He's been with us for 5 years, i know he's injured alot but people forget he's only 23 years old, he had a fantastic start to the season when him and Tom Cleverley were in our midfield but at the moment he's injured, i hope he comes back soon, i'm a fan of his and i won't give up on him, some of our fans like him some don't, its an interesting debate nevertheless. Would you keep him or sell him this summer ?
I don't think we can sell him in the summer as we would lose too much with him being out injured for the majority of this season. However, had he been fit so we could have maximised his sale value, I would have definetly sold him and put those funds towards a new central midfielder.
I'm an Anderson fan, but is he going to ever be fit for a season? I doubt it. A lot of his injuries can be stemmed back to his broken leg back in 2007 (if I got the year right) and when he signed for United, I think he played a lot more in his debut season that was probably expected of him. So he's picked up a lot of other injuries as well and from the turn of the year last season towards the end of the season was absolutely fantastic with Carrick in the centre of the park, so I guess many of us thought, yeah, Ando has finally arrived properly! And there was the likelihood of no Copa America during the off season, he'd have a full pre-season but then he got another long term injury at West Ham if I remember correctly. He started off the season very well, he's been scoring a few goals in the last 12 months. Came on against the defeats against Newcastle and Blackburn and made an immediate impact. Although, anyone would have made an impact on our central midfield against Blackburn that day(!). I'll always maintain that he is probably the most talented player we have, he does things that noone else certainly in central midfield does apart from Cleverley now and that is the willingness to take the ball in midfield and simply dribble forward with it. He and Tom have the ability to break from midfield and that's something that Scholes can't do these days, something that Carrick doesn't do often enough. People cite the likes of Xavi and Iniesta as brilliant passers, but they are also brilliant ball carrying midfielders. And Anderson isn't going to have a pass completion rate of 95% like Scholes but he has the ability to make defence splitting passes and right now, there is noone in the team that is able to break down a team through the middle. So, tell me, you wouldn't us to have another dimension to our play!?
I agree with Jason, even though Anderson has me pulling out my hair at times, he offers us something totally different; that driving run through the middle of the pitch that has defences scrambling. This season Cleverley has also demonstrated the ability to attack through the middle, although the two of them go about this in different ways. My big concern is that we have had this luxury of a big squad due to the strength of our youth players. The fact that we have so many good players under the age of 21 means that our squad consists of about 35 players that SAF would consider playing in the league, instead of around 25 to 30 players in most other teams. However, as far as I'm aware we have many players that are on the brink of being too old to qualify for the "under 21 years of age" squad registration condition, which means that they will now need to be included in the 25 man squad. I'm going to do my homework a bit more and find out the exact details, but if this is the case we might not have the luxury of being able to choose from 6 or more central midfielders (Carrick, Fletcher, Anderson, Scholes, Cleverley, Giggs) if our 25 man squad is filling up with players that were previously too young to qualify. I'll start a new thread about our 25 man squad for next season, but I think this would be a very relevant issue when discussing Anderson's future. Personally though I think we'd be crazy to sell him, he's 23 and has his best years ahead of him, the only issue is the injury proneness. I'm confident that with more playing time his on-field decisions will improve as well as his all-round game. SAF should keep Giggs and Scholes around for another year due to everything that they offer (on and off the field), but players like Anderson and Cleverley should really be able to stake a claim for a first team place next season.
It's worth keeping him for the minute, he is potentially worth a lot more than he would be valued at now. He's changed completely as a player though, I remember watching him at Porto, before I knew who he was, and being impressed with his pace and dribbling. At Utd he doesn't seem to run often at all, I can only really think of one occasion where his pace was noticable. He's started playing like a fat lad, quick passes and sitting deep.
A fit Anderson will be the missing link in the UTD puzzle, of that I have no doubt Even SAF I think sees that and has said as much. I personally dont see Cleverly being the player people think he is. What I find worrying is why our young midfielders are getting these injuries? Is it like the liverpool mud pits?
I believe at the tail end of last season Fergie hinted at building the team around the likes of Anderson, Rafael, Nani ect. A fit Anderson would drastically improve out team, but I have a feeling it's going to be a situation similar to Saha. Saha was pure class when he played, but he spent more time injured than he did fit. I don't think Cleverly will ever be an amazing player, but I think he'll be an important part of our squad as he really keeps thing ticking and can play the quick 1-2 touch passing that we've been trying to do.
For a player that cost nigh on 20 million pounds he has been woeful, granted injuries have blighted him but he rarely looks in good condition and considering we bought him as an attacking midfielder he can't shoot and is quite poor providing passes for forwards. I guess we should keep him, but even if we can recoup 9 - 10 million, probably best to sell and invest into a midfielder in the mould of Javi Martinez, Vidal, Modric. What I don;t get is how fickle United fans are, it seems that Anderson has this immunity to crtiticism, I remember when we got knocked out of the fa cup by leeds 3 seasons ago and Ando was shocking he looked like he didn't care. A good friend of mine would not have it, that this midfielder that he proclaimed 'would be better than Ronaldhinho' was so bad, he instead went on to slag off Berbatov (who ended up Golden Boot winner) next season and score a hat trick versus liverpool. Point being, if Anderson was not black with dreadlocks and brazilian, do you think people would have the same patience with him or slate him off aat every opportunity like the not-so-cool Darron Gibson.
Collectively or individually? If you mean per player, then there is no way Eriksen will be sold for 40 / 50 million pounds sterling, are you barking?? Sneiijder who is a proven international and CL stalwart would cost about 27 million pounds, grnated Eriksen is younger and has potential, but not 50 mil sterling more like 20
There is no way Eriksen will be sold for 40 / 50 million pounds sterling, are you barking?? Sneiijder who is a proven international and CL stalwart would cost about 27 million pounds, granted Eriksen is younger and has potential, but not 50 mil sterling more like 15 - 20
Same here mate, Modric would be the one along with Javi Martinez but i don't see either of those happenning either, we need some new blood in MF but with City around we have to pick wisely and probaby unknown. I mean if we can keep Cleverley and as much as I hate to say it Ando fit and keep Pogba, then thats almost a new midfield for next year.
if we are intrested in Luka Modric and Javi Martinez then i can see Man City interested as well, i don' know how much they'll cost us but i read somewhere that Javi Martinez has a contract clause that says if any club wants to buy him they'll have to pay £40 million pounds.
