Okay, thanks for the tip. I'll try to find that.
Victor Lindelöf | Officially signs
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Are we seriously looking about the nationality of a players' parents? Enlighten us, where were Larsson and Zlatan's parents born?
Is he better passer than Blind?
We tracking his plane yet?
So i expect Lindelof to be a regular in the first team while Jose will probably push Blind into midfield especially if we don't get a DM although he doesn't seem to play him there. Makes sense?
Interesting, Mourinho's first signing this second summer is an exciting defender.
Similar to the previous summer Bailly
seriously if Morata is officially signed next, this'll be fun.
Still waiting for the official total confirmation though, come'on Lindelof.
Similar to the previous summer Bailly
seriously if Morata is officially signed next, this'll be fun.Still waiting for the official total confirmation though, come'on Lindelof.
8 June 2016, Eric Bailly.
2 July 2016, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
6 July 2016, Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
9 August 2016, Paul Pogba.
2 July 2016, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
6 July 2016, Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
9 August 2016, Paul Pogba.
But still, they are young players that only have very few years experience on Pro-level.
Probably Woody told him that he could have more money to spend if the players he sign are young/potential, for the long term.
Would love that kind of stability; on manager, and players also.
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Agreed about this. For instance, I'd never thought that Pique could become the main CB for one of the greatest team of all time. He's also become the backbone of Spain NT to win WC and EUROs.
This is a great buy for United and at a reasonable price, given today's prices. I'm Portuguese and, above all, a huge Benfica fan.
We are sad to see him go but unfortunately we are used to losing our best players (especially the younger ones) after a brief period of time.
Having said that, United is my 2nd team (I'd say that I like United more than your casual fan from overseas) and I'm fairly convinced that Lindelöf will impose himself quite easily and quickly (like Bailly if it weren't for the injuries and African Cup of Nations).
We desperately needed a centre back and I doubt there's a better one in the market, factoring age, current ability, potential & price.
He reads the game superbly for a 22-year old and he's typical Scandinavian when it comes to calmness and concentration. Errors are almost inexistent, unlike Jones, Smalling and Blind. He's fairly fast (not a speedster, mind), strong and very difficult to beat on one-on-ones.
And he's commanding. He only started playing regularly in the league on January 31st, 2016, because of injuries to both Luisão (already injured for some time at that point) and Lisandro López (during a game). He was subbed in on that day, partnering Jardel, and never left teh starting lineup again, even when (club captain and legend) Luisão came back from his injury. By mid-February he had already played FC Porto and Zenit, then away games at Sporting and Zenit (partnering the adapted DM Samaris) in the beginning March and, by that time, he was already commanding the defensive line. This season, Luisão came back to the fore and it was Jardel who was dropped.
One of his best qualities is he's very good on the ball. If the opponents are marking the DM and leave him with space, he will for sure carry the ball (and the team) forward and he's great at finding (with quality) the RB or LB in advanced positions.
The only thing he's still lacking is assertiveness on dead ball situations, both defensively and offensively. Still a lot to improve there.
Bonus: he scored a peach of a direct free kick at Sporting in April (matchday 30 out of 34), earning Benfica a draw which kept us in the top-spot and proved out to be essential to our "TETRA" (4 league titles in a row). Never had even attempted one before (at least in the first team)... Don't know if he's going to keep working on that, but that was a helluva goal, when it mattered the most.
We are sad to see him go but unfortunately we are used to losing our best players (especially the younger ones) after a brief period of time.
Having said that, United is my 2nd team (I'd say that I like United more than your casual fan from overseas) and I'm fairly convinced that Lindelöf will impose himself quite easily and quickly (like Bailly if it weren't for the injuries and African Cup of Nations).
We desperately needed a centre back and I doubt there's a better one in the market, factoring age, current ability, potential & price.
He reads the game superbly for a 22-year old and he's typical Scandinavian when it comes to calmness and concentration. Errors are almost inexistent, unlike Jones, Smalling and Blind. He's fairly fast (not a speedster, mind), strong and very difficult to beat on one-on-ones.
And he's commanding. He only started playing regularly in the league on January 31st, 2016, because of injuries to both Luisão (already injured for some time at that point) and Lisandro López (during a game). He was subbed in on that day, partnering Jardel, and never left teh starting lineup again, even when (club captain and legend) Luisão came back from his injury. By mid-February he had already played FC Porto and Zenit, then away games at Sporting and Zenit (partnering the adapted DM Samaris) in the beginning March and, by that time, he was already commanding the defensive line. This season, Luisão came back to the fore and it was Jardel who was dropped.
One of his best qualities is he's very good on the ball. If the opponents are marking the DM and leave him with space, he will for sure carry the ball (and the team) forward and he's great at finding (with quality) the RB or LB in advanced positions.
The only thing he's still lacking is assertiveness on dead ball situations, both defensively and offensively. Still a lot to improve there.
Bonus: he scored a peach of a direct free kick at Sporting in April (matchday 30 out of 34), earning Benfica a draw which kept us in the top-spot and proved out to be essential to our "TETRA" (4 league titles in a row). Never had even attempted one before (at least in the first team)... Don't know if he's going to keep working on that, but that was a helluva goal, when it mattered the most.
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Now calm down about praising Lindelof, I have been praising his qualities, but don't create expectations here they bought Nesta, because we have some posters over here who think he is not good enough for United.
