Can you name a player that has fulfilled his promise while playing for Manchester United in the past 10 years? Hoping this guy will magically get better after joining us is a fantasy to me.I always thought he looked a pretty good midfielder in the making when he was young. This could be a good signing if we can get him to fulfill some of his early promise.
wary of all the reports of him being a egotist, although the French posters seem to be saying it’s primarily his mum not him.
How the mighty have fallen...laugh or cry?From FdJ and Antony/Sesko to Rabiot and Arnautovic.
What a time to be alive.
They are crap. Watched them in our midfield for years now and the odd half decent performance won’t change anything. Fred has a better chance of still getting games further up but they are shocking. It’s like playing 4-0-4 with them as a pair. No wonder our defence is so exposed.I'm starting to think people don't realise that McFred are still decent players and a lot better than many other midfielders out there. They aren't going to win you the Premier League, in all likelihood, and they may not even be good enough for top four. But yes, they are better than a lot of other players. Rabiot is, in my opinion, a downgrade based on everything I'm looking at, when it comes to both stats and Juventus fan opinions.
I'm hot holding my breath. I wouldn't be surprised if this guy was our FdJ alternativeWe are saving it all for Frenkie
Called it yesterday. Worst midfield performance i've ever seen for United, Ten Hag will accept anyone after seeing those two clowns playing in a real match.Think Ten Hag pushes for any midfielder after this
McFred been awful today
I assume he would get at least 200k per week? Probably more, considering it's his last big contract. We would then have another very average high earner. About the Pogba comparison, I thought they were both physical b2b with good technique. That's all I meant.What are you on about?
Also he is a completely different player to Pogba
This is the alternative. We won't sign both.We are saving it all for Frenkie
Not really free though is he? 300k a week off the wage bill for someone who’s always injured.Juve get Pogba from us on a free (again) and now we're giving them money for Rabiot
We're just the gift that keep giving
I'll take a closer look at stats later to compare. My comments so far are mainly from what I've seen of him over the years. If your comments were from his PSG days I think they'd be fairer. I'm assuming his pass completion % stats across his career are higher than Bennacer for you to mention him. Not all that surprising considering how much PSG dominate possession tbh but maybe it's the same at Juve. My instinct from watching them all play is that despite his pass % potentially being higher, I expect his progressive passing numbers will be significantly lower than either Bennacer or Ruiz, which interests me a lot more. Fred has had seasons hovering around 90% pass accuracy but most of those passes were side to side or backwards.You see that's the thing, statistically Rabiot doesn't lose the ball a lot. For example in the same league would you say that Bennacer loses the ball a lot? In terms of pass completion percentage his career stats are better than Fabian Ruiz's, last year was an uncharacteristic down year since he has never been below 89% in the league and it was at 83% in 21/22 while his possession losses are around 2.5 per 90 across his career which isn't a lot, it's about average.
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Thank feck
He's not better than Fred and I would rather give Garner or Zidane a chance or just play Donny than get Rabiot and play him. Its shit.Being slightly better than McFred shouldn't be the benchmark. We're going to be moaning soon about his slightly less embarrassing control of the midfield.
If he's a EtH signing then it could come back and bite him on the arse!
The joke of the owners sabotaging the clubYou, in my eyes absolutely rightfully, identified the lack of mentality in your squad as the main problem and now you want to buy Adrien Rabiot and Marko Arnautovic? Is there a joke i don't get?
You're just as bemused as us, the club have been bullshitting heavilyYou, in my eyes absolutely rightfully, identified the lack of mentality in your squad as the main problem and now you want to buy Adrien Rabiot and Marko Arnautovic? Is there a joke i don't get?
I don't think anyone is going to have wasted their time trying to make a Rabiot highlights video (or at least not a recent one, anyway).Feck, any videos of his last season ? Let me try to be on board.
True but they don't actually want to fork out money for a good one.I'm not turning cartwheels over this but it's pleasing to find out that the people at United know there are more midfielders in world football than FDJ, McTominay and Fred.
OkI assume he would get at least 200k per week? Probably more, considering it's his last big contract. We would then have another very average high earner. About the Pogba comparison, I thought they were both physical b2b with good technique. That's all I meant.
I prefer not to stockpile on shit.Time for some people to fecking wake up, if it comes down to either this guy or McT, and you prefer McT, you we the muppet all along.
Well Bayen plays in a farmer's league so it was very easy for them to do thatI mean Bayern won a lot in their FC Hollywood phase, so why not
Good thing its notBeing slightly better than McFred shouldn't be the benchmark. We're going to be moaning soon about his slightly less embarrassing control of the midfield.
If he's a EtH signing then it could come back and bite him on the arse!
Ok, guess this is all but done then. I'll get behind him and hope he can show more of what he did in his PSG days. Not sure if this means we're not signing another cm or if we'll get another in addition to him. If it's the latter I don't mind this deal that much. If it's the former it's hard to pretend I'm not disappointed.Tweet
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