Cantonagotmehere
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Should have just kept Fred in hindsight
Looking like that could be the case.....
Need the Glazers the feck out of here and maybe we won't act like clowns. It's infuriating.
Should have just kept Fred in hindsight
I would like to see a double pivot with him and Casemiro in the middle. Provides the team with balance and the club can build on the performances last season. I personally don't see Bruno or Mount as (8s) because of their positional play and the lack of discipline defensively to occupy that role so if Amrabat comes in the hope is that those two can play further forward across a suitable position in the attack.
Amrabat wouldn't have been my first choice but considering how bad the performances were in the midfield it's to some degree at crisis point and this signing is a necessity. Some can say it's only two games but tactically when your 6 and 8 are so far apart, and the 6 is closer to being considered aged in category, there's no way regular games is going to fix that issue but rather compound the problem. Casemiro will end up gassed from having to cover so many midfield spaces and decline at a advanced rate, while Bruno / Mount will get absolutely ridiculed.
This signing is a priority but more importantly it has to equate balance and that's the managers responsibility.
Who was your first choice?
I'd have taken Kokcu or Kone before the window opened followed both players loosely was impressed with their profile.
I know it's a bit of a wild inclusion but also Guendouzi, questionable mentality but I think he has the attributes to be brilliant in the midfield. Was impressed when I watched him in possession at Arsenal. Reckon he would work with the more mature players around him.
I don’t think Fred solves anything for us at any time but it’s funny how one injury can make the options look very thin. For years he was the least bad option which is just amazing to me.Should have just kept Fred in hindsight
How? The club has no money.
We can't get rid of VDB. Hopefully he'll find a new club.Priority since the end of June, yet no bid? Feel sorry for whoever was deemed 2nd choice then if that's how priority transfers get treated.
Romano has been pretty consistent in saying we want this guy but cannot get him until we sell. Is that really treating him badly?Priority since the end of June, yet no bid? Feel sorry for whoever was deemed 2nd choice then if that's how priority transfers get treated.
Or injured before we buy him. But we buy him anyway.I reckon it’ll happen and he will be injured right away
Who is insisting that we'll soon arrive at signing this guy when nobody has bid for him this summer? Sounds like a bad source making things up. What would be the purpose of that information anyway? Clubs want to keep their signings quiet to not attract other interest and inflate the fee. Sometimes its different when its a huge name player. Thats not this guy.
The only purpose would be the source wanting credit for saying it so its completely in their best interest to continue saying its going to happen until the window closes.
As with Kim Jae, no substantial UK journalists were picking up on Amrabat. Only Romano and the Italian sources.No bid just implied the club never showed interest and that the fans were led by PR. We got fooled (once again)
Pretty much this. He seems determined to want utd only. If the move doesn’t happen, it’s not a disaster for him. He gets to leave on a free next year and get a nice big contract wherever he goes. Saudi will always want him too.Or we agreed terms with Amrabat himself ages ago, and have told him to wait for us. He agrees and only wants to come to us, thus if any other club has come sniffing around for him he's told them he's not interested.
On a french radio, an agent how clubs frequently spread fake rumors about being about x or y playersAs with Kim Jae, no substantial UK journalists were picking up on Amrabat. Only Romano and the Italian sources.
It’s very funny he’s still not in Fiorentina’s squad, though. Weird.
I'd consider begging Sociedad at this point. We need him off the books for everyone's sake.We can't get rid of VDB. Hopefully he'll find a new club.
Well if we really wanted him we'd just sign him and then force Donny out the door, instead of having this lad sit on the sidelines and train with the reserves all month then let him down when we can't shift Donny. It hardly screams "we want you to play a big part here" does it?Romano has been pretty consistent in saying we want this guy but cannot get him until we sell. Is that really treating him badly?
They don't want him they got someone else. Ajax should take him now Kudus is gone.I'd consider begging Sociedad at this point. We need him off the books for everyone's sake.
Fingers crossed. Hopefully they remember the player he was for them and they take him back.They don't want him they got someone else. Ajax should take him now Kudus is gone.
None of it screams anything.Well if we really wanted him we'd just sign him and then force Donny out the door, instead of having this lad sit on the sidelines and train with the reserves all month then let him down when we can't shift Donny. It hardly screams "we want you to play a big part here" does it?
Is a very fair question.Why string together assumptions and draw a negative conclusion from them?
I would be amazed if there is no ongoing dialogue with his agent. Amrabat will be more in the picture than we are.Seems quite harsh that the lad is waiting for us having presumably been told we're coming in for him, only to discover that is only if we can find a buyer for our deadwood players before it's too late.
He's going to end up somewhere else at the deadline while we insist that we always planned to stick with VdB and McTom.
Apparently loans with obligations to buy count toward FFP immediately.IF EtH wants him (*a big if) then why can't we do a loan with an obligation to buy, Wouldn't that suit FFP? We do need a midfielder to add to what we have.
Who said it’s a negative conclusion? He’s obviously not a priority signing otherwise he’d be here. Onana was a priority signing. We didn’t make him sit out the start of the season at Inter while we tried to shift Henderson.None of it screams anything.
Why string together assumptions and draw a negative conclusion from them?
Yea it's kind of a weird situation. Why isnt he with Fiorentina's squad if no club has bid for him yet? Selling clubs usually do that when they know they're close to an agreement and dont want to risk losing the deal to an injury. I guess Fiorentina really wants those €20M or something that are rumored instead of losing him for nothing next summer.Seems quite harsh that the lad is waiting for us having presumably been told we're coming in for him, only to discover that is only if we can find a buyer for our deadwood players before it's too late.
He's going to end up somewhere else at the deadline while we insist that we always planned to stick with VdB and McTom.
Plus he's in the final year of his contract. If they loan him they'll get nothing at the end of it.Apparently loans with obligations to buy count toward FFP immediately.
Or we agreed terms with Amrabat himself ages ago, and have told him to wait for us. He agrees and only wants to come to us, thus if any other club has come sniffing around for him he's told them he's not interested.