Confirmed Signing James Garner

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windymiller said:
Ah right, must have been "goal involvements" or whatever the stat nerds call it that I saw. Still 4G and 8A, not to be sniffed at, particularly if £8m plus add ons is the deal. Big step up, though.
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Looks like he's a set piece merchant for the assists...and we could use one of those right about now. Battler.
 
Buy back clauses are just a silly thing thrown into contracts as a sweetener for unhappy fans.

Players do have their own will and seems to do what is best for them and their career.

Hypothetically, let us say Everton sign Garner for £15M with a buy back clause allowing United to sign him back within two years for £30M.

For United to want to buy him back, he must have done brilliantly for Everton. Good enough to be worth more than £30M.

For Garner to want to go back to United, he must be good enough to walk into the United midfield and be a regular. He does not push for an exit now to go back to be a squad player at the same club in a year or two.

If Garner does well enough for Everton to be a starter for United, you can be sure other clubs will show interest for him. Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal will not have a buy back clause. And he should choose those clubs over going back to the club that has refused to give him any minutes.

A buy back clause is extremely unlikely to be triggered. You read about them all the time, but I can only remember a handfull of them being used. But a twitter search now shows me that hundreds of United fans are delighted that they have such a worthless buy back clause. Over the moon. Retarded.
 
davek said:
What do you see the midfield setting up like? Where do Gueye Garner and Onana play (either in a 3 or 4 man mf)?
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Three man mid mate, you'll get your wish of a back four btw now.

Reckon we'll see a fair bit of a mix depending on the opposition mate, Garner and Onana both young lads so can see them needing a rest at points to avoid burnout - Gueye at near 33 rested sometimes to keep him fresh fie the games we need him most etc. Having Iwobi who we know can play cm is a huge as it finally gives us 4 genuine options in the centre not counting Dacoure even who I think may get moved on now
 

windymiller said:
Yeah, that's fine with me. I can't remember the last good free kick we have taken let alone one that resulted in a goal.
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Plenty of goals that way in the second half of last season, none so far this time around. Decent fraction of last season's free kick goals were a bit Keystone Kops or Benny Hill.

If you're talking "one that the free kick taker scored" it's probably James or Digne the season before last.
 


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