Jadon Sancho| Staying at Dortmund for now

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Paxi

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Find that rather odd considering both Dembele and Auba forced their way out of Dortmund. Last thing they’d want is working with those agents.
 

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Good PR is getting the deal done. Winning a major trophy is the best PR. Manipulating the fans opinions regarding how the transfer is performed is useless. Even our poor dumb Woody understands that :)
I don't think its attempting to manipulate fan opinion so much as it sort of helps generate intrigue which gets reflected in the fact that the official announcements end up breaking records and generating tremendous worldwide buzz for the club.

It's all related in my eyes, the fact it's a pattern over time makes it clear there's a method to the madness :lol:
 

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Don’t get fans like you, have to be honest, really baffling.
We're overpaying for a prospect. Fine as long as we can afford it but I don't think these transfer fees will be sustained in a post covid-19 world.
 

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As a chef de partie, I find this offensive.
When a half of your nation Including your grand grand parents were starved to death, put in GULAG, and plain murdered, you‘d understand what leftist ideas lead to. I hate Communism because I lived in a totalitarian regime. Even today, hundred of thousands ethnic Kazakhs are kept in concentration camps in China. I hate them with all my heart.

sorry for this outburst In a transfer forum, but I’m really concerned that the Westerners don’t realize where populism leads to.
 

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Alternatives like Zaha?
Donno, not necessarily someone we know and is extremely high profile.

Some of our best signings have been low key out of the blue players like Chicharito, Vidic, Evra, Park, Tevez, etc. All of these players were relatively cheap and provided much more to the team than overpaid stars we have signed in recent years like Sanchez, Pogba, Lukaku, etc.
 

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We're overpaying for a prospect. Fine as long as we can afford it but I don't think these transfer fees will be sustained in a post covid-19 world.
No we’re not but whatever.
 

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We're overpaying for a prospect. Fine as long as we can afford it but I don't think these transfer fees will be sustained in a post covid-19 world.
He’s not a prospect, though. Look at his stats for the past two seasons, and compare those with wingers all around the globe. He comes out top 10 at minimum.
 

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United may or may not be in talks for Sancho.
There may or may not be negotiations about money.

Twitter is full of attention seekers

This thread is full of muppets
Exactly. I just feel the media nowadays creates gossip as news and most of their work is based on guesswork. Add Twitter and some attention seekers, its a bad combination of fake news.
 

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We're overpaying for a prospect. Fine as long as we can afford it but I don't think these transfer fees will be sustained in a post covid-19 world.
What makes you think that the money will all of a sudden dry out in football?

Don't underestimate the power of habbits. People are going to keep going to work every day, come home and cook dinner and crash on the sofa afterwards. It is just the way of the World for the middleclass and I can't see that changing any time soon. And as long as people do that the TV deals are only going one way.
 

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What's so funny about that?
Just found it somewhat random initially is all, nothing more.

Glad that talks are ongoing and seemingly moving forward after the negative briefs yesterday. All shaping up to be a trademark United summer saga where we hopefully still get our man
 

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But is it fair to call one of the most productive players in Europe a 'prospect'?
Probably not. I tihnk only Messi had a better G+A per 90 than him in Europes top 5 leagues last season. I think those two were the only two players to get 15+ goals and 15+ assists in the single season too. Sancho took no penalties or scored any free-kicks. He also only had 2 assists from corners.
 

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But is it fair to call one of the most productive players in Europe a 'prospect'?
If prospect was the word that triggered the reply, then I'll change it. Doesn't change the fact that 120 million in a post covid world seems too much. If we can afford it, fine, go through with it. Just giving my 2 cents.
 

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We’re paying for a 20 year old with one of the best outputs in the world who’s still got a lot of room for improvement. Similar talents have went for more in Mbappe and Dembele. If he didn’t have 2 years left on his current contract we’d be paying even more since Dortmund wouldn’t need to sell as they pretty much do or else they risk of losing him for far less next season or worse have his head turned by some club to leave on a free a season after. He’s one of the best young players in the world and the fee reflects this.
 

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The deal became financially terrible the moment Sanchez failed to put up the expected numbers and it became clear that he never was going to become that player ever again. If it had worked, the numbers he was putting up at Arsenal would have been enough to help us qualify for the CL last season and that would have justified his contract because with CL football we would have revenues of around £600m to £700m.
Awarding that length & value of contract on someone of his age was fraught with risk. Only since Ole has arrived has our transfer policy shown some long term vision.
 

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I think wages would feck up as well. We get rid of Sanchez but we still get pogba wanting de gea wages if Sancho gets 250k+ as well rashford martial Bruno would all want more as well
 

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What makes you think that the money will all of a sudden dry out in football?

Don't underestimate the power of habbits. People are going to keep going to work every day, come home and cook dinner and crash on the sofa afterwards. It is just the way of the World for the middleclass and I can't see that changing any time soon. And as long as people do that the TV deals are only going one way.
Your argument makes sense but covid doesn't seem to be going anywhere any time soon. I'm just thinking financially. I wouldn't be sad if we bought him, honestly :lol:
 

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Donno, not necessarily someone we know and is extremely high profile.

Some of our best signings have been low key out of the blue players like Chicharito, Vidic, Evra, Park, Tevez, etc. All of these players were relatively cheap and provided much more to the team than overpaid stars we have signed in recent years like Sanchez, Pogba, Lukaku, etc.
The days of Vidic, Evra etc. are gone. We are in the top 3 biggest spenders and with one of the highest wage bills with very little to show for.
When it comes to your absolute main target, that will fix your notorious hole in the squad for, potentially, the next 10 years you simply go there and pay whatever it takes.
I know it’s not as simple and there’s some huge money involved but this club comes with certain expectations that haven’t been achieved for too long now and I highly doubt they will with Sancho’s “alternatives”.
 
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