And entirely unnecessary!
It's a really basic point that absolutely doesn't need an analogy to be made clearer!Elliot Anderson | Athletic: United's main target
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It's a really basic point that absolutely doesn't need an analogy to be made clearer!Bidding wars like this don't really happen because Forest can't force him to leave for a club he doesn't want to join.
He'll have a preferred destination, and as long as their bid comes in around the valuation, it doesn't really matter if another club comes in and offers more.
I'm fairly sure Newcastle offered more for Mbeumo than we did, but he didn't want to go there.
Personally I think united should try amd sign both. Two different types of CM and i think would compliment each other rather well.
In many circumstances I would agree with you.
But for Anderson, there are only two clubs who are in a position to buy him; United and City.
I don’t see Real or Barca being interested; Arsenal and Chelsea don’t need him. Liverpool at a stretch. For everyone else, he’s already out of reach.
I think Liverpool are a very reasonable possibility.
City being linked with Nmecha from Dortmund so maybe there is a bit of hope
Yup. Under Glazers we missed on many of these "market opportunities". INEOS have gotten a lot better at this (see the recent Gibbs-White links for example and the relegation release clause). So I guess for whatever reason we just decided he wasn't the guy.
How good is Elliot Anderson? Is he worth the 60-70mil it will take to grab him from Forest?
I don't see him making that much difference. There's a difference between being a player who makes a difference, and player who simply replaces existing players.
I'm assuming he is far, far, far better than Ugarte. Is he better than Kobie Mainoo?
I haven't watched him closely, but I just think we need to make sure we do not follow hype.
Brentford, Brighton.. Bournemouth..they all seem to be able to find players of good quality without going nuts with the chequebook.
Manchester United do not always have to buy only big-name players.
I don't see him making that much difference. There's a difference between being a player who makes a difference, and player who simply replaces existing players.
I'm assuming he is far, far, far better than Ugarte. Is he better than Kobie Mainoo?
I haven't watched him closely, but I just think we need to make sure we do not follow hype.
Brentford, Brighton.. Bournemouth..they all seem to be able to find players of good quality without going nuts with the chequebook.
Manchester United do not always have to buy only big-name players.
Yes, he's significantly better than Mainoo. He is a fully developed PL CM with a very rounded game outside of goalscoring. He would be a major asset for us and likely our best CM since Carrick.
This link appearing now is so funny to me.
Over the weekend I watched a couple of games of his and was pretty impressed. He would rank pretty highly for versatile 8 options I think United should consider. He provides a bit of the dynamism which United seemed to lack in midfield with Mainoo and Casemiro vs Palace.
I also think he would make an ideal partner for Anderson tbh. Andersoner deep-lying playmaker, Nmecha quick box-to-box. Both get stuck in and neither have any huge flaws in their games. Both also solid in the air.
Would suck if City got them both...
He's significantly better until he comes here and people realise how good Mainoo actually is...
Mainoo has improved significantly under Carrick but he's really levels below Anderson, and that's fine - it's where he is up to in his development.
I’m not sure if he’s the right player for us or not, not fully sold on him. This idea however that if City are in for him then he’s sure to go to them needs to die. We’ve beaten them to signings in recent times. If we get CL football then we have as good a chance as anybody.
He’s been pretty openly homophobic and transphobic in the past on social media. Having Jim associated with us is bad enough already.
Also a City youth product currently impressing at Dortmund. Let's not go down that road again ey ..
I watched him against Bayern. Only one game though. But in that he was poor
i don't think City would be looking to bring in them both....probably an alternative to Anderson if he chooses to turn them down
Unlike Sancho (and Kagawa and Mikhi) he does actually have the required pace, strength and intensity for the PL though.
Fair enough. I've barely seen him play so can't really comment. His highlight reel looks promising.
He seemed to enjoy scoring against City this evening. Likely clutching at straws, but maybe his mind isn't made up?
United would still need to qualify for CL though...
United would still need to qualify for CL though...
Yeah would be surprised if it isn't and that goal has probably strengthened City's hopes of signing him
He’s one of the best midfielder in the league right now and is miles ahead of Mainoo
Mainoo is one of the most overrated player in the team right now. He’s young and developing and honestly quite far off from being one of the best midfielder in the league.
Then why has no club in the league come to us and slap a 100 millions bid on our table to buy him?
I'd pay 130m for him if I had to. It won't come to that, obviously, but the point I'm making is that yes, he is "that" good -- as good as midfielder as you can buy, given age profile, and so forth, in football.
Easily justifies the 100m price tag. And if people don't believe that then just wait until the summer when it happens re supply/demand (worth on market). But with him it's not just hype. He'll be great for a decade for whomever he signs with imo, I just hope it's us.
He can be as good with the ball as he likes, if he can't turn up, work relentlessly or keep up with the opposition midfielders, it's all pointless.
What is Elliot so good at, to warrant spending £100m ?
He's good at basically everything in the games I've seen. Classic box to box. Reminds me of a young Keane ironically at the same club.
We'll go balls deep into this one, I can see us getting 100m ready to land him. It cannot be understated how much we need mobile #8 at the moment.
Get him and Tonali in please. Honestly think just getting in 2 dynamic midfielders into the squad solidifies us as a top 4 team and allows us to build the rest of the squad for a title challenge.
I think I agree with that.
Yeah. No manager, not even Enrique, would get this team anywhere with the midfield we have.
That’s probably £160-170m and a protracted long winded wait, we absolutely must be looking at both these players with others like stiller, Camavinga, Wharton, Valverde, however we should go get Joao Gomez for £40m as a third midfielder and get that one done as early as possible. I don’t think fans realise just how bad this area of the squad is right now!
He scored against City last night, he’s not worth £100m but nor was Caciedo or Rce the current market is crazy for technically good players and he’s definitely one of those, the only way he comes to United is that city get a transfer Ban.
Extremely annoying. He's one of the more United coded midfielders I've watched in recent years and he's going to that cheat club to play under "Pep"
City will spend 100m on him after scoring past them last night
Is this guy a reliable source?
How surprising that we’d get beaten to our top targets this summer