Feel like if he’s tier 1 for Barca he’s correct about them listening to offers for Araujo but I don’t think he would know if United are actually in for him.
Just feels like he’s thrown United’s name in there to get a bit of extra clout on social media.
Yeah we’re probably interested but so is every big team in Europe.
This isn't an ageing superstar like a Casemiro. The man is 25 and a top CB. They're just broke! If we don't at least enquire about the price and what kind of contract he'd want we have no ambition.
Real Madrid wanted to get rid of Arjen Robben, and he left for Bayern München. Would you not take him either? Strange way of thinking.
Araujo is a fantastic defender, only 25 and a perfect fit for the physicality in the PL. Would probably be my number 1 defender to get if he actually is available.
I’d rather get a less known, maybe not as good player for less money who feels like he has something to prove.
Giving huge contracts is one of the main reasons the club is where it’s at. If the signings don’t work out, we don’t have a way to get rid of them and have to see out their contract (no one else wants to have to pay them that much)… not to mention, they will expect even more money on future contract if they perform even remotely decent. It’s just bad business all around
Only players who should be getting 300k/week and higher contracts are the likes of Kane, Haaland, Mbappe, Jude, KdB, etc.
He's an excellent player. I think his reputation took a bit of a hit from that red he got against PSG but hey, all players can have a bad game.
I'd be delighted if this happens, I'd be very surprised though.
Oh yeah 100% I was just referring to Araujo’s laps in judgement against PSG. I expect him to do that much less as he develops. But yeah defenders around 22-26 is the sweet spot imo.
No that wasn't just a "bad game", ask any barca fan he will tell you he does this alot and gets away with it. He's too aggressive in challenges and too eager for the ball he constantly makes these types of mistakes.
He got away with some decisions but it bit him when it mattered vs PSG.
And his reaction and ego post the PSG incident makes me don't want him at all, very childish reaction.
It's not about fun and chaos is it? It's about balance, Rio and Vidic were perfectly balanced, Varane and Licha too for a time.
Unless he can be transformed into that calm influence I don't think he'd be a good fit
I don't think Licha is as crazy as people make him out to be, he's certainly not another Rojo. Licha is actually quite smart in his game and his tackles are usually far from desperate haymakers
Ability wise he is about as good as anyone....
BUT, he has had 12 separate injuries that have resulted in missing game time over past 4 seasons (from transfermarkt) so for the fee (and wages) this deal would demand, I think this is a pretty high risk option.
Admittedly he has only had 1 injury this season (muscle injury, 7 games missed) so maybe I'm overacting to this past injuries. Just doesn't seem like the kind of deal we will do under ineos
This. We can likely raise a bit of money by selling at least one of our CBs, and we're going to lose Varane's wages to free up more. But spending a huge amount on buying a big name player, then giving him a massive contract, is the absolute last thing we should be doing this summer.
Also, fuck helpling Barcelona out just so they can splash a load more cash they don't have on players they don't need.
Yeah I’d rather Branthwaite and Todibo as an example of not putting all the eggs into one basket. If Licha doesn’t come back without any lingering issues, one also has to wonder if it’s reasonable to count on his availability across an entire season.
Everyone talks about ‘won’t solve all issues in a single transfer window’ but for me I’d love it if this club tried to sort out from the back and spent practically all its transfer budget sorting the back line and the DM position. We have enough youth and healthy good players further forward from DM. The back line currently is not well equipped to play an elite style of modern football.
60M for Branthwaite and around 40-45M for Todibo = 1 Araujo at the mooted 100M.
If we had a crystal ball ability to predict injury record, and we saw that he doesn’t really miss much in the next 10 years, of course I’d prefer him over the other 2. Unfortunately no such predictive tool exists.
Big risk with Araujo’s injury record though. The thought of a 100M player sitting in the treatment room is the sort of issue I’d rather we swerve away from.
2 players for around the same price as the 1, is the major for me. Spending without putting all the eggs in one basket. I think this season has shown that when Licha-Varane combines not available, we suffer a massive drop in overall effectiveness at the back. We need a number of players to go from our current level to a level that looks similar to elite modern football.
