40m pounds is mad when he's coming off injury and on a relegated side...
David Brooks
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That’s all good and well if that was the case. But knowing Glazers, it’s probably an alternative to Sancho.
Knowing the Glazers? How often have we ended up taking the cheaper option? The narrative on here is us usually over paying for our top targets.
Is that what they want? FFS.
This is what I mean, you sign a couple of gambles like this at 40, 50 million and by the time you've wasted another two years and a load of wages we might as well have just bought Sancho and had a guaranteed improvement to the starting 11.
I'll be devastated if we don't sign Sancho and pay that sort of money for Brooks or somebody on a similar level.
I would give another year as not sure how he will be after coming back from such an horrific injury. We need 3/4 "hit the ground running" players who can push our first XI players
I really hope it's true. Yes he was injured last year but he is a talented player and doesn't seem to have the behaviour issues that Grealish has. I think Mata and Andreas are leaving and we need a really good back up in CM.
Echoing the thoughts of most on the Caf.
Replacement to Andreas/Lingard / Cheaper Alternative to Grealish = Good
Cheaper Alternative to Sancho = Bad
Needs to be at a reasonable fee though, I would expect him to be bought for closer to the money we bought Daniel James for as I think they could end up at a quite similar level. £15-25m~, otherwise I'd hope we walk away.
Replacement to Andreas/Lingard / Cheaper Alternative to Grealish = Good
Cheaper Alternative to Sancho = Bad
Needs to be at a reasonable fee though, I would expect him to be bought for closer to the money we bought Daniel James for as I think they could end up at a quite similar level. £15-25m~, otherwise I'd hope we walk away.
Obertan, Owen, Valencia the summer we sold Ronaldo.
Not the best of points when you have to go back 11 years to make it. Glazers have spent a shit ton of money, we've just spent is laughably badly.
where is this 40m valuation?
Not sure, I was responding to a poster who posted that figure.
Yes for sure. Without a number one target coming off it’s all a bit Fellaini 2013 to my mind!
If it's any truth to that we are looking at him, £40 mill. is just the first price which is always higher than the real price.
Happens with all our transfers.
Incredible that all of this has spawned from a sport witness rumour (presumably direct fed by an agent looking to move Brooks on) and a MEN report. Fans are in hysterics on twitter before a single decent journalist has even mentioned his name.
For what it’s worth, Mail now running it as their own story as well.
I don’t think it’s that far fetched - by all accounts, we were interested last summer but thought the valuation was too high.
Can anyone explain why there is uproar about this online, especially twitter? I get that you want to sign Sancho but that has nothing to do with this does it? I just know that if this transfer was to happen (looks like a rumour more than anything) Brooks would get hyped up massively after a few games.
If it’s a decision between him and Grealish then he’s a cheap alternative. Villa will want a ridiculous fee. Seems crazy to me to see people blasting Brooks.
If it’s a decision between him and Grealish then he’s a cheap alternative. Villa will want a ridiculous fee. Seems crazy to me to see people blasting Brooks.
The initial source for this appears to be Sports Witness? Don’t think we’ll be in for him.
Brooks is a talent but if he’s being bought as a Sancho alternative he’ll get the Fellaini treatment imo. He’ll be slated constantly unless he comes in and performs right away.
Knowing Utd, it is an alternative to Sancho - it wouldn’t be in addition. That’s the concern.
Twitter is a cesspit - this place isn’t much better on times mind
I’ve changed my mind. I like the player but I actually don’t like the transfer. Just shows how we are not utilising our scouts and shows a crap transfer committee. So hopefully not true.
Brooks would represent a quality depth option. We need players who can be trusted to make a difference from the bench with the capacity to improve and push the starting players. We currently have people like Lingard, Mata and Andreas who offer nothing other than being three bodies.
We shouldn’t overlook someone just because the scouting team didn’t require utilisation.
Brooks is very good player, would love to see him playing for us. Not as Sancho alternative but more as our squad option.
True. But it’s very concerning especially if the value is overpriced.
I just thought they are too different for that to be the case
Get your point but Annie Eaves who runs Sport Witness is a United fan and former journalist with one of the papers. Anyway an agent for a domestic player is hardly going to turn to Sport Witness to drum up some interest.
£40m is still overpriced but I suppose would be half of what Grealish would cost.
There’s absolutely feck all in this link anyway. Both the MEN and SW articles are rubbish.
There’s absolutely feck all in this link anyway. Both the MEN and SW articles are rubbish.
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I agree that it's not too far fetched by any means, but until someone reliable confirms anything is advanced I do think this level of backlash is unwarranted. If it happens, I would be concerned that this is the only attacking signing we'd make (knowing this club) and it would make us not competing for Ferran Torres at sub 30m look very strange.
What sort of fee is being reported for Brooks? Given that Bournemouth got relegated I think there could be good value in him. I personally quite like the guy, even before reading about this link. He’s a flexible forward player, nice technically, and would be an upgrade on the likes of Mata, Lingard and Andreas with the capacity to improve. We have struggled badly post the restart with being unable to bring good back ups into the line up and give our front line players a proper breather.
I respect Sport Witness for what they do but as far as I know they've only ever published their own info a handful of times and I'm not sure anything they've "broken" has turned out to be accurate. I highly doubt they've made this up by any means but I reckon if this was as serious as that article made out then the usual suspects (stone, ducker, peach etc.) would have said something by now as I'm sure they'll have been enquiring this morning. We'll see.
It's interesting how the reaction compares to when we're linked with centre backs people have barely heard of never mind seen play. Suddenly they become a 'must buy'.
Some transfer "expert" on the caf came up with this figure and everyone takes it for granted now. There's no evidence that they want 40 million.
The 40m figure comes from MEN which I agree should always be taken with a grain of salt
Would still be a bit much for a squad option if true, feel the same way about Grealish but we do have expensive squad options at the moment tbf
Would still be a bit much for a squad option if true, feel the same way about Grealish but we do have expensive squad options at the moment tbf
If it's 40m, then it should be very performance based, with a base fee of about 20-25.
Of course, even if the deal is now completed for 8m, it'll be reported everywhere as 40m+
Of course, even if the deal is now completed for 8m, it'll be reported everywhere as 40m+
Those damm "experts" with their fancy Google research tool, eh?
20 million plus Gardner and Levitt on loan for a season.
Remember when 40m got you Sergio Aguero?
Regardless, an actual right-sided forward to play as a right-sided forward. Who needs a DoF, we've finally cracked it!
Narrator: But United did not crack it, and Mason Greenwood started the season on the right-wing, got injured in week three and was replaced by Juan Mata.
Regardless, an actual right-sided forward to play as a right-sided forward. Who needs a DoF, we've finally cracked it!
Narrator: But United did not crack it, and Mason Greenwood started the season on the right-wing, got injured in week three and was replaced by Juan Mata.
Is he currently injured? This is a barrel scraper situation, i suspect his nationalty and the fact he's played in the PL play a part. If we are looking for a cheap, relegated, PL tested squad winger then I'd rather we went for Buendia, neither are worth more than £20M though. The club don't want to stump up for a generational talent so hopefully they are as resolute with Brooks and we don't pay £30M plus for an average player.