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How man to more average CBS do you think we need?
Exactly this, United aren't in the bargain bucket leagues! A great signing for a more frugal team, which is most of the top 16, but not top 4/6. That said Liverpool, Arsenal and spurs are a bit more penny pinching and a Champions League experienced defender who is fairly well composed is probably worth £20mIf he was available for £30m, would you even have written this thread?
He’s not good enough no matter what his price. We can’t fill our squad with mediocre players just because they are cheap.
The reason we signed him was due to poor scouting. He’s doesn’t have any atttributes to be a top quality CB and on top of that is constantly making mistakes. We should get shut in the summer. That said he is still better than Evans!Now that the league is all but over, I’d like to see Lindelof start every remaining league game. We spent a lot on him and there is a reason we signed him, trouble is we’ve barely seen those reasons.
Is he really over his injury issues? I checked his PL stats he has missed games in the last two seasons, so I'm not sure. I'd take him as a squad player over Jones or Rojo any day.Blatantly people haven't watched him since he left United and assume he's the same player that left the club in that shambolic season under Van Gaal. He's a better player now, more of a leader and has played over 30 games for West Brom in both of the last two seasons, it's only this season he's missed more games. Can't see him joining United again but I wouldn't be against signing him, especially for that fee.
Now I am not saying that we should sign Evans, but that is insane logic. We got Tevez from a West Ham team who were on the brink and he was a pivotal part in our CL winning campaign in 2008.Why the absolute feck would we want to sign a defender from a team that's about to be relegated? How would that improve us?
We desperately need a ball playing CB,someone who can confidently carry the ball forward and pass the ball forward...We need to make the transition from back to front quicker and we can't do that if our Centre backs can't pass the ball forward.Smalling,Jones and Bailly aren't great passers,Rojo and Blind are good distributors but there defending isn't good enough.Now I'm no United expert, but I'd be surprised if you are to buy any CB this summer. Rojo just signed an extension, Smalling plays the majority of games, so at the worst he'll be a backup, and Bailly and Lindelof are Mourinho signings. So even without Jones, it's 4 CBs (and Tuanzebe, and Fosu-Mensah with a small chance).
Even if you eventually do buy someone, my bet is it won't be Johnny Evans...
We signed a certain midfielder called Roy Keane from a club that got relegated in 1993.....I wonder why we did that?Why the absolute feck would we want to sign a defender from a team that's about to be relegated? How would that improve us?
He was pub level that season. No question about thatShould never have sold him. Another terrible LVG transfer decision.
It's 3 million because he insisted on putting such a clause in his contract if West brom got relegated....He didn't want to sign for West brom unless such a clause was inserted in his contract.City and Arsenal seriously considered spending 30 million for him last January....His asking price is only £3 million because that's all he is worth.
Not good enough for United.
They are both players in the ascendency of their careers though. Jonny is on the wrong side of 30 and is no longer good enough to be back up for us.Why is it so fecking scandalous to sign a player from a relegated club? Leicester signed Maguire and Liverpool signed Robertson from Hull last summer, it didn't do them so bad.
He’s no better than Smalling Jones and Rojo though. It would be a pointless signing.It's 3 million because he insisted on putting such a clause in his contract if West brom got relegated....He didn't want to sign for West brom unless such a clause was inserted in his contract.City and Arsenal seriously considered spending 30 million for him last January....
Fair enough.I"m not saying sign him up,I was just asking everyone for an opinion....My first choice would be Samuel Umtiti,but I"m not sure if he's attainable.I think it's time to offload Smalling and Blind this summer,so if we sell them both,I think Evans would be an interesting option...He’s no better than Smalling Jones and Rojo though. It would be a pointless signing.
If we are buying a CB then it needs to be a top class one that is head and shoulders above the aforementioned players.
We signed Keane from Forest after they got relagated and he turned out okWhy the absolute feck would we want to sign a defender from a team that's about to be relegated? How would that improve us?
He isnt very good he would be 6th or 7th in the CB pecking order. I would give TFM and Axel a chance over him.No thanks. He's very good, but I don't think he does particularly well under pressure. An Everton level of club is probably the right move for him.
Your team has been going after home grown players of late. Barkley, Cahill, Christensen, Drinkwater, Fabregas and Moses will be the only ones who qualify next season - Loftus-Cheek too if he doesn't decide to leave so wouldn't be as bad as when you started this season with just the five.Everton, Newcastle or West Ham.
If he's fit, that's a bargain for a home grown player with a 2-4 years left.
At the age of 30, a CB is considered to be at his prime. On a short term contract he can be a good squad player for us if he is over his injury issues which I think he is not. A fully fit Jonny Evans can offer us better service than Phil Jones or Marcos Rojo in my opinion.They are both players in the ascendency of their careers though. Jonny is on the wrong side of 30 and is no longer good enough to be back up for us.
Two of the best players in the league aren't they.Why is it so fecking scandalous to sign a player from a relegated club? Leicester signed Maguire and Liverpool signed Robertson from Hull last summer, it didn't do them so bad.
@NK 86Yeah. Coz like that time we signed Roy Keane was a complete disaster.
What? What's that got to do with the point for signing players from relegated teams?Two of the best players in the league aren't they.
I don't think the home grown quota is really that much of an issue. We've had barely any for a while now and only recently signed Ross and Danny.Your team has been going after home grown players of late. Barkley, Cahill, Christensen, Drinkwater, Fabregas and Moses will be the only ones who qualify next season - Loftus-Cheek too if he doesn't decide to leave so wouldn't be as bad as when you started this season with just the five.
That's known as a "Djilibodji".Seems like the kind of guy Chelsea would buy for 3M on the first day of the transfer window, only to sell him for 10M on the last.
He is no better than the players you’ve mentioned. Not at all.At the age of 30, a CB is considered to be at his prime. On a short term contract he can be a good squad player for us if he is over his injury issues which I think he is not. A fully fit Jonny Evans can offer us better service than Phil Jones or Marcos Rojo in my opinion.