Arturo Vidal

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If we get 2 box-to-box midfielders this window, I can envisage us playing a traditional 4-4-2 in a lot of games, with Valencia finally getting the ammunition to return to his best on the right.

There's always someone who can find a negative in every situation.

"I just won the lottery!"

"Shame you didn't win it last year, you're a year closer to being dead now".
 
There's always someone who can find a negative in every situation.

"I just won the lottery!"

"Shame you didn't win it last year, you're a year closer to being dead now".
It's not a negative. It'd be a return to 90's United. Keane and Ince, only better looking and with shit hair.
 
That's like taking a landmine victim who had both his legs blown off, giving him one bionic leg and then proclaiming he's as good as new.

Herrera is a very good player. Carrick could have another decent season, maybe van Gaal will get the best out of Cleverley or Jones in midfield. Of course it isn't ideal now but we've addressed part of the issue, the second part will also be addressed this Summer but it's not like at the minute we'll have to play Cleverley-Herrera.
 
If we get 2 box-to-box midfielders this window, I can envisage us playing a traditional 4-4-2 in a lot of games, with Valencia finally getting the ammunition to return to his best on the right.

While LVG plays any formation he thinks will work, its fair to say that 4-4-2 is an uncommon formation for him. I'd be very surprised to see it as our plan A.
 
Spot on.

Remember the Mail went MASSIVE on Kroos, said we had signed him and had several articles predicting how he will fit into Utd. I distinctly remember reading an 'analysis' from Keown saying it was a great signing etc etc. 2 hrs later everything was denied.

They have also placed Khedira at Arsenal, Chelsea now Arsenal again.

Was that not the Express?. Anyway, i get your point. They know diddly squat regarding United transfers especially as our main reporters have been on World cup duty. When Ducker or Ogden speak out on the matter, then we should be worried.
 
While LVG plays any formation he thinks will work, its fair to say that 4-4-2 is an uncommon formation for him. I'd be very surprised to see it as our plan A.

He played it for a whole season at AZ Alkmar and won the league.
 
It's not a negative. It'd be a return to 90's United. Keane and Ince, only better looking and with shit hair.

Better looking than a midfield that had Beckham, Keane and Giggs? How?
 
If anything this transfer to me feels like the Van Persie one. Too many rumblings of the club and player being interested in making the move happen while the selling club denies it before it finally happens for a surprisingly reasonable fee.

Has there been anything concrete from the player? By concrete, I mean official, rather than "is thought to have".. etc

I just don't see this one happening, RVP was quiet and quick if memory serves me.
 
While LVG plays any formation he thinks will work, its fair to say that 4-4-2 is an uncommon formation for him. I'd be very surprised to see it as our plan A.
It's not exactly uncommon to him he said he used it quite a bit as AZ.
 
We're not going to just drop Mata to the bench to accomodate Young, Valencia and Nani. Van Gaal isn't stupid.
 
Madrid or Barca bound.

We dont get players like Vidal.

<Well Veron isuppose,and that worked out well>

Barca have got Rakitic already and spent a fortune on Suarez, Madrid have Modric and are after Rodriguez.
 
He played it for a whole season at AZ Alkmar and won the league.

As I said, uncommon. Not one he's played at Ajax, Barca or Bayern (he experimented with 4-4-2 at Bayern and ditched it). And for Holland it lasted about 10 minutes in one game.
 
Is this actually happening? Just that the "Khedira to Arsenal" one sounds more definite and that one emerged much later than ours. Also, the only story that has been corroborated by more than one source is the latest one that it's off.
Khedira has a year left on his contract and is far from being his clubs most important player, which Vidal arguably is.
 
Has there been anything concrete from the player? By concrete, I mean official, rather than "is thought to have".. etc

I just don't see this one happening, RVP was quiet and quick if memory serves me.

There's no such thing as "official" when it comes to transfer rumours. Only confirmed deals.
 
Better looking than a midfield that had Beckham, Keane and Giggs? How?
You missed Scholes...

I'm talking more about the proper mid-nineties box-to-box era. Kean and Ince would chew you up and spit you out. It'd be a shame if we bought Herrera and Vidal and asked them to sit behind Mata.
 
It's Bayern we need to be more worried about. Have a feeling they'll sign our muppet fantasy signing for the second summer in a row.

We don't have Moyes to screw us over this time. Plus I doubt Vidal is more enamored by the thought of playing for Pep than he is for LvG.
 
It's Bayern we need to be more worried about. Have a feeling they'll sign our muppet fantasy signing for the second summer in a row.

