Yeah I don't think David is good enough for a top club, and probably never will be at this point.
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Yeah I don't think David is good enough for a top club, and probably never will be at this point.
Seemingly pretty solid defensively, how's his ball playing ability?
Very good from what I've seen.
He's going to wait for Madrid. We'd be wasting our time.
Yeah unfortunately that's the case
David is nice but nothing special. Could be an interesting backup option but I imagine he will get offers from Serie A, Bundesliga and mid table PL clubs to be their starting striker. He is a very good finisher, good with both feet and has good holdup play. He lacks the physical ability to ever be truly elite in my opinion.
If Madrid actually want him, they'll get him.
As for David, it might not be the end of the world if he never looks convincing when you see him, Cavani was the same for me, he never once had a good game when I watched him but obviously he was class.
Madrid come calling, you go there.
It’s not over till it’s over. Can Madrid afford to deal this summer after giving all their money to Mbappe?
Not without selling i think.
Did they not give Mbappe 150 million euros on sign on fee?
I agree that they probably need to sell. Perhaps we could offer our traditional help, say 400k per week for Modric and a 65m transfer fee
Do Madrid have any 30 + year old they'll be content with moving on for big fees?
There's usually one gullible team I know of who loves those deals.
There's usually one gullible team I know of who loves those deals.
150M fee but stretched across 4-5 years - so 30-37,5M expediture for Mbappe in this year. They will still have money to buy.
Emm…. I think soHaha i sure hope those days are gone.. they are right?
You think Mbappe and his greedy agent mom can wait that long for the money mate?
Emm…. I think so
Emm.... me too...
Yeah this will probably pick up pace after they have done the big Mbappe unveiling in mid July
Hopefully presenting him starting minutes for an esteemed club like United in a back line next to both Martinez and Dalot where he would be part of a future core with teenagers like Mainoo and Garnacho is appealing enough to sell him.
Surely better than Liverpool with their current CB options.
Yoro and Branthwaite then
Tasty. Feel like we’d be third choice for him though. Unless he’s worried Liverpool under Slot is a risk now.
The "market opportunity" here seems to be RM want to wait for him on a free next year while Lille are motivated to sell this year to get some money for him. Probably have to throw a boatload of money his way to make it happen if we really believe in him.
Why he would legitimately start for us. He ain’t getting ahead of Konate and Virgil.
I guess depends on what he values. Just starting isn’t good enough if he doesn’t think we can reach the heights he wants.
He'll probably want a release clause to feck off to RM eventually. I wonder if we'll accept that.
3-5-2 (3-box-3) incoming. League ain't ready for us.
----------------- Mainoo ------ Neves -------------------
-------- Branthwaite --- Martinez --- Yoro --------
We obviously aren't getting Yoro and Branthwaite. It's an either/or situation.
Chuck 50m at them and ask for Jonathan David as well
What do we think fellow Muppets? Camp in here or the Neves thread?
There's no reason why a young player who fancies themselves wouldn't believe they can start ahead of Konate. Konate's injury issues will provide an opening if nothing else. The opportunity to play alongside Virgil van Dijk is probably pretty appealing for a young defender as well.
I still think Madrid remain favourites, but most Champions League clubs would be a more appealing destination than us right now. We're very much in transition.
I really really really hope we don’t go 3 at the back. What we will probably do is start with Martinez and rotate the other two at RCB and Branthwaite with Martinez at LCB. Loads of minutes. There will surely be injuries so Willy K should get a fair shake too. We should build the spine and these two and two solid central midfielders should address that. Go back to keeping it tight and knicking games until we find the next player to unlock the attack or one of our existing players goes into beast mode.
Feels like when Varane was a young player in France. Real Madrid is inevitable
Yes.
All of the above! Has Ornstein said anything solid about Neves? He’s the one I really want and he’s gettable (no Madrid or Bayern) Did we really have a bid rejected?
Most likely but this shiny new project… who knows. I’d be completely pessimistic about this without INEOS. Monitoring FC
To tell him to sign for Real, then United when he's a bit washed up and after a final big salary?
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