Press indicated all top teams are all over him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,050 Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 22 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said: Lukakuu springs to mind in a way he had a few good seasons at West Brom, but at Utd and Chelsea was utter shite, went to the Italian league and it just suits him, some players find there level in other leagues and thrive, premier league isn’t for everyone, that’s one good thing I see about bringing these kids in young to play in the league. You forgot to mention Everton as well. I feel like he needs to be "that guy", and that wasn't the case, especially during his second spell at Chelsea. Had we signed him during Conte's spell, he might have proven to be a decent signing, nothing more. I agree with your evaluation, though. Some players can't handle the speed or high tempo matches while they are afforded breathers in La Liga or Serie A. The physical aspect isn't as important as it was 20 years ago, but it will be interesting to see if Estevao bulks up from Aug to the start of next year. 4 minutes ago, Pizy said: Have to agree unless we were to sign Nico Williams which looks highly unlikely. Think Mbuemo is going to thrive in all the games against the other big teams for United where you would assume they’ll have less of the ball and he can use his pace and aggression on counter attacks just like at Brentford. I wasn’t personally bothered whatsoever about them splashing on Cunha who is a good player. But Mbuemo I think will pretty scary if Amorim and their recruitment can nail this rebuild. Rogers would do. I just feel like will continue to buy Conference/EL standard players that might suit the likes of Tottenham rather than us. We need someone that will show a real sign of intent. I do wonder what will happen with Diallo should this signing be confirmed. He's one player I actually rank from their squad. 1 minute ago, nyikolajevics said: Drogba counts? 🙂 I am not saying we should go for him, just surprised about news being quiet on him. Press indicated all top teams are all over him. Last time I checked, Ligue 1 was considered one of the top five leagues especially during that period when you had the likes of Ronaldinho plying their trade there. The press will print anything for clicks. YorkshireBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lluubbeenn 173 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 I have seen some rumours about Mitrovic to united. He is nowhere near the profile our board looks at, but I think he could be a Giroud level signing. Not happening I know. Only an interesting option to talk about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lluubbeenn 173 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 As for the talk that the board are better at identifying good attackers than defenders. It is really nearly impossible to buy 20 year old defenders and manage to construct a good defence. Experience and squad chemistry is needed to have a competent back line. You can have an individual moment of brilliance in attack that makes you look brilliant and covers mistakes. That is simply impossible for defenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,252 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 580 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Mamadou Sarr will be made official by Chelsea soon. Enzo Maresca will evaluate the centre back at the Club World Cup, before deciding if he stays or goes back to Strasbourg on loan. (@lequipe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,252 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 10 minutes ago, mkh said: Mamadou Sarr will be made official by Chelsea soon. Enzo Maresca will evaluate the centre back at the Club World Cup, before deciding if he stays or goes back to Strasbourg on loan. (@lequipe) He is good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Wonder what shite gets thrown up today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireBlue 3,275 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 14 minutes ago, Special Juan said: Wonder what shite gets thrown up today Hopefully them 12 pints I had last night 😂 feel awful Mhsc, OhForAGreavsie, Vesper and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,097 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Last summer we started a new trend of going from 0 to full announcement on random names so I'm not listening that much to rumours My guess is some name(s) we've no idea about at this moment will be the real signings and most of what we see in the press is just agents paying for PR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Matt Law saying Delap is done, nothing imminent on Ekitike and we are looking at other options, Ekitike one of them Reddish-Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Special Juan 28,141 Posted June 3 Popular Post! Share Posted June 3 Confirmed by Ornstein Sancho is not joining we will pay 5M to United Smart from us, very smart we need better than him Fernando, OneMoSalah, Reddish-Blue and 5 others 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,437 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Just now, Special Juan said: Confirmed by Ornstein Sancho is not joining we will pay 5M to United Smart from us, very smart we need better than him Were signing Gittens or Fart instead of him so not sure how smart we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Just now, TheHulk said: Were signing Gittens or Fart instead of him so not sure how smart we are. Rather send him back for 5M than waste 25M on someone who dips in and out of games and isn't really worth it Fernando and Strike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,252 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Good news Fernando, dimmas, OhForAGreavsie and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,897 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 I was fine with Sancho staying or going. But fuck sake, if we actually sign Gittens for £50m to replace him. A 15th placed, broke, club in absolute shambles Man United are going to have more ambitious targets than us after finishing in the UCL and winning a trophy. 🤦♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,252 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 1 minute ago, Pizy said: I was fine with Sancho staying or going. But fuck sake, if we actually sign Gittens for £50m to replace him. A 15th placed, broke, club in absolute shambles Man United are going to have more ambitious targets than us after finishing in the UCL and winning a trophy. 🤦♂️ Lol lets wait until the end of the transfer window Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 We now will defo go for a winger before the CWC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,897 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 9 minutes ago, Mário César said: Lol lets wait until the end of the transfer window I’d take Mbeumo a million times over Gittens or Garnacho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,072 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 (edited) Just received a BBC notification that we are sending Sancho back to ManU and paying what the report describes as a penalty. I heard one journo describe the payment as just the agreed loan fee, and not an additional penalty clause at all. I confess that I had wondered if we might try to turn a profit on Sancho by doing a back-to-back buy from United and sell to X deal. In reality that was daft of me because United and club X would make sure that couldn't happen. Since the original report claims that we've passed on Sancho because we failed to agree terms with him, I have to say that I don't really blame him for holding out. Although he's relatively young he has to face the reality that, outside of moving to Saudi, he will never get another contract to match his current deal with United. That being so, it makes sense not to give up that contract without a payoff or matching terms from his new employer. Edited June 3 by OhForAGreavsie Updated to take account of the report of the reason we did not sign Sancho. Reddish-Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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