05 Jan 2024 09:03:00
Paulo Dybala available for €12 million until January 15th. Surely worth a punt over what we have.

1.) 05 Jan 2024
05 Jan 2024 09:47:43
cue various posts about steering clear of overpaid established washed out players lol.

2.) 05 Jan 2024
05 Jan 2024 10:31:58
Seems a lot for just 10 days?.

3.) 05 Jan 2024
05 Jan 2024 11:28:18
Certainly worth a punt.
Won't happen though because the current gaggle of blaggards charged with making these types of decisions aren't even competent enough to explore decent options available for free.

Personally, I'd love to see Dybala in a United shirt.

4.) 05 Jan 2024
05 Jan 2024 11:44:49
Surely with nothing really to play for its better to just give the minutes to Amad, we need to use this period to assess what can be realistically kept of the current squad.

5.) 05 Jan 2024
05 Jan 2024 11:55:41
Really fed up with stop gap signings. They rarely work and don’t promote continuity. There is no doubt that Dybala is a gifted player, although clearly not proven in the Premiership.

6.) 05 Jan 2024
05 Jan 2024 12:34:52
That’ll be a No from me.

7.) 05 Jan 2024
05 Jan 2024 14:01:09
He's a tough one to decide on. He's got so much talent, but he just hasn't lived up to that potential.

He does dip in and out of the side due to a few injuries, and he's the type of striker EtH has typically used.

At his age, with his wage demands, the fact he has never played in the EP, and the seeming trajectory of his career I'd have to say pass on him to be honest. Even though he's clearly more talented than the options we currently have.

Personally I think we either an older, experienced striker (26-31) with a similar profile to Højlund. Who can come in and rotate around with the young Dane until he's developed enough to lead the line for us.

Or we need a younger striker (22-25), who has top class potential, but is maybe a slightly different type of striker to Højlund. Someone who has a bit more experience and is maybe more ready to be first choice for a club like ours, but has a different skill set to Højlund meaning that they would both be viable options for the next 5-7 years (longer for Højlund) either as the starter or as someone who offers something different from the bench.

I'm not sure signing a talented, but seemingly declining player like Dybala on a high wage, whose skillset is very different to the type of strikers the manager usually plays is the right sort of direction the club should be moving in.

He seems fine as a short-term stop gap on loan until the summer. But I wouldn't want the club to take a gamble on him which likely will not work and then we are stuck with a declining player on north of 300k per week on a 4 year deal. Regardless of the potential favourable transfer fee.

We need to stop taking punts on older players who have either started or will soon start to decline.

The reality is that rebuilding this squad will take at least 3 years. No point signing players over the age of 26 maybe 27 as they will likely need replacing again before we see a serious title challenge.

8.) 05 Jan 2024
05 Jan 2024 14:09:47
You guys complain about the past and our dealings and now you want Dyabala. Where would you play him and is he a long term purchase or another one on 200k a week we will not know what to do with in 12 months time. I can assure you the transfer might be low but he is not coming over for a 100k.

9.) 05 Jan 2024
05 Jan 2024 18:26:45
No chance Dybala comes here. Correct me if I’m wrong, but hasn’t he rejected coming here a couple of times already?

10.) 05 Jan 2024
05 Jan 2024 21:34:03
We are spending all our efforts triying to move Sancho and Martial on, yet think it’s ok taking on an issue type player from elsewhere. We need to get away from the Dybala type players.

11.) 05 Jan 2024
05 Jan 2024 22:25:45
Agree completely with Red Man. Steer well clear.

We need to get shot of Martial and Sancho, then bring in a striker.

It'll be another embarrassing loan move for a striker well past his prime.

12.) 06 Jan 2024
06 Jan 2024 08:15:27
Another pre Madonna

No thanks.

13.) 06 Jan 2024
06 Jan 2024 09:23:42
Leave well alone!

14.) 06 Jan 2024
06 Jan 2024 11:01:03
Christ utd can't even get werner. no chance on this. Wouldn't trust utd transfer team to open a can of beans. they're beyond useless and hopefully all sacked by Radcliffe.

{Ed002's Note - You clearly don't understand how the transfer system works.}

15.) 06 Jan 2024
06 Jan 2024 12:55:13
Another punt yehhh.

16.) 06 Jan 2024
06 Jan 2024 14:32:49
there's enough punts at the plub already ??.