City also happens to have a brilliant midfield unfortunately, something we certainly don't possess.
Harry Maguire | Signed
- Thread starter davidmichael
- Start date
- Status
For those complaining about the fee : The Glazers took a billion pounds out of the club. 80m is nothing. We hardly spent anything last year, and our revenues are the highest in England by some distance. Now we're finally spending according to our wealth. I'm sure when we bought Dwight Yorke for 12m back in the day everyone thought it was madness. I remember the same was said about Andy Cole at 8m. Even when we bought Ferdinand for 30m back in 2002, people said the money was too high. Let's see how it pans out.
You can't really blame other clubs for pricing their players higher whenever we are interested in their players. We sort of make them do it.
Hallelujah! The fact is we were going to get ripped off no matter what CB we brought in, everyone knows we're desperate. He's an upgrade on what we've got and is strong in the air and can play out from the back. Hopefully him and Lindelof can form a decent partnership.
Only time will tell if we've over paid for him.
People thought £75m for VVD was ridiculous, doesn't look so stupid now.
Firstly Kompany wasn’t as slow as Maguire. Even if he was, at his prime he was world class and one of the top 10 defenders in the world. Doubt Maguire is anything close to that as of yet.
If you put the price into the context of this window (e.g. Arsenal paying over 70 million for a winger from the French league) then it's no surprise Maguire costs 80 million.
I'm really happy if it's actually true this time. He's a clear upgrade on our centre backs, and at a good age to be a leader for our otherwise young defensive unit.
Now let's go full muppet and shift our Belgian cart horse for Dybala
I'm really happy if it's actually true this time. He's a clear upgrade on our centre backs, and at a good age to be a leader for our otherwise young defensive unit.
Now let's go full muppet and shift our Belgian cart horse for Dybala
1993 Roy Keane £3.6 million2009: £80m for Cristiano Ronaldo.
2019: £80m for Harry Maguire.
Pretty crazy
2003 Steven Finnan £3.5 million
your Point being ?
That's the dream
Can we also have Jones, Rojo, Darmian and Lukaku with crosses next to them?
Obviously we don't want to spend record fees on rubbish players, but Maguire is one of the best CB's around right now. We have the English tax to deal with also, so a big fee is required.
As long as he or any other player improves us, I dont care what we spend.
Interesting sky sports are showing a few clips now, and balls into the space behind him he seems to deal with just fine recovering well and using his strength to block the route to goal.
God knows how Pallister and Blanc got by
Why the feck didn't we sign him for Mourinho then? 
This club sometimes!
This club sometimes! He’s going to be a massive upgrade. Defending set pieces and distribution from the back is areas we’ve struggled in for years. Having two centre backs who can come forward with the ball should make a massive difference to the midfield as well.
Another midfielder who’s comfortable under pressure and we’re hugely upgraded on last year.
Another midfielder who’s comfortable under pressure and we’re hugely upgraded on last year.
It does seem like ot was £80m up front. No add ons.
A few weeks ago I thought no more than £80m, any more and it would be to much. Seems like we got my 'just about acceptable amount reached'.
Moving on to the next transfer of a forward and a midfielder. If we get quality in both positions, then I'll be over the moon.
A few weeks ago I thought no more than £80m, any more and it would be to much. Seems like we got my 'just about acceptable amount reached'.
Moving on to the next transfer of a forward and a midfielder. If we get quality in both positions, then I'll be over the moon.
Crazy amount but hey, hopefully he's worth it
No but he is younger than practically all of them, and he is a lot less injuryprone that half of them.
Wouldn't mind seeing further down the line our 1st choice back four being awb, Tuanzebe, Maguire and shaw.
It's called judgement. We all knew this would happen but Woodys poor judgement and lack of valuing preseason meant he decided to try and play a hand he didn't have.
One is a season later the other a full decade. Can’t compare really. To me though I’m not bothered either way. 60m? 80m? Does it really matter? We’ve got our man and that’s all that matters
What must Jose Mourinho be thinking? With the greatest of respect, who cares?
It's over now. Time to start supporting our new CB. He's surely better than any of the other 6 CBs. Better in the air, confident on the ball. Best is: wants to be at OT and win things. Glad the saga's over.
Hes better than all of them apart from van dijk and Godin
We have finally found a player that is captain material...
Any player that keeps Jones and Rojo out of the starting lineup is worth every cent of the 80m in my opinion. We were ever going to progress as a team with a backline that flimsy.
If you support Ole then you have to (begrudgingly) give him the benefit of the doubt when he goes against popular opinion and says Maguire at 80m will be worth it. Conversely if the signing proves poor value for money then he'll be held accountable for the money wasted
He must be laughing. If we got him last summer like he wanted we would have saved 20-25m.
WOW! I cannot believe this.
1 hour ago Caf was all about just pay the money.
Now that is agreed, fans on here are saying he is not good enough.
Ffs, just be positive for once.
1 hour ago Caf was all about just pay the money.
Now that is agreed, fans on here are saying he is not good enough.
Ffs, just be positive for once.
I have and he could't win a three legged race at a kindergarten running alone.
Miserable lot some of you!
They say his weak side is his pace and easily being beaten one on one one situation.
He will look like 10x Vidic out there, Matic as shield will make a sure of it.
So happy this signing has finally gone through Feck the fee. At least we have another player signed, in an area we needed strengthening. Give us some more please Woody
Feck the fee. At least we have another player signed, in an area we needed strengthening. Give us some more please WoodyIf theoritically Van Dijk was for sale tomorrow he'd be 100million so he's not more expensive at all
Last edited:
Crazy amount of money, but there were hardly ready-made choices, and we're rich as feck. Now get Dybala, and hopefully another player and we should be able to comfortably qualify for UCL, and hopefully build from there.
I don’t care about the fee. He’s exactly what we need. He’s a leader, and why can’t he improve as a player? He’s not even reached his peak yet.
I can't understand why everyone is so obsessed with the amount we're paying. Sure, he's no VVD, but let's be fair, we're not signing anyone better for 80 mil.
Also, it's not money straight out of our own pockets, why care so much? The lad has proven himself in the Prem, is a starter for the national side and still has room for improvement.
Arsenal signed Pepe for about the same price just after a single good season in the farmer's league, cut Ed some slack.
Also, it's not money straight out of our own pockets, why care so much? The lad has proven himself in the Prem, is a starter for the national side and still has room for improvement.
Arsenal signed Pepe for about the same price just after a single good season in the farmer's league, cut Ed some slack.
They can never be pleased.
1. Mourinho had spent enoughWhy the feck didn't we sign him for Mourinho then?
2. Mourinho would have killed his playing style.
Yeah, we've signed a defender who's dominant in the air which is a problem for all our defenders and even our goalie. We'll also have an aerial threat on set-pieces which we've barely had in recent years and he can play with the ball at his feet like Lindelof which means we'll have more space for Pogba and others going forward. Is he without weaknesses? No. But the strengths FAR make up for the deficiencies. Considering how shit we've been having to play Young at RB and Smalling or Jones at CB we've probably improved close to 20% with those two signings alone. Good players with added dimensions replacing liabilities.
- Status