I hope one of them figures it out man. AWB took massive fall last season so he needs to figure it out. Dalot looked so exciting a few years ago but progress seriously hampered by injury. Hopefully he adapts to this style quick
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Amen. Not just that, Martinez and Malacia also have good upsell value in the future and are young as well.
Tbh I’ve also been weighing the alternatives of buying Pellistri+Amad or having invested those funds in midfield that potentially might’ve given us a higher finish last season.
I think Eriksen could be our second choice at RW.
You really think he'll look anything like that against teams who can fight back and are gunning for 3pts?
I'm not sure, we'll have to see. I think he suits what ETH wants from his full backs, I said that as soon as we got ETH in. If he succeeds under any system, it should be this one. I think he's very underrated in attack tbh. His crossing isn't the best but he's good at progressing the ball and getting into good positions on the overlap. The defensive side of his game is very bad, and ultimately it will probably come down to how well the rest of the team can cover for him when he's up the pitch. Worth pointing out that the same is true on the other side, as Shaw also got caught high up the pitch for Melbourne's goal. These are always the areas that will be most at risk when sides counter-attack against us because of how many players ETH wants in the attacking phase. No matter who is playing full back this season, I expect they will receive a lot of criticism for any goals conceded throughout the season, even though they will simply be following the manager's orders.
Martinez is a CB
If he is available and willing then we should be all over it. Forget him being too costly, make it happen
With Mbappe controlling the club and being one of his best buddies, good luck getting him out of Paris.
Saw that but I think he's banned
He's the best right-back in the world, there is little to no chance of him joining this summer I would say.
Yeah probably bullshit, would be great though.
He wouldn’t even be top 3 right backs in the Premier League if he joined. TAA, Reece James and Cancelo are much better. Hakimi is better than them all as a wing back though.
what? absolutely no chanceI'd probably only take Trent ahead of him. Hakimi's sensational
He has the same problem that TAA, he's average at defending.
That would be a structural change in our gameplay, I would have thought. If we can capture Hakimi, could be well worth it to pursue, and then we can sell Bissaka for some 25m to partially offset the cost. Hakimi would likely cost 60-65m pounds if PSG are at all willing to dispose
They wont
Maybe some sort of FFP problem
There were some articles earlier this year about him maybe being moved on. It’s not completely far-fetched to think the new sporting director and coach have different ideas. Especially when Galtier is quite defensive minded.
We can buy Mbappe also just to keep him happy.
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It's getting a little embarrasing for Ronaldo, wants to leave but nobody really wants him.
Oh please take him
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They're not average at defending. They play far more advanced than most full backs which is why they can occasionally be caught out of position (far less than they should be really). It's impossible for any defender to be high up the pitch and suddenly teleport back to stop a counter attack. No top attacking full back will be capable of doing that I'm afraid. If you want a more traditional full back who stays back, AWB is more similar to that, but these full backs are being discarded by top clubs and rightfully so because they are limited (and in AWB's case not even positionally very good). TAA, James and Cancelo all offer far more to their teams than any of the best defensive full backs will. For ETH's style of football, where he wants as many players to help the attack as possible, Hakimi would be perfect. Ultimately, it probably won't matter as it seems highly unlikely PSG would consider selling him.
He's not really put up the numbers you'd expect for a player that moved for the amount he did.
Is that so? I don't watch much of other teams except when United vs Ath last season. I am a fan of his movement, technical and being really press-resistant. If that's the case, probably it would help United in the negotiation as logically it would lessen his value compared to his previous transfer fee would suggests.
James plays in a back 5 which makes his job far easier for a start. If he is caught out of position, he has an extra cb who can easily move across to the position he has vacated. I suspect if he was playing in Liverpool's back 4, where not just Trent but also Robertson gets forward constantly, he would be caught out a lot more. Hakimi is similarly part of a back 4 with another very attacking full back on the left in Nuno Mendes and overall I would say a pretty weak defence in general at PSG which again will make his job more difficult. City's defence just functions brilliantly as a whole, Cancelo never seems to get caught out, though it is worth noting that Walker tends to stay deeper, which might explain why Cancelo rarely gets caught out despite playing in a back 4. TAA and Hakimi's best assets are definitely the incredible abilities they have in attack, but their defensive abilities are massively underrated imo. The role they play is very difficult and requires incredible levels of fitness.
This would be an incredible deal for United.
