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    More rumours today linking Gaitan with a move to United. I agree with IrishManc's assessment that this has similar vibes with De Gea. Gaitan fits our profile - he's young, talented with further scope to develop and his wages will be in our wage structure.

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    Apparently scouts watched Benfica on the weekend. No Javi Garcia in team so clear that it was Gaitan they were watching. Gaitan's arrival may see Nani move more central. Sounds like Gaitan is a winger but can play centrally too though so who knows. Think we could see a few players leave aswell as come in, this summer. Gonna be a busy one I think.

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    Watched Benfica a couple of times since we've been linked with him and been fairly impressed, if we sign him I hope its not £30million + though as its a lot of money for a position we're already strong in and there's less risky signings that could be made for a similar fee. He can play as a winger but is just as good as a central attacking midfielder, almost certain to play on the wing in a 4-4-2 I would think.

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    If anyone's interested Benfica are playing away against Zenit St. Petersburg now on SS2. Think Gaitan is playing wide right....


    Gaitan has shown glimpses but on the whole been pretty poor. Passing has been a bit off and has been caught on the ball 3 or 4 times. The pitch is shite though and he might not be a fan of playing when it's -10°C......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Speedy View Post
    If anyone's interested Benfica are playing away against Zenit St. Petersburg now on SS2. Think Gaitan is playing wide right....


    Gaitan has shown glimpses but on the whole been pretty poor. Passing has been a bit off and has been caught on the ball 3 or 4 times. The pitch is shite though and he might not be a fan of playing when it's -10°C......
    I didn't see this post. If I would have known, I would have watched.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JSNFRMN_MUFC View Post
    Apparently scouts watched Benfica on the weekend. No Javi Garcia in team so clear that it was Gaitan they were watching. Gaitan's arrival may see Nani move more central. Sounds like Gaitan is a winger but can play centrally too though so who knows. Think we could see a few players leave aswell as come in, this summer. Gonna be a busy one I think.
    I can see several squad members leaving or going on loan in the summer to satisfy the 25 man squad rule.

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    100% not worth 40 million from what I've seen, plus i doubt it would happen considering we have just forked out for Ashley Young and we have Nani & AV who play in similar positions.

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    There will be an issue with signing him on the fee because I don't believe Benfica own 100% of his registration it's common in Portugal for clubs to own part shares in players especially South American players. So the fee would be crazy for this kid.

    I don't think this is the summer to go splashing cash unless you've got it as everyone is sort of getting used to how this Financial Fair Play thing is going to work. The reality is that players are no longer worth the ridiculous sums of money that used to get thrown around I'd be amazed if anyone goes for much more than £35m over the next few years.

    To me signing another wide player would be strange after the arrival of Young last summer it's the full back areas that I think we should be concentrating on I love the twins attitude but the fact is they're to injury prone so we're having to play CB's out of position at RB to fill gaps and Evra has been on a decline for 2 seasons now.

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    Yeah I've always found this link a bit strange mainly due to the prices being talked about. However as I've said in one of the above posts, scouts can spot things in players that wouldn't be evident to everyone. I've used the Sanchez example above and to be fair when we were linked a few years ago people were questioning it because on viewing he looked inconsistent and so on and so forth... Then last season came and he just took off. All of a sudden every club in the world wanted him. Maybe it's a similar case with Gaitan that the potential is there he just is yet to explode onto the scene. 35 million is his reported buy-out clause but I'd be surprised if the fee for him was more than 30 million.

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    Well another example is Angel Di Maria who was at Benfica as well they sold him on to Real Madrid for a lot of money.

    Just seems a strange signing unless one of the current wingers is going.

    Personally I think our name gets used a lot by agents to try and whip up interest in their players. Benfica are a selling club they look to sell the big stars to fund further purchases so I think a lot of the hype around this lad is they've decided he's the one they're looking to move on this summer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jsp View Post
    Personally I think our name gets used a lot by agents to try and whip up interest in their players. Benfica are a selling club they look to sell the big stars to fund further purchases so I think a lot of the hype around this lad is they've decided he's the one they're looking to move on this summer.
    Very true.

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    Hi everyone, I am portuguese and a Benfica's supporter with all my heart, if you want I can answer all questions about Benfica's players. He is a magician.

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    What are Gaitan's strengths and weaknesses, brunodiaslb?

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    We have seen better transfer opinions on United's possible targets .

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    Gaitán is a magician with the ball, has fantastic skills, his technique is just awesome and he shoots very very well and make a lot of assistances, in the other side he is a bit irregular, sometimes he does't effort and has a low resistance.

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    In the last two games Gaitan score 2 great goals and is getting better and better.

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    Do you know if United had scouts at last night's game?

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    Hazard or Gaitan?

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    A Portuguese newspaper called The Record has today claimed United are willing to offer €25m for Gaitan.

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    James Ducker from The Times says "Just to reiterate as people keep asking, United have NO interest in Nicolas Gaitan at Benfica"

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    Was very impressed with him tonight. Looking to make things happen all the time.

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    22m euro is the price for Gaitan according to reports. It would be about 18 million pounds. Would be far more realistic than the reported 30 million back when he was first linked.

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    €22m is a more realistic figure. Earlier in the year Gaitan to United seemed likely, the vibes were similar to De Gea. Now there are reports to suggest otherwise so it will be intriguing to see how this one pans out. Of course we may have had not interest in the first place, or only a fleeting interest. We may have had serious intentions but cooled our interest with other targets possibly becoming available.

    Our transfer activity this summer is going to be very interesting.

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    Yeah but even at this stage last year people were denying the De Gea deal aswell. He seems the most likely attacking player we will sign, as much as I'd love to get Hazard, Gaitan is far more likely. Interesting that Ducker said we had no interest though.

    It really is hard to predict what will happen. At this stage last season we pretty much knew Young and De Gea were coming. This season we haven't the foggiest. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we got nobody. Hope its not another 'no value' summer.

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    I think we'll be very active this summer.

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