Imo he has the potential for being the number 1, but still playing in Portugal is 1 thing, England another, atm I think Bailly will be the number 1 and lets see how he adapts, but regarding technique and reading he looks the better 1, but at the physical level he needs at least 6 months to adapt to a different way of playing football.
Of course he's not Nesta. Nor was I trying to put him on that level.
I stand by everything I said, I seriously doubt United could have done better at that price, considering his age, his potential but also his current ability.
Language will not be a problem, unlike Bailly, for example.
And I'm sure Lindelöf will adapt very well to the English game, he won't have any problems with the physicality and seldom makes rash challenges.
I can give you another example... EURO 2016. Selected in at the last minute, with only less than half a season in Benfica's first team, he then went on to play every minute of Sweden's campaign. Had another good game against France last Friday, who had 5 PL players (+ Payet) in their starting lineup.
I know, but give him 6 months because football in England is totally different and faster, but I already said here for me comparing with Bailly he already has Champions League experience, even if some posters here have suspitions about the performances against Dormund, Napoli or Besiktas, lets give him time to adapt.
Sounds promising. Thanks.
So Bailly - Lindeloff, Ibra - Morata, and Pogba - Fabinho? So who's the Mkhi this year? Perisic?Interesting, Mourinho's first signing this second summer is an exciting defender.
Similar to the previous summer Bailly
Still waiting for the official total confirmation though, come'on Lindelof.
8 June 2016, Eric Bailly.
2 July 2016, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
6 July 2016, Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
9 August 2016, Paul Pogba.
Had the Sweden vs France game on, was Sweden playing a back 3? I couldn't really tell, but it seemed there were always 3 defenders close to each other when France was in the final tier of the pitch. The production was quite poor and zoomed out didn't help me spot Lindelof clearly in the game.
Is Fabinho this years Pogba? I don't see the comparison, but he would be a very welcome addition to a Pogba/ Herrera midfield three.
You said exactly what I was thinking. I remember saying the same thing when AC Milan were stupid enough to sign George Weah. Who signs a footballer from a country like Liberia?
Ah well, he's foreign so he must be shite.
How do knobs like Wilkins still get paid to speak utter nonsense?
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How do knobs like Wilkins still get paid to speak utter nonsense?
He just thinks clubs here should only sign English players. This from the guy who buggered off to Italy. Maybe he should be having a go at Chelsea and all their on loan youngsters.
Oh and he's not John Terry.
We did sign Jones and Smalling dint we? Did they improve after numerous opportunities?
'This guys done nothing'
So being a key player in a title winning side is doing nothing? Most pundits in this country just don't follow football outside the PL and they can't be bothered to research players coming to the PL.
That was a number of years ago. Wilkins has got worse as he has got older. The youngsters should get a chance, fair enough if they are good enough. Football clubs, especially the Top 6 are big businesses and need to maintain their position at the pinnacle.
My oh my Wilkins what an utter clown, how the fcuk are these people paid to talk about football?
I'm pretty sure neither Wilkins nor Parlour actually know who Lindelof is the cnuts.
Get back to pub lads.
I'm pretty sure neither Wilkins nor Parlour actually know who Lindelof is the cnuts.
Get back to pub lads.
Half of them have no clue about players from other leagues. They watch the PL and spend the rest of their time playing golf.
I'm sceptical that some of the pundits these days even watch the PL.
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Probably not. Gets in the way of watching the gee-gees or getting bladdered at sportsmans dinners
That is typical of our pundits being disparaging of other leagues.
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Still we were in for Reece oxford from west ham who West ham refused to sell, We have axel Tuanzebe from the academy, We developed Rashford and Lingard And gave them new contracts whomay represent England ,We invested 27 M on Luke shaw who has to get to his true potential. Despite Carrying Jones and Smalling and Rooney on Huge Wages. He's all Bull ....
It doesn't count if it's not in England.
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He comes up with the same when a foreign coach comes in. Still bitter that he cannot hack it as a manager. We do well bringing our kids through. They praise City to the heavens. What kids are they bringing through?
Fools, the lot of them. People like him are why we're so poor as a National team. There is some strange preference strong fast players over players that read the game well and are good technically. That's why we're so devoid of creativity from the midfield and defence when it comes to international football.
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Reminds me of when Marco Silva got appointed Hull manager, one of these clueless idiots asked why we couldn't have someone British managing an English side like 'Thierry Henry'
.Looks and speaks like a baffled toad.
Yep. Our national team won't ever come close to winning a tournament until the mentality of the coaches changes. Hopefully the new generation of English coaches are different to the lingering fossils that have a history of failure on their CV.
Praise City? For what Exactly?
Illeanacho's stock has massively regressed this season.Giggs Has the potential, But he wasted a complete year after rejecting to work under Mourinho and keep on working Like Pep Mourinho and Zidane did.
If we sign a foreign player they go bonkers, yet we play kids in our team from the academy system every year. City fielded a team of all foreigners towards the end of last season. Not one English player. Yet they have signed all of two foreign players this season and nobody says anything. Isn't their new goalie from the same team as Lindelof?Praise City? For what Exactly?
Yeah, and where's all the rising stars from this expensive academy they spunked a couple of £100m on??
Are all Sky pundits members of EDL?