Re: Mathijs de Ligt to Bayern Munich

by BarcaLearning Sun May 26, 2019 6:40 am

Surprised Man U still have the pulling power, they are going all in for this one... on the other hand I can see us missing out and decline into mediocracy, since Valverde seems like staying and the board is acting like the same.

by S Sun May 26, 2019 7:23 am

Manchester United have launched a £70m bid for Matthijs de Ligt and will meet his agent Mino Raiola’s demands for a £350,000-a-week wage. (Source: Mirror)

by halamadrid2 Sun May 26, 2019 7:30 am

If Barca were serious about him, he'd choose them eyes closed. Aren't he and DeJong like Tibo and Hazard? He'll definitely want to play in the same team as his best friend especially since this team is Barca. Maybe he's scared that with the amount of CBs Barca have there'll be too much pressire for him to outplay them all. I think Barca are the only team that can cover his deficiences. He is very slow and gets turned by good dribbles, at Barca that wouldn't happen often because they keep the ball so well. Hed be a fool not to join them.

But i suspect this is about money, he's doing an MBappe and soon enough he'll be forgotten and the world will move on to the next big thing

by Thimmy Sun May 26, 2019 8:30 am

S wrote:Manchester United have launched a £70m bid for Matthijs de Ligt and will meet his agent Mino Raiola’s demands for a £350,000-a-week wage. (Source: Mirror)

I read something different. The reported wage was 210k a week, which seems a lot more sensible, and a lot less like Woodward.

by Mr Nick09 Sun May 26, 2019 12:14 pm

Manchester United have ruled out a move for Ajax defender Matthijs De Ligt, according to Sky sources.
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) May 26, 2019

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun May 26, 2019 12:21 pm

by Mr Nick09 Sun May 26, 2019 12:22 pm

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Guillem Balague said they had no interest yesterday, guess he was right.

It's between Bayern, Juve and Barca

by S Sun May 26, 2019 12:31 pm

Rule out Juve too

Looks like Frenzy getting another proper ass kicking for that premature celebration on his transfer trophy

by Hapless_Hans Sun May 26, 2019 12:45 pm

Mr Nick09 wrote:

It's between Bayern, Juve and Barca

Have we actually come to the point where you're RJing the transfer of some Dutch CB kid? Laughing

We're not in this, definitively. We spent 115€ on 2 CBs already this window.

by Firenze Sun May 26, 2019 1:06 pm

dodged a bullet if so

imagine spending that amount on an unproven 19 year old numpty

would much rather sign Koulibaly

still think this one has wheels though but I think it all depends on Barca shifting out Coutinho or Dembele, or both

Juve and Bayern have no chance. Juve don't have this kinda cash to drop on a CB.

also, if Ballbag is the SKy Source then it's less credible than some random twitter bullshiter

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun May 26, 2019 1:17 pm

You won't get Kouliplebly either lol.

by Kaladin Sun May 26, 2019 1:18 pm

LMFAOOOOOO

As if one of the best CBs would want to go to Yanited rofl

Maguire it is then

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun May 26, 2019 1:25 pm

Also everyone is "unproven" at some point, besides his performances this season in the CL from what I've read has proven way more than Koulibaly ever has.

When a young player is talented and young, sometimes you take that risk in case he becomes world class level for a decade.

Think how stupid you look if he becomes the best in the world and you don't get him because " he's unproven".

Fortunately most football clubs aren't that short sighted and don't operate with close to zero foresight.

by Myesyats Sun May 26, 2019 1:28 pm

Firenze wrote:dodged a bullet if so

Mathijs de Ligt to Bayern Munich - Page 5 Kevin

by Myesyats Sun May 26, 2019 1:34 pm

Kaladin wrote:LMFAOOOOOO

As if one of the best CBs would want to go to Yanited

Maguire it is then

or rather some brexit Jack Greengrass proper lad tbh rofl

solid future aint it

by urbaNRoots Sun May 26, 2019 2:17 pm

@Firenze

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by Kaladin Sun May 26, 2019 2:20 pm

That image is an apt depiction Laughing

by Firenze Sun May 26, 2019 2:29 pm

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Also everyone is "unproven" at some point, besides his performances this season in the CL from what I've read has proven way more than Koulibaly ever has.

When a young player is talented and young, sometimes you take that risk in case he becomes world class level for a decade.

Think how stupid you look if he becomes the best in the world and you don't get him because " he's unproven".

Fortunately most football clubs aren't that short sighted and don't operate with close to zero foresight.

We signed Martial for silly money when he was the next big thing as a kid and that turned out shit. We've signed CB's that turned out to be scrubs consistently and now we're saddled with them. Forgive me for not wanting to take a risk on some 19 year old out of the Dutch league. Would much rather a proven tank like Koulibaly.

by Firenze Sun May 26, 2019 2:33 pm

also, someone dig up a post of the last time you saw kaLadin in a transfer thread excited about Milan. The most joy he's had during the last 10 transfer windows have been at the expense of bigger, better clubs that get linked with big names.

Mathijs de Ligt to Bayern Munich - Page 5 Giphy

Mathijs de Ligt to Bayern Munich - Page 5 Giphy

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun May 26, 2019 2:33 pm

Ajax went to the CL semi finals what more do you want lol?

Has Koulibaly even won a KO game in his career lmao.

by Kaladin Sun May 26, 2019 2:35 pm

I will let that one slide, we have much bigger things to be concerned about tonight, hopefully things go our way.

by Firenze Sun May 26, 2019 2:36 pm

yeah but it was a chohesive team effort rather than him having any standout games

De Ligt got dominated by Llorente bro, if that's not cause for concern I don't know what is, he will have to face Llorente types every week in the PL.

by Nishankly Sun May 26, 2019 2:36 pm

Mr Nick09 wrote:
Manchester United have ruled out a move for Ajax defender Matthijs De Ligt, according to Sky sources.
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) May 26, 2019

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun May 26, 2019 2:37 pm

Being dominated by brexit style Spanish lads is nothing to be ashamed of.

by Kaladin Sun May 26, 2019 2:37 pm

Ya boy Koulibaly

I've seen both CBs, and i definitely peg De Ligt as the better of the 2

by Firenze Sun May 26, 2019 2:41 pm

anyway if I step out of numpty mode briefly

I'd take De Ligt at 70m rather than the 150m being quoted for Koulibaly (and numpty guru's online have already claimed ADL turned down 90m bids for Koulibaly from us)

again, I think he will end up at Barca but only if they sell Coutinho and some others. They won't be signing Griezmann for silly money and wages AND De Ligt, on top of whatever else they have.

Supposedly the interest from us is concrete for De Ligt, I don't really see him at any other teams besides us or Barca. City if they wanted him, sure.

We'll see what happens. Not too fussed in general, even though I desperately want a new CB. Considering the level of the numpties we have, there are dozens of potential players that are improvements.

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