Cue the “if he is so talented then why aren’t the other top teams in for him” posts.
Amad Diallo - Atalanta winger
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Third of Sancho fee? Madness
What if the club decided Amad Traore is The One for the future? Maybe Atalanta saw him as their Ansu Fati, e.g. prospect not for sale?
Fast forward (!), and we have Covid19 all over us, with the fans/club pushing for Sancho as our no.1 target. The Sancho deal implodes, and the club come back for Traore as a "back-up" while also publicly negotiating with Pellistri and Dembele. Could it be that we got a better deal from Atalanta at 25 +15 (or whatever add-ons)? And it being an equally desirable outcome as getting Sancho for 95+15? And certainly better than not getting either? Time will tell, I guess.
Fast forward (!), and we have Covid19 all over us, with the fans/club pushing for Sancho as our no.1 target. The Sancho deal implodes, and the club come back for Traore as a "back-up" while also publicly negotiating with Pellistri and Dembele. Could it be that we got a better deal from Atalanta at 25 +15 (or whatever add-ons)? And it being an equally desirable outcome as getting Sancho for 95+15? And certainly better than not getting either? Time will tell, I guess.
If we can't get him for now, why are we pushing this deal today when we could be looking for short-stops for the RW? Willian to Arsenal looking like one of the deals of the window as each day passes.
How many minutes has he played in Serie A? Not that he is far more promising than Pellistri, but the sample available to judge him against decent opposition is not that big is it?
if he is so talented then why aren’t the other top teams in for him
How so? The only person who thought Dalot was 'that good' was Jose but he also bought Lindelhof and Bailly
We aren't a top team so there....
I'm all in favour of new signings and love taking a punt but why are we risking 25m on an unproven winger given our need for an established RW?
Naturally if he signs then great - one of us - but we do make some strange decisions.
Edit - Fee isn't that high but points still stand.
Naturally if he signs then great - one of us - but we do make some strange decisions.
Edit - Fee isn't that high but points still stand.
It's OK Woody has been to Lourdes to pray for Sancho....it's happening
Are you talking about Sancho or Traore?
Fair play to Sam Luckhurst for being first to the party on this one.
Mitten was the first to report on this.
Whats the point of getting him in January. We need players now.
Who's Sancho?
This is a good signing. How many times do we watch young players go elsewhere and wonder why the feck our club wasn’t in on that. Traore could be that type of player.
Fair play to Sam Luckhurst for ripping off Andy Mitten's story on this one.
Maxi likely watched him play at youth level too which is something not many on here do hence fans asking to sign Lamptey when we have Laird.
If we’d have signed him a few weeks ago would we have been able to get a work permit sorted or does it not work like that?
Wenger did try and sign him once as a fetus
Every fecking window. Now we look to be signing one the Caf thinks he's not worth it. Seen it all before
He's a fantastic signing for the future potentially, the problem is we're in the shit right now and he literally solves nothing. We still have to bring in a RW for the here and now, its as simple as that.
Absolutely love the sass in this post Adnan.
It was more in jest to be fair. I'm just so fed up!
Also the amount of reserves, academy football I used to watch on mutv is rather sad.
I was only kidding mate.
I’m sold after watching his youtube vids. Quite impressive really. Anyone of you get the Sane vibes on this?
I’m shocked by some of the shit that’s posted on here some days. So many contradicting views. Yes the window is disappointing because we didn’t get Sancho but the U-18s and U-23s have seen a huge influx of talent from big clubs in Europe the past 2 years. Hannibal, Fernandez, Jurado and McNeil to name a few.
What Greenwood had done last season as Right sided forward was surreal. Don't forget that we're talking of an 18 year old here.
Wikipedia right now:
"He has joined Manchester United for a fee of £27million plus add ons. Ed Woodward signed him after he became desperate on the last day of the transfer window. Ed Woodward has been voted the worst chairman of all time."
"He has joined Manchester United for a fee of £27million plus add ons. Ed Woodward signed him after he became desperate on the last day of the transfer window. Ed Woodward has been voted the worst chairman of all time."
I was really impressed by his attitude yesterday. He at least tried to take players on while our midfield and CBs gave up
I can't be bothered with this back and forth over nothing. You think our scouts are so good that this fee doesn't represent a high risk punt, i do. Let's leave it at that.
I will reserve judgement on someone that has barely played first team football and it wasn't that long ago the hype moise Keane was getting as one of the best young talents and he showed far more at first team level than what traore has done
I can’t believe we are signing not one but two extremely highly rated young wingers, yet still refusing to allow Daniel James to leave. Likewise we are signing a new left back, yet refusing to allow Brandon Williams to leave. That is something that makes no sense to me.
Highlights videos can be deceiving, but his look absolutely great.
Dread to think were we might be by the time he actually joins us, though. Failure to sign a RW this summer is unforgivable.
Dread to think were we might be by the time he actually joins us, though. Failure to sign a RW this summer is unforgivable.
I don’t. I’m reserving judgement because I don’t know much about the player. You are not reserving judgement, despite not knowing about the player.
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