He’s nothing like Keane apart from being a midfielder. Reminds me more of Djemba-Djemba, let’s hope he ends up better then him.
Moises Caicedo | Signs for Brighton
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I'm tempering my excitement with the fact that Antonio Valencia also played as an central attacking midfielder for the Ecuador national team. It's a decent measure of all-round ability, but not proof of the potential top quality we need in that position.
But for such a small fee, I think it's great business for United either way. I can't see any downside.
But for such a small fee, I think it's great business for United either way. I can't see any downside.
Good to see the club scouting and acquiring good young talents.
I think the key question would be whether we need to sign an established mid fielder in the summer or are we going to trust him to make the role his own next season and as such don’t sign another midfielder. My preference would be for us to sign another midfielder when Pogba leaves and let Caicedo have a little time to acclimatise and develop.
I think the key question would be whether we need to sign an established mid fielder in the summer or are we going to trust him to make the role his own next season and as such don’t sign another midfielder. My preference would be for us to sign another midfielder when Pogba leaves and let Caicedo have a little time to acclimatise and develop.
How quick is he? And how injury prone?
This seems like a direct replacement for Jude Bellingham on our transfer list. I'm guessing we will utilise Moises where we play Pogba. I truly believe Pogba would have gone if we had got Jude...so it seems that Moises will be that person.
But of course that is pure opinion on my behalf and Moises is the long term replacement for Matic.
But of course that is pure opinion on my behalf and Moises is the long term replacement for Matic.
In my opinion United needs Kimmich type of midfielder who is intelligent, can do both defense and playmaking. This guy seems to be in the category. Anyway, I’m buzzing with this signing, 19 years old already set regular spot of midfield in international and helped his national team to beat Uruguay and Colombia is something very promising. He has high ambition as well.
That Reddit post is exciting! I didn’t realise he had international experience, sounds like he’s Pogbas replacement to be honest, but would love if he was a deep lying player who can nit play well and win the ball back and get around.
Such mature composure for a 19y.o.
The del Valle destruction of Flamengo, current Libertadores champions, (5x0) at Ecuador was amazing to see. And Caicedo scored the first goal. This guy is class, and even though the guy said his games don't revolve around physical attributes, does not hurt he's gifted in that sense.
So many questions
Watch the video bro and judge for yourself how much ground he eats up. As for injury prone;there's nothing coming out re that. Might be different to the class of defenders we have in the PL who will give him a 'reducer' as soon as they realise how good he is. Thing is he needs to do the same back
Our youth recruitment has me genuinely excited about the direction of the club
Bring him in now, have 6 months to settle and learn from Bruno, Matic etc and be good to go in the summer.
Bit of a Patrick Vieira in him.
Described as the Ecuadorian, Steven Gerrard by the South American football correspondent in this video.
Uugghh we won't win any league title with him then.
He'll slip too often.
Yes and that..
Dirty sod
Romano has confirmed this right?
If he's actually a DM then I hope he can hit the ground running, because boy do we need one!
I have seen the videos of him and he looks impressive and I like that we are giving a chance to a player like him rather than been held over a barrel for a player with one season under their belt in another European league.
Has anyone connected with the club said anything on the Caicedo transfer speculation? I didn't hear any mention by Paul Scholes or Robbie Savage or in Oles post match press conference.
I really like the youth players we are buying not all will work out but it shows more vision by the club in its transfer activity.
Has anyone connected with the club said anything on the Caicedo transfer speculation? I didn't hear any mention by Paul Scholes or Robbie Savage or in Oles post match press conference.
I really like the youth players we are buying not all will work out but it shows more vision by the club in its transfer activity.
He has all the attributes to be the player that will help us transition play smoothly from the back according to regular observers of the player. He's also mobile and has great ground coverage along with a high footballing IQ which is something we clearly lack.
All the above are traits described by regular observers of the player and he's already performed against some of the world's best playing for Ecuador displaying maturity beyond his years.
If we do end up signing him, then I personally hope we give the player the time to make one of the two roles in the double pivot his own rather than throw more money away.
All the above are traits described by regular observers of the player and he's already performed against some of the world's best playing for Ecuador displaying maturity beyond his years.
If we do end up signing him, then I personally hope we give the player the time to make one of the two roles in the double pivot his own rather than throw more money away.
He knows feck all about this. Just speculates on news already out there.
Why would they comment on something they really have no knowledge of?
Ole will never comment on other club’s players till it’s sealed. Pointless to even broach the subject
I have to say I like the look of him
There is a lot being made of how good on the ball he is, but the reality is coming the level he plays at we have no clue if he can stand up to a premiership press
fortunately the way we play you don't need to, as fred certainly can't and is one of the leagues most effective midfielders. and if he can develop the ability to do so then we will have an extra weapon
There is a lot being made of how good on the ball he is, but the reality is coming the level he plays at we have no clue if he can stand up to a premiership press
fortunately the way we play you don't need to, as fred certainly can't and is one of the leagues most effective midfielders. and if he can develop the ability to do so then we will have an extra weapon
Given his age and the fact he is going to have to adapt to a new country / culture and pace of football I wouldn't be surprised to see him in the u23 with pellestri
Will be interesting to see if they see him as somebody ready for first team football or if he might be loaned out next season like Levitt and garner
Don't you think he's ready for first team football when he's displayed a very good level of performance against Lionel Messi who IMO is the best player in the world?
He's also (according to Regular observers of the player) dominated a Uruguay midfield consisting of Bentacur and Valverde. This kid is already performing against top level players and from what i've read, he has total trust of his coach in carrying out very difficult tasks against top level players.
I do agree though that he'll be afforded time to adapt to the pace of the game and new surroundings.
I'll be honest... ive seen a few YouTube clips and some stats saying he's played less than a full.seasons worth of games and a handful of international games (I suspect most of us have seen the same)
If he does play for the first team I suspect at least at first it will be from the bench or in uefa games
I'd be pleasantly surprised if he came in and started 10 Premier league games for us this season ... i hope pellestri gets some games and diallo as well but again it would be a pleasant surprise if either made a real claim for starting most premier league games for the rest of the season
Has this been confirmed now or still in the preparing stage?
That's fair enough mate and is what I expect too..
I agree, but out of the three, there is no question that Caicedo seems to be the one "most ready" for the first team. Palestri and Diallo still have that "junior player" look to them. However, it is normally easier to give minutes to attacking players than to bed in a number 6 or number 8. Only one thing is certain, and that is all of them will need time to adapt to a new culture, language and the Premier League.
It’s the most promising thing about our club for the fans that pay attention.
It is part of the fabric of the club but we had lost that for a while.
Agree, and I’m of the opinion that it is our best shot at regaining our dominance under the Glazers. They’ve shown countless times that we won’t just buy players to improve the squad if the team is already making money. So we are better off trying to find more Greenwood’s and Rashfords than buying them for huge fees
Yeap. Its part of the culture re-set that Ole had talked about at the start.
Assuming that Floydman knows his business, that is all very good to hear. Will take it with a grain of salt of course, but that sounds great for a big hole in the squad.
We will find out in a few days time to see if all this is Caicedo's agent generating the noise or if United is actually interested.
I've watched many compilation videos for our transfer targets over the years and this is the best one I've seen
I personally am loving it . I really think this is the direction we need to take. Sign them early and blood a couple a year into the team. This type of signing really excites me
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