United are currently linked to a host of exciting footballers. Foremost amongst these names are Brazilian prodigy Lucas Moura and Arsenal’s wantaway captain Robin Van Persie. So how does a player like Fulham’s Moussa Dembele stack up against these players?
Well, Dembele will always struggle to seem like an attractive prospect in contrast to these potential big money signings. But does that mean he wouldn’t be a good addition to Manchester United’s squad?
According to Dutch paper De Telegraph, Fulham have turned down a €10m offer from Manchester United for their Belgium midfielder, Moussa Dembele. They also claim that Real Madrid are monitoring the situation. Those are two pretty big suitors for a player whose CV reads Germinal Beerschot (great name for a football team), Willem II, AZ and Fulham. (Source: Daily Mail and SB Nation)
According to his agent, Jan de Visser, Dembele is attracting interest from plenty of top clubs, which will make sure that Fulham get a fair deal for the midfielder. That’s despite him just having a year left on his Cottagers contract. Fullham fans are no doubt just keen for him to move on so that they can re-invest the money in a player who can help them cement their ascendancy in the Premier League.
Whether he’d be a good addition for Manchester United is another matter. He was impressive last season and has thrived in the attacking midfield role that Martin Jol has assigned to him. Yet, it’s not entirely clear that he has what it takes to perform at the top of the table. One thing’s for sure – he doesn’t get on the score sheet enough, with only 7 goals in his last 73 Fulham appearances.
He does have the ability to pull the strings in the centre of the park and add forward momentum to a side. He’s also capable of putting in a tackle. Whether he’ll ever be as good as Paul Scholes when it comes to mixing these two activities, is too difficult to tell at the moment.
One thing’s for sure. He’s not the signing that most Manchester United fans are hoping for. He’s a good player, but there’s not enough evidence yet that he’s going to be a great one. Time will tell in this regard, I suppose, but I hope that Manchester United don’t take their interest any further.
What’s your take? Would Dembele be a good addition at Old Trafford?
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“He does have the ability to pull the strings in the centre of the park and add forward momentum to a side. He’s also capable of putting in a tackle. Whether he’ll ever be as good as Paul Scholes when it comes to mixing these two activities, is too difficult to tell at the moment.”
Well, Scholes and tackle is a match as good as welsh gb-players and the national anthem… So in that aspect Dembele shouldn’t have much problems in operation “Replacing Paul Scholes”. Dembele had a all round play that would make him an allright addition to our squad but the main problem is that he isn’t the world class midfielder that will please the fans and bring back the fright and respect factor that has vanished gradually by the loss of players like Cantona, Keane, Ronaldo, Beckham, van Nistelrooy and the ageing legs of Giggs and Scholes.
But we’re not far away from getting the right pieces in place again. Rooney has got it but need something so he can get out all of his talent. Robin van Persie would be that something
Ops, post slipped prematurely 🙂 RvP would add that something, yes! And with such a signing we’d also please the fans hunger for that big name signing, paving way for signing a midfielder that might be brilliant in the mix, whether his name is Dembele, Strootman, Sahin or Wanyama. But if we don’t bring in a big name player like RvP, it will require a Luca Modric, Wesley Sneijder, Xavi, de Rossi, Schweinsteiger i.a. to please the fans and fright the likes of City, Chelsea and Barca.
Kagawa, you might point out. Yes, he’ll probably be brilliant but I can’t see him alone fix the engine room. And, like with Rooney, he’d be so much better if he get’s the players around him that builds the plattform he needs to express himself. Like YaYa does it for Silva and Aguero, Busquets for Messi and Xavi, Schweinsteiger for Robben, Gomez and Ribery etc.
Moura
Ops, I did it again…
Moura… Might be as good as Ronaldo but coming directly from Brasil and at only 19, I’m not sure he’ll give us the quick fix we need!
Done:)