24 Jun 2014 09:02:29
Being widely reported in the media this morning that United have agreed to pay the buy out clause for Ander Herrera.
I think we are all aware of him from last years summer window which became a bit of a farce.
Although not a household name (yet) and not an International regular he will be an important part of the new Spanish team.
Probably one of the top 4 players in Europe in his position.

1.) 24 Jun 2014
Need to see him put pen to paper will be a class signing. Hopefully a fast pace utd next session -

2.) 24 Jun 2014
It would be a good signing. Looking at LVG's Dutch team it is based on speed and pressing across the pitch. Our current team would have difficulty playing that way. Incidentally, Depsy looks good too.

3.) 24 Jun 2014
Top 4 in his position! Are you crazy?

4.) 24 Jun 2014
Charles, name 4 better at doing exactly what Herrera does?

5.) 24 Jun 2014
Nice challenge GDS2, I'd say, Yaya Toure, Vidal, Pogba, Strootman, Cabaye, Matic, even Marchisio, Modric, Koke, Gago, Bender .

6.) 24 Jun 2014
24 Jun 2014 11:51:54
What position would he fit into. 6, 8 or another 10?

7.) 24 Jun 2014
He would play in the centre of the midfield

8.) 24 Jun 2014
Brad76, 8.

mbd, are you serious? You think Matic, Strootman, Cabaye, Gago (lol) & Bender are better than Herrera. Out of the players above I would only take Pogba and Vidal ahead of Herrera. Yaya is quality, but old and he is starting to show his age. Out of the above list only Vidal and Pogba are considerably better and are at a good age like Herrera.

9.) 24 Jun 2014
Showing his age!?!?!?
he was 3rd top scorer last season and in a lot of peoples mind (including mine) he was player of the season.
20 goals last year for his age and position. not bad for a 31 year old

10.) 24 Jun 2014
24 Jun 2014 13:20:11
Sydney, thanks for the update on positions.
I assume then if we do actually get him all the talk of Vidal and the like will stop as we will then just need to address the number 6 role.
I say that in the belief we wI'll go 433 and not 352 (misguided maybe)

11.) 24 Jun 2014
24 Jun 2014 13:23:37
Syd,

So if no Spannish players are better than him in that position why was he nowhere near getting in the squad to go to the team, let alone the first 11?

12.) 24 Jun 2014
Mel, absolutely, he was outstanding last season. But if you watch the international games, he looks like he's struggling. I wonder if last season was the best season he will have for City and that it's taken a lot out of him. At 31 and the size he is, it's going to come to a halt very soon. You cannot overcome nature. If you watch him in games against quick midfielders, they do run rings around him. He's in his prime when it comes to free-kicks, shooting etc, but his body does look as though he's slowing up. Still a top notch player mind, but for how much longer?

13.) 24 Jun 2014
Top four my hoop! He certainly has the potential to, but he's not anywhere near that level yet. Let's wait and see if we get him before we start worshiping the ground he walks on

14.) 24 Jun 2014
Syd a lot of the poor form over the WC could be to do with his brother dying

15.) 24 Jun 2014
TOT66, I was using the selection of players that was given to me. And you can guarantee that Herrera, Thiago and Koke will be occupying the midfield for the NEW Spanish era. We would be buying him at the right time.

16.) 24 Jun 2014
Syd, I ain't saying he isn't quality and I think he would be a good buy but I certainly won't put him before those I mentioned. Cabaye has been great for France in this WC so far. Yaya may be old but since we are talking of the best MF players, he def deserves to be ahead of Herrera. And I didn't want to mention Carvahlo because I haven't watched enough of him, but from the little I have seen . U get my point.

17.) 24 Jun 2014
Nonsense, I can't even believe people are saying he's such an amazing player, Ramsey is better, wilshire is better, fabregas is better, hazard is better (he plays the no.10 role aswell) fernandinho is better, vidal and pogba aren't even in the equation as they go without saying, jordan henderson is just as good! He hasn't even got a game for the spanish side and he's 24!

18.) 24 Jun 2014
Mbd, Herrera gets around the pitch. He doesn't stop running, he tackles, he attacks, he bursts forward, he can shoot, great passer. An energetic B2B is exactly what we are missing. Other than Vidal I wouldn't say the rest are as energetic as Herrera. At what he does specifically, I would definitely say he's in my top five.

19.) 24 Jun 2014
A lot of nonsense comments on here. Herrera is a playmaker, literally the linchpin of the Bilbao team last year. Yaya, Carvalho, Ramsey, Hazard, Pogba, Henderson, even fabregas are totally different players and shouldn't come into the equation. IMO he is a great signing who will improve even more and will control our attacking play for years to come.

20.) 24 Jun 2014
Charlesdance, are you a bitter Liverpool fan or a bitter Arsenal fan?

21.) 24 Jun 2014
Haha bitter? This just makes me laugh, I can't believe this site every time a player is linked, they are suddenly the best player to walk the earth, he's a decent player but have a bit of cop on. he's not going to be groundbreaking by any means. And why didn't u mention man city or chelsea in that?

22.) 24 Jun 2014
Charles, check my post from June 8th. Long before this Herrera stuff broke. Herrera is a good player.

23.) 24 Jun 2014
I mentioned a rumor I'd heard that we were after him a year ago, well before papers et. Picked up on it, and as I recall, She was one of the first to say he'd be a good signing, so he's not getting caught up in hype or anything.

I also think he'd be almost the perfect signing.

He isn't the typical playmaker a lot of people think of him as, he's part playmaker, part box-to-box.

Not the most flattering comparison, but he reminds me of Anderson's better games in his first couple of years with us.

Also, perhaps a bit like Wilshere but with more energy, runs round defenders instead of into them and a little more cleverness in his passing.

Wilshere has potential to be better, but he won't fulfill it unless he sorts out his injuries.

24.) 24 Jun 2014
Wilshire is shocking! I'd be worried if he was rated alongside or above anyone! He cannot pass the ball forward at all. He is another version of cleverly, just gets sent off more
Reminds me of a younger cesc when he played purely central midfield