That he's pursuing "quick fix" also. Not in Conte or Mourinho kind of level though. If we get Sancho for 120m, he'd spend 360m in just two seasons. How is it not a "quick fix"?
Jadon Sancho| Staying at Dortmund for now
- Thread starter Adnan
- Start date
- Status
Who has been bought as a quick fix and not bought with a long term vision?
If we're bidding close to what Dortmund or asking or even matching the price, it means Utd will eventually find an arrangement Dortmund are happy with. Choosing to pay the more money now or later is a minor point. Utd can easily just agree to pay more now if thats what it takes and take a loan out for it if needed. I'm pretty sure there's enough funds to make this happen no matter what.
Everything
Might need to call up the GI there mate
It's obvious what he talking about. Signing players who help the club in the long term, and betting on them improving. Instead of buying a finished short term fix. And his transfers till now have shown broad consistency with this philosophy. And I am guessing Sancho also qualifies as one.
Has this break come off the back of Solskjaer venting a bit this last week?
I can feel the muppet juices swelling...
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Feel like with the briefing there's an even chance its put out because its actually on or equally just as a face saving "we tried" sort of thing. Hope its true though, would be a massive signing if we could pull it off.
Maybe but if it has done the trick so was definitely worth it
There are lots of examples of clubs turning down big fees, and then the players’ form drops off and they end up regretting not selling at that time.
It’s a massive risk for them not to accept an offer this season.
It’s now just brinkmanship.
Quick fix normally means buying a player with a short term view. Which of his signings are short term fixes?
Just pay what Dortmund want. He's on track to be one of the best in the position, we need to move now.
Yeah INSTALMENTS are the way forward not bloody Addons
How do transfer fees equate to quick fix? Sancho could cost more than Hazard cost Real Madrid last year. Which is the quicker fix?
Feel like the quick fix was a bit of a jibe to the Alexis Sanchez transfer. Jadon clearly isn't a quick fix but rather a long term solution.
A bit confused by this "breakthrough". Weren't all of these details pretty much agreed ages ago? Fee has always seemed to be the problem and that doesn't seem to have been resolved.
Nah I think the latter is more damaging, easier to just brief that the agent wanted too much or the figures were too big.
Plus the club have the perfect reason for not trying (because of Covid) So to let it get to this stage is always why I’ve believed we are working on it.
BVB: are they businessmen or plain amateurs?
Depends if you believe Romano. I don’t, so today is a big breakthrough imo.
You're right it's not quicker, but it's still a "quick" way. You buy Mbappe for 300m and, let say, Kimmich 200m next year (just example). Both are young. Do you think that's not a quick fix?
Depends how you define it. Gareth Bale on massive wages for 1 or 2 seasons would be a quick fix. Sancho for the next decade or so is a long-term investment.
Sorry lads, I've come to the conclusion that's he's overhyped.
I'm sure you're all gutted to hear this.
I'm sure you're all gutted to hear this.
This thread has good momentum. Keep it up lads, full speed ahead on the muppet train!
As the guy above has said. A quick fix implies a short term fix. But yes, going and buying some of the best young players in the world isn’t some kind of virtuous way of doing things. The fact that Wan Bissaka cost £50m doesn’t make it a quick fix though.
You’ve said enough times.
How have we decided his value has gone up after his England performances is beyond me? Dortmund should be selling him for £10mill
This is sure
Didn't see where his value has changed but I suspect the club are likely basing it off of a body of work over 2 seasons rather than 2 glorified international friendlies
Just a hunch
Because it’s not spent on players like Falcao, Schweinsteiger, Zlatan (although he was good), Lukaku and Sanchez.
In theory, as it never works out, but all the players OGS has bought should be here for 5 years as a minimum.
That's true. I just feel like spending 120m on a player, and not calling it quick fix is a bit off. Just like when we spent 100m on 23 y.o. Pogba. But that's just my take.
Rival fans often do when players sign for us. Look at VDB thread.
Its a strange phenomenon, VDB was the tits when Madrid were in for him.
Typically I don't bet on United or teams that I support because i find it hard to be objective, which is also true in this case.
Spending £108M on one of the world's most exciting talents seems too good to be true, especially in this time of depressed revenues and uncertain economic outlook.
I still don't believe it will happen because we saw similar "close calls" with Griezmann and Dybala only to be disappointed in the end. I'd rather not get my expectations up yet. But if we pull this off then I will unzip with the best of them.
You’ve just signed James
You're right mate we should have gone for the Columbian belly dancer instead.
For a publicly listed company that has 625m in annual turnover, the difference in paying the up front fee vs installments is not that great. It's less than 5% of turnover. There may have been some movement in some of the deadwood (Smalling / Rojo / Jones / Lingard) which made it easier, but it would be idiotic for this transfer to fall apart over installments vs. upfront fees. But a business with the track record of Utd, which is in the top 3 in their industry worldwide, with a great number of capital assets (players + OT), a fairly clean balance sheet, significant cash reserves and credit lines... if it falls apart, it's NOT because we cannot "afford" Sancho.
Damn. Was hoping we'd hit 1000 pages. But, if it happens now, I'm happy to sacrifice the 4 digit page mark for a transfer thread as long as he joins us. Ironically, if it doesn't work out and we do not get him, it could spawn an explosion of posts to take us past the Pogba record (is it 1100 pages?)!
Damn. Was hoping we'd hit 1000 pages. But, if it happens now, I'm happy to sacrifice the 4 digit page mark for a transfer thread as long as he joins us. Ironically, if it doesn't work out and we do not get him, it could spawn an explosion of posts to take us past the Pogba record (is it 1100 pages?)!
This was you a month ago:
Admit it, you had never watched besides a few internationals.
Basically you are someone who is best left ignored.
The guy could not score or create a goal against Iceland and Denmark but we wonder if his agent would accept installment for the bonus fees on his third Ballon d'Or.
Over the top.
Over the top.
- Status