Youssouf Fofana: United's NEW Midfield Powerhouse! 💪
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Kobbie Mainoo needs a partner with experience but also legs & defensive steel. Fofana is that, he’s also capable of playing as the 6/8 with a double pivot partner which Mainoo can also do. They really complement each other well. Price is the biggest factor for me when looking at him. He’s a great age and coming into the final year of his deal means he will be available for around£20/£25m. Would be a ridiculous piece of business.
He would supplement a 2nd midfield signing because of his price; and his age also means he does not block the pathway of young midfielders coming through...
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#ManchesterUnited #YoussoufFofana #Fofana
I agree, re: aggressive players….we need a bit of that, with Martinez, Utd won’t be rolled over. Bit more of a fuck off about us.
Fofana and trigger amrabat and that gives us 2 midfielders in around 45 million. Leaves budget to get 2 CB olise and a striker . No brainer imo
Would love to see a comparison between Fofana, Neves and Onana.
Would love to see a video on Palacios and Hjulmand
Another great shout out from the Dortmund scouting squad 😉
Or as Jim Bowen use to say "Look what you could have won".
Ederson from Atalanta is a pretty good shout
“He’s a really good age” threw me back to “GREAT AGE” on Soccer AM😂
Can we have a video on Ederson from Atalanta, he looked amazing against Leverkusen!
This transfer market will definitely show us what really INIOS stand for
Ineos 🤦🏻♂️
I fear INIOS are going to focus on only young british players I hope i am wrong
Yes Steve , he is a brilliant player love the way he would work with the players we got
That photo of him celebrating makes him look like a rugby winger. Looks a specimen!
Obviously a manager as a say in who a club sign you’d think. So if the future is unclear on ETH then we can’t expect signings soon. I’d love United do the business before the EUROS
We need to have steel and silk in our team. I'm all for aggressive players providing they have the ability to keep our exceptionally high standards GGMU
"Keep"? We haven't had high standards since Fergie left.
Wow Ste the u18s did the treble and Kai Rooney and Jacey Carrick won a double with the u14/15s scary scary talent at Utd. We just need the people at the top to make the right calls. I’m still worried egos are getting in the way and they are going to make a complete horlicks of everything.
Amrabat is worth keeping for the cost he will be, I think he has the energy we need and a good squad midfielder
Amrabat & Fofana easily replace and improve on present Case and Eriksen, would be good to get both
@@theoraexplorahow much do you think we get for Cassa?
Fofana + Amrabat (who isn't expecting to be first choice and has shown loyalty to the club) is probably not going to cost much more than that. I'd guess. 🤞
@@dustinmccrindle343 £20m maybe, but his wages are £18.5m per year so that's a big save anyway. We're making our money on Sancho, Greenwood and maybe Maguire/McTominay. The rest are just part of the clear out
J Neves and Fofana £130/150 mil that would be my ideal midfield options. However with FFP Fofana and keep Amrabat as back up and we have hugely upgraded for around 40/50mil and that would be a great bit of business for us. I also really rate Morten Hjulmand he’s a not the same as Fofana in terms of energy and I would say he’s got more technical attributes in terms of passing but he’s also a really good shout for a player who I think could work well with Mainoo in double pivot. He would cost more but think he could do a job at United. Love the videos Ste keep up the great work…. Up the fucking Paddock
This guy has to be the one! Should compliment Mainoo really well
good player we can get him and weifer
I would rather sign a specialist 6 that fits with Mainoo at 8.
We are only playing a double pivot recently as ETH has moved away from his usual tactical principles over the last month to get results, especially after that terrible Palace game.
Fofana as a single pivot 6 is not good enough on the ball imo, and if we keep ETH next season, he will go back to his normal tactical principles. So a specialist ball playing 6 with defending principles and legs to fit with Mainoo would be ideal. Fofana himself said he prefers to play higher up rather than a 6.
£25m is a great price, but that shouldn't be a reason to not get the right profile of player IMO.
