We're crap in terms of dealing with injuries and Bastian is no spring chicken. Also its rarely a good idea to move to a top league at that age.
He was. These days he's struggling to keep his place at Bayern
Again, the comparison is for people calling him injury prone.
Will you prefer Scneiderlin over a 30 year old Scholes?
Signing Schneiderlin (or any other CM) would be perfect for me.
It's a fantastic signing regardless.
Only because Guardiola doesn't like Schweinsteiger for tactical reasons. He doesn't really fit his type of play.
I don't care about the money, just the age. In a summer where we're moving on two formerly brilliant players who are over the hill at 30 it's hard to get too excited about signing another player the same age who's already falling out of favour at his current club.
Hey, we need to start somewhere.
Likewise it's important to have experience all through the team, last season we had one of the youngest squads in the Premiership and it showed.
The new Bundesliga is a mix between Liga and PL, it's different from the Bundesliga that Ballack played in.
I'd rather bring that average age up by signing players in their prime.
We did that last season with ADM.
I am happy we looks like we will be signing him, it gives us a different option, the problem is? Does VG like the direct style? Since he seems to be of that passing style of management
Well, as said, his falling out of favor (which itself is being overstated) has little to do with his performances. If you think his injury record is a worry, that's fine by me. I don't think it's an issue because it's a decidedly short term fix and everyone knows that. Falcao was expected to score tons of goals over the next 3-4 years.
And this season with Darmian.
Wouldn't sign him if he didn't.
If Scholes had zero experience of the EPL and had a number of terrible injuries than probably yes
Don't Adidas get the money from shirt sales? The lettering though...We will cover the transfer fee with shirt sales alone
LvG is the one who turned him from a good to an excellent midfielder. So I think he knows what he's getting.
We did with Di Maria and Falcao.
Im not putting it down. I was responding to someone who made a post where he was suddenly possibly the best midfielder in the league despite not having played a game! Its a very shrewd signing for the price, but hes not the same player he was half a decade ago.
As far as I know we now keep all profits from our megastore and other outlets.Don't Adidas get the money from shirt sales? The lettering though...
After a second serious injury is not your prime, can't give you Falcao sorry. ADM, yes of course, hope he stays too.
Correct.
In terms of age he's in his prime.
Carrick is 33 now and won't be playing any more than a bit part role.
Perhaps playing devils advocate here, but the 'Falcao situation' in August 2014 was very different to the 'Falcao situation' in March 2015 as well. There was near universal excitement when we signed him, including from me, and next to no-one was griping about him being potentially damaged goods. But it looks like damaged goods is exactly what he was (unless he becomes 2011 Falcao at Chelsea, in which case we'll have egg all over our faces for a different reason).
Schweinsteiger for captaincy.
If he's fit? He'll play probably 30+ games. His age doesn't matter so much since he's always been slow. He could possibly rotate with Schweinsteiger which could help both players
Yeah though the Falcao situation was a really weird one in that he actually regressed and kept on regressing as the season went on. His first few performances were encouraging (without being the world class level he used to be capable of), and then it just all went terribly wrong and he forgot how to run and stand on his feet. Honestly, what happened with Falcao is, for me, a very rare occurrence and I don't think we have to be worried about the same with Schweinsteiger.
If Rooney remains captain he will start games even when he's out of form which is worrying.
