You will sign Sessegnon (or Rose) and we will get Shaw for free next summer 
Young players with world class potential that could be targeted...
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Unlike Arsenal we don't let players run down their contracts and leave for free, unless they have fitness issues and earn 300k, and i am certain shaw doesn't have atleast 1 of those problems.You will sign Sessegnon (or Rose) and we will get Shaw for free next summer
Malcom
What about the Dortmund lad everyone is talking about? Youssouffa Moukoko or something like that.
There is more movement of top prospects than ever before and Barca are not immune from losing their jewels. City recently took a CB called Eric Garcia from them who they desperately wanted to hang on to.
Gelson Martins at Sporting.
Never say never, he apparently signed with Mino Raiola who hinted his intentions to bring him to United
https://www.google.nl/amp/www.101gr...nited-mino-raiola-barcelonas-xavi-simons/amp/
I'm tipping Wuilker Faríñez to be a top goalkeeper in the near future.
Gelson Martins or Malcolm please.
Agreed, O'Connor looks like our best prospect after Angel Gomes. What position do you think he will end up? I've seen him play at full back mostly, but i've heard that he can play CB too.
Other prospects we could target...
- Benjamin Henrichs from Leverkusen looks like a very good prospect for the RB position, and can play LB also.
- Kierran Tierney, the LB form Celtic.
- Ante Coric from Dinamo Zagreb seems set to be the next Croatian midfield prospect.
Speaking of Malcom, he scored another cracker yesterday against Toulouse. If he keeps up his form it won't be a secret much longer (it's already too late probably) and Bordeaux will want a fortune. These are the type of players we should scout ahead of other clubs instead of just watching their price go up. So far 3 goals and 3 assists in Ligue 1 this season. Turns 21 at the end of February 2018. Left-footed RW who's comfortable as LW too.
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I watched Malcom once again yesterday.
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The '12 year old'??
Justin Kluivert
Not that great to be honest, will have to make a lot of steps before showing world class promise. He is fast, tricky, good dribbler and reasonably creative.
The OP mentioned we already have Martial, Rashford, Pereira and TFM. We also have Tuanzebe who has locomotion movement to bypass pressing, a penchant for driving forward with the ball making him look like Lucio at times, a propensity to find a teammate, rather than hit and hope, great awareness of the game, dominant 1v1, excellent recovery runs to fix the mistakes of others, and he also has leadership qualities such as moving to the left hand side of the central defence, to help Demetri Mitchell acclimatise to playing left back . Although, he needs to work on his aerial ability, and at times suffering from being over confident.
Angel Gomes, and Lee O'Connor being the obvious talents. One player I think could surprise a few is Brandon Williams. He was outstanding in the SuperCupNI final, and for me, he was easily MOTM as he seeked to maraud forward at every opportunity. A versatile player, that even played at RW in preseason, but its LB where I see his future. I really like the look of Laird, a very promising right back (just like O'Connor) indeed. With Valencia getting on, I'd prefer it if he wasn't replaced by a young prospect. Mason Greenwood is another promising talent, technically proficient, an excellent dribbler in tight spaces, but needs to work on his final ball, and getting his head up. He also looked really good in the 2015 Hallencup
Teden Mambuene and Anthony Elanga caught my eye in the SuperCupNI. Here's a video of them playing elsewhere:
Younger down the line we have Shola Shoretire, who also looked very, very promising at the SuperCupNI.
