I think this boy has some special talent and we should get him if we decide to sell Garnacho. Also suits the R10 role.
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Fair enough. As I say, I know very little about the guy, but do like the idea of raiding the best young talent in South America.
I guess it comes down to the structure, £38m seems like a ridiculous sum to blow on a prospect given our current squad and financial position, but if they accept instalments spread over 5 years? it is what £7.6m this summer, for one of the hottest prospects, all of a sudden it becomes a different proposition.
I mean Enzo is the one who is a bit older and has done more. He hasnt lived up to his big price tag and initial potential when he helped Argentina win the world cup but overall with 6 goals and 7 assists in the league, he's been pretty good this season and looks a solid good player and only slightly behind Cole Palmer's 2.6 key passes per 90 mins, with Enzo being 2.5
A player would only need to be half, or a third as good as Messi or Maradonna for it to be worth signing him. And its not as if Rodrygo is Pele or Ronaldinho so its a bit weird to hold Argentine's to such a standard else not be interested.
I'll say a 10% of those two...I'll never get why it's Diego or bust...more when there are plenty of examples of Elite players in recent years and since ever that are and had played in great form without being genius alike fellas.
I think that’s revisionism to be honest. I’ll have to dig out the links but while Vini was seen as having huge potential, there were also verified reports that Madrid were shocked when he first came at how he couldn’t even do some of the basics, and that it took a year of intense extra coaching to bring him up to standard. He was by no means seen as a certainty, just a high potential player with a ton of media hype. Ronaldo (the Brazilian one) famously said that upon leaving Brazil Vinicius couldn’t even control a football with his left foot, let alone dribble with it. I don’t doubt Mastantuono has deficiencies to be improved but barring the Messi’s of this world, I’m pretty sure ALL young players do; and there is rarely ever such a thing as a cert.
There is so much that needs improving in the first team that it's extremely difficult for United to bid for this type of player and keep within PSR. It's the sad reality of the current situation. I look at what Chelsea have coming this summer already in terms of young players and it is frightening.
We never sign these type of players, it’s pointless ever reading anything into the links.
Dead in the water. Too many clubs circling around him.
For the best we need talented players with a bit more experiance on them to come into this squad and create a more positive atmosphere for the youth we already have.
we aren't ready for players like this, we need good elite level players first
I was hoping he'd be the Yoro signing of this summer. Can't say I'm optimistic now.
Unfortunately, we need to fill too many holes in the first team.
Unfortunately, we need to fill too many holes in the first team.
Good move by PSG. They strengthen their squad with highly-rated talents
I think with Berrada in We will try for these more in the future, but it is really not the time to splash on a prospect. Might as well give chance to someone like Lacey although he's far from being ready himself.
Hardly a surprise. Lovely signing for them.
I really think this is the type of signing we need in addition to cunha/Mbuemo types. Like a really really special player. If not him, someone else. Need to add a genius element
Not gonna happen if PSG are making moves.
Unfortunately I don’t think we can make these sorts of signings for at least two seasons. Our finances now necessitate us getting up the table and unless we have a crazily transformative season and end up in the CL, we’ll need to only make shrewd signings that impact the first team squad with immediacy.
I’m very jealous of Chelsea (who as much as I disagree with the way they’re being run in them viewing players as actual investments with value growth) are signing a host of young exciting talent. Who doesn’t love getting excited by a young winger even if they are inconsistent.
Not digging on the kid, hope he gets really really good. Yet bar his age, he didn't look that genius alike like I've seen with trully genius alike (Messi, Maradona) or phenom alike (Kun) players since day one from the more or less recent past. Yet of course he might become extremely extremely good. Talented and comitted he certainly is and in his best moments he is doing crack alike stuff due to his age, some of his goals and plays.
Yet he isn't either build like a tank like for instance Tevez, or even lazy and all more organizative type Riquelme was.
There is a certain lack of pace (without being slow at all) and build that doesn't cry instantly the typical stocky massive dribbler "I can do it on my own" like the mentioned before.
Yet he can still grow physically, he is in a very bad enviroment with lots of eyes on him while being very young and mostly delivering, that's really great from him
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This is what I've been saying. A Yoro level talent but in the attack. Unfortunately, like others have said, the priority has to be on building a base of senior players to allow these youngplayers room to develop, otherwise we end up with another Garnacho or Hojlund.
That's exactly what I mean.
Out of our league
Garnacho is getting pelters.
So was Yoro...
The teams in for him reveal his tier. Now it’s a loss.
Fair point
Mainly because of his attitude.
IMO we should be in for him at any cost, but not more than £17m.
South Americans will most of the time prefer Real and PSG over us, even if we were on top.
And he'd be at Real if they were willing to pay his fee
Then it is not at any cost
PSG and Madrid are fighting to get him as we speak and not hesitant to pay the clause.
Whilst PSG and Real are arguing and not looking, we should just sign him, he’s the new Messi, pay 75m if we need to.
Perhaps we should go for theses teams shiny toys from last year not they've lost their lustre. Wonder if the likes of Moscardo would be available for cheap. Tchouameni/Camavinga or even Endrick might be available?
No offence to us, but that’s one hell of a drop at the moment. I think it’s a sound strategy (remember Bayern picking up Robben?), but not a viable one for us at the moment.
Well he's not, he's here.
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