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I believe this guys take on the fee as opposed to everyone else.Tweet
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Mohamed Bouhafsi: Bernardo Silva signs for Manchester City. €70m, 5 year deal
I believe this guys take on the fee as opposed to everyone else.Tweet
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Mohamed Bouhafsi: Bernardo Silva signs for Manchester City. €70m, 5 year deal
HmmWe'll be forever trying to close the gap with City now. We've been run like a shambles for years whilst City just sign top quality players.
He was SAF. That argument no longer applies here. If we wont prevent, We wont win and dominate. This era is not easy at all. Top clubs punch according to their weight and sometimes above.But SAF still won the league without Hazard, though ?
Also for the question in the post, may be because our manager has another targets in his lost that are more priority for him ? May be Silva was a priority for fans but doesn't mean he's a priority for our manager. He's free to do what he want and he will hold responsibility for next season.
As I told you, we won't prevent our opponents from getting good players. They will get great players and we will too.
Nah, that would be Spurs .... with 86 goals.The best attack in league just got better. ....
You on the windup? Pogba, Ibrahimovic, Bailey & Miki last season when we weren't even in the Champions League.We'll be forever trying to close the gap with City now. We've been run like a shambles for years whilst City just sign top quality players.
We are effing man united, there is no young ronaldo or rooney or carrick to dominate this league out there. We are short of creativity and wide players , and spending world record on every player is not the way. Also we need to hold the ball better against the philosophies pep and klopp are playing frankly speaking, Parking the bus is not how we want to see united play.We can't sign everyone you want to sign.
Maybe we're playing 4-3-3 next year and Griezmann plays Silva's position as an inside forward?
Maybe he wants to frontload the 3 attacking positions with goals to compensate the rest of our squad which Silva doesn't provide?
Maybe he sees Perreira as a legitimate option for next year? Maybe he sees Gomes coming through and doesn't want to sign a 22 year old in his position?
He'd be expected to be an integral part of leading a team to a PL title and at least a couple good cup runs also.You are expected to perform well everywhere you play. You think Anderlecht doesn´t have pressure to qualify for the CL domestically to maintain their financial dominance in their local market. B
Besides what´s he competing against? A 6th place finish, scoing less goals as a team than under Moyes and Carrick/Sideshow Bob/Herrera. Give me break. If you have 17-18 good players you can rotate the team through four competitions. United don´t even have 11 good starters.
Been saying this since around the time of the Vidal debacle. Why weren't we in for him when he left Leverkusen? What do our scouts actually get paid for? Are we always just looking to splurge big because we can now? Is that the profile? Kagawa and Miki both were refusing to sign contracts that's why they were cheap. Bailly looks a good signing at an average price as does Ander. But why not go for the top players earlier and play them? It's not like we've been pulling up many trees the last few years and in the example I used above Vidal was exactly the kind of midfielder who would have perfectly complimented Carrick. We need to be more on the ball. I guess these things take time. Fergie liked to buy within the league, foreign players who suited his system or bargain players and it worked pretty well for him. Our last two managers were incompetent so it will take time to build again.I can understand why younger players make this intermediate step, but when I look at a team like United and you tell me they can´t guarantee somebody like Tielemans 40 games a season immediately? Now he goes to Monaco for €25M and in two years they´ll sell him to somebody for €60M. Sometimes it seems that getting a bargain is not cool anymore. It´s t like only the transfer fee defines the class of the player.
Makes my blood boil seeing the level of players we field while City keeps stockpiling on top attacking talents like this. Ruined my weekend, can't even enjoy the cup win properly now.
That was obvious, try to be more subtle next time.Gentlemen may I present to you... someone trying to have a laugh
Ok. Have a word with yourself.Makes my blood boil seeing the level of players we field while City keeps stockpiling on top attacking talents like this. Ruined my weekend, can't even enjoy the cup win properly now.
Look, we all throw money around like it's going out of fashion these days. Annoys me when some try to take the moral high ground, especially Chelsea fans who would be nothing without Roman's cash. But here we are - they didn't ask for his cash so why should they complain?Thanks. To be fair, I wasn't expecting you to agree with me
I'm not going to get involved in the wider Silva discussion on this thread as emotions are running pretty high, suffice to say that both clubs were always going to spend big this window and as such United will sign some great players this summer too.
You're right. I should be as calm and considered as the people losing their minds in this thread.That was obvious, try to be more subtle next time.
Lingard and Rashford are first choice attacking players; there's plenty of players who could improve us.If we lose him , only sanchez can improve us .
The best attack in the league is Spurs.Did they score the most goals this year?
Think you are right. But I am not sure what sort of attacker really suits us. I am of the impression that any forward thinking attacking player is not suitable for us, because if we make them track back and defend and then judge their attacking contribution, then most attackers will struggle.Finally a sensible post. We have several more pressing concerns in the squad than improving on Mata and Mikhi. Silva is a great player but not the type of player we need right now
Ruined my weekend, can't even enjoy the cup win properly now.
Why did they barely scrape a top four spot then?The best attack in league just got better. Like De Bruyne and Sane, another one I think we'll regret not going for.
Makes my blood boil seeing the level of players we field while City keeps stockpiling on top attacking talents like this. Ruined my weekend, can't even enjoy the cup win properly now.
Nowhere does Meltdowns quite like the Caf during transfer seasonI wonder if they are having a meltdown over at other football forums or is it only here...
Makes my blood boil seeing the level of players we field while City keeps stockpiling on top attacking talents like this. Ruined my weekend, can't even enjoy the cup win properly now.
You saw him twice against Spurs in the CL, what do you think about him?Nah, that would be Spurs .... with 86 goals.
Sanchez is Bayern bound. Needs something big to happen for him to not sign for them.If we lose him , only sanchez can improve us .
All is well then because we're nearly perfect if only Sanchez can make us better.If we lose him , only sanchez can improve us .
You're being overly kind.
Embarrassment of a thread now.
Wow... You know they just spent 70M EUR on this guy?Makes my blood boil seeing the level of players we field while City keeps stockpiling on top attacking talents like this. Ruined my weekend, can't even enjoy the cup win properly now.
And we loose him to for so called more attacking klopp, and get Mkh who plays like a train wreak and looses the ball when pressed trying to be direct when his abilities of being direct is being tested to the core.I think Mane would have been absolutely perfect for us.
Which they dont need and we do.Wow... You know they just spent 70M EUR on this guy?
We can't prevent. This isn't a one horse race here. You're playing in the league. You're not the only one with money and top manager. Chelsea and City got money, top manager and CL as well as us. You can't sign everything and leave them the scraps. It's impossible nowadays. No team is going to dominate the league forever as we did under SAF anyway.He was SAF. That argument no longer applies here. If we wont prevent, We wont win and dominate. This era is not easy at all. Top clubs punch according to their weight and sometimes above.
As predicted!Someone summed it up perfectly in this thread yesterday. They said something like - Silva is the type of player we will spend ages debating if he's any good, and then City will sign him and he'll be a top signing...