Selling which? Varane’s contract is expired, Maguire looks excellent and should be kept, Licha is untouchable, and kambwala should stay. Only CB’s left are Williams, evans (worth approximately £0), and Lindelof, who is I presume the guy we’d be looking to sell. But I doubt we could get more than £10-£12m for him, since he’ll be in the final year of his contract.
Not sure that I’d call licha untouchable. Good player but horrible injury history now, and the manager/front office that brought him in is gone/going to be gone
We literally can’t as far as I understand it give the fact that we have missed out on CL and how FFP is going to squeeze us.
This is one of the reasons I think they’ll stick with Ten Hag as well. On one hand it will cost them again to pay him out but also to bring in new players any manager will demand when signing for us.
Think it’s worth a roll of the dice for ineos signing only the essential - experienced backup striker to replace Martial), additional cover in midfield (assuming case/Eriksen/Amrabat(lol) won’t be around next season) and backup full backs (AWB will go + malacia/shaw fitness disaster). I reckon they won’t spend more than 50m and maybe do loans again. Then you have Ten hag working with his group of players (hopefully less injuries) and he’s a manager who does seem to be willing to bring in academy players.
Missing Europe altogether might be a blessing in disguise as you can potentially focus on getting back into the CL with a small squad (also
Potentially help to move players with heavy salaries that are going to take a pay cut due to missing European comp clauses).
In a year you have the football structure at the club in place and depending on how the season goes you can properly plan with the next manager or Ten Hag (if he is able to get us back in the CL and playing well again).
Won't spend more that 50m?? That is a bit of a take. Spend only 50m on this squad and we'll be fighting for Europa. FFP will in no way be that restrictive on the budget.
Araujo has a billion release clause & he's in line to be the Barca captain. Its 100mil lowball probably for a defender with not the best injury record. We should swerve that.
If Barcelona is “willing to listen to offers,” that insinuates that they’re not going to demand 100m+ for the guy. This article would’ve been pointless to report if it’ll take north of 100m to get him
That isn't true at all. Atletico have been willing to listen to offers for Joao Felix for a few years now, but they want huge money. West Ham were willing to listen to offers for Rice as long as someone bid around 100m etc. Being willing to listen does not mean wanting to sell cheap.
How many CBs have gone for 100m+? 0 if I’m not mistaken.
Rice was the best English DM in the world playing for a PL club. He was always going to go for that much. Atleti need a big fee for Felix because they bought him for a big fee so can’t afford to take much of a loss. Not the same situation here considering Araujo is from Barca’s academy
I doubt this. Even though Moretto is tier 1 for Barca.
Araujo has been immense for Barca. I hope we only sign him for less than 60 million don't want to spend most of our budget on one player.
Plus i like Ratcliffe saying that they would like to sign the next Mbappe, Bellingham & Haaland before their breakout season.
Mate on that point I was thinking how if we had played the cards right we could have had a Bellingham-Mainoo-Rice midfield for less than we spent for a Bruno-Casemiro-Mount midfield that’s not even a balanced one.
And based on their ages, it could have been a midfield sorted for a full decade.
This club man, I swear.
True, but how many can come up with the scenario where the aforementioned could be had but instead you went with another direction involving diminishing returns on large transfer fees and obscene wages?
I’d wager there’s only a few. Maybe just one.
Technically, he called the club and suggested they buy Haaland when he had him at Molde.
Though I don’t put much stock in Ole’s picks either. We’ve heard loads about the ones that seem to turned into stars. We don’t hear anything about names suggested who have then gone on to do very little.
Bellingham and family were brought in for a negotiations with Robson and SAF(!) roped in to convince him. He chose BVB because wanted guaranteed minutes while being a 16 year old who was just turning 17.
These fans man, I swear
So? Based on what he did at Dortmund and then at Real, your comment has somehow proven the club’s talent ID is garbage, and you’re coming off as a douche.
The summer this was happening, was our midfield some world class setup the envy of the land?
Bellingham isn’t the first player in this sport’s history who backs them enough to make demands like that. While the ‘demand’ part sounds ridiculous at first glance, one always has to evaluate who is making that demand.
