Thiago Alcantara | Pool bound

[E-mal]

Who's he going to replace if we buy him? Matic? Pogba? Bruno?

Anybody having a bad day or week. If he comes here, I reckon he will be the first name in midfield when fit. He is that good.
We could play a 433 with Matic, Thiago and Pogba in very big games or play Thiago as a 6 in small games. He is a beautiful midfield who has good engine and very press resistant.

 

[Silas]

Who's he going to replace if we buy him? Matic? Pogba? Bruno?

Matic I reckon, but he's an option in all three positions.

 

[Swearing Budgie]

He will go to City, guaranteed

 

[Swearing Budgie]

I watched him at Hertha back in January and he scored a great goal and was all round quality. As was Coutinho tbf.

 

[JJ12]

He will go to City, guaranteed

He nor pep want to work together again

 

[Suedesi]

Anybody having a bad day or week. If he comes here, I reckon he will be the first name in midfield when fit. He is that good.
We could play a 433 with Matic, Thiago and Pogba in very big games or play Thiago as a 6 in small games. He is a beautiful midfield who has good engine and very press resistant.

Can't see it happen.

We just extended Matic and are looking to do the same with Pogba. Recently bought Bruno and looking for a RW solution. Don't see us going for Alcantara - we missed the boat in 2013 when he went for a set fee (I forgot what it was but 20-25m if I recall correctly).

 

[Adam-Utd]

He'd be the perfect rotation with Pogba and would allow Bruno to rest more.

It's honestly a no brainer, sell Pereira and Lingard and replace him with Thiago?!

 

[croadyman]

Pay as you play deal would work if his side was open to it

Cannot see his side agreeing to that deal

 

[Adisa]

You guys should not do this to me.

 

[croadyman]

I’d take him for 20-25 million euros.

Are we capable of negotiating a deal around that kind of figure,would definitely take him because would give us some serious top level experience.

 

[Nick7]

He's very injury prone though. And we have form with buying knackered Bayern players that don't play when they're here.

We should sign Pogba up on a pay as you play deal then, yeah?

 

[Mcking]

Feck age and injury record. I'd pay £50m without hesistation. It's Thiago Alcantara ffs.

 

[Eddy_JukeZ]

For the right fee, I think he'd be an excellent signing.

 

[0le]

Nah. Would rather have Grealish. Already burned with Schweinsteiger and Falcao. He seems to get a lot of niggling injuries and I don't want another injury prone player, particularly at his age and wages.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/thiago/verletzungen/spieler/60444

 

[arnie_ni]

No brainer signing him.

Said it way at the start of the thread.

Him for 25mil
Sancho for 75mil plus add ons
Grealish for 30mil

Sell jones rojo jesse andreas smalling mata sanchez. Theyd cover thiago and grealish.

Then next summer your all in for a world class cb and backup 9

 

[Paxi]

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No idea what it says but has Klopp there so I’m assuming it’s something to do with Liverpool.

 

[Adnan]

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[UNITED ACADEMY]

No brainer signing him.

Said it way at the start of the thread.

Him for 25mil
Sancho for 75mil plus add ons
Grealish for 30mil

Sell jones rojo jesse andreas smalling mata sanchez. Theyd cover thiago and grealish.

Then next summer your all in for a world class cb and backup 9

It doesn't make any sense to sign both Thiago & Grealish together, got to be one of them not two. Grealish for 30 will be laughable if Ben Godfrey is 30m-50m.

 

[Bastian]

Yes.

 

[RedTiger]

It doesn't make any sense to sign both Thiago & Grealish together, got to be one of them not two. Grealish for 30 will be laughable if Ben Godfrey is 30m-50m.

Who's Ben Godfrey?

 

[elnorte]

I'm assuming this is a non-starter.

 

[FrankDrebin]

Who's Ben Godfrey?

Young Norwich defender who Rio raves about.

 

[RedTiger]

Young Norwich defender who Rio raves about.

Cheers bro.

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

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No idea what it says but has Klopp there so I’m assuming it’s something to do with Liverpool.

Headline is basically 'The Truth about Thiago"

 

[croadyman]

It doesn't make any sense to sign both Thiago & Grealish together, got to be one of them not two. Grealish for 30 will be laughable if Ben Godfrey is 30m-50m.

Yeah would only be one of them but likely there is nothing in this story at all

 

[Infra-red]

I'm assuming this is a non-starter.

There's no chance. This is exactly the kind of signing we won't be making anymore.

He's after a new contract. Failing that, I'd guess that PSG/Juve might take a look.

 

[Paxi]

Headline is basically 'The Truth about Thiago"

What is the truth?

 

[Adnan]

Cheers bro.

Norwich CB who according to the Talk Sport commentary team was getting bullied by Giroud earlier, so should fit right in at United.

 

[Adnan]

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[TheNewEra]

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I'd certainly take Thiago at 40M Euros over Grealish, even if Grealish is 24, it's not like United can't get a better prospect the following year.

A player of Thiagos calibre is rarely on the market for long. If Grealish wasn't available at a similar price I don't see the point, I think he has some maturing to do anyway and Thiago just offers a lot of experience.

Sancho + Thiago + one other top class player would be even top last years windows.

 

[Ali Dia]

Can’t get drawn into another saga with this guy. 7 years later and he’d still be an amazing signing for us. His injuries don’t look that bad. when players like that become available for a decent price you’ve got to be interested. We should have just bought him from barca. His release was less than it cost us to buy fellaini. Madness.

 

[3KDré]

For 40m, it’s worth the gamble.

 

[TheNewEra]

Can’t get drawn into another saga with this guy. 7 years later and he’d still be an amazing signing for us. His injuries don’t look that bad. when players like that become available for a decent price you’ve got to be interested. We should have just bought him from barca. His release was less than it cost us to buy fellaini. Madness.

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[Canucantona20]

If we get rid of Lingard and pereira and replace with Thiago and Grealish that would be great business

 

[Okey]

€40m seriously??? And he's not 30 till next year. If he only plays half our games in a season, that amount would look the steal of the year! When a guy like this becomes available, you delete Jack Grealish and VdB's numbers if you have nothing left over to afford either of them.

Edit: For a fee that low, a club like United could easily afford him and another midfielder. While getting rid of the deadwood to claw back costs.

 

[Ali Dia]

He’s a very classy player. I hope these rumours are true.

 

[FrankDrebin]

I cant help but let out the pessimist in me whenever Bayern are willing to move on one of their top players.

And,from experience, Bayern are willing to let him go. They're immaculately savvy when signing players and especially moving them on.
They're very good at creating a certain narrative for their particular media chums to chew over and spit out.

 

[Adnan]

I cant help but let out the pessimist in me whenever Bayern are willing to move on one of their top players.

And,from experience, Bayern are willing to let him go. They're immaculately savvy when signing players and especially moving them on.
They're very good at creating a certain narrative for their particular media chums to chew over and spit out.

Bayern are unwilling to let him leave. He's refusing to extend his contract and Bayern are worried they will lose him on a free next season if he stays another season.

 

[FrankDrebin]

 

[UNITED ACADEMY]

Pogba Matic Bruno
Thiago Scott Fred

Looks very good for midfield option.