McClair is the one making these kind of decision.He's a bit of a tank.
He's an Ajax lad, so van Gaal is likely to approve.
Obviously, doesn't mean van Gaal won't approve though.McClair is the one making these kind of decision.
We were actively scouting Ajax and Anderlecht during AEGON so not a surprise if we go for few of their players.
he does look a top prospect. His passing and technique impressive, pretty fast too.
I hate judging players by youtube videos but that is pretty exciting!
Looks very impressive in this video
I can see we play him as a CDM in couple occasions though.CBJ will certainly play a lot as LB this season and Scott is better as full back so I don't see any problem fitting him in.Tuanzebe and Williams are quite versatile as well.Can't see Dunne getting much game times in his first year as a scholar.Pretty well-stocked for CBs in that age bracket right now so assume he'll have to be rated extremely highly to be brought in.
No problem fitting him in if he's quality, obviously - that's what I mean. In other positions we might be more tempted to take a punt but with the talent already there at CB (and even if CBJ/Scott etc will play full-back, CB would be their preferred/best position at this point I'd say) I think we'd have to be absolutely convinced he's the real deal to bring him in - encouraging, if it's happening.I can see we play him as a CDM in couple occasions though.CBJ will certainly play a lot as LB this season and Scott is better as full back so I don't see any problem fitting him in.Tuanzebe and Williams are quite versatile as well.Can't see Dunne getting much game times in his first year as a scholar.
City always have more imported youngsters than us in recent years.No surprise here.Is this deal happening ? Someone on another dutch forum saying it's not likely to happen now even though we looked at him.
Oddly enough City have signed 2 Young dutch talents this summer in Rodney Kongolo, and Javairo Dilrosun and are targetting another.
We haven't made any new youth acquisitions at all this summer except a GK in Malinkovic.
Yeah, but we've not made any acquisitions for a while now despite having plenty of trialists. Imported or English. Well High profile English signings we rarely do anyway for some reason like Crowley for Arsenal last season. Or Ben Sheaf already this season.City always have more imported youngsters than us in recent years.No surprise here.
Can you give me the link to the forum you're talking about please?Is this deal happening ? Someone on another dutch forum saying it's not likely to happen now even though we looked at him.
Oddly enough City have signed 2 Young dutch talents this summer in Rodney Kongolo, and Javairo Dilrosun and are targetting another.
We haven't made any new youth acquisitions at all this summer except a GK in Malinkovic.
Agree and I'd like to see some imported youngsters to bolster the team both in terms of quality and squad strength.We seem to have adjusted our approach after the rule changed though and only go for the highest quality youngsters in the last two years (Janko,Dunne in the U16s and Goss the summer before - yes he has low key profile but everyone can see his quality).Before that we usually have 3-5 imported players every U18s crop if you count players imported at U15s-U16s.Yeah, but we've not made any acquisitions for a while now despite having plenty of trialists. Imported or English. Well High profile English signings we rarely do anyway for some reason like Crowley for Arsenal last season. Or Ben Sheaf already this season.
Last summer the only one was Janko too IIRC. Goss and Pereira the summer before that and he was more low profile.
Surely now with the success of Januzaj breaking into the first team and the potential Pogba and Daehli showed we could do more of those kind. Especially with English talents now there is fixed price for academy acquisitions too with category system. Other top clubs would leave us bit behind like this.
Are you talking about Mensah?
These are the 3 apparently in Manchester apparently a week or so back. Though not sure about that.
What do you mean by 'screwed up that deal'?Agree and I'd like to see some imported youngsters to bolster the team both in terms of quality and squad strength.We seem to have adjusted our approach after the rule changed though and only go for the highest quality youngsters in the last two years (Janko,Dunne in the U16s and Goss the summer before - yes he has low key profile but everyone can see his quality).Before that we usually have 3-5 imported players every U18s crop if you count players imported at U15s-U16s.
I expected us to sign Oberlin Mfomo this summer but we screwed up that deal.Not necessarily a bad thing to have only a handful of acquisitions though as our U16s this season have a couple of quite highly-rated youngsters (Gribbin,Dearnley,Williams,Makela to name a few) who could do with more chances in the U18s.Dearnley and Williams already made a couple of appearances at this level.We'll be fine in term of squad depth if you take them into account.
Still badly need a striker though unless we convert one to that position.I don't see the need to strengthen in any other department unless it's a really special talent.
Someone told me that we were supposed to sign him but someone in the academy screwed up the deal.Might just be we couldn't meet the agent's demand or something like that.What do you mean by 'screwed up that deal'?
Can you DM me?Someone told me that we were supposed to sign him but someone in the academy screwed up the deal.Might just be we couldn't meet the agent's demand or something like that.