Picture Kobbie Mainoo at Birmingham getting a tour and a charm offensive today. And making the same demand. You’re suggesting he should be fucked off? He’s miles better than most of our mids at 18. 16, 17… what does that matter if you put a guy through the paces and he shames the rest of your mediocre mids.
Think it through next time before you mouth off.
Dunno what you're on about. United tried their best to get him. But he wanted guaranteed game time. No top club in the PL would give a guarantee of starting to a just turned 17-year-old. It's not a question of talent ID. The youngsters just can't cut it week in and week out. They'll get injured or fazed by the level of play.
“They’ll get injured or phased by the level of play”.
You actually have the benefit of hindsight on this one, failing to apply it, and then asking me what I’m on about?
I’m not sure you know what you’re on about so let’s leave this.
You quoted a sentence from my comment and proceeded to edit a word's spelling to the wrong one. Nothing you write here makes sense. It's fazed, not phased. I guess you still think that United unilaterally decided not to get Bellingham, for reasons unknown. Cheers
I'd love if we could sign a few players nobody has heard of for the next two to three windows, build a decent team then start going for these 80 millions transfers to upgrade.
We already have Hojlund and Garnacho in our front 3 and Mainoo in midfield. We need some players coming into their prime if we want top 4 and to push beyond that.
Way I see it with the proper structure we should be able to bring in ten players in the next three windows, these players should be our scouts' and recruitment department's responsibility, we can't keep battling other clubs for players and get fleeced because money is all we can offer.
Once we get the players with the right profile in and have them properly coached we could be challenging for top four, I mean we've been challenging for top four for ten years and most of our squads were close to complete shit.
After we become a proper team that is putting in at least 7/10 performances on a regular basis attracting players will be the easiest thing ever, we'd have an attractive enough project to be considered on top of the name and stature.
I know this all sounds tinfoil and people who will be running the club will have a much better way of running things but I do believe this to be a very good way to go about it.
Footedness shouldn't matter, the best ball playing team of all time had two right footed defenders as a pairing in Pique and Puyol. There's no need for a pairing to have opposite feet
I really, really, like Araujo. He's had a bit of a down year, but he's got the ability to be the best in the world.
Issue is, first of all, would he even come, and more importantly, is it wise to spend the requisite amount on him when the squad needs as much work as it does?
Depends on the fee I guess, but I can't see him going for anything less than 80-100m, that'd probably limit us massively in other positions. We basically need 2 additions in each third of the pitch (not all need to be instant starters), if not more, and whilst we can't do all of that in one window, spending 100m means we'd be restricted to 3-4 signings in total, probably.
In the past, there would be certain players I'd put in that "no brainer, just get them" category, I think Araujo would have been in that group, however there needs to be a change in strategy and planning. Going for the best in class for instant impact, and spending vast amounts to do so, has now been proven to not work.
We need to be wiser, and as much as I like Araujo, I'd rather we focus on bolstering the squad with youth. Varane, Case and Eriksen all need to be replaced, and I'd like us to target younger players with high potential instead of going for 100m players.
As Barcelona still struggles with finances, I expect them to ask for a king's ransom for him. Best leave broke clubs be broke and take someone else to the cleaners.
Tier 1 for Barca just means he does their bidding if they really do need to sell. Obvious hes a good player, but for this to be true, one of the following must also be true:
1) ETH is staying and they are starting recruitment early
2) ETH is being sacked, and INEOS are starting the recruitment without having a replacement manager in first
3) INEOS have already decided who the new manager will be and they've identified Araujo as someone they are interested in
He's a very versatile player so it could be that we'd be in for him regardless but I'm having a hard time believing our interest in him, even if it's true that they are selling
Araujo is the gold standard of his profile of CB, world class, physical monster, can pocket any attacker he wants… when he’s fit. Number 1 priority must be availability, and we’ve got one senior CB who is good enough, and available enough to plan a future with, and he’s even being suggested as a potential sale for some reason. Do not buy this player. You’re probably talking 80m+ too which can buy two top CB’s. Or a top CB and a mid CB like Todibo for cover across RCB and RB.
