Nicolo Barella

[Fer]

How do you rate Barella compared with Neves and Tielemans?

I haven't seen enough of Barella, he looked to me like a deep-lying playmaker... Or is he more a player like Ndombele or Rice?

 

[Kaglish10]

Does Barella have composure on balls and difficult to dispossess? It is important for possession.

Looks like someone who is dispossessed a lot.

 

[beingshe7don]

How do you rate Barella compared with Neves and Tielemans?

I haven't seen enough of Barella, he looked to me like a deep-lying playmaker... Or is he more a player like Ndombele or Rice?

If we are looking to buy cheap, Tielemens would be one of my choices along with Ndombele. Although, I would like us to invest in Pepe and Felix as well. Many people find Barella talented but he looks pretty ordinary for a CM. Probably explains why there aren't many takers.

 

[Fer]

If we are looking to buy cheap, Tielemens would be one of my choices along with Ndombele. Although, I would like us to invest in Pepe and Felix as well. Many people find Barella talented but he looks pretty ordinary for a CM. Probably explains why there aren't many takers.

Tielemans could be a good choice. I have the idea that Ndombele is a bit expensive.

Definitely we need Felix and Pepe to improve our attack.
If we end up signing Felix and Pepe, which formation would you use?

 

[beingshe7don]

Tielemans could be a good choice. I have the idea that Ndombele is a bit expensive.

Definitely we need Felix and Pepe to improve our attack.
If we end up signing Felix and Pepe, which formation would you use?

Martial/ Rashford -------------- Pepe/ Greenwood
----------------------- Felix/ Lingard -----------
------- Tielemens ---------- Ndombele ----------
-------------------- Fred/ Matic --------------
Shaw -------------------------- Muenier/ Dalot
----------- Lindelof ------ Koulibaly ----------
-------------------- De Gea -------------------

It's way too ambitious... May not get Koulibaly.... I would settle for Tuanzebe

 

[Rozay]

Watching him and Koulibaly in the Napoli v Cagliari game. More and more convinced by him. Great assist tonight. Never stops running and also has very good close control.

Koulibaly has been very good too for the record.

 

[AgentSquirrel]

Watching him and Koulibaly in the Napoli v Cagliari game. More and more convinced by him. Great assist tonight. Never stops running and also has very good close control.

Koulibaly has been very good too for the record.

He does look good. Always moving and making himself available - looks a clever player.

 

[Fosu-Mens]

Watching him and Koulibaly in the Napoli v Cagliari game. More and more convinced by him. Great assist tonight. Never stops running and also has very good close control.

Koulibaly has been very good too for the record.

Koulibaly got better movement in the box than all our attackers..

 

[Fer]

How do you rate Barella compared with Neves?

 

[Adam-Utd]

How do you rate Barella compared with Neves?

Completely different players. It's like comparing Scholes and Kante.

 

[Fosu-Mens]

How do you rate Barella compared with Neves?

Barella is a better all round player, while Neves is more specialized.

Barella would be a better fit for a club wanting to build new "foundations" based on his balanced abilities.

 

[Berbaclass]

What the actual feck

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[croadyman]

What the actual feck

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Bloody hell Utd talk about missing boat

 

[L1nk]

Whilst it's a surprise that its Newcastle, it wouldn't be a surprise if Barella left because Inter are kinda in dire financial straights at the moment and he is one of their only sellable assets worth much

 

[zaafi]

If that is true, then it's probably going to be the transfer of the summer. That is a very good price for a player of his quality.

 

[Powderfinger]

Kind of a nonsense article talking about Barella playing as a 6 though.

 

[RedStarUnited]

Bloody hell Utd talk about missing boat

We hardly ever go for these surprise type deals.

 

[Ish]

Yeah that’d be a surprise so I’m doubting that’s true. Price alone, seems crazy as I’m sure inter would demand closer to triple digits and surely there’d be a ton of other clubs linked: ourselves, city, Chelsea, Liverpool and arsenal could all use him and have a need/position open in that “8” slot.

 

[croadyman]

Yeah that’d be a surprise so I’m doubting that’s true. Price alone, seems crazy as I’m sure inter would demand closer to triple digits and surely there’d be a ton of other clubs linked: ourselves, city, Chelsea, Liverpool and arsenal could all use him and have a need/position open in that “8” slot.

I would agree if it wasn't Luke Edwards who is pretty reliable for Newcastle

 

[RedDevilRoshi]

Free money when it comes to betting on Newcastle booking points next season then

 

[Ish]

I would agree if it wasn't Luke Edwards who is pretty reliable for Newcastle

Aargh haven’t a clue who he is so that’s even more surprising. I’d be a tad irritated if Newcastle snapped him up for that sort of fee, in today’s market etc - with little to no competition! I’m sure Liverpool were linked with him a while ago as well but I didn’t pay much attention to the rumor as I thought he might be one of inters untouchables.

 

[Bubz27]

Barella and Bruno G would be a hell of a midfield.

 

[Martial'sEmergingSmile]

Damn...Barella, Guimaraes and a competent 6 would be a hell of a midfield.

Edit -

Barella and Bruno G would be a hell of a midfield.

We hiveminded.

 

[RedDevilRoshi]

Guess we are stuck with McTominay then

 

[Idxomer]

Is he better than Mount?

 

[harms]

We hardly ever go for these surprise type deals.

Mount was a surprise for sure!

 

[GledTheRed]

Can't be true? Unless it's dodgy...

 

[marktan]

£50m for Barella?

Inter wouldn't even pick up the phone for that price. He's literally their most valued player, £100m probably wouldn't even get him.

 

[Brophs]

Very clever signing. But he wouldn’t be the first Italian to move to a new country and not take to it.

 

[AaronRedDevil]

Meanwhile Mount...

 

[Red Star One]

If this happens it’s so worrying on many levels. We should be all over him at this price and if he just prefers Newcastle it’s even worse

In before I get shat on for complaining - I only mean that we’re in dire need of a world class midfielder, and to see one going to our top4 for a very decent fee I am starting to lose the feeling United is more appealing than fecking Newcastle to guys like Barella and so.

 

[ATXRedDevil]

He’d be perfect for us. Need to swoop and steal this one.

 

[L1nk]

The article does state mind that Barella would take some convincing even if they had an offer accepted. This isn't a cert by any stretch. Kinda seems like a FDJ situation

 

[Red the Bear]

He'd be great, always wondered why there wasn't more buzz surrounding him.

 

[Gandalf]

£50m for Barella?

Inter wouldn't even pick up the phone for that price. He's literally their most valued player, £100m probably wouldn't even get him.

Agreed. If he does go for that price with 3 years left on his contract then fair market value for Mount would be around 20M.

 

[DWelbz19]

Guess we are stuck with McTominay then

Would be the worst part about this

 

[Baxquux]

Would be the worst part about this

There's always West Ham and the Rice dividend. Moyes is supposedly a McT fan and would like him to compete with/replace Soucek...

 

[BerryBerryShrew]

We hardly ever go for these surprise type deals.

The Casemiro signing came out of the blue

 

[BluesJr]

A transfer a competent club looking to improve midfield cannot afford to ignore…

Therefore we’ll do nothing.

 

[BluesJr]

The Casemiro signing came out of the blue

Fell into our laps. Wasn’t a proactive signing.