Yep, permanent deal. Get it done.
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I see your point but we took a far more educated risk on RvP because he had already proven that he put his injuries behind him when we made an offer. Dembele isn't close to that, which is why it's just bizzare.
Regarding your note on hypotheticals, it's actually more of a hypothetical that he doesn't get injured than one where we consider he can't stay fit.
Club don't see it that way though
There is nothing proactive at forking out millions on deadline day for a player with many question marks. In fact that’s been one of the things that Utd have been getting wrong time and time again
At the exception of last season Dembélé has a very similar amounts of minutes and games played by Van Persie during his first 5 seasons at Arsenal. And Dembélé played +40 games in 2018/2019 with 29 in the league. It is last season that was a real disaster.
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Oh I agree about now, i meant proactive for next summer. We've clearly messed up royally leaving it to the last second thinking Dortmund was bluffing, now what do we do? Run Greenwood into the ground playing 2x week all season?
Sancho is never coming, with likely no CL and the bridges burnt with Dortmund, so the suits need to just pay up for their misjudgment. We can't afford to not bring in a rw.
Dembele not coming
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As much as I think we've been let down by the board on first XI transfers (Sancho), surely OGS isn't stubborn and naive enough to just have one choice for the areas he wants to strengthen. 'That player or bust' strategy doesn't sound that great for any club... there's plenty of other right wingers out there if you look hard enough (maybe he has done that with Traore and Pellistri as ones for future).
OGS himself was an alternative to Shearer, and he worked out just fine. Our 1999 pool of strikers consisting of Cole, Yorke, OGS and Sheringham could have easily been Collymore, Kluivert, Shearer and Cantona (who didn't retire) in an alternate universe where SAF's wishes in the 90s were fulfilled.
It's another negative towards OGS as manager if he's set his mind on just one player for a position (Sancho for right wing in this example). He should have alternatives and be ready to have alternatives because no manager gets their first choice all the time.
So we're signing him then. Balague has spoken.
Such a mess.
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Christ this transfer is a right roller coaster 
Wonder if that was before or after the Spurs game.
He loves me...he loves me not...he...
Zaha anyone?
So Barca doesn't get Memphis?
don’t worry we aren’t paying what it takes to get Dembele.
Telles Cavani VDB- horrible window.
I was not talking about the move to United, so I don't really know why you talk about it. And we also didn't purchase Robben.
And the hypothetical I was talking about is him staying fit, read the post the again.
To the Alexis Sanchez thread!
Has there ever been such fence-jumping in a single day? My head hurtsChrist this transfer is a right roller coaster
Just awful and so underwhelming to get neither
Ballague only ever gives negative news. You would think he was Scottish.
And this was our alternative to Sancho.
We’re goosed.
totally and the absolute worst thing about it is they go from one unavailable player to the next. They are just chancing their arms. Maybe barca will loan us this lad... in real terms the chances of that happening were always around 25% and that was if we were going to buy him outright which we were next going to do. All talk.. Knocked back by chiesa, Dortmund, Barcelona... where are we off to next? Oh ya! Not having the paperwork ready for a 30 million pound transfer who will have to wait till Jan to get a permit. Splendid work lads. We are worse at this than 99% of the big clubs. Our dithering messed everything up as usual
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Barça and United study the possibilities of the operation being carried out without a medical
It's ok though, it's just COVID.
feck me, every 3 hours the opposite. Wait another hour, and this will be on again
that's amazingIf confirmed we have bought facundo pellistri then demebele is off.
Today has been so tiring
Of all the players to not have a medical for, I'd honestly have to laugh.
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Really hope this is the case and not ballbags account.
Will be real disappointed if the lad from Uruguay and another winger with less than 6 matches of first team senior football experience are our only new wingers...
Dembele transfer without a medical...what could go wrong?
The guy is held together with sellotape and they're trying to say there will be no medical?SPORT has learned, all is not lost with DembéléTweet
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Barça and United study the possibilities of the operation being carried out without a medical
Anyone but us and I'd laugh it off as a joke.
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