The fans as should get organised with Protests, boycotting our merchandise and sponsors, mass walk outs etc. What I surely won't do is believing their lies. But hey its a free world so do what you want
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I know Judge is supposed to the man in charge of transfers but I think Woodward is still pulling the strings and saying Judge is in charge is a way of taking any pressure away from himself.
So you think we should pay 80 mil for Bruno? I don't like the owners any more than you do but then not agreeing on that price is right.
That sure is a very convenient conspiracy theory.
Judge is not in charge of transfers
If Ed and Judge were any good at their job they'd now be saying to Sporting the top figure they're willing to pay, give them 2 days to think about it and if Sporting don't think it's enough then we go on to the next target. The problem with these 2 clowns is they don't know when to pull out of negotiations and I'm sure they don't have a plan B for another player.
Every season is the same. Remember the Cesc fiasco? All summer the club were in negotiations with Barca and once again we didn't have a plan B when that deal fell through except for signing Fellaini on deadline day for more money than what we could of got him for a few weeks earlier. Absolute joke of a club in so many departments.
Nothing to do with maturity. Our club is completely useless in transfer dealings. I'm not saying there's any conspiracies but if it's true that Sporting want more money and the club aren't willing to pay it then just pull out of the deal which would give the club more time to look at other targets instead of waiting until deadline day and either paying what they wanted anyway or not signing anyone. Incompetence at the highest level.
Aren't we doing exactly the same thing with Pogba. Do you think he was worth 150m in the summer? And Bruno is worth far more to Sporting than Pogba is to us.
I agree we shouldn't give in but the club just doesn't know when to walk away from these sort of deals.
Do you know what Judge does then please?
The really bad precedent is a consistent pattern of prolonged negotiations, failure to sign players to fill obvious vacancies and a sackful of players with such inflated wages that we can't move them on. The buck stops with Woodward.
I would rather spend 100m on Sancho or 90m on Madison than 60m on Bruno.
He has been since summer.
Who’s to say we aren’t looking at Plan B’s as we speak?
Transfer negotiator.
The implication was that he is some sort of DOF. I’m not trying to be pedantic
so a standard transfer window then?
I used to be a muppet and believe anything and everything people tweeted and whatnot about players now I just ignore it all up until the point I see them in our shirt or with our Manager.
Past experience. Do you think we're looking at someone else?
Ok thanks.
Judge is in charge of negotiations. The committee made up of the scouts, Ed,Ole and Phelan decide who is signed.
I envy you, I’m still a muppet and I must admit it’s hard being one.
"We can do things in the transfer market that other clubs can only dream of. Watch this space."
I'd rather miss out then overpay.
Me too. Money in the bank is more important.
It's not about money in the bank. It's setting a precedent that we aren't going to be fleeced in the market anymore.
feck off sporting. Raising the price again.
No wonder negotiations can't be completed. The price keeps creeping up.
No wonder negotiations can't be completed. The price keeps creeping up.
Hahahahaha. Thank goodness we have someone qualified to put an accurate price on Fernandes on here.
I'm surprised people don't grasp this on here. Our strategy has correctly changed. We shouldn't slip back.
I’d agree if the Maguire deal/timeline wasn’t so comical.
I’m pretty sure it’s the exorbitant wages that have been fecking us up financially, not transfer fees, which - as one of the 3 most profitable clubs in the world - we should be easily able to pay.
Absolutely, allowing a club to just randomly add a significant amount to their asking price is ridiculous.
All it does is tell every other club (Dortmund, Leicester for Sanchez, Maddison - hypothetically) that not only can they add the Man Utd tax but also randomly push it up even further on a whim.
Previously I’d said we’d need to accept overpaying to get players we want, but if as has been reported previously Bruno is 3rd on the list for that position then they should tell them to feck off and concentrate on 2nd and 1st on the list.
They both are tbh. Stupid wages attract mercenary players and stupid fees mean we overpay, bring a target in with a huge money burden to live up to on his head and the chance for the media to slam us for paying x many hundreds and not showing much for it.
Just look at Fred. Not his fault he was 50m in transfer fees but these dickhead commentators love bringing it up and twisting the knife in.
I know he's nothing like Kante but we need a playmaker.
We need to move away from these counter attacking types of players. If we truly want to play on the front foot we need people who are aimed at recycling the ball and dominating the pace of the game.
He is not what we need for that price. We offered a decent fee and they rejected it. Maddison and Havertz the club should pay big money for, not this guy. They would be better deals even at higher prices. Younger and a higher sell on fee.
Football is not just about stats and we need a new style to truly become a world class, well oiled machine again.
Matt Judge is the Manchester United Chief negotiator. He is the one that's sitting in the meetings with Sporing's representatives trying to haggle a deal through, not Ed Woodward.
It’s easy to hold our ground when we go into negotiations knowing we can walk away if we’re not getting a fair deal.
Problem is we really can’t afford to walk away and lose the player. So I just hope we get the fecking player.
Problem is we really can’t afford to walk away and lose the player. So I just hope we get the fecking player.
I think a lot of the problem with this deal is judging from what I’ve read sporting are only going to come out with about half the fee.
I'll bite. What i your reasoning for £55 million. As opposed to £50, or even £52 million?
The absolute damage him and Fosu Mensah could’ve done in central midfield for us.
In terms of transfer money, we're not penny pinching in the last 5 years.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/fuenfjahresvergleich/wettbewerb/GB1
City, -601.78m
United, -435.38m
Not to mention our wages, which is among the top 3-5 of the world.
I know which club i'd rather United be.
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Get the cheque book open and get the deal done. 70-80m whatever it is better spent on transfer dealings than in the Glazers pockets. Dirty parasitises
Thank feck you have as much say in running the club as all of us. feck all. What a weird idea
I didn't mean that to sound like I was, anyone with a football brain knows how shit of an offer that is, so what's the point in offering it unless it was considered a fair one by Matt Judge? All that's done is raise the price even more so great work there.
So what are your qualifications then?
Just a gut valuation relative to how much players in his bracket are going for at the moment, transfermarkt agrees with me at least.
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