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Player Paulo Dybala
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Johno1470
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The reality is, we have never been able to pull of a star signing like this and won’t until a few seasons. We do not buy the finished article. Just because we signed VdV, doesn’t mean we bucked the trend.
United, a club who many laugh and scoff at are still able to attract a star like Dybala. It speaks volumes. Many of us got our hopes up after the CL final and thought we would go out and do a Lpool and sign 2/3 stars for their team.
It’s looking really unlikely now that this will happen.
United, a club who many laugh and scoff at are still able to attract a star like Dybala. It speaks volumes. Many of us got our hopes up after the CL final and thought we would go out and do a Lpool and sign 2/3 stars for their team.
It’s looking really unlikely now that this will happen.
dagraham
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Yeah I’m not saying it’s all doom and gloom, but the thought of trying to close the gap to the top and cementing our position seems way off. We’ll be in for another dog fight for top four imo.
wrd
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I can't believe we let Janssen fuck off to Mexico when this could have been on the table
raymundo-iow
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Possibly fernandes now becomes available and a free run at him? He is more your Eriksen mould player
TheAmerican
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I think Eriksen is the better player, but I can’t help but think that Dybala would fit better into how the team is being setup.
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A club that genuinely wants to challenge for the Champions League and Premier League sees this opportunity and snatches it. Dybala (and at a reasonable price) is a player that can win you the league. Levy doesn’t do these deals.
With a near 0 net spend in 10 years, 4 consecutive years of CL football, big money sponsorship deals, and it still feels like we’re doing the bare minimum... if that.
With a near 0 net spend in 10 years, 4 consecutive years of CL football, big money sponsorship deals, and it still feels like we’re doing the bare minimum... if that.
TheAmerican
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When we lost out to players 5 years ago it was because we weren’t a perennial CL team.
Today it’s because we can’t spend the money even though we’ve posted record profits and recently signed a massive new sponsorship deal.
Doesn’t ever seem to change, does it? Always the almost.
SpartanSpur
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We can't force a club to bid for him before the PL window closes and we can't force him to sign a new deal either. It's a shitty situation. The only play is to set a deadline where our contract offer expires, and then proactively replace him.
As for your later post about scrapping for top 4, I'm a bit more optimistic than that. We were streets ahead of the others in 3rd before tiredness and injury caught up with us. I'm optimistic at where we can go this season with a fresh Kane and the addition of Ndombele.
RB is a bit of a worry, but would you swap our whole defensive unit for any out of Arse, Chelsea or Utd? Not for me.
bigpalacios
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He scored 5 goals in 30 starts last year, hes a quality player but he isnt 'going to win you the league'
He scored 5 goals in 30 starts last year, hes a quality player but he isnt 'going to win you the league'
Matrix
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Oh I don’t know about that. Modric Sandro (pre injury) VDV and Bale were pretty hot. But not the thread for it, I apologize.
mattyspurs
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Mate, we can’t compete with Man Utd’s wage structure. That’s the issue.
Rashford on £350k per week, Sanchez on £500k per week, Pogba, fuck knows what he’s on?
All the time The Equaliser is in charge of contract negotiations not many teams will get a look in with these type of players. He will pay these players anything to get them in the door
Plus it’s an easy transfer for both teams, Juve want one of their players, they don’t want any of ours
Led Revolver
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Frustrating to see Ousmane Dembélé linked with Liverpool..
If he is actually available, I’d by far prefer us to sign an attacker with that type of profile than Dybala, particularly if we’re able to sign Lo Celso for midfield.
Again, wages/fee would probably put us out of the running, sadly.
If he is actually available, I’d by far prefer us to sign an attacker with that type of profile than Dybala, particularly if we’re able to sign Lo Celso for midfield.
Again, wages/fee would probably put us out of the running, sadly.
Supersi32
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Suffered from 'Ronaldo' syndrome
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An off season largely due to being played out of position to accommodate Ronaldo.
SpartanSpur
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The thing I like about this however is that when Utd were the bollocks, the majority of their best signings were the lesser known/higher potential ones, supplemented with top quality youth. Ronaldo was just a teenager from Sporting that only Champ Manager players had heard of (I actually think Quaresma was the better prospect in game lol!).
They've actually gone backwards since spending mental sums of money on the likes of Pogba, Mata, Sanchez, Di Maria, Lukaku, Ibra, etc...
That lot down the road have now spent £170m on strikers in 3 years and still have Mustafi at CB.
Herc is in the ITK thread saying he still expects GLC and Sessegnon to come in. I think that would qualify as a 'Liverpool style' window. It'd certainly be a step up in quality for us IMO. Wouldn't surprise me if GLC outshone Dybala if we got him either.
