23 Aug 2021 09:11:40
Hope everyone is keeping safe and well. Thoughts and prayers go to everyone with connections to Afghanistan.

Ed002 - will the club make a push to sign a CDM before the end of the window?

{Ed002's Note - I don't know about a Defensive midfield player exclusively but I do expact an effort to sign a midfield player.}


1.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 10:25:29
Thanks for the reply, Ed.
Is the player you expect an effort to sign, Camavinga or someone else?

{Ed002's Note - I did not say there is a player I expect to sign.}


2.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 11:02:21
Thanks Ed - but the effort being made to sign a player, is the target Camavinga or another?

{Ed002's Note - Nothing has changed at all. Manchester United has never made an offer for Camavinga.}


3.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 11:34:17
If there’s going to be an effort to sign a midfielder at this stage I would assume it would be Neves out of the names mooted.


4.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 12:38:41
From Ed’s comments I’m assuming we want a midfielder from the list already provided. Which one, who knows? My thoughts are that we will push for Saul/ Neves.


5.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 13:45:59
I think and this is just my opinion, we might push for Rice with Lingard going the other way or even Ndidi with again Lingard going the other way.


6.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 14:16:06
We might have to get dvb out the door first.


7.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 14:21:09
After yesterday i'd be amazed if Donny was'nt straight on to his agent to get him a move.


8.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 14:35:28
Bilko,

Fingers crossed he gets one and we get someone in who can play well whether he’s in a league cup game against lower level opposition or if he’s brought off the bench for 30 minutes, as Donny doesn’t appear to be able to.


9.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 14:53:06
Donny put in a man of the match performance in his last start.
Last year, he had lesser game time than Van Dijk.

It will be a disgraceful decision to sell him without giving him a proper run in the team.


10.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 15:06:39
I reckon it could be Neves. I'd be happy with him to be honest, he is able to control the tempo of a game more than any of our other midfielders. He's also partial to scoring a couple of screamers every season so that's not a bad thing either.

Ndidi would be my dream signing for the holding midfield spot though, different player to Neves but is fantastic at what he does.


11.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 15:26:20
Bissouma would be the ideal option if we want the likes of Pogba to flourish and allow us to move away from two defensive minded midfielders in the same line up - ain't going to happen though sadly.


12.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 15:43:39
One that can pass 5 yards would be a start.


13.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 16:30:38
We won't be signing anyone.

{Ed077's Note - wanna bet?😜


14.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 19:19:32
GDS

That’s very unfair on DVB. How is a player supposed to acclimatise to a new country, new league and new team without a run of games. It’s ludicrous to assume he needs selling because he doesn’t play well in the 10 mins a month he gets. Put him in the starting 11 for 10 games then judge.


15.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 19:35:41
Good evening to all of you.

Ed002, thanks again for all of your answers, all our sollicitations must be tiring. Yet I've got a question nonetheless, if you expect United to make an effort to sign a midfield player, would it be a much rumoured name or a more "out of the blue" name? Like Laimer, I remember you mentioned him a lot last season, could we turn to him (is the interest in him still real) or a player like that (I would like Koopmeiners), under the radar?

{Ed002's Note - Teun Koopmeiners and Konrad Laimer won't be joining. Manchester United will concentrate on known options such as Neves and Saul Niguez. Much will depend on departures.}


16.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 20:24:47
I still see mbappe leaving psg which makes them sign pogba for that Hugh profile french player so we go for saul. I'd love us to ship matic to roma and grab neves as well but think that would be greedy. could my thinking with the first part be good Ed?

{Ed002's Note - Mbappe and Pogba are unrelated. PSG had 10 objectives going in to the summer - extending Mbappe was one of them.}


17.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 20:59:24
Again a quick and clear answer, thank you!
My gosh Neves seems a no brainer, yes he's not a pure defensive number six, but he can defend, he can start the play, he's still young, he's quite cheap, he's PL proven and Wolves surely would agree to sell him.


18.) 23 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 21:28:55
I'd like to see Bissouma in our midfield, such a good player.


19.) 24 Aug 2021
23 Aug 2021 19:43:37
To be fair stand I think he doesn't suit the system ole plays. He can't play in the 2 and doesn't seem to be a 10. He needs to play with freedom in a midfield 3. Good player but we are the wrong club for him.
Ed 077 I'm not a betting man but stand by my opinion, I hope we can bring in saul, neves or bissouma. Like I've said before ole won't change the system to a 4 3 3 so don't really think we need a so called dm.
I also think rice will be the one ole wants so will wait until he his attainable.

{Ed077's Note - F it. Just bring both Saul and Bissouma. That would make us legit title contenders IMO.


20.) 24 Aug 2021
24 Aug 2021 09:08:19
Apparently Jorge Mendes is in England discussing a player to United.
Hopefully it is Ruben Neves.
Fingers crossed.


21.) 24 Aug 2021
24 Aug 2021 09:40:26
I think Neves and an energetic ball winning midfielder would be a really well balanced double pivot. Fred has the ball winning energy to play alongside Neves, but he's too deficient in his ball playing skills to ever be good enough to win things with.

Neves and an upgrade on Fred would be perfect, but obviously unrealistic this year. However, if we did get them in now, knowing Pogba will be off next summer, it only preempts the fact we'll have a deficiency next year anyway. Alas, one can wish.