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Jadon Sancho| Staying at Dortmund for now
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Really? I have no clue since I watched Dortmund maybe twice all season but watching his highlights videos most of the stuff have come from the left and I don’t think I’ve seen him in those videos beat a player while on the right for more than a handful of times. Obviously, you guys having observed him play more can form better opinions.
Who's Pete Tong?
@Pexbo are you willing to dust off those muppet boots for one final show?
Sancho just makes sense, it also means IMO we don’t need to go looking for a back up striker.
Martial gets injured, Mason can go up front. Rashford gets injured, Sancho to the left Mason on the right. The 4 can rotate between them.
Martial gets injured, Mason can go up front. Rashford gets injured, Sancho to the left Mason on the right. The 4 can rotate between them.
The old boys getting back together for one final hurrah. I haven't been this excited since they announced the Backstreet Boys reunion tour.
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That’s what we are doing with Dembele.
I have my doubts around players from Dortmund they never turnout good away from their system when they leave. Only really Lewandoski transfer have gone down well so far, which concerning imo.
I'm not very sure why Van Dijk's case is the same with Koulibally here. Van Dijk is 29 but Liverpool signed him when he was 26. Liverpool won't spend the same amount on 29 years old Van Dijk.
When people are talking about Koulibally being 29 is about whether the investment is worthy. The price is about 65m to 90m pounds at the moment. Unless if centre back is our final resource that can guarantee us the title like RVP then I can understand it but centre back isn't the only blank we need to fill in and he's not RVP type of influence. If City end up getting him and win the league, that's not because Koulibally alone but because they only need that centre back to complete their team, and we are not in that stage yet.
Our project is a long term project, big investment should be on the ones that suit for the project not for short term & Sancho is one of it and no other club can afford him now except us. This is the best opportunity not only we need reinforcement in attack but also we're gonna get a world class potential player that suits our profile. We need a centre back but doesn't mean we can just splash the big money on the ones that doesn't suit the profile of our long term project.
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Well excited to see this proper miserable opinion die when Sancho is leading us to glory. No offence.
In previous seasons he's played almost always on the right. This season he started on the right, then switched to the left for a while, and then since the lockdown he's played more centrally.
He has always been highly rated. In fact apparently we tried to get him when he moved from city.
So it's not like he is a random find by bvb scouting and then they made him shine... They just gave him playing time and platform to express himself.
And he might take time to shine for us... But he is perfect for the RW spot.
Yeah. We should never buy from Dortmund. Pulisic has been shite. Same with Aubameyang. Gundogan doesn't get in the City side. Rosicky was crap too.
Given what we paid for Kagawa and Mhiki, they weren't complete flops. Both had moments for us.
I don't think that the team that these targets play for is a significant factor behind success/failure.
I see. Why did he got moved to the left/central areas? Is there a reason for that? Genuinely curious because it would be totally stupid for us to splash such a amount knowing his best position is not on the right.
A few big names flop, but for every Kagawa, Gotze and Mkhi there is always Aubameyang, Pulisic and Immobile
I keep seeing people mention him being a RW but it does seem he got moved to play on the left instead (presumably more effective there)?
Dortmund need to get a fecking grip and lower their demands. Aren't they aware who we are?
Still reckon we will be in for Haaland when that clause is activated but don't expect any movement on a ST until then
Lazy narrative this for every Gotze, Kagawa or Mkhitaryan you have a Lewandowski, Aubameyang or Gundogan
It's very easy to see why it didn't work for those who struggled away from Dortmund
Some mega rich club from England led by a former investbanker who is renowned for always paying top dollar in the end?
VVD came in because he was the final piece of the jigsaw and you can see the results with the CL & PL trophies. However, Sancho coming in does not solve our issues at DM, CB, CM & ST. Sancho would need bedding time since he's not played in the league. The pace and the kind of defense he'd be up against is not comparable to the Bundesliga. Also, 10+ years? If we haven't won anything in 2 years (major trophies wise), he won't stick around if Barca or Madrid come calling.
Fair enough.... but we do need a DM, CB, ST & another quality CM to fill in for Pogba and Bruno.
NBC claiming we've offered $115M and want to get this over the line quickly. Can't be true, United don't do their business like that
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Time and time again we keep overpaying for players.... We spent 80m on Maguire.... which was an absolute joke. Sancho hasn't won anything to be classified as a 90m player and before you compare VVD (Southampton) to Sancho (Dortmund). Which team has a better chance of winning titles?
Classic guessing game from the usual clueless suspects.
That's because Mhiki was an AM. We tried shoehorning players into positions like a square peg in a round hole. Getting Sancho is not going to win us the title. Sancho is not the only world class RW out there.
Has he handed in a transfer request yet?
Pricing always determined by demand and supply, both globally (the market) and locally (the specific buyer) so yeah, but we got what we wanted.
Did we really want Maguire? Since the restart, Lindelof has looked like a better player than him and I don't rate Lindelof all that high.
I have only watched him play a couple of times, but is he really worth 100M+ money?
Coming from a league and team where players have flipped for us. And besides, that’s huge pressure for a 20 year old to carry. Not sure hoa he would cope with that.
Which player is he most similar to? Hazard I guess
Coming from a league and team where players have flipped for us. And besides, that’s huge pressure for a 20 year old to carry. Not sure hoa he would cope with that.
Which player is he most similar to? Hazard I guess
At that time we did i assume since we shelled out 80m! But yeah, i'm not sure we got what we really wanted as he's been decent but not amazing...
This. I wouldn't be surprised if we haven't even made any sort of contact with Dortmund today.
Have we got to the part where we are in the initial stages of preparing a bid for Sancho? Or am I too early for that?
I believe we're thinking about considering a bid.
Sancho is 20 years old, English and in back to back years has had the most assists in Europe, or 2nd to Messi (De Bruyne up there this season). He scored 20 and assisted 20 in all comps, and wasn't far off last season. He's been basically world class already despite his age. Thats why he's worth that money. He's a generational talent, his stats prove it and his underlying stats show it isn't some fluky finishing run either.
Also 80m on Maguire is overspending, but hes still been a very good signing. Our defence was horrendous. Was among the best in the league this season, mainly due to him.
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