Conversely, looking at other clubs, particularly the English players, there are a number of very promising English players such as Nya Kirby, Marcus Edwards, Trevor Chalobah. Nya Kirby is a very technical midfielder for Crystal Palace, and in aesthetic terms his playing style is akin to Modric. He's press resistant, and has a lot of flair, very easy on the eye. Marcus Edwards is another top, top talent, glides through players with consummate ease, locomotion to take players out the game like his assist against Czech Republic at the U19 Championships, and when he takes players out the game, he has the awareness to find them. Also, takes dangerous corners and free kicks, and can look Robbenesque when cutting in. In aesthetic terms, he has a similar playing style to Hazard. If you haven't watched him before, the Uefa Youth League is a good opportunity to watch him in action. In addition, Trevor Chalobah is a central defender who has the physical attributes to dominate opponents, as well as the technical ability to play probing passes which break the press, and the expansive passing range to make cross field diagonals. He plays like a mix of Jerome Boateng and Kompany. I'd recommend watching this if you want to see Trevor Chalobah
Angel Gomes, and Lee O'Connor being the obvious talents. One player I think could surprise a few is Brandon Williams. He was outstanding in the SuperCupNI final, and for me, he was easily MOTM as he seeked to maraud forward at every opportunity. A versatile player, that even played at RW in preseason, but its LB where I see his future. I really like the look of Laird, a very promising right back (just like O'Connor) indeed. With Valencia getting on, I'd prefer it if he wasn't replaced by a young prospect. Mason Greenwood is another promising talent, technically proficient, an excellent dribbler in tight spaces, but needs to work on his final ball, and getting his head up. He also looked really good in the 2015 Hallencup
Teden Mambuene and Anthony Elanga caught my eye in the SuperCupNI. Here's a video of them playing elsewhere:
Younger down the line we have Shola Shoretire, who also looked very, very promising at the SuperCupNI.
Conversely, looking at other clubs, particularly the English players, there are a number of very promising English players such as Nya Kirby, Marcus Edwards, Trevor Chalobah. Nya Kirby is a very technical midfielder for Crystal Palace, and in aesthetic terms his playing style is akin to Modric. He's press resistant, and has a lot of flair, very easy on the eye. Marcus Edwards is another top, top talent, glides through players with consummate ease, locomotion to take players out the game like his assist against Czech Republic at the U19 Championships, and when he takes players out the game, he has the awareness to find them. Also, takes dangerous corners and free kicks, and can look Robbenesque when cutting in. In aesthetic terms, he has a similar playing style to Hazard. If you haven't watched him before, the Uefa Youth League is a good opportunity to watch him in action. In addition, Trevor Chalobah is a central defender who has the physical attributes to dominate opponents, as well as the technical ability to play probing passes which break the press, and the expansive passing range to make cross field diagonals. He plays like a mix of Jerome Boateng and Kompany. I'd recommend watching this if you want to see Trevor Chalobah
Ah, shame. He'll be a very good player in a couple of years.
There's still lots of world class talent at smaller clubs and many more will appear in the upcoming years, as they always do.
However, I feel that we are already packed with many future world-beaters (some of them already being one of the best in their position).
Also, it would make me a lot more happy if some of the guys from the academy would make the breakthrough and become first teamers...Gribbin, Gomes, Chong, etc.
However, I feel that we are already packed with many future world-beaters (some of them already being one of the best in their position).
Also, it would make me a lot more happy if some of the guys from the academy would make the breakthrough and become first teamers...Gribbin, Gomes, Chong, etc.
Oyarzabal from Sociedad? Ontiveros from Malaga?
Malcolm in (or another young RW), Lingard out would make a lot of sense in terms of balance.
Lukaku, Martial, Rashford for the 9 and LW spots
Mkhitaryan, Malcolm, Mata for the 10 and RW spots
6 guys for 3.5 spots, since we'll play 4-5-1 at times too with Herrera, Fellaini or Pereira (presuming he's back next year) joining Pogba and Matic at times. That's 11 guys total for the front 6, which seems about right and then maybe someone like Carrick giving us one final year or McTominay or Lingard if he stays or a youth player promoted being the 12th guy.
And if we assume Malcolm needs a year under Mourinho before being a starter, then we're talking about a 31 year old Mata (the 2019 season) who should be ready to be a backup or might well be moving on at that point.
What about Eddie Nketiah ? I read two good articles on him, anyone has actually watched him play ?