Can Onana from Everton do it? I personally don't rate him that high
Rice has said he prefers to play as a 8 cause he likes going forward. Rodri wasn’t a 6 in Atletico. And there’s no way you’ve watch Fofana play as a 6 especially for France and say he’s not go enough on the ball to play as a 6 because he’s great on the ball. Relentless tackler and very good in all ranges of passes. He’s perfect to play right next to kobbie he’s better than Onana in every aspect bar height.
@@directorme6669not good enough
@@Moonmaestro11 IMO he's not good enough on the ball for what i want a single pivot 6 to do. Any one who has watched ETH football at United will know that the way we play is that we bypass the midfield anyway a lot of the time and look to hit runners, hence not a controlled possession game that requires a true ball playing 6. For that role Forfana could be fine, but that's not the football i think will get us back up to winning the league.
If we want to play a more risky game (which i don't think ETH wants to) that involves a 6 dropping deep to create angles and play with Mainoo to dominate the midfield, Forfana isn't IMO that type of footballer. He wants to run with the ball more (like an 8 has freedom to do) than pass and move and intricate balls around players to then receive it and dictate play and having the positional discipline to do so. So in that sense he's not the best profile of player for a single 6 in a more ball dominant midfield, and i would rather keep Mainoo in an 8 due to his ability on the ball.
The point about France i don't care about as i never judge a footballer based on international matches, that is just a waste of time.
@@directorme6669 In a current ETH system that doesn't require elite ball ability, rather a more transitional athletic game that bypasses the midfield, then Onana can do it quite well. But in a team that looks to dominate the midfield, especially against better teams, Onana similar to Forfana would not be an ideal profile of player IMO.
YES, he’s the guy we need
Fofana Amrabat McTominay and Mainoo along with Bruno and Mount should be a good set up Utd need creativity off the wings so maybe someone like Mathias Soule or Ilias Chair.
Remember bakayoko hype..physically hes a monster..big frame..run about ..and quite techy as well..the thing is..as much as we theres a lot of gem in france..we should explore their mental and how they live their life as well..pressurr getting into a big club like us..and then how they handle getting a big wages here is somehow overlook...cant remeber over the last 5/6 season of having a succesful midlfiled coming from them..with chlesea stockpiling a lot of so called upcoming french talent.. they peak early and like i said..their mentally weak and dont strive to improve themself further in the premier league.. someone like kante tick all boxes of mental strengh..humility ,leadership ..
Im still kept my eye on baleba of brighton tho..but still theres no one close that replicate the kante..essien..moulouda .the evra..in this generation of overhype and overated bunch 😊🫡
Replicating the likes of Kante and Essien are discouraged and impossible.
Discouraged because tactically football is changing, specialist are slowly fading and all arounders are more and more encouraged. Players should be able to (although not fully achieved) defend and attack and not rely one single player to roam around winning the ball which is basically what those two players did.
Impossible because the two were just physically gifted. They had something you cant just go into the gym/training in and achieve it. Even in their generation they were one of a kind.
Finding the 'next' of Essien and Kante is basically a hit or a miss which could possibly what Chelsea is doing by stockpiling every 'talent' they can get their hands on. Plus, judging young players to be immediately be like those legends or be like the players you grew up watching is just pandering. Time to move on.
We need: 2 midfielders
1 Left wing
2 Cetre Backs
1 Striker.
How about :Amrabat and Fofana/Never
Rooney from Copenhagen
Todibo and Ignacio/Silva
Retegui
Forget Neves, Ignacio and Silva portuguese clubs only sell to gulp up the whole of the transfer budget as reports suggest United will have a smaller budget.
Roony is a right winger
MU
Keep amarabat as back up and get fofana
bro am not expert like you i would like for you to do a research on Atalanta midfielder Anderson. i only watched him playing against Leverkusen on Europer league final and his an engine bro
Never seen this dude play, but we desperately need somebody in that position.
Foffana is a steal if we got him, but onana is the destroyer we need
Todibo fofana doue Olise French revolution incoming 👍
What software does ste use for the videos?
Signing him or Ederson is a must this summer
give more information about Antonio Nusa
What do you guys think of signing Ndidi on a free this summer?
Can see it now, Borussia Dortmund agree deal for Fofana.
Wish we could get Xavi Simons.
