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Pretty sure the player himself said recently he’s staying?
Of course he would say that..
Pretty sure the player himself said recently he’s staying?
If we are truly after him but he doesn't want to come this window fine, a deal should be done regardless so that he comes for next seasons
THB i don't this happening
I think it's all a matter of respect for the club but not saying anything in public about a potential move, whether it's this January or in the summer.
I read somewhere that there was a little bit of 'tension' between the clubs because of Mourino snagging Sacramento. Alleged rumors also that we're after their DOF.
As a 20 yr old on a typical Ligue 1 wage for that age, if the clubs want to do a £50m transfer then he probably has to move.Pretty sure the player himself said recently he’s staying?
Gards saying on twitter that we remain interested but not for this window, and that he has a lot of suitors.
I think we're making a massive mistake if we don't try and shore up the DM position this window. It's not only a fundamental part of how Jose has always set up his teams, it's also IMO clearly the missing ingredient to get the best out of Ndombele, Lo Celso, Winks, and Gedson. Having a solid DM sitting at the base of midfield would make us both a lot more stable and free up our creative talents to express themselves.
Hopefully there are other targets in mind and Herc's bit the other day that we'd look to bring in a defensive-minded midfielder if/when Eriksen goes remains true, but being days away from the end of the window without any concrete links to specific players I just have the gut feeling that we will continue to neglect the biggest hole in the squad and that it will be majorly to our detriment as the season wears on.
I don't think this guy is a sitting DM though. Seems more in the Gedson mould. We have enough all round midfielders, we need a proper solid sitting DM.
For me a sitting DM is more suited to a three man-midfield. In a double pivot I personally prefer someone a bit more mobile with some decent passing ability, a proper ball-winner like Ndidi, Kante and Idrissa Gueye.
No matter what type of DM we're looking for, it seems all decent are either unavailable or ungettable right now any way so I think it'll be one for the summer.
For me a sitting DM is more suited to a three man-midfield. In a double pivot I personally prefer someone a bit more mobile with some decent passing ability, a proper ball-winner like Ndidi, Kante and Idrissa Gueye.
I don't think this guy is a sitting DM though. Seems more in the Gedson mould. We have enough all round midfielders, we need a proper solid sitting DM.
This team could probably do with an old head in there to be honest while confidence is so low, but none really spring to mind unfortunately. Someone in the Cambiasso, Makelele, Davids mould, but I can't actually think of any that would be available on a short term deal.
We'll be saying the same in the summer. All decent DM's seem ungettable!
That's funny cos I'm sure we were in for Bruno Fernandes and Dybala last summer? What about the two windows before that? Or the 20 or so before that where we have been scrambling around last minute? Do you actually think the club is good at high level player recruitment?Apart from the fact we landed all our targets last summer including the best young midfielders in France and Spain.
That's funny cos I'm sure we were in for Bruno Fernandes and Dybala last summer? What about the two windows before that? Or the 20 or so before that where we have been scrambling around last minute? Do you actually think the club is good at high level player recruitment?
We won't land our targets because we think every player is either "over valued" (Justified or not) and because our transfer strategy is opportunistic. You said in your post we landed all of our targets in the last transfer window. We didn't do that as evidenced above. We also didn't manage to clear out the players we wanted to from the squad and came into the season with a lack of fit and adjusted players and a hangover of politics with players like Rose, Eriksen etc.Dybala was opportunistic. Fernandes seems overvalued - United agree. Ndombele was our absolute first choice and we landed him. We've been rubbish in the market for a long time, all I'm saying is we did decent, but not incredible business. The argument being posited was that we wouldn't land our targets in next summer.
We won't land our targets because we think every player is either "over valued" (Justified or not) and because our transfer strategy is opportunistic. You said in your post we landed all of our targets in the last transfer window. We didn't do that as evidenced above. We also didn't manage to clear out the players we wanted to from the squad and came into the season with a lack of fit and adjusted players and a hangover of politics with players like Rose, Eriksen etc.
Had we not bought Gedson Fernandes in, I could see this still, but we’d end up with a midfield of too many similar players.
One name that was suggested, albeit I think in the wishlist thread rather than an actual link, was João Palhinha. Cursory look on YouTube, he looks a hybrid of Winks and Dier, got the size and strength of Dier, but the agility and technical skills of Winks. Dier often criticised for being too cumbersome on and off the ball, and Winks for being too lightweight. Thia guy strikes a balance, not overly quick, but quick enough and, and very agile over the ball when shielding it in close quarters, like a young Matic.
Plus we know we’re going to be linked with mostly Portuguese players for a while.