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...d-to-know-about-the-arsenal-striking-prospect
http://outsideoftheboot.com/2017/09/17/scout-report-eddie-nketiah/
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...d-to-know-about-the-arsenal-striking-prospect
http://outsideoftheboot.com/2017/09/17/scout-report-eddie-nketiah/
Alexander Isak
Carrick should not come back next year. He's too old and slow. Manchester is either a top club or not. If we are a top club then Carrick can come back as a coach but not as a player. We should be looking to the future with players like Fabinho or Jean Seri or Sergej Milinković-Savić. Chelsea always moves on their older players like Cole, Terry and Lampard when they are past their best and we should do the same. We can't repeat the situation when an aging Paul Scholes frustrated a young Pogba and caused him to seek minutes abroad.
Pulisic who is already being tracked pretty heavily.
Oscar Romero. I was really impressed seeing him in World Cup qualifier recently.
Oscar Romero. I was really impressed seeing him in World Cup qualifier recently.
I'm obviously biased, but I would love to see us bring in Pulisic a few years from now, if he keeps developing. Class player and massive commercial potential, as he's already probably the best American player ever (in terms of pure talent).
I don't think it really matters if Carrick comes back and plays like 5 games a year and is around as a veteran figure in early cup matches or to come on for 20 minutes when we want to go 4-3-3 and have a couple midfield injury/suspensions, which I expect to be his role. For example, he might start with Herrera against Burton now that Pogba is out and Fellaini is apparently first choice.
We have good enough midfield depth with a fine player in Herrera struggling to get time. If we added Seri or Fabinho or Milinkovic-Savic I would think that means yet another Pereira loan or him leaving and probably Herrera or Fellaini leaves too, or we are planning to go 4-3-3 a lot more and then we don't sign an attacker and just let the main 5 (Lukaku, Mkhitaryan, Rashford, Mata, Martial) cover the 3 attacking spots.
My first reaction was asking myself how people can be so fecking naive and that there is no way he is 12.
However looking at pictures of young Lukaku (born in Belgium) and Seedorf proves that there are just kids out there who mature way, way faster than the average guy. Based on what I keep hearing about this cases it seems very likely that he agefrauded though.
Surely you'll only be able to get the ones Liverpool don't want anyway!
You beat me to it. Should he fulfill his potential, which is always a question mark, he stands a chance of being the biggest marketing opportunity in football. The US has always needed a star to succeed in Europe's top level, Landon Donovan was not able to do so, but Pulisic is already exceeding the achievements of any American preceding him. Imagine a Manchester United with the US TV sports market in its control.
Yeah, looks like a proper right winger. Would add something that we don't have to our attack.
As an American, it would be a pretty cool thing for me to see Pulisic come to United and do well
Pulisic is the one we should be thinking about putting a crazy bid in for next summer, our right side is a weak link and he would be an excellent addition to our already young and seriously promising attack.
Why do Manchester United almost never buy any players directly from South America?
Brazil and Argentina have so many talented players, and most of the time are willing to sell them relatively cheap (compared to the ridiculously inflated European market).
For example, Ascacibar or Bentancur could've both been excellent additions to your midfield. But I doubt that either United or their fans even know who they are.
Brazil and Argentina have so many talented players, and most of the time are willing to sell them relatively cheap (compared to the ridiculously inflated European market).
For example, Ascacibar or Bentancur could've both been excellent additions to your midfield. But I doubt that either United or their fans even know who they are.
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Maybe work permit issues?
Pulisic. Very young, very talented and American. Also a huge MUFC fan.
If we don't get him the next window we may never.
If we don't get him the next window we may never.
Yeah apparently his dad refused to have an age test so they have to go on he documents. German FA know the deal but don’t want to kill the kid as it stands and are trying tow work out how best to deal with it.
Where do you see Pulisic a few seasons from now? I live in the U.S. and I'm very cynical about anything football that comes out of here (except with the women's team LOL).
Malcolm looks like a great crosser. Speedy close control kind of like Martial but can cross.
Bit of a late reply but apart from the work permit issues, the vast majority of them prefer to live in Spain or Italy. Where you work is one of the most important parts in choosing a job for anyone.