It'sa me Matteo! - The Darmian Thread

JamesA · Jul 11, 2015

johno · Jul 11, 2015

Official?

nimma · Jul 11, 2015

nimma · Jul 11, 2015

johno said: ↑

Official?
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Our club is pretty bad at announcing.Tprino have already confirmed the transfer.

Gnome · Jul 11, 2015

Close the other thread.

SyedZada · Jul 11, 2015

Shit thread, no mention of failed italian players or Serie A imports. No mention of bad he is in comparison of Clyne.

Ruud v.Nistelrooy 10 · Jul 11, 2015

i merged the two

JamesA · Jul 11, 2015

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Official?
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Yep, via Torino..lol.

I'm hoping our delayed announcements are a sign of how busy we are behind the scenes.

Gnome · Jul 11, 2015

JamesA said: ↑

Yep, via Torino..lol.

I'm hoping our delayed announcements are a sign of how busy we are behind the scenes.
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Trying to figure out if Messi will complete his medical before MS.

JamesA · Jul 11, 2015

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Trying to figure out if Messi will complete his medical before MS.
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Have you asked Di Marzio? I bet he knows.

Ruud v.Nistelrooy 10 · Jul 11, 2015

don't need to. just observe Messi's body language

JamesA · Jul 11, 2015

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don't need to. just observe Messi's body language
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Is : that : your : opinion?

Gnome · Jul 11, 2015

Di Marzio helped the US locate Osama.

nimma · Jul 11, 2015

JamesA said: ↑

Have you asked Di Marzio? I bet he knows.
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Some of the stuff he's retweeting right now is funny. Someone asked him if he knows whether he will have a boy or a girl.

Gnome · Jul 11, 2015

#mufc is pleased to announce Matteo Darmian has completed his transfer from Torino. More: http://t.co/ihtjDgDUTU pic.twitter.com/UOEPCbyNNW
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 11, 2015

Ruud v.Nistelrooy 10 · Jul 11, 2015

JamesA said: ↑

Is : that : your : opinion?
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oh that's where it's from. thought it was a gnome thing

Ruud v.Nistelrooy 10 · Jul 11, 2015

updated the pic for you. hope you are OK with that and my title being used during the merger JamesA

Gnome · Jul 11, 2015

Club confirms 4 year deal with option to extend for a year.

cr7torossi · Jul 11, 2015

See below for a post from a Torino fan on the caf.

It appears that he is a lot like Herrera as far as personality is concerned; student of the game and great character.

Gentlemen, ManUtd is my favorite English team but I am first and foremost a fan of Torino FC (aka Toro). I registered at RedCafe because I was curious of your reaction on the signing of Matteo Darmian. I watched every match he played in the last four years. I'm probably biased, but I can tell you that you'll love the guy and the player.

As a person, he's not the usual modern spoiled footballer: no tattoos , no piercings, no weird hairdos, no flashy sportcars, no slutty girlfriends. Never uttered a bad or unwise word, never showed jealousy or bad feelings towards anybody.

As a player, his growth has been impressive. He started as a central defender, then, being of normal built, he was turned into a right back (he's right foot) for a 4 defense. Torino took him 4 years ago, the team was then playing 4-2-4, then 2 years ago turned into 3-5-2 and Darmian (by the way, he's not Armenian. Possibly one of his ancestors came from Armenia some centuries ago but he's 100% Italian) was the right wing, covering the whole righr side of the pitch. Then Giampiero Ventura, Toro's coach and the man who created Darmian as an international player, moved him to the left, and Matteo didn't blink and barely noticed the difference.

Darmian is superb as a defender: it's very difficult to pass him, in the team he was nicknamed 'polipo' (octopus) because it seems he has many long legs stealing the ball from opponents. In the last 4 years he improved dramatically in the offensive phase: technically he's good but he's not a Brasilian, he can dribble, jump the defender, he's a fairly good crosser and sometimes scores. This season, among others, he scored the winning goals against Athletic Bilbao in Europa League (Toro won 3-2 at San Mames) and vs arch-rivals Juventus in Turin.

Tactically he's world class: I think he could play in virtually any position because he's an intelligent and versatile player, and he 'sees' the different situations very well. I am sure Mr. van Gaal will love his discipline and sagacity, and will make good use of it.

He is a very fit player: he has never missed a match for injury in 4 years, and being very correct he never had a red card and only a few yellows. He is playing in the national team since last year World Cup, always in the starting 11.

A number of teams were interested in signing up Darmian: Inter Milan, Napoli and Roma in Italy, Barcelona, Bayern and ManUtd abroad. ManUtd was more determined, and now he's one of yours.

All Toro's fans are sad to see him going away, but at the same time we are happy that he went to ManUtd. Another player passed from Toro to the Red Devils a few years ago: someone Denis Law, I don't know if you remember him ;-) I hope that'll prove to be a good omen.

Be good with Matteo, my friends. You will learn to love him, his stamina, his fair play, his professionalism, his low profile combined with his terrific performances. Those are the best spent €20m of the last 20 years, mark my words. All the best for your season, I'll try to watch all ManUtd matches.
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nimma · Jul 11, 2015

cr7torossi said: ↑

See below for a post from a Torino fan on the caf.

It appears that he is a lot like Herrera as far as personality is concerned; student of the game and great character.
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Great read. Thanks for posting that.

Ashur · Jul 11, 2015

Very, very excited by this signing if I'm going to be honest. Was by far the best option at RB and thought it was just a pipe dream when we were linked with him earlier in the summer. Look forward seeing him in action as he should be a good one for us.
End up getting him for an excellent price as well.

SyedZada · Jul 11, 2015

He looks like a throw back to 60s English players, like the ones portrayed on busby babes movie.

Gnome · Jul 11, 2015

Matteo Darmian won more tackles (254) in the last 3 seasons than any other Serie A full back. #MUFC pic.twitter.com/8H6K4uzxzC
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) July 11, 2015

Ashur · Jul 11, 2015

Darmian's career so far.

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...Manchester-United-signing-Matteo-Darmian.aspx

Ruud v.Nistelrooy 10 · Jul 11, 2015

hard to believe he is 25. he looks like he is 16