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2009: £80m for Cristiano Ronaldo.
2019: £80m for Harry Maguire.
Pretty crazy
2019: £80m for Harry Maguire.
Pretty crazy
Happy with this. Basically he’s like if Phil Jones actually had control over his body.
You paid a world record fee for a defender that wouldn't be considered top 10 in the world.
He must be so relieved now that his 100% record is still intactCan't wait for that little reddit prick to start giving it the big one about calling this....
He'll probably stop for this summer to retain that record!It's soooooo much better than anything we've had post Ferdinand and Vidic
Sorry but that's too much if it now means we won't address the obvious MF issues. If Dybala or Bruno come in as well its an ok window I guess..
Sky Sports have announced it, Hallelujah!!!
No different to house prices tbh2009: £80m for Cristiano Ronaldo.
2019: £80m for Harry Maguire.
Pretty crazy
Ramos, Umtiti, Pique, Koulibaly, van Dijk, Laporte, Godin, Silva, Bonucci, Varane - is he better than any of them?
VVD was not worth 75m either. He was a good but not great player at a time when 50m got you top class. He stepped up massively and with that, 75m became the new norm. If Maguire steps up (I wouldn't want to call it either way) then nobody will blink at 80m in a couple of years.
It’s Maguire day! Happy as this is the type of profile Solskjaer wants; young, British, technical.
The Lukaku of CBs.
It’ll be an improvement on what we currently have, but ultimately not where we want to be.
It’ll be an improvement on what we currently have, but ultimately not where we want to be.
Would love to see jose's reaction.Well done Woody, wasted two summers and finally got a top CB by just paying whatever it is the other club wanted
Good signing though, happy with this. Hood profile of player i can get behind.
So we end up paying what they wanted from the start... why waste all these weeks?!
I don’t think he’s worth the money, but that’s the market these days. I think he’ll prove to be a solid buy who will add consistency to our defence. Also a goal threat off corners.
I don’t think he’s worth the money, but that’s the market these days. I think he’ll prove to be a solid buy who will add consistency to our defence. Also a goal threat off corners.
Flop written all over this one
Was VVD top ten in the world when he was signed in your opinion? Or David Luiz? Genuine question
He'll claim he knew all along, when in fact he was shitting himself about being exposed. I've learnt not to take anyone on there seriously.Can't wait for that little reddit prick to start giving it the big one about calling this....
Absolutely sickening
people underestimate the benefits of a solid and settled back 4. Replacing Smalling and Young with Maguire and AWB is massive.
It's fairly unimaginative as an approach but considering how last season ended up being a bit of a disaster it appears we're prioritising stability and looking for obvious, immediate improvements even if they're not necessarily spectacular. In that regard Maguire fits the bill. It's not remarkably exciting, but a decent deal all the same.
If we sign Dybala we've spent close to £200mill sorting out our defense and attack. Midfield is still a massive gap, unfortunately.
What'd be even better is a top defensive midfielder ahead of them. Would be impenetrable.
YESSSSSSSSSS
Get the feck in.
Get the feck in.
My fear too
It’s also a slow CB pairing.
While Maguire is a good defender, I think there were better alternatives out there for that price.
Oh well, OGS got his man. I hope both prove me wrong
Oh well, OGS got his man. I hope both prove me wrong
So happy this is over. We finally have a top class defence
Feck that. Have you seen what a Freddo costs these days?2009: £80m for Cristiano Ronaldo.
2019: £80m for Harry Maguire.
Pretty crazy
And that's without Arab States and Oil companies pumping billions into the Freddo industry
Cant even imagine, what they would do if for some reason brickslab head wasnt available for transfer.
Maguire could step up, sure, but VVD already had basically every attribute you could want from a top center back. Great in the air, great positioning, composed on the ball, great passer, quick etc. etc. so it was always likely he would make the step up. Maguire lacks some of those attributes, especially pace, so it's not remotely as close to being as sure a thing as VVD was.
Look, he might be as good as VVD, time will tell, but I'd be amazed if he was.
Yup, immediate solution not only for the fans and the team, but also for Glazers and Ed who need CL spot just like we do, for all different and same reasons.
If we had plan few years ago how to build this team, there could be no need for Maguire, but now when we're days from matches against Chelsea and Wolves I feel bit safer knowing Maguire can protect De Gea from high crosses and lead the line, perhaps even an entire team.
All we need now is Howard Nurse to confirm our interest
I suppose that's what negotiation is, right? sometimes it works (AWB -> asking price was 60+ mil and we got him for 45+mil) and sometimes it doesn't like this when you have a club that doesn't want or need to sell
Agree we can forget top 4
To be fair, VVD's fee was seen as extortionate at the time and few people could have predicted how genuinely superb he'd end up being. Maguire's got the potential to do well for us here but it'd be incredibly unrealistic to expect him to hit those heights.
Although still, I do think it's an increasingly moot complaint. If clubs have a ton of money to spend then they're going to spend it: we've been fairly naff when it comes to finding value in the market in recent years, but it's not exactly bankrupted us all the same. Although spending more money will (and should) heap greater expectations on the side this season.
Not every player becomes like VVD and Luiz never been in TOP 10 and will never be. I too think that £80-85m for Maguire is an out of season April fools joke but we are used to wasting money so who cares.
almost we need to replace Shaw
No way. Alderweireld, Romagnoli, Vertonghen, Chiellini. Albeit some have moved and are older, but still.
I too didnt think VVD was worth 75m, but i do think he looked a better defender in general at Saints than Maguire at leicester. All opinions, though
The Harry Maguire thread on Bluemoon should be full of bitterness for those wishing to laugh at the backtracking
Why? It's quite sad to compare prices from 11 years ago.2009: £80m for Cristiano Ronaldo.
2019: £80m for Harry Maguire.
Pretty crazy
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