No chance I would think. I thought him and Fred were bound for Manchester (one each to ether of the Manchester clubs). Rather get Tielemans or either of the Lyon pairing.

Chelsea - Kante
Liverpool - Keita
Arsenal - Seri

He was useless around this time last year when we were first linked to him. I have no idea if he's improved since then, but based on what he used to look like I would be furious if we blew our transfer money on him.

Certainly was all the rage last year for a few months. Not sure if that was based on his agent doing a killer job (links to us and Barca) or because he’s legitimate.

Anyone know how season went?

Ramsey replacement. Had a meh season by most accounts

He has some interesting santi like traits, but i had hoped we'd be targeting someone with a bit more defensive presence

Ray wrote:

Chelsea - Kante
Liverpool - Keita
Arsenal - Seri

That's just sad.

It would make more sense for us to bin xhaka for seri, keep Ramsey, and add an explosive midfielder that can tavkle to make up the midfield 3

He is so bad the past season for Nice. When United is linked with Fred and Milinko-Savic, City linked with Fabinho and Jorginho, Liverpool signed Keita... this transfer rumour is a joke.

In fairness to the lad Nice fucked him over badly last summer so it's no real surprise he may have under performed for them.

goon wrote:

In fairness to the lad Nice fucked him over badly last summer so it's no real surprise he may have under performed for them.

And what's his excuse for being a Porto B team reject?

That's a bit like asking why Ronaldo is a United reject.

Anyway, didn't realise he's 27. The players we're linked with so far, Seri, the greek guy from Dortmund, doesn't really fit the profile I thought we'd be looking at this summer, i.e. young, high potential. Just seems like more old squad filler we'll be wanting to offload in a year.

goon wrote:

That's a bit like asking why Ronaldo is a United reject.

Huh? Seri went from Porto to Pacos de Ferreira. Ronaldo went from Man United to Real Madrid. Not sure what your point is. My point is this guy has an underwhelming pedigree and isn't very good and isn't very young. If there's really truth to all of these links that have popped up, then I'd honestly rather have Wenger back making recruitment decisions. These names are fucking shocking.

Yeah he's a Porto reject just like Thiago Silva was, just like Henry was a Juve reject, Vieira Milan, Bergkamp one for Inter and fucking Yaya Toure was an Arsenal reserves reject.

jones wrote:

Yeah he's a Porto reject just like Thiago Silva was, just like Henry was a Juve reject, Vieira Milan, Bergkamp one for Inter and fucking Yaya Toure was an Arsenal reserves reject.

Again, I don't know what your actual point is. My point is about pedigree. Henry, Vieira and Bergkamp were all known to be massive prospects when they were teenagers. Thiago Silva had his career derailed by tuberculosis. Only Yaya Toure had an unforeseeable turnaround in his career in his mid-20s. Do you think Jean-Michael Seri is the next Yaya Toure? I happen to think he's shit.

It was more a passing observation because I thought the idea to dismiss a player because he failed somewhere early in his career is silly.

He had a great season in 16/17, didn't watch much Nice this season but the whole team hasn't done as well also he's been fucked over by the Barca board who had already agreed a fee this time last year. He's far from my first choice but he's not a bad player, I'd say he's what Wilshere would've been if it wasn't for all the injuries. Loves to burst past a player in midfield, smooth first touch and very good long and short passing, loves a through ball. Set pieces are top drawer but not enough defensive presence. As Wilshere or possibly Xhaka replacement maybe, not the guy I'd build my team around though.

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