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Thiago Alcantara | Pool bound
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When it rains, it pours. Our teams are going in opposite directions.
Reinforces them as firm title favorites for me (if they weren't already) and surely makes them a high 90's points tally team again if he/they stay fit.
Fantastic signing.
Fantastic signing.
If Thiago had the choice between Moyes and Pep, well ... Moyes probably tried to impress him with his Spanish language skills especially by pronouncing Illarramendi 
Anyway it has been reported for several weeks that he wanted Liverpool. We also already have enough midfielders.
Still this won’t change some people from having a meltdown now as well as every time he touches the ball for Liverpool in future.
Anyway it has been reported for several weeks that he wanted Liverpool. We also already have enough midfielders.
Still this won’t change some people from having a meltdown now as well as every time he touches the ball for Liverpool in future.
Once Wijnaldum, is sold, they will have 6, Milner is 34 so really its 5. 5 top quality midfielders into 3 positions is depth.
Go watch his last game. It was the CL final, iirc
Give over
That was my point. Wijnaldum going would be a loss.
Hey, Di María's last competitive game for Madrid was the 2014 CL final and he got the Man of the Match award. And he turned out to be shite for us.
(Let us keep SOME hope, dammit!)
We were never going to be in for him with our current midfield (though he's better than Pogba with similar injury records) but its just fecking annoying when you go back to how we shouldve signed him. De Gea tapping him up all summer, all the talk and fecking Moyes chasing Fabregas over him for god knows what reason. What a disaster. That summer was somehow worse than this current one but this is easily 2nd worst since then. The annoyance is knowing we shouldve signed him years ago, only to see him develop for Bayern and then sign for Liverpool to strengthen them as a title winning team and give them what they were missing to push on from last season.
David Moyes didnt fancy him.
Yeah Felliani was more his type.
You are going to win the PL (dare i say it CL aswel) with or without him. Not sure how his winning mentality will make any difference.
Feel like Ox stands out as the one at risk, might be way off though
I dont think Spurs will win the title and they're not in CL.
Wijnaldum isn’t a patch on Thiago lets be honest. Thiago is exactly what they were missing in midfield, and he'll come in their team and be up there with De Bruyne as the best midfielders in the league this season, as hes the best midfielder of his type in the world. Pogba has never played at the level Thiago has reached, and Bruno obviously a level below de Bruyne while being brilliant himself. Make no mistake, this gives them what they need to push for title #20.
Nah it was a 4-0 victory against Ukraine.
Happy that my prediction came true that we'd have a breakthrough one way or another before Bayern played their first Bundesliga game. And also happy that we got it done in the end, you know, skint as we appeared to be.
Doesn’t always work like that. Schweinsteiger bossed the WC final only 1 year before joining us. Both are injury prone players.
However some players get less injury prone when they get older so you never know.
This just add that X factor to their midfield that's been missing. Good signing for Liverpool and might be the difference when it comes to who wins the title.
Just as past it and as massive as Bale will be for you. We don’t need these over the hill superstars, they don’t fit Oles strategy
LVG didn’t fancy Kroos...Schweini was more his type.Yeah Felliani was more his type.
Now that is what I call a huge blunder!
I'm not a Liverpool fan mate
.Who said you're skint. You must be prudent with money atm it seems and getting Thiago so cheap is great business given the circumstances.
What a strange comparison.Just as past it and as massive as Bale will be for you. We don’t need these over the hill superstars, they don’t fit Oles strategy
What has that got to do with anything in this thread...Just as past it and as massive as Bale will be for you. We don’t need these over the hill superstars, they don’t fit Oles strategy
Top quality midfielders? I think that's a big stretch. For me they have good midfielders but only Thiago and possibly Fabinho are top quality.
Fair comment, I think they are a good balance of midfielders.
X factor? They already won the CL and got 100 points in the league, they already have an X factor. Maybe they’ll be so amazing they’ll win the league twice in the same season now.
Wasn't it Herrera? Schweinsteiger was signed the next year.
Oh right, the Nations Cup...
Well yeah, I didn't have much hope left for this to be concluded. Now we have a last minute agreement. Maybe Uli's ramblings helped after all.
Good man!I'm not a Liverpool fan mate
If you'd told Liverpool fans in '91 that they wouldn't win the league for thirty years, or the Champions League for fifteen years they'd of laughed you out the building.
You're completely exaggerating things.
People are underestimating the impact of Thiago. He is a world class midfielder. He will control games for Liverpool. Brilliant signing for them.
Our recruitment is a fecking sham. feck glazers.
Our recruitment is a fecking sham. feck glazers.
Great signing for Liverpool at a good price as well. He would have been an outstanding signing for United but this could be where a world class manager makes a difference when it comes luring a world class player. That's assuming United were interested in him which they'll udnerstandably deny.
My LFC-supporting brother is more worried by the prospect of losing Wijnaldum than excited by the idea of getting Thiago, for whatever that's worth.
Mass muppet murder these past few days. Hard to stay optimistic about the upcoming system when our rivals keep strengthening with players that would have improved us.
Feck world class players and feck world class managers. We have James, plays for the shirt. Giggs recommended him you know. We have Lingard, loves the club and gets his siblings ready for school. Does Thiago get his siblings ready for school? Thought not.
We have Ole who once scored a goal for us. We don't need no world class. We're United.
We have Ole who once scored a goal for us. We don't need no world class. We're United.
Tell him not to worry Thiago is the better player.
Keep you head in the sand if you want. The club under the Glazers is run disgracefully. It's a fact.
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