Jadon Sancho| Staying at Dortmund for now

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Can't wait to see him signed with English and German media reporting different figures, English media will say something much less than 120 million while German will say 120 million, and then the following d*ckswinging from United fans saying they got a great deal and Dortmund are fecked. Then Dortmund fans coming out in droves to say the club have done everything according to their plan.
There may be some early reports of us paying under, but in general the English media always reports our transfers higher than what they do anyone else. All the other clubs regularly get just the original price reported, while ours instantly gets all the add-ons and bonuses (even ones that will probably never be hit), and quite often they'll even take the figure in euros and report it in pounds (so Sancho will probably start getting reported as 120m pounds after a while).
 

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Folks adamant that this is because Dortmund have ok'd a replacement.
 

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There may be some early reports of us paying under, but in general the English media always reports our transfers higher than what they do anyone else. All the other clubs regularly get just the original price reported, while ours instantly gets all the add-ons and bonuses (even ones that will probably never be hit), and quite often they'll even take the figure in euros and report it in pounds (so Sancho will probably start getting reported as 120m pounds after a while).
In few cases, player 5 year wages are also added to make the number look very huge.
 

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Can't wait to see him signed with English and German media reporting different figures, English media will say something much less than 120 million while German will say 120 million, and then the following d*ckswinging from United fans saying they got a great deal and Dortmund are fecked. Then Dortmund fans coming out in droves to say the club have done everything according to their plan.
If you’ve been on r/soccer all Dortmund fans’ position is that it isn’t happening and there’s no way they’d sell him, we’re arrogant for even thinking there’s a chance etc. So if it were to happen for the full fee they can’t even come out and be proud of the fee unless they want to completely change their position on the matter.
 

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And now that he`s gotten his bonuses he is in a position to submit a transfer request with no bonuses to lose:D
Transfer requests aren't tied to bonuses. That is a strictly british practice. He effectively already requested a transfer months ago. He stands to lose nothing
 

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Players go to Dortmund because they know they can get games, develop and crucially move to a big club.

It’s a stepping stone club. Sancho, Harland and Jude don’t want to stay at the club for 5 years. If Dortmund start making it difficult for players to move on, they won’t go there in the first place.

None of the players mentioned would have been able to walk into a top club and be a first team player when they signed for Dortmund. But now, they get games, get experience, develop and then move on. The club goes and buys some more exciting young players, rinse and repeat.
Agreed. So what's the problem if Dortmund doesn't want to sell? or they want to sell at the price they want? Players weren't put at gunpoint to sign a 5 yrs contract. Just go sign a 2 years contract then, if you want to move in another 2 years. Or just like Harland, he put a buying clause that everyone agreed to honor.

I don't like players (or his agent) act like a brat if they want to move. Would you like to see that happened at United?
 

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I highly doubt they would only let him go with the full fee upfront. If that's the case, we won't sign him, no-one could justify a lump sum like that in this market. Would also be a kick in the balls to tell him if we get 120m, we will let you go, only to turn around and tell him to get fecked, he's staying. Wouldn't make the happiest player, I don't think

They will accept a 2 or 3 year instalment plan, with a good chunk of it upfront, if we offer it, which we are very much capable of doing
They want it guaranteed though and not "if he scores 10 goals with his left foot with one eye shut you get 10m"

If we ponied up a guaranteed fee spread over a few years I'm sure they'd take it. But it would also need to be a big lump up front.
 

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Or, the entire thread could stop revolving around the fella when he's had a mare.
Until he's been cancelled and deemed an unworthy source there's no reason not to post what he says.

People hear different information from different places you know?
 

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Transfer requests aren't tied to bonuses. That is a strictly british practice. He effectively already requested a transfer months ago. He stands to lose nothing
Neymar postponed his move to PSG because he wanted to collect bonuses.
If the England appearances bonus is true then he would have been stupid to move any earlier tbh
 

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If Sancho is putting contractual bonuses at Dortmund ahead of the chance to play for us is that the sort of player we want? Maybe I am being very naive but traditionally we have fared better with players who will move heaven and earth to be a United player rather than ready made superstars who join us because we bid the most like Di Maria.
 

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If Sancho is putting contractual bonuses at Dortmund ahead of the chance to play for us is that the sort of player we want? Maybe I am being very naive but traditionally we have fared better with players who will move heaven and earth to be a United player rather than ready made superstars who join us because we bid the most like Di Maria.
:lol:

Why should Sancho sacrifice himself 1.5m? If united have said they are happy to wait until that point and then push through with the deal then who cares. If anything it's been better for him to say there longer as they started their season a lot earlier and have been playing more matches and training etc. He will be fitter once he joins.

By most accounts he's more than happy to come and play for us, it's up to united to find the right deal with Dortmund.
 

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If Sancho is putting contractual bonuses at Dortmund ahead of the chance to play for us is that the sort of player we want? Maybe I am being very naive but traditionally we have fared better with players who will move heaven and earth to be a United player rather than ready made superstars who join us because we bid the most like Di Maria.
What exactly do you want him to do?
 

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Neymar postponed his move to PSG because he wanted to collect bonuses.
If the England appearances bonus is true then he would have been stupid to move any earlier tbh
Sure. And Neymar's was indeed tied to him not leaving barcelona that season, hence barcelona won the case in court. It's possible it's the same for Sancho

The point is the bonuses aren't tied to transfer requests. That's not something that is done outside of british football
 

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If Sancho is putting contractual bonuses at Dortmund ahead of the chance to play for us is that the sort of player we want? Maybe I am being very naive but traditionally we have fared better with players who will move heaven and earth to be a United player rather than ready made superstars who join us because we bid the most like Di Maria.
Think United would actually be happy with him taking that approach, if it meant United have to pay lesser to the agent in return.
 

