Although he mainly plays as a centre-back, he can also play as a right-back.[3]. [13] He made seven appearances as the team reached the last four of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League; on 22 October he scored his first career goal and only one for the team, to conclude a 4–0 home group win over Dinamo Minsk. 4 years and still waiting. Maybe Bailly’s speed helps him recover more to make it less noticeable, but it’s quite clear that Lindelof is more unaware and poor positionally than Bailly. The "Detailed stats" tab shows a player's total appearances, goals, cards and cumulative minutes of play for each competition, and indicates the season in which it occurred. On 5 October 2014, Bailly made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 home win against Real Sociedad. What’s more, he much faster than Maupay (and Lindelof for that matter), so shouldn’t be caught out in behind. He’s Maguire is slow on the ball and his passes are often a bit slow as well. In fact, Lindelof has been caught out in behind more than Bailly. I hope to see more of that in the weeks ahead of us. On 29 December 2014, Bailly was included in Hervé Renard's 23-man squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. He made a substitute appearance in the final stages of the opening-weekend defeat by Crystal Palace before starting the two Carabao Cup games against Luton Town and Brighton in September. [14], On 8 June 2016, Bailly joined Premier League side Manchester United for a reported fee of £30 million, signing a four-year contract, with the option of an additional two. I always defend Lindelof and never been a fan of people being overly negative about our players but If anyone were to be in Ole's shoes they'd be thinking about doing something about Lindelof right now. Bailly was again named in the Elephants' squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. [11], On 19 March, Bailly made his UEFA Europa League debut, starting and being sent off in a 2–1 away loss against Sevilla. People see what they want to see. Eric Bertrand Bailly (French pronunciation: [eʁik bɛʁ.tʁɑ̃ baji]; born 12 April 1994) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for English Premier League club Manchester United and the Ivory Coast national team.Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a right-back.. Bailly began his professional career at Spain's Espanyol, before transferring to Villarreal. Not sure it has, he's capable of playing to a high level. Maybe because he has no regular partner. With Lindelöf and Maguire we are too passive against physical strikers, and we too often gets pushed backwards. He was the first player signed by their new manager José Mourinho. Eric Bertrand Bailly (French pronunciation: [eʁik bɛʁ.tʁɑ̃ baji]; born 12 April 1994) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for English Premier League club Manchester United and the Ivory Coast national team. If there’s going to be any purpose with passing around at the back, there must be speed. He only received a work permit in October of the following year,[6] and made his senior debut in the 2013–14 campaign with the reserves, in Segunda División B. Eric Bailly will be sidelined for the next three to four weeks with a muscle injury in a blow to Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. "[20] On 23 October 2016, Bailly was substituted off in the 52nd minute after suffering a serious knee injury during the 4–0 loss at Chelsea. Bailly struggles to stay fit and it obviously makes him rusty when he plays the occasional game. people talk like they're plentiful but I don't remember many recently at all. [23], On 8 November 2017, Bailly suffered an ankle injury where he was sidelined for around 100 days and returned to action on 16 February 2018. The Ivorian centre-back didn’t make the trip to France for United’s 2-1 Champions League victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night, having been an unused substitute in Saturday’s 4-1 win at Newcastle United. This is exactly whats wrong with this club. [22], On 19 August 2017, Bailly scored the first league goal of his club career, Manchester United's first in a 4–0 away win over Swansea City, following up after Paul Pogba's header came back off the underside of the crossbar. And there are things where Bailly is superior. I must agree on Maguire taking hours to release it and Bailly being too injury prone. [4] Bailly was spotted by Espanyol's Emilio Montagut after taking part in a youth tournament in Burkina Faso, organised by Spanish company Promoesport. Individually he is a much better player than Lindelof but collectively as a team he is not. Solskjaer went with three central defenders at the Parc des Princes with Victor Lindelof and Axel Tuanzebe paired with Luke Shaw. View stats of Manchester United Defender Eric Bailly, including goals scored, assists and appearances, on the official website of the Premier League. Is Baily's reputation for getting constantly injured fair? Bailly has the same problem Jones and Rojo have - the way they defend make them more susceptible to injuries. He is weak and gets outmuscled sometimes but Bailly is a disaster waiting to happen. Against smaller sides where we expect to hold a high defensive line, we need to be aggressive when the opposition counterattacks. World class in his strength but mediocre in his weakness. United produced a fine performance to win their Champions League opener 2-1 with goals from Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford. However, I do not think Lindelof is superior to Bailly at any of those things you listed. Eric Bailly 2020-21 Performances. Appearances 4 Clean sheets 2 Goals 0 Assists 0 Yellow cards ... Hopefully something changed and Eric miraculously manages to stay fit, if not the whole season, at least even 80% of it … Bailly has played four times for United so far this season. In that case, even if Bailly messes up, it’s no different to VNL. You must log in or register to reply here. [26] On 17 January 2020, Bailly signed a two-year contract extension with United, tying him to the club until the end of the 2021–22 season.[27]. [7] He was promoted to the main squad shortly after. [24], In July 2019, he was ruled out for a further four months after suffering a knee injury in a pre-season friendly against Tottenham Hotspur in China. Apart from a surgery he's had 1 bad injury. [21] He made 11 appearances as the Red Devils won the Europa League, and was named in the Squad of the Season.
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