I don't know why no one is talking about pepelu from valancia i feel like he is the type of player we need more than a fofana
Mainoo Bruno Fofana would be such a dominant Mid but Mainoo needs to work on his physicality
I lyk ederson from Atalanta, him first then fofana
I'm sorry, I've suffered a lot of trauma in the past with United. So I fully expect them to botch this.
If eth gets fofana and frenkie then he will do wonders with united …
Look at the case for Paulinha? I think he is the most proven option available. Think him, Mainoo and Bruno would be class.
Too old, the two most important roles in midfield will have to be replaced at the same time as more then likely they’ll drop off in two years.
@@stephenfinglas6220 Yeah it is more a "short term" thing however at 27 he still has 3 seasons in him. Plus he apparently he has a gentleman's agreement with Fulham for around 40 Mil. Bruno just has 2 seasons in him max so if want to utilize that there is a real idea to go more proven.
@@Hyde_Hill he’s 29 in July and will cost over 40m don’t think it’s a good signing short or long term with financials involved, if you were able to get him for 20m on reasonable wages and brought in a younger fella at the same time it might work but we’ve been down this road before over the last 10 years and it’s never worked for more then 1 season think we need to get the next Paulinha that will still be in his prime when our young talent is hitting their primes in 3-4 years not stop gaps in my opinion.
@@stephenfinglas6220 Ah sorry got his age wrong. Seriously remember looking it up and being 27. Brain fart. Then yeah makes it a lot less less good. He is the most sure fire thing though.
@@Hyde_Hill he’s a good player should have been signed 3/4 years ago it wasn’t as if he wasn’t well known around Europe even before the Fulham move.
Amrabat played 3 games in 3 days what did you expect for someone who hadn't played.
Get a grip, he's chosen a big club instead where he can actually win things😂, Forza Milan 💪🏻💪🏻⚽
I don’t want a destroyer, I want a tempo-setter, a Rodri/Matic to play alongside Mainoo & Bruno. For me that’s RABIOT.
He’s free, in his prime, a winner. What we need imo.
Rabiot is a good player but has a little too much media and circus around him unfortunately. Doesn't always seem to be him, more his mom/agent, but that does seem to be more of an issue we don't need right now
rabiot is better going forward than he is defensively, he will be 30 next season too
Would be a very smart piece of business. That's exactly why we won't get him.
I would sell Eriksen and Casemiro,retain Amrabat,buy Fofana and Enzo le Fee!
Bakayoko 2.0
Hola
Fofana is NOT that guy. Can't manoevre in short spaces or pick a pass.
Stop this ffs .. fofana 😅
Can you explain why you are laughing?
Monaco play with a high line so the majority of Fofana progressive pass stats are in the opposition half and not on the edge of his own box for context as well.
Would love to see a comparison between Fofana, Neves and Onana.
Would love to see a video on Palacios and Hjulmand
Will be great to see more aggression, but more importantly the will to win, to be first to every ball. Licha showed how much a difference he makes with just setting a tempo and mentality, great skill but he makes the team better and they seem to feed off that energy, getting a few more players who will drive that themselves without reacting to others doing it first will be a great step in the right direction
Keeping Amrabat and getting Fofana would be good business
Amrabat is solid
Fofana and amrabat wouldn’t even be a bad pivot
@@zachharvey5493Amrabat is overrated. I said a year ago to sign Fofana instead of him and it became obvious that he was the wrong signing. Let Amrabat leave and get someone better.
Perfect midfield signing. Could leave space to sign a playmaking No.6 whose a few years younger alongside him to give us three great and different options for two positions.
Joao Neves could be that addition if sales go well; Benfica would accept less than the chaise because of their debt
United must not miss out on Wharton either way...
No matter who united sign, fofana, neves etc...united must sign wharton. Infact sell Bruno for 120m and buy both wharton and fofana play them with mainoo
Hope he’s not another Ndombele. No doubt he’s good tho! We need someone in that position not just to replace Casemiro but to replace carrick when we should have
French too often also means potentially problematic.
