Wasn't Kagawa always a United fan?
Christian Pulisic | Chelsea player
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Oh old interview then. My bad.
I am excited for him and just wish team USA had better players to play with him.
Wherever he moves, just hope it isn't Liverpool. They keep being linked with him and it'd break my heart if he went there.
Tough to make it in Germany though. It's a very tough league for forgieners. Very proud of his progress thus far and in reality, staying at Dortmund for the next 2 years w/ regular playing time is the best thing for him, assuming he keeps a mostly starting role at the club.
Tough to make it in Germany though. It's a very tough league for forgieners. Very proud of his progress thus far and in reality, staying at Dortmund for the next 2 years w/ regular playing time is the best thing for him, assuming he keeps a mostly starting role at the club.
Can't really compare the Spanish teams. You'll find people that will pick either one but few that follow La Liga but not the Premier League actively.
Yes 2 years ago, when he was 16. He became a pro then and since that time his focus has been Dortmund and Dortmund alone. He's not going to spend his time thinking about what's going on in the PL. It hardly matters at all which club you followed as a kid. Welbeck asked to leave, Ramsey picked Arsenal over us and O'Shea took our contract offer despite being a Liverpool supporter. Gerrard is Liverpool through and through but used to be an Everton fan.
Maybe if we'd gotten him earlier in this transfer window. Little chance anyone will be getting him for cheap after the crazy inflated numbers that are being thrown around now. If Dortmund want €150 million for Dembele, they'll prolly be asking for at least €100 million for Pulisic whose contract runs through 2020. I can see both us and Liverpool going hard after him post-World Cup. He'd be absolutely perfect for us both on the pitch and in a commercial sense.
He's really quite good. Shows consistency and maturity that some players never achieve, even if there will be those who are more talented than him. Hope he cements a starting spot in the next season or two so he can continue to grow.
I blame the USSF youth setup and MLS to some extent. Youth soccer is still focused on college scholarship/development route where a player's growth is stunted. USSF and MLS need to focus on academy development and put money into it.
That or the better US talents should go to Europe to play in proper academy environments.
Yeah, people obviously follow the EPL with more intensity. In Canada, the EPL and Champions League are significantly more accessible than any major league, with only Bundesliga also having the occasional game on entry-level cable channels. Serie A, La Liga and Ligue 1 are all Bein properties, although with the new streaming package having full control on the NFL package in Canada, also having Ligue 1, Serie A and La Liga, they have all become much more accessible and will, therefore, be easier for people to follow.
Either way, very curious to see how Pulisic develops. No Americans have really made their mark at a top Euro club. When Tim Howard had his spell with us it was fairly highly hyped. If an exciting attacker can crack one of the top 6 or a big continental team (Barca, Real, Bayern, or Juve) it will be a big deal.
He's going to be incredible and I hope to God above that Mourinho see's him eventually as an option for our right wing.
We don't need him now and he shouldn't move now either. He only now became a starter at BVB with the Dembele situation. He should stay there for a couple more years to develop his game for sure, a move to the EPL would be too soon now.
When I said we could get him on the cheap, I meant in 2019 not now. We should visibly scout him the same way we did with Perisic (maybe with a Mourinho visit or two) and make it known that we are very interested. Put the seeds in his head. Promise him a nice sign on fee if he does not renew with BVB. Then in the summer of 2019 BVB will have to sell on the cheap or lose him for free the next summer and we could probably get him for 30-40m.
At 20yo in 2019 he'd still be very young but at least by that time he'll have some seasons under his belt and experience. It would be the right time for him to make the leap probably.
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What makes you say that?
Just watched this. Might have been posted before but it's not in this thread.
Huge talent. Great head on his shoulders. Excellent family behind him. Pics of him at Old Trafford & in a United shirt woven in there.
Dortmund have a great player on their hands.
Huge talent. Great head on his shoulders. Excellent family behind him. Pics of him at Old Trafford & in a United shirt woven in there.
Dortmund have a great player on their hands.
Grooming a future United legend
Can't remember the last time I saw a player that two-footed. Nedved probably. I don't think it's ridiculous to suggest he'd still be a top talent if he could only use his weaker foot.
He seems like he could keep on improving a lot and become one of the top players. He also seems like a realistic kind of signing for us. More great scouting from Dortmund. He'd also be a total marketing dream for Ed in the USA...
Dortmund have a goldmine in him.
He IS constantly improving. It's incredible at what rate he does that and his biggest strength. Comparing end of last season and this seasons games is like night and day. And that's just a few months. Haven't seen a player grow that rapidly AND steadily in a while. Many youth players kinda go with plateaus and bumps of growth - but somehow it seems he just keeps constantly growing.