According to Vidal he wants to move to one of the "top 2 leagues". He's done Germany and Italy already, can't see him playing for old rivals.
 
Can you smell it ???

Thiago Alcantara
Fabregas

It's all happening again !

That is a brand new joke that no-one else has cracked.
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We don't have Moyes to screw us over this time. Plus I doubt Vidal is more enamored by the thought of playing for Pep than he is for LvG.

It feels so much like the Thiago saga though. Player away in a different country getting asked about United and giving coy answers, us being made favorites for his signature based on nothing more than very unreliable reports and Bayern's name mentioned in the background. I hope it has a different outcome.
 
Has there been anything concrete from the player? By concrete, I mean official, rather than "is thought to have".. etc

I just don't see this one happening, RVP was quiet and quick if memory serves me.

What the feck is wrong with people?

RVP started with May and ended up in 2nd week of August.
 
Oh, stop the optimism! It's killing me. :rolleyes:


Mate dont blame me i never took a title winning team added to it and finished 7th,practically chopping our balls off leaving us a year behind chasing top talent as we cant offer CL football.

Like the use of the rolling your eyes smiley its very clever.

id love him here,anyone who didnt doesnt needs their head examined,but id like to think im a realist.
 
You missed Scholes...

I'm talking more about the proper mid-nineties box-to-box era. Kean and Ince would chew you up and spit you out. It'd be a shame if we bought Herrera and Vidal and asked them to sit behind Mata.

Nah, Scholes ain't good looking. ;)
 
Has there been anything concrete from the player? By concrete, I mean official, rather than "is thought to have".. etc

I just don't see this one happening, RVP was quiet and quick if memory serves me.

I don't understand? So RvP was quiet and quick, but Shaw was a more protracted one with a lot of rumors flying around. How do you then come to the conclusion that it's not going to happen because of it being in the papers a lot more?
 
Easy princess, I did say if memory serves..

Start having some Vitamin C then.

You were talking nonsense like this in the Shaw thread too. This is not Football Manager pal, real world transfers take time. The quickly you understand, it's better for you and the rest of us who have to read your clueless posts.
 
It feels so much like the Thiago saga though. Player away in a different country getting asked about United and giving coy answers, us being made favorites for his signature based on nothing more than very unreliable reports and Bayern's name mentioned in the background. I hope it has a different outcome.

Yeah, but from what we heard, it was Moyes who pulled the plug on the deal and Thiago obviously had a special bond with Pep. Doubt Vidal has that preference. Plus Bayern refused to meet Kroos' demand, I am not sure they will match the figures we will have to offer.
 
You missed Scholes...

I'm talking more about the proper mid-nineties box-to-box era. Kean and Ince would chew you up and spit you out. It'd be a shame if we bought Herrera and Vidal and asked them to sit behind Mata.

THIS!!!! Precisely why I don't think we're going to buy Vidal. We have too many No. 10s who are all very good and if we were to play Vidal and Herrera behind them then either the two box-to-box midfielders will see less of the ball, or the creative number 10 will and in each scenario you're not getting the best out of the individual player.
 
Mate dont blame me i never took a title winning team added to it and finished 7th,practically chopping our balls off leaving us a year behind chasing top talent as we cant offer CL football.

Like the use of the rolling your eyes smiley its very clever.

id love him here,anyone who didnt doesnt needs their head examined,but id like to think im a realist.

I just got pissed with the constant downplaying of the attraction to play for us. We are Manchester United for crying out loud.
 
I don't understand? So RvP was quiet and quick, but Shaw was a more protracted one with a lot of rumors flying around. How do you then come to the conclusion that it's not going to happen because of it being in the papers a lot more?

No, my initial point was incorrect, RVP was quite lengthy, but my point was to compare the profile/calibre of players, RVP and Vidal are WC, so Shaw wouldn't be relevant, but if RVP was longer than I thought, surely that gives more footing to this Vidal rumour...

Start having some Vitamin C then.
You were talking nonsense like this in the Shaw thread too. This is not Football Manager pal, real world transfers take time. The quickly you understand, it's better for you and the rest of us who have to read your clueless posts.

Vitamin C = Common Sense and I need to take it? I didn't talk nonsense, I said I remembered something being X, all you had to do was correctly me politely. I fully understand it's not FM, and I think you may have been a bit hurt when we spoke previously as you seem to be quite emotional, so I'll leave you to it ;)
 
Some cry babies in here :lol:

No-one knows what the feck is going on. That's the simple truth. Relax, kick back and enjoy the ride fellow muppets - King Arthur is probably chatting to his agent as we speak regarding a move to us.

Plus LVG is back tomorrow. We got this.
 
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