Indeed. I doubt there's anything in this random, isolated report. The Evening Standard are hardly a reliable source for United or French football.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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@JPRouve summed it up really, he's not a RB, he's a RWB. I would be very surprised if we decided to sign such a specialist player at the age he is, when we don't play the formation that would allow him to flourish.
Does he have a release clausse?
If we’re after coffin dodgers as a fill-in, how is meunier doing these days?
Can always do with a big United fan in the team. He knows how this club operate.
Can't sign this guy cos he goes missing around Christmas, can't sign Neymar cos he goes missing in March (sister's birthday), can't sign Martinez cos he goes missing generally (so diminutive that it's easy to misplace him), most of our team went missing for the whole of last season... EtH has a tough gig here!
There’s been rumours of playing a back 5 with Martinez as a DM / CB hybrid.
This may strengthen that claim?
Another one I've never heard of: sounds more like a Swiss lawyer in one of those 70s films about secret neo-nazi groups
Maybe, but then we still have AWB and Dalot. One will have to leave before we bought Clauss, so we're probably very unlikely to hold a strong interest. Not sure what ETH thoughts are on Laird as well, few too many question marks.
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Wouldn't be a bad addition for €8m...
Looks more useful than Awb
Hmmm not sure about this, bit of a clauss for concern.....
Nah, do not want. Only ever turns up once a year, always riding in on the back of others, easily led, too old.
Always delivers though.
Always delivers though.
We should not hijack this, just let him go to Chelsea and then swoop for Reece James. If they still need a backup after selling Azpi they can have AWB.
He is not going to displace Reece James.
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Me too
Surely we can’t sign anyone with that name? I mean what would those in the North Pole think?
Imagine how active he would be on the boxing day!
Holding onto the ball is a strength?? His passing completion is in the 4th percentile.
No, but does deliver presents at Christmas.
He must have balls the size of dump trucks as he only comes once a year
Fergie would have loved him. Could get round all his teammates' houses in milliseconds to check if they're up too late partying or whatever.
Could be a problematic. Heard they want a buy back
No harm in bringing in a bit more experience in that area. He could be a good attacking outlet for right back as well.
But those two have had enough time and should be gotten rid of. Whether Laird is good enough is another question but he couldn't be much worse than those two have been.
Good FIFA player especially with his promo cards.
But we have too many right backs already. Don’t want it to get too clausstrophobic in there.
Yeah and none of the quality we need, well actually shouldn't judge Laird until seeing him in a proper game
James as RCB in back 5, instead of buying Kounde after buying Koulibally for LCB?
A new RB would be dependent on us selling Wan Bissaka you would think.
Yeah Ethan needs a chance to make that spot his
Yeah with wages and fee can only be a loan deal
I'm a clausset fan
Would be a better cover than AWB, that's for sure.
Certainly cheap that's for sure
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Any of them is an improvement, however no chance in a million years of PSG selling Hakimi
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Quite reasonable price. This more of a backup type signing?
Hmmm.
Can't say I know much about either but based on the description of this guy in this thread as a RWB rather than a RB and based Dumfries' slightly odd stats where he seems to get most of his touches inside the attacking third and opposition penalty area, I wonder if we're specifically looking for a very aggressively attacking option at RB?
Maybe someone who actually knows the players can compare them.
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