Played once against us shortly after coming back from injury in the 1-1. He was decent, Valencia's best midfielder on the day but nothing to write home about. He didnt regain his form till the second half of the season
Anderson outshone him on the night though. Perhaps Anderson's best performance of the seasonEver is better on the ball than both players mentioned. He will replace Sneijder's distribution. However losing Sneijder and getting Ever and Sanchez is good business to me also gives them a different style of play.
Liverpool probably.
Isn't he a bit good?. My entire knowledge of the kid is from 2 or 3 youtube videos, so i can't say i know much. But from what i've read, the kid is quite good and is young too.[Muppetry] At 8m (if the article is to be believed), wouldn't he be quite a good signing?. [/muppetry]
Pool where interested in him last year which makes me say them. They do seem stacked in the middle at the minute but he would probably be an upgrade to Lucus.
Please elaborate
His game is based on taking control of the midfield and what ever team he plays for that will be his job. However doing it at Valencia is a massive difference to being relied on to do it at United. I feel what we would expect from him he would come short. Basically he would be another version of Anderson (form wise, not in style). Just my personal opinion.
Yeah just a weird story that came out that keeps getting recycled. Valencia in fact decided not to sell him 2 summers ago when he hadnt proven anything at Valencia yet, because they wouldnt get back what they paid for him at the time (quotes from the president). 2 seasons on and for much of that time he's been their best performer and 8 million euros will do it... Err okay. If you say so.
Expectations would be higher at United than when he plays for Argentina alongside Messi?
Agree with the bolded portion.
Huh? So a guy who has established himself consistently over a couple of seasons, not only in Spain, but for a top international team like Argentina, is suddenly going to lose form and start playing poorly due to the incredible pressure put on him by the annually sporadic and often very average performances of Carrick, Fletcher and Anderson?
You mean like our current midfielders?
Yes the same player that failed at Atletico 2 seasons ago and was dropped half way through last season for bad form. It's inevitable. Yeah great he plays good for Argentina so did/does Elano and Lucus for Brazil. Stupidness aside I'm just saying it's a different kind of temperament playing for a real top side and i just think he's not mature enough at the moment for the type of player he is. It's not that far fetched.Huh? So a guy who has established himself consistently over a couple of seasons, not only in Spain, but for a top international team like Argentina, is suddenly going to lose form and start playing poorly due to the incredible pressure put on him by the annually sporadic and often very average performances of Carrick, Fletcher and Anderson?
Yeah right!
Anderson has never had any consistent form since his very first season, Fletcher has had 2 good seasons out of the last 5. Carrick only plays well for about 20 games every season, if that since his first season.
How are these players going to overwhelm a top quality all round midfielder like Banega?
Some of you seem to think that quality players somehow have to undergo some type of mental transformation, simply to be able to play for Utd. It just baffles me, it really does.
What on earth do you base your logic upon for that very strange theory?
You may as well, i might be a while replying though, i will be compiling my list of talented foreigners who have flourished at 'Big' clubs!
Never questioned his attributes. I just think he isn't ready for us at this moment in time and we aren't ready for him. He won't take control of our midfield like we want him too and will go missing on too much actions. Which right now is not what we want from our new central midfielder.You may as well, i might be a while replying though, i will be compiling my list of talented foreigners who have flourished at 'Big' clubs!
What i can not understand is how you can look at Banega and not think he has more individual attributes than any of our current crop of central midfielders and how he could possibly be any more inconsistent?
bs, I watched his every game for Atletico. Atletico brought in a new manager who favoured playing Spanish players and an on loan Argentine the club doesnt even own and brought in by a previous manager is going to get few if any chances. Atletico used him off the bench as an impact substitute and he often made a big impact, usually being the one who suddenly changed the game and made it look like Aguero or Forlan might get on the scoresheet. But that didnt change the fact he is Argentine and wasnt an Atletico player. He wasnt going to be given lots of favours like Raul Garcia.
Its baseless.
Sure list all the talented players who failed at big clubs, then list all the talented players who succeeded at big clubs and we can do a compare and contrast
It's like you guys just don't want to hear what I'm saying. I'm not questioning his talent.... His just not ready to play for us. Simply put he would have to play ahead of Carrick and at this moment in time Carrick is a better player.
He's not. And he could play next to Carrick. He could play next to Anderson. He could play next to Fletcher. Or he could play next to any 2 of those plus Giggs.
I completely agree. I believe he can play next to any of or current crop and perform whatever role is asked of him, whoever his central partner.
Our current midfielders would also have to make the step up and deliver consistently.You mean like our current midfielders?
I'm not convinced any of our current midfielders apart from Anderson have the capability to improve that much tbh. These players have been playing together regularly in one variation or another since 2007, and yet we still cannot find a consistently effective, complimentary pairing.
Now that's what i call an objective assessment! Absolutely spot on mate!
Time for a 'Los Che starlet dreams of United' campaign?
His name is Poetry too. That's got count for something surely?
Nice write up. IF we can get him for less than we supposedly bid for Sanchez I hope we are considering it and letting our rivals spend on areas we already have covered.
That brings a sweet tear to my eyes.
If we do sign him this summer he surely will get the number 4.. With Jones possibly getting # 6..
