I think he’d be the right profile of midfielder that we need.
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@Shakesy Another one! 
He was heavily linked with Liverpool all summer. Feels like out name is being used to speed up a Liverpool move
Who has made the approach? The DOF who isn’t going to be here next month or the DOF who hasn’t been appointed yet and doesn’t work for the club?
This is exactly the kind of player we should be aiming for. Hopefully this is true.
Jac tabolt is a known bullshitter. He may even be banned from the transfer tweets thread.
Shame about the source, but hopefully a nugget of truth.
Just buy 10 midfielders aged 20/22 from Brazil worth 30M each
If 2 of them come good..we are set ..
If 2 of them come good..we are set ..
Title challengers again?
Another one that's going to end up at City/Liverpool/Brighton and we'll have threads with tweets from November 2023 showing we were interested in this kid but refused to make a move.
Is he more André 3000 or André the Giant?
Yet another one that won't ever happen, got Portuguese league written all over this one.
Please stay away.
Please stay away.
He’s incredibly highly rated amongst Brazilian fans. He doesn’t look amazing to me, if I’m being honest, but I’m wrong about players a lot. I much prefer Danilo from Forest but he’d cost a fortune.
Buying directly from Brazil is a risk but one historically worth taking. There’s a few very interesting prospects atm - Beraldo, Luis Guilherme, Lorran, Gabriel Mec and maybe most promising is Estevao who’s being hyped up to comparable levels to Endrick.
In terms of a DM, I appreciate the creative option that Andre seems to represent. I mentioned that I prefer Danilo but he appears more of a destroyer as a DM. I get why we want more of a creative player but we seem to lack some physicality and Andre, albeit stocky, doesn’t really add to that. Zubimendi of Sociedad might be a good mix of passing ability and physical strength so he would be ideal but allegedly he has no interest in leaving his hometown club Sociedad (who are doing really well this year).
Buying directly from Brazil is a risk but one historically worth taking. There’s a few very interesting prospects atm - Beraldo, Luis Guilherme, Lorran, Gabriel Mec and maybe most promising is Estevao who’s being hyped up to comparable levels to Endrick.
In terms of a DM, I appreciate the creative option that Andre seems to represent. I mentioned that I prefer Danilo but he appears more of a destroyer as a DM. I get why we want more of a creative player but we seem to lack some physicality and Andre, albeit stocky, doesn’t really add to that. Zubimendi of Sociedad might be a good mix of passing ability and physical strength so he would be ideal but allegedly he has no interest in leaving his hometown club Sociedad (who are doing really well this year).
Yeah, we are heading for a regime change but we are making offers on players... This journo seems to be a BS merchant.
He'll probably end up getting snapped up by Liverpool like Gakpo was this time last year.
More like Peter Andre
he is class but will go to scousers
1 of the comments there say that this source is tier 1 for the club he's playing for(Fluminense)
Never heard of him but if we don't sign him I'll be livid.
We have no money to spend, takeover is in-progress, it'll take time for Ratcliffe to get his people in. I don't think we'll be signing anyone this Jan bar some freak injury crisis / Weghorst type situation.
Sounds like the agent is using our name to drum up interest.
Sounds like the agent is using our name to drum up interest.
Not with EtH and Murtough
What sort of player he is? The clips are all over the place in terms of clarity, the standard and his quality. Knowing us it’ll be an all action midfielder with a lack of genuine technical class.
I just watched 8 mins of his footage, can't remember what he does, so I guess he is not particularly impressive to me. Maybe its just that his style isn't flashy and he doesn't seem to stand out in anything particular.
His Fbref profile is highly similar to Armabat for me. Tones of accurate short passes but nothing else.
Anything is better than the outcasts we have in midfield. Casemiro is a legend, but it’s time we give him his roses.
Some slight shades of Iniesta in the way he can manipulate the ball and get past people.
Whether he can do that consistently rather than just in highlight compilations is of course a different matter, but cool to see.
Whether he can do that consistently rather than just in highlight compilations is of course a different matter, but cool to see.
I’ve never seen him play, but from clips looks a bit like Bruno G?
Amrabat is exactly who he reminded me of watching the compilations. Didn’t look any better physically than him either - but obviously difficult to judge from comps.
I've already spoke about him here:
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/is-...ve-for-ten-hags-man-utd.476553/#post-30450871
Looks promising but a level below the most promising young CM south America has to offer at the minute, Thiago Helguera. We need to be in for that chap.
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/is-...ve-for-ten-hags-man-utd.476553/#post-30450871
Looks promising but a level below the most promising young CM south America has to offer at the minute, Thiago Helguera. We need to be in for that chap.
He was very good in the chaos that was the Libertadores final. Plays on the turn, great dribbler, very agile, and very good at evading pressure. If we're looking for a first phase midfielder, it would be weird if his name hadn't cropped up.
To the bolded, I really don't think that would be necessary at this point. To the rest, you're probably right, sadly.
To the bolded, I really don't think that would be necessary at this point. To the rest, you're probably right, sadly.
Thick legs and low center of gravity. Bring him in
Yep agreed, said the same myself in a similar thread. That’s why im not getting excited at the thought of any signings
Need to fix the roof and toilets before we make any signings
Obviously difficult to tell by compilations. But seems to have limited range of passing and the dribbling is too loose.
Very nice looking fbref profile (deep touches, constant involvement, pass success and progression, high number of carries and progression through that) and at 22 years old, is the perfect age profile. Swapping Varane and Case for Andre and Todibo would be a very smart long term move, considering the time it'll take for us to actually be good.
Statman Dave spoke about him in the summer. I believe in him.
How can there be a transfer speculation thread without any YouTube videos? The modern Muppet just isn’t at the standard of the old guard.
If yo hand have mentioned the roof in that sentence I wold have thought you were talking about the need to sell before we buy
I think, his name is around since quite some time. Pretty sure he was mentioned on Tifo IR-L videos about us as well. He isn't a DM though he was described as combatitive and likes to be stuck in but certainly not like Casemiro. On the ball he was described as very modern, quick feet, very good passing, good passing range. Back then, he was talked about with a 25 million price tag.
I'd be all in for that. But the price is important given that he is pretty close to Mainoo skillset wise. And while it certainly is good to have players who can replace each other I think adding a more physical option would be more important.
Yeah, just try to be safe and offer 400-500 Million for Bellingham and Camavinga instead. Way safer. What could go wrong.