Unless it is a ridiculous offer otherwise I doubt Leicester will be interested to sell. If they fail to sign Telemans this will mean they lose both of their #8 in the same window. They made it really hard for Mahrez last time. They are pushing for top 6 and European football qualification next season. They are targeting Tielemans, Jarrod Bowen, and a striker to challenge Vardy this summer. For every Pereira, Chilwell, Maguire, Maddison, Ndidi, there are Amartey, Mendy, Silva, Ghezzal, Iheanacho, and Slimani. So Leicester's transfer approach takes lots of risk. I expect Leicester would like to move those players on this summer.
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Pogba probably won't be here but yeah I like that a lot. Maddison and fernandes would probably dovetail quite nicely as well. Rabiot could easily replace pogba in playmaking since maddison and fernandes would have the attacking responsibility. Might represent better like this:
----------------Martial------Rashford------------------------
-----------Fernandes------Maddison----------------------
------------------Rabiot------McT/new DM----------------
Shaw-------Lindelof------Tuanzebe?-------Meunier
---------------------------New GK---------------------------------
There’s no actual proof Rashford has asked for that salary or that we’re even discussing a new contract with him at all.
Yeah, same way there's no proof that De Gea and Pogba haven't signed due to money. Either way, conflating players' loyalty with their passport is crazy to me.
£60m for Maddison over £100m for Felix? Are you serious?
use the premier league one. its simplerMore throughballs, but much less chances created in general play
Going for that sort of player is just asking too much. Sure, the odd one may genuinely have affection towards the club but it's naive to expect it. We're an employer, this is a job and ultimately, people will go with the best option for their career. Just like any other job.
Just because you don't have a professional affiliation with the club or sport and therefore are driven by emotion, doesn't mean people actually within the sport will be.
Actors will take on projects they may not necessarily like the material of but its a good move either for the reputation or financially. They will probably be less passionate about the source material than the fans are but it doesn't mean they won't accept the role and do their best.
Not all of the marvel cast would have grown up adoring the lore and characters like many of the fans, and if they only cast people who did, they would probably either have little to no cast or a cast that can't act.
We expect different from footballers because we have a vested interest and personal connection to the club but it doesn't make it reasonable.
This 'die for the club' thing is just incredibly naive. Just like getting angry and calling them mercenaries if they choose to leave to go to a different club.
yeah I agree with you on that onewont change it
See - this here. This sums up a faulty mentality to me.
If you would rather risk a kid who costs 100m, has no experience or certainty he could adapt to playing in this league, as well as moving to a new country at such a young age, then you are lost.
Obviously, I would rather you did and Maddison stays at Leicester.
I dont know, why dont you ask Rashford? His deal isnt coming up soon though, De Gea's is.
1 out of tens of first team British players asks for a lot of money yes. We dont fare so well with first team foreign players. They tend to be harder to keep hold of
Anyone who thinks we will spend the Pogba money pound for pound I don’t honestly know what to tell you.
He was Woody’s best piece of business; guaranteed not to depreciate. The profit from his sale with nestle nicely into the back pockets of the Glazers along with the extra £40+mil they save on buying a half priced replacement.
Selling Pogba is not the answer.
Onto Maddison, I highly doubt LCFC will sell; an astute club buys him last season.
You, are you serious?
What are you basing your disbelief on exactly?
We're likely to spend more than what we'd get for Pogba. We've done it multiple times before
Apart from Ronaldo, which foreign players have left us that we really wanted to keep hold of? Tevez maybe? Even with him, he would have been happy to stay had we not brought in Berbatov. On the other hand, we’ve had plenty of overseas players who are committed to the cause. Saying we don’t do well with foreign players is a massive reach and somewhat disrespectful.
I'll tell you this, we're not Arsenal
Certainly, there is a risk, but there is no certainty that Maddison will perform for MUFC either. Could just buy Sarabia for £15m from Sevilla and have a better player than Maddison.
If you mean that Felix for £100m is the better deal, then yes.
I didnt say that. You're just making things up.
I said we need to rely on our British core of players while the fancy players are asking for high wages.
I didnt say they are foreign. Although Pogba and De Gea are and they're the next issues we have with contracts after Ander. But it could be Rooney again, and once again we had a British core of players so we would have been fine selling him
What is it about him being a twat off the pitch coming from his Norwich days? Anyone genuinely knows, what did he do?
