The Manchester United Thread

Theatre of Dreams83 said:
Well we won’t play with a DM as ETH uses two 8s normally in a fluid 4231. So I don’t understand why fans seem to assume ( not you! ) that we was going to sign a CB in Timber to play there or now Martinez instead who is also a CB. How about we sign a CB to play CB🤷🏻‍♂️

I think a FB will depend on sales imo mate. And Eriksen makes sense with Lingard and Mata leaving gives us quality cover. And if he sees DVB as a number 8 instead of using McFred in the starting line up. Gives him flexibility in a lot of ways and on a free. Exc wages and signing on fee I know.
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Well this won’t fly really. From what I’ve seen, De Jong needs a disciplined DM next to him in a pivot as his defensive ability is similar to that of Pogba. His strength lies in his ball progression from deep areas as well as his press resistance. At Ajax, ETH has always used a pure DM in the pivot, be it schone or Alvarez. We could literally get Enzo Fernandez on a cheap to fill this role and we’d be all set in central midfield.

Also, we could be proactive enough and buy a fullback before selling one.
 
Legend Incredible said:
Well this won’t fly really. From what I’ve seen, De Jong needs a disciplined DM next to him in a pivot as his defensive ability is similar to that of Pogba. His strength lies in his ball progression from deep areas as well as his press resistance. At Ajax, ETH has always used a pure DM in the pivot, be it schone or Alvarez. We could literally get Enzo Fernandez on a cheap to fill this role and we’d be all set in central midfield.

Also, we could be proactive enough and buy a fullback before selling one.
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Schone wasn’t a pure DM he was a Winger/AM made into an CM by EtH. Fernandez would be a good signing but again isn’t a pure DM and is more a work horse No8. With great technical ability. And has a creative side with 16 goal involvements last season. City are after him apparently. De Jong has also played in a 2 with Gravenberch, Blind, DVB, Wijnaldum. Koopmiers and De Roon for Holland are the closest type DM he’s played with for Holland. Obviously Budapest for Barca.
 
So I was mooching around before bed, and I came upon a very interesting discussion on Utd. Something I would normally swerve, but a very enjoyable and cordial discussion with a very rationale Utd fan. Mainly transfers, but he covered all things the state of your club.

I found him insightful and I recommend the watch which is saying something haha.

 
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Scouseinthehouse said:
We’ll never know, but I find it hard to believe Utd wouldn’t have paid whatever Benfica wanted if they’d of had any indication from the player he was interested.

Which was all smacks to me of yet another big name chase for a position that isn’t as high on the many others that need addressing,
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Well Paul Hirst said United declined to pay what Benfica asked, so there's that.
 
Vanjagl said:
Well Paul Hirst said United declined to pay what Benfica asked, so there's that.
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Actually, I heard united officials travelled to Portugal to meet with Benfica president Rui Costa only for him to bail the meeting due to “food poisoning”. We, in turn, took it as a snub and moved on.

i think I know who the chef was
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Yeah, heard that. Also heard that Nunez rejected United because of the weather in Manchester. Seems like the same chef told him that there's a mediterranean climate in Liverpool. Twas a no brainer for young Darwin.
 
Vanjagl said:
Yeah, heard that. Also heard that Nunez rejected United because of the weather in Manchester. Seems like the same chef told him that there's a mediterranean climate in Liverpool. Twas a no brainer for young Darwin.
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I heard Liverpool weather is even worse because it's near the coast so it will be even colder and also I heard Manchester is a nicer city with more culture and things to do than Liverpool.
 
Bitcoin89 said:
I heard Liverpool weather is even worse because it's near the coast so it will be even colder and also I heard Manchester is a nicer city with more culture and things to do than Liverpool.
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No idea, never been in England unfortunately.
 
Yeah, wouldnt be too confident with Ajax selling more players. They pretty much sold everyone they wanted.
FdJ makes the most sense. Barca wants to sell him, United want to buy him. I'm sure they'll find an agreement.
 
Starting to get a bit worried about this transfer window, seeing other clubs already get stuff done while we keep taking so long.
 
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