Aye fecking heartbreaking it would have been.
Kroos "the deal was all but done"
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When he was managing De Vrij in his own bloody squad. But he needed a left-footed CB for the left side CB position. The man is insane.
He is the type of class who would have almost certainly just elevated everyone else in the team, sort of like Bruno.
It's sliding doors stuff, but then again we have come away fortunately to say the least with such moments in the past with Fergie.
It's sliding doors stuff, but then again we have come away fortunately to say the least with such moments in the past with Fergie.
Glad he didn't come here. Would have been a travesty to shower him with our shite.
Well, knowing that in the 3 seasons he won 3 CLs we were busy with not getting out of an easy group, then spending the season in the EL and then being embarrassed by Sevilla, I am kind of glad the transfer didn’t actually happen.
Van Gaal wasn't his biggest fan, it was obvious he preferred Schweinsteiger. That is what happens when you randomly appoint managers. Same with Moyes and Thiago. Moyes wanted Kroos and Fabregas.
Shit happens. Toni Kroos wouldnt have turned our fortunes around and he probably would have been gone after a couple of unsuccessful years without silverware. Our problems run deeper.
Shit happens. Toni Kroos wouldnt have turned our fortunes around and he probably would have been gone after a couple of unsuccessful years without silverware. Our problems run deeper.
Snubbed Virgil Van Dijk too in favour of Bruno Martins Indi and Terence Kongolo
What a fetish the man had for left feet.
It was all about balance for him. One thing is gor sure though, McTominay and Fred wouldn't be starting under him.Snubbed Virgil Van Dijk too in favour of Bruno Martins Indi and Terence Kongolo
What a fetish the man had for left feet.
He dodged a bullet.
missing out on paul gascoigne was up there too. SAF himself said he regret missing out on signing gazza.
The reason he miss out is a freaking house.
He should count his blessings.
He would have won nothing here.
Instead he assisted Ronnie in winning his 3 CLs in a row, and allowing him to semi retire by coming here.
Instead he assisted Ronnie in winning his 3 CLs in a row, and allowing him to semi retire by coming here.
Wayne Rooney is the next Gazza named Wazza.
Isn't Luke Shaw the next Wazza? Named Shazza
Makes me forget that moyes actually wanted to improve our midfield, in fairness mourinho did the same but van gaal and ole are the opposite.
If only Moyes wasn't so shit that he had to be fired.
Kroos is up there with the biggest misses for me.
Kroos, Thiago and Strootman were so close together and could have completely changed the last few years struggles with the midfield.
Kroos is up there with the biggest misses for me.
Kroos, Thiago and Strootman were so close together and could have completely changed the last few years struggles with the midfield.
This is why we need a world class DOF. Managers are dispensable, the club's strategy and identity aren't;.
Bingo
yeh but the number of times I heard Kroos was signing or this club or that club...
Bet he isn't upset that this didn't work out
Would have been great to see him here though
Would have been great to see him here though
Stop it, its already dead
I’d rather have a studs up tackle to the balls than read any more of these stories this season.
Cheers Toni for making this day even worse, great timing with the scouse quadruple wankfest
Elite player, elite mentality, he gets it and we would have gotten it.
What the bloody hell was LVG playing at pulling the plug on this deal. Surely the club knew Moyes had something in place when sacking him
Busy signing schneiderlin or whatever his name was
Summer before but get your point
Lvg might have been the better coach but Moyes could see what was needed in that team. Moyes wasted his 1st summer chasing Fabregas after failing he went for Kroos. He knew we needed a playmaker.
I've gotten over him to be honest, we would have ruined like all the others anyway.
The weird thing is after Van Gaal got the sack he moaned that we couldn’t attract the big names - “I thought Manchester United could sign anyone!”. We had Toni fecking Kroos gift wrapped and you turned him down you mental case.
Moyes pissed away the summer fecking around and ended signing Fellaini on deadline day
It’s been confirmed by himself years ago and someone still asked him the question
Oh we also ignored Thiago despite he wanted to come here and called Rio so he could come here.
Pretty sure the season when the club didn’t want to sign Thiago despite of player begging to Rio to sign him was the moyes season.
Just signing Kroos would have made no difference to our fortunes IMO. That alone isnt enough to change anything significant.
Got it stings like feck we missed out on bothIt’s been confirmed by himself years ago and someone still asked him the question
Oh we also ignored Thiago despite he wanted to come here and called Rio so he could come here.
It would at least save from over-spending on Pogba for 89m and lost him for free years later as well as less drama. He might even be strong candidate for the captaincy right now.
Kroos would have single-handedly turned us coherent I think.
More fodder for the insane but correct theory that if we'd given Moyes more time it would have been a much better decade even though he absolutely would have gotten fired at some point, though from a fairly strong position.
More fodder for the insane but correct theory that if we'd given Moyes more time it would have been a much better decade even though he absolutely would have gotten fired at some point, though from a fairly strong position.
Moyes was shit for us and deserved to be sacked, no doubt. But...
One can't help but wonder what would've happened if we had kept him for another season instead of appointing LVG. For all his faults, Moyes did seem to understand where the main problems lay in the squad.
One can't help but wonder what would've happened if we had kept him for another season instead of appointing LVG. For all his faults, Moyes did seem to understand where the main problems lay in the squad.
That wasn't exactly rocket science was it, any idiot could see that our midfield options were garbage. United fans had been complaining about it for years.
He played his role in making the squad shit too. Going by reports he didnt confirm Thiago transfer, then Van Gaal followed up the mess by rejecting Kroos.
But yeah he had right ideas on squad, he also identified CF as weak position when we had RVP and Rooney, at that time it didn't look right and one year later it was a problem position. IIRC it was reported that our CFs lack physicality and pace, Cavani's name was floating around even though he just moved to PSG.