Manchester United are very much in the media spotlight as far as transfer rumors are concerned. They always seem to be close to signing someone.
Whether or not the reports turn out to be concrete, only time will tell but according to Metro, Manchester United are to officially confirm the signing of Benfica playmaker Nicolas Gaitan. The announcement is set to be made very soon.
Metro published the news few hours back and claimed that the move should be announced in hours. The fans might be getting anxious as United have not made any confirmed any deal as yet.
As per the provided link, the mentioned fee for the Argentine international is 34 million Euros, the same United paid for Dutch star Memphis Depay.
The 27 year old South American has featured in 214 games for Benfica, scored 30 goals and provided 67 assists. Now is the perfect time that Gaitan takes a huge step up in his career and moves to Premier League.
Manchester United to Officially Confirm €34m Star Signing
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Do we really need another left sided winger with Young, Di Maria and Depay. We should be focusing on a new keeper and right sided defender and another central defender. A defensive midfielder and a new striker.
Actually Mark, Manchester United are also trying to get Gundogan, Otamendi, Humels, Benzema and Muslera and Alves or Montoya, so…
Why Alves when we stand a good chance of signing Nathaniel Clyne. I think the club should push for that deal.
I dont think Alves will succeed as a defender in the English league.
United need two defensive midfielder like Tiote and Morgan and defense like torino polish Glik with Otemendi combination rightback cylen and use counter attack
There is need for manutd 2 sign Marco veratti and goudongan as their defensive midfiders. The big money paying for benzema,Lacazette cost £25m and his good striker,the age is also good. In terms of defence larpota is a very good buy that stay for long with united. Manutd should sign Alves as the right back then in January window coleman should be signed.
Let Alves Be Bought Rather Than Additional Wingers
LVG is just intending signings of wing players forgeting that his major problems are defensive midfielders and centre back players and even sticker.
We dnt need dis player
This are d list of players you should sign
Benzema striker
Dani alves right back
Verrati defensive midfielder
Hugo lloris keeper
Varane center back
After that I think we should be able to claim the next title
Formation 442
Lloris,
dani alves, varane, jones, shaw
Di maria, blind, verrati,depay
Rooney and benzema
This formation will have their title next season
United need more consistent goal scorers, and a tighter defense. And obviously a new goalie if de gea leaves. They hold the ball well in midfield but don’t have confident finishers. If they scored from half the opportunities they had they would have won the league hands down. A full overhaul is needed and I hope it’s coming over the summer. Depay is a great start, benzema , gaitan and otamendi will be great too.
Lets sign him and we see how LVG will line up his team without good defenders and defensive midfielder.
Well, Delpay is a right winger who is deployed at left wing. LVG has made it clear that he wants 3 functional players per position. So we have 2 in the right wing position…. Antonio and Depay, we need one more if Nani is to leave. Send young Januzaj on loan. We have Di Maria and Young on the left, we need one more. Gatian fits the bill. Lars Bender or Morgan Schneiderlin or Gundogan…. I don’t mind either for the middle field to partner Herrera. Key areas are central defence and right back, goalkeeping position….then we are good to go.
Man u did’nt need anymore wingers. Van gaal should push for defenders and sharp strikers in replacement for Falcao and RVP!!! Man u did well in the just concluded season, but there are strong weakness in the striking force. That was why they will have higher ball possession margin and still lost the game
Depay I meant to say
I understand what lvg is trying to do, win the title.. is EPL or champions league within the remaining two years on his contract. and by achieving this, the boss wants instant performance from his signings, thus why he wants experience like alves. Nathaniel clyne is a good fullback but this guys needs time to rediscover their form at big clubs. like shaw, just for future. we need a proper defender too, I like otamendi over humells. strong e energetic pal, can cope with the EPL instantantly. midfield I will go for two defensive covers starting with no nonsense or chief destroyer scheinderlin to partner either gundogan or the forgotten Alexander song. then upfront an accomplished striker. lacasette from from lyon.
Utd need clinical finishers, two holding midfielders,a right back and a central defender. The team need right-footed players. In my opinion, utd lack balance. Utd must sign Otamendi, Clyne, Verrati, Griezman, Koke.
Man U need s two defensive midfielder like Schneiderlin and Gundogan with a right back like Micah Richards who is a free agent. Jones and Smalling can partner in the defence while Chicharito should be called back. A goal Keeper like Peter Cech and that’s all.
and guys recall Manchester to compete with heavyweights like baca, madrid or beyern , even Chelsea, city, we need quality players, relaying on likes of fellain, rvp, old carrick, januzaj, chica, Evans, etc is a waste of time. we need fresh blood who are effective with the ball. gaitan, gundogan, otamendi, clyne, scheneiderlin/song, lacassette to join memphis. thus when utd will shine again.
Man United do not need Gaitan, however if there is one left -footed player i would love to see at Old Trafford, it is Bale. I think he would be a ideal replacement for Giggsy. United should forget about signing 32 year old Alves, and instead invest for the long term. I agree Clyne would be a good signing, but is he ready for a massive upgrade to Man Utd and the Champions League? Look what happened to Shaw? All that money and in return he went over weight, which contributed to injuries and then lost his form. No disrespect but United really is a massive step up from Southampton. I like the look of Ricardo Rodriguez and i really believe he would be a safer choice due to his experience of playing in Europe and the WC. I will also like to see Schneiderlin, 25, and not Schweinsteiger to join the Red Devil’s. Schneiderlin is just 25, he still has his best days ahead of him and is well established and proven Premier League player. If we had the chance to sigb Schweinsteiger a few years back i would never have refused, however he is now 30 and pretty much injury prone. I am not sure if Gundogan and Schneiderlin are both similar players, but i would like to see Gundogan at United, i know he has just come back from a serious injury, but i believe it won’t be long before he regains full fitness and the form which made him one of the most sort after stars in Europe. If Gundogan and Schneiderlin are to similar then i would absolutely love to see either Koke or Verratti at United. I hate to say this but i would exchange Di Maria for Verrati without any regret!
As a Benfica fan I am happy that we have finally managed to cash in on Nico Gaitan as it didnt look good there for the past couple years but this season he really showed his class consistently and along with Jonas was one of Benfica’s two most influential players. I can understand Man U fans being distressed at the team continuing to go after attack minded players when they clearly need a serious defensive overhaul. But know that Nico can play LW,LM,CAM,RM,RW so he is much more useful and skilled than Ashley Young. I would expect Van Gaal to be going with a front five of Depay, Gaitan, Di Maria, Rooney & big $ signing. They will have sufficient fire power up front but they must overhaul the back five to have a chance at the PL Title.
i am yet to understand why lvg always go for winger when the club has some holes to b filled with high profile players . i dont tink man united need anoda winger.
LVG u just av to spend wisely.