I haven’t really seen him play,but I”ve heard a lot of good things about his game.His goalscoring record is phenomenal for an attacking midfielder....I just hope that we can seal this deal,cause we desperately need to sign a midfielder this month...
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No chance.
As with most of our transfers this will drag on a bit
That is on Ed unfortunately. His biggest mistake was to go public with 'We can do what other clubs dream of in the market' statement. Utter fecking stupidity.
Our transfers automatically tripled in price after that statement and I also reckon any selling club would go public with negotiations to drive our price up even more since we already showed our hand.
The league, with regards to the top 6, is the weakest it's been in a while. Arsenal, United, Chelsea and Spurs are all in transition with new managers and rebuilds. That said below the top 6 teams like Wolves are materialising and the relative strength compared to other leagues is better.
The rest of Europe is facing similar issues by the way which is why your garbage comment is, well, garbage.
Real, Barca, Athletico aren't really flying. Barca just ditched their coach for instance and Madrid are in a love hate relationship with Zidane. In Italy Inter are doing well but the league itself is weak and they are in the Europa League which speaks volumes. Bayern and Dortmund are hit and miss with the former still yet to replace some high profile departures like Robben, Robern etc.
Essentially European football is going through a massive change at the moment with only really Liverpool and City capitalising on it. Anyone half decent could cement their place at the top and this is why I feel despite being a very good team this Liverpool one isn't an all time great. They are just seizing a fantastic opportunity.
But yeah the PL isn't garbage. The success of the national team itself should tell you that much.
Against city and Evra got roasted
It's all beginning to sound a bit too familiar to the summer saga if you ask me. Delaying, penny pinching, more delaying, waiting for Bruno to play against Benfica, waiting for the window to close.
Sean Longstaff would be a desperate buy. Bruno would be one of the best transfers we've had in a long time. Spot the difference.The caf is 100% absolutely desperate to buy. Reckon many here would give them Old Trafford if Sporting asked for it.
THIS IS THE GUY
You seem obsessed with judging leagues by their top clubs.. Which is clear garbage as you like to say.
Utter nonsense. How many record points winners, best ever second place points total must we witness before we question the quality of the league? Thats 4 records over the last 3 years right? And that could well go again this year.
Plus isnt the fact top sides elsewhere are finding it harder to dominate point you to something?
But then Arsenal beat Kosovo FC so i must be wrong.
I absolutely cannot wait for this Bruno lad to come in and sweep all the awards next year.
He's probably a decent enough player but the hype in this thread is unreal.
Perhaps you didn't take in what I said but footballs elite are all struggling in each league. I believe the likes of Leicester, Wolves, Sheff United are better quality sides than 7-8-9 in Spain, Italy, Germany etc.
I'm not obsessed with anything. This is my first interaction with you on the matter which wouldn't indicate any kind of obsession.
No thanks. They can jog on.
Despite his lack of quality, he's a vital squad member at present.
Release clause is irrelevant if the club are begging you to buy him to keep them afloat.
No, pay 60m for Bruno? Thanks God you ar enot involved in finance.
Would it be wrong to liken him to Coutinho? If yes, why?
Yep the familiar story that we are haggling over the fee only for the transfer to either fall through, or happen with the fee being the same as the fee that was originally mentioned.
Genuinely interested @FrenchRed, would you have given in to Palace and paid 10m extra for AWB and removed the Zaha 25% sell on clause?
When did that happen? Maguire stated at not for sale, then 90m, finished on 80m. AWB started higher and wanted the removal of a clause for Zaha that could be worth 10-15m for us.
I'm not exactly Andreas biggest fan, he's been lucky to play so much as he has this season, but it would be madness to loan him out. We have no idea how quickly Bruno will settle, so making our midfield numbers smaller seems moronic.
No, youre obsessed with European coefficents and how Bayern etc play. Its a trap arguements get caught in. Every poster who get caught up in league v league gets caught up in that. You can see with your well thought out post about co efficents but the detail to the sides outside those top sides amounts to one line about how you just think theyre good. Thats it.
