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Must say, that as a Leicester City fan, this is very interesting reading
It takes time to develop players, was Maguire or Koulibaly any better at the age of 21? Its in United DNA to play our best talents coming through the academy, and you can be certain, Fosu-Mensah and Tuanzebe would have been playing for us already if they where here when Solskjaer took over, just like McTominay.As if we are going to try Fosu Mensah at CB next season.
Maguire, Koulibaly or somebod of that quality is a must
I’d imagine we always knew de Ligt was a risky one so we’ve got a plan B, perfectly reasonable really. Not sure he’s the right guy for £75m though.Howson was correct. He had Stone on his channel recently.Tweet
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Don’t see him and Lindelof as a partnership, he’ll replace Lindelof rather than play alongside him, unless we are going to defend very deep (like Sweden do).We could of got him for 70 mill last season, then offload, Darmian for 8 mill, Rojo for 10 mill, and Jones for between 10 and 15 mill, thats a total of £28 mill to £33 mill recouped, thus getting him for just under 40 mill.
Maguire would probably form a good partnership with Linderof, just look at Linderof's partnership in the Sweden national team.
Ed doesn't play poker, because the hand he played with Mourinho, is at a lost to the club, not only are we out of champions league, but we will get fleeced in the transfer market for quality additions this summer, we can only hope the clubs gravitaze will encourage players to come.
Our scouts should of been woking overtime over the last year to identify affordable targets, find a way to get deadwood of the books, even at a lost, before pre season, which is about three weeks from now.
Just look at Real, thats how you go about your business, get the important stuff out the way, and then everybody can relax, go on holiday, and tie up the smaller piece of business at your leisure.
Actually sort of annoys me how mad the football world is now.Must say, that as a Leicester City fan, this is very interesting reading
Share your thoughts on him please.Must say, that as a Leicester City fan, this is very interesting reading
Why do you guess that ? It's because we didn't want to pay for him last year. I'm sure we still don't.I wanted him last summer. I guess the reason we didn't sign him last summer is the belief he'd be cheaper this year? That doesn't appear to have happened though.
Leicester didn't want to sell, asked for a crazy fee and the player extended a few days after the window ended.Why do you guess that ? It's because we didn't want to pay for him last year. I'm sure we still don't.
Nope it seems to be a running theme. You must of missed last seasons transfer thread.You've probably searched for the wrong name.
The latter, unfortunately. It has no weaknesses. That Utd back five has issues with pace centrally and De Gea is limited with his distribution. Also, the attacking contribution from Trent and Robertson is far superior than what Shaw and AWB has produced.Hmmm i wonder. Who would you pick from
————De Gea
wan bissaka-Harry—lindelof—shaw
Or
———Allison
Trent—-Gomes—VVD—Robertson
Username checks out.Harry Maguire the premier sought after footballer for 75 million.
I hate football.
Actually sort of annoys me how mad the football world is now.
I feel like the Premier League is approaching a point where it's no longer economically feasible to sign a player already in the league - STAYING in the Premier league is worth £150million a season so why on earth would anyone sell you a player that might jeopardise that? I don't think you'll offload him to anyone for anything other than silly money.
And I personaly don't see him as anything other than a better than average-very good centre back that's getting wildly over hyped for some strange reason. Didn't he just have a fairly poor season for you guys pre-Brendan?
Harry is good for Leicester, he is refreshing for us and for a center half, composed if a little sluggish.Share your thoughts on him please.
That says a lot about our scouting network.£75m+ is ridiculous.
Can’t believe we ignored VVD when he was on the move as we thought the fee was too high, yet here we are flirting with big head for the second summer in a row.
Let’s just buy Leicester’s scouting network. Pereira, Maguire, Maddison, Tielemans, Ndidi...all players who joined them recently for minimum fees who would start for United.
Well........what’s your take?Must say, that as a Leicester City fan, this is very interesting reading
that he'd be your best defender by a distance should you get him, constant comments of him being slow yet I don't remember him getting done for pace too often.Well........what’s your take?
His mind was already made up. I remember there was one other big club that was linked with him, right after Southampton cried foul and it looked like the move was about to collapse, but it was never really serious becasue his mind was already set on Liverpool. It was all about the fee, and whether they'd go to court.£75m+ is ridiculous.
Can’t believe we ignored VVD when he was on the move as we thought the fee was too high, yet here we are flirting with big head for the second summer in a row.
This, we could actually have been in for him when he left Shef Utd. I've said this before but played against us in the FA Youth Cup final when we had the team with Keane x2, Pogba, Morrison, Lingard etc. and was the only player from the opposition who looked on the same level.Still frustrating that he was an obvious signing for us for for less than £20m two years ago.
We didnt ignore VVD. He choose Liverpool over us.£75m+ is ridiculous.
Can’t believe we ignored VVD when he was on the move as we thought the fee was too high, yet here we are flirting with big head for the second summer in a row.
Let’s just buy Leicester’s scouting network. Pereira, Maguire, Maddison, Tielemans, Ndidi...all players who joined them recently for minimum fees who would start for United.
Well hang on... we all thought £75m for van Dijk was crazy money for a defender. Van Dijk was highly regarded back then but 75m... nobody thought he was worth that.£75m+ is ridiculous.
Can’t believe we ignored VVD when he was on the move as we thought the fee was too high, yet here we are flirting with big head for the second summer in a row.
Let’s just buy Leicester’s scouting network. Pereira, Maguire, Maddison, Tielemans, Ndidi...all players who joined them recently for minimum fees who would start for United.
Umm, it is very much in doubt, no team with Maguire at Cb has ever been particularly defensively secure. That is not on him exclusively but when Hull, Leicester and England are all pretty rubbish defensively with Maguire a key figure the pattern starts to become worrisome. What isn't in doubt is that he is a good footballer and a threat in the air.Maguire is a good defender; this isn’t in doubt. I do agree, however, with the concern that he and Lindelof would be something of a wooden partnership. Positioning is always more important than pace at centre half, but for every Vidic you need a Rio, and vice versa. I can’t help but think Maguire coming in would serve Tuanzebe well, due to his recovering pace.
On the ball they’d be a great pairing, mind. Provided the midfield allows them to be, of course.
No. VVD was comfortably seen as a ridiculously complete defender, even since Celtic. It was palmed off because SPL, then at Southampton he began getting noticed. Then palmed off more because well, Liverpool target etc.Well hang on... we all thought £75m for van Dijk was crazy money for a defender. Van Dijk was highly regarded back then but 75m... nobody thought he was worth that.
Is the Maguire situation not similar? I dont think he's worth the price quoted, of course I dont. But could he have a VVD like impact on our shoddy defence? Yes, I think he could.
there are reports or it was on Sunday Supplement that we did move for him in the final hours but it was too late and he’d agreed to move to pool. Says a lot about the running of the club that supposedly the exact thing happened with Bale. Moved in when it was too late.£75m+ is ridiculous.
Can’t believe we ignored VVD when he was on the move as we thought the fee was too high, yet here we are flirting with big head for the second summer in a row.
Let’s just buy Leicester’s scouting network. Pereira, Maguire, Maddison, Tielemans, Ndidi...all players who joined them recently for minimum fees who would start for United.