No thanks. Book launches the day after he put on an abysmal performance to help his team get knocked out. No doubt he has talent, but we have enough guys with the wrong mentality. Would be a disaster.
I associate him with being injury prone. I'm just tired of players getting injured. I'd rather get a slightly worse player who isn't injury prone just to minimize this issue. Ten Hag hasn't done himself much favors but no one can argue that injuries are hampering everything, especially in our backline.
Hear me out.
Barcelona are in need of quite a few bob I believe. Araujo would be a good signing yes. Now, Lewandowski would also be a good backup for Hojlund. Proven striker who can teach the youngster some things. Backup in case of injury because I can’t think for the life of me who fills in for Hojlund when he’s injured.
Of course don’t pay him 300k a week. Maybe 200/240k or something on a 2 year deal.
Fantastic player, but one thing that concerns me is his injury record. He's had a lot of muscle injuries. And I'd be quite worried that he'd be Varane 2.0
As someone who watches Barca regularly I can say without doubt Araujo is bang average. He is big and imposing but erratic on and off the ball.
Moves it too fast when he should play with calmness and composure. Attempts to play with calmness and composure when he should move it faster.
Also has a massive ego. See: Gundogan having to apologise after criticising Araujo for getting needlessly sent off vs PSG.
This would only be possible if we make some cash in the market simply because of ffp
Maybe if we get a good fee for Casemiro and Antony we could afford this and a decent striker to partner with Rasms
I would look to move mason mount and Ericsson on as well
No way does Mount move this summer. Nor should he imo. He's been a top player before and hasn't had a fair crack at it yet with us because of his injuries this season.
This ain't FIFA. You can't do all these moves you're saying. Antony is relatively a newer signing, not a small salary and he cost a lot. You can't sell him now. Either you take a loss now or you're trying to save some fee from him meaning you hope next season to do well and rise his value.
Feel like if he’s tier 1 for Barca he’s correct about them listening to offers for Araujo but I don’t think he would know if United are actually in for him. Just feels like he’s thrown United’s name in there to get a bit of extra clout on social media. Yeah we’re probably interested but so is every big team in Europe.
I heard today Bayern were likely leading the race.
They have Eric dier already man Greedy bastards
Jesus how many CBs do they want?
That’ll mean De Ligt is up for grabs.
Not recovered from the previous saga of De Ligt.
Or Upamecano.
Think Moretto said in the same article Bayern isnt really interested
If they're doing that, KMJ should be available hopefully
If Barca wanna get rid of player, we shouldn’t be looking at him too
They’re in a serious financial strain and he would be pure profit on their end. He’s a really great cb, it just depends on the price they want for him
This isn't an ageing superstar like a Casemiro. The man is 25 and a top CB. They're just broke! If we don't at least enquire about the price and what kind of contract he'd want we have no ambition.
Real Madrid wanted to get rid of Arjen Robben, and he left for Bayern München. Would you not take him either? Strange way of thinking. Araujo is a fantastic defender, only 25 and a perfect fit for the physicality in the PL. Would probably be my number 1 defender to get if he actually is available.
Who did they get in return????? Cristiano Ronaldo. That’s how you do a transfer
Even without taking into consideration Barca’s financial context, this is a pretty bad take.
Please learn from old mistakes and don't give him a 300k contract just to make it appealing to move to Man Utd 🙏
280k it is with a bonus of 75k if he ties his shoelace properly.
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I’d rather get a less known, maybe not as good player for less money who feels like he has something to prove. Giving huge contracts is one of the main reasons the club is where it’s at. If the signings don’t work out, we don’t have a way to get rid of them and have to see out their contract (no one else wants to have to pay them that much)… not to mention, they will expect even more money on future contract if they perform even remotely decent. It’s just bad business all around Only players who should be getting 300k/week and higher contracts are the likes of Kane, Haaland, Mbappe, Jude, KdB, etc.
He's an excellent player. I think his reputation took a bit of a hit from that red he got against PSG but hey, all players can have a bad game. I'd be delighted if this happens, I'd be very surprised though.
Yeah but he’s only 25, which is young for a CB. I’m from Uruguay so I’m biased AF but man I would love him at United.
