You are being very harsh to a 19 year old player having his breakout season for United. Don’t know why you don’t rate him but I think he’s worth it.
That's not how it works anymore. Hudson-Odoi got something like £150k a week after doing what exactly? Unfortunately, money in the game has exploded and £65k a week is not that much when your top players get £300k +.
He's not a lb though. He's right footed. He's only played there more because Shaw has been injured more than AWB.
He was an left back through the u18s and u-23s. Laird was the right back.
He played LB in the u23 and u18, mainly because of Laird so he does have some experience there. He looked alot more comfortable in the u23 at LB then he does currently, used his left foot alot more for passing and crossing.
He’s exactly what we need more of. Young warriors on the pitch that loves playing for the shirt. I don’t care if hes right footed, he gives it all every game. And will improve. I am done with Darmian transfers.
Di Marzio used to pay I believe so I’m assuming Fabrizio copied that model.
Chelsea paid that for CHU because Bayern wanted him and he would have moved otherwise. Whether he had done anything to merrit it or not the fact is Bayern wanted him. CHU was also rated extremely highly at the time. It's only looking back with hindsight it looks extra terrible. They still paid too much but in the world of football CHU was considered far more highly than Williams who isn't known at all outside England and isn't rated very highly by most outside of United fans. The lower Premier League team wage structure is still very different to the top Prem teams. £65k per week for them would be one of their most important players. For smaller teams outside of the Prem the gap is even larger still.
He's a patreon on reddit muppetiers.
That can't be right. I don't remember who said it but some former players said, when he first got first team back in 90s, the pay was so low, he couldn't afford car, let alone luxury one. He had his parents drive him to training. There has been this discussion all this time by players from older generation about how nowadays youngster had this easy financial wise early on and some lose the motivation to better their career thinking they'd already made it.
You both already mentioned it. He played lb because Laird was playing on the right. It's pretty easy to look good in the u23s. The step up in quality is night and day. U23 level would realistically be League 2 level with a few outstanding talents. It's very clear how much our attack has suffered since Shaw got injured. I don't see how you could argue we've offered nothing in terms of crossing from the left wing since Williams has been playing there.
Saw a short doc/interview/video clip on youtube on what transfer season looks like for him. He goes around the hotels and restaurants in Milan and meets up, connects with player's agents, executives of Clubs and maintains that connection with these important people. He seems like a genuine human/fellow who seems to have good rapport with the agents and executives.
Can't say that i've seen much of him but he looks massive as does Saliba. If they're good and not all hype, that would be an impressive duo. Considering our options, 25/30M on him could be a similar gamble to Saliba. One of them is bound to work, right ? Right ?
Great signing for Spurs. Rate this guy a lot.
Its so annoying because its something that SAF and Gill were completely on top of. As soon as they left, Woodward went bonkers.
Nah. Look at that moustache. He's too soft for the Premier League (he'll fit right in at Arsenal).Can't say that i've seen much of him but he looks massive as does Saliba. If they're good and not all hype, that would be an impressive duo. Considering our options, 25/30M on him could be a similar gamble to Saliba. One of them is bound to work, right ? Right ?
As already stated by others he's 19 he has more to develop, he isn't the finished article whether that be on the right or left. I have seen him put in good crosses etc with his left foot, granted that was at a lower level, but he has show he can do it. Whether its a lack of confidence at first team level or instruction to come in on his right I don't know. Shaw also seems to be a little shy to cross from the left also and he's left footed. He has looked good on the left earlier in the season when he was getting plaudits from players, coaching staff, pundits and fans so to say he had no productivity would be harsh.
Does it mean we opted for Badiashile instead?
Based on the club's turnover, that's a great number. More moaning about nothing.
Whether you rate Williams highly or not, the bigger point is that the wage structure in general is deeply flawed at our club. A 19 year old backup who came through our youth academy who isn't rated particularly highly outside the club should not be getting £65k per week and it's a bit concerning that so many people seem to be ok with this. So many people are rejoicing that we just got Sanchez off the wage bill for no transfer fee (and even paid a fee to get rid of him). This is part of the same problem that led to that situation in the first place. Liverpool and City both pay far less to their players than we do despite having a far better team at this current time. I see a lot of positive signs for the club at the moment but this overpaying on contracts has shown me we haven't learned or moved forward as much as I hoped we had.
Just a suggestion before going on such a long rant please check the sources you are quoting just take some time research the figures and atleast check do they even make sense. Because the site you are using seem to have their data all over the place it pure BS nothing more.
Thats how you make sure if a youngster doesnt make it, he'll be stuck with you until the contracts runs out and by then he'll be called deadwood.
Solid but unspectacular signing for Spurs. They could do with another midfield recruit as him alone won't make much of a difference in my opinion.
Why are you focused on 65k? Even the fecking Mirror is only reporting it as 40k rising to 60k.
That's how you post when you take Twitter at its word over more reasonable sources. Deadwood indeed.
The data he is using is all over the place just check the link according to that site Liverpool have reduced their wage bill by almost 30m in last two years and if our wage bill was 153 m last year Woodward would be getting a raise not demotion.
I don't disagree with the majority of that, but we also don't know what the makeup of the 'up to 65k' is or if the 65k is even a fact. He could be on relatively low basic put with bonuses that would push it up with appearances, wins etc
£65k was the number I saw mentioned. £40k would be ok, a bit high but not crazy. Why was up to £65k mentioned though? If it's an increasing contract where he will eventually be on £65k it doesn't really matter if it's only £40k this 1st year since we'd still be commiting to paying it.
Indeed. Fact is the club have always kept wages at a respectable percentage of turnover. We do much better than every other PL club in this respect.
Why? Because saying 65k gets more clicks and starts more controversy/retweets. Most major media outlets aren't even reporting a figure.
Quite possible. I'm only basing it on the number being reported. If the base wage is significantly lower and this is dependent on specific bonuses like winning the CL or something similar then it's not a big issue. My concern comes moreso from the club's track record in this particular area in recent seasons. I'd he very happy if the club has actually learned from these mistakes and changes the contracts they're willing to offer as a result.
Have you seen Saliba's attempt at a beard ? Our CB pairing will have the worst facial hair in the league and there's nothing you can do about it !
Last thing we need is a tantrum prone cry baby when things are settling down finally.
Especially one that tries to sign Lukaku everywhere he goes
