Yet again Sir Alex’s has pulled a fast one as last night out of the blue we signed Portuguese attacker Bebe.
Initially reported as a forward, it is now being said Bebe can play in a number of offensive positions like secondary striker, winger etc. Having seen a selection of video clips of him he looks a decent prospect but what does this mean for the players we already have? And what does it mean for the club in general?
Straight away I personally think the likelihood of signing Ozil has decreased from slim to no chance. If we did in fact spend £7.4m on this unknown prospect than I doubt we are about to spend another potential £15m on the German player a lot of us would sorely like to see signed.
I have seen quite a negative backlash towards him and his signing ( I have seen him referred to as ‘sh*t’ as well as inevitable comparisons with Manucho due to Queiroz’s involvement in his signing) as many people also feel we won’t be signing Ozil due to his arrival. I say lets see him in action first and give him a chance before we pass judgement, this could turn out to be a more fruitful signing.
In terms of who we already have here it is being said that this spells the end of Danny Welbeck’s United career especially as he is on the verge of joining Sunderland on loan (Welbeck had undergone a medical at time of writing). Personally I feel it affects Macheda, King and Keane just as much. It is unlikely United will keep 6 strikers at the club with Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Hernandez and Macheda being stated as our attacking options for the season so will Bebe be played as a striker anyway? Another possibility is that he may not even stay here this season and a loan back to Vitoria Guimaraes has been mentioned.
Last season we were caught short offensively and it was part of the reason we ended up losing out to Chelsea in the league. The problem appeared to have been solved with the signing of Hernandez but the addition of Bebe makes it even more interesting.
His signing presents more questions than it does answers but when we actually see him play, in a United shirt or otherwise, maybe the picture will become that bit more clear.
The reaction to Bebe I’ve seen from United fans on the web has been shameful. I’ve even seen the fact that he was orphaned as a child used as a stick to beat him with. I wish people would grow the fuck up, to be honest. I’ve seen people lamenting the idea that United have been “reduced to signing players from the Homeless World Cup”. Never mind that Real Madrid were after him too, let’s put the most negative spin imaginalbe on the transfer, eh? The funny thing is people were saying similar things about Chicharito – “another unheard of young striker” “another great ‘value’ signing” etc. You should hear the way those same morons worship Hernandez now.
It’s very, very odd.
If Barca don’t snap up Ozil, and he’s left lying around I’ll be gutted… but hey. It’s only football, right?
Eleven v Eleven, and he looks a big, strong guy to have in our eleven.
I don’t think we sign bad players.
Some just can’t hack it.
I hope he can.
I think a lot of it will depend on how Sir Alex views him. There is still a lot of uncertainty. Is he a striker? Is he an attacking midfielder? Is he both? If Sir Alex sees him as more of a midfielder I doubt it will have much effect on our current group of strikers.
Also, David Gill said today that Bebe would stay at Old Trafford this season.
I’m caught in two minds. Excited that we’ve signed another great prospect who is different in build from the rest of our strikers. Yet like you said his introduction to the United set-up leaves us with too many options up front. I really want to see players like Welbeck and Macheda develop into world-class strikers for us but slowly and surely it’s looking like it wont happen. Unless Owen and Berbatov leave (which is unlikely)then Bebe’s introduction only leaves them with more to contend with, they’ll never win. Lets not forget Diouf who is still yet to be tested thoroughly, hopefully he can do the business for Blackburn.
For Fergie to buy a relatively unknown player for this amount, he must be something special. We’ll see.
whats going on..strikers,who is going to provide them the chances to score?
Not slagging him off,good luck to him but come on,a 25 man squad and a third of it strikers??
He must be some talent though,and people who attack him for being homeless are scum.fuck off and support another team!
He really must be worth the fee and the rush with which he was snapped up. Hopefully, he will live up to his billing in a United jersey. He might just be the one to end Berbas lackluster spell at Old Trafford, and i hereby suggest that SAF should swallow his pride and cut his losses on this unusually lazy guy by showing him the exit door at whatever price, I know we wont miss him at all, he doesn’t deserve to don on a United jersey, he is the reason we lost the league to Chelsea last season. Good luck Bebe, a name whose sound brings hope to many.
Eh, given the last two Portuguese we had/still have, he’s most likely promising, but the question would be to turn that talent into consistency soon enough. It might take him a few months, a year or maybe 3 years like Nani. I’m not sure it’s worth passing Ozil over for. Though I have a feeling maybe Ozil is arriving at United after all, with the profile glitch and all. Then again, we do have talented passers and we have Scholes and Giggs for one more season. If Ozil is cup-tied, seeing how Bremen have put him on the squad for their CL qualifiers, he’ll be kind of useless to us in the Champions League department, which is not something we want.
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