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Hasn't Darmian been pretty average this past season? Seemed to be quite a lot of games he didn't start in

 

I don't think Van Gaal fancied him. Had a couple of small injuries, played on the left a couple of times where he's dire. Under Mourinho he could be a really good player. Remains to be seen if Mourinho even likes him though.

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Eric Bailly to Man United.

 

The Manc sides sure love spending heavily on defenders. I've always thought of defence as a collective unit which is more about collective organisation than talent, whereas big money gets spent on attacking individuals. Don't know if that's an archaic way to see things.

 

To a point I agree, a collective organisation is more important for the defence than any individual. Can't hurt to have defenders who are good individually though, it's not enough by itself though obviously.

 

 

Aye. Although not always a starter Savic looked excellent for Atleti when he couldn't get a game or seemingly perma-crocked for City. Alderweireld was used as a substitute FB for Atleti but is a star man at CB for Spurs because of the unit being so good.

 

But it doesn't hurt to have a Juve BBC, Vidic & Ferdinand, Marquinhos and Silva

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Hasn't Darmian been pretty average this past season? Seemed to be quite a lot of games he didn't start in

 

I don't think Van Gaal fancied him. Had a couple of small injuries, played on the left a couple of times where he's dire. Under Mourinho he could be a really good player. Remains to be seen if Mourinho even likes him though.

 

He seems like the type of player who Mourinho would like for some reason. I can't believe he's 26, though. He looks 19-20.

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He's decent, but nowhere a €40m player. It's one of those cases where great coaching has made him look better than he actually is - Villarreal's defensive coaching is probably second best in the league after Atlético. He's a physical beast, very intense, so I can see why Mou would dig him, but he's prone to moments of madness and far from the finished article. Honestly I don't think he's shown anything to command that pricetag, but I guess ManU have way too much money.

 

I will take solace on my Espanyol friends pulling out their hairs since they sold him for merely €5m last season, though (they'll be getting just €2.5m for this, it seems.)

 

 

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