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And either way, Griezmann won't play in same position as Perisic... If anything, he's most likely to push Mata out of squad
 
Theatre of dreams said:
Dont think Perisic would clutter the squad at all. We lack quality depth in the wide areas and would offer a lot to our squad. A lot can happen in a year. No guarentee Griezmann will come and they don't play anything alike.
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Yes he would(add quality depth and offer alot).I am pretty sure the club has an agreement with him that he'll sign next summer and if not for Atleti's ban, he'd have joined this year itself.No they don't, but only 11 players get to play on the pitch and unless we suddenly decide to play 3 at the back or a double pivot, we have only 3 spots in which to fit Martial, Rashford, Mkhitaryan, Mata, Lukaku, Lingard, Griezmann and, if he comes, Perisic.And that worries me
 
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Equilibrio said:
Yes he would.I am pretty sure the club has an agreement with him that he'll sign next summer and if not for Atleti's ban, he'd have joined this year itself.No they don't, but only 11 players get to play on the pitch and unless we suddenly decide to play 3 at the back or a double pivot, we have only 3 spots in which to fit Martial, Rashford, Mkhitaryan, Mata, Lukaku, Lingard, Griezmann and, if he comes, Perisic.And that worries me
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Oh I'm sure he would of been here if not for the ban, and still feel there's a good chance he will. But things can change and Simeone said he could sign an extension now. Which might change things. Still should defo sign Perisic we need options now. Same goes for Aurier.
 
Equilibrio said:
Yes he would(add quality depth and offer alot).I am pretty sure the club has an agreement with him that he'll sign next summer and if not for Atleti's ban, he'd have joined this year itself.No they don't, but only 11 players get to play on the pitch and unless we suddenly decide to play 3 at the back or a double pivot, we have only 3 spots in which to fit Martial, Rashford, Mkhitaryan, Mata, Lukaku, Lingard, Griezmann and, if he comes, Perisic.And that worries me
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Aside from anything else you'd better make sure Utd make the Champions League spots for that to happen.

No guarantee on anything 12 months down the line.
 
Theatre of dreams said:
Oh I'm sure he would of been here if not for the ban, and still feel there's a good chance he will. But things can change and Simeone said he could sign an extension now. Which might change things. Still should defo sign Perisic we need options now. Same goes for Aurier.
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Griezmann's a loyal lad, he wouldn't do that to us, sure he'll sign an extension, but the release clause will remain 100m euros and we'll buy him next year(or, who knows?This winter?)

I think this is a great setup we have and that we'll atleast make top 2 this year along with an FA cup and a Champions League Semi final(losing to bayern who go on to win, maybe?)

As I said, Aurier is iffy for me, sure I'd embrace him if he came, but I'm confident with our squad now

RedUnited said:
Perisic - Griezmann - Mkhitaryan behind Lukaku makes me wet
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That'd mean either 3 at the back or a double pivot and Pogba playing alpngside matic

@Scouse
We'll make top 4 easily, maybe even win if we can get pogba and herrera dominating midfields
 
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Equilibrio said:
@Scouse
We'll make top 4 easily, maybe even win if we can get pogba and herrera dominating midfields
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Lets not try and take anything for granted in this league. Top 4 is far from easy for any team now. Sure it's good being confident, but how can we really make statements like that? We were 6th last year.
 
Equilibrio said:
That'd mean either 3 at the back or a double pivot and Pogba playing alpngside matic
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Yeah, I love seeing Pogba in a double pivot. Think that's where he's best, with a lot of players ahead of him to spray those passes to!
 
zzeezzy said:
Lets not try and take anything for granted in this league. Top 4 is far from easy for any team now. Sure it's good being confident, but how can we really make statements like that? We were 6th last year.
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As he said, it's no longer a given for ANY side now with the 6 top teams all on a similar level. 4 into 6 just doesn't go.

At least 2 have to miss out every season.
 
zzeezzy said:
Lets not try and take anything for granted in this league. Top 4 is far from easy for any team now. Sure it's good being confident, but how can we really make statements like that? We were 6th last year.
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We'll just have to wait and see Mourinho do his magic now, won't we?If Arsenal let Sanchez go, they're pretty much out of it by Feb, which leaves us to fight with Pool, Spurs, City and Chelsea, I expeCt the trophy to go to either chelsea, us or City with whichever squad out of pool and Spurs runs out of gas first missing out on top 4.

RedUnited said:
Yeah, I love seeing Pogba in a double pivot. Think that's where he's best, with a lot of players ahead of him to spray those passes to!
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That also means Herrera becoming basically Pogba's back up.Also, Rashford and Martial both wouldn't play much that way
 
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Equilibrio said:
We'll just have to wait and see Mourinho do his magic now, won't we?If Arsenal let Sanchez go, they're pretty much out of it by Feb, which leaves us to fight with Pool, Spurs, City and Chelsea, I expeCt the trophy to go to either chelsea, us or City with whichever squad out of pool and Spurs runs out of gas first missing out on top 4.


That also means Herrera becoming basically Pogba's back up.Also, Rashford and Martial both wouldn't play much that way
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Pogba - Herrera have shown they can play together in a pivot, also it's a tough season with a lot of games, think Matic and Herrera could use that competition and/or rest
 
RedUnited said:
Pogba - Herrera have shown they can play together in a pivot, also it's a tough season with a lot of games, think Matic and Herrera could use that competition and/or rest
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That's fair, but we'll have to offload both Mata and Lingard to reduce clutter.If that happens, it could work(next year, not this year)
 
really dont see the value in predicting who will be here next season,better to focus on this year first!
 
Equilibrio said:
That's fair, but we'll have to offload both Mata and Lingard to reduce clutter.If that happens, it could work(next year, not this year)
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Pretty sure they can all have their role in the team and be useful, PL has become a lot tougher and you need that competition for positions if we're to fight for all titles?
 
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Pretty sure they can all have their role in the team and be useful, PL has become a lot tougher and you need that competition for positions if we're to fight for all titles?
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Is transfermarkt reliable for injuries?If yes, Lukaku is rarely injured and will be undisputed starter if fit, sothat might be a problem, otherwise, fair if Mou can be Zidane-like in terms of rotation
https://www.transfermarkt.com/romelu-lukaku/verletzungen/spieler/96341
 
Top 4 is almost like an invisible cup now, as much as we've taken the **** of Wenger over the years for saying similar things. We aim for 1st, and if we fall short, then hopefully not more than 3 places short.

Looks like we're definitely going 3 at the back vs Madrid in the Super Cup then.
 
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