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If Sancho is putting contractual bonuses at Dortmund ahead of the chance to play for us is that the sort of player we want? Maybe I am being very naive but traditionally we have fared better with players who will move heaven and earth to be a United player rather than ready made superstars who join us because we bid the most like Di Maria.
You are being naive, imo.
 
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Agreed. So what's the problem if Dortmund doesn't want to sell? or they want to sell at the price they want? Players weren't put at gunpoint to sign a 5 yrs contract. Just go sign a 2 years contract then, if you want to move in another 2 years. Or just like Harland, he put a buying clause that everyone agreed to honor.

I don't like players (or his agent) act like a brat if they want to move. Would you like to see that happened at United?
No issue if Dortmund don’t want to sell. But they know it will affect their model if they don’t. If Sancho wants to go, and Dortmund don’t let him, they are in their rights to do so - but will likely regret this in the long term.

Jude Bellingham didn’t dream of playing for Dortmund, if he didn’t think he could move to a bigger club in a few years, he wouldn’t go there.
 
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If Sancho is putting contractual bonuses at Dortmund ahead of the chance to play for us is that the sort of player we want? Maybe I am being very naive but traditionally we have fared better with players who will move heaven and earth to be a United player rather than ready made superstars who join us because we bid the most like Di Maria.
Would you turn down the rumoured £1.5-3m simply to move 4 weeks earlier? No sane person would.
 

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No issue if Dortmund don’t want to sell. But they know it will affect their model if they don’t. If Sancho wants to go, and Dortmund don’t let him, they are in their rights to do so - but will likely regret this in the long term.

Jude Bellingham didn’t dream of playing for Dortmund, if he didn’t think he could move to a bigger club in a few years, he wouldn’t go there.
Dortmund put a price on Sancho, it means they don't mind to let him go. And it seems like most in here agreed that 120m isn't an outrageous price.

And you're right about Bellingham. He knows he could move to bigger club by joining Dortmund. So that's a prove that he is aware and likes Dortmund model. Young high potential players won't move to Dortmund if they don't like Dortmund model. So far, Dortmund has been doing right to the eyes of these joining players.
 
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Regurgitated story. Didn't Fabrizio Romano say this once before.
Its different because this time Utd themselves have briefed personal terms are done after months of saying the opposite. Its the one excuse they`d have used for the deal not happening if it didnt materialize but its now out the way. Fact that Utd are happy to leak such info to the press shows they`re confident they can get a deal done with BVB
 
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Dortmund put a price on Sancho, it means they don't mind to let him go.

And you're right about Bellingham. He knows he could move to bigger club by joining Dortmund. So that's a prove that he is aware and likes Dortmund model. Young high potential players won't move to Dortmund if they don't like Dortmund model.
True. Which is why Dortmund will sell. Just a lot of posturing going on at the moment, and it’s stating to play out.
 

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They want it guaranteed though and not "if he scores 10 goals with his left foot with one eye shut you get 10m"

If we ponied up a guaranteed fee spread over a few years I'm sure they'd take it. But it would also need to be a big lump up front.
We sold Lukaku last year?
 

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Regurgitated story. Didn't Fabrizio Romano say this once before.
Yeah but it's more the fact this is now a United brief, can't imagine it's something we'd happily come out with if we weren't confident in doing a deal.
 

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If this thread can go for 1 hour without anyone posting in it, you will sign him.

If can't give the thread an hour of quiet contemplation and you don't get him, it's your own fault.
 

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Regurgitated story. Didn't Fabrizio Romano say this once before.
not entirely, Ducker in his actual article is claiming that Sancho is now pushing the move. Considering this is a direct brief from MUFC, we have officially moved from "Sancho is happy to not agitate a move if the clubs cannot agree" to "Sancho is agitating the move". Also, Romano claiming player terms agreed was not a briefing, we now know direct from the club that a deal has been struck with the player.
 

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Mbappe - €180m (€145m plus €35m add-ons)
Dembele - €145m (€105m plus €40m add-ons)
Felix - €126m
Havertz - €80-100m (different prices everywhere, sitting somewhere between these two figures once the add-ons are payed)

In terms of what they've proven Sancho sits #2 on this list, behind only Mbappe. Expecting Covid to drop his price all the way to €77-88m isn't believable. That would have him sit at the lower end of Havertz price, despite Sancho having better stats, an extra year on his contract and at a club that is significantly stronger both financially and on the field. Without Covid Sancho would probably be a similar figure as Dembele, so €120m already has some discount in there. I do agree it should probably be a bit more (I'd say €100-110m) but it's certainly not going to be as low as you've said.
There is no way that Monaco's Mbappe was better than Sancho right now.

he was younger with much smaller reputation, still not proven enough, and there were more question marks about making it at the highest level. He didnt have 5 mln instagram followers at the time as Sancho do. And the price was higher because Monaco was 2nd force in Ligue 1 and were selling to the biggest competitors who tried to make a statement to The world with their 400 mln signings. Also BvB is much bigger club then Monaco.

180 looks closer to the current Mbappe's value. I bet that those few years ago none other club would go as high as 100 mln for him.

So IMO when you compare those players at the time their transfers happen to Sancho right now he is #1, and in normal circumstances BVB could easily ask for 150 mln so 120 is Covid discount price.
 
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