Sky Sports say Di Maria is on the plane, landing at lunchtime ahead of his medical.
He's not asked the pilot to turn it around then after the game yesterday, woo.
He's forgotten to say that he's landing at Heathrow.
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He's forgotten to say that he's landing at Heathrow.
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Not a Man Utd fan but surely they need a good CB and another CM before Di Maria?
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Not sure if autocorrect or...
Yes but Di Maria will likely be just as important. CM is the main problem area, we've got a capable enough defence, though it'll remain suspect without a better midfield ahead of it.
These are separate points. They need all of them and as long as they can afford to address these areas after Di Maria then its not an issue.
The fact that they're struggling to get a cm and a cb in shouldn't mean they should forget other areas that need improving.
...? real talk?
Oh we do, but we needa player like Di Maria as well to inject some much needed pace and flair into the side.
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I don't agree with that either, half the prem probably have a better defence than Man Utd.
Well, any defence will look bad when you have Cleverley and Fletcher shielding them, with Young at wing back. Jones/Evans/Smalling/Rojo/Blackett to cover 2 or 3 positions isn't exactly awful, they should improve by playing together as well. That's not to say I don't think we should buy an experienced CB like Benatia if we can, but I'd rather see midfield sorted first.
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We have a capable defence we just don't have enough of them and they're too injury prone.
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Thing is I reckon kagawa can do as good as mata in that position. We already had a lightweight playmaker we didn't accommodate and then Moyes broke the bank on another who was quite similar. He should have left Felaini be and bought b someone young who he already knew was good like Ross barley.
Yep, they would be the main concerns right now but I doubt that we are ignoring those positions because we have spent all our money on Di Maria.
Either we can't get the deal tied up for the CM and CB we want or LvG has decided that he really wants players that are not available.
I think he name dropped Vidal but that doesn't mean that we are going to get him. There was so much crap about that transfer earlier in the window that I can't see any deal happening.
In all seriousness, we could sell Welbeck and Hernandez for £30-35m and go into the season with Rooney, RvP and Wilson as our three attackers and Di Maria could play as a forward at a push.
The biggest issue we have at the moment is our midfield. Our wingers and CM are absolute trash if Herrera is injured and even when he is fit it is not great. Vidal would sort that out and then we need a CB but that isn't quite as important as CM.
Agreed. The annoying thing is that had he stayed he would have been perfect for the middle CB of a 3. His only glaring weakness (lack of pace) less likely to get exposed with CBs either side.
What experienced leader at the back could we buy? We're only interested in Benatia (supposedly) and he'll go to Bayern.
It'll be interesting to see how Rojo does... could quite possibly go either way, but I'm hopeful.
Totally agree, someone like Vidic would do nicely.
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Ron Vlaar? I actually quite like him.
It'll be interesting to see how Rojo does... could quite possibly go either way, but I'm hopeful.
Totally agree, someone like Vidic would do nicely.
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Ron Vlaar? I actually quite like him.
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Im just hoping rojo doesn't get sent down
What experienced leader at the back could we buy? We're only interested in Benatia (supposedly) and he'll go to Bayern.
It'll be interesting to see how Rojo does... could quite possibly go either way, but I'm hopeful.
Totally agree, someone like Vidic would do nicely.
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Ron Vlaar? I actually quite like him.
No idea. I'm not getting paid a fortune to answer those questions though.
That would be hilarious.
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I mean im not saying guys with terrible tattoos invite trouble, but he's got a lot of tattoos.
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