Jadon Sancho| Staying at Dortmund for now

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Good point actually I hadn't consciously registered that, especially with all these tweets confirming personal terms for pretty much every transfer now. Feels like the last "tapping up" issue was Pool chasing Van Dijk where they apologised in the end.
Didnt they also say they wouldn't follow up their interest as part of their apology?
 

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If I recall correctly he also went through a surgery in the summer and missed Aug - Sep due to a fractured knee. That might have played into his decision to stay put for another year

I knew for definite he wanted to leave immediately after the European Cup final in Moscow through my contacts. I was also staying in the same hotel and it was an open secret amongst the players and staff. However, Sir Alex persuaded him to stay for an extra year after the final. It was nothing to do with his injury. I spoke to Roman Abramovich on the phone whilst in Moscow and sang Viva Ronaldo jokingly. He also confirmed Ronaldo had a wish to leave.
 

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Regarding the bolded bit. I think it's a mix of things.

I think Dortmund would like to announce a new signing or have one lined up before they sell Sancho. Also I think we are happy to let it rumble on as it avoids us having to pay the wages, sounds silly but if you add up what we save by signing him just before the deadline compared to the beginning of this window it's a few million.

I think if they find a replacement this may soften their stance on the repayment amounts and how they are spread.

Plus maybe we are happy to still work on selling a few players before we go in and bid with our highest possible initial instalment. Because that's going to be key, if we offer something low like £50million as the initial up front payment then it will be a non starter.
Good post. I agree the last thing dortmund want to do is discuss transfers fees with other clubs for players they would like to sign shortly after becoming £108 million pounds richer.
 

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I knew for definite he wanted to leave immediately after the European Cup final in Moscow through my contacts. I was also staying in the same hotel and it was an open secret amongst the players and staff. However, Sir Alex persuaded him to stay for an extra year after the final. It was nothing to do with his injury. I spoke to Roman Abramovich on the phone whilst in Moscow and sang Viva Ronaldo jokingly. He also confirmed Ronaldo had a wish to leave.
That's fair
 

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Stayed away from this thread, I got too involved in Griezmann last season it consumed my life.

Im staying completely neutral in transfer window now.
 

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Just catched up on the last few pages. Here are the highlights.

On page 956 @Jesper Weber Mortensen came with a really solid and well-thought of observation, proving that the cafe has a firm grip on this whole situation:

If each post here was a seat in a stadium, this thread would be the 11th biggest stadium for the 20/21 Premier League season.

Just a mere thousand away from Goodison Park at 10th.
Next page was a complete disaster. A few more tweets saying that we’re confident in a deal and also someone’s friend’s friend apparently works for an insurance company in london.

A friend of a friend works for an insurance company in London. Apparently a certain someone *wink wink nudge nudge say n’more say n’more* has taken out insurance on a Mercedes G-Wagon. The kicker is that it’s in Hertfordshire.
Page 959 was off to a rough start with this again:

Luckily, @Suedesi saved the page with this cool picture of Ronaldo wearing really cool shorts:

Happy Sancho day I guess. :(
 
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People on twitter deluding themselves that Sancho removed BVB from his bio when it was never there. A really dire day for Sancho news it would seem.
 

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I'm worried all this talk of signing all these young players from other clubs is going to be trumpeted as some "investing in the future" headline to distract from some other transfer failures....I hope I'm wrong but I'm getting a bad feeling that we are stalling on Jadon because we don't have the money available.
 

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I'm worried all this talk of signing all these young players from other clubs is going to be trumpeted as some "investing in the future" headline to distract from some other transfer failures....I hope I'm wrong but I'm getting a bad feeling that we are stalling on Jadon because we don't have the money available.
Yeah you do get that impression because only need to listen to what Ole has said about the likes of Mengi this week for proof of that
 

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Just catched up on the last few pages. Here are the highlights.

On page 956 @Jesper Weber Mortensen came with a really solid and well-thought of observation, proving that the cafe has a firm grip on this whole situation:



Next page was a complete disaster. A few more tweets saying that we’re confident in a deal and also someone’s friend’s friend apparently works for an insurance company in london.



Page 959 was off to a rough start with this again:



Luckily, @Suedesi saved the page with this cool picture of Ronaldo wearing really cool shorts:



Happy Sancho day I guess. :(
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No mention of my post having the guts to sing Viva Ronaldo to one of the richest guys in the world? I forgot to mention I also gave a mouthful to the Glazers present at the hotel after the final. To be fair, they just smiled at me and walked away.

Anyway, have a like for your summing up of this spam fest.
 

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Jaysus. What a way to be launching into the new season! You've been too long watching Westmeath, I think. All the hope and joy has been beaten out of you.
Regarding Westmeath, you may have a point. I watched Arsenal 2- United 6 on Eirsport last night after I posted my miserable post and I feel much better now. Maguire’s still sh!te though.
 

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No mention of my post having the guts to sing Viva Ronaldo to one of the richest guys in the world? I forgot to mention I also gave a mouthful to the Glazers present at the hotel after the final. To be fair, they just smiled at me and walked away.

Anyway, have a like for your summing up of this spam fest.
Never knew you're a wild one too, Sultan :lol:

You've Abramovich's number?
 

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There's going to be news tomorrow lads. You just know Woody's waiting for Liverpool - Leeds to kick off before putting in that bid.
Better being distracted on the caf than hoping for both teams to lose at Anfield, am I right?
 

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Don’t see the humour in posting all these old tweets
Me, too. It's getting tiresome. Borderline on "Spam" territory already.
Muppet threads are supposed to be much more fun and creative than spamming old contents thinking they're funny.
 

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Good post. I agree the last thing dortmund want to do is discuss transfers fees with other clubs for players they would like to sign shortly after becoming £108 million pounds richer.
Yeah exactly, reasons precisely like this are why transfers of this size can take so long to conclude.

When we are sat here every day it seems ridiculous that it should take this long, but in reality there are valid reasons why.
 
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