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Diego Carlos
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You seem to think United had a bad season. I think they had a very decent season given that they have no coach and they played with Brandon Williams, Lindelof and McTominay (most of the season). Europa League semi-finals and 4th place is a miracle with their starting eleven.
They have a spent a £1bn and don't look like winning anytime soon. Even Scholes has said they should spend more ffs.
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They have a spent a £1bn and don't look like winning anytime soon. Even Scholes has said they should spend more ffs.
That's exactly my point. Given the awful squad they have, I think this season was a miracle. They overpay every single time and rarely nail their signings.
That's exactly my point. Given the awful squad they have, I think this season was a miracle. They overpay every single time and rarely nail their signings.
A miracle lol
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I don't think he has to be honest. Everyone was luke warm about City signing him last season and even though we have struggled defensively, I don't rate him as a world class cenre-back however I do think he is a strong defender who has improved Man Utd defensively and he's also a good captain. I don't think that many people pretend that he's their new Rio Ferdinand who was a player.Maguire has been is ridicuolsly over hyped, even when he was inked with us
I don't think he has to be honest. Everyone was luke warm about City signing him last season and even though we have struggled defensively, I don't rate him as a world class cenre-back however I do think he is a strong defender who has improved Man Utd defensively and he's also a good captain. I don't think that many people pretend that he's their new Rio Ferdinand who was a player.
£80m is a hell of a steep price for an average (at best) defender. More ridiculous mistakes are starting to creep into his game throughout season already.
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I think almost everyone agreed last season it was too steep a price to pay but he would have improved City significantly this season. We'd probably have won the FA Cup and still have been in the CL but who knows. If we end up with Koulibaly, or AN other it might yet have been the right move. Perhaps financially we couldn't do it anyway?£80m is a hell of a steep price for an average (at best) defender. More ridiculous mistakes are starting to creep into his game throughout season already.
I think almost everyone agreed last season it was too steep a price to pay but he would have improved City significantly this season. We'd probably have won the FA Cup and still have been in the CL but who knows. If we end up with Koulibaly, or AN other it might yet have been the right move. Perhaps financially we couldn't do it anyway?
If we were fully motivated we could of won the FA Cup and done better against Lyon even with our current crop of defenders (Pep's team selection didn't help with the latter defeat). We did think we could coast (big mistake) matches and came unstuck. Maguire wouldn't of been that much of an upgrade.
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I really like Koulibaly but... I don't think he'll be a leader for us. He'll be a new player, who never played the PL (only played Ligue 1 and Serie A) and who probably doesn't even speak english (fluently).
Koulibaly speaks English.
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Koulibaly speaks English.
Is he fluent enough? I honestly have never heard him speaking english. A leader would have to speak english as fluently as Vinnie or KDB, which I think is one of the reasons Fernandinho and David Silva never became proper leaders in this team.
Is he fluent enough? I honestly have never heard him speaking english. A leader would have to speak english as fluently as Vinnie or KDB, which I think is one of the reasons Fernandinho and David Silva never became proper leaders in this team.
It's not perfect but pretty fluent. I'd imagine it would only get better with time spent in England.
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It's not perfect but pretty fluent. I'd imagine it would only get better with time spent in England.
Fair enough. I'd say it's a Mendy-esque fluency! But yeah, quite acceptable.
But do you believe he could be the one to arrive and become an automatic leader like VVD did at Liverpool?
sir baconface
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Hey, it’s difficult enough without you raising the bar.Can he stand on two legs, & run ?
Get him in.
Last season I really wanted to us to sign him, I do think he is better than what we have, Laporte apart BUT, he does look very ordinary, his lack of pace is glaring and the way we set teams up, I think he would have got destroyed. And at 80m he was ridiculously overpriced.I don't think he has to be honest. Everyone was luke warm about City signing him last season and even though we have struggled defensively, I don't rate him as a world class cenre-back however I do think he is a strong defender who has improved Man Utd defensively and he's also a good captain. I don't think that many people pretend that he's their new Rio Ferdinand who was a player.
We are desperate for a pacey CB, especially as Laporte is not the quickest.
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Of all the CB's we have been linked with, I feel he is the best option given his age/skillset
Don't forget complete mentalness.
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Goes to ground a lot for me. He's very quick, but can be reckless from the three games I've watched him closely.
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Don't forget complete mentalness.
He'll get on with our GK then