The quality of football has fallen off a cliff in England. Hell it has everywhere. We see it every week.
Our league rarely gives top sides a game anymore. Spurs got top 4 by losing to top sides but beating the rest (until recently)
Anyway, this isnt the thread for this discussion.
Can't get excited about new signings anymore. For the last 7 years, they just all turn to shit when they join us.
Would be a stupid move if we sent Andreas there when the idea is to strengthen our squad.
I don't disagree that our league standard has dropped but I do feel that has been mirrored throughout Europe and even more so elsewhere hence me taking issue with simply calling the PL garbage. Unless of course you're making the broader point European football in general is garbage? That I can agree with but I'm not prepared to accept that the PL is lagging behind other European leagues.
Well, we'd be replacing Pereira with a better player, so technically we are strengthening the squad. But we aren't increasing numbers is the issue.
strange post when we had Dan James, AWB, and Maguire who's come in and done pretty well if not decent.
Do we really know what they did/didn't ask for in negotiations? As an outsider, we'll never know. For me, we should just get things done, quietly and efficiently, without days and days of the saga being on the back pages.
I can see this ending up with no deal being done, and 'no value in the market'/'we'll not pay over the odds' being rolled out again. It seems that the Execs could take huge lessons from someone like Levy.
Initial reports on Maguire was £75m. AWB was always £50m.
Strengthening the first XI perhaps but not the squad.
Genuinly excited about this transfer. It seems like the guys either scores or assists in almost every game. He'll be a great addition.
The only thing which bugs me is, if we are paying £60/70m which was the original asking price in the summer, why didn't we sign him then? He could have given us a big boost in the first half if this season and we could even have been a few places higher in the League?
Another bad decision by the management in my opinion
The only thing which bugs me is, if we are paying £60/70m which was the original asking price in the summer, why didn't we sign him then? He could have given us a big boost in the first half if this season and we could even have been a few places higher in the League?
Another bad decision by the management in my opinion
If it's true that Sporting are buying time to play him against Benfica that is very annoying. Imagine he gets injured. Just let him go ffs.
This Pereira talk is quite clearly Chinese whispers from the press who have mixed up Andreas and Joel Pereira. There's no chance we are looking to strengthen in depth while spending €50m+ and simply swapping a midfielder who has played in the majority of our EPL games this season for a midfielder who has never played in the EPL.
Yeah, agreed. We'd have to be mental to swap our number 10 for theirs, we need him for the depth as he'll be a good option there, no question about it.
Never watched him play but lets put it this way. His highlights are much better than Madison's or Grealish's highlights. If there isnt really anything missing from his game, its a no brainer.
Sure while highlights arent necessarily the best way to judge a player he does look far better than Madison who is just decent and Grealish who is just above average.
Sure while highlights arent necessarily the best way to judge a player he does look far better than Madison who is just decent and Grealish who is just above average.
Both him and Gomes are media talk imo. It would make no sense from either the club's or the player's perspective.
Agreed, feels like they're just working through the squad to add them in as the next name.
Pereira speaks Portuguese, easy pick. Ole loves him anyway, he won't be going anywhere.
Doesn't seem logical for us to get rid of Ole's main man when Pogba's been unfit, as questionable as he might be long term.
There's no way Sporting would want Joel Pereira in return.
They may be desperate but they cant be soo desperate they would want a inexperienced Keeper who has practically failed at every loaned club he's been sent out too.
They may be desperate but they cant be soo desperate they would want a inexperienced Keeper who has practically failed at every loaned club he's been sent out too.
For the last 7 years we've been dragging on with these type of transfers.
It leaves me breathless.
It leaves me breathless.
He may not be a brilliant footballer but his passion for United is unquestionable, it'd be a shame to lose that at a difficult time in our season.
If it's a like-for-like swap what about giving them Juan Mata? Assuming of course Juan is up for it.
Pereira's quite important to us at the moment so it's not a good time to let him go.
Pereira's quite important to us at the moment so it's not a good time to let him go.
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