daza13:

Brittain 10:

Not the most reliable sources, and not the sort of player we especially need. Tremendous talent nonetheless. Dk if there's any truth to us speaking with his father but if so that'll certainly give us an advantage, not sure if it's the best way to spend £30 million though. I think a box to box mid is more necessary, we already have Kagawa and Powell for the am position. I'd certainly take Lucas though!

I agree not the most reliable sources and we do need a box to box MF rather then an attacking one. If the story is true tho I can see SAF trying to turn him into a box to box MF like he did to Anderson or he could be looking at him as a LW which makes more sense seeming we were in of hazard

Good point Daza. We could try and make him more versatile, but we must be careful not to hinder his development and squander his potential. From what I've seen if him he's very much an attacking midfielder, but he's quite similar to Scholes who became cm so who knows?

bevninja:

Taz153:

bevninja:

Brittain 10:

Taz153:

Brittain 10:

matt sleet:

Brittain 10:

silvester88:

I know that its not the best of sources but Lucas Moura would be a class signing.Yes 30million might be abit much but considering his ability talent and the fact that we are building for the future i think he would be a class signing for us.We need to sign a top class midfielder and Lucas Moura fist the bill with what we do sign young talented players and develop them.We need a more box to box midfielder to be honest but if there was any sign that we could sign Lucas i would take him a top talent.

Agreed. Think we should prioritise but these sorts of opportunities don't often come about, so we should really consider it.

it looks liek we were prepared to spend 30m on hazard or rodriguez. The rodriguez deal now looks dead so maybe we have turned our attention to Moura as modric favours madrid as well

Think you're right. Tbh I think Moura's a better talent than Rodriguez but didn't really consider him because of all the other teams after him. I'd still look for a box to box mid though-more essential.

Dont know how much truth is there in those reports , but dont you think instead of spending 30million on a CAM , we should use that money to land someone like Martinez ? 30million is the quoted price but his actual price a lot more than that. Chelsea failed in with a 32million bid for him before they signed Hazard. He has a 84million release clause.

Oh i totally agree a defensive midfielder is more necessary and I'd certainly rather spend the money there as I've said on numerous occasions. As for the buy out clause I wouldn't take too much notice, the aim of that is to ensure Sao Paulo are taken seriously, they don't wan to lose big players on the cheap so put these illusional buy out clauses there to make potential buyers treat them with respect.

As for Chelsea's bid being rejected that may not necessarily have been down to not enough money being paid, maybe Lucas wasn't interested in being part of Chelsea's "project". If it's true we've spoken to his father then that'll give a good impression about us as it proves we have the utmost respect for them, we are not trying to steal the player from under their noses, but are supposedly willing to meet and convince his parents that a move to OT is the best option. His parents will most likely have a huge influence on Moura's decision. But the conclusion is he's not what we need regardless of his talent!

His family actually own part of his contract, so you would also have to deal with them as a third party in any deal, not just ordinary family advice.

The strange bit about this is Moura is another attacking midfielder, and we just bought Kagawa whose favoured and best position is an attacking midfielder.

We really need a high quality CM above all else which would make Moura a very strange buy.

Which means his family will also receive a part of the transfer fee ?

Yep they would be part of the deal and benefit financially from it, i don't know what percentage they own of his playing rights, but they are down as part owners with his club.

It'd be a strange buy indeed, but a fantastic talent nonetheless and if it's true that his father made those quotes then that gives us promise. They will I'm sure appreciate that we have gone to them before Sao Paulo, or that is what it looks like.

If this happened, I am going to buy shares of Man Utd in USA.. I hope it will happen..

forevergiggs:

Moyesy:

6 Lucas Moura threads on the 1st page alone! Coming off the back of 2 highly doubful sources.

Wouldnt it be easier to just keep it all in one place? Saves people from jumping from 1 thread to another saying the same thing over and over again.

Would also allow a bigger range of topics to be displayed on the 1st page.