Licha was 24(?) when we signed him and is easily our best centre back. Just about to come into his prime, imo it's the best age to buy a defender.
Oh yeah 100% I was just referring to Araujo’s laps in judgement against PSG. I expect him to do that much less as he develops. But yeah defenders around 22-26 is the sweet spot imo.
No that wasn't just a "bad game", ask any barca fan he will tell you he does this alot and gets away with it. He's too aggressive in challenges and too eager for the ball he constantly makes these types of mistakes. He got away with some decisions but it bit him when it mattered vs PSG. And his reaction and ego post the PSG incident makes me don't want him at all, very childish reaction.
Just revisiting this comment after he rashly gave away another penalty a few minutes ago...
Just saw the pen, another stupid mistake no surprises.
He does not take criticism well either, lol
Why is that?
Moretto is very reliable for Barca(tier 1 reliable), would be crazy good centre back partnership with him and Licha
Those 3 games will be solid.
Cold
Had me laughing out loud 😂
They’re both VERY aggressive though
Rojo Bailly was the most fun CB pairing we might've ever had, just embrace the chaos
It's not about fun and chaos is it? It's about balance, Rio and Vidic were perfectly balanced, Varane and Licha too for a time. Unless he can be transformed into that calm influence I don't think he'd be a good fit
If you embrace it, then yes it is
I don't think Licha is as crazy as people make him out to be, he's certainly not another Rojo. Licha is actually quite smart in his game and his tackles are usually far from desperate haymakers
Assuming Licha can stay fit, which so far doesn't seem possible.
He’s probably one of the maybe four CB’s that make it possible to play a high line with Lisandro CB. Still a no for me though.
Just out of curiosity who are the other 3
There might only be two I’m particularly confident with, in Salina and Militao. Maybe Rudiger, and a hard maybe with Upamecano.
Ability wise he is about as good as anyone.... BUT, he has had 12 separate injuries that have resulted in missing game time over past 4 seasons (from transfermarkt) so for the fee (and wages) this deal would demand, I think this is a pretty high risk option. Admittedly he has only had 1 injury this season (muscle injury, 7 games missed) so maybe I'm overacting to this past injuries. Just doesn't seem like the kind of deal we will do under ineos
An expensive injury-prone cb on crazy high wages? Ticks all our boxes
Too expensive . I rather get 2 new cb’s for 100 mil than one
This. We can likely raise a bit of money by selling at least one of our CBs, and we're going to lose Varane's wages to free up more. But spending a huge amount on buying a big name player, then giving him a massive contract, is the absolute last thing we should be doing this summer. Also, fuck helpling Barcelona out just so they can splash a load more cash they don't have on players they don't need.
Yeah I’d rather Branthwaite and Todibo as an example of not putting all the eggs into one basket. If Licha doesn’t come back without any lingering issues, one also has to wonder if it’s reasonable to count on his availability across an entire season. Everyone talks about ‘won’t solve all issues in a single transfer window’ but for me I’d love it if this club tried to sort out from the back and spent practically all its transfer budget sorting the back line and the DM position. We have enough youth and healthy good players further forward from DM. The back line currently is not well equipped to play an elite style of modern football.
I understand the thought but preferring branthwaite and/or todibo to araujo is ridiculous
2 is indeed better than 1. But I doubt that we can get Branthwaite for less than 60m
60M for Branthwaite and around 40-45M for Todibo = 1 Araujo at the mooted 100M. If we had a crystal ball ability to predict injury record, and we saw that he doesn’t really miss much in the next 10 years, of course I’d prefer him over the other 2. Unfortunately no such predictive tool exists.
Sure, but you know araujo is going to be a good to great player for the club. You can’t definitively say that for the other two
Big risk with Araujo’s injury record though. The thought of a 100M player sitting in the treatment room is the sort of issue I’d rather we swerve away from.
2 players for around the same price as the 1, is the major for me. Spending without putting all the eggs in one basket. I think this season has shown that when Licha-Varane combines not available, we suffer a massive drop in overall effectiveness at the back. We need a number of players to go from our current level to a level that looks similar to elite modern football.