Monaco fan here. Fofana has been brilliant for us and decisive in key matches towards the high-pressure end of the season. Holds the ball extremely well and cuts through to strikers very intelligently - linked up superbly with Minamino and Golovin. Given the fragility of our defence this season Fofana was an absolute asset, disrupting build-up play and playing forward with aggression. Honestly he would be a steal for United, especially with one year left on his contract with us. Would love to keep him!
i fucking wish!!!! sounds to good to be true. he's perfect for what we need
Looks like your wish is getting closer
Is it realistic to get someone like Ugarte from PSG ?
Paul Mitchell would have signed him, butwe’ve gone for Ashworth…. Who the heck is he going to want to sign in that position? Longstaff?
Spot on analysis!!! Sign him up!!! Amrabat can be kept as well for the price. We do need bodies in midfield.
We should buy now.... because France are going to win the Euro....
Generally I’d be aligned to your opinions Ste but Id tend to disagree that he’s the man to fulfill the 6 for MUFC next year and beyond! He’s not a very retention focused midfielder, he always looks for the vertical pass in to attackers and as you said in the video this has an adverse effect on his pass completion rate. Given we have Kobbie and Bruno for this type of movement I don’t think a 6 with this focus would be a benefit but there is an argument that these passes in to the final third allow for transitions further up the pitch which United like to do anyway! For Monaco he’s usually deployed in a pivot which he works well in but I’d have him as an 8 rather than a standalone 6. Personally I think Mats Wieffer at Feyenoord is more suited to what is required to play DM for an ETH Man United. Granted he has some cons too such as a limit to his back to goal play and carrying range but from watching him play it’s evident his game IQ, ground covering ability and ground duel physicality make up for any deficiencies. The cons mentioned above can be coached out of him also and playing with more technical players will allow him to grow in these areas. Just an opinion and knowing United well go and whack 80 mil on Onana at Everton (😢) but we’ll see!
It's going to be a steel for £25 Million. He's got virtually everything United needs. Can play as a CDM and CM. He will definitely help fortify the midfield and for that price, United can bring in another midfielder... probably another who can also play as a CDM and CM. It will be criminal of United not to consider and go for Fofana. A very good midfielder in my personal opinion.🙂
Don't fall for it though, remember how good bakayoko and kondogbia were at monaco
@@mitchellbrough1615 You have a point there. When it comes to transfers you never know! Even Sir Alex Ferguson signed a couple of players who ended up as flops at United.... Djemba-Djemba, Bebe, Kleberson, Nick Powell etc The Best Managers can make mistakes too.
@dadajulius6489 100%, not saying he won't be good but how many dms have we seen from France rip it up there then flop here
@@mitchellbrough1615 That's one of the reasons why I said you have a point there.
@@mitchellbrough1615 Not sure if you mean for utd or epl. 2 that come to mind thatvare doing well so far Kamara and Cheik Doucoure.
People saying we should keep Amarabat are actually cracking me up. We will never be a top team if we keep stocking players like Amarabat. He is a mid table midfielder at best. And I mean at his very best.
what of Khéphren Thuram?
For me it's this guy or ederson in Atalanta.
I think fofana is easier to get. Atalanta always get the higher fee they want with us.
Wonder how they compare for you Ste?
His progressive passing and ball retention has been up there for the past two seasons. Getting him and keeping Amrabat would be such a smart move
Joey Veerman should be first choice CM
Why?
At the price you said he would cost Steve it is surely a no brainer to sign this player . Pace power and aggression qualities that we are lacking in our current midfield .
great work Ste can you do a video on top 5 quality championship players united could sign this summer, since united wont have a big budget
Rather keep amrabat as a squad player
looool Amrabat for 20m? , who going to be 29 in the next year...? makes no sense also we already paid £10 in loan fees for him, united may as well kept Fred
@@RandomVideosFirst for an extra 10mil he’s basically free
He is 27, and i am sure he would be staying in premiere league as crystal Palace and new castle are eying him@@RandomVideosFirst
Prefer Onana from Everton who is premier league proven.
Buying from the PL is very very expensive.
Get rid of Casemiro obviously, Mctominay, Eriksen, Donny, and Mejbri. Keep Amrabat permanently, sign Fofana and Caqueret and then integrate Gore or Collyer into the first team. Bruno, Mount, Mainoo, Amrabat, Gore, Fofana and Caqueret. Now we have serious options in midfield and not just those to make up the numbers but actual quality players.
