Bellerin, closer than ever to be the first Barca signing of Valverde. Could be closed in the next few days
I have never got this whole Bellerin to Barca obsession.
It's a natural and inevitable link. Bellerin's from Barca's academy, Spanish, and Barca's currently missing a good right back. Easy link to make for journos.I have never got this whole Bellerin to Barca obsession.
I get it, I just don't like it
Why so just out of curiosity?
Is woody wearing a wig there?
We don't need Lukaku (esp at that price), may as well try to sign Dybala or someone like that.
Bellerin, closer than ever to be the first Barca signing of Valverde. Could be closed in the next few days
There were articles about a week ago, where it was explained how our transfer list works. It was also saying that Perisic was a target in case we didn't make it to CL.
I was thinking - for €30 (what Inter needed) was going to be a good buy, giving us depth in the wings section. But now, I am really confused why are we still going for him given his price tag.
There are world's greatest wingers, there are great wingers and there are good wingers, which he is. Surely we should be targeting wingers that are a level better than him.
If we are to believe Martial is going to step up (which hopefully he will, especially with the competition Perisic will give him), that means we are sorted on the left. But Mikhi, Lingard and Mata our options on the left - we are a bit short on threat/quality on the right.
Say we play a true winger on the left (Perisic) we could put Mata (less of a winger) on the right, which will give license to Valencia to bombard. But if we put Martial on the left, we don't really have a true winger on the right (to me Mikhi is more of the Martial/Mata/Lingard calibre - player looking to cut in and take a more central position).
The bigotry on this forum is unreal. I've spent the last few days coming across and replying to people making gross caricatures and stereotypes of Africans.
There is nothing more I can do than reporting this and if that doesn't work to stay away.
Too often on here, when race is mentioned or implied, there is always a sense of portraying Africans (or people of African descent) in a negative light.
Oh dear, another person coming on a forum who loves to be offended. You must be ageist if you think it's a bad thing to be in your 30s then. I'm reporting you.
We've signed Andy Robertson from Hull? Saw a tweet on another website (don't know how to do anything, sorry).
Well he's not wrongOh dear, another person coming on a forum who loves to be offended. You must be ageist if you think it's a bad thing to be in your 30s then. I'm reporting you.
Based on my personal opinion after having seen both of them many times.What makes you think Dybala would be better than Lukaku? Not using Fifa or FM as a reference...
I get it, I just don't like it
If I remember right during the season it looked like Shaw was off to Chelsea, but then there was a big swing our way for a considerable amount of time end of the season and into the window, so not that similar to the Lukaku situation at all.
No-one loves being offended. He made a good point in my opinion.
Update from Skysports -
SSNHQ reporter James Cooper has given us a detailed update on Manchester United's situation, with Jose Mourinho reportedly unhappy about the lack of transfer activity at Old Trafford this summer...
On Mourinho: "I don't think he is happy about the lack of movement on the transfers. We know he gave Ed Woodward a list of options in four or five positions. It's difficult, but they are still involved in these deals."
On Alvaro Morata: "That's something he'd like to do this week. United are back in training on Saturday and go to the United States on Sunday, so Jose Mourinho would ideally like to have players in for that.
"The problem with doing these deals is that the selling clubs are waiting for players to come in to them, for example Chelsea waiting for Bakayoko to come in from Monaco, which would free Nemanja Matic up to United, and the same with Morata, do Real Madrid need a striker?"
On Wayne Rooney: "Manchester United are not in the position at the moment, I don't think, to let Rooney leave, because they haven't got sufficient cover. I think if Morata comes in, then Rooney might be able to leave Old Trafford. He could sit on his deal at United or move to Everton."
God, could you imagine if after all this it was us funding Everton's spending spree and buying Lukaku for 80-100m. I would not be happy tbh.
Rooney going the other way?
Been said before, we will need 2 strikers, though, how we would plan to play both who knows!!
Now that would start a whole new debate, Morata or Lukaku, which one is more suited to ManUtd or which player is highly rated by fans.
Has he ever played as a support striker? Genuine question as I haven't seen him play this role at all. At Real, the reason Benzema gets preference is allegedly because Morata is a purer #9 and goes for goals as opposed to getting into positions that help Ronaldo get the goals. If so, that's not quite the definition of support striker, surely? As I said, this is not a sarcastic post or anything. Just curious as to what makes you say he'd be ideal for the support role in a 4-4-2 since neither his club nor his country play that formation from what I've seen.Its an absurd amount of money but Morata and Lukaku upfront would be sexy as hell. Morata is perfect for the role of a supporting striker in a 442.
What's the logic here, if Morata comes then Rooney can go? What about losing Zlatan?Update from Skysports -
SSNHQ reporter James Cooper has given us a detailed update on Manchester United's situation, with Jose Mourinho reportedly unhappy about the lack of transfer activity at Old Trafford this summer... […]
On Wayne Rooney: "Manchester United are not in the position at the moment, I don't think, to let Rooney leave, because they haven't got sufficient cover. I think if Morata comes in, then Rooney might be able to leave Old Trafford. He could sit on his deal at United or move to Everton."
Genuine question: How often has Mourinho ever played with two strikers up front together?
I would have thought Lukaku. Did Mourinho not buy him for Chelsea as a future Drogba replacement? Good powerful target man for your runners to play off. Martial, Miki and Rashford could have a field day running off his flick on's.
Not the track record, but we were going for Griezmann certainly not to play him out of position.Occasionally at Inter maybe? And also in that disaster that was the attempt to fit Sheva in at Chelsea... Not exactly the most glittering track record to suggest he's in any rush to play 2 up top again...
Why?
He had a mediocre season, but the potential is there. Cant think of many RB's who are better than him. I'd certainly take him at United
Leave that. What sort of an update is that? He could leave or stay or leave?!What's the logic here, if Morata comes then Rooney can go? What about losing Zlatan?![]()