Bonucci 32, Chiellini 34 are getting on, Rugani and De Ligt the new generation of CB's for Juve. Get a year or two learning under Chiellini as he winds down his career into retirement. This for me would be a good move career wise.He isn't joining Juve. The kid has already said that he wants to develop further and implied game time is important. With them having Bonucci, Chiellini and Rugani already in their ranks, surely he wouldn't play as much as he would like.
He would join us and lead us back to glory years
Matthijs de Ligt / signs for Juventus, lowering their average age to 56
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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Seems like Juventus is going all out again to win the CL next season.
He doesn't need to learn as an understudy for anyone. He is ready to be first choice week in week out. And probably one of the best payed defenders in the World. Like Mbappe, he is a prodigy where the only improvement will come from playing.
United is the obvious choice where game time is concerned. And money probably.
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I thought he "said yes" days ago according to jurnos. And to Barca before. Guess they were just signals
The state of the football press these days...
How much were we offering ?
A penny less.
I hate Juve so much, but damn are they good at this whole transfer market thing.
12mil net is ridiculous if true.
Nothing. There has been no credible source that we are in the running.
Nope. The Juve news was he was considering it, not saying yes.I thought he "said yes" days ago according to jurnos. And to Barca before. Guess they were just signals
The state of the football press these days...
Seems pretty reckless from Juve. Haven't they seen how fat his dad is.
New tax regime for foreigners (the government approved it a couple of days ago).
12 net is around 16 gross, whereas before 16 gross were 8 net.
That government is almost as ridiculous as €12m net for a teenager. Wait...it’s the other way around.
Serious question, where is Juve getting all this money to pay these huge salaries?
probably from not massively overpaying all their deadwood, so there's more to give to those that actually deserve it.
He was definitely signing for psg a week ago. Before that Barca. Let's just have faith in GB.
As much as Deligt is a brilliant player and leader, such a high salary will cause discontent, just look at what sanchez has done to us, and we can't even offload him. I like Ole's vision of having players that want to work hard for this team, who want to be here because we are man utd, would rather have a Maguire type who wants to come than a Deligt only coming because we pay the highest against other teams offers, with a rumoured clause (probably if Barca came in later on?). Just get Sancho next season and tell him to Meg him a few times next time we meet Juve in the CL.
Another point is that Ronnie probably wants him And Juve will do whatever it takes to get him, they are usually good at paying up for long term WC players, like they did with Buffon.
Ronnie offered him orgy options.
Isn't that twice as much than what their captaon makes? Ha. For a CB with barely 2 years of experience.
Can´t wait for the documentary from de Ligt. "How i made the decision". On Netflix soon or maybe on Disney?
£62m transfer fee (if true) is ridiculous.
Yeah, I’m not believing he’s not coming to us until he’s holding up another shirt. Even then, I’m not sure I’ll accept it.
Seems an odd thing to joke about, unless I've missed another story, given the issues surrounding him?
I doubt he’s coming to Millwall, mate.
You not heard? Fatty will be won over when his bonuses will be paid in double pie and mash.
It's much easier when you're in the Champions League, have a star attraction in Christiano Ronaldo and are one of the 3 elite clubs in Serie A plus located in a country that many would like to live in.
I'm sure we're still putting together the DE LI5T video...that's all that's holding his signing for us up.
This isn't Hazard or Griezman. The kid has done nothing wrong - he openly stated he won't think about this until after the international games and his vacation. The hype and frenzy is from Raiola and journos in general. He's literally out there in swim trunks reading a book not giving a feck about all this right now.
In this market? I’d be surprised if he went for less.
I didn't expect him to end up at Juve I thought Barca for sure but like with all Raiola clients he seems to be a greedy fecker going to whoever offers him the highest wages. Maybe it's actually better he never ends up here regardless of how good he is because if you think about it he'd eventually move on after 3 seasons. I say stay away from any Raiola clients in the future. That man is a trouble maker.
In this market? (and given his last year or two) I thought it would be higher.
Sorry, I thought you meant it was too much
This is such a daft thing to say. First off, he's still a teenager. Second you've fallen prey to judgment based on what the media is saying about him instead of making a character appraisal on the actual individual, his own words and his actions.
And finally, he has got every top club in the world after his signature. You expect him to say, "I'll joint X for a pittance because I just want the internet to like me"? That's an utterly unrealistic expectation. It's also telling that's he's basically said he needs time to think about the best football option for him given so many great teams wanting him and even laughed at the ludicrous sums of money being mentioned. That's his actual reaction. Not the one the journos are rabidly fantasizing.
I'm sure he means Raiola is a troublemaker, not De Ligt.
Yeah I thought that at first too. But earlier comment about being greedy is directed at De Ligt
The part you highlighted is for Raiola.
and think of what you are getting. true class and you could get 12 years out of him! seems pretty good to me (if I had the odd £62m lying around)
Not as ridiculous as 80-90 being quoted for Maguire.
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