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VIDEO: Obertan > England

July 8, 2009

Manchester United’s new signing Gabriel Obertan put in a great performance for the French Under 21 team against England back in March.

Scott Patterson

Scott is the editor of RoM and has a season ticket at Old Trafford. He started The Republik of Mancunia in March 2006. Follow @R_o_M on Twitter or @R_o_M7 on Instagram.

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49 Comments

howei July 8, 2009

meh.

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Macheda is GOD July 8, 2009

00:52
Left footed striker perhaps?
Great goal
Good passer
And those stepovers make him more impressive
Reminding me of ronaldo
but not in the middle of the pitch for no reason to do step overs Just to cut in the box
Thats what we need.

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Doherty July 8, 2009

Thats quite alot of good qualities highlighted from just 1 match.
He seems to be able to find a pass in tight situations as well, alot of these young "starlets" loose the ball a lot.
Im suprised the media arnt calling hime the "next ribery"

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Huttunen July 8, 2009

1:45, the pass...brilliant

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JRD July 8, 2009

He Looks Class! Dribbling Looks Immense And Looks Proper Fast! Huntelaar Next Please Sir Alex =]

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OMelhorDoMundo July 8, 2009

He has the quick feet Ronaldo had and that courage to run at defenders. Looks like a really exciting player, definitely an entertainer.

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ancha July 8, 2009

looks like he can cross and dribble...he has some skill....hope he gets the maturity here that..he needs along with the talent he seems to have

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johnpanda July 8, 2009

I like the cut of his jib..

great technique, seems to have good vision. I wonder why he didn't progress as expected at Bordeaux?

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kapti14 July 8, 2009

i am really surprised we got him only for 3 mill. he made some of those english defenders look like kids in that video.

trust man utd staff and players to make him evolve into a beast.

clever signing again.

WILL ANYONE BUY HIS SHIRT THATS THE QUESTION NOW?

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Bazza July 8, 2009

Pretty solid player, very composed and fluid. Sorta reminds me of Welbeck on the ball sometimes, very pacy and direct.

Good vision on some of the passes and flicks, and a well taken goal too. Now if Fergie and the staff can help him develop his crossing than he would be brilliant.

He has all the tools and with the proper coaching, he has the potential to go far. Hopefully he doesn't disappoint.

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ancha July 8, 2009

prefer to buy his shirt over owen's..

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Gudjohnsen July 8, 2009

He looks promising, he's in good hands now after joining United.

That boy Obertan, makes England look shite? lol....

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Doherty July 8, 2009

I heard the fee was closer to 6 mil tho.

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w July 8, 2009

he will need to bulk up a bit as well to play in the prem, looks like a potential Thierry Henry - but he plays on the right, valencia plays on the right too...?

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haruglory_911 July 8, 2009

I'm watching United's 99,02,03 season review now and I think if we were to play interesting football again, we need 3 players which is
1) a player worthy of no.7 shirt. Obertan wearing no.7 for France but I don't think he, Owen or Valencia is fitting the shirt's responsibility. But you never know if Sir Alex decides to give it to one of them. No 7 is a starting 11 number after all....
2) A striker who can take his chance well (sort of Andy Cole, Ole, Nistelrooy type). Right now there's not many player able to do this ( some of them are Huntelaar, Villa and Torres...)
3)A center midfielder/ playmaker who is inspirational and match winner type.

I'm not saying our recent years game is not interesting but it's just not consistent. Some of you might say 'yeah, we won, who the fuck cares' but I think deep inside you all knows better. Anyway, I believe in Sir Alex and there's still a long way before the new season starts...

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kapti14 July 8, 2009

crossing and shooting can be worked on. his physique will get better.

he will probably be knocked over a lot in his first games. he will have to deal with that.

he is tall as well. i hope he can work on his head work.

if all goes to plan obertan will be a marquee name very soon.

