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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    Dybala is the type of signging I thought Man Utd would stay away from, but they are back into it all again.
    Given we're swapping him for Lukaku I don't really see the risk. He's not some flouncy mong like Di Maria or turning 30 like Sanchez.

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    Liam Ridgewell has just signed for Southend. He could have fitted right in.

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    Maguire is gonna be such a lol Phil Jones style semi-disappointment

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    He won't get mucked about the way Jones did but, more importantly, also has a less hilarious face.

    I doubt he'll be bad and given some of the other dross we've had in that position he'll probably receive a lot of praise by comparison.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mugbull View Post
    Maguire is gonna be such a lol Phil Jones style semi-disappointment
    FEC must be close to testimonials for Man Utd now, while still being below 30. He has been around for time.

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    #JusticeforJose

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    Should have just bought Shane Duffy and saved 60 or 70 million quid. I'm not even joking either.
    He can't really 'play out from the back' though.

    I still reckon Dunk would be a good signing, although I don't think he's really progressed in the Premier League as I thought he might. He's not that young anymore either, so selling him on for double in a year or two probably isn't an option.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    Liam Ridgewell has just signed for Southend. He could have fitted right in.
    *issues hands off warning*

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    Two players in. Jetro Willems and Alain Saint-Maximin.

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    Sport are claiming we’ve put in a loan to buy move for Coutinho which must be nonsense. Annoying if it is true as I’ve spent years saying he’s overrated.

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    Lukaku EXPOSING Big Fat Luke Shaw as being the slowest person at the club (even slower than Juan Mata, who runs in actual slow motion). What a day.

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    I can confirm that the data he's using doesn't exist because I don't believe Lukaku has ever actually sprinted.

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    Has anyone ever said he lacked pace anyway? Gets knackered after every sprint, yes; but I don't recall the running speed being an issue.

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    That data is just the fastest they ran in a random training session, not sprint tests or anything, so it's basically irrelevant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    Has anyone ever said he lacked pace anyway? Gets knackered after every sprint, yes; but I don't recall the running speed being an issue.
    I think he was pretty quick off the mark before he added all the extra muscle.

    His pace is decent enough still but I reckon it takes him longer to get a shift on. That might be totally inaccurate though.

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    Can he play like that?

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    Can't make him any worse.

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    Am I wrong to think that spending 85 million on Harry Maguire is terrible business?

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    If they’ve been chasing him for as long as they seemingly have, not buying him when it was Mourinho wanting him for 50 is the mistake not the purchase.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spoonsky View Post
    Am I wrong to think that spending 85 million on Harry Maguire is terrible business?
    I'm surprised it's not more of a general consensus. Most of the media seem to be skipping the fact he's average.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spoonsky View Post
    Am I wrong to think that spending 85 million on Harry Maguire is terrible business?
    I was being overly harsh.

    He's fine. He's a middling defender. But he'd have been a quarter of the price if he wasn't English, and he's just cost 3 and a bit Alderweireld's (before the release clause expired).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spoonsky View Post
    Am I wrong to think that spending 85 million on Harry Maguire is terrible business?
    Depends what you're measuring it against, fees of other players in his position or how much cash United have on the hip.

    I assume sponsors and such are soon going to get hacked off if we're not in the Champions League regularly again but other than that I don't imagine spending the money has much of an impact.

    He'll be fine, but not amazing.

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    That new chant he's got makes it all worthwhile.

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    The new chant is aids. Let England call his head massive.

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    What is the chant?

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    His head's bigger than Kiko's,
    His head's bigger than Kiko's,
    His head's bigger than Kiko's.

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    Whether it actually is the new chant or not is to be questioned (as I didn't recognise anyone at the game yesterday so mostly there for the friendly/kids and families)

    To la bamba:
    Harry Maguire
    Fucked off Leicester
    For Manchester
    His heads fucking massive

    (England sing drinks the vodka, drinks the Jaeger which is relatively funnier)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    His head's bigger than Kiko's,
    His head's bigger than Kiko's,
    His head's bigger than Kiko's.
    I thought Toby has the largest?

