Manchester United Thread

Ibra has confirmed. Interesting.

Think he'd be best as a 10, but no idea how you fit him, Rooney and Mata into a team. It would practically be standing still.
 
Rooney will unfortunately be deployed in CM. Mata will warm the bench or be sold, his time is up.

We'll line up like this

Rooney--Morgan/Bastian/Carrick--
Mkhitaryan---Ibrahimovic---Martial

with the 3rd CM to be a signing we haven't made yet.
 
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Dreading Rooney playing in CM but I'm hoping Mourinho sees sense.

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gerd said:
Bad transfer.
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Unless he replaces Rooney. Then I'm down.

Not a huge Ibra fan personally, but our only true striker is 18 and has played like 10 matches at senior level, so I've no problem with some experience in the squad.

As if Ibra will let it rest at that ;)
 
Martial Ibrahimovic Mkhitaryan

Looks strong on paper.

Question marks over Ibra but good to have him in the PL.
 
Went googling Renato Sanches hoping for any bids from United as he looked very impressive and energetic so far, and apparently we've missed out and he's already gone to Bayern :(
 
Yeah we were heavily linked with him before he chose Bayern, can see why, would be a good signing for us.

I honestly think we'll still struggle if we have Rooney in midfield with the likes of Carrick or Bastian. not sure even a Kante could support the legs for two.
 
We could use Fosu-Mensah instead of Kante. It looked like there were 2 of him on the pitch at times!
 
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I feel with Schneiderlin and Blind we could have the making of a perfect midfield partnership if given the chance

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Definitely feel Schneiderlein needs to be given a chance. He was excellent at Southampton, one of the best in the league. Wouldn't be the only play looking poor under LVG!

Dortmund have confirmed we've also signed Mhikitaryan. Odd signing, I've checked all the stats and WhoScored ratings and he is superb on there, on of the best in Europe. But, I've seen a lot of him in CL/EL over the past few seasons, and he has always felt like a really poor decision maker to me. Obviously his numbers stack up and he's the right age, but anyone watch him enough to comment?

Looks like big Ed had gone from having Mendes on speed dial 1 to replacing him with Raiola. I personally don't think Pogba is worth a world record transfer despite his undeniable talent, but do we start getting a discount when we're buying 3 from one agent? ;)
 
playing from the right picking the ball up a little deeper and cutting in or with pace running at defenders is something we've lacked from that side.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uIKjgFedBs
:))

Regarding Morgan definitely could do with a fresh start I agree as could Depay and Darmien I think would work better in a Mourinho team.
 
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Just 2 years of signings!
--------------Romero-----------------
-Darmian----Rojo----Bailley---Shaw---
-----Schneiderlein-Schewini----------
--Depay------Mhikitaryan----Martial--
----------------Ibra-----------------

Insane.
 
Mourinho adding likes of Robben to his list of academy graduates :LOL:


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“After intensive discussions, BVB has complied to the wish of the Armenian national team member; to join the fifth-place English team last season, Manchester United, for the new season.

“Borussia Dortmund wishes Henrikh Mkhitaryan all the best for the coming season in both the Premier League and in the Uefa Europa League,”

BVB really butthurt about losing players this year
 
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Yeah they made similar statement with Gundogon. I don't blame them to be honest, losing 3-4 of your best players in one window would piss off anyone.

Jose was one point yesterday in his presser.

Key points being Rooney in midfield experiment has died thankfully and he'll be tasked to perform in a specific forward role at 10 mostly I imagine or struggle to get minutes.

The four 'priorities' are well on course with us having wrapped up three and either Pogba or Matuidi being the fourth and he's pretty confident that will be wrapped up in a couple weeks so we can then have the first team settled going into pre season however obviously other signings may occur, they just won't be ones for the best 11 which makes sense.

:)) All looking good so far.
 
Proofs in the pudding. Jose was fine yesterday, but LVG was pretty great at conferences at the start.

That said, securing Bailley, Ibra, Mhikitaryan and X by mid July will be far better than any summer under Woodward so far.

Personally really hope it's not Blaise Matuidi. While his name is amazing, I've never been that impressed by him. I think I'd look pretty decent in a midfield with Veratti and the other PSG folk. Whatever happened to Kondogbia? I thought he was the best midfielder in France the season before last, really really wanted him. I dont' see Matuidi as that much better than Schnederlein.
 
beachryan said:
Proofs in the pudding. Jose was fine yesterday, but LVG was pretty great at conferences at the start.

That said, securing Bailley, Ibra, Mhikitaryan and X by mid July will be far better than any summer under Woodward so far.

Personally really hope it's not Blaise Matuidi. While his name is amazing, I've never been that impressed by him. I think I'd look pretty decent in a midfield with Veratti and the other PSG folk. Whatever happened to Kondogbia? I thought he was the best midfielder in France the season before last, really really wanted him. I dont' see Matuidi as that much better than Schnederlein.
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All he did was reverted his sacking at Chelsea to Arsene's attack ( it's the same tune over and over) then went on about LVG useless philosophy . He sounded like a politician w/ his 49 youth players he brought out to top flight. I'd say , he is very busy spending Mutd's open check book. I admire that to a certain degree.
 
