Supposedly currently on £200K + a week, can't be paying that for a squad player.
That is something that needs to be negotiated. Would be odd to not even think in a certain direction in an preemptive attempt to know what another person is thinking. If there's no deal, there's no deal. End of story anybody can move on. You'd hope, the club has learned from previous mistakes and is in possession of a list of viable midfield options.
Guy can play in any of the positions in midfield if Eriksens out, he’s in, Bruno out, he’s in, casemiro out he’s in. We need to rest players more than we do at the moment
We currently have Fred, McTominay and DVB as midfield options - all of them are not at all like for like replacements for the starters both in terms of skill set and skill level. That means, that as soon as we have to replace one of the starters, we have to adjust the plan, which is certainly possible, but a trouble a forward thinking clubs will try to prevent as it is an unnecessary difficulty. It is good to have one or two versatile utility players, but currently, it doesn't look like we will get a lot for neither of our bench option - so why spend 20 mio for a slightly better bench option, who just as all the others, isn't a like for like replacement. And, has shown his best stuff (not just at United, also at Leipzig) as some sort of combatitive(?) #10, a position where probably Uniteds best and seemingly fittest player plays plus we'd have Eriksen and to a degree maybe even Amad. Sabitzer might be able to play other roles as well, but probably not to a better level than Fred or McTominay (even if for different reasons).
Sabitzer is a good player, the price sounds more than fair, but an ambitious club isn't just buying stuff for the sake of a good price.
I find his detractors odd. What exactly has he done wrong in his literal handful of games, while adjusting to the PL and a new team, that is anything but positive?
we have other gaping holes fill and duds to get rid of. Sabitzer so far, in his limited number of games, makes sense
I'd say, lets not make it some personal thing. I don't me to be labeled a detractor just because I'd like the club to be a little more ambitious. I think, the reasons (outlayed above) are substancial, if you don't subscribe to them, you don't have to. Sure you wouldn't like me calling you a cheap bargain hunter.
How are we going to swap a player that’s out with a season ending injury? Nobody is going to touch him
Didn't say it would be easy. I agree, it would be difficult, but when we bought DVB he was compared to Müller a lot. So at least Bayern had a player like him in the team so maybe they could be pursued. I mean, lets face it, they aren't interested in Sabitzer as well, so if its a swap, maybe it can be some sort of new start for all parties. If we don't have to outlay any cash, than I'd be fine with bringing him in, as soon as money is involved, I'd advertise for a more ambitious transfer. I am sure, somewhere in the world you could get a 20million midfielder who at least is talked about as having potential to be a starter for a top club.
