How is he a flop? Because he’s not able to force 3-4 of the best players in the world out of the side? If we decide we can only buy from the top table from now on, we’re going to have a lot of very disappointing windows.
Lucas Moura - (Caf decides he’s naff again) Spurs bound?
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What? Doesn’t he lack a lot of end product? His stats are very unimpressive
What's your recommendation?
Mahrez, Bale, Traoré, Messi, Lennon or somebody else?
Alexis Sanchez is very good but likely to join City.
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My opinion: do we need right winger? Yes, desperately. Is moura good player. Yes.
But is he top player? I would say no. Our biggest mistake with transfers under lvg was buying good and solid players. We should aim higher .
But is he top player? I would say no. Our biggest mistake with transfers under lvg was buying good and solid players. We should aim higher .
I think he would be a fan favorite here. He is vastly underrated and has dominated in a few games I have seen.
I must admit I had a huge hardon for him before he joined PSG but at the price quoted I think we should bite their hands off. From a business point of view if he came here and kicked on at 27/28 he would be worth a lot more anyway.
I must admit I had a huge hardon for him before he joined PSG but at the price quoted I think we should bite their hands off. From a business point of view if he came here and kicked on at 27/28 he would be worth a lot more anyway.
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I agree wholeheartedly. But, given that our squad will presumably be stripped this summer (Blind, Darmian, Fellaini, Carrick, Mkhi, maybe others) we will be needing to recruit squad players. If this is our solution to the right wing going forward, I agree, but it may not be. I'm starting to do a 180 on this, on the grounds of him joining as a squad player (though this season, he'd probably be first choice given there's no competition).
I’d love Mahrez
Only the price is truly interesting about him. I won't be excited by his signing but I'll be willing to be positive about him
Compared to who? They're an improvement on Mata. He's managed better than a goal or assist every 2 starts for PSG. Some seasons closer to every start.
Thats good productivity, a noticeable improvement on that would be up with the best
A right footed winger, with pace, who scored 18 goals last season? I'd take it. Also feel like we really need someone who can keep wide and stretch teams.
Apparently he had talks with Liverpool. Most likely going there given our skills in the transfer market
According to who.
Jaysis, he's become excellent overnight somehow...
Compared to say Mahrez who has better stats for a much weaker side in a much better league. I think Mata is a better option for the right wing than Moura
Better than Malcom? Don't watch Ligue 1 so I don't know anything about either.
What the hell would we want Moura for?
It's weird. A maddeningly inconsistent player. He'd be our Willian, nothing more nothing less. And Willian is pretty shit.
RVP wanted to join the best team to win the league, same as Sanchez, same as most players.
As we're in a league that contains City, who we can't outbid nor offer higher wages, nor pretty much assure anyone who joins will be winning everything every season, how would you go about getting on a par with Bayern? Unless United switch to a league they can financially dominate.
its £50 million for Mahrez, Malcolm is a possibly potentially good player, Bailey isn't available unless you're bidding a huge sum and he's very raw at present.
If Moura is available at the the right price, then it's a no brainer to sign him. He's pretty much what Jose would want for a right wing alternative and by the looks of it he's available now and we have the issue with balance in the team now.
Jose has been good with his purchases so far, so if it's his target and he knows how he'll use him, then get it done as far as I'm concerned.
Zaha is faster, runs in behind and can consistently beat a man. He’s one of the best wingers in the league and never got a shot here.
Would be better then nothing. Could even become a consistent good player here tbf. But I don't think he'd change too much. I'd happily replace Mkhitaryan with him, considering we lack a proper right winger, but then again, he's hardly a proper right winger, more a fast player who plays on the right and likes to drift into the pockets of space. Like a Lingard type player. He's not the type to hug the touchline, whip crosses in like Sane does for City (like what I would really like at United), nor is he a Martial type where he can dribble brilliantly past people.
If we can nab him for 20m euro then it's a no brainer.
If Mahrez is available I'd take him in a heart beat over Lucas Moura surely, even if he is 30m more.
Nope, not for me but they're a bit different anyway. Malcom comes inside on his left and the other is more of a classic winger.
We should forget about the brazilians and throw everything at Mahrez
This is ridiculous, yes we need a winger, but should we want your 3rd choice cast off? No, would any of the other top sides in all the leagues want to sign him now? No, Bayern are in desperate need of wingers too to replace their aging ones, are they sniffing around Lucas Moura? No. Why? Because he's just not THAT good, anybody within their right mind shouldn't be asking for Messi but at the same time there are better options for the right wing that aren't Lucas Moura and aren't Lionel Messi.
