At 18, however, we can't put the whole weight of the RW issue on his shoulders. He may well turn out to be a talent but after this shocking window, where others have strengthened, I think we could be in for a long season. Lightening doesn't strike twice and I think Ole will be lucky to stay in the hotseat by the end of the season, conceding 11 goals in 3 games and 2 of them were against Palace and Brighton, let's be honest it could have been 20! I really don't believe our problems have been sorted
Amad Diallo signs for Manchester United
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
At 18, however, we can't put the whole weight of the RW issue on his shoulders. He may well turn out to be a talent but after this shocking window, where others have strengthened, I think we could be in for a long season. Lightening doesn't strike twice and I think Ole will be lucky to stay in the hotseat by the end of the season, conceding 11 goals in 3 games and 2 of them were against Palace and Brighton, let's be honest it could have been 20! I really don't believe our problems have been sorted
True, we would be moaning when we're trying to buy one of them down the line for £80m+. It's a gamble but if just one of them comes good we'll have done well.
I think this transfer would be looked on a lot more favourably here if not for Sunday's result.
I get everyone being frustrated about Sancho but it's not the end of the world that we have to use more of Greenwood on the RW.
Well i did detect some positivity in earlier posts.
I think it's and Pellestri are excellent signings.
Telles will provide competition at LB
Cavani is an out and out CF unlike the wide players we have who try and play through the middle.
A lot to be optimistic about IMO
If you are going to be hopeful, aim high. Try, hopefully better than Lionel Messi. I hope that this coronavirus crisis ends in the next hour. I also hope to win £1billon on the lottery.
Spending months on a deal for Sancho who was not going to come - echoing what has seemed to happen every window since Sir Alex departed - is a sign that we are definitely on the up-and-up!!
Anyone who isn't excited by this kid should really just give up on the club.
The close control from him in tight spaces against more physical players is something we haven't seen at United very often.
We usually let the likes of Madrid and Barcelona snapping up this kind of talent without even trying.
Tops
Against City in the UEFA Youth league. Assist after 2 mins, goal after 4 mins. Certainly looks like a big talent.
Yeah, agreed. I'm pretty frustrated about Sancho. It really looked like the club were about to make a statement of intent but when it came down to it usual service was resumed. Nothings going to change in that regard. We are a arguably the biggest and richest club in the world but Ole is forced to operate like we are Spurs or Arsenal. We should be used to it after 15 years.
But yes, Greenwood looks primed to have an absolutely huge season from the right. If say Pellistri was to adapt quickly and we can grab a few decent results from the tough run of fixtures people will calm down a lot. All's not lost. It just means, like last season the major gains will have to be made on the training ground. No quick fixes.
He was no messi, but the way these youtube videos are made, even lingard looks like a superstar.
I thought he looked good, but my point was, youtube can exaggerate a players ability. I know as much about Diallo as I did about Bebe thanks to youtube.
Nice one. Love the doom and gloom merchants on here.
Have a good day, no doubt you’ll get soaked in the pouring rain and find something else to moan about
There is no way he is a guarentee of a signing after just 3 games at 18 years of age and i couldn't care less about clips of him playing at youth level as we have seen time and time how you play at youth level has nothing to do with how you play at senior level .
I hope he works out but lets be honest he was a last second panic buy. We were not tracking him for 3 years then decided lets sign him at the last minute so he can't come to January at the earliest
I hope he works out but lets be honest he was a last second panic buy. We were not tracking him for 3 years then decided lets sign him at the last minute so he can't come to January at the earliest
I would be more frustrated that we have to wait until January than if he was any good or not. Just hoping he is coached properly here to get the best out of him. Like you I wish him all the best. He must be really excited.Happy for the lad and really hope he does well with us when he joins in January. Seems a well rated prospect in Italy.
A little shameful seeing all the replies though full of fans taking out their frustrations over the window on his announcement post instead of wishing him well
We were linked to him at the beginning of the window, so he wasn’t a panic buy.
Some random bloke on the internet thinks scouting youth teams is pointless, hope United are listening
We've been linked with him for ages.
We were linked to him at the beginning of the window, so he wasn’t a panic buy.
Some random bloke on the internet thinks scouting youth teams is pointless, hope United are listening
Saw somewhere that we've been linked to him for more than a year.
Surely for €40m and only 18 he must have massive potential. Pretty exciting transfer tbh.
Too much negativity here.
I would have loved Sancho to come to United, but he certainly wasn't cheap. The ideal time to sign him would have been when he joined Dortmund. True for Haaland and Bellingham too. That is a bit annoying.
Signing this lad, though, is not annoying at all. Doing this kind of deal, and the ones we have also done for Pellistri, Garnacho, Kambwala, Carreras, Jurado, McNeill, etc. really does set the club up for a bright future in my eyes.
I would have loved Sancho to come to United, but he certainly wasn't cheap. The ideal time to sign him would have been when he joined Dortmund. True for Haaland and Bellingham too. That is a bit annoying.
Signing this lad, though, is not annoying at all. Doing this kind of deal, and the ones we have also done for Pellistri, Garnacho, Kambwala, Carreras, Jurado, McNeill, etc. really does set the club up for a bright future in my eyes.
There were reports last year from Italy that said we were watching him closely. Luckhurst was the first United journo to link us to him and he said we've been watching him for years. Definitely not a transfer Woodward pulled out of his arse.
I'm not sure why we waited until deadline day to complete. Bit of a weird one. Maybe had something to do with his visa problems?
It's possible United were going to allow Atalanta to loan him to Parma and we were going to buy him in January but for whatever reason that fell through and United decided to just buy him now.
This is the one thing I'm excited about this transfer window. This is a Jadon Sancho level talent.
Actually it was Andy Mitten who first mentioned both Diallo and Pellistri as youngsters we were closely monitoring .
Yeah I know Mitten had us linked to him but I thought Luckhurst was first? Either way both of them have been writing about our interest in him for a while now.
Probably caught wind of other clubs sniffing around and we acted early.
That could be one reason. Another could be that we expected his value to rise further.
I don't mind this though. We missed out on Bellingham, despite our best efforts. Feels good to have snagged this guy.
Mitten linked us with him last December I think it was
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Finally got a low center of gravity player that can dribble?
Didn't see any step-overs in them Youtube videos. I'm not entirely sold.
Didn't see any step-overs in them Youtube videos. I'm not entirely sold.
will he play for Atlanta before January?
Can't find him on FM20
Greenwood does enough of them for the entire team
Unlikely to fit their system regardless, which is why they sold
Not cheap but I couldn’t care less about the price, it’s hard not to get excited about young players like this. Can’t wait to see him in action.
He reminds me of Brighton's Lamptey.
Nah. I'm never into a player until I see a step-over
That's my litmus test. Nostep-over = you're a bumand nevermind, he did a step-over at minute mark 6:34 in this video:
it was a scruffy one, but he has my seal of approval for now
For those who have never heard of him before yesterday, he is one of the better youth talents in Europe at the moment, anybody who follows these young players can tell you that. Question is will he be able to translate that to the senior game which is always a bit of a lottery. The standard of the u19 in Italy isn't too high but he preformed well in the Uefa youth league, which can tend to be more of a litmus test, as the standouts in that do tend to make it more often than not.
We were linked to him last year.We were linked to him at the beginning of the window, so he wasn’t a panic buy.
Some random bloke on the internet thinks scouting youth teams is pointless, hope United are listening