Still doesnt explain why they would pretend to bid for him, rather than just saying, thanks but no thanks, here's your money. I think there must have been some kind of gentleman's agreement, which they wanted to be seen to try to honour, to ensure he still joined them next year.
Legendary but clearly a very long way past his best - I thought they were pretty kind in letting him play last season.
Their initial offer was 15m and they would have gladly swapped Navas for De Gea. Not sure what's so outlandish about that.
Is that confirmed though or just rumours?
We've still got time to sell him to Sunderland for £5 today.
Last development I've see was from April. And they denied wrong doing. What's the latest?
Should be interesting
Outlandish assumption IMO. The reality is they have been unwilling to do business with us until the final day.
It's outlandish that Real would have been happy to swap Navas for De Gea? Ok then.
Source?
Yes it is. Because it is a stupid fecking deal for us. We wanted too price for the best gk. Pay up or shut the feck up. Simples.
How is that relevant when we are talking about Real would have been willing to do? The pay up or shut up stance has gotten us nowhere. Spurs are a very good example of why trying to squeeze as much money as possible is not always a good idea.
Pay up or shut up stance apparently got us to £29m and Navas. How is that "nowhere"?
SkySports News and others were reporting something like £18m + Navas.Pay up or shut up stance apparently got us to £29m and Navas. How is that "nowhere"?
You're right, i thought i saw a report that both Madrid clubs HAD sanctions imposed due to their policy of signing young player but it seems i was misinformed. There are no new developments in that case post April
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where there is no pain-free way out. It is just a case of finding the least bad option available. Maybe this is one of those instances.
So we should have just caved in to whatever Madrid wanted to offer us. In fact you are saying we should have actively been pursuing them to do the deal on their terms just so that we can get it sorted quickly?
It's not 29m + Navas. It's 29m including Navas which is not much more than what was initially (reportedly) offered.Pay up or shut up stance apparently got us to £29m and Navas. How is that "nowhere"?
Well they obviously did make a bid which is why we countered with Ramos unless in your alternate version we went to Real and started negotiating without Real ever letting us know that they want De Gea.
Yup. The £29m is a bullshit figure because it includes Madrid's valuation of Navas. If they valued Navas at £89m it would be quoted as a £100m overall fee. Basically we agreed to a deal that we could've gotten on day 1.
I've seen so many conflicting reports that it's hard to tell what to believe in that respect.
We ended up playing 6 games (Spurs, Villa, Brugge, Newcastle, Brugge, Swansea) with a 2nd choice keeper... conceding only three goals and keeping four clean sheets in the process. Showing that our defence doesn't fall apart without a new keeper, emphasising that we have less reason to go ahead with the transfer than Real do.
Basically we didn't. The £29M would be the fee for De Gea without Navas involved. You may notice this is double the amount of the deal we could have gotten on day 1. We would be receiving less than the £29M though, how much changes depending on the source, because Navas is being included in the deal. But the £29M is the valuation for De gea alone.
Honestly, I couldn't give a feck less about your argument nor about this transfer window nonsense. Majority of it is made up BS anyways. I am just glad DDG is still with us, it's up to LVG to see how me handles the situation. I can't wait for the next game.
All well and good but that is hindsight. It surely can't have been our intention to go into a new season with De Gea in the stands and someone as average as Romero in goal. And we could have done with signing Navas early on and giving him more time to adjust to a new league and teammates.
Well, don't fecking post then if you have no arguments. Not that hard surely..
This isn't our fault. However in the process they have thrown the goalkeeper they are going to have to use under the bus. Well done Real. Now LvG is going to have to turn on the charm for once and play DDG. With LvG you cannot tell what he will do.