PS: we can legit sign both Fofana and Caqueret for a combined 40M.
Jacob Devaney... give this boy 2 more years. keep amrabat and sign fofana, that'll be great... then McAllister and Devaney will start knocking in 2 to 3 years time.
Get him in,keep Amrabat,sign Serhou Guirassy,Rafa Silva + Tosin on a free.Get some sales in mainly McTominay,Maguire a couple fringe players.Then sign Olise and a esteemed CB
No. Fred, who I loved, makes him look average at 5'7.
I would keep Amrabat over this guy, even if paying an extra, 30 mil.
I can swear he’ll struggle here even worse than Amrabat did in the beginning. I saw Fred perform terrible for 3 years before he became any good.
Rather Ederson from Atlanta an hybrid 4 and keep Amrabat.
You've been flying the Fofana flag for a minute and I'm also backing it. He looks like the real deal, no weaknesses. Him and Kobbie will be a cheat code in midfield. Too clean ballers who can retain possession.
He's too slow for epl
Watching to build a squad on Fifa 24 Manchester United career mode lol
The fans should get away of forcing the club to sign Fofana to cure the lack of speed and physicality in that midfield.Any logical fan knows that he is the missing link in our midfield.
I wish we buy, but i doubt they will
I still would rather see Kephrem Thuram come instead of Fofana
We can sign bruno from newcastle since they dont have europe they need to sell. 60m should be getting him
Fofana is the Caicedo we shouldn’t get we need stability in our team enough of these mount like signings
I hope they go back for him. I heard they tried to sign him on loan with an option to buy for 35m. He will be a steal and with his physicality he will compliment Mainoo
We tried to get him on loan last season without the obligation to buy and his club said no. They wanted an outright sale. We got the useless Amrabat instead.
would be good if we are signing olisse and todibo two as they are both french!
id go for Fofana and Joao Gomes, 30-40 m each
Paulinha and Ndidi. 40 and Free.
@@Hyde_Hill paulinha will cost 60+ and ndidi is passed it
joao gomes will cost 70 plus or even 80 though the player is quality and above fofana
@@larryjohnston5995 Paulinha is rumored to have a gentleman's agreement of around 40 Mil because of the Bayern transfer saga last season. Ndidi would be a rotation option and FREE. Which is important for FFP as United have limited room even with good sales and have a lot of positions to improve. And he had a good season with Leicester.
Why not Palhinha? Proven in PL?
Don't get Neves, get him
This is our Yaya Toure
Lol he's going to arsenal not to a pile of shite
Fabinho tchouameni and now fofana monaco know How to produce defensive midfielders tbh
Our academy has a massive focus on CDMs, given our issues with CBs god knows we need them!!
Hjlumand is the man
Ste, can you do a video on Rodrigo Gomes from Estoril? Looks a top talent, very young. Plays a lot like Pedro Neto. I'm surprised other clubs aren't looking at him.
I am worried for these players. If Manchester United does get him in, I hope he's mentally ready. We've seen top French players don't work out, eg Pogba, Martial and to some extent Varane. I honestly believe Onana from Everton would be better because he's use to the Premier League more and mentally, I assume, he is more solid, regardless of his price tag.
YES!!!!!
FOFANA AND UGARTE
AGGRESSIVELY BONKERS
Can't afford both. I would suggest Fofana and Caqueret instead of the more expensive options of Zubimendi and Ugarte from a purely financial perspective. If we had the money I would prefer Zubimendi but to get two midfielders they will probably have to be in the £30m range rather than the £50m plus range.
If united could land Fofana and Amrabat for around £35m that is good business. My top choice is Amadou Onana but he will cost close to twice the above price.
Amrabat isn't that good. We can do better.
Fofana for 25m is an absolute no brainer for me. The perfect signing we can make that wouldn't break the bank. It'll actually be a very smart piece of business from us. Also sign Amrabat permanently. Midfield options next season Bruno, Mainoo, Mount, Fofana, Amrabat, McTominay plus a few youngsters like Gore, Jack Fletcher, Collyer