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jumberto
Franck
Ninja
It makes no sense and we don't need him but he's a good player.
Jamieandhisego
Franck
Doesn't really seem likely that he'd be a United target though, unless one of Welbeck or Hernandez are on the way out.
bluemoon.
Franck
bluemoon.
King Luis
They got RVP for 24 million for the same reason, unless another team comes in for him then they can pretty much pay as little as they want within reason
Franck
The Premier League and the Bundesliga are pretty much the complete antitheses of each other as far as the financial side of things go.
King Luis
Yeah but the situation is pretty much the same regardless of transfer fee's, If RVP's contract wasn't up this year then United would never have got him for 24 million.
Franck
King Luis
My bad
bluemoon.
And that would make sense if it was a German club trying to sign him. I find it odd that a club like Dortmund (not the richest by any means) wouldn't try to extract as high a fee as possible especially when they are dealing with an English club - and transfers to English club's are inflated more than in most leagues - and one of the richest clubs in Europe at that.
£12m is not a big fee for a player of Lewandowski's talents even if he is entering the last 18 months of his contract.
jumberto
Franck
Fantastic
That defence is terrible.
Which actually does open up the logical question, why are Man Utd even being linked with strikers, when they do realistically need three defenders for next year?
King Luis
But they cant afford to risk scaring of any club willing to pay for him now because then they will just wait till hes out of contract and Dortmund will get fuck all.
Poe
They need to invest in Hummels from Dortmund - not Lewandowski.
Ninja
Nah, that's just lazy criticism.
Smalling is fucking awesome and Evans is quality when he's actually using his brain, and his fuck ups are becoming fewer and farther between.
Thats not to mention that Jones is going to be a very, very good centre back so Evans will probably be a back up option going forward anyway.
Slashman X
Fantastic
It's not lazy criticism. Your right back is poor, your left back is old and Smalling isn't, in my opinion, strong enough to make it at your level. So in terms of priorities a forward is the least of your concern.
Ninja
It's very lazy.
Rafael is not 'poor', he's had one bad game all season and that was against Reading. As for Smalling do you mean 'strong' as a player or 'strong' as in physically. Either way it's a nonsense, I think he'll be the best ball playing centre half in the league in a couple of years.
So you're either criticising Rafael because he had a poor game in his last game or because he was rash when he was younger, and Smalling because, I don't know, he got shoved off the ball by Benekete in one of first games back?
Our defensive issues this year have stemmed from the fact Ferdinand's form has been poor, and the fact that we don't have a midfield player that does an effective job of sitting in front of the defence.
Abbott
Anyway Liverpool are being linked with Walcott, Sturridge and Ba this week. Walcott under £10m would be brilliant business imo, as too would Ba. Sturridge I think is a good player and has everything to be an effective player for us, especially in Rodgers current system, but his attitude needs a major sort out and if he wants big wages then there must be cheaper options to look at. Hopefully the scouting team will have looked a little bit further than the rest of the Premiership for players too.
Jamieandhisego
King Luis
Suarez will just roam like he normally does, doesn't seem to have a set position really
Fantastic
I'm criticising Rafael because he is not a good enough defender, I'm criticising Evra because he's getting old and I'm criticising Smalling because I don't believe he will deliver on his potential.
But actually, I'm not really criticising them, what I've been trying to say is that it seems odd why there is even talk of bringing a forward in, when there are areas that need improving.
Unless you believe you need another forward?
Abbott
Borini is already being played out wide, but I have reservations about playing Suarez out there. Although saying that he played in that position for Ajax and for Uruguay currently so he's able to do it.
Carroll.
Ninja
Seeing as this whole thing started with me posting the Lewandoski rumours and saying we don't need him I don't know why you've got that idea.
Just because I think our defence, apart from at left back is fine for the future (and tbh, that depends on Fabio's development and susceptibility to injuries, he was excellent at right back for us in our run to the CL final, so he has it in him to get there) doesn't mean I think we need a new striker ffs.
Rafael is a pretty solid defender, he could be a bit stronger but thats it. The only time we have problems down his flanks really when he's playing well is when he's gone forward, which is fine, because he's for my money the best right back going forward in the league. The more he plays the more he'll learn to sense when he should go forward and when he should defend, but he's only 22, that will come.
As for Smalling, that's your opinion, I disagree. I think he's already an excellent defender, certainly no worse than players that play regularly for either City or Chelsea (Lescott, Luiz, Cahill) and will only get better.
Everyone knows the problem is with our centre midfield, jumberto's team was obviously posted in jest, and I'd love us to be in for Strootman, Fellaini or anyone, really but if Ferguson does see Rooney as a midfielder now, not unreasonably, he'd want another striker seeing as he always wants 4 top quality players.