if barca buy vdb
it will be xavi/iniesta 2.0

If VDB came on and played badly then I'd at least understand. He did not play badly when used.
In fact, one of our best midfield performances was in a CL game where we used Fred-VDB and the midfield was just so efficient at moving the ball from defence to attack.

We definitely did VDB dirty here.
The other player we did dirty was Romero. But that's for another discussion.

James only has speed, not much of a footballing brain. Donny is probably looking at him wondering how James can get a game but Donny is stuck on the bench.
James reminds me a bit of Theo Walcott in the early days. Devastating speed, doesn't know how to channel it effectively.

Amen.
If he goes to Barca and pairs with De Jong, it'll be a midfield to watch!

If he continues rotting at United, I really hope he gets a move like that for his career. Guy deserves better.

VDB did not get fair treatment, not given enough chances
he is on the move type and will be perfect for barca system
hard for vdb to play with bruno/pogba as they tend to play too much killer balls rather than pass-move type

fuhh restore the ajax setup

I'd like to expand on the last point as I think players like Bruno and Greenwood are the type comfortable with pass & move.
Players like Fred and McTominay, less so.

Fred is pass and watch it go to the opponent.
McTominay is pass, and then gaze admiringly at the pass while it finds your teammate.

VDB's appearances have mostly been in place of Bruno, which means he usually needs to dovetail with Fred or McTominay. Sometimes both.
One thing fans may have noticed is the amount of runs VDB makes and how a lot of times to goes wasted as his teammates don't find him. I regularly see him passing to his midfield partner, making the run and then Fred or McTominay passes it backwards to the defence.

Which brings me to the sideways-backwards passing rate.
Van Gaal was widely panned by fans for his team making a lot of sideways or backwards passes. I'd like to see the passing map for Fred and McTominay. Does their sideways/backward pass rate match the stats of Van Gaal's midfield?

I disagree

when VDB as no.6 or no.8. At some game when i watch he played as double pivot midfield, his positioning is awful, when Mctom make the forward run, he should stay back at midfield, but he made forward run and making the midfield expose nakedly. Opponent can just counter attack u anytime when u lost possession when scenario like this happen. I read some statistic that his forward pass is quite low compare to Fred and Mctom.

The above scenario made OGS move him back as no.10, but he does not has the impact like Bruno did. I can say he is suffering first season due to different league and different playing style between Man Utd and Ajax.

The problem is the price tag, 100M GBP is too much.
Let the price tag alone, Thomas Partey is only 45m GBP, Frenkie de Jong also signed for €75, one and half year ago nia.
While Rice is 100M GBP, during pandemic? And West Ham for sure will ask for more.

Don't just look at the price tag, look the financial situation.
We need to buy CB, Striker, RW, and DM.
It is like every ideal candidate for each position, the transfer price will be at least 60M each.
Where got so much money ...

And this is exactly why I don't like OGS purchasing style, ALWAYS look for high price player.
Until now, I also don't think Captain and AWB worth their price.

Look at Arsenal, Thomas Partey for 45M GBP, what a deal, damn.
Everton Allan, £25M, what a bargain, even on his age.

OGS? Keep asking for Haaland, Grealish, Rice, Sancho.
All the price tag is at least 100M GBP each, he think we are PSG and Man City?

This post has been edited by KennRicky: Mar 16 2021, 12:35 PM

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The regressive nature of a double pivot defensive team definitely does not suit VDB's strengths.

The price of a player is not down to Ole. It is Matt Judge, our Director of Football Negotiations.
Partey cost 45M for Arsenal, if he had come to United instead it is easy to imagine the price tag being 80M.

He has to adopt to the team playstyle, if can't then he might leave on this summer for team suitable for him.

On the other hand, OGS is reportedly obtain a new contract of 9mil per year, this summer he has 80mil to spend, have to sell Lingard, Perreira in order to raise fund.

Better offer at end of season. We all know what happen if sign too early

Agreed, can negotiate now but sign by end of season.

Kayu has made a huge mistake by giving Moyes 6 years contract and Mourinho contract extension before the season end.

Maybe VDB was an investment anyway, to buy and sell off for profit.....

actually i never rmb we sell any players off for profit before...

Got ah. Ronaldo........

45M is release clause la ~

80m ronaldo... which we bought for 18m? after 10 years. is it us selling at a profit? or us selling at a loss?

I think still untung if inflation factor in.. but we lost in that deal. If he stayed with rooney... 2-3 more champions League liao

RM came and ronaldo wants to leave. he stays another season because of SAF