See the post below yours quoting the article. Not that it matters - We could pay 40m and you’d still spin it’s fantastic business and anyone moaning is a spoilt child.
Edinson Cavani - SIGNED for United
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We shall see what the final terms are, then. He may be scheduled to fly to England, but according to that same article, we still haven't agreed on all terms yet. Once this whole deal's done, we'll get more info on what we're supposedly paying.
Well RW might not happen so we would be left with just those players hence why Cavani as a stop gap is fine with me.
I agree that DM is our biggest priority but increased squad depth was very high as well.
You are being insulted, but not by me.
Couldn’t agree more, but we’re called embarrassing for not taking Internet no marks as gospel.
The point is about wasting the whole transfer just to end up with left over at the end.
Between the leftover, there is still Milik looking for club. Even Dzeko is up for sale by Roma for them to buy Milik.
The fact that people are happy with this transfer is mind-boggling.
I'd bet he won't be able to play for at least a month, if not more. Guy hasn't played a competitive match in what, half an year?
I wonder how many strikers have turned us down for us to end up signing a free agent now who's been available all Summer?
You can't tell me he is Option A.
You can't tell me he is Option A.
Indeed. For me the issue is less about whether he's still good, but more this throwaway attitude that "He's replacing Ighalo, so it makes sense." Ighalo's signing didn't make a lot of sense, or at least it was the sign of a club that wasn't exactly planning and executing a long term plan with military precision. It just put out one fire. The Ighalo signing was supposed to give us breathing room to get the right player(s) in, not to simply create a revolving door through which an ageing, overpaid striker comes, keeping the seat warm until the next one.
Is that including the worldwide pandemic?
Then that point should be made in the transfers thread, why slate this signing just cause your not happy with window as a whole
I can't get over how much of a disgrace this deal is. This is a January signing and we're doing it in the summer when we've had months to get targets in. I can't get over those wages, absolute fecking joke
This is a great short term signing, one year with the option of another year. Adds quality squad depth and experience.
You will find posters who think so.
He was offered to us a few days back by his agents, so we weren't even considering him up to that point. It doesn't surprise me that we decided to act on him (given that Ighalo will leave in January), but I'd have hoped for Ole to ask for more options rather than merely accept Cavani.
Really happy with this signing. He will be a superb squad option.
People forget that Cavani was not just available for 3 months. He was available for pre contract negotiation since January!
This is a Woodward deal, Ole wouldn't be looking at old has-been players who are coming solely because we are the only club stupid and desperate enough to pay him 200k+ a week, It's Falcao and Sanchez all over again but some will lap it up.
We buying a time machine too ?What he's capable of
This is actually a true and worrying fact. I hope he comes and gets things running but he will need time and the games in october till the nect international break are tough so don't know how easy will it be for him.
Seems as though you have no comprehension of how astronomical a wage it is to be paid despite me pointing out it's what the majority of premier forwards in the league are being paid.
Calibre didn't save Rooney from an unceremonious end, despite him fitting the criteria you've put forth. Cavani was essentially tarted around Europe with absolutely no takers with less than 72hrs of the transfer window left, does this strike you as odd?
I am certain his wage will be commensurate with what he expects he's worth - ergo, not cheap in the slightest. If I'm wrong, and he's being paid in line with what a soon to be 34, ailing forward should be on, I'll gladly come back and hold my hands up. It's not even his age that is the issue here: it's the clear decline he has shown from the forward he was (the one you're talking about), to the player clubs have had no interest in.
But that's is the problem! RW, LB and DM should have happened, why are we wasting money on the likes of Cavani when we can get Telles who is more important to the balance of our squad?
We have Martial, Rashford, Greenwood and Ighalo who can all play as striker, even if the levels are different. We have Shaw as the only natural left-footed left back. We only have Matic as the established natural DM. We don't have a natural RW, Greenwood is a generational talent and he is so good that he can play in any position across the attacking front. So what's the fecking point in wasting so much money on fecking Cavani???
I honestly do not understand your transfer strategy this window. You don't need a striker nor did you need the Dutch guy really. You are focusing on areas you dont really need improving and neglecting the areas you need investment.
Brace yourself, the moaners are coming...
That's the worst of it. How do these people not realise they are being fekked?
What wages are Utd paying
How much did we pay Zlatan?
We do need a striker. VDB was signed because Ole doesn't trust any other MF apart from Paul Pogba and Bruno
Mate I'm totally with you. Think it's people putting on a brave face and a lot of them still think Sancho is happening.
People are mad about us not getting what they wanted. However the truth of the matter is, as a team, we got what we needed.
We needed another attacker to rotate and compete with rashford Greenwood and martial. Since martial isnt yet world class, having another player to share the workload helps us. Additionally he is versatile enough to play on the right which solves a lot of our attacking depth issues. Even if he is past his prime, he is still good enough to offer us quality we need in depth. Vdb also helps with both midfield and attacking depth.
This was what hurt us last year. In defence, my feeling is that the club pur going with the devlelopement route.
We needed another attacker to rotate and compete with rashford Greenwood and martial. Since martial isnt yet world class, having another player to share the workload helps us. Additionally he is versatile enough to play on the right which solves a lot of our attacking depth issues. Even if he is past his prime, he is still good enough to offer us quality we need in depth. Vdb also helps with both midfield and attacking depth.
This was what hurt us last year. In defence, my feeling is that the club pur going with the devlelopement route.
Don't you have a backup striker already?
Reportedly £172k a week basic. That's before add-ons
You didn't need a left back either, Reguilon isn't much better than Rose.
You are wrong on both accounts. We needed both an attacking midfielder and a forward.
Reported by who?
That’s how it’s been for years “the never ending story”.
Hes poor and he leaves in January.
I'd love to be in their minds for 10 seconds to see what kind of place it is.
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