Took a while for this
Fabian Ruiz
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Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) discuss United's fantastic win away against Athletic Club in the semi-final of the Europa League.
They also pick out the positives of United's 4-3 loss away at Brentford, and Nik reviews a day out at Old Trafford watching Manchester United Women qualify for the Champions League.
Took a while for this
I’d take that. But they best go throw the bag at Sane.
From what I’ve read previously he’s pretty highly rated isn’t he?
He plays a bit further up the pitch than De Jong, doesn't he?
Thought he wanted to join Real on a free , next year.
feck yes, hope we move on immediately if the FDJ deal isn't possible by the time they start their season.
Ruiz would be much cheaper with a year left on his deal and much less hassle to negotiate than with that craven Catalan club
More Real wanting that than him wanting to do that. He’ll join us if we make an attempt for sure.
Thinking about preparing a bid incoming 
He's by far the next best option I can see for what ETH wants from this role that connects defence and attack. I think he'd make a ton of sense.
Aren't Napoli also a bitch to negotiate with?
Price tag
I know nothing about him, but that sounds like a steal
I'd be happy with that
Makes a lot of sense. I expect us to make a move for him soon.
Fabian Ruiz is a good box to box midfielder. Probably a level below Modric, Goretzka and KdB. He is most certainly not an alternative to a deep lying playmaker. Very comfy in a midfield 2.
You wot mate?
I guess the risk of losing him for free next year seriously weakens their position so hopefully won’t be as bad.
Knowing us we will try and haggle for 5-10m and offer only 15m-20m and the rest on add ons. This will drag out till for a while until we "prepare" our bids.
Yeah. We're in the "considering to prepare" phase now.
He's weak on the ball under pressure, and doesn't play as a 6. Do not want.
Get him and walk away from the FDJ pantomime.
Sign him and De Jong
Perhaps worth mentioning this is not the first time we've been linked to Fabian Ruiz this summer. The following report appeared two days ago and I was going to share it but thought better of it because it was quite tenuous. (Sport Witness cited Italian outlet Il Mattino as the original source of the story)
http://sportwitness.co.uk/manchester-united-made-offer-26-year-old-need-increase-bid/
It's worth mentioning that James Robson isn't a particularly reputable source for transfer news regarding United, and by all accounts Il Mattino are not great either. With that said, it is sometimes the case that "unreliable" sources are the first to pick up on transfer stories that end up coming to fruition, so I wouldn't entirely rule this one out.
http://sportwitness.co.uk/manchester-united-made-offer-26-year-old-need-increase-bid/
It's worth mentioning that James Robson isn't a particularly reputable source for transfer news regarding United, and by all accounts Il Mattino are not great either. With that said, it is sometimes the case that "unreliable" sources are the first to pick up on transfer stories that end up coming to fruition, so I wouldn't entirely rule this one out.
Sounds like an upgrade on McFred. Sign him up.
There a chance we want Ruiz and de Jong to be a pair?
Usually yes but he's got just 1 year left in his contract. They also hate Juventus (who are the kings of free agents) really really badly
I never met you but I'd rather have you in our line up then McT
What's your impression of Ruiz? Yay or nay for our midfield?
I love DeJong but if it’s not possible I certainly wouldn’t say no to signing this lad
Guy also knows how to strike a ball unlike Mr smugface De Jong
If that's our criteria, we could sign a lot of midfielders who'd be much cheaper!
Put it this way. Ceballos was twice the player he was when they were at Betis, and is still better today, and how did he do at Arsenal?
A yay for me. At 20m-30m he's a no brainer TBH whether we sign De Jong or not. We need bodies in midfield and Ruiz is class
With Tommy tuch claiming not to want a midfielder are we not a Fabian Ruiz brief away from making Barcelona seriously sweat about getting all these players registered, with no taker for Frenkie
Could Eriksen and Ruiz work in a double pivot ?
Free agent 30.06.23
Can he play as a #6/CDM?