You'd think with the impact VDS had our fans wouldn't think 30 is very old for a top level goalkeeper.
Mike Maignan - AC Milan player
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They mightn't even be in the CL next season IMO.
true. and that stinks. i still think we'll make it, though. we're on a high, but March really hurt us badly. We need to ride this wave and start picking up the points expected of us.
anyways, the more important fact in all this, is for the first time since around 2006 (I believe) we are going to run a PROFIT for the 22/23 balance sheet. Missing CL for next season would absolutely hurt, but we're in good financial shape to not have to sell pieces off to keep the lights on.
now, if a player wants to leave, different story. hope his contract renewal gets done asap, which they seem to be deep into according to some good sources.
He is so good. We should throw Alisson type money at Milan for him.
There's a very decent chance he could get both at United, especially if the takeover happens as expected.
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We're always too slow to pounce. Another one lost to Chelsea.
They would surely have to spend a bomb to get him.
What happened to Mendy?
Was injured for a while I think and slowly slipped out of favour. He's no spring chicken either, so he'll hardly improve from this point. They'd do well getting rid of both and bringing in an undisputed #1.
150m on a 10 year contract
Ffs
Do you believe every single twitter rumour that has to do with our rivals?We are interested in the Porto keeper who’s younger and better with his feet aren’t we?
Caf rules. Positive rumours for rivals, negative rumours for us.Ffs
It's no wonder bullshit is such a lucrative business. People lap up any nonsense.
What do our scouts do!? Ffs too busy identifying young keepers when we should be pouncing on Maignan
If he’s available and we’re looking for a keeper to replace De Gea, Maignan is an absolute no-brainer. He’s still slightly under the radar since Milan haven’t been in the limelight much and he missed the World Cup with France. But Maignan is one of the best keepers in the world. We should be all over this. His agent should know this as well.
Maignan is far better than Costa.
Maignan would be a marquee signing and if he is available, we should be all over it. And if we miss him to fecking Chelsea, that would be terrible.
Please guys sign him up. Don't let him go to Chelsea, of all places...
I dont think he is anything special, why do people think we are missing out on him?
Not with his feet, I believe Costa rivals Ederson with his feet, but Maignan is better with everything else, though he is 4 years older.
Yep. As Portuguese posters have pointed out, Costa isn't the finished article by any means. Which means that there is a very good chance that we spend £50m+ on our own Kepa.
Maignan is the best keeper on the planet. There is no risk. He seems to have a massive character too so he'd thrive under the pressure of being our no. 1. Costa seemed to wilt under the limelight at the World Cup.
If the costs of Costa and Maignan are similar and we go for Costa, then we may well live to regret it.
Doesn't there come a point where Chelsea have to stop signing players?! Not that I believe this one necessarily, mind, it just seems mental that they're still able to spend given how much they've shelled out on dross these last few years
Maignan is an excellent GK.
They have also sold a lot of players for a lot of money, and will do so again. We ourselves will probably hand them upwards of 60m for Mason Mount no less this summer.
Well he is a goalkeeper, no? Do we determine the best goalkeepers by who makes the best passes now?
And Maignan has excellent distribution anyway. And 4 years older has zero relevance when the younger is 22. Why don’t we target a keeper 4 years younger than Costa then? Maignan is plenty young enough for that to not be a factor at all.
Yes as many pointed out I guess his long pass is not as good as Costa's (by little margin) but in every other regards he is massively better and is arguably one of the 3 best GK on the planet.
Have they? I can't remember their last big sale but my memory is terrible. And they've taken players on INSANE wages too.
Maignan would be the ideal GK signing we could make. If he is available, we should be all over it.
Apparently not willing to sign a new contract. Dump Onana and get him in the summer?
We should go for him and offer Onana in a part exchange deal. Win-win.
Would be the best transfer in recent years if we can get him. But highly unlikely.
Best in the world? Changed the game for Milan with his save. Would probably be not much of exaggeration that we have probably qualified with comfortably if he played for us instead of Onana.
Apparently Bayern are keen. All the top players we want, they sign.
We would’ve qualified with any keeper that just doesn’t literally throw the ball in his own net
He's on a completely different level to Onana.
Should have bet 90m on him instead of signing Onana + Mount.