Yes, he's a short son of a bitch. His daddy was a short son of a bitch. His mother was shorter than him, and his brother, his brother was so short they couldn't even see him.
Lisandro Martinez | Signs for United
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Honey I shrunk the kids!
His sister is a giant though. Funny how that works.
Welcome Lisandro!
And what's all this mess in here about height? If I'm not misremembering Franco Baresi was around 5ft 9inches? (not that he's anything like Baresi!)
As long as he has a brain that works, that's better than any 'height' concerns.
Look at the tall defenders we currently have who can't read the game to save their lives?
Anyway, wish him all the best.
And what's all this mess in here about height? If I'm not misremembering Franco Baresi was around 5ft 9inches? (not that he's anything like Baresi!)
As long as he has a brain that works, that's better than any 'height' concerns.
Look at the tall defenders we currently have who can't read the game to save their lives?
Anyway, wish him all the best.
That was a feeble announcement wasn’t it.
So, this tiny fecker any good?
I was just going to post about this. I certainly hope so.
Good news. Looking forward to seeing a talented, aggressive left footed CB finally.
I doubt Ole was champing at the bit to sign Donny, yet nice friendly Edwin still managed to weasel over £35m off us
It wasn't really an announcement either. “We have agreement”. Tell us something we don’t know. How about “he has signed a 5 year contract. Welcome to United!” Or something similar
Excellent
57m! Seems very pricey.
But then again, getting Eriksen for free is amazing business.
But then again, getting Eriksen for free is amazing business.
That is an absolutely incredible fee for a defender from the Dutch league, who isn’t even a regular starter for his national team & has huge question marks over his suitability for PL football.
I desperately hope he proves the doubts completely wrong & goes on to be a wonderful signing and doesn’t instead become Erik’s version of Wan Bissaka/Maguire. He’s taking a big risk here, let’s just hope it pays off.
I desperately hope he proves the doubts completely wrong & goes on to be a wonderful signing and doesn’t instead become Erik’s version of Wan Bissaka/Maguire. He’s taking a big risk here, let’s just hope it pays off.
I think the thread title needs an update @golden_blunder given United have made an announcement?
Huh? We’re overpaying.
Fair price for everyone.
Is he first choice for Argentina?
That’s actually not what he said
He didn't say that of course, I was parodying Van Gaal's comments regarding his similar predicament with Rooney. Ten Hag did say that Maguire was going to be Captain and lauded him as an important player that's "achieved many things", so my guess is he intends for him to be one of his starting CBs.
Romano said it's official.
Quite alot of money, has to be said, but happy the 3rd signing is confirmed.
He’s a player ETH wanted, so I guess it was worth paying an extra 10m or so.
Now onto the 4th.
He’s a player ETH wanted, so I guess it was worth paying an extra 10m or so.
Now onto the 4th.
I was thinking the free transfer negates the higher fee pushed elsewhere to get it over the line
It does seem like we've had a free signing nearly every year with zlatan, Sanchez (though a swap), grant, Heaton?, Cavani and now eriksen
Getting a few gone like Mata,matic,pogba,lingard frees up wages and Pereira sold was a bonus too
Nope. Fair to them not us. Great signing but we’re overpaying.
Considering we paid 80 mil for a fridge, it's not pricey at all. How it fares is something to be seen.
To be fair, our net spend so far is only this. Pereira + Henderson loan fee probably offsets Malacia money.
Official pending work permit. I know it’s pedantic but it’s not done yet
Has he passed his medical or we don’t know?
Considering he flew into Manchester you’d assume so.
It looks like everything else is completed bar Priti Patel letting him work
I know he had his medical but I was asking if he passed it.
I think it's important to take those quotes in the context of the heavy criticism Maguire has received recently, up to and including an actual bomb threat, which led to these questions around captaincy in the first place.
Whether ETH favours Maguire or not, I wouldn't expect anything other than unqualified public praise. And if Maguire isn't starting I'd still expect that to continue with praise for his great influence in the dressing room, references to it being a squad game, the intensity of fixtures meaning everyone will play a lot, etc.
he can just run underneath the barriers at passport control.
And the Malacia + Martinez signings also increase the probability of players like Telles, Williams, Bailly, Jones and Tuanzebe leaving as well. If we shift some of them then we'll have improved the team/squad relatively efficiently.
How more official do you want it to get? Both Ajax and United have announced it.
So theres still a chance he could feature for Rwanda Utd Fc?
United’s basically said “we have found agreement”
A football club's version of Rihanna's 'we found love'?
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