I speak Italian at a decent level (though worse than English) and was able to communicate without problems when I was on Barcelona (Catalan) and Madrid (Spanish). I talked in Italian with a weird accent, they replied to me on Catalan/Spanish and it worked perfectly. If really concentrated, I can also understand a bit of Portuguese (though no French).
Lukaku is not a bad player. In the right system he is a proven goalscorer for Belgium and was for Everton as well.
The only problem with that thinking is that he is a pretty awful target man, easily bullied for a man of his size and with a lousy first touch which makes it hard for him to control the ball and play others in. His strength is in playing for an underdog when the opposition is holding a high line and he has space to run into behind. Juve will be playing week in and week out against teams that park the bus and he has nowhere near the level of technical ability needed to function in a tightly packed attacking third. This whole thing is baffling to me but dear god I would love it if we pull it off.
And most of the people who feel like that still don't know where the Falklands are.
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He's gonna have a lot more time and space in Italy than he ever had here.
I think this might only be about the size of his deal. In which case he's coming to United and Pogba is getting a massive new contract.
I’m not sure. It’s getting dragged out quite a bit and beginning to lose interest/focus....I was hoping the past 48 hours would be enough but nothing yet.
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What a picture
It's only just started FFS. Sometimes transfer sagas can go on for months. At least that is not going to happen here.
Maybe they think they can work on him. Belgium aren't an underdog and he bags plenty for them.
That's ignoring the fact that a) he isn't a target man, and b) their manager is now Maurizio Sarri.
True. As I said before, we had similar feelings about Sanchez and Di Maria and look how that turned out. No guarantees in football unfortunately but that shouldn't stop us from pursuing top players. Whether one classes Dybala as a top player is open for discussion.
I'll take Messi instead of Coutinho
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He isn't right now. Maybe Juventus think they can work on him?
That is what gives me hope. Most observers think the issue for Dybala is that he just does not fit with Ronaldo and they ultimately got in each others way last season and so a change of scenery might restore his previous good form. You are right about them having a plan for Lukaku too I am sure, I can't see it but much smarter people than me are running Juve and they obviously think they have a role that will fit their team.
At times you just have to love this manWhat a picture
How come?
"Biggest club in the world", "theatre of dreams", "get this club back to where it belongs" etc. etc.
Oh hi Brexit, what are you still doing in this thread?
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They? Is that what they do is it? Or are you thinking specifically of the Lucy Blackman case from the 1990s? If so, it wasn't a balcony, it was a cave. Try not to sound so ridiculous.
Nope.At times you just have to love this man
The reports are that Juventus are forcing him out essentially and he doesn't really want to go to United but would for money?
Once he is banging in goals and winning league titles he'll be fine.
Ney. I still think we need a midfielder/offensive player. Fernandes is the perfect solution.
Political banter from an American doesn't really work.
He can say no at any point. He has every right to make everything fall through.
Is this a serious question?
No. You were going to get Denis Suarez, but instead you'll get Arda Turan.
It doesn’t quite say we’re willing to meet his demands, just that w3’re gonna push for the deal (although we probably will end up giving him what he wants).
Sarri doesn't use a target man, so who their previous strikers were is completely irrelevant.
Nah, our attack/midfield still looks weak as feck. It’d be a good window for our defence though.
