Turkish media says he will be Mourinhos first signing

Your thoughts if the signing was to happen??

It wont

Lol

Oh Ethan. Just when I thought your â€rumors†couldn't possibly get any more ridiculous...

You just know when a rumour has something in it or its complete bull.This rumour is in the complete bull list.

I see this was taken from the bastion of truth The Sun

Would have loved him some five years ago. There were rumors a few years back, as there always are with us, but we never got him. He's turning 29 soon, but for some reason it feels like he's turning 39. Five years ago, yes, now no...

Oh Ethan. Just when I thought your â€rumors†couldn't possibly get any more ridiculous...

Shut up you down

It's been confirmed by tancredi

Picking up pace this one but can't see it happening, he's actually just 28, thought he was about 31

Confirmed by Tancredi. LoL

I'd take him tbh. High wages but cheap transfer fee. Jose knows him and made him world class. 28 is not too old. Worth a punt- a bit of a luxury buy but he could pay off big time. Has a lot to proove.

Where would he play though & we would have to tweak the formation. Makes little sense to me considering he will be jostling with Lamps for a place. Another Sneijder/ Van Der Vaart conundrum

Pass.

Odd one if true. Where would he play?

 

 

Before he had his contract dispute with Inter and was frozen out of the first team he was regarded as one of the best play makers in Europe.

 

 

Maybe viewed as an alternative to Schurrle? 

At a reasonable fee this seems like a very good idea

I just cant see it happening.

Don't really see why people are saying it is soooo ridiculous.

 

He worships Mourinho and has said many times how he believes he is the greatest coach on the planet- if Mourinho came calling I don't see him turning down the move and I am sure we could table a bid that would obtain his services without much of a problem.

 

The only question is do we need him and how he would fit in but I don't think it's completely ridiculous to suggest Jose could want him to strengthen the squad. Granted we have players to bring back from loan such as KDB which might be more sensible but it's probably not the craziest transfer rumour I will hear this summer....

Don't really see why people are saying it is soooo ridiculous.

 

He worships Mourinho and has said many times how he believes he is the greatest coach on the planet- if Mourinho came calling I don't see him turning down the move and I am sure we could table a bid that would obtain his services without much of a problem.

 

The only question is do we need him and how he would fit in but I don't think it's completely ridiculous to suggest Jose could want him to strengthen the squad. Granted we have players to bring back from loan such as KDB which might be more sensible but it's probably not the craziest transfer rumour I will hear this summer....

 

 

where on earth would he play? ahead of mata? he can f**k right off

 

people moan how we have too many nr 10s in the team yet they wouldnt say no to sneijder. not to mention his high wage

Edited June 4, 201313 yr by Lane

where on earth would he play? ahead of mata? he can f**k right off

 

people moan how we have too many nr 10s in the team yet they wouldnt say no to sneijder. not to mention his high wage

 

Didn't actually say I wanted him.

 

I would presume he would be signed as a squad player not to be played ahead of Mata.

As good as our attacking trio is when Mata isn't in the team we have struggled for creativity.

That combined with the amount of games the three amigos were forced to play last season it could be considered a signing to add depth and provide quality cover in that area.

No thanks.

 

Has been on a steady decline since 2011 (doing well in a tinpot league like Turkey doesn't prove you're not declining) and shunting Mata out wide to accomodate an inferior player is just silly stuff - or even worse if he plays deeper at the 2.

 

It won't happen, though, so I'm not losing any sleep over it.

Edited June 4, 201313 yr by BaneIvanovic

hope not, last thing we need is another drama queen who has a sh*t fit when they don't get to play in their preferred position. and who would he put out of the squad (assuming he wants to play no 10)?

he's 29 in june and I think we could be doing a lot better than this disruptive little pest. people championing KDB coming back.. it aint happening, isn't he going to lever on loan as part of the schurrle deal?

not good enough 

If it is true (which i doubt) surely it would make more sense to go for Isco?

He's never going to displace Mata and Oscar should be the one filling in at #10 when he is being rested, so unless we're going to pay a large fee and massive wages for a third choice #10 I don't see the point.

Jose sometimes played him in the midfield of a 4-3-3 or from the right.

 

Not as ridiculous as it sounds, he's definitely one of Jose's soldiers a la Drogba, Lamps etc.