Triple pivot or isosceles stance?
Personally, I would go to crouching pigeon miffed moth.
Di Marzio: Javier Ribalta (Juventus scouting manager) to Man Utd
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Personally, I would go to crouching pigeon miffed moth.
Who Morata?
DoF or DoF-lite? Makes you wonder what Jose thinks about this. He's not one that has gotten along well with one.
Whatever the case, seems like a good signing. If we can recruit for the future instead of just current needs, we'll be better off.
Whatever the case, seems like a good signing. If we can recruit for the future instead of just current needs, we'll be better off.
No official confirmation so far.
True that
here's our second signing of this summer.Ribalta from Juventus, he'll play as the scouting manager.
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Ed Woodward: "hey Ribalta, welcome to Manchester United"No official confirmation so far.
True that
Ribalta from Juventus, he'll play as the scouting manager.
Ribalta: "Thank you, Mr Woodward"
Ed Woodward: "Please call me Ed"
Ribalta: "Thank you, Ed, I am very grateful for the opportu...."
Ed Woodward: "Yeah, yeah you have 1 week to get Ronaldo, Morata, Dybala, Fabinho, Mendy & Dybala signed up and in a red fecking shirt before July"
Ribalta: "Mama Mia!"
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Good move!
It was Tor-Kristian Karlsen (previously a scout and sporting director) saying that this is a coup for United.
Nice, does that mean we will be signing upcoming talents such as Higuain?
Hopefully he starts straight away and will he be able to have a positive affect on our dealings this summer.
Thank you.
I expect him to do so. Unless he has some sort of a gardening leave clause in his contract with Juve. I'm pretty sure that doesn't happen in football though.
Out of interest, who was our scouting manager before this bloke? Did we even have one?
Having a fellow countryman in the club hierarchy will give us an edge.
Huh? Morata is Spanish
Lets hope he gets hold of Jose's list and writes 'Fabinho' at the top, in big feck off black marker. And scribbles a cheeky 'lol' next to Dier's name.
First time we have a scouting manager is it? Can only be an improvement, I suppose. Good stuff.
Ribalta's interview with Woodward
Woodward skimming through his CV
Woodward: So you know the Italian league well. Good. I know that league very well!
Ribalta: Good
Woodward: Have you ever heard of Zidane then?
Ribalta: Yes of course. He was a great player
Woodward: good good, I was interested in him you know. Unfortunately I got a text from Howard Nurse who just informed me that he just moved to Real....anyway, Ronaldo have you ever heard of him?
Ribalta: Which Ronaldo? The Brazilian one or the Portuguese one?
Woodward: Good good, that's a tricky question. I never expected you to answer that. What about Messi? Is he good? Does he justify that FMs 20 rating in dribbling?
Ribalta: Erm I don't play football manager but yes he's good
Suddenly Woodward moves creeply close at him
Woodward: Tell me is Morata truly good? I spent 30m on some big guy with funny hair one and everyone laughed at me because of it.
Ribalta: Morata is an excellent player!
Woodward: Do you like me Ribalta? Will you be honest with me? Cause....I don't know football very much and
Ribalta: Don't worry Mr Woodward. I will always make you look good.
Woodward: You're hired.
So is Ribalta.Huh? Morata is Spanish
Top effort.
our very own personal shopper : )
Unlikely to tell us to walk away from signing a player who would be one of the best wingers in the league.
I don't think we had one. Correct me if I'm wrong someone, but I think we had regional scouts.
thanks
Wow. Some top notch "banter" in this thread.
I know we've always had a head scout but am guessing this might slightly different? Hopefully a first step towards creating a DoF role at the club.
Yep. Hopefully a transition towards a DoF. Wouldn't make sense going there right away.
The guy you replied to said that Ribalta is Italian, hence my confusion...So is Ribalta.
This 'joke' has a long history. If you've nothing better to do for the next hour, you can find it in the Morata thread.
Yes, yes, foreign is best. It won't be long before Doris the tea lady is replaced by juanita the espresso senorita. That will be a great day. British is shite.
Finally putting in place some structure rather than relying on relations of the manager or Jorge Mendes. This could be the best signing of the summer judging by Juve's success to expenditure ratio of recent years. Excluding last summer, our transfer business has been generally poor for around 10 years now - there is the occasional success like De Gea and Valencia but largely it's a tale of waste.
What I'll say is this. I've never seen @Acquire Me and Javier Ribalta in the same room together. Have you?
Ray Wilkins is on the Caf?
Nor the guy who said we are in for neymar the other day
Hm, no thank you.This 'joke' has a long history. If you've nothing better to do for the next hour, you can find it in the Morata thread.
