Mata having 1 (one) great game. Like a new signing!
I also don't think signing Cavani and VDB is "massive improvement". VDB gives us options in the midfield, but I don't see him as a massive upgrade on any of the midfielders already there, Cavani will, as I've stated multiple times now, be a disaster panic signing that will spend most of his time collecting loads of money for sitting on the bench, or being injured.I think people are peeved because we have Martial and Greenwood already.
I’ll be big surprised if it’s even above 200k. We didn’t agree with Thiago’s personal term so why would we pay on Cavani, doesn’t make sense. It should be around 190k or less which is something he earns with PSG previously.
So if we take this for face value, we only become interested in Cavani the last few days, after Benfica renewed their interest?
Feel like it’s done the opposite.
48 hours left, all our potential deals are collapsing or not happening, free transfer, big-ish name and woodward wants a name on the teamsheet that sends a shiver down the spines of the opponents.
I mean, not a lot makes sense with United's business dealings though does it? If we end up spending roughly 30m on Cavani in wages and fees, but missed out on Sancho by 20m there's going to be riots. We're a horribly ran club, and our decisions are not based on common sense, it's based on social media metrics.
If Cavani stays injury free, he will be great option. Not sure why people are moaning about him. We don't work on unlimited budget. It's clear we don't have money for both RW and Striker and our Striker option is Igahlo who looks like he has won some competition to play for us and also will go back to China in January. This solves both issue and gives us chance to go for a RW.
I don't think there's loads of people blaming the club for not coughing up the 120m for Sancho, however what people are blaming the club for is knowing this price for months, knowing they wouldn't be able to pay it, and yet have done nothing to try and sign another player. Our squad currently has 0 (zero) right-wingers, this has been the case for years now, it's unforgivable really.
Then Woodward and the club should stop bigging our own finances up in the media, saying we can do things other clubs can only dream about, or that we're financially healthy during the pandemic, and this is on Woodward for making those comments. He shouldn't be speaking like that, when we clearly can't back it up where it matters, by signing our main targets. We've dealt with the COVID situation very impressively, and there was a point where the club was only receiving positive media attention for doing all the right things, however as soon as it comes to the footballing side of things, our limitations are shining through.
and remember, even some of the positive comments in here (not the absolute deluded ones) claim "Cavani is fine as long as we get the other deals done". When the window shuts with just cavani, i'm expecting rage we've not seen since fellaini signing.
Maybe. It's not unreasonable either. Maybe we tried to sign other players for back up role but couldn't, so went for alternatives like any other club does.
Why have you written an essay ending on defenders?
Martial was not. Tottenham also wanted to sign Martial beside us. Even Chelsea was rumored to be interested. However, Monaco wanted to keep him, until they got eliminated in CL playoff. Martial only became available then. We also needed to made irresistible record deal for a teenager at the time.
Well, I agree with that. But I was only talking about his potential wages.
Not sure if people genuinely believe in what they say or just keep saying hopeful things to convince themselves because Woodward was stupid enough. And if things go south, they can still blame Ole
What? ‘Not sure why people are moaning about him’ ... have you bothered to check out his recent stats? About half of all PSG games out injured, reported massive money, last minute deal. The situation at RW is far more dire than ST, so it’d be nice if people pulled their heads out of the fecking sand and smelt this deal for what it patently is; a last minute scrabble to placate the gathering masses. Borderline despicable that fans are still naive to what’s going on.
We are giving 200k to a guy to sit on the bench and while doing so we are also hoping that he won't be injury prone like he has been for last 2 years. And he's also coming off his worst ever goal return in a season.
And what strikers did City use against Leicester ?
Are you saying a washed up Cavani is better than Sterling?
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Nowhere near Sanchez. From Laurie Whitwell article
I’m not talking about match fit, just a 2 week fitness regime to drop maybe 7 kilos, which is very doable at 33. In a couple of weeks he can be ready for Ole to start giving him minutes to build up his match fitness.
Yup, from 200k /week to 250k, to 300k+ in the space of just a few pages.
Well said. Nobody does know, and yet they still choose to be absolute drama queens over it.
Telephone game in a nutshellYup, from 200k /week to 250k, to 300k+ in the space of just a few pages.
The caf ladies and gentlemen.
Romano now confirming we have “got it for a bit less” than what they were asking, as expected so late in the window, both he and his agent have had to drop their demands.
