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Marcos Rojo

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  1. Matth_2014

    Matth_2014 Well-Known Member

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    Confirmed by Sporting Lisbon.
     
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    Matth_2014 Well-Known Member

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    He'll cost 20 million euros, in our money, that's about 15-16 million.
     
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    United have just tweeted it.
     
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    Chief Northern Simpleton Forum Moderator

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    Great, that's Buttner replaced.

    Now let's hope that stupid **** Woodward goes about signing an actual centre half.
     
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    Rojo's a centre-half Ruff.
     
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    Chief Northern Simpleton Forum Moderator

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    He's a left back.
     
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    So you've spent £15 million on a second choice left back? <yikes>
     
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    Plays cb for sporting apparently. Lb for argentina.

    Made world cup best team as a left back.
     
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    This. Similar to Vermaelen - prefers to play left sided CB, but can play LB just as well. Probably going to end up as the left side of our back three if LVG persist with 352
     
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    Hes apparenly well schooled in a back 3 and as both a full back and wing back. Plenty of options
     
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    The next John O'Shea?
     
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    Chief Northern Simpleton Forum Moderator

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    That's how i see it, yes.

    If, as others suggest, we might persist with wing backs why in the name of f**k are we planning to waste 50 million quid on Angel Di Maria?

    He's a utility defender, cover until Shaw is fit and then left back if /when Shaw becomes a left sided attacker.
     
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    Does this mean we won't see Young at left back again? Shame, could have been a revelation.

    Interesting stat, Young is the first right footed winger to play at left back for United against Swansea and eat bird **** in the process.
     
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    Chief Northern Simpleton Forum Moderator

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    Is that yet another record broken then?
     
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    I don't know who's paying Nani's wages which seems to be a major concern to one of the resident Mousers but the actual transfer fee finances seem to be structured as follows...

    Sporting will receive £8m immediately, with further instalments of £4m being paid on 1 December this year and 1 July, 2015. In addition they will get 20% of any sell-on fee for Rojo over £18.4million.
     
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    What's the latest on Vidal? Gone very quiet lately?
     
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    #askchelseamatth
     
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