I agree, i would also like to know how many people on here have actually seen him play??? All this talk of sign him up 30-35million, he's the next Messi, going to world player of the year, i hadn't even heard of him until recently and i follow football in a lot of countries.

People have been mentioning him on here for at least 2 years now. He is however often over shadowed by the name Neymar though. But is equally as skilled.

He is probably more suited to the EPL as well.

He is good has an abundance of talent for all to see, But challenging the likes of Messi maybe. He has the tools. But would still have to go some to reach that level.

In todays market he is probably worth 30 mil. When you consider we paid that for Rooney, the boy does belong in that bracket of talent. In my opinion, he on raw talent is probably more skilled than Hazard. Hazard just has more maturity to his game at the moment.

Moyesy:

6 Lucas Moura threads on the 1st page alone! Coming off the back of 2 highly doubful sources.

Wouldnt it be easier to just keep it all in one place? Saves people from jumping from 1 thread to another saying the same thing over and over again.

Would also allow a bigger range of topics to be displayed on the 1st page.

I agree, i would also like to know how many people on here have actually seen him play??? All this talk of sign him up 30-35million, he's the next Messi, going to world player of the year, i hadn't even heard of him until recently and i follow football in a lot of countries.

Ridiculous newspaper trash.Last week,SAFs "main priority" was Modric.After that it was Moutinho and now its Lucas.He isnt worth what they are asking anyway.And Ganso is just another Anderson,madly overhyped player.

This guy looks awesome,he makes Hazard look very average,ok Im being honest here,ive only seen both of them on youtube vids but Moura looks amazing,just a bit doubtfull as his family will probably want him to stay in Brazil,also I think if we were going to sign a player like this wouldnt have sir Alex waited and given them the number 7 shirt,especially as its 7 he wears for sao poulo?? Guess we will see,but he would deffinatly add to our attacking options.

A truely amazing talent would love to see him here.

I can see our interest in him being genuine. But how strong that interest is, is another matter. How often do we see our coaches, scouts, or managaer say that we keep tabs on an extremely wide scope of players. Anyone worth having an interest in, we usually knoiw all about them. Probably more so than what we tend to find out in the press. I really believe that we would have signed Kagawa AND Hazard if Hazard would have chose to play here. Because of that, I can see us having a strong interest in another flair player. I just have a feeling Moura wont be joining us this summer tho, thats my gut instinct.

Moyesy:

6 Lucas Moura threads on the 1st page alone! Coming off the back of 2 highly doubful sources.

Wouldnt it be easier to just keep it all in one place? Saves people from jumping from 1 thread to another saying the same thing over and over again.

Would also allow a bigger range of topics to be displayed on the 1st page.

this..........can't wait for the next name to become the new replacement for po*n

manu wr10:

weareno1:

if his family have any sense, they will realise madrid is not the best place for a youngster to go.

Essentially that is true, but the name is alluring, A lot more alluring than most others. Players seem to want to go spain as opposed to England, Plus isnt Portugese and Spanish very similar languages? Which would make it easier for them aswell.

I forgot to mention this before....

Players from South America usually wants to go to Spanish clubs.... I don't think the English clubs have that many fans from South America, most are fans of Real or Barca.... It doesn't mean everyone wants to play for them though....

weareno1:

if his family have any sense, they will realise madrid is not the best place for a youngster to go.

Essentially that is true, but the name is alluring, A lot more alluring than most others. Players seem to want to go spain as opposed to England, Plus isnt Portugese and Spanish very similar languages? Which would make it easier for them aswell.

Rooney10Cam:

Walters_14_MuFc:

Top, top talent. Is he needed though? Unless Nani's going, I can't see us signing him.

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well we were def in for hazard, so its no stranger than signing him really. I dont quite get it because although he could well be one of the best players in the world. we do have cover and we dont have cm cover. ild rather have moura than rodriguez though

Walters_14_MuFc:

Top, top talent. Is he needed though? Unless Nani's going, I can't see us signing him.

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Top, top talent. Is he needed though? Unless Nani's going, I can't see us signing him.