Christian Eriksen | Signs for Manchester United
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I think McTominay has proved how important he is to this team and that will continue. I reckon 90% of United fans are in for huge surprises when Shaw, Maguire, McTominay and Rashford are still key player under ETH.
Or Mata
why oh why do people here care about an extra £50k of money that isn't theirs? Either the club can afford it or they can't. He's a class player (maybe not the very very best) and has more than shown his commitment over the past year or so...
And if it's so important, think of the money saved by not paying a fee
Still a good player. Just older. Eriksen is younger than KdB…Or Mata
Might be because of Woodward.
Agreed with you but I'm a bit iffy on the bolded especially in terms of positional need.
Good player? Not in the premier league at least, Mata that is.
Chri$tian £riksen
well, I keep getting lectured on here that everything at the club has changed...
would you go back to work after almost dying despite having enough money not to have to do so?
It's like you've not watched or followed anything about the club for the last 10 years
It’s a joke mate relax
Yup - I still think a truly good manager can bring out the better player that is lurking inside Scotty
any signing that means Fred and McTominay slide down the pecking order is a signing we desperately need right now.
The policy of giving inflated contracts to players that don’t deserve them is part of the reason we are where we currently are.
This isn’t a comment necessarily aimed at Eriksen but I think if the figures are true we did overpay.
It's like you haven't followed the Premier League since its inception...
I wouldn’t mind them being key players if they somehow improve… I’m all for giving every single player another chance under a manager that is known for improving players. Time will tell. Think they’ll all get a season at least under ten Hag.
"part of" being the operative words. If the player is the right player, I really don't get what he gets paid - or for that matter what he costs. the problem is we've bought some duds, not how much we paid. to make matters worse we've then tried to fit them into a completely wrong style for those players
I don't have a problem with this for most of them but anyone story leakers or prima donnas must go...
We should sell one of McT and Fred if De Jong joins.
This has been said about nearly every good football player every. And it almost never turns out that way. It’s not only speed that players lose as they age, otherwise slow players would routinely play until they’re 40.
We’ve bought some shit and now are paying the price because we pay inflated wages because we can’t shift any of them.
I know he's not in the same class, but pretty sure the likes of ronaldo could go on playing until they are 40. zlatan still does and would be even better than he is right now had he not got injured
When you see how bad some of our players are in possession and you saw what a difference he made to Brentford when he came in, this is a superb signing.
Those players are very much anomalies though. Most footballers have a clear decline somewhere around 32, regardless of whether they appear to rely on speed or not. Rio for example had exceptional reading of the game yet he was finished at 34.
Great signing and exciting to see some good football again. This year if we can at least have a great football style (not thinking of winning yet) it will be a great start to ETH revolution.
I also think/feel that:
1- Against the bottom 12 + most Europa League and Cups (ie +30 games)it would be possible to play Eriksen + De Jong + Bruno. this will help unlock most defenses and have great control of the ball.
2- Against the tougher side we can include one DM ( Fred / McTominay/ Martinez) and play one of Bruno or De Jong in the #10,
I also think/feel that:
1- Against the bottom 12 + most Europa League and Cups (ie +30 games)it would be possible to play Eriksen + De Jong + Bruno. this will help unlock most defenses and have great control of the ball.
2- Against the tougher side we can include one DM ( Fred / McTominay/ Martinez) and play one of Bruno or De Jong in the #10,
True - although with Rio I think part of that might have been for personal family reasons. and CBs without speed are always shown up more than midfielders and forwards. In Maguire's case, long before they reach 40
Think the main culprits of that have gone to be honest mate. Lingard+pogba.
I hope so... I'm not convinced Blingard was the culprit. I won't miss Poga for one second...
Didn't believe this signing would ever happen, especially a a month back when there were whispers. Now he seems to be on the brink of singing I am really happy. We'll potentially go from Bruno and one of Fred/McTominay to Eriksen and De Jong, which screams the type of philosophy ten Hag wants to implement at the club.
I agree. We broke our wage structure for DDG and it has bit us for years and years. I think we learned our lessons there.
Someone's probably doing questionable math there - like adding the 10M to his total wage over 3 years and averaging it out to 200k p/w while also giving him the 10M sign on. (Say 140k p/w = 21.8M for 3 years, +10M sign on, that's 31.8M p/3y or ~205k p/w)
Let's wait for better sources.
Why are you listening to a Chelsea mouthpiece who even admits he hasn’t got a scooby what United offered?
You don't think it sounds like a thing United would do?
One of those players that you really wished we had signed earlier. Under fergie I’m convinced we would/should have gone for him.
Moreover, he is a true professional and will be the complete opposite of some of the jokers that used to play for us. If someone like that won’t help reset the culture, then nothing will.
Moreover, he is a true professional and will be the complete opposite of some of the jokers that used to play for us. If someone like that won’t help reset the culture, then nothing will.
I see the usual inflated figures come along when we're involved.
Fixing the mistake we made by not signing him in 2013 when he left Ajax. Love him as a player and I can't wait to watch him play for United.
Me too. Some of his play at Brentford is reminiscent of latter day Scholes.
Just like Mac or Mc but with less self hatred and alcoholism.
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