Can't believe some people on here claim they'd be "fuming" if Utd paid €80m for him.
I think we've got a pretty clear 4231 shape, and even in build up Eriksen goes deep very often. I agree we use a 3-1-6 build up often, but Enzo can do that excellently. He's a progressive player on the ball, can have a good impact further up, very good and reliable on the ball, but also aggressive defensively. Casemiro as the rock next to him would make us so hard to play against but also reliable in possession.
This is more likely, yes. He already said in past interviews while at River that playing for Real Madrid would be his career peak. Not about most players, but players from South America. Real Madrid is very popular in those Spanish speaking countries and even Brazilian players preferred them because the language barrier is smaller (and off course Real Madrid is a fantastic club selling their image. Even when they were not winning they always had players interested in signing for them)
He might fancy Madrid but with them having Camavinga, Tchouameni and Valverde on the cards... I just don't see Enzo going there. The 2 french guys have that locked up long term for them.
Nobody would be fuming for paying that much for him unless they’re relatives of the glazers. I never get this. Any quality player will now cost a lot, especially when the club isn’t forced to sell. This whole I hope we don’t sign him because he costs this or that doesn’t make any sense. The main question we should be asking ourselves is, will he make our team considerably better or not?
I would've thought so too but with them apparently involved for Bellingham (and him preferring a Real move), I'm not entirely convincend on that.
He'd immediately improve our midfield and will only improve, being 21 at the moment. Although even more than a Fernandez type of player we are in need of a true 10 - maybe he can play that role as well though (alongside Thiago in front of Fabinho).
Bellingham i could see as he's naturally an attacking midfielder! So he could make a 3 with Camavinga and Tchouameni pretty naturally. Valverde as a go between the midfield and attackers depending on what they want. Enzo is too much of a Camavinga/Tchouameni position player and you'd have nobody really of that group who can play the attacking role. In terms of their squad building... Bellingham, endrick, and eventually pushing for Mbappe make sense. Enzo for me doesn't really.I would've thought so too but with them apparently involved for Bellingham (and him preferring a Real move), I'm not entirely convincend on that.
At least they'll be in for only one of Fernandez and Bellingham, one would hope
There was hype, but not for 120 million...
Eriksen has been our deep lying playmaker next to Casemiro the defensive mid, and has been good but not great. Some very good performances, others where he looks his age. Getting Enzo there so we can rotate Eriksen with him and Bruno would be an excellent group, with McTominay backing up Casemiro.
Still Coutinho
It's an overpay but also an overpay for the young player of the world Cup, where he was probably the biggest change for Argentina and he consistently displayed excellent and mature performances for them... It was a brilliant world cup from him to add on to the hype that he's been building. Press resistant, quality passer, quality technique, aggressive off the ball... It wasn't an undeserved award at all and he did it without needing any hype from big goals, just dictated games with his ability.
Idk, how many of the biggest transfers since 2010 have worked out?
Mbappe probably
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Yeah that's fair, but I also think most of them are due to teams signing players who they didn't need... Id only advocate a team spending big on a player if it's a position and role of true and clear need, and they're at the right age and have elite potential. Enzo ticks that box for me, Antony ticked it as well but time will tell what level he develop to, but we needed a left footed RW with big potential, and there are very few of them around.
Fantastic. I’ve been consistent in saying he isn’t worth that.
How reliable is this fella?
Not reliable.
to be fair, probably even ETH thought that
TBF he wasn’t the only one that thought Gakpo was going to be coming to Man Utd.
Shit tier he is.
Has he ever played in that role?
Yeah it's loan or bust for us
Thought it was generally accepted that overpaying for players on the back of a tournament performance is the worst way a club can invest transfer funds.
He should have been a top target before the tournament too though. He was looking excellent for Benfica and attracting a lot of attention, and was hyped before he joined Benfica.
Enzo? It's where he always plays... He's a 6 or an 8 depending on system you set up, but not a 10.
Yeah I only saw him at #6 during the WC, never saw how he does at #8 maybe even as part of a double pivot.
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