28 May 2013 21:22:55
News from a totally unreliable source is that the strootman deal is all but done at £17m

Hopefully one down two or three to go

Pedroknight

1.) 28 May 2013
I just don't get thus no other club competing for his signature so why the big fee.
I'd be amazed if he turns up at OT.
Dylan

2.) 28 May 2013
Lets hope so

3.) 28 May 2013
Big fee! for hollands vice captain who is only 23! Cheap in my eyes

4.) 28 May 2013
28 May 2013 22:14:05
its not a big fee at all, compare it to the amounts already being spent this summer or last summer on players like moutinho or witsel.

5.) 28 May 2013
KS is Pure Dutch Class £17 Million is a bargain. £24 Million for Fellaini, £23 Million is the price of his hair cut alone

6.) 28 May 2013
Big fees paid by desperate Oligarch owned fantasy football clubs.
I'm sorry to keep repeating myself but this lad does not improve us Alcantara would for the same if not less investment.
If it does come off I hope I'm proved wrong!
Dylan

7.) 28 May 2013
Not a big fee at all, if he was english the price would be monumental compared to that, just look at jordan henderson, strootman is twice the player he is at a similar price!

8.) 28 May 2013
In todays market it isn't a big fee, pretty standard. To be fair Dylan Strootman and Alacantra are different types of midfielders, but yes Thiago really would be good value and from what I have seen of Strootman which is admittedly no that much I don't get the hype, good player but reminds me a bit of when we were continually linked with Defour and he has done ok but hardly set the world alight has he and was hyped to the hilt
Invisible STuey

9.) 28 May 2013
Invisible STuey, It is difficult to fully judge quite how good someone coming out of the dutch league will be, due to the lack of serious European pedigree domestically. For example, Ryan Babel was touted as being the best thing since sliced bread and well. he didn't quite live up to that. Or Afonso Alves, he was supposedly a brilliant player, scoring 7 in one game for Herenveen, turned up at Boro and was a huge flop. Then on the other hand you have players like Suarez who is truly a world class player (yes, as a United fan it pains me to say) so I think you would have to wait until he plays in one of the top leagues to really see if he's good enough. I hope he doesn't sign personally as we need to strengthen our wide areas as we are surprisingly lacking more there than in cm as it stands IMO.

10.) 29 May 2013
Alves? bit of a rash statement, he was a fantastic player, let's not forget the 2 fantastic goals afonso alves scored against us ;)

11.) 29 May 2013
Just think of the success of some of our previous Dutch international signings. Stam, RvN, VDS. Pure class. let's bring him on.

12.) 29 May 2013
Strootman has done well on the international stage which is always a slightly better way of judging but yeah we'll just have to see how he adapts, he does like capable IMO. No name poster, I wouldn't say we're weak in our wide areas, we have 3 wingers plus Zaha coming in, I have a sneaky feeling Nani could shine again under a new manager because he won't constantly sh*t himself if he does something wrong which is usually what makes him more hesitant and poor. Would love to see an in form Nani on the left and Zaha on the right constantly switching wings.

Ozwald

13.) 29 May 2013
Dylan, I'm guessing you've never seen this guy play, or us for that matter if you think the only player we need in cm is Thiago. £17m is cheep for him and also there are 3-4 clubs who are keen on acquiring his services

14.) 29 May 2013
Dylan, strootman is class act and at 23 he going to get even better. exactly the type of player we need. Box to box, good tackler with an eye for a pass! Dutch players on the whole tend to do well in the epl too. The midfield situation been needing sorting for a while and Wrekon strootman b less of a risk than thiago who may I add can't get a game for Spain or barca.

15.) 29 May 2013
We need some steel - Fellaini would give us plenty and has proved his worth in the EPL. We also need guile and Tiago for 17m is the answer. He's young, skillful, picks a pass and knows where the goal is. I think Strootman is like a more classy version of Fletcher, a good player but a jack of all trades, master of none. He was linked to United for a couple of seasons and SAF didn't open the wallet for him and we have no idea what Moyes thinks of him. Fellaini and Tiago for 40m plus Zaha for 10m down and maybe Shaw and that will be that. If Rooney wants to go to Chelski we should ask for Lukuku (spelling) and 20m
Mik