Shalmaneser V
Active Member
Appalling signing this would be.
I'd be fine with this if it was a 2 year deal, but even then can people name me some wingers who have continued to be a very good player past 33-34?
Joaquin springs to mind but theres not many to be honest.
It's a signing that makes sense if he's Özil's replacement at ACM. What we have lacked in recent years is consistent peformers and Willian is a consistently good player. Whilst Özil on his day is superb, he's a inconsistent player on ridiculous high wage at the same age as Willian. Also Willian was more productive at ACM this season than on either wing.
Yeah, could see him form a balanced midfield trio if we sign Partey and Torreira I guess.It's a signing that makes sense if he's Özil's replacement at ACM. What we have lacked in recent years is consistent peformers and Willian is a consistently good player. Whilst Özil on his day is superb, he's a inconsistent player on ridiculous high wage at the same age as Willian. Also Willian was more productive at ACM this season than on either wing.
Might as well sign Christopher Wren, granted he has been dead a few years.
You have to be daft to want Willian. He’s only coming because we are giving something that Chelsea won’t, think about that. Why should we give him a 3 year deal if the club and manager who know him more than most and have worked with him for 10 years don’t want to make that investment? Some of you will kid yourselves by pretending it’s a 2+1 deal.
Nothing exciting about investing up to 20M in a winger that is playing for you between the ages of 32-35, having played his best years for a rival. This when your club and it’s fans are crying poverty and is already struggling with players who are either finished or not performing and are on big contracts.
If you want Willian you’re a daft, I don’t care. I’m not asking for a lot, sign a young player? Play our kids? Don’t throw money at another old player from our rivals.
Personally think Chelsea and our situations are very different, they have Hudson-Odoi on 100k in that position and are signing Ziyech who I assume will be the main man on the right side, can see why they dont want to offer Willian any more years extension than they have done.
For me United and Chelsea are both moving in the right direction now, you can question both Ole and Lampard but what they're doing in terms of their recruitment and their policies for the most part seem like the right way to go. We have to be careful here, I don't mind the odd player being signed if he's 30+ but if you're doing that every summer with players clearly on the decline then it doesn't really help things at all.
Perhaps signing Willian is playing the long game?I'd rather do what Chelsea are doing or even what Untied seem to be doing and playing the long-ish game with their signings and their policy of promoting youth too