Fabinho

[Barcon]

Lol

haha.

 

[sheepskin_tearaway]

The PR bods who scripted his ‘statement’ only mentioned ‘history’ twice

 

[The Riot Club]

Gutted. Would have been a brilliant signing for us.

 

[Andrew___K]

To be fair that's a frightening midfield, a bit worry...

Keita is the only one of them who makes me jealous. Basically a better version of pre-injury Gundogan, could be an ideal Silva replacement.

Fabinho and Fekir...not so much. Jorginho and KdB are better players.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Wow! That was even more out of the blue than Bernardo Silva.

They're going to be a really formidable side next season. Keita, Fabinho and possibly even Fekir to come in strengthens them enormously. If they add a goalkeeper then they're all set to mount a credible title challenge next season. There are no guarantees that we'll be able to repeat the successes of last season, especially the incredible winning run that put an almost insurmountable distance between ourselves and the rest. Add to that the fact that United are preparing to spend an absolute fortune on improving their squad. I have serious doubts that bringing in Jorginho and Mahrez will be enough to maintain the present gulf in quality. If we're really serious about staying ahead of the chasing pack then I think we need to really go all out for a world-class attacker.

Fair points made but there is definitely no guarantee that their new signings will bed in straight away. We now have a settled and harmonious squad that only needs tweaking. Jorginho and Mahrez may not be the players that some of us want, but Pep will decide who we need, and most of us are happy enough with his judgement.

 

[bluemoon32]

Good buy for them, i can see them getting all the way to 3rd next season

 

[ken tali]

Wow! That was even more out of the blue than Bernardo Silva.

They're going to be a really formidable side next season. Keita, Fabinho and possibly even Fekir to come in strengthens them enormously. If they add a goalkeeper then they're all set to mount a credible title challenge next season. There are no guarantees that we'll be able to repeat the successes of last season, especially the incredible winning run that put an almost insurmountable distance between ourselves and the rest. Add to that the fact that United are preparing to spend an absolute fortune on improving their squad. I have serious doubts that bringing in Jorginho and Mahrez will be enough to maintain the present gulf in quality. If we're really serious about staying ahead of the chasing pack then I think we need to really go all out for a world-class attacker.

We wil get imorovements and we have already have a really good squad and our youngsters will probably get only bette so i see no reason ,that we can´t defend the title again.

 

[sky_blue]

Keita is the only one of them who makes me jealous. Basically a better version of pre-injury Gundogan, could be an ideal Silva replacement.

Fabinho and Fekir...not so much. Jorginho and KdB are better players.

Fekir is 24 and scored 24 goals last season. And its doesn't matter if our players are more technical because the systems are different. Their midfield 3 of Milner, Ox and Henderson dominated ours and all 3 are fuckin wank. Football is played on the pitch, not using stats. The squad they've built is what Dortmund were never able to do when Klopp was there because they didn't have this level of financial clout. Next season will be even tougher. Bring it on I say.

 

[Heisenberg's Blue Sky]

Soooo...with this signing...what we're sayin is... next year...is...their year?

 

[Homar]

Fair points made but there is definitely no guarantee that their new signings will bed in straight away. We now have a settled and harmonious squad that only needs tweaking. Jorginho and Mahrez may not be the players that some of us want, but Pep will decide who we need, and most of us are happy enough with his judgement.

I think Fabinho will be able to step straight in. Keita and Fekir may need a little time to adapt. Honestly, I rate both our targets, but looking purely at the "quality" of the squads and the supposed transfer targets, it's difficult to dismiss the fact that they are likely to close the gap in terms of the quality of our respective squads. We are probably still favourites if we do bring in those two, but I think it'll be a lot closer next season.