Matuidi is awesome!

Never stops running, endless energy, incredible stamina, good left foot and better technically than most give him credit for. On top of that, he's professional, tactically disciplined and a total team player as opposed to an individual.
 
PLF said:
Matuidi is awesome!

Never stops running, endless energy, incredible stamina, good left foot and better technically than most give him credit for. On top of that, he's professional, tactically disciplined and a total team player as opposed to an individual.
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Interesting, not an opinion I've seen much - but I don't watch much Ligue Un. Personally with the $ being thrown around with Pogba, I'd much prefer the Matuidi fee and type of player. Not convinced superstars ever work out at United, and we need that physical, 'water-carrier' more than technical wizard imo.

Anyway, crazy summer already.
 
Pogba is not what you think though his stats are average . He`s like Curry of the NBA marketing wise lol. The world loves Curry and I don`t watch NBA but I know Curry .

Mutd-Pogba-EPL (The Euro is making it amplified too)

or

Leicester-Vardy-EPL. What's more promotable ?
 
beachryan said:
Proofs in the pudding. Jose was fine yesterday, but LVG was pretty great at conferences at the start.

That said, securing Bailley, Ibra, Mhikitaryan and X by mid July will be far better than any summer under Woodward so far.

Personally really hope it's not Blaise Matuidi. While his name is amazing, I've never been that impressed by him. I think I'd look pretty decent in a midfield with Veratti and the other PSG folk. Whatever happened to Kondogbia? I thought he was the best midfielder in France the season before last, really really wanted him. I dont' see Matuidi as that much better than Schnederlein.
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PLF said:
Matuidi is awesome!

Never stops running, endless energy, incredible stamina, good left foot and better technically than most give him credit for. On top of that, he's professional, tactically disciplined and a total team player as opposed to an individual.
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beachryan said:
Interesting, not an opinion I've seen much - but I don't watch much Ligue Un. Personally with the $ being thrown around with Pogba, I'd much prefer the Matuidi fee and type of player. Not convinced superstars ever work out at United, and we need that physical, 'water-carrier' more than technical wizard imo.

Anyway, crazy summer already.
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Matuidi is an excellent, excellent player! I completely agree with PLF on this one. United would be lucky to have a midfielder of his quality. He's only a water-carrier player in terms of his attitude (which is a good thing). He is a Mourinho-type player through and through.
 
Don't really rate Matuidi that much. Average touch and average pass

But every squad needs a hard working athletic player like him and 20m in today's market is peanuts

With Schneiderlin, Bastian, Fellaini, Carrick, Rooney Utd's midfield lacks mobility so it'd make sense.

Could they get him and Pogba or is Matuidi the backup option? Sneaky feeling Mourinho wants both.
 
I've watched Matuidi since he was a teenager at Troyes. Then made the step-up to St. Etienne and then the step-up from that to PSG! In each and every club, he established himself as an integral part of the 1st team and I think he can do that with pretty much any team in any league.

As long as you know what to expect from him and what type of player he is, I don't see how anyone can be disappointed. If you want a playmaking technical #10, he's definitely not it. But if you want a box-to-box type of player with good speed and outstanding stamina who can do a bit of everything without excelling in technical areas, he's the one. Pogba is the far more technical player and they have other differences as well so I'm not really sure why those two are being compared as the #1 and 'backup' option to each other but both are great players in their own right. Matuidi does have the better attitude and work-ethic.

He's quite average technically but excellent in many other attributes that make for an excellent midfielder in modern day football. Put it this way, if the likes of Kante got amazing praise all year (and rightly so) and people seem to have fallen in love with him, I don't see why they can't with Matuidi, although they have their differences as well.
 
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I'm not really sure why those two are being compared as the #1 and 'backup' option to each other but both are great players in their own right. Matuidi does have the better attitude and work-ethic.
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Not everyone has a good footballing analyst brain to differentiate player qualities/skills in relation to specific positions and jobs required to be done to achieve a certain goal ;)

I think I should have just summarized all that into one word; Tactical.
 
Matuidi has his qualities, of course, I just find it hard to look past clumsiness in a professional footballer.

Whilst Pogba and Matuidi are different Mourinho may be prioritising the box to box aspect and thus one may be a backup option for the other. Obviously Pogba offers more attacking quality at a younger age and as erratic as he is at present he offers a potential mix of height, power and skill which is hard to find, so is going to be the preferred/more expensive option if it is the case that it's one or the other.
The clear differences tho make me think he wants both. IIRC he said he has identified 4 positions, not 4 players, in terms of transfers
 
Indeed, his statement was he has 4 priority signings and once they are done we can breathe as they are super important to the team that probably plays most of the season (Jose doesn't like to rotate too much)

I'd honestly be happy with Matuidi, the Pogba deal as is the case with players of that stature is very hard to pull off.
 
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