If he keeps doing that and stays free of long-lasting injuries, I don't know where the limit for him is. I just hope he is gonna renew his contract and stay for 2 more seasons in Dortmund (or longer of course
).Never seen him play, what type of player is he?He IS constantly improving. It's incredible at what rate he does that and his biggest strength. Comparing end of last season and this seasons games is like night and day. And that's just a few months. Haven't seen a player grow that rapidly AND steadily in a while. Many youth players kinda go with plateaus and bumps of growth - but somehow it seems he just keeps constantly growing.
If he keeps doing that and stays free of long-lasting injuries, I don't know where the limit for him is. I just hope he is gonna renew his contract and stay for 2 more seasons in Dortmund (or longer of course
If we miss out on this lad I’ll be seriously pissed. Should be a fairly easy transfer imo.
With the state of the inflated market at the moment, especially for talented youngsters, I'm not so sure about that SirAF.
But I watched the video and read a bit on here about him being a United fan as well? Hopefully that helps, should we be interested in him.
I’m thinking more along the lines that Dortmund won’t be able to hang onto him for much longer and that United have the means to get him. Not that there wouldn’t be competition though!
Who's his comparison?
Does he score goals or mostly a playmaker?
Does he score goals or mostly a playmaker?
The fact that he's another from Dortmund puts me off a bit. They usually flop elsewhere.
I imagine the Glazers and Woodward are already salivating at the prospect of this lad at United. We'd take over the American market with him at the club.
If he were 10 years older it would be on. Jose, along with everyone here, would be wild with excitement.
Isn't that stereotype a bit dated?
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Dembele - too soon to tell.
Mkhitaryan - performing roughly as expected
Hummels - performing well
Gündogan - performing well between his injuries
He's a wide forward in the modern mold - does a bit of playmaking and has added goals as he's gotten older. You could maybe compare him roughly to Kaka in terms of playing style? Something along those lines.
I'm just trying to describe style of play / position on the pitch. Obviously he's very unlikely to be as good as Kaka was, simply because very few players in the history of the sport have been that good. Doesn't mean his style of play can't be described as something similar.
He actually reminds me of Ribery. No lightning pace but quick on the ball with both playmaking and goalscoring abilities.
I think he said style rather than ability
He's going to be an excelent player, but I don't see material to become a decisive type of player.
Yeah, I'd agree with that. He'd be a great replacement on the right - seemingly he can play across the frontline, or even behind Lukaku in a couple of years. But as we all know, 2-3 years is a long time in football and a lot can change.
I always thought Ribery was a very pacey winger.
Pacey definitely, just not Walcott/Aubameyang-esque.
Since not many players are as quick as them so I wasn't expecting that "lightning pacey" is referring to Walcott's pacey.
A bit like Griezmann when he was at Real Sociedad - but very two-footed and with more pace (not extreme by any means, he just has that extra gear in terms of acceleration which allows him to beat his marker more easily that the Atlético player). Decent creator and goalscorer right now - with the potential to be very good at both if he keeps developing at his current rate. Much like Griezmann, I think his most noticeable strength when you watch him play is his spatial and tactical intelligence - very rarely will you find a young player who's so intuitive and cunning in terms of his movement - both on and off the ball - probably one of the best for young players in the Bundesliga since Thomas Müller in that department. Also, he has a decent understanding of his defensive responsibilities and is quite brave despite his average stature - that's something Griezmann has, too. Based on what they showed at Dortmund, I reckon he doesn't have the pure potential of Dembélé in terms of being someone who can influence games on his own, but Pulisic should develop into an excellent player in his own right - especially when you consider his penchant for improvement with every season.
The Müller comparision is quite decent, but not quite it. He definitely is capable of more on the ball than Müller, but naturally Müllers spatial and tactical intelligence is out of those world which he is ahead. Additionally I think you should have emphatised his two-footedness more. It's definitely beyond the average two-footedness.
And he probably is a tad bit below Dembele in terms of overall potential - but to be fair, he is also 1y4m younger. We will see where he stands in 1 year and 4 months.
Dortmund players only works at Dortmund or Germany league.
Kagawa ? Mkhirtayan ? 2 of their claimed best players...nothing special when came to United.
Even Dembele wont be as expected at Barca. Pulisic is like a Griezman ? Ah really. Let him surpass Gotze or Reus level first. Dortmund former wonderkids.
Kagawa ? Mkhirtayan ? 2 of their claimed best players...nothing special when came to United.
Even Dembele wont be as expected at Barca. Pulisic is like a Griezman ? Ah really. Let him surpass Gotze or Reus level first. Dortmund former wonderkids.