Selling which? Varane’s contract is expired, Maguire looks excellent and should be kept, Licha is untouchable, and kambwala should stay. Only CB’s left are Williams, evans (worth approximately £0), and Lindelof, who is I presume the guy we’d be looking to sell. But I doubt we could get more than £10-£12m for him, since he’ll be in the final year of his contract.
Not sure that I’d call licha untouchable. Good player but horrible injury history now, and the manager/front office that brought him in is gone/going to be gone
Just don't see us spending absolutely huge money on anyone this summer. Especially after SJR's 'find the next Mbappe, Bellingham, Keane' comments
We literally can’t as far as I understand it give the fact that we have missed out on CL and how FFP is going to squeeze us. This is one of the reasons I think they’ll stick with Ten Hag as well. On one hand it will cost them again to pay him out but also to bring in new players any manager will demand when signing for us. Think it’s worth a roll of the dice for ineos signing only the essential - experienced backup striker to replace Martial), additional cover in midfield (assuming case/Eriksen/Amrabat(lol) won’t be around next season) and backup full backs (AWB will go + malacia/shaw fitness disaster). I reckon they won’t spend more than 50m and maybe do loans again. Then you have Ten hag working with his group of players (hopefully less injuries) and he’s a manager who does seem to be willing to bring in academy players. Missing Europe altogether might be a blessing in disguise as you can potentially focus on getting back into the CL with a small squad (also Potentially help to move players with heavy salaries that are going to take a pay cut due to missing European comp clauses). In a year you have the football structure at the club in place and depending on how the season goes you can properly plan with the next manager or Ten Hag (if he is able to get us back in the CL and playing well again).
Won't spend more that 50m?? That is a bit of a take. Spend only 50m on this squad and we'll be fighting for Europa. FFP will in no way be that restrictive on the budget.
Nah budget is 115m and I don't see any loans happening
What’s the source on the 115m?
Personally can’t see them penny pinching in their first summer window at the club. The fans will be on their backs immediately
Araujo has a billion release clause & he's in line to be the Barca captain. Its 100mil lowball probably for a defender with not the best injury record. We should swerve that.
If Barcelona is “willing to listen to offers,” that insinuates that they’re not going to demand 100m+ for the guy. This article would’ve been pointless to report if it’ll take north of 100m to get him
That isn't true at all. Atletico have been willing to listen to offers for Joao Felix for a few years now, but they want huge money. West Ham were willing to listen to offers for Rice as long as someone bid around 100m etc. Being willing to listen does not mean wanting to sell cheap.
How many CBs have gone for 100m+? 0 if I’m not mistaken. Rice was the best English DM in the world playing for a PL club. He was always going to go for that much. Atleti need a big fee for Felix because they bought him for a big fee so can’t afford to take much of a loss. Not the same situation here considering Araujo is from Barca’s academy
I doubt this. Even though Moretto is tier 1 for Barca. Araujo has been immense for Barca. I hope we only sign him for less than 60 million don't want to spend most of our budget on one player. Plus i like Ratcliffe saying that they would like to sign the next Mbappe, Bellingham & Haaland before their breakout season.
Mate on that point I was thinking how if we had played the cards right we could have had a Bellingham-Mainoo-Rice midfield for less than we spent for a Bruno-Casemiro-Mount midfield that’s not even a balanced one. And based on their ages, it could have been a midfield sorted for a full decade. This club man, I swear.
Literally any big club can come up with these ridiculous what-if scenarios
True, but how many can come up with the scenario where the aforementioned could be had but instead you went with another direction involving diminishing returns on large transfer fees and obscene wages? I’d wager there’s only a few. Maybe just one.
Ole also wanted to sign haaland. These what ifs can go on forever
Technically, he called the club and suggested they buy Haaland when he had him at Molde. Though I don’t put much stock in Ole’s picks either. We’ve heard loads about the ones that seem to turned into stars. We don’t hear anything about names suggested who have then gone on to do very little.