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ROJO RED ROT ROUGE July 8, 2009

Looks like potential but obviously needs polishing at Carrington.
Natural left foot and looked to be quite a quick thinker which will be critical in the premier league and with our breaking attack style.

Bienvenue jeune homme.

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Carrick's fucking magic July 8, 2009

at least he didnt throw a fit after he got subbed...i like him..the vidoes ive seen of him 2 years ago he had a diff playing style...he was more like a henry/van persie..but he's completely changed fergies gonna bring that back in addition to his style now and how to balance the two..ahhhh fergieee you genioussss :P

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ash July 8, 2009

He is good and i want to see him play. Now man u needs to sign van der vaart - a good playmaker and a guy who will score goals and cheap.

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bytor13 July 8, 2009

I've heard him called the next Titi, which sounds nice, but he didn't cut it at Bordeaux, so I'm a little hesitant.

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kapti14 July 8, 2009

i doubt sir alex will buy a playmaker. he does not like playmakers, because then teams just mark him out of the game like veron or see riquelme at villareal against arsenal in champions league.

he prefers creative wide players thats why u see us buying obertan, valencia and maybe costa and back them up with strong running midfielders.

BUT one player i think that is made for us is AGUERO. apart from his height and heading ability he has everything that ronaldo has and a bit more even i think.

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Nicky July 8, 2009

No not Aguero no more Argies please!!

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RedMegleeker July 8, 2009

Now all we have to do is wait 5 years for him to become world player of the year and then piss off to Real.

Im impatient for more Champions Leagues, letting go our seasoned brilliant players just prolongs this wait.

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Tufty July 8, 2009

Some of these comments based on one clip are fantastic.
Great how people can fomr opinions on a player on what is less than 2 mins of the player with the ball!

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theboogeyman July 8, 2009

I highly doubt Aguero can score a 40 yard goal in one stage of the Champions League and then score a 41 yard goal in the next.

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kapti14 July 8, 2009

why cant he do it? he is younger than ronaldo and will continue to develop.
plus he might be able to score goals that ronaldo has never been able to score like dribbling past 3 or 4 players.

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Stephen July 8, 2009

The simple answer is lets see how the lad develops, nobody knows how he will work out, similar to Adem Ljajić, people seem to be raving about him before he has even put a shirt on for us, lets hope they both will become hits.

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I kiss football July 8, 2009

He could still develop to a level close to Henry's. Henry was deemed a flop at Juventus but look at what he became!

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Tom F July 8, 2009

I love the way players get compared to world class players from the same country...

He has a similar skin colour as Henry and he is French... new Henry? YEAH!

Shite music on that video!

I don't know anything about the guy, but trust SAF.

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Rahul 7 July 8, 2009

young man utd XI

Amos

Rafael Cathcart Evans Fabio
Obertan Possebon Anderson Tosic
Macheda Welbeck

that looks like a nice eleven

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Anon July 8, 2009

nice goal. through the def legs, just like ole :P

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I kiss football July 8, 2009

He has a similar physique and similar playing qualities to Henry. He is tall,quick&talented. Nationality and skin colour have NO bearing in a comparison! And no one wants to be compared to a player who lacks quality do they.

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Anon July 8, 2009

I'd have Ljajic instead of Ando, Ando's more of a senior now! :P

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Anon July 8, 2009

hey am i really THAT colour blind, coz he doesn't seem to have anywhere near the same skin colour as Henry!!!!

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Marq July 8, 2009

Him & Henry? I reserve my opinion for the moment, but he does remind me of a certain Bellion...
-> btw, whats with the french and balding? A trend?

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ilamb22 July 8, 2009

Does anyone know if he dreams of playing for Real Madrid?

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Gudjohnsen July 8, 2009

When Ronaldo first came to United he had a lot of things to improve. It was sometimes very frustrating to watch him. I hope Fergie can do the same with this guy. This guy is already 20 years old, Ronaldo was only 18 when he arrived. But footballers can improve at any age, just look at Fletcher! :)

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KJ July 8, 2009

Id rather give him no.7 than owen.

