Donny Van De Beek

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

I'm sure you'll hate him soon enough.
aaaand bite

nice white. But he already does

Originally Posted by windy waffles

Apparently chances of Madrid signing him are now 'nil'.

Apparently he's won more pens than other Ajax player since 2018

Over to you Bruno

Piss everywhere

Can’t wait to drag this up every time he does a misplaced pass

The twitter ITK lot look like right #@&%!s today

Would be interesting to see Sparky working alongside Ole for transfer stuff. He’d be his harshest critic, possibly his greatest asset.

Originally Posted by Part 36 Offer

First sensible thing you’ve said in ages. Looks class. Problem is they are already losing De Jong and De Ligt to Barca this summer so there’s no way they’ll sell him and Neres as well, both of whom we should be going for.

TSRs know 👹

Originally Posted by Jethro

The twitter ITK lot look like right #@&%!s today

Originally Posted by Neo

That's similar to how I see it. I think Ole wants Bruno as the central attacking midfielder, effectively playing a number 10 role, and that would allow Pogba to play on the left of a midfield 3 or diamond, which was his role at Juventus.

I can see it working really well, but the question is who plays the holding role? In a 4-2-3-1 I have liked the Fred and The Scottish Player partnership, but Pogba could also play there against the dross at home where we dominate the ball and largely play in the opposition half. No idea who I'd pick as the sole holding midfielder in a diamond though; Matic is well past his best, The Scottish Player seems better as a box-to-box power player, and Fred is a bit erratic to hold such a tactically important position.

However, a diamond does seem the best option considering we need to find a system that means Martial and Greenwood aren't permanent substitutes. A diamond midfield, with 2 strikers up front, will mean plenty of games and rotation between Rashford, Martial and Greenwood, but 1 up front probably mens 2 unhappy strikers who aren't playing enough..

Kante anyone?

Originally Posted by Scholseyfanforever

Kante anyone?

The Renters want £80m for him so it's a no from me (and our board I'd imagine).

Goulbridge claims to have been told Donny is announced within the next few hours.

Originally Posted by Scholseyfanforever

Kante anyone?

Although we need a holding midfielder I dont think we will play a diamond midfield. That system relies fully on the width coming from the full backs and outs ain't up to the task.

Originally Posted by ScarFace

Goulbridge claims to have been told Donny is announced within the next few hours.

Having already done his medical in Holland? Wow what a scoop...

Originally Posted by windy waffles

Having already done his medical in Holland? Wow what a scoop...

Originally Posted by ScarFace

Goulbridge claims to have been told Donny is announced within the next few hours.

Why do you listen to that wet end?

Originally Posted by Sloppy

Why do you listen to that wet end?

Cooking tips. He taught me everything i know.

Frenkie de Jong has spoken:

“I spoke to Donny [Van de Beek] about his transfer,” admitted De Jong. “This is a beautiful transfer and we are all very happy for him.

“Did he ask me for advice? No, no, he can think by himself.”

Will be interesting to see how he is deployed as on the face of it, RW, DM, CB and LB all seem like higher priorities than another AM...

Maybe Pogba is off?

Although he's not a defensive midfielder, he can operate from deep. He's got the energy and positional sense to play there.

We play Fred there for his tenacity and energy, so it's no different to VDB playing there. Except he's better.

I suspect he'll slot straight into that Matic/Fred role as first choice.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

Although he's not a defensive midfielder, he can operate from deep. He's got the energy and positional sense to play there.

We play Fred there for his tenacity and energy, so it's no different to VDB playing there. Except he's better.

I suspect he'll slot straight into that Matic/Fred role as first choice.

We play Fred there because we haven't got another DM apart from Matic.

Why not just buy a DM? Seems a strange way of doing it.