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FourFourTwo: Louis van Gaal has told FourFourTwo who was on his transfer target list when he became Man United manager
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Louis van Wenger
They were probably on a lot of other lists too
Sure, Louis.
My list of wimmins I’d like 2 shag:
1. Natalie Portman
2. Blake Lively
3. The one from Corrie and tough war series with the big norks
4. Emma Watson
5. Dua Lipa
1. Natalie Portman
2. Blake Lively
3. The one from Corrie and tough war series with the big norks
4. Emma Watson
5. Dua Lipa
Fair play, he thought big. Shame the useless bigwigs here didn’t and still don’t, as we can tell with this Sancho fiasco.
Van Gaal is a bit deluded.
You can't even sign all those players on FIFA/FM.
You can't even sign all those players on FIFA/FM.
I've never heard a manager say after a job that they were interested in players who didn't turn out to be good. It's always the players who went to other clubs and did well coincidentally.
Portman is mine. Find someone else to never shag.
Like FM on cheat mode
Exactly perhaps the thing to take from this is that the coaches have a different vision to the owners and Woodward. Its not just Van Gaal. Moyes and Mourinho were in same boat. About time our fans woke up because they always seem to defend Glazers and Woodward
Van Gaal: "I wanted to sign Lewandowski, Muller, Higuain, Neymar"
also Van Gaal (back then): "My captain shall always play"
Rooney:
also Van Gaal (back then): "My captain shall always play"
Rooney:
Anybody would want them players not a very impressive list
Well maybe he would have liked at least 1 of them.
We are Manchester United and would be looking at only signing the best if the club wasn't so heavily debt leveraged.
Yes we have spent money, but it's never quite top tier signings.
Well we know he had an interest in a few, (Mane,Ramos) but in all fairness every manager in the world has a list of players they would love to sign. Just clickbait. Madrids president recently said Lewandowski simply couldnt be bought so its not as if every name of the list was obtainable realistically anyway.
Its great saying "I wanted Ronaldo/Neymar/Pele as my front 3 but the board didnt deliver" but its the ones that were gettable and we missed out on or didnt move for are the ones that still annoy me. Especially when players like Mane and Firmino for example just won the fecking league.
Its great saying "I wanted Ronaldo/Neymar/Pele as my front 3 but the board didnt deliver" but its the ones that were gettable and we missed out on or didnt move for are the ones that still annoy me. Especially when players like Mane and Firmino for example just won the fecking league.
The best one is Milner. It's not even about his quality – he is a very good player, it's just a simple fact that he hates us with passion and his father said that the only thing he shouldn't do in football is to put on a red shirt (ours, not Liverpool's).
Yeah, I’m sure players like Neymar and Mane would have been delighted to play the slow, static, no-shooting, possession football Louis introduced.
I’m surprised at the list, he obviously had no idea about us as a club, which would wouldn’t have expected, but on the other hand he then played loads of youngsters.
I’m surprised at the list, he obviously had no idea about us as a club, which would wouldn’t have expected, but on the other hand he then played loads of youngsters.
What the heck are you talking about?
There was no period during LVG last season where I thought United were starting to turn it around. No point whatsoever.
Sure we won the FA Cup,during a period where every decent side was knocked out early and our toughest opponent was Everton, but he was rightly booted out of the club.
The only slight sympathy I have with LVG is how he was relieved of his duties as our head coach.That's it.
Sure we won the FA Cup,during a period where every decent side was knocked out early and our toughest opponent was Everton, but he was rightly booted out of the club.
The only slight sympathy I have with LVG is how he was relieved of his duties as our head coach.That's it.
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Gibberish mostly.
Why couldn't we sign Mane, Mahrez and Kante?
We could've signed those players but are you convinced LVG was interested in Kante and Mahrez before their breakout season ?
Those 3 are fine.
I'm talking about the entire list. Names like Neymar, Ramos and Lewandowski being signed in 1 window is fantasy.
Did he not say the club wanted Neymar and he wanted Mane? That’s what I’ve seen in another tweet but could be bullshit, knowing twitter.
No idea tbh. Was that before their breakout season or maybe when Chelsea City bought them? Mane I can definitely believe. He was in demand at the time and there was a lot of debate on him.
LVG second season was when Leicester City won the league.
LVG was rightly moved on then Kante left and a season later Mahrez joined City.
This is the problem with leaving it all up to the manager. Hence we get all obvious names and never find quality deals.
Even under Ole the only clever deal was Daniel James and he's rubbish. Not sure if Ole wanted him or valued Giggs' recommendation too highly.
Even under Ole the only clever deal was Daniel James and he's rubbish. Not sure if Ole wanted him or valued Giggs' recommendation too highly.
Mane was a good spot from LvG. I remember that summer when it came out that we were interested in him and the majority of the caf began putting him down as not a players club of the stature of United should be looking at. Would be funny to see that thread again.
Got it:
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/sadio-mané.408248/
Look at some of those comments and that poll.
Got it:
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/sadio-mané.408248/
Look at some of those comments and that poll.
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But it seems he chose Memphis instead?
Did he choose him instead or did the deal not go through because of other reasons? Did we sign memphis already by then when the rumors came out (so looking to ADD mane) or not?
And was it a one or the other scenario?
And if I was a manger I would sign Rinaldo,Messi,Mbappe,Neymar and De Ligt and Pele and Maradona and bring back Cantona from retirement and make fecking prime again!This is ridiculous!
Why so many attackers for such shit football, Louis?
The way I see it every quality new coach has probably at least one good spot. A player that he can make an argument for will improve the team and the way we play. Every new coach at Bayern basically gets one "make your wish" (within reason) transfer. Unless you're Niko Kovac and the sporting director thinks your suggestion is utter garbage (which as it turns out, it was).
However this system of letting the coach manage the transfers opens up a too many possibilities to screw things up long-term for the club. I really don't understand why the continental system hasn't succeeded in England.
Seems like Memphis joined us in june according to wiki. The rumors of done deal for Mane came out in august https://www.redcafe.net/threads/sadio-mané.408248/
Looks like he was looking to add mane to memphis.
Look at those comments in there and the poll. Credit where credit is due. Good spot by LvG.
We were linked with a few of those at the time to be fair so you can see how it would be true.
Mane and Ramos are the ones that come to mind with us being most strongly linked to them.
Just seen the article as well, we were also strongly linked with Muller weren't we? Milner is a bizarre one though.
Mane and Ramos are the ones that come to mind with us being most strongly linked to them.
Just seen the article as well, we were also strongly linked with Muller weren't we? Milner is a bizarre one though.
Can't remember, but talk about picking the wrong option
Not sure why we weren't able to get him. Southampton are easy to buy from.
Good to know that LvG is a bigger transfer muppet than those in the ITK thread 
He's full of shit.... Doesn't take a genius to google and see the dates for when those players were on the move either.
Kante and Mahrez are the easiest ones to rule out.
He's turned into Moyes
Kante and Mahrez are the easiest ones to rule out.
He's turned into Moyes