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Jadon Sancho| Staying at Dortmund for now
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Not sure I have heard about him before this transfer saga. How come he is reliable?
They're all reliable as long as they say positive things.
Only GOD knows but my guess is sources in Oles camp.
Just when I'm about to pull out, they lure me back in.
Muppet season at its best
Muppet season at its best
Basically, we can have him now for 108 mil. Mostly up front (rumour is 60-70mil), some instalments but no performance based add ons. Ole wants him and seemingly had put pressure on Ed to get the dead done. The glazers just have to approve us spending that amount. Ed in the meantime is going to try and haggle the price down then when we get close to October 5th, if a deal isn't done we either pay what they want or we say the deal isn't happening.
That's pretty much everything right?
That's pretty much everything right?
One word: FellainiWe’ve received good signals that they’re still willing to sell for 120 million...I thought we were trying to get it below that and now we’re happy the price hasn’t got higher
So its 120m or he stays! bloody hell it's like Groundhog day get Bill Murray to play Ed
Yeah that sums it up in a nutshell apart from would maybe say they are looking for nearer 80 mil upfront
That was 100% on Moyes. He said Everton needed the money so instead of giving them the Fellaini money through the clause meaning they wouldn’t then need to sell Baines we tried to link the deals together.
The only way I would be happy if we don’t get Sancho is if we get Renguilon and Thiago.
Would rather play Greenwood there than get a quick fix before going back in for Sancho. Yes it’s not his preferred position but it is still first team experience and game time.
Would rather play Greenwood there than get a quick fix before going back in for Sancho. Yes it’s not his preferred position but it is still first team experience and game time.
Mourinho had wanted 5 players and they gave him 2 - Fred and Dalot.
LVG asked for certain players and they gave him 4th or 5th choice.
It's the same story again this time round.
LVG asked for certain players and they gave him 4th or 5th choice.
It's the same story again this time round.
Listening to who Van Gaal says he wanted there’s no surprise we gave him players lower down in the list. Sergio Ramos and Muller are two examples that come to mind.
I think the issue is this there is no one to cover for Greenwood in our squad unfortunately. The drop off in quality there is huge.
Suddenly the Sancho train has got busy again after stopping at Platform 8.
Who would you play when Greenwood,Rashford and Martial need a break in the 60 game season?
I don’t think you’ll find anyone whonhas A issue with Greenwood being a starter but we 100% need a strong 4th option for the season.
At this point i'd play Pogba as the RW back up, not even joking. Give him a free role to just go and create.
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Joke's on us if that's the intent
Good old Fredrik keeping hopes alive
I remember he wanted to buy Mane when he was at Soton and the suggestion got laughed to high heavens online and on the caf
Surely some of his other targets like Ramos, Neymar, Muller and Kroos (even though he apparently was open to the idea per his own words) were unrealistic but there were quite a few targets of his I don't get why we didn't pull the trigger on like Mahrez, Hummels, Kante and Mane
Honestly, at this point I'm not even certain of that. Yeah, I think on the balance of probabilities if United pony up the cash we'll get Sancho. However, would it be that shocking if Dortmund turned around and said: 'Nah, season's started and we can't get a quality replacement. Sorry better luck next summer'?
Who’s this dude?
Even if this guy is briefed by Ole, this means nothing. The key question still is whether the club is willing to pay 120m for Sancho. The manager may just be trying to set the record right that it wasn't Dortmund that was being stubborn.
Or this could be completely made up by the journalist.
Or this could be completely made up by the journalist.
Good signals on semaphore
Not sure about that as they genuinely want the money. Think they'd snap your arm off for that right now - they know Sancho DOES want to leave eventually and they're managing to keep him happy in the mean time.
He's obviously being respectful to them which is great, but I don't think he will sign a new contract and they'll lose more and more money every year.
Yeah surely they would need time in order to get a replacement
He’s basically held Ole’s nob on nights out when Ole has been too drunk to piss straight. He knows everything essentially!
Great post, don’t be sorry!
Well he had also mentioned Mahrez, Hummels, Kante and Mane.
The thing is we are 4 days off from the start of the season and we had UCL qualification on the 26th of July.
Here we are with Donny and nobody else.
......and next month our owners will be taking their dividends out of our club!
Where's that "don't give me hope" gif?
I'm unsure how United aren't paying the money still.
The reality is the following:
Looking at 'Bale' as an alternative on Loan is really not the solution long-term.
I'd take Bale on loan and Sancho sure, but any situation where Sancho doesn't sign is disastrous.
The reality is the following:
- Dortmund are unlikely to win the league, they'll finish 2nd or 3rd
- Dortmund with or without Sancho will finish either 2nd of 3rd because of their squad
- Keeping Sancho would actually increase his value, he will only be worth more as he develops more
- Dortmund have set a £108M value on Sancho which is a fair valuation considering his age and his output
- United need Sancho because they lack a RW and have done, especially since Ronaldo leaving in 2009
- United have missed out on key targets in the past including Eden Hazard (which was obviously a bad moment for the club)
- United have a free run at Sancho, they have the money and there's no other team competing for him.
- United have also said that he is the number one priority this summer.
Looking at 'Bale' as an alternative on Loan is really not the solution long-term.
I'd take Bale on loan and Sancho sure, but any situation where Sancho doesn't sign is disastrous.
Yeah. I’m sure Dortmund are really peeved we’re looking an alternatives.
Naive muppets. You need to adopt the Fridge chutney approach. Remove any possibility of this deal from happening from your mind. Keep your expectations low. When the deal fails, you will have already accepted it and pain will be minimized. If on the offchance the deal happens, the surprise and joy will be greater.
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Joke's on us if that's the intent
That's not muppetry. You immediately get your muppet tag revoked if you do that.
The Fridge Chutney approach? are you going to release a self help book for the fellow Muppets if he doesn't sign?
"Seven simple steps of overcoming a failed summer window"
He apparently has connections with Solskjaer and United. This dude recently popped up with all of these United-related stories. I'm not sure if he has solid sources, but everything he's reported is in line with the briefs and what other journalists have reported.
Just when I thought I was out , they pull me back in !
I’m done with Bale. I don’t want him at United. Something about him worries me.
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