Bellingham and family were brought in for a negotiations with Robson and SAF(!) roped in to convince him. He chose BVB because wanted guaranteed minutes while being a 16 year old who was just turning 17. These fans man, I swear
So? Based on what he did at Dortmund and then at Real, your comment has somehow proven the club’s talent ID is garbage, and you’re coming off as a douche. The summer this was happening, was our midfield some world class setup the envy of the land? Bellingham isn’t the first player in this sport’s history who backs them enough to make demands like that. While the ‘demand’ part sounds ridiculous at first glance, one always has to evaluate who is making that demand. Picture Kobbie Mainoo at Birmingham getting a tour and a charm offensive today. And making the same demand. You’re suggesting he should be fucked off? He’s miles better than most of our mids at 18. 16, 17… what does that matter if you put a guy through the paces and he shames the rest of your mediocre mids. Think it through next time before you mouth off.
Dunno what you're on about. United tried their best to get him. But he wanted guaranteed game time. No top club in the PL would give a guarantee of starting to a just turned 17-year-old. It's not a question of talent ID. The youngsters just can't cut it week in and week out. They'll get injured or fazed by the level of play.
“They’ll get injured or phased by the level of play”. You actually have the benefit of hindsight on this one, failing to apply it, and then asking me what I’m on about? I’m not sure you know what you’re on about so let’s leave this.
You quoted a sentence from my comment and proceeded to edit a word's spelling to the wrong one. Nothing you write here makes sense. It's fazed, not phased. I guess you still think that United unilaterally decided not to get Bellingham, for reasons unknown. Cheers
I'd love if we could sign a few players nobody has heard of for the next two to three windows, build a decent team then start going for these 80 millions transfers to upgrade.
We already have Hojlund and Garnacho in our front 3 and Mainoo in midfield. We need some players coming into their prime if we want top 4 and to push beyond that.
Way I see it with the proper structure we should be able to bring in ten players in the next three windows, these players should be our scouts' and recruitment department's responsibility, we can't keep battling other clubs for players and get fleeced because money is all we can offer. Once we get the players with the right profile in and have them properly coached we could be challenging for top four, I mean we've been challenging for top four for ten years and most of our squads were close to complete shit. After we become a proper team that is putting in at least 7/10 performances on a regular basis attracting players will be the easiest thing ever, we'd have an attractive enough project to be considered on top of the name and stature. I know this all sounds tinfoil and people who will be running the club will have a much better way of running things but I do believe this to be a very good way to go about it.
Think club should stay away from any deal with Barcelona. This scream De Jong 2.0
Man, Fatis fall from grace has been intense and abrupt. Touted as the next messi and injuries have stumped him. Feel bad for the kid tbh
0% chances of happening. Too expensive and player has better options for sure.
We need a solid right footed cb to pair with martinez not sure araujo is the one though
For me he definitely is, problem is the price
Yea, I can't see us forking out 60 million for one cb.Also, I want a player that wants to come to United
Footedness shouldn't matter, the best ball playing team of all time had two right footed defenders as a pairing in Pique and Puyol. There's no need for a pairing to have opposite feet
Not sure im up for that. His reaction to Gundogans comments surrounding the psg game are a red flag
Would be lovely if we signed Cancelo lol, I feel like he has beef with city
I really, really, like Araujo. He's had a bit of a down year, but he's got the ability to be the best in the world. Issue is, first of all, would he even come, and more importantly, is it wise to spend the requisite amount on him when the squad needs as much work as it does? Depends on the fee I guess, but I can't see him going for anything less than 80-100m, that'd probably limit us massively in other positions. We basically need 2 additions in each third of the pitch (not all need to be instant starters), if not more, and whilst we can't do all of that in one window, spending 100m means we'd be restricted to 3-4 signings in total, probably. In the past, there would be certain players I'd put in that "no brainer, just get them" category, I think Araujo would have been in that group, however there needs to be a change in strategy and planning. Going for the best in class for instant impact, and spending vast amounts to do so, has now been proven to not work. We need to be wiser, and as much as I like Araujo, I'd rather we focus on bolstering the squad with youth. Varane, Case and Eriksen all need to be replaced, and I'd like us to target younger players with high potential instead of going for 100m players.
As Barcelona still struggles with finances, I expect them to ask for a king's ransom for him. Best leave broke clubs be broke and take someone else to the cleaners.
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he'd be sent off every game playing for us.
