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Please not Schweinsteiger, his wages are inflated, and he is injury prone. If the idea was have him till Marchi is back, i wont be surprised he gets injured as well till Marchi comes back. Plus if this was the deal, i am sure we would wrap this up during the Pogba transfer, so i am hearing this as a lot of bull.
The rumour is that he will terminate his contract and sign on a free. If that happens and we take him for 1 year on low wages, I don't mind.
 

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Catenaccio

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Please not Schweinsteiger, his wages are inflated, and he is injury prone. If the idea was have him till Marchi is back, i wont be surprised he gets injured as well till Marchi comes back. Plus if this was the deal, i am sure we would wrap this up during the Pogba transfer, so i am hearing this as a lot of bull.
My guess is, if he does arrive, he takes a pay cut. I think its safe to say, that this would be a so called "opportunistic" transfer and not a core one. I still feel he would be a low priority choice. Marotta is probably trying to line up 5 or 6 options so that we can get 1 of them on deadline day.
 

Bianconero81

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:lol: I can't believe people are actually advocating the purchase of the pig farmer. What year is this? 2012?! :howler: Put a bullet in the poor fucker already. He is done. He is slow, sluggish, and will definitely lack motivation. He has won everything there is to win, and people who think we can miraculously revive him are either delusional or just foolishly, hopelessly, and supremely optimistic. The whole Barzagli this, Pirlo that argument doesn't apply here. The acquisition of Schweiny would be even worse than the panic buy of Hernanes last season (and no, I'm not talking money wise, but in terms of impact).
 

Catenaccio

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:lol: I can't believe people are actually advocating the purchase of the pig farmer. What year is this? 2012?! :howler: Put a bullet in the poor $#@!er already. He is done. He is slow, sluggish, and will definitely lack motivation. He has won everything there is to win, and people who think we can miraculously revive him are either delusional or just foolishly, hopelessly, and supremely optimistic. The whole Barzagli this, Pirlo that argument doesn't apply here. The acquisition of Schweiny would be even worse than the panic buy of Hernanes last season (and no, I'm not talking money wise, but in terms of impact).
Relax. Its a low probability outcome fuelled out of media speculation. Probability of it happening is <5%.
 

Hist

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I could say that, but I wouldn't.... because those players clearly were not washed up. The ony one anyone thought that about was Pirlo. Most people were wrong about Pirlo.

But what's your point? This has nothing to do with Schweinsteiger.

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That the "not good enough for utd then not good enough for Juve" rule is a bad one. Because it makes the assumption that they got the most that can be gotten out of him and found that to be poor.

When we make a signing like that (a player that is unwanted by someone else be they a bigger or a smaller club) we are interested precisely because we think that his old club did not use him properly. If we want him its because we believe the opposite of the rule's assumption. We believe he is good enough for utd just has not shown it. We are not expecting him to perform at his manchester level and are happy to have that level in our team. We are expecting him to be much better than what they got out of him. Thats the whole idea behind getting bosmans (when clubs force them out or choose not to renew) as a top club that wants to compete at the highest level. Only small clubs would want manchester level schweinsteiger in their roster because to them thats an upgrade.

Whether our management is right or utd's we will see but my personal opinion is that we can get him to perform at a much better level than he did for them. Just like we did with many others before. Its a low-risk move anyway. Surely he can do better than Hernanes no?
 

Hist

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:lol: I can't believe people are actually advocating the purchase of the pig farmer. What year is this? 2012?! :howler: Put a bullet in the poor fucker already. He is done. He is slow, sluggish, and will definitely lack motivation. He has won everything there is to win, and people who think we can miraculously revive him are either delusional or just foolishly, hopelessly, and supremely optimistic. The whole Barzagli this, Pirlo that argument doesn't apply here. The acquisition of Schweiny would be even worse than the panic buy of Hernanes last season (and no, I'm not talking money wise, but in terms of impact).
Winning everything has not stopped players in the past from continuing to be motivated. Pirlo for us was motivated out of proving that he is still a top player even though he won all there is to win at Milan. Alves and Evra the same. Its not stopping Messi, iniesta and co from collecting the same trophies for the umpteenth time over and over again.

Its low risk - high gain scenario. Its a freebie and probably a short contact at a big pay cut. At worst it will be an Anelka/Toni situation (even though the latter turned out to be full of life after he left us). At best it would be a Pirlo situation. I am expecting somewhere in the middle. I dont think he will be peak scwheinstiger like Pirlo did for us. I am expecting him to be like Evra. Good reliable, big dressing room character but unspectacular which is more than an upgrade on Hernanes. You seriously expect him to be even worse than Hernanes?

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Last two players no good for Manu and good for us: Evra and Pogs
Exactly. We are 2-0 against them so far, one deal of which we hit the jackpot. We can very well make it 3-0.

Inter were wrong about Vidic for example but they needed to depend on him in the first team. We don't. Very low risk and we have a good track record doing this better than anyone else.
 

Hist

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If signing Schweinsteiger was in addition to a trequartista, I would be ok with it. I think Schweinsteiger in Serie A would be a different player than Schweinsteiger in the EPL. He could be a good short term solution to play as a water carrier until Marchisio is back. If he is terrible, throw him in Cup matches.

If Schwein is our only purchase, I'll be pissed.

If it's Schwein & James, I'll be very happy.
if its molinaro and james we'd all be happy :D
 

gg89

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Id be happy for Schweini if you sign him. He deserves much better than what he got at that horrible place he went to. Serie A would probably fit him nicely, he might have a renaissance. His wages at Manure are astronomical though, if I recall correctly. Would make more sense for him to stay put and cash his last few paychecks.

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