Prior to Aug,10 there were links to Depay. Also we had Favre bickering in german media about his squad being not big enough for the tasks ahead. They'd want at least another if not 2 signings if Sancho were to leave. They'd still be left with a nice amount even if they did that.
Jadon Sancho| Staying at Dortmund for now
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Same, this is happening man.
if we don't get him it's a PR disaster for the club
I'm not so worried about it being a PR disaster, however Ed won't like that, I agree in that sense.
I'm more concerned with having this hanging over us for pundits and papers to use as a stick to bash us with whenever we have a poor result.
On top of the existing problems we've had with the squad in this short off-season it will be just another negative issue to start the season with. Plus the most important thing is that, on the field, we feckin' need him.
How? He's going to be a club and British transfer record if he does leave and Dortmund clearly don't want to sell him.
It won't be the first time we don't get our main transfer target. It's happened dozens of times through the post Fergie era and during the Fergie era as well. It's happens a lot in fact.
I hope we get him too but even if we don't i'm still calm and excited about the future if i'm honest.
I can't remember a time we didn't get a player who wanted to come to us, but we didn't want to pay the fee which is suited to his talent.
Probably Hazard, but that's it. Every other target we missed is down to the player not wanting to come to us.
Can you remember any of these years where the club had lost over £100m out of interest?
Happy Sancho Day! 
Other clubs like Newcastle(with MIKE ASHLEY) and Everton are spending way more than their level dictates and they`ve lost money too. Zero excuses for a club that makes double if not triple the revenue of most mid table clubs not to get a Sancho level player no excuses
Still believe it will happen by this Friday. Also the fact that the club has not look on alternatives to him makes me more confident. Brooks is also likely heading to Leicester in the twitter thread
Hazard? Weren't we actively in for him and willing to pay up until he made that ridiculous twitter decision. I remember a bunch of us watched his final game too, for his previous club, as we thought he'd make the announcement there. The only thing he did was receive some kind of dog trophy.
That will be why there's been an abundance of huge mega money transfers this window so far then.......wait there's barely been any has there? Maybe because your logic is totally flawed.
Ronnie pickering?
It was his agent fees that was the stumbling block. Fergie didn't want to pay the 6M. Was an extremely poor decision on hindsight. Also don't think we will allow him to announce his transfer on his twittee if we had gotten him
We made a financial loss of £100m? That's interesting - I thought our financial losses were £3m as of May.
Ronnie fecking Pickering!
They do though, they named their price
So lemme get this straight. You are happy for smaller clubs with vastly superior resources to us showing more intent in the transfer market than Manchester United who are one of the most valuable sport franchises in the world? Especially when it is very clear our team needs work? Our starting 11 has not yet been addressed the one player we`ve signed is a depth signing our weaknesses at LB, CB, DM and RW are still crystal clear for everyone to see. There`s clubs like Everton signing James Rodriguez but Utd shouldn`t be addressing the RW with one of the most talented youngsters in world football who IS AFFORDABLE for a club our size??!
What you describe is a PR problem
Looking at the figures so far, we still have 1 month of the transfer window to go and the net spend for the premier league clubs so far is £450m. Last summer it was around £650m. (Maguire and AWB was £130m of that)
Considering we still have a month left I’d imagine the net spend to not be far off last summer without covid.
I would say the market has certainly been a lot more active than most anticipated.
Yeah what I said was I’m not worried about it being a PR problem, more in a sense of it having a negative impact on the team itself.What you describe is a PR problem
But, as mentioned, I’m sure Ed won’t like any negative press and he loves making a big signing.
I mean saying there are zero excuses not to spend 120 million pounds on a player, what would be the biggest fee ever paid by a premier league club in the midst of massive financial uncertainty just because other teams are prepared to lose money in the midst of a global economic meltdown isn't the most convincing argument I've ever heard
Both Chelsea and City could have bought him if they felt it was value for money. City walked away from the Pogba, Alexis and Maguire deal when they felt the price wasn't worth it. We have to learn the same and not overpay every time we want a player. Look at the kind of team red-bull as well as Bayern have assembled without ever over-paying.
Bayern paid 80 million for Lucas Hernandez last summer.
Could be possible that we thought we would have offloaded more players from the team by now and raised enough for Sancho but having not happened and looking only like Smalling leaving I wouldn't be against the idea of using some of the Sancho money to strength other areas like LB and CB.
We don't have the luxury of every German wanting to suckle at our teet, to the point they run down their contracts, like Bayern do.
I just think its a position that we should be the least worried for now, much more pressing matters for the next couple of transfer windows. Buut, i respect your opinion
.Yeah because our history is full of us being outbid by other clubs
Say what you want about the way we conduct business and negotiate transfers, but one thing we can't accuse this lot of is scrimping on signings.
Seen Gary Neville saying we are looking desperate by not moving on and that it's clear we have no alternative.
You forgot the "no value in the market" era? Whilst selling our best player to Real for a record fee.Yeah because our history is full of us being outbid by other clubs
Say what you want about the way we conduct business and negotiate transfers, but one thing we can't accuse this lot of is scrimping on signings.
Our recent history says we would pay above the release clauseYeah because our history is full of us being outbid by other clubs
Say what you want about the way we conduct business and negotiate transfers, but one thing we can't accuse this lot of is scrimping on signings.
Where?
He doesnt know a thing luckily.
A few places have covered it, but
https://talksport.com/football/756143/jadon-sancho-man-united-desperate-gary-neville/
What? He's giving his opinion on how we come across.
This club is run by fecking morons
Gary knows nothing. How are we when we are trying our best to negotiate to the best of our benefits look desperate? He used to be a manager and should know better than anyone else here that is how transfers especially big money ones are usually conducted
Can't argue with any of that really however I'm willing to let it slide in this case as long as we end up getting him because he's worth the wait. Neville will be one of the first to heap praise on United if we end up signing him.
Exactly.
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