He's 28, not even that old yet. Remember his debut Clasico in 2012/13.
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Give him what he wants. He’s a leader in the defence too
I'm just green with envy here, thinking of PSG having him and Marquinhos as a pairing. Hands down the best pairing on the planet, if that happens. We'll see how Kounaté gets on with Virgil.
What if PSG actually dispense with Mbappe this summer, but sign up Pogba, Varane and Cristiano...
What if PSG actually dispense with Mbappe this summer, but sign up Pogba, Varane and Cristiano...
Again showed that when he’s on, he’s one of the best in the world. Was always in the right position and cleared ball after ball. Would be nice to see him in a role where he defends a high line or participates in the attack as that has been discussed so much lately, but think we’ll see that against Hungary where the French defence won’t sit back as much.
Probably wants a legitimate shot at serious trophies.
Has won enough at Madrid. Wants a new challenge somewhere else. Also not sure if Ligue 1 is a serious trophy. If he wants to go back to his home country, fair enough instead of choosing money
They do, even though I think Varane is better than Kimbembe. Marquinhos started 24 matches this season and 15 last season. Kimpembe 26 and 14. If you go for CL title you probably need three good CBs. And if money is no problem, why not?
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who can PSG replace Mbappe with though that's the problem, whoever they get is inevitably going to be of a lesser quality. PSG right now are all about Mbappe and Neymar so while yeah arguably they may be able to build a more rounded team they won't have that star power pull they do at the moment which would attract someone like Varane
Yeah, you'll get less quality from the Mbappe replacement, but you can mitigate that gap by improving the rest of the team. I mean guys like Draxler, Sarabia, Paredes, etc are decent options, but they shouldn't be relied upon for the big games. If they can add players like Hakimi, Varane, upgrades here and there, and get Donnarumma secured for the next few years, that's already a good start. You free up Mbappe's wages, you can go after some serious talent but obviously there's no like-for-like replacement of Mbappe.
They will sign Pogba next year for free and that agent cnut will be paid handsomely.
Agree. They have tried the two man superstar thing now and it didn’t work. No CL title and now not even the league title.
Pogba and Neymar would be an absolute liability defensively, you'd need those two CB's
With the Hakimi links, it could mean a switch to 3 at the back? Which would mean Kimpembe, Varane & Marquinhos. It could also mean moving Marquinhos to DM, where he’s played for them before, as their midfield is quite “average” (Verratti aside, and he’s always seemingly injured during crucial UCL knockout matches).
We Should put in a bid, closer to their asking price he's Top quality not quantity like Lindelöf, if we lose this guy and sign any other defender this summer I'll be the 1st to call for Ole's head when things goes side ways!!
It's too good of a thing to happen....the kind of signing we could pull off with Sir Alex, but I doubt now.
There has been one paper that linked Varane to PSG why are people shitting the bed all of the sudden?
Neymar is a forward for heavens sake. This ‘defensive liability’ stuff is going too far. It’s the other team’s defenders that should be more concerned about Neymar!
They're - like it or not - far more likely to win the CL than we are, and they seem to be building a team capable of doing so. Whilst most of the other top teams are still in transition. The most obvious competition seems to be City, but Pep always does his one hand tied behind his back thing in the CL.
I refuse to believe we don't sell if he's not extending. That would be lunacy. You cannot progress this ongoing rebuild knowing that one key player is off in a year.
Yeah, if you also include Cristiano, it's a challenge. It's practically screaming for a Kante.
I'm in the "too good to be true" phase with it (him joining us).
Not only that, as soon as it’s another team, all the ‘I expect him to sign a mew contract’ has all ceased too. People actually believe now that he may want to leave, as it’s not United of course.
It's not shitting the bed, you can logically look at a situation without it being something as extreme as shitting the bed. This place has to deal in such over the top measurements.
You can expect a lot of paper talk linking him with us over the next few days. Not because anything has suddenly started happening, purely because he’s going to be trending and rumours of him going to United are the easiest clicks a journo could ask for.
In the age of the attacking FB though your forward can't give zero fecks to defending, it's been PSG's downfall time and time again in the UCL
PSG's downfall hasn't been the attacking players not defending, particularly since Neymar actually does it. Their downfall has been the lack of quality in midfield outside of Verratti who is always injured or coming back from injury, they other players can't pass the ball to save their lives. Also the fullbacks have been generally pretty bad, Maxwell being the exception.
I wasn't limiting downfall to just when they've been knocked out
Me neither.
I'm really surprised there aren't stronger links of Pogba going to PSG. It seems to make so much sense.
Neymar actually presses off the ball. I’m nitpicking, I just don’t like the obsession with everyone’s defending, especially when they provide as much offensive benefit as Neymar. In no way is he even close to being a ‘liability’ for PSG.
Now that’s what a proper Cb looks like
Looking logically at the situation -- it looks like he's leaving Real. As to where he's going -- none of us have any idea.
I'd say United will be doing all we can to get him and that's good enough for me but If he has his heart set on PSG then so be it.
Thought Kimpembe and Hernandez played better. Generally all the French defenders look extremely comfortable in their deep line with three midfielders patrollinh in front of them.
Arguably, the weakest part of France are Pavard and Hernandez (some will say Lloris but he's different for France), especially Pavard because both are natural CBs although Hernandez can do a solid job at LB. They did extremely well, and it's just shades of 2018 where France is looking very comfortable absorbing pressure and launching the counter through Pogba. I get that neutrals are going to hate it, but I will take 1-0's like this all the way to the trophy; couldn't care less about the optics.
The caf's opinion swings very quickly.
not here....i've been banging on about him being the best option next to Maguire since i joined back in December. Guess just oozes class and would Maguire someone with experience next to him like when we had Rio and Vida
Yeah it's a performance that makes you totally gutted he wants to join PSG over us, however would be very surprised if we can do or say anything at all which would make him turn his head again. He is such a top drawer defender and stands out from all the other targets but beating a team to a player from their own country looks a huge ask to me.
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Yeah we should give him an offer that blows PSG away but if his heart is set on them then sadly it won't make a difference
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Yes especially since they have claimed they want the best French players to play for them, plus Pogba would fit perfectly from a star /social media perspective.
Yeah we should cut a deal with them that they can have Pogba if they leave the path clear for us to sign Varane
His heart seems to be set for money, if rumours are correct.
Think we need Pogba more but of course if he’s already made who his mind.
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Well reckon we could give him a big offer than them if that was indeed the case
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