Alright so lets sit back and take a look

4 Keepers (VDS, Kusz, Foster, Amos)
6 Fullbacks (Rafael, Neville, Evra, O'Shea, Fabio, Eckersley)
6 Centrebacks (Vidic, Rio, Evans, Brown, De Laet, Cathcart)
5 Wingers (Nani, Valencia, Obertan, Park, Tosic)
7 Midfield (Hargreaves, Fletch, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Anderson, Gibson)
6 Strikers (Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Macheda, Welbeck, Manucho)

... Plus a few more young players I might have failed to mention

Anyways, what this shows is that we really dont need to buy more players. Im happy with the squad we have right now.

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Izzy July 8, 2009

Bugger off that wanker Ribery, we have Obertan. Obertan > Ribery.

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Tony Starks July 8, 2009

To be honest he seems to have some qualities of Ribery.. very very interesting to see how he progresses.. the next stage of his pogress in in the head, and he is at the best place in the world for this to develop

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Tony Starks July 8, 2009

@ KJ

7 Midfield (Hargreaves, Fletch, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Anderson, Gibson)

This is the concern:
Hargreaves - is he going to come back
Scholes/Giggs - how long can they play for?

What happens when Fletcher gets injured? I hope they are looking at this situation, I fully trust that our manager will deal with this

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hotbertaa July 8, 2009

Obertan looks pretty good, but the price worries me. If his potential is so good, then why only 3M?
We paid 13M for Ronaldo, 12M - Nani, 18M - Anderson etc, and looking in France Loic Remy transferred to Nice for supposedly 8M when he was 21. So compared to alot of similiar transfer's, he's coming in cheapily. The question is, why?

Saying that though, He does look like a good player in the video's, he has the frame to build into a strong player, along with his directness he could be great.

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david22hughes July 9, 2009

the guy can obviously play but lets not forget about the shite opposition he was facing in that game........england u21???

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vishnu1729 July 9, 2009

one thing sure"SAf is either got off his rooker or he is a genius"
time will prove again...he proved that once with ronaldo and now its time gor next XX7

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vishnu1729 July 9, 2009

midfield is concerned more.....
crk,flet,and,nani,valncia,tosic,giggs,harg,gibson,oberton,park,scholes....
first choice...crk,and,nani,valencia...,park
reserve....oberton(1 year)...tocic (need physical strength)..giggs(aged..but can contribute)...harg(not fit...or back to first team)...scoles(dont know)...

so .....nani..cark..flet..valencia...first team midfield...really not enough.if we play this midfield we wont win cl or pl...

XX..cark..XX...nani/val
so we need 2 players must fill x and y position..
hargreves can fill xx position easily but we cant count on him..the injury for him will last for his life time.and fletcher he is above avg..but we need a really top class player
and abt YY positn the real problem lies..the truth is that there is presently not even a single player at that postion.can some body suggest a name?not nani or tosic..we cant act like fortune tellers..live in the presebt
but i really hope SAF will fill that position..

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pawaka21 July 9, 2009

more like cheaper ribery though.....hopefully he will come good at united

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SCUM HATER July 9, 2009

WE CAN PLAY IN THIS FORMATION:
(GK) VDS OR KUSZ
(RB) RAFAEL
(CB) RIO + VIDA
(LB) EVRA
(RCM) ANDERSON
(CM) CARRICK
(LCM) Park
(LF) OBERTAN
(CF) WAZZA
(RF) OWEN OR VALENCIA

AND WE WILL WIN THE TREBLE AGAIN

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KJ July 9, 2009

@Tony Starks

Yeah i know what you mean, and im sure that SAF is aware of that concern.

Ever since Keano left, weve been missing a true rugged hard tackling yet good passing authentic defensive holding midfielder.

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hurr July 9, 2009

I can see that in 5 years Zidane will offer him "career" advices as a fellow French.

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