I'm not sure about his ball playing capabilities tbh, but from what I've seen of him he's excellent defensively, a powerhouse athlete (if a little injury prone) a leader, an organizer, and resolute, the type that will literally run through brick walls in the course of defending.don't know much about him, is he good on the ball and mobile enough to play a high line defense for us? newcastle gives me an impression that they sit deep and counter-attack
While that would be good news why would we wait to announce and let all these rumours manifest. It literally takes up most of poch press conference these days.
A swap with martial would make it bearable though
United have a one year club option on Martial so in reality it won't expire before 2020.Just to add a little to your closing sentence.
Martial's contract expires 30th June 2019
Supposedly no current talks regarding renewal.
If we choose not to take up the option of Toby for a further year, his contract will expire 30th June 2019.
Vertonghen is 31 in 2 months, he can't have that many years left in him. We absolutely need to bring a CB to replace Toby if he goes.
He's never been blessed with pace or any great physicality. Think he can stay in the first team until 34 then even do another year as a squad player for us.Barring injuries Jan will be able to play until 34/35 years at PL level imo.
I'd probably rather De Vrij than De Ligt taking into account cost but I honestly don't think we'd have a huge gaping hole at CB if Toby were to leave.Defensively I think Stefan de Vrij would be a good option, out of contract this summer!
Matthias de Ligt would be an outstanding long term option, continuing the Ajax theme...
I’m not sure about Dier as a CB, he seems to only look comfortable there when he is playing next to Toby. But if Poch sees him there then we could reinvest in a CM, like Diawara, de Jong, or Zakiria at B M Gladbach, bug powerful midfielder, big fan!
Sorry but I don’t think Dier has the CB brain Toby or Verts do. He seems to get caught out with balls over he’s head more than he should. But if Poch really thinks Dier can be one of the best CB’s in the EPL there must be something in it. If indeed he did say that?We just get Dier to do what he does now, but 5 paces deeper.
It's pretty rare that you are lucky enough to have an almost identical replacement, already in your midst, who doesn't even need to bed in or adapt. Dier pretty much is Toby Alderweireld 5 years ago, but probably a bit further on in his development.
We've already brought in Sanchez and Foyth and have players like Eyoma and Tanganga bubbling under.
This is a great thread. The only rule is to use the word “if” at least once in every sentence, right?
So, who’s going to replace Toby’s replacement if he twists his ankle in his second game and if it turns out that he can’t play for the rest of the season ?
Your go.
Our manager thinks he can play till he is 40
I kinda dont like this thread.
We should not be speculating about this, like the garbage press.
Hope Toby stays. But if he wants out, wants stupid money etc then we should cash in.