I dont really care what happens, I trust M&P on transfers 100%. Loosing Pjanic is a big loss, but a midfield of Can-SMS-Matuidi or Pogba-SMS-Matuidi aint bad at all too.
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Just playing devil's advocate here but lots of reasons:
London is an attractive destination
Better salary
Huge signing fee
The PL is the most popular league in the world
New challenge
New project, possibly where Pjanic is seen as their star player
Family - Maybe wife likes London? Maybe Pjanic likes the schools in London for his child?
London is an attractive destination
Better salary
Huge signing fee
The PL is the most popular league in the world
New challenge
New project, possibly where Pjanic is seen as their star player
Family - Maybe wife likes London? Maybe Pjanic likes the schools in London for his child?
Pjanic has a great opportunity ahead of him. He can break a record by providing the most assists in a season for us. He would be stupid to leave. Ronaldo arriving brings a new challenge so if he wants to be the best, he needs to watch, play and learn alongside the best. He's not going anywhere IMO he looked happy enough when he met CR7. I don't think players wanting to leave is going to be a problem, pushing them out is a different matter.
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I don't get the obsession of keeping Pjanic. Yes, he is our best midfielder right now, but turning down 80M (especially 100M) is a no brainer.
He's too metal fragile and disappears in the big games if he makes a couple of mistakes. In all the CL games we have struggled, he has has been one of the lowest performers. Even Allegri has some time ago commented that he needs to improve on keeping cool and stay focused if he makes some mistakes during a game.
Also, he lacks defensive and physical attributes meaning we have to play 3-man midfield which limits only 3 spaces available for Ronaldo, Manbro, Dybi, Berna, DC, Cuads and potentially Pjaca.
However, replacing his creativity in midfield will be difficult, especially as I only see SMS, Pogba and Kovasic (of those rumored to us) on similar level. However, they do also have that physical and defensive ability to allow us to play 4-2-3-1.
In other words, if we could sign one of those by selling Pjanic, it will be 10/10 mercado for me.
If not (Man U not letting Pogba go, SMS still too expensive and Kovasic staying at RM), I would still prefer selling Pjanic, buying a less expensive replacement who is less creative but more physical and defensive present (even Golovin would do, even if he doesn't quite fit that description) while also giving Bentacur more playing time to develop him.
He's too metal fragile and disappears in the big games if he makes a couple of mistakes. In all the CL games we have struggled, he has has been one of the lowest performers. Even Allegri has some time ago commented that he needs to improve on keeping cool and stay focused if he makes some mistakes during a game.
Also, he lacks defensive and physical attributes meaning we have to play 3-man midfield which limits only 3 spaces available for Ronaldo, Manbro, Dybi, Berna, DC, Cuads and potentially Pjaca.
However, replacing his creativity in midfield will be difficult, especially as I only see SMS, Pogba and Kovasic (of those rumored to us) on similar level. However, they do also have that physical and defensive ability to allow us to play 4-2-3-1.
In other words, if we could sign one of those by selling Pjanic, it will be 10/10 mercado for me.
If not (Man U not letting Pogba go, SMS still too expensive and Kovasic staying at RM), I would still prefer selling Pjanic, buying a less expensive replacement who is less creative but more physical and defensive present (even Golovin would do, even if he doesn't quite fit that description) while also giving Bentacur more playing time to develop him.
LOL. People really believe that SportItalia saying Juve asked for 100m for Pjanic is real, when for the past few weeks Ruganis price went from 40m-55m and his wage went up everytime too. SportItalia seem clueless, and I don't remember a time when Corsport was right either.
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Di Marzio been reporting that we want to keep him and he wants to stay, along with a contract re-newel coming up too. I'd rather believe him.
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Di Marzio been reporting that we want to keep him and he wants to stay, along with a contract re-newel coming up too. I'd rather believe him.
whats the sense selling and placing the team in uncertainty which, no doubt will happen with fresh arrivals...are we sure they will perform? sell pjanic and bring in who? and we obviously need to buy first even if we want to sell Pjanic or else prices will go up further as we wouldnt have a strong position in price negotiations for any replacement
Its not but replacing Pjanic with SMS who is not only a one season wonder atm and most importantly is of a completely different profile is not something our management would do. If you're losing Pjanic, you replace him with proven WC quality.
Some people here were 'ok' with Higuain replaced by Morata prior to the Ronaldo signing...Just shows the absurdity of this place at times.
Some people here were 'ok' with Higuain replaced by Morata prior to the Ronaldo signing...Just shows the absurdity of this place at times.
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