He hasn't gone yet.
Is the SSN breaking news tweet about this a wind-up?
https://twitter.com/SkySporfsNews/st...93743701626880
Edit, ah, Sky Sporfs News. Many a true word etc.
Matic is such a Mourinho signing. Reading about Monaco's transfer factory, did United really pay as much as the BBC say for Martial?
I see Conte has commenced hostilities on the MINDGAMES front.
With those leaked papers from a few years ago regarding player transfers, martial has some top 3 ball d'or clause where man utd have to pay £20m if he reaches the top 3. There were some other mad clauses in the transfer too
Matic is a great signing for United. Surprised Chelsea are selling him to a league rival.
Pogba should be a lot better with the added protection behind him.
What's the verdict Photoshop experts? Real or no real?
£40m for a 29 year old defensive mid is stunning.
Agreed.
In before he's 28 until Tuesday.
Its not too bad when you remember China will buy him for £50m without thinking twice.
Speaking of China, according to Wikipedia Ighala has scored 4 in 14 since his £20m move. Has anybody come anywhere close to justifying their transfer fee in that league?
I think that's right. It was an initial £55ish million.Originally Posted by niko_cee
Forty million for a TWENTY-EIGHT year old with loads of relevant and necessary experience isn't bad.
He'll play loads of games before then as well.
Two years experience isn't exactly loads. Bakayoko has about that for the same price and is 6 (SEVEN) years younger.
Good for him.
Anybody over 24 is useless and past it. FM taught me that.
See you next time.
My Scouts don't even report back with players older than 21. They wouldn't fucking dare.
Matic hasn't been good for about two years, though.
Sell the cunt.
McMullen though...
Zlatan to LAFC.
Zlatan would go to the Galaxy if anyone, but I don't think he's going to.
I heard he hates Ashley Cole.
Well aren't 2 super league teams defaulting on their massive wage bills?
Matic has his moments, but in general he's a lazy bastard. It's just a classic 'worked with him before' move from both player and manager.
Probably an alright Carrick replacement though.
https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/892037452076134400
Matic is confirmed.
EDIT: £35m + 5 in add-ons. Basically 20p and a curly wurly nowadays.
Itk!
That fee suggests that Chelsea could probably have been knocked down further over the coming weeks as their financial fair play plates started wobbling.
We have the best FFP avoidance mechanism in the land (brought to you in association with Michael Emenalo, Sibneft and Goldman Sachs). Probably got enough 'football related income' to build ourselves a fromagerie.
Where's the over elaborate signing reveal?
I want him in a black mask doing the dab with Pogba and Lingard with Stormzy LAYING SOME BEATS down.
Bring back Fellainimania and his duel winning ability.
That dickhead celery chant (if they still do it) should be changed to fromagerie.
In a world of bullshit stats 'Duels' is a new low/high.
Apparently:
They could lump that in with tackles.
I reckon there are about three levels of subjectivity to go through there before you arrive at a statistic which seems to paint *my favourite team* in a good light.
Newspaper who are apparently very reliable for PSG news saying we'll sign Aurier if he's successful at trial on 7th of August, allowing him yo enter the UK again.
Anything in it, itkiko?
You would have thought they were fine at right-back. Unless Antonio Valencia is going to be a winger again.
That'd be like creating your own player in FM with max CA/PA and 20s everywhere.
United should really be walking the title, so I've just entered the market at 3/1.
Mourinho in a 2nd season. They should be favourites. I reckon it's between them and Man City.
Well we haven't got a whole lot of (good) backup for Valencia, and he's getting on.You would have thought they were fine at right-back. Unless Antonio Valencia is going to be a winger again.
If he goes down you have Phil Jones, Matteo Darmian (who I thought was sound last season), Timothy Fosu-Mensah, and Axel Tuanzebe. They can all fill in when called upon, and I would much rather see the latter two given a chance if necessary.
Neither Tuanzebe nor Fosu-Mensah's preferred positions are right-back (centre-back and defensive midfield respectively). I'd rather have my Nan at right back than Phil Jones and Darmian will probably be our first/second choice left-back, although yeah he's good cover for the right as well.
I think bringing in someone who will potentially be first choice right-back in the near future is a good move. I'd like to see the youngsters given a chance too, but moreso in their preferred positions.
Aurier is a fucking lunatic, we haven't had one for a while, probably since Heinze
They can both play there though, and the more minutes they get - wherever they get them - the better. If they want an immediate Valencia replacement when the time comes then get one, but it isn't a priority this year.
Push Shaw to left wing, Valencia right wing and sign Bale for left back
Chelsea spending all of their Matic winnings on Danny Drinkwater must be a ploy to force the manager out.
Sky Sports say they are interested in Renato Sanches, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Barkley, along with Drinkwater. Huh? Clearly the clowns at Chelsea haven't heard of selecting attributes in their player search.
I saw Tom Davies linked the other day. They must have realised that selling/loaning all the homegrown players means they don't have any homegrown players.
Looking back, getting eight million out of Chelsea for Frank Arnesen is probably Daniel Levy's masterpiece.
Maybe not, but the reports are that he'll cost about 25m euros because PSG want to get rid (due to him being a massive cunt). I doubt we'd get another chance to sign a player as good in future seasons without paying much, much more so I guess it's a case of taking the chance whilst it's there.
There is still the fact he's a big old twat though, so it's a risk.
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