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Interesting coincidence - We nabbed players rankied 3,8 and 10 on the whoscored Top 10 for 2015/16 (self.reddevils)

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I am a believer in stats. They do capture some aspects of performance (heavily weighted towards output) even if they are imperfect.

Zlatan , Mkhi and Pogba are ranked 3,8 and 10 on last years list. So we got most of the attainable players on that list.

ref : https://www.whoscored.com/Statistics

Interesting Sidenote : Among the top 10, Mahrez was no 9 on their list. He is the only other attainable player in that top 10 and i think we may throw our hat into the ring if the competition is Arsenal. Also Di Maria was no. 7 on that list.

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[–]prem_201 13ポイント14ポイント  (1子コメント)

May be we should wait before we count Pogba in as our player. About throwing a hat at Mahrez, I'd like him but with Rooney favoured to start as the NO.10 and Mata staying I don't see it happening, MKHI will be our RM this season.

[–]manutd_[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

hmmm. Makes sense but if Mourinho were given an option and funds to swap Mata out for Mahrez i think he would take it.

The math may even work. The transfers will be wage neutral and maybe cost net 40m Euro in transfer fees.

[–]knoxisback 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

Also Di Maria was no. 7

lol the irony

[–]serious_dan 3ポイント4ポイント  (17子コメント)

Interesting also that we've already bought the top rated players in both the bundesliga and ligue 1. Top rated player in serie a is pogba.

Messi next?

[–]manutd_[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (16子コメント)

The best PL player i.e. Mahrez is actually possible IMO.

[–]serious_dan 0ポイント1ポイント  (15子コメント)

Isn't he more likely to go to arsenal? Haven't heard anything linking him with united

[–]manutd_[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (14子コメント)

Arsenal don't bid the right amounts. They're looking for bargains and believe there no way Mahrez can be had for a bargain.

If don't think they'd spend the 70m of whatever Leicester would ask.

[–]Launch_a_poo 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

£70m for Mahrez???????

[–]manutd_[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Not really bothered whether its 70m Euro or 70m pounds. My point is that I doubt Arsenal will bite at even at 70m Euro.

[–]prem_201 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

Eh neither should we, in a world where Griezman has something like a £80ish million release clause why would anyone accept that valuation.

[–]manutd_[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

Griezmann is contracted till 2021 and that release clause is only available to Spanish teams. He'll be as hard to sign as Pogba has turned out. Anyway my point was that Arsenal are unlikely to spend even 70m Euro, let alone pounds.

[–]prem_201 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Didn't know it was just for Spanish teams, I don't think he's worth 70 million Euros either TBH.

[–]G_Morgan 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Griezmann is contracted till 2021 and that release clause is only available to Spanish teams.

That isn't true. Foreign clubs activate Spanish release clauses all the time. It is just a pain to do so.

[–]craigybachaManchester United 0ポイント1ポイント  (6子コメント)

With a team like Leicester it'd be about whether the player wanted to stay. Definitely not 70m!! Kante was one of their most important players last year (same level of importance as Mahrez) and he went for around 30. I'd imagine if Mahrez wanted to leave he'd go for 30-40.

[–]manutd_[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (5子コメント)

Prolific attackers cost 1.5 to 2x of midfielders. If United or City wanted Mahrez he would cost atleast 70m Euros.

[–]craigybachaManchester United 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

You say that. But look at Pogba ;-)

[–]manutd_[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

If you consider Pogba the most valuable midfielder and then compare him to the most valued attackers Neymar or Messi, those guys will cost 2x of Pogba.

[–]craigybachaManchester United 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Well some players are of course un-transferable. Pogba isn't at the level of a Messi (as much as I'd like to believe he is!), he's probably at a similar level as Neymar, and they'd cost about the same.

[–]manutd_[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Neymar has a release clause of 220m Euro and i doubt he can be transferred for less than that.

[–]mufcirclejerk 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

This isn't a coincidence.

[–]OptimistPrime7Memphis 1ポイント2ポイント  (9子コメント)

Fantastic transfer business this year but do we really need Mahrez, if we get where would we play him and we need to sell some one to make place for him in the squad much less starting XI.

[–]hunkdaddyMemphis 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't think we should go for Mahrez this window. Assuming we get Pogba, that's 4 new players who go right into the starting XI. A fifth would mean almost half the team concisting of new players, and that's not ideal.

However, if Mahrez has a similar season this year, he should be our main target next summer.

[–]manny8361Fosu-Mensah 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

he would play RW and Mkhi would be at number 10. Both are improvements from mata/rooney at 10 or mata/lingard at RW. But I dont think we need him tbh.

[–]dertigoFußballgott 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'd much rather have Mkhitaryan at RW than 10. In the premier league wingers are extremely influential. Granted if we also had Mahrez I guess I'd be happy with Mkhitaryan at 10

[–]Launch_a_poo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I would honestly prefer Rooney/Mata at 10 and Mkhi at RW to Mkhi at 10 and Mahrez at RW

[–]manutd_[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

We definitely would a lot stronger with him. He produces a lot of magical goals from difficult positions.

[–]ilandstlfan 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't doubt this would be better from a sporting viewpoint. But Rooney has a contract until 2019, and I don't think even Mourinho can just come in a run him out of town in the first summer, or even first year. It would be a press shitstorm that the team just doesn't need to bench Rooney before/unless he has a string of bad performances under Mourinho.

My guess is that forcing Rooney to play at forward or No10 is a sink-or-swim tactic that will either get performance out of him or allow a move to be pushed through next summer. Then, we move next year for a top RW or No10. Or, we'll go through another summer of Rooney-wrangling, if he somehow manages to resurrect his form this year.

[–]EZeeeHDe Gea 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Mahrez and micki both can play Right Wing and no.10 so there is a place for him but i doubt it since rooney is our captain

[–]Flick_My_Bean_Geoff 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I would LOVE Mahrez. Play Mkih 10 and Mahrez RW. Rotate Rooney at 10 and striker.

That would be a huge upgrade. I don't think we'll sign him though.

[–]craigybachaManchester United 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

If we got Mahrez our attack would be amazing.
Martial left, Mkhi 10, Mahrez right. Wow.
Unfortunately I don't see it happening as I think Mou will play Rooney at 10, with Mata as backup, meaning Mkhi is mostly in that right wing spot.

[–]PM_ME_YOUR_GONEMILD 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

What's the coincidence? (Is it about squad numbers/player positions?)

[–]manutd_[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The coincidence is that we weren't going after players based on the Whoscored top 10. It turns out that we got all the players who could realistically have been signed from their top 10 apart from Mahrez and Di Maria(who we obviously will not sign again).

[–]craigybachaManchester United 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Don't get ahead of yourself. Pogs isn't final just yet!
But yes it's fantastic work from our boss, scouting team and Woodward. These three players should really strengthen our team massively.
These 3, mixed with Martial and Schneiderlin last year make up half of our outfield players now. Great work all round to refresh the team (assuming Schneids does well and gets playing time)

[–]seihandaShaw -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Only Statistical best XI appear. other are blank

[–]jackdaw4 -3ポイント-2ポイント  (1子コメント)

And people on /r/soccer will still say we have no world class players.