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Totally Unofficial Soccer Transfer Thread (NWT)

I've been seeing the Reus to Atletico rumors all week and the rumored fee is 27 mil Euros + 5-8 mil in add ons. I just refuse to believe that the bigger clubs in Europe wouldn't have been all over him at that price.
 
I hope Man Utd can make good on a new signing or two in defense. I just don't think there is anyone out there that can make an instant impact; there just aren't that many quality central defenders out there to be had. Hummels isn't going to move. Blind is more of a rotation/fill in the gap player. Plus, I don't rate Benatia that highly plus he'll be gone for 3 weeks for ACON. Who can Woodward and Utd move in for? I'm really not sure.
 
TeethDeac said:
I hope Man Utd can make good on a new signing or two in defense. I just don't think there is anyone out there that can make an instant impact; there just aren't that many quality central defenders out there to be had. Hummels isn't going to move. Blind is more of a rotation/fill in the gap player. Plus, I don't rate Benatia that highly plus he'll be gone for 3 weeks for ACON. Who can Woodward and Utd move in for? I'm really not sure.
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I'd be on the phone with Roma to see if they were willing to cash in on Mehdi Banatia after a year there. Give them twice what they paid for him (so ... 25m Euros or so) and I think they'd do it. Not to mention Benatia has been grumbling about his contract already.

I think he's a fantastic player, and probably the best CB "available".
 
Omar Gonzalez is probably cheap...
 
Jesus. Not exactly a ringing endorsement for a player that just cost 40 million!

Some background: United did spend a long time looking at Eliaquim Mangala, Manchester City’s new signing, but concluded that £32m, with hefty agent fees on top, was too much for a centre-half one of the people involved in the process has described (without it necessarily meaning to sound like an insult) as a “cross between Joseph Yobo and Jean‑Alain Boumsong”.
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http://www.theguardian.com/football...l-ronald-koeman-manchester-united-southampton
 
Rues to AM doesn't make a ton of sense considering they just bought Antoine griezmann
 
I am alone in thinking Reus is a top 20 player in the world with the potential of being a top 5 player in the world? I wouldn't give a damn who is on my team already, I would sign Marco Reus for 50 million easy right now if I was rich enough to own a club.
 
100% Agree with you. I think he's been absolutely brilliant for Dortmund. I think he would have been the best player at the World Cup this summer had he not hurt his ankle. I think he's the most dynamic attacker present in Bundesliga and at 25 he's still capable of growing more as a player.
 
deacvision7 said:
I am alone in thinking Reus is a top 20 player in the world with the potential of being a top 5 player in the world? I wouldn't give a damn who is on my team already, I would sign Marco Reus for 50 million easy right now if I was rich enough to own a club.
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You're not alone. Given his age and his talent, he'd be worth every bit of that.
 
Here's a fun fact! From the Premier League down to League Two, only Exeter City have made less signings this summer than Manchester United.
 
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