If (a big IF) Maddison signs for us, I cannot see him in the same midfield as Pogba and Rabiot (another big If).
So if we get these two I wouldn't be surprised if Pogba will be allowed to leave. (and our friend Raiola will get another fat cheque)
So if we get these two I wouldn't be surprised if Pogba will be allowed to leave. (and our friend Raiola will get another fat cheque)
He talked shit to someone else talking shit to him, then his friend got into a fight with one of the shit talkers and was cleared because it was self defense.
I like the little ive seen of him. United shouldn't pay over the odds though. 60M seems 'reasonable' in this market for a player like him.
Perhaps I need to be more clear.
We will spend money this closed season if we sell Pogba or not but We will not be using the Pogba funds in their entirety on top of those funds.
I hate throwing around figures because the truth is none of us really know what United spend/receive but let’s say we have [random figure] £150mil to spend this closed season, we then sell Pogba for [random figure] £150mil - I don’t see us spending £300mil or anywhere near is my point.
I’m saying the Pogba money isn’t a bonus figure the club will add on top of the funds.
Exactly. Which is why whatever we get for Pogba we should be spending in the £100s of millions regardless.
Huh??
Yes, 1 out tens of British players asks for loads of money or they might go elsewhere - Rooney and a few others, with tens of other players between them who didnt. And we dont have 1 out of tens of foreign players who want to stick around at United when Madrid and Barcelona etc come for them. I shouldnt need to tell you this
IF he is sold, then they will have to reinvest it. Or they will lose a big slice of sponsorship from missing 2 years of CL football, alongside not having CL TV moola for another year.
Why?
I'm not convinced by him but maybe we can't get those big names after all...
I doubt he'd be £60m though probably around £50m. Even if its £60m, I'd rather him over Felix, he looks like a solid player but is so overrated on here its incredible.
Felix is a far better player. Only factors that i see is in the favour of Maddison is his set pieces (which i agree that we need) and his experience in the league.
Felix ability on the ball, his vision, is defensive contribution etc. Are all better than Maddison.
Maddison? Another British player we're linked with, not only will he cost a lot but he isn't the required quality we need to bring in.
Oles' fascination with British core will end with him getting the boot by Christmas.
Oles' fascination with British core will end with him getting the boot by Christmas.
Go and read the Mané thread when we were linked with him before Liverpool. It was full of lines like this
For 1 Mane you have several Rodwells, Barkleys and Drinkwaters. Notice a common trend? They are all British who tend to get overrated the moment they have a decent season.
Maddison is same, he's a good player but we should aiming to bring a player of higher caliber given the money he'd cost.
No way will a midfield 3 of Rabiot, Maddison and Pogba work because Rabiot has said he doesn’t want to play DM, and the other 2 would be wasted there.
If we keep Pogba, I think we need to get one of Maddison, Rabiot or Fernandes, plus a defensive centre mid.
the rumour is 15m, no?
Maddison is no Lukaku though. I've not watched Felix enough to make a judgement, but if you are able to quantify each those statistically, then Maddison comprehensive obliterates Felix. More dribbles with better success, more passes with better success, better passing range, more key passes, more tackles, more interceptions, and much better at retaining the ball. Felix scores more goals and marginally edges it in terms of through balls.
I really can't see where your coming from, are any of our midfielders baring Pogba any better than James ? Even in attacking positions does Lingard and co have any bigger influence than him.
I have no idea why our fans dispel players who will genuinely improve our starting 11. We are not a Madrid with genuine quality in every position, we have one of the worst midfields in the league and a disjointed attack full of overrated youngsters.
What we should question is how does Solskjaer intend to use him considering we play with a midfield three, the quality of the player is something that shouldn't be up for debate.
That is Daniel James, who I have no problem going for.
This is a James Maddison thread, Leicester player who's quoted at £60m.
Maddison is not a midfielder, he'll occupy the #10 role which Pogba plays in the current side. Unless of course, he is Pogbas' replacement which is just laughable.
If Ole wants to use him as a midfielder then he's even more clueless than I thought.
Nah you don't want him, he should probably should just stay at Leicester. 
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