Benzema, being French and French/Algerian is always going to get picked by Zidane for obvious reasons, which makes it hard for Morata to get more starting minutes. And yet he still managed La Liga's 2nd highest minutes to goals ratio and actually outperformed Benzema from the bench (20 goals in 43 appearances).
I think that is kind of what we did when we put a bid in for Morata, but Real turned it down and want something closer to what Higuain went for.[/QUOTE]
You Missed the other part, Higuain is a starter, a Proven goal scorer and was a striker of a domestic league rival. Morata can not be judged with higuain. And everyone knows higuain had a release clause.[/QUOTE]
It feels that way to me too. It feels like they're jerking us around because of our "fax problem" with Dave or something.
Yep, they have long memories, lol.
I agree with you that they shouldn't use Higuain as a yard stick and for the reasons you state, but they do seem to be trying to do that. Otherwise they would have accepted our bid.[/QUOTE]
When the player wants to leave , Not much they can achive the obective.
If we buy Morata the deal will take place in July or August. Our fiscal year ends in June so because of accounting reasons we probably can't accept a hefty €75m +- outlay before 1st of July.
Absolute nonsense. Football transfers are amortised over the length of the contract, so if for instance the total was €80m the books would show something like €20m for 16-17, €20m for 17-18, etc until paid up over 4 years.
Inter want €50m for Perisic and you think they would sell Icardi for around £70m?
. Get Bellotti in or offer Auba a fat contract.So standing firm on your initial demand is "fecking about" now?
What's the difference with Belotti? As for Auba, that one is puzzling. One of the 10 best players in the world right now, would cost a fortune in wages(heard PSG are offering him the equivalent of £350k a week) and more overall, but, well, he's one of the ten best players in the world right now.Madrid want 90m for fecking Morata
He'd cost 100m, so I don't see how it's a better option if money is your worry
Completely different sort of striker, not what Mourinho wants, and he's 28 this summer so will become less effective soon as his natural pace falls off.
That's the thing. You can stand firm on whatever you want, does not mean you aren't fecking about. If DDG wants to leave and we quote 150 mil to you, would you say we are justified and not "fecking about"?
You are absolutely right. Making out there were more Madrid fans in that stadium is fecking about. We should fax them an offer lol
That's between you and him, but you didn't quote 150mil for de gea and we're not quoting 150 mil for Morata. We're quoting a realistic price in a market were Belotti, Lukaku, Lacazette would go for similar fees, for a player we'd rather not sell
It really is. No one is saying they've watched him extensively and don't think he's good enough. All the negativity is based on stats they've plucked off whoscored.com.
He is not a starter for you and neither close to being one of your important players. The likes of players you mentioned are all their teams' main striking options then how can you compare to them.
Was only our second goalscorer in the first league/CL double in 60 years. Yeah, not an important player at all
If the player wants to leave, there's not much that can be done. You name your price and try to get it paid in full. If the other party doesn't want to pay, you can always tell the player that the other club didn't want him enough and you rate him more and he's better off staying
The difference is our money will go to a small Itallian team, not towards them cnuts buying M'bappe and De Gea. Auba is a better striker than Morata i'm sure Mourinho would live.
Was he first choice at Juventus in his 2 seasons there? Definitely more so in his second season too.
It always goes like this, have you not seen American Pickers.
I agree with you that they shouldn't use Higuain as a yard stick and for the reasons you state, but they do seem to be trying to do that. Otherwise they would have accepted our bid.[/QUOTE]
The original price for Morata is inflated and Madrid know that.
So? All prices are inflated in the current market. He's our player, why should we accept much less than what we want? It's not like nobody can afford it in this market
Perisic is their 2nd most valuable player I think, 70 million sterling or a bit more seems reasonable. Real actually want 90 million for Morata which is really absurd. If you asked me what Morata would be worth in this current crazy market prior to him being linked to us I'd say 45 million tops. He's an excellent prospect and a good striker but the price seems very odd. Probably because they dont want to lose him at all.
Relax, it's obviously not Madrid's fault if they don't want to sell a player less than whatever price. At the same time, you can surely understand a United fan's frustration with the prices being bandied about. Although I think more people are annoyed about the 'delay' than the price, even though it's barely mid June.
Its the stance of Madrid - its utterly hypocritical. You want clubs to pay 90m Euros for a striker who cannot get in your team yet you're not prepared to pay the "current market" (as you call it) for arguably the worlds best goalkeeper - certainly in the Top 3.
Inter would ask £85-90M for Icardi, at least.
Nothing to do with a "delay" for me - im not convinced this will go through. This is about Madrid being unrealistic
Not too sure about that but if so, that'd still seem more reasonable to me than 90 million for Morata. But it doesnt really matter too much, if you want them, you have to pay. Is the 90 million euro's Morata's release clause?
Or milk United since the DDG saga. Whatever it is, both seem to play the waiting game now and it's obvious that we will orverpay for him. We probably hope that Morata will put some pressure on Madrid
