I seem to remember him being good in one (possibly both) of the United games this season, but those performances said more about United than him. Can't they just kidnap Toby Alderweireld from the airport?
I seem to remember him being good in one (possibly both) of the United games this season, but those performances said more about United than him. Can't they just kidnap Toby Alderweireld from the airport?
There's a heap of defenders we'd be better of signing for that.
Dont see us selling Maguire at all this window tbh. Especially after losing Mahrez and with such a short amount of time left in the window.
Season starts in two weeks
It really does creep up on you. World Cup helped speed things up. Where is the 'Season Expectations thread'
In this case the 'premium' makes up the majority of the amount.
I didn't think fees were relevant anymore.
Nobody cares about the cost, only that it would be him instead of a better player.
I reckon he's a bit of a colossus.
Rather spaff that on him than some dickhead like Jerome Boateng.
We want to bin Rojo, Damien and martial. If we replace with slab and Perisic then I suppose that's a good summer.
Perisic who'll be 30 in February and cost a bomb as well.
We'll have to replace half the team in about 2 years if we keep on like this.
Sounds like Muto is on. Mats Sels went but I'm not sure of the fee. I'm hoping we're not done for the window.
By the time Perisic is done they could sign Chong back from wherever he escaped to.
De Vrij > life. Get him in.
Jose has an excellent record when leaving clubs and they then implode for a few seasons.
Hadn't de Vrij already agreed to go to Inter before that game (not that that makes it any less )?
Slabhead is legit quality. Not £100m but he is really good. Hell iron out a few little lapses with time and experience. He aint going though.
I was reading 'The Secret Footballer' recently and in it, there's a bizarre passage in which among other race-based gubbins, he claims that you should never have two black centre halves playing together. I reckon Mourinho would be a subscriber to that sort of nonsense.
No, I was reading (or rather listening to the audiobook of) the most recent book. Aside from a few lol passages which you can definitely trace to being about well known individuals, it's largely a load of bullshit.
I always thought it was really banal shit when I saw the column. If it was a journalist making the same observations and quoting 'sources' he would be nowhere.
I haven't read all his output, but in this one there's a class section that is clearly about Harry Redknapp and an even better section which is clearly about Tony Pulis. Most of it is just warbling shite though.
I sort of agree with that statement though. Black defenders can't head footballs.
Or Serbian defenders.
So that's why we sold Mbemba.
Either the goalkeeper shirt is ridiculous tight or Cech is on some sort of gorilla steroid.
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Yeah what happened there... He always seemed really sort of lanky.
SSN are reporting that Jordan Pickford is Chelsea's main target if Courtois leaves with one year left on his deal. Its at yellow at the bottom of the screen.
That’d be Everton down.
I'm a twit
Pickford isn’t that good. Some downgrade.
That save in the World Cup before Colombia scored the header was ridiculously good.
In fairness, most keepers are a downgrade from Courtois IMO.
He has one year left on his Spurs deal.
Which is probably why he will end up going for less, but even if it was that then so wot mate.
I realize you can't just throw money at people because it fucks up your negotiating position later on because clubs know you'll pay them whatever they ask but at some point Manchester United needs to use their 5048 noodle sponsors for good.
If Daniel Levy is such a grasping slaphead as to DEMAND fifty million quid for somebody almost out of contract, then surely he won't turn down forty as the clock starts ticking. Unless he's still SEETHING about being donned over Berbatoss. I don't know.
I mean, what was the price in the end for Sanchez, who only had 6 months left as well.
They swapped him for a vastly inferior player.
Well, sure, but it's not as if he came without any cost on top of that.