Because the initial fee is closer to £20m?
If it all works out and he becomes this £45 million player then OK. He was never touted as a "45 million player at the age of 18". I think he was actually 17 when United bought him too.
Amad Diallo signs for Manchester United
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
If it all works out and he becomes this £45 million player then OK. He was never touted as a "45 million player at the age of 18". I think he was actually 17 when United bought him too.
Nothing like kanchelskis, he was power and pace, Pellistri is far more flair and skill.
I know he doesnt play like Kanchelskis because that gameplay is old but just an element of a part of his dribbling way reminds of him and as you say he is much more flair and skill aswell.
Exciting signing
Looks like a great prospect. Considering he has played less than 100 mins of senior first team football so far doubt he is going to feature much for us in the first 1-2 years.
I read all your previous informative posts on him which were really great so I feel fully briefed on his background.
Sounds like he will extract every ounce of talent he has from himself and this move is a dream come true for him.
Ole is also one of the best PL managers with youth players and of course we are desperate for a RW so it’s a great match all round. Can’t wait to see him play, though will give him a long license to develop.
how much do you think he will he play this season? Guess it depends how he does, OGS made himself undropable when he first arrived, ditto Rashford, Martial, Greenwood, so who knows!
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Pellestri is very quick!
He uses his speed and body feints while dribbling just like Andre. Infact I haven't seen him use a skill move at all really, he just gets his head down and weaves in and out using his balance to dribble passed opponents.
They have a very similar dribbling style IMO.
Is he at least on par with Arsenals Saka?
I genuinely don’t believe anyone can watch the clips of him and not be wowed. He’s gliding past people, evading challenges in a way very few players can do. It’s just obvious that the kid has supreme talent, to be honest if you can’t see that it’s on you.
He has played less than 60 minutes of grown up football in his career according to transfermarkt.
Anyone who answers your question with anything other than "maybe" is taking a wild guess.
Maybe.....
Excited
He's gonna be the one that saves us?
I reckon he’ll play a decent amount. Think he’ll be quite good too.
We haven’t had a ball magnet dribbler in so long.
We haven’t had a ball magnet dribbler in so long.
possibly probably definitely
Fair enough, I'm not pretending to be a scout or saying I have an eye for these things.
I'm just saying I just want to see the best video someone can find. So far I see a player with decent dribbling ability with some questionable defensive ability at the same time.
I'm still excited for him because once I see him playing live for us rather than youtube I can make my own assumptions up a bit more similar to pellestri once he started playing in England.
we’ll see then. Hopefully both turn out great.
I think his physicality will determine his fate, if he can his the ground running (a big if) then he gets a chance at making the position his or a squad role in rotation with Greenwood. If he is too lightweight I don't think Ole and the club will wait for him and will sign a RW in the summer (especially of Sancho becomes available on a cut price deal).
Watched Kanchelskis a lot more than anyone has watched Pellestri, I’ve yet to see any of the power and pace Andrei possessed. Guy had rockets in both feet, a lot of the time just kicked the ball past the defender and got to the ball first, he could dribble but his other attributes meant he generally didn’t have to.
He's nothing like Kanchelskis..
Quite agree. He was a speed merchant all over. Superb finisher with both feet too.
He was very direct with great pace and was brilliant at hugging the touch line which stretched teams and provided a outlet. Pellistri is a different player in profile.
Disagree personally, their dribbling style is very similar and their gate is almost identical.
certainly closer to him than David silva anyway!
He‘s going to save lot of money for us, I hope so.
Can't be worse than Daniel James.
This signing is just going to be a disaster from the fans perspective. Everyone hates ole so looking for an agenda, there is ambiguity and tiered fee so people always saying he cost 45m, he won't play right away because it isn't FIFA but people will say he isn't ole players etc
We've been following him for the past 3 years, so I'd say this is a scout signing which everyone has agreed on.
I'll wait and see if everyone agrees.... This is from a fan base so dense they were happy to believe our manager doesn't coach our team, I'm sure they can convince themselves an 18 year with 100 mins of football before joining us is a 50m flop
Are you sure you didn’t mean 55m flop?
The transfer fee is just a small part of the problem..
Those 200k/week wages over 6 years means another 60m down the drain.
This is the effect of Man Utd media transfer maths.
I can't believe we spent £10million on a transfer that only arrives in January. When we complete our £15million signing, if he doesn't jump straight in to the first team we are going to be seen to have wasted that £20million. And to be honest you expect at least a first team player for £25 million, with the add ons in particular. And if he's not in our squad by February people will be questioning the £35million we spent.
But personally I'm glad we spent £45 million on him. It's a gamble but the £60million is only half Jadon Sancho's fee and at £70million people would have complained if somebody else like Dortmund had got to him first.
I hear its the most expensive teenager in the world at £134million. When did it get so cheap at £55M?
Hahahahaha never an 80m player
sources suggest with add ons it could be £90million, but let's be honest if he wins the balon d'Or it will be £100million well spent
This signing changes things. The lad is class
What do you think, how long before "Pellistri vs Diallo" thread?
too bad Diallo kid does not have letter "B" in it somewhere.
too bad Diallo kid does not have letter "B" in it somewhere.
Based on what exactly? He’s barely played first team football.