He’s probably right to a degree too. He would’ve probably wanted a bit more due to English tax. But he’d have been an idea Rice replacement for them. The decided to trust a novice DOF over a Moyes, which was really stupid and is a big part of why they could end up relegated this season.
But you don't get years out of the guys you're proposing when you sign them in their late twenties, at least not years at their best. You get one or two years then decline. It's a false economy.
McTominay at the time would get you years - he was 26 or 27! Even Maguire was something like 30 and centre halves can go much longer, especially under a manager like Moyes.
I'd actually have taken McTominay but let's not pretend his transfer was a guaranteed success. He was a fringe player for most of his time at Man Utd and even after establishing himself he wasn't the marauding goal scoring swashbuckler we see now at Napoli. Conte deserves a huge amount of credit, as does McTominay.
He's on that in Italy, with our tax regime his agent would have wanted a higher wage here.
Maguire gets a lot of stick but he's actually an excellent centre half especially if playing at a mid table level side. He's also got really good character to bounce back from the criticism he gets constantly
True Windy I forgot to factor that in
It’s not magic. It’s just looking at what he did with people like Stubbs, Weir, Zouma, Dawson, Distin, etc.
Of course. But he was on 60 so he’s not going to demand 180! Ludicrous argument.
To be fair the one thing Moyes is outstanding at is prolonging centre halfs careers with many examples from Stubbs, Dawson to even Keane this season
As I said right at the start of this saga, you won't have any criticism of Moyes (except for his ties). I'm not sure there's much middle ground here. You love him, I don't. You want us to buy older players on higher wages, I'd prefer us to sign younger players on lower wages. There's no real point clogging up the thread saying those things over and over again.
What's Maguire on?
