I think if we get him and another midfielder we'll finish top 4. He's that fecking good.
Watch our CB's look 20x better.
Watch our CB's look 20x better.
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We'd be stupid to sell Casemiro during a year in which the World Cup will add pressure on our playing squad. I feel Camavinga (19) would be wasted at DM and he could be a lovely mobile B2B midfielder, similar to Valverde who exploded at the age of 20-21. You can have Casemiro in the 2024/25 season.
Also - I hate how people have increased his age over the last 5-6 pages. He is 30 .. not 31, 32 or too old.
Also - I hate how people have increased his age over the last 5-6 pages. He is 30 .. not 31, 32 or too old.
Anyone can flop. But some signings carry more risk than others, both in terms of how likely they are to flop and how much damage will be done if they do.
And signing a 30 year old DM who depends on physicality on a ludicrously over-inflated contract in the final weeks of a transfer window in which we've targeted entirely different types of midfielders is an extremely high risk prospect.
And while we might not have signed players who were legitimately the best in the world in their position before, we've signed plenty of players who posters on here convinced themselves were still among the best in the world in their position, often while making the exact same argument you just did.
So we just waited until the end of the window before we sold players? Are you serious?
We can't sell any of them. Perhaps Garner only.
It's the caf. 30-year-olds are past it, and the facts must be ignored for a good moan.
This summer has been a complete failure I think everyone will agree to that, it’s too late now for a quick fix do we’re in panic mode. Paying Casemiro 400k a week over 5 years is not the right thing going forward I know that 100%.
Id try and buy a Tielemans or somebody to keep us going until January and in these next few months on sounding out a second midfielder to sign either then or for next summer.
As great as he’s been (I don’t regard him as the greatest ever DM btw), I’m not excited about this transfer at all.
There’s absolute no reason he’s coming to us other than a large final pay day. This has got classic big money failed signing written all over it. I know he is on a different level to McFred but I’m struggling to get interested in this one.
We’ve been stung by Di Maria, Sanchez and Varane (so far) who were all regarded as one of the worlds best in their respective positions who all came for the money.
There’s absolute no reason he’s coming to us other than a large final pay day. This has got classic big money failed signing written all over it. I know he is on a different level to McFred but I’m struggling to get interested in this one.
We’ve been stung by Di Maria, Sanchez and Varane (so far) who were all regarded as one of the worlds best in their respective positions who all came for the money.
There’s actual Madrid fans in here saying they don’t want to lose him and he’s brilliant. And to stop going on about his age. He’s the best DM in the world yet people still want to moan and scrutinise a media report of his wages and contract (which isn’t even confirmed!)
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At what point does the same shit in every single thread become valuable?
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1.5m a week, 15 year contract for a 45 year old. feck this club.
Selling shares just to buy him
He literally isn't old and over the hill though
The defending champions fielded a fecking 36 year old in the same position last season
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How long are we seriously going to get out of a midfielder turning 31 this season? 2 decent years? 3 at a push?
Add to that he’s only joining for the money, who in the hell is leaving Madrid for us. He then he has to adapt to a different league and culture. I’m not having it, this has disaster written all over it.
Is that what you said when Chelsea signed 30 year old Makalele?
Is he injury prone?
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Casemiro is not coming into a well defined system or team though. Even if he comes we still don't know what the best 11 is.
Also, he's a good player but he's playing alongside Modric and Kroos two absolutely outstanding players who can make good players look great. We don't have that.
Now Cas is a good player but we need more than him and he needs more than what we currently have. Bruno with his god-awful erratic passing, Eriksen isn't as energetic as he once was, Fred is so-so and the less said about McTom the better.
If we sign Casemiro good, though I obviously have my doubts, but you need to put him alongside similar class.
That is up to every individual who reads the thread to decide.
Thought I will admit that the Messi/Ronaldo threads bored me to tears 13 years ago, but people have kept hammering that.
You’re just making things up and giving opinion as fact at this point.
You’re example is a player they signed over 20 years ago? let’s not act like that’s the norm.
No.
Same difference.
Im making nothing up. The one thing that’s clear is the 5 year deal on a reported 360-400k a week. He will be almost 36 at the end of the deal.
End it there that’s fecking madness. And you wonder why we’re in a mess.
Chelsea had a better foundation to work from than we do, plus they went mad in the transfer window when Ambro came onboard signing some super talented players to give Mak the platform to perform. We've go McFred and not alot else.
Not at all
‘reported’ you know nothing yet and just want to believe the worst in everything about the club
I don't understand. So by your logic, we shouldn't sign a good DM because we have McFred?
The length of the contract is [too] long, but the premium for him (or anyone of that calibre) coming here in our predicament is par for the course. This is fairly argued the best DM on the planet - I don’t know which position on the pitch you can get the best in the world to come here and not expect to pay out of the arse for it (actually, another player who is the best in the world is not likely to come here). That’s the consequence of being what we are.
Tielemans isn’t a DM, we’re extremely leaky through midfield - do you think he is a better solution to that than a player who unlocks so many others around him? You’d expect a giant jump in performance from our CB’s and our midfield with Casemiro anchoring it. In isolation, you don’t think this is a needs must kind of signing (should it go ahead)?
Alright well this whole thread is based on speculation it’s the only thing we can discuss
Yeah no. We signed Di Maria when he was one of the best in the world in his position.
I'm saying they brought players of similar quality to Mak and gave him the platform to perform his role.
I admire anyone's optimism that the Glazers will bring in more quality players after Casemiro, if it goes through that is.
The way we’ve been playing, if we get 2 good seasons out of him and I’ll be happy.
We need an experienced winner. We cannot ask a young player to stabilise the sieve that is our central midfield.
A player who does not want to play in Champions League, now that's different. If only the rest of our bigger targets could get on board with his great alternative thinking.
No one doubts Casemiro quality. Giving him 5 years deal on high salary will be ultimate stupidity that'll be cost us a lot. He's 30 years old, for feck sake. Anything more than 30m and 3 years contract will be Real Madrid robbing us again.
I like the player and I’m not even bothered about the huge wage…it’s the 5 years that have me concerned. We’d do well to get 3 solid years that will take him to almost 34 we don’t need a 36 year old on 400k a week is my concern.
3 year contract and I’m all in. He won’t sign a 3 year deal though because the only real thing we can offer someone in his position is a massive contract.
Salah just signed a new deal with Liverpool for 3 years. Who in the world offers a 31 year old a 5 year contract.
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This is all a bit mad.
I would cream my pants if we actually got a good CDM like Casemiro 
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