Could maybe see him at the likes of a Crystal Palace if Roy Hodgson retires again. I donāt rate him as a manager but some club managers will see he reached a Euros final and hire him. Although heād probably prefer to stay within the FA in a handy number.
A lot of players dont get a look in in the first season with Pep. I wouldnt write him off. The unfit thing after the World Cup wasnt great mind you.
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Kovacic has come straight in and is playing
Thereās a language barrier also with Philips.
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Gravenberch fee agreed. A little over Ā£30m. On his way now for the medical. Here we go.
6ft3 
Ā£30 million is exceptional value. This guy has it all.
Heās just the player who could have transformed united
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They wanted him and ETH coached him before but he saw Liverpool as the better footballing destination. A bit like Klopp, Mane, Darwin and Gakpo.
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Christ. Thatās the end of Eric Haag as a man
Klopp key to this deal by all accounts. Gravenberch chatted to him and knew there was only club for him
This is some meltdown by the Liverpool fans.
Last week they were saying ten hag only signs players that played under him.
Now to justify signing an ex ten hag player they are claiming he wanted to sign him.
The mental gymnastics are off the charts.
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How many former Haag players need to turn him down? What ones did he get? Antony? And we all know that deal stinks.
Both things arenāt mutually exclusive. Ten Hag has coached some very good players in his time like De Ligt and Frenkie De Jong. He just happens to be a near replica of Roy Keane in terms of recruitment. Roy signed players he knew from Man Utd or Ireland, ETH signs players he knew from Ajax or the Netherlands. Itās telling that Klopp or Pep havenāt signed a former player in the last 7 years.
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Stop you canāt actually believe this?
If man United bear arsenal on Sunday I actually fear for the Liverpool fans.
It does bear a striking resemblance to Roy Keane at Sunderland in 2006. Came in and recruited the likes of Graham Kavanagh, Dwight Yorke, Johnny Evans and David Connolly.
If we look through ETH and his recruitment work. Heās signed Martinez, Anthony and Onana from Ajax for extortionate enough fees. Malacia was a Dutch buy. He was also on the market for Gakpo and Gravenberch. Considering the Dutch have generally declined over the last 10 years then itās an unusual strategy to base 80% of your recruitment from there. Even Mason Mount spent time on loan in the Eredivisie.
At least Roy Keane branched out a bit once he got to the Premier League and starting signing lads like Steed Malbranque, Craig Gordon and big Kenwyne Jones
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It would probably suit most of our FPL teams tbh. Clean sheet for Onana and maybe a haul from Rashford. Wouldnāt mind it at all.
He wasnāt in for gapko and gravenberch.
You are making these things up to justify Liverpool signing them after you criticised his transfer spending.
Martinez was a bargain. He was one of the best centre backs in the league in a vastly improved man United side.
Ten hag has completely melted your head.