Christian Pulisic
Hirving Lozano
Malcom
Julian Brandt
etc
Hell, we could of bought Julian Draxler before he went to you lot for only £35mill, we could of bought a number of options. What's annoying to me is fans telling people they are spoiled or whatever for not wanting Moura, because it's not like we have a right winger. What people should be worrying about instead is we seem intent on carrying on this tradition of letting our supposed rivals go for the great players or the young talented ones whilst we are stuck in the middle of the road chasing players like Lucas Moura instead, he had his chance to join us years ago and said no, he hasn't kicked on as he should and we are chasing him again now PSG have upgraded. Yeah, no thanks, we should be aiming higher, and by that I don't mean go and buy Bale, Ronaldo or Messi, how about instead target some great wingers, young talented wingers that are all kicking about right now and are entirely gettable before we lose them to our rivals at home or on the continent, again. City are here signing Sanchez and we are going for Lucas Moura, it beggers belief to be honest.
Aren't there any upcoming 18 yr old winger-gems in Portugal, e.g. at sporting? 
Just don't believe this is true.
I’m intrigued to see what he could do here. Our widths did delivery on the left will likely be coming from Shaw with Martial going inside. Valencia’s end product is pretty much non existent and both Shaw and Lucas tend to like picking out low balls across the box or cutting it back and that is the kind of service Lukaku will thrive on. So at say 20-25 mil seems like it would be a decent option.
However seen nothing really convincing that we are in for him, and thought there must be something with the traffic this thread has received today but nothing.
However seen nothing really convincing that we are in for him, and thought there must be something with the traffic this thread has received today but nothing.
So any reputable source reporting this?
Yeah, like Guardiola. That dinosaur of football management playing with 4 at the back and using a right-footed winger on the right and left-footed winger on the left. Tsk, tsk, tsk. He clearly doesn't know what he's doing.
No. I find it very very odd that people are putting stock in a story from an Italian newspaper regarding a Brazilian footballer who plays for a French club going to an English team.
He was a starter last season before PSG signed Mbappe and Neymar and he was inevitably dropped.
Here are his last season stats in the league:
GAMES - 37 - 2426mins
GOALS - 12
SHOTS - 66
SHOT ACC - 55%
PASS - 1018
PASS COM - 83%
PASS LENG - 15m
KEY PASS - 49
ASSIST - 5
TAKE ON - 70
TAKE SUCC - 61%
TACKLE - 27
TACKLE SUC - 37%
AERIAL - 18
CHANCE - 50+
Here are his last season stats in the league:
GAMES - 37 - 2426mins
GOALS - 12
SHOTS - 66
SHOT ACC - 55%
PASS - 1018
PASS COM - 83%
PASS LENG - 15m
KEY PASS - 49
ASSIST - 5
TAKE ON - 70
TAKE SUCC - 61%
TACKLE - 27
TACKLE SUC - 37%
AERIAL - 18
CHANCE - 50+
Gelson Martins. Uno, the poor man's Lucas Moura. He's 22 though.Aren't there any upcoming 18 yr old winger-gems in Portugal, e.g. at sporting?
Are the players you mention available this winter?
Malcom no for sure. The others I don't know.
I agree that Alexis Sanchez would have been great for you.
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Literally proving the point. Sane and Sterling aren't out and out wingers by any stretch.
Sometimes it is hard to estimate how good a player will be when coming to a big club with lots of pressure and high expectations. He could thrive on it and become a good player for United like Lingard. Or he could do the complete opposite and flop like Di Maria or Falcao.
United signed big names in them 2 and excluding Falcao because of his injury. Di Maria didn’t do too well. Memphis was expected to be the next big thing and flopped.
Moura isn’t a big name anymore so he could come good and surprise a lot of people. And for the price quoted, in this market he could be a bargain. Mahrez and Salah were both picked up relatively cheap and became great, now are both probably worth £60-£70m. Salah more actually in this market.
If he doesn’t do great then it was worth a punt for the price.
United signed big names in them 2 and excluding Falcao because of his injury. Di Maria didn’t do too well. Memphis was expected to be the next big thing and flopped.
Moura isn’t a big name anymore so he could come good and surprise a lot of people. And for the price quoted, in this market he could be a bargain. Mahrez and Salah were both picked up relatively cheap and became great, now are both probably worth £60-£70m. Salah more actually in this market.
If he doesn’t do great then it was worth a punt for the price.
Lozano and Malcom for sure. However, I agree, the better targets won't be available till the summer, which is fine, my overall point was our approach to the market rather than splitting it into a January thing. I have no objections to a loan of Lucas Moura, it was more the point, if we buy this guy for RW now because we are "desperate", we aren't gonna buy another one in the summer of real quality and we'll be stuck with him, where as everyone else we'd like to consider rivals at home and on the continent will strengthen with higher quality players.
This bugs me too
Nah, Sane is the definition of an out-and-out winger.
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