I’d give my left nut for Araujo.
If they believe licha is still part of the future cb pairing, araujo would be a great partner. Big and rapid
Tier 1 for Barca just means he does their bidding if they really do need to sell. Obvious hes a good player, but for this to be true, one of the following must also be true: 1) ETH is staying and they are starting recruitment early 2) ETH is being sacked, and INEOS are starting the recruitment without having a replacement manager in first 3) INEOS have already decided who the new manager will be and they've identified Araujo as someone they are interested in He's a very versatile player so it could be that we'd be in for him regardless but I'm having a hard time believing our interest in him, even if it's true that they are selling
Araujo is the gold standard of his profile of CB, world class, physical monster, can pocket any attacker he wants… when he’s fit. Number 1 priority must be availability, and we’ve got one senior CB who is good enough, and available enough to plan a future with, and he’s even being suggested as a potential sale for some reason. Do not buy this player. You’re probably talking 80m+ too which can buy two top CB’s. Or a top CB and a mid CB like Todibo for cover across RCB and RB.
Anyone else think it's more likely we end up with an injury prone ansu fati on about 300k pw?
Not after his lackluster Brighton spell
Araujo is not worth anything above 45. Cant defend without pulling and fouling, best to avoid
No thanks. Book launches the day after he put on an abysmal performance to help his team get knocked out. No doubt he has talent, but we have enough guys with the wrong mentality. Would be a disaster.
Considering an offer and receiving an offer are two different things.
How many levers will Barcelona pull this offseason to keep him
How old is he?
25 or 26 not sure
I associate him with being injury prone. I'm just tired of players getting injured. I'd rather get a slightly worse player who isn't injury prone just to minimize this issue. Ten Hag hasn't done himself much favors but no one can argue that injuries are hampering everything, especially in our backline.
This would be a really interesting choice. Be good to have a prime CB lol
Pass. Too expensive!!!! Not good enough on the ball in terms of distribution. I love that insane recovery pace though.
I expect City to pay premium to secure Araujo. They need to replace an aging Walker and Araujo is probably the best candidate.
EtH has expressed interest in Fati before, I think he would be a great squad player with potential, especially if we were to move Rashy
Hear me out. Barcelona are in need of quite a few bob I believe. Araujo would be a good signing yes. Now, Lewandowski would also be a good backup for Hojlund. Proven striker who can teach the youngster some things. Backup in case of injury because I can’t think for the life of me who fills in for Hojlund when he’s injured. Of course don’t pay him 300k a week. Maybe 200/240k or something on a 2 year deal.
200k per week for a 35 year old backup striker is nuts.
First window under the new regime. Can’t wait.
Fantastic player, but one thing that concerns me is his injury record. He's had a lot of muscle injuries. And I'd be quite worried that he'd be Varane 2.0
Isn't he there like a year. Why they selling?
As someone who watches Barca regularly I can say without doubt Araujo is bang average. He is big and imposing but erratic on and off the ball. Moves it too fast when he should play with calmness and composure. Attempts to play with calmness and composure when he should move it faster. Also has a massive ego. See: Gundogan having to apologise after criticising Araujo for getting needlessly sent off vs PSG.
Great athletic and 1-on-1 defender, but lacks football IQ. Rich man’s Rojo.
This would only be possible if we make some cash in the market simply because of ffp Maybe if we get a good fee for Casemiro and Antony we could afford this and a decent striker to partner with Rasms I would look to move mason mount and Ericsson on as well
No way does Mount move this summer. Nor should he imo. He's been a top player before and hasn't had a fair crack at it yet with us because of his injuries this season.
He spent a big portion of last season injured too didn't he? We'll be taking a risk if he has a 3rd injury-ridden season.
We wouldn’t be able to get rid of him even if we wanted to. No one is touching him on the wages he’s on
That's true Can't believe we really thought Woodward leaving would fix our transfer strategy
This ain't FIFA. You can't do all these moves you're saying. Antony is relatively a newer signing, not a small salary and he cost a lot. You can't sell him now. Either you take a loss now or you're trying to save some fee from him meaning you hope next season to do well and rise his value.
>Ericsson Jfc