Casemiro | United Player

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westmeath

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Mods obviously not true believers. Lack of movement on thread title is very telling. It’s sad really.
 

Scholsey2004

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It helps when a player actually wants to leave :lol:
However, it also helps when the player hasnt been defrauded by his employers leading to an overly complicated exit scenario. I'm not sure if the player and his agent or Barca misled our people more but we definitely got led up the garden path there. We were naiive obviously and held on for longer than we should have but somebody at their end was definitely screwing us over giving assurances that were clearly fanciful in the extreme. .
 

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Very similar to the Varane hype.
With Varane we all knew he had struggled with injuries. And it was a big name in a position which wasn't our biggest need. But still if fit he's our best CB without a doubt.

This is a player who hasn't had injury problems, in our biggest problem position for the past 5 years.
 

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Gonna be so refreshing having an injection of tenacity and big balls in midfield again.

His leadership on and off the pitch and work ethic will be absolutely vital in the sorry dressing room we currently have
:lol: Which Hollywood movie does that sound like?
 

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when someone asks 'How many Inited Players get into City and Liverpools team, we can rapidly say. Casemiro.

the best DM in the world. what a signing if this is true
Bit of a Schrodinger’s element to it, though. One of our players is only good enough to get into the team while simultaneously being our player but having never quite been here yet. Because as soon as he arrives he’ll jump right into the clown car and start getting his foot stuck in buckets mid match. The best bit will be right before we open the box.
 

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You sound scared of your own shadow mate.

What do you actually want? he’s literally the premier DM/holding midfielder in the world. He can come in now and make an immediate improvement. He’s got a fantastic unity record and can give us 3-4 years at the top level. The club can afford him and the reports of doubling his wages have been dismissed.

I feel some of you just love to moan.

Just seems like another shirt sighted transfer brought on by two defeats.

At least he'll generate clicks and sell shirts though ffs. For the record I didn't want FDJ either, would much rather Caicedo.
 

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This is the real panic buy. He is a great player though. How many years could we get from him performing?
 

FatTails

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You sound scared of your own shadow mate.

What do you actually want? he’s literally the premier DM/holding midfielder in the world. He can come in now and make an immediate improvement. He’s got a fantastic injury record and can give us 3-4 years at the top level. The club can afford him and the reports of doubling his wages have been dismissed.

I feel some of you just love to moan.
I hear you but why can’t we sign a 20 year old, proven world class player, and sign them quickly, for a good deal, and on low wages because they are dying to play for the badge, though?
 

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Gonna be so refreshing having an injection of tenacity and big balls in midfield again.

His leadership on and off the pitch and work ethic will be absolutely vital in the sorry dressing room we currently have
He will be captain and a fan favourite by the end of the season.
 

Samid

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I’m getting cold feet now. The thing about unattainable targets is that they’re supposed to remain… well, unattainable. Should we really be doing this?
 
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I hear you but why can’t we sign a 20 year old, proven world class player, and sign them quickly, for a good deal, and on low wages because they are dying to play for the badge, though?
So he’s 20…. but already word class…. and even though world class, he’d come to us on low wages?

Name him.

(unless sarcasm)
 

TheReligion

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Just seems like another shirt sighted transfer brought on by two defeats.

At least he'll generate clicks and sell shirts though ffs. For the record I didn't want FDJ either, would much rather Caicedo.
I’m sure you’d have had nothing to say had we signed Caicedo for big money when we didn’t pick him up for less than £5m last year…
 

saik

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Huh? How can he have a medical when we didn't even agree a fee with Madrid? Did I miss something?
 

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DM's can play at a similar level well into their 30's. Also, he's arguably the best DM in World football. He will eventually start to fall off, but his positioning etc. will still be as they were, he'll be at least a good player until he's done here.
 

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Gonna be so refreshing having an injection of tenacity and big balls in midfield again.

His leadership on and off the pitch and work ethic will be absolutely vital in the sorry dressing room we currently have
Wasn’t he the one who stayed late with Vinicius to play PlayStation before the el Classico match last season and Benzema publicly criticised them? Although, on the pitch his leadership in midfield is top notch everytime I watch him play. I rate him very high as DM.
 
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