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    Maguire will be a great signing for United, lots of money but it's always going to be the case as Premier league teams are all loaded.

    I think Maguire doesn't get the respect he deserves in some circles as hes seen as this fun loving, big headed oath. Hes technically gifted and solid. Huge improvement on Bailly, Smalling and Jones.

    United have brought well in defence, if they can get the balance right up front they should get back into the top four fairly comfortably. The right hand side was a reall issue last season and Wan-Bissaka is the sort of player who can control the whole flank on his own.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    I thought Toby has the largest?
    He does. Maguire is nowhere near that level.

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    So Dybala's wage demands were so unreal that even United had to call it a day? You have to wonder what the fuck he was asking for considering their liberal approach to doling it out.

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    He wanted to make Sanchez look like a peasant.

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    The new Director of Football has reservations about signing anyone not from Northern Europe.

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    Oh well that was fun while it lasted.

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    Kermit gave up too has he

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    Man City are giving Juventus £27m + Danilo (forgot he even played for them) for Cancelo.
    Simon Mignolet has joined Brugge
    Júnior Firpo is at Barcelona for £17m
    Wolves have signed Pedro Neto and Bruno Jordao from Lazio for a combined fee of £23m
    Last edited by SincereTheRebel; 05-08-2019 at 09:10 AM.

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    Getting Lukaku on a plane to Italy is still the best thing that could come from the whole deal so at least that's still alive.

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    I've now been off FM for long enough that I don't have the first clue who any new arrivals in the country are. It's like being back in the 90s.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    I've now been off FM for long enough that I don't have the first clue who any new arrivals in the country are. It's like being back in the 90s.
    I stopped playing FM in 2015 and my knowledge from then died, up until the past year with FIFA.

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    Firpo is the left back Liverpool were being linked with for fifty million at the start of the summer, presumably because that was his release clause and papers like to put a big number on things where possible. In the U21 World Cup he looked brainless to a previously unimagined extent, so that should be good fun.

    That Mignolet deal has happened quickly, he was up collecting his runners up medal with Liverpool at about half five last night.

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    Man Utd have officially rejected an offer from Real Madrid for Pogba which involved James Rodriguez. Madrid are also interested Donny van de Beek from Ajax for £60m

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    Liverpool has signed former West Ham goalkeeper Adrian on a free transfer.

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    Decent signing, still only 32 too so not super old.

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    I always thought Adrian was pretty good.

    Not sure why they ended up dropping him and having him as the backup.

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    I’m not sure either, I’ve always rated Adrian myself.

    It’s a strange one too given Adrian wanted first team football and has signed for a team with an established top rated No.1

    I can only assume Liverpool are paying him enough to not care or he’s been promised 15 games a season.

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    Got to build the retirement fund. Unlike someone like Heaton, who presumably harbours international ambitions, Adrian has no chance on that front and he's at an age where sitting on the bench for 5 years and maybe picking up a few medals probably appeals.

    He'll get domestic cups and irrelevant European games, I would imagine.

    Maybe he really wants to win the Club World Cup or whatever it is called.

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    I'm a bit disappointed if Wilson's lack of involvement yesterday means he's off. They'll get good money and all (and maybe he wants to go) but I'd like to have seen him given a go. Hopefully he's just had enough pre-season minutes and they needed to get more of the returning players up to speed.

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    Saw something floating around that Man Utd may be in for Eriksen. Having thought he was 29/30 already but being 27 I'm starting to entertain the idea it would better for us to go for a known Premier League quantity in CE than spending the same amount or more on a player for the Portuguese league, even if he is younger, mostly because let's face it if Bruno came and excelled at Man Utd whose to say he'd sign a second contract and doesn't have ambitions of playing in Spain just as he's entering his prime.

    This is all a load of shit I'm talking but just how my mind works.

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