If we sold him after the EL final we would have got 20mil for him, but no we had to wait a year
Darmian to Juventus?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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The Juventus want to buy him so he can't be that bad line is just absurd, too.
Seems like a nice guy, but at times a total liability out there... can count the number of good games hes had for us on one hand.
Goodbye and good luck at Juve
Goodbye and good luck at Juve
Why?
Because great football clubs buy poor players every window.
Darmian was a nothing player for us and will be a nothing player for Juventus.
No, you misunderstood my query, the question was, if he's so bad, why do Juventus want to buy him?
I answered it.
You did not at all!
Why do you think Juventus are buying him? Because they know he's shit and they don't have anything else to do with €12M?
Because some halfwit thinks he's worth spending that money on.
They think they can polish a turd. They better have a big bag of glitter to hand if that falls through.
Its a weird one, he's looked useless at United but he's still a regular Italian international and he's on the verge of signing for Juve, he will probably do well in their league.
I like your confidence. Let's see how he does at Juve.
Think he ll do well and be far more useful than what he has been for us.
Not the one to slate players, but the best I can say is that he tried.
He could probably do better in another system, but definitely not a player for United. And LVG buying him to play possession style football is something I will never understand.
He could probably do better in another system, but definitely not a player for United. And LVG buying him to play possession style football is something I will never understand.
Do they need a waterboy or something?
It's a mystery he has lasted this long here. He's been atrocious in every way.
He had a good first 3 or 4 games and he was solid in the Europa League final.
Other than that I thought he was hopeless. It's ridiculous he lasted here for 3 seasons.
Other than that I thought he was hopeless. It's ridiculous he lasted here for 3 seasons.
£10m is a good price for him.
He was spectacularly unimpressive for the most of his time with us however he always gave his best and wish him well for the future.
Ok thanks for sharing mate, i've seen Giggs play at fullback too. He like May wasn't a fullback.
I imagine Juve are not buying him based on his form for United, they are taking a punt on him hoping he can recapture his form for Torino.
If they were judging him entirely on his United form i seriously doubt any good team would want.
I’m inclined to agree with Kag here. If he does well it will shock me.
I don’t think it’s hyperbole at all to say as a fullback he failed to show any redeeming traits at Manchester United. He’s not fast, he’s extremely useless going forward, a non-entity in the air, and his one-on-one defending was no better than our converted wingers. He also had poor stamina levels too - Especially under van Gaal in his first season.
He’s quite two footed, I suppose?
I don’t think it’s hyperbole at all to say as a fullback he failed to show any redeeming traits at Manchester United. He’s not fast, he’s extremely useless going forward, a non-entity in the air, and his one-on-one defending was no better than our converted wingers. He also had poor stamina levels too - Especially under van Gaal in his first season.
He’s quite two footed, I suppose?
I'm not entirely sure what you are talking about here mate, revisionism? We were talking about Darmian and Valencia's attacking output. In that respect Darmian has never given us anything.
He was good defensively towards the end of 16/17 in set-ups that suited him no doubt, i said as much at the time.
You’re fun.
10m seems low for him in this day and age, he's a full Italy international, surely he must be worth more than that?
He's a good defender but atrocious going forward, wish him all the best.
He's a good defender but atrocious going forward, wish him all the best.
Büttner was a bit, er, agricultural, but he invariably gave his all. Darmian seems so half-arsed.
Though he was a good signing to start with but was quickly found out.
He has put in some good performances over the last few years but was inconsistent and never really suited to the English game.
Where our game has a lot of pace and power, he was exposed several times and ripped apart by quick forwards. The more tactical Italian game will suit him far more. He is a good defender, who has a good brain, is versatile and energetic, just didn’t adapt to our football.
It’s a good sale for us. He will do well at Juventus though I don’t expect him to become a world beater or anything.
He has put in some good performances over the last few years but was inconsistent and never really suited to the English game.
Where our game has a lot of pace and power, he was exposed several times and ripped apart by quick forwards. The more tactical Italian game will suit him far more. He is a good defender, who has a good brain, is versatile and energetic, just didn’t adapt to our football.
It’s a good sale for us. He will do well at Juventus though I don’t expect him to become a world beater or anything.
According to Di Marzio, we're holding out for at least €20m. That's what we bought him for, I think.
Darmian is not a bad player. He's just shockingly bad in a fast paced league. He can't transition from attacking and defending. This is why he barely attacks as a fullback, because he doesn't have the recovery runs for it, and its why he is much more effective as a wingback when a centre back can cover for him.
Think it's good we're haggling. It always seems like we sell players at the first offer.
IIRC, back then Euros were weak against pounds so it was converted to 12.7m pounds. 20m euros would be a solid 17m pounds today.
We'll probably settle at 15 and bring in Sandro at a slightly reduced cost and settle it that way. Juve are penny pinching bastards at the best of times so it's no use going the full hog over a few million Euros.
Oh true. Assuming Juve pay up, somehow making profit on him would be great.
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The best we can hope for is this scenario. Is that an Italian word? Anyway, before we bought him, it must have been because he originally played well in the Italian league. Out of sight, out of mind. Much like everyone thought Owen Hargreaves was decent cos he played in Germany.
Once again united buy high and sell low.
Can’t remember the last time we got decent money for anybody since Ronny.
Darmian will be fine in Italy it’s a slow play league that will suit him ( also the reason Pogba looked so good there )
I'm just relieved we found a club that want to pay his wages. No idea why Juve would want him personally
Have you allowed for inflation?
Hopefully he stays
Juve are the biggest cheapskates in the history of football. Right next to Spurs.
Why? Don't you want quality in the squad?
Hopefully Juve don't back off due to the price tag because I don't think we'll find any other club stupid enough to take him. I can't blame us for asking for 20m but hopefully negotiations go smoothly.
every biggest cheapskate on earth lives off an even bigger fool proudly wasting their money
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