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Thinks the caf is 'wokeish'.
I just watch the video of Dembele. He is fantastic. NEVER EVER misses.
Must get.
Must get.
I love Dybala and been wanting him to come here for a few years now but I'm done with players where we have to hope they improve their work rate - been hearing that waaaay too often the past few years. It seems players either work hard or they don't. Only world beaters can get away with not putting in a full shift at times. The last striker we had that could do that was RvP but even when he was poor going forward he seemed to still put in a lot of work on the defensive end (still wonder if he holds one of the records for most balls cleared off the line per minute of game time)Dybala could be a great option if he improves his work rate and is willing to come here.
Dembélé and Lukaku do not follow the same template though. Dembélé base all his game on movement and link up play.An average striker IMHO. We could and should do better than him. From Fulham to Celtic to Lyon, he hasn't impressed too much(think Chelsea was also linked to him before). Good goalscorer but we should be moving away from the Lukaku template and more towards a fluid, good link up striker. Dybala could be a great option if he improves his work rate and is willing to come here.
He is nothing like Lukaku.An average striker IMHO. We could and should do better than him. From Fulham to Celtic to Lyon, he hasn't impressed too much(think Chelsea was also linked to him before). Good goalscorer but we should be moving away from the Lukaku template and more towards a fluid, good link up striker. Dybala could be a great option if he improves his work rate and is willing to come here.
Doesn't work for me (in the UK)Dembélé and Lukaku do not follow the same template though. Dembélé base all his game on movement and link up play.
here you have an example of it against Barcelona.
I was worried about that, it's a shame because on an handful of occasion you can see what he does outside of scoring. The highlight on Barcelona's website don't show it and the others are down. And in general highlights don't show the little things that are great to see for example his header against PSG was preceded by a dummy run toward the first post, it's the type of things that he does on a regular basis or against Barcelona he plays the ball with his chest to Terrier and immediately re-position himself on the left which sees him wide open. These are the small things that our attackers don't really do and the difference between him and someone like Lukaku, he also has good body control which allows him to look bigger than his actual size(similar to Suarez).Doesn't work for me (in the UK)
He won’t be cheap and his scoring rate has been nothing special in the Farmer’s Ligue this season in a good Lyon side.So what if he isn't a world beater? We need to replace players who are unable/unwilling to move off the ball with those that move.
Also @JPRouve, I did not say he is exactly like Lukaku. But, as a striker he seems nothing special whenever I have seen him. Has better movement than Lukaku, but is less clinical, and nothing special in terms of link up play. I would prefer us to get someone like Griezmann, Dybala who can transition from second striker to a solo striker role, who gives the front line fluidity and excellent link up play coupled with good technical skills and an intelligent brain to playmake or score.He is nothing like Lukaku.
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I know, it was just goal after goal.I just watch the video of Dembele. He is fantastic. NEVER EVER misses.
Must get.
The Spurs lad is a 'Mousa' if I rightly recall.Probably one for the ‘weird feelings of football’ thread but why do I feel like there are several players with the name Moussa Dembele
I assume he's being bought as a backup/rotation with Rashford. I guess Lukaku is off to Inter.His scoring record in the Championship, SPL and Ligue 1 is average. Doubt he'd suddenly pull up trees in the PL.
He has been good and they paid a solid amount for him.I looked at the replies to a tweet about this bid and it was a few Lyon fans posting laughing emojis. Are they laughing because he's worth so much more than that or are they laughing because we're daft enough to pay it?!
Has anyone consistently seen the guy? I wouldn't have thought he'd be an upgrade on Rom.
This is what I think too.I assume he's being bought as a backup/rotation with Rashford. I guess Lukaku is off to Inter.
Oh, I don't know... different manager perhaps?Desperate, desperate stuff from Utd if true. Even if he was good enough (he isn't) then why not just buy him last summer for less than half the price?
Read we want swap deal with Scrinnier or however you spell it. The CD plus we get money as well.Dembele in for £40mil(ish), Lukaku out for £70mil(maybe?) and then the change used to fund the moves for some of the lower league lads? One player out, potentially three in.
Because we had a different manager last season and didn't know we'd ultimately want another striker this Summer?Desperate, desperate stuff from Utd if true. Even if he was good enough (he isn't) then why not just buy him last summer for less than half the price?
Spot on!Because we had a different manager last season and didn't know we'd ultimately want another striker this Summer?
Because we didn't know Lukaku would be back unfit and short of confidence?
Because we didn't know Lukaku would want to leave?
Because we didn't know we were going to try and play a different way, requiring more mobility and better dribbling up top?
Because we wanted to see if Dembele could handle himself at a level that wasn't the Scottish Premier League?
Comments like that are outrageous.
Nah our hand has been forced due to Lukaku wanting outHe's pretty good but we already knew he was pretty good at Celtic. Naturally the club wanted to wait til he cost double the fee, I guess.
Is it Lukaku wanting out or Ole wanting rid? Thought it was more the latter.Nah our hand has been forced due to Lukaku wanting out