Of course he hasn't. He only signed to us last month!
Di Marzio: Javier Ribalta (Juventus scouting manager) to Man Utd
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Lol you might have better luck with Football Manager then, many of these mid-level personnel have no real network of their own and are just employees filling reports for a living. EDIT: you have Raiola already
Screw Dybala, I WANT WANT WANT the next del Piero
He's not learning the trade ffs
He will have knowledge of potential players. It's not as if he's a YTS getting an apprenticeship
Is this official yet folks?
You seriously expect this guy to have an immediate impact on our transfer targets inside a month? The summer plans were already in place before he signed. And I'm pretty sure Mourinho and the scouting team from last season know exactly the type of players we need this summer.He's not learning the trade ffs
He will have knowledge of potential players. It's not as if he's a YTS getting an apprenticeship
Also, we don't even know if Ribalta has even started working for us yet.
I already said our targets were already set... my thoughts were around whether in the 6 weeks or whatever that are left if Jose would turn to him for ideas since it looks like we have exhausted our list of potential alternative candidates and find ourselves stuck on the last 2 signings which is exactly what Jose himself said. Last thing we want is for 2 key positions to be unfulfilled.You seriously expect this guy to have an immediate impact on our transfer targets inside a month? The summer plans were already in place before he signed. And I'm pretty sure Mourinho and the scouting team from last season know exactly the type of players we need this summer.
Also, we don't even know if Ribalta has even started working for us yet.
Jose has the final say on whether to purchase players. The existing scouting staff have likely suggested a number of candidates to Jose that were shot down. I doubt Ribalta has a miraculous target in-place who matches Jose's wants and was previously unidentified by the current staff.
Even if he does, he's at a new club and needs to fulfil other expectations in terms of what he needs to deliver.He's not learning the trade ffs
He will have knowledge of potential players. It's not as if he's a YTS getting an apprenticeship
Not until he his holding the shirt in a presser.
Yeah, my bad, I thought Juve but wrote Inter. #Brainfartmoments
I'm not saying the position can't be universal, I'm saying one of the reasons he was so succesful at Juve could be that he can highlight exactly the type of players Juve needs, Naingolaan is a far different player compared with Carrick, Kante is a different player than fabinho, but they all play as DM's.
Just walking into a new club, before knowing; the complete philosophy, playing style, weaknesses, strengths & team selections etc. then bringing your own shortlisted players and advising to buy them in the same window could be dangerous.
I like danger
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This is the Ribalta thread. Make a new scouting thread instead
Terrible scout. Spends half the game looking the wrong way.
Good one
Given that Poznań probably have one of the best academies in Poland and that they've recently sold many of their academy players for (what is for Polish teams) pretty good money, it's probably a good move for him and us.
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Interesting analysis. Ribalta certainly made his mark at Juventus.
I noted elsewhere that Dalot is not a typical Mourinho signing. The influence of Ribalta would account for signing the youngster.
The emergence of a coherent, long term transfer strategy would certainly be welcome at the club. We’ve been scattershot in that department since Fergie left.
With Ribalta on board we seem to have a better system to identify high potential young players.
Looking forward to seeing which other youngsters he will bring into the set up, especially at youth level!
Looking forward to seeing which other youngsters he will bring into the set up, especially at youth level!
Fred is more of a Ribalta signing to me. Mou is a former Porto coach and has connections all over Portugal, so he's probably heard of the amazing reviews Dalot got. Adding in the reasonable price, it was a simple decision to go for him. With Fred, I can't remember the last time we've signed a player from Ukrainian league, there was likely a lot of scouting done that hasn't been done before in that league.
There's some shrewd signings that can be made. One of which is Torreira, Sampdoria's 22 year old DM whose got a 25m minimum fee clause inserted in his contract. Philipp Max would be decent as LB same as Lenglet as CB.
MEN also reckon they’ll be a few more surprising signings. I for one am not thinking this means a marquee signing but more of the like of Dalot.
But going back to Ribalta, I strangely am excited to see his work with us for over the next few years. Other than the first team players or manager, I’ve never been as excited to see the work of another staff memeber. Well, him and McKenna now since joining the first team.
But going back to Ribalta, I strangely am excited to see his work with us for over the next few years. Other than the first team players or manager, I’ve never been as excited to see the work of another staff memeber. Well, him and McKenna now since joining the first team.
Not to derail the thread, but I am excited about Carrick too
Both Pogba and Lukaku have spoken highly about him and how he helped them with one-on-one training sessionsUmaro embalo was probably the benfica u19 target?
Yeah him or Joao Felix could be another, both very highly rated
We've been linked quite a lot with Embalo.
Yeah i know, we wernt linked atall with Dalot and signed him out the blue. Not saying we wernt watching embalo, just theres other highly rated Benfica youngsters we'r probably watching aswel. Gedson Fernandez is another who's very highly rated that played in that game.
Yeah with how often clubs change managers now you need to have some resemblance of a long term strategy.
Hell even City were buying players to fit Pep's system for a few years before signing him as their manager.
Yea, very true. Very unusual for players to come out and praise the coaches for the work they do but I’m guessing as it’s an ex-player, who they’ve played with, makes it an exception!Not to derail the thread, but I am excited about Carrick too
What a strange situation this is
Think there is something going on behind the scenes.