Not having him. He’s an aesthetically pleasing player who has been found out to be not a very good left back. Would genuinely rather have kept Telles.
Marc Cucurella - World Class Hairdo
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Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) discuss United's fantastic win away against Athletic Club in the semi-final of the Europa League.
They also pick out the positives of United's 4-3 loss away at Brentford, and Nik reviews a day out at Old Trafford watching Manchester United Women qualify for the Champions League.
Profile at Brighton and trajectory had him going to City. Something Shaw could only dream of.
Not bothered how they calculate the timeframe as long as we wouldn’t be covering his wages on top, otherwise £7m is a bad deal even if we negotiate it to around £5m fee
Is Shaw dead or something? If he’s going to return within the next 4-6 weeks as rumored then what’s the point of spending significant amount of money on replacing him with Cucurella?
Memechester UtdCan you imagine us having to field Cucurella - Maguire - Lindelof - Dalot in the same game?
Looks to be out for 3-4 months..
Ah, thought it was much shorter. Makes sense to look for a replacement then.
That makes no sense.
I think the most logical inference is that Shaw and Malacia may be out for a little while.
Shaw the most pessimistic talk is maybe out until 2024. Malacia we don't really know. AWB, Dalot and Fernandez (if he's even part of the plan) is both light and risky if for too long.
We can’t clear our own deadwood but seem to be hoovering up Chelsea’s deadwood
Chelsea get around FFP with this one simple trick.
Gonna happen to Chelsea a lot when they pay extortionate fees and tie down players on 8 year contracts.
If it’s just a loan, there’s very limited downside. Hope it will be better trajectory than Weggy or Sabitzer.
Even with Martinez instead of Maguire it's a slow and physically weak back 4. Cucurella has usually played in a 5.Can you imagine us having to field Cucurella - Maguire - Lindelof - Dalot in the same game?
If we pay 7m + his wages then we deserve the bad performances he would give.
This is shaping to be a terrible transfer window.
This is shaping to be a terrible transfer window.
He's most likely out until December.
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Was really good at Brighton and cost Chelsea a lot of money (City also bid for him)
Doubt we’ll get a better LB option on loan
Doubt we’ll get a better LB option on loan
Looking forward to a Maguire--Cucurella left side defensive partnership.
The worrying thing obviously is that Poch didn’t try to keep him or play him at all. Obviously he is better than the other options but there are a lot of question marks on him as well.
As Joe Pesci said to Mitchell Whitfield in My Cousin Vinny, "Look, it's either me or them; you're getting fvcked one way or the other."
A biggish fish in a small pond and pie in the sky career trajectory.
I’m happy with him but nothing will make our season go better than an additional midfielder.
Talk of Chelsea wanting £7m (and his high wages) is a lot of money when we seem to have very little. £20m probably gets you Amrabat. But this potential deal now looks certain to put a nail in a the new DM coffin.
Talk of Chelsea wanting £7m (and his high wages) is a lot of money when we seem to have very little. £20m probably gets you Amrabat. But this potential deal now looks certain to put a nail in a the new DM coffin.
If we need to sign a LB (which really depends on the prognosis of the injured players) then my preference would be a loan, as there's no benefit to tieing ourselves long term to someone we don't really want. And LB definitely isn't enough of a priority this summer to warrant the sort of money we'd have to pay for someone we would want long term.
And of the loan options mentioned, Cucurella would be my preferred choice. Simply because we only have to hope last season was a one-off outlier and then he seems a fine choice. Whereas the likes of Alonso/Reguilon have proven themselves to be sub-par over multiple seasons.
I've seen Tagliafico mentioned as an option but my understanding is that he spent his last season under ETH as second choice to Daley Blind. Which hardly fills me with confidence.
I think a lot of the complaining about this move would be eased if people knew we were going to get a midfielder in as well. Because unless the loan fee is extortionate there's really very little downside.
And of the loan options mentioned, Cucurella would be my preferred choice. Simply because we only have to hope last season was a one-off outlier and then he seems a fine choice. Whereas the likes of Alonso/Reguilon have proven themselves to be sub-par over multiple seasons.
I've seen Tagliafico mentioned as an option but my understanding is that he spent his last season under ETH as second choice to Daley Blind. Which hardly fills me with confidence.
I think a lot of the complaining about this move would be eased if people knew we were going to get a midfielder in as well. Because unless the loan fee is extortionate there's really very little downside.
Are we supposed to be excited about this?
I don't really get it
I don't really get it
what I find funny about these reports is that personal terms on loans are limited, maybe covering accommodation and travel only from experience? (league 2 only I admit). Mostly relates to the covering of wages which will be dealt with by the club.
Amazing how efficient we can be when we want to be
Or we are just desperate and decided not to haggle for pennies.
I've blocked that bellend on Twitter and you're posting his garbage at me on here? There's no escape!
If only the club felt the same desperation about filling the enormous hole in midfield or the lack of firepower upfront.
Are we supposed to be excited about this?
I don't really get it
More along the lines of deeply underwhelming sufferance.
Isn’t he a little slow?
I see Caf have to be miserable about literally every transfer. I personally look forward to the lad coming here and maybe regain his amazing from from Brighton.
What do those cherry-picked stats prove? Shaw had at least a couple of seasons better than that one which got him both times in the PFA team of the year.
Amazing hair, you can't say otherwise. Maybe he'll do a Sorin surprise !
Feck it, I'm all in on this guy. Just happy that we're getting someone new in. I like shiney things.
I can't believe we're actually getting rid of him and weakening a top 4 rival at the same time. Great success!*
*If you discount the fact that we bought him in the first place.
*If you discount the fact that we bought him in the first place.
Whilst I'm not a big fan of this signing at least I hope we have an option to buy. Not saying he will be great but the whole Chelsea team were terrible last season so it wouldn't be the craziest thing if he ended up performing well for us. At the very least I think he'd provide good overlaps for Rashford.