Nothing stands out because he's a pretty well rounded midfielder. He's energetic, his passing is good, he gets stuck in enough & he does read the game well.
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Carvalho offers more protection and a better midfield structure as a number 6. Nevertheless, not really arsed as I believe we can do better than Khedira, which is basically my whole point. However, I would welcome Khedira here over our current midfielders that plays in that role.
Khedira is the definition of a box-to-box midfielder.
Khedira is no where near as good as the likes of Vidal or Pogba in terms of attacking capability.
Well we don't exactly have a choice do we? Are we picking one from Khedira, Pogba or Vidal? No of course not. Looks like we aren't getting Vidal. And Khedira could be the next best player available and for the price he is certainly worth a punt.
A box to box midfielder needs to have strengths in attack - shooting, dribbling etc. Vidal and Pogba were just examples, but my point being that Khedira doesn't possess strong attacking abilities, therefore is not the ideal 'box to box' footballer that United need. He'd do a brilliant role next to Herrera, I suppose.
Is herrera not a box to box midfielder?
Sums it all up really
That's how I see it too (a rival fan's perspective, but agreement nonetheless)
It's a shame because for a player who is available with such experience and the amount of accolades, a lot of teams should be all over him but there's not many that could actually do with him at this point. Bayern are probably the one in most need, I'd say, and it seems a bit of a perfect fit.
We've discussed a number of other options. Vidal, Strootman and Carvalho come to mind. Khedira may be our best available option, but I'm concerned we'd pay a massive sum for a player who may have already seen his best days and who's really just looking for his jackpot.
Replace Smalling with Evans and it is a quality team.
Once their national pool becomes rubbish, then we will start working on getting some german talent in 2032.
Energy. He does make tackles, he's just not someone to sit and protect the defence. He's more like Fletcher at his peak closing down opponents further up the pitch rather than reading play and intercepting just outside his own box. He's also good at bombing forward from midfield to support attacking moves. His quality isn't that impressive when he actually gets the ball in one of those moves, but he's the kind of player that when you have a player who has quickly dribbled the ball up the pitch and needs someone to pass the ball to, Khedira has broken his neck to provide that support and be an option
Van Gaal was not interested in 2010. Not his type of player. He does not seem to be Pep's kind of player either. Do not know how van Gaal thinks today. He is Sammer's kind of player - he likes the fighters. Beckenbauer does not count - his main job is that of a Sky pundit and Bayern only uses him as an ambassador on foreign markets. If he would have to say something Bayern would have 50 players and no philosophy...
Yes Van Gaal was against Khedira (because of Alaba)
He's not as good as a 25-year old Iniesta either, hence we cannot buy him. While we're at it let's release Rafael who isn't as good as Alves in his prime and Mata who isn't as good as Zidane was.
Plenty of midfielders are better than our current crop, it's not exactly a difficult task.
(there should be a muppet smiley) I don't see it. But then that's what managers get paid to see so if he comes, I'm in favour.
The guy is a world champion, did you guys not watch the world cup? If he was that bad he wouldn't have got into the German team, country where they don't lack a pool of talent to choose from.Seems to work perfectly fine at City with Toure and Fernandinho.
