Surely he "assessed" him when he took him to Bournemouth, or am I wrong in thinking he was the sporting director thereNEW: The sporting director, Richard Hughes, will already be assessing left back options, primarily as Andrew Robertson will soon turn 31, with Bournemouth's Milos Kerkez among those being considered.
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'Assessing' is when scouts are sent to see them more than 15 times. Anything less than 15 is 'considering'.Is "assessing" before "monitoring" or the other way around?
Is "assessing" before "monitoring" or the other way around?
To sell players requires work, and our recent history suggests we only sell fringe players. CJ will be allowed to run his contract downIt’s a doom loop where they feed each other so that we are constantly assessing, then monitoring, then assessing again, then monitoring, then monitoring, then assessing…
It will continue until Hughes breaks Bluebell & Binomial completely… then he’ll move on to Moron by trying to sell CJ.
Woah woah woah - you are getting ahead of yourself there. Monitoring is when we let it 'slip' to our tame journos that we have completed the 'assessing' phase and now want to prod the players' team to let slip any juicy bargain contract details cf. Mac Allister'Monitoring' is when we've offered a shit contract and they tell us they want more.
Do you even like Harvey?
it all sounds good - but rightly or wrongly - you guys have kind of introduced him in such a way that it reminds me of that period when we had GH, and all these French youngsters were going to be the next Zizzou etc but turned out to be completely fucking shite in reality. Let's not do this to ourselves.
thought cherki could do more on the wing a backup to Salah, as he plays right mid a decent amountDo you even like Harvey?
He'd work as a sort of wing playmaker, I guess. But he doesn't have blistering pace.thought cherki could do more on the wing a backup to Salah, as he plays right mid a decent amount
Harvey at the 10 and Harvey at the 11. Fucking hello titles for the next decadeHe'd work as a sort of wing playmaker, I guess. But he doesn't have blistering pace.
It's like playing Harvey on the wing but with better dribbling.
If we’re interested as reported then an early swoop might happen when Utd show their hand.Looks like Utd have made a jump to sign Dorgu of Lecce
Manchester United in talks to sign Patrick Dorgu from Lecce
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By David Ornstein
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Manchester United are in talks to sign left-back Patrick Dorgu from Lecce.
Discussions have begun over the 20-year-old as United line up options ahead of making decisions on ins and outs this month.
Nothing is yet agreed but head coach Ruben Amorim is keen to add reinforcements in the January window amid a run of form that has seen his new side slip to just 10 points above the Premier League’s relegation zone.
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Dorgu, who has been capped four times by Denmark, has made 43 first-team appearances for Lecce having joined from Danish club Nordsjælland in 2022. He has scored three times in Serie A this term.
He signed a new contract in October that runs until 2028.
United’s squad is in need of more players suited to Amorim’s preferred 3-4-2-1 formation with Dorgu seen as one who could fit in.
Diogo Dalot is a specialist right-back yet has been deployed in the left-wing back role, while first-choice left-back Luke Shaw has been yet to make a start in any competition this season due to injuries, having been limited to just 12 Premier League starts in 2023-24.
The Athletic reported earlier in January that United were exploring a loan exit for left-back Tyrell Malacia.
The right-sided wing-back role has most often been filled by Amad, who is naturally a wide forward, or the versatile defender Noussair Mazraoui, who joined from Bayern Munich in the summer.
No chancepapers saying we're in talks with Kimmich. We are talking about a player on €400k a week at the moment, he is quality but he is 29 and he will ask for at least €300k/w.
I reckon they’re just trying to keep hold of him mid season, especially since they’re challenging for a European place…Word is that Bournemouth want 50 million pounds for Kerkez this window.
Think we'll sit it out hoping the price will fall, (which it won't) and regret it later.
He's not going for less than £50mI reckon they’re just trying to keep hold of him mid season, especially since they’re challenging for a European place…
40m in the summer to us is my guess.
Sounds like he is waiting to see what they get before deciding what he is prepared to accept.NEW: One train of thought is that Konaté may wait to see the outcome of talks with Van Dijk, Salah and Alexander-Arnold before deciding his own future.
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Whilst the other three are in a Mexican stand off to see what each other gets.Sounds like he is waiting to see what they get before deciding what he is prepared to accept.
NEW: One train of thought is that Konaté may wait to see the outcome of talks with Van Dijk, Salah and Alexander-Arnold before deciding his own future.
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