Is Jadon Sancho really worth the 100 plus million fee?

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Amerifan

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Still don’t want him at 100 million. Much rather spread that kind of money around on quality prospects instead. If his drop in form makes Dort rethink their asking price, he might be worth another run in the summer. But the price has to come down significantly.
 

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Haven`t watched him this season but he made that look very easy.
Quality is 100% still there.
 

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He’s just having a bad season because he didn’t get his move to us. Buy him cheap. Quality is there.
 

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At this point he’s no worth more than 60m or 70m max. They’ve lost there chance to make a lot of money. Now I looks like united are taking a risk, if buying him.
 

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He’s just having a bad season because he didn’t get his move to us. Buy him cheap. Quality is there.
Cheap? They aren't going to give him away. It'll still be a big transfer for big money. I'd rather we go all in for Grealish at this point.
 

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Cheap? They aren't going to give him away. It'll still be a big transfer for big money. I'd rather we go all in for Grealish at this point.
Whatever the price will be, it’ll be cheap compared to 120m.
 

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Still only 20, feels like a few months out of form shouldn`t make people write him off because of that?
 

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Still only 20, feels like a few months out of form shouldn`t make people write him off because of that?
As others have said, Grealish offers much more of a guarantee and is far more flexible as a player. We've been victims of buying players from the Bundesliga who excelled in a particular system but really struggled/failed outside of it. Someone posted Sancho's numbers detailing his lack of defensive contribution which was also concerning.
 

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Still only 20, feels like a few months out of form shouldn`t make people write him off because of that?
Dont think many are writing him off. However it does make you question the price tag of 120M . I dont think they will get anything near that with the Global Pandemic , fans not in the stadium and Dip in form
 

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He's worth 100m, no doubt about it.

Talking 10 million a year given his age.

He should be signed, same as Grealish it would turn United into one of the best teams in Europe.

Hoping United don't make excuses in the summer and sign the players to take United to the next level, if that means selling players like James, Martial and let Pogba go to sign Sancho and Grealish I'm all for it.

Feel like United are missing a trophy now (FA Cup, Europa League) anything to really get a taste for silverware again.
 

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Dont think many are writing him off. However it does make you question the price tag of 120M . I dont think they will get anything near that with the Global Pandemic , fans not in the stadium and Dip in form
Yeah, +100m was always nuts, even before the pandemic. They might accept a bid for 60-70m in the summer i guess. Should still be on our radar imo.
 

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I’d happily sell Pogba, Lingard, Mata, James, Matic, Jones, Rojo, Romero and Chong just to bring in Sancho AND Grealish which for me would leave us only a pure out and out defensive midfielder away from the title.
 

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I’d happily sell Pogba, Lingard, Mata, James, Matic, Jones, Rojo, Romero and Chong just to bring in Sancho AND Grealish which for me would leave us only a pure out and out defensive midfielder away from the title.
Dalot and Pereira are on the wage books too, plenty of deadwood to axe still, Ole has done a tremendous job rebuilding!
 

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He's worth 100m, no doubt about it.

Talking 10 million a year given his age.

He should be signed, same as Grealish it would turn United into one of the best teams in Europe.

Hoping United don't make excuses in the summer and sign the players to take United to the next level, if that means selling players like James, Martial and let Pogba go to sign Sancho and Grealish I'm all for it.

Feel like United are missing a trophy now (FA Cup, Europa League) anything to really get a taste for silverware again.
You’re probably the only one on here who thinks he’s worth £100 million in this current climate
 

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You’re probably the only one on here who thinks he’s worth £100 million in this current climate
"The Current Climate" will only last another 12 months.

The only real loss is match-day revenue which is obviously a significant loss, but United have a lot of commercial partners which means they aren't as worse off as other clubs.


Look at it this way.

If United don't sign him at £100M they face either losing him to another team, or when there are max vaccinations (most western countries will be vaccinated by around September) if Sancho goes on to have a brilliant end of season, he could be worth even more post-covid.

Again yes Match Day loss is significant, but United can still go deep into the transfer market, the issues are other factors such as the Glazers taking dividends out the club last year.

At no point should the likes of Sancho be allowed to go to a rival.
 

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I’d happily sell Pogba, Lingard, Mata, James, Matic, Jones, Rojo, Romero and Chong just to bring in Sancho AND Grealish which for me would leave us only a pure out and out defensive midfielder away from the title.
Even if we manage to sell all those players we won’t get more than 60-65 million anyway. Sancho and Grealish would cost around 200 million. We don’t have that kind of money at the moment, plus this would still not solve our DM issue.
 

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Yeah, +100m was always nuts, even before the pandemic. They might accept a bid for 60-70m in the summer i guess. Should still be on our radar imo.
Exactly no one is going to be paying 100m or more for him, Dortmund weren’t being realistic and will probably struggle to sell him for 80m this summer even if he gets back to his best.
 

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Even if we manage to sell all those players we won’t get more than 60-65 million anyway. Sancho and Grealish would cost around 200 million. We don’t have that kind of money at the moment, plus this would still not solve our DM issue.
Dont Worry Moises is Going to do that ;)
 

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"The Current Climate" will only last another 12 months.

The only real loss is match-day revenue which is obviously a significant loss, but United have a lot of commercial partners which means they aren't as worse off as other clubs.


Look at it this way.

If United don't sign him at £100M they face either losing him to another team, or when there are max vaccinations (most western countries will be vaccinated by around September) if Sancho goes on to have a brilliant end of season, he could be worth even more post-covid.

Again yes Match Day loss is significant, but United can still go deep into the transfer market, the issues are other factors such as the Glazers taking dividends out the club last year.

At no point should the likes of Sancho be allowed to go to a rival.
You talk about it like this is a dead cert. There's every chance that Sancho could end up being another player who looks much better by playing in the Bundesliga. Unless they have proved it consistently with good performances including the Champions League for more than 3 seasons atleast we shouldn't pay more than 60-70mil ever for a Bundesliga prospect. It is an inferior league by far and should be treated more like Ligue 1. We've seen far too many big money flops from Bundesliga players here in the Prem to be that confident of dropping 100mil on him.
 

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You talk about it like this is a dead cert. There's every chance that Sancho could end up being another player who looks much better by playing in the Bundesliga. Unless they have proved it consistently with good performances including the Champions League for more than 3 seasons atleast we shouldn't pay more than 60-70mil ever for a Bundesliga prospect. It is an inferior league by far and should be treated more like Ligue 1. We've seen far too many big money flops from Bundesliga players here in the Prem to be that confident of dropping 100mil on him.
There are always 'flops' as you said, and there is always a risk with any transfer, that's up to the scouts and Ole to decide though
 

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"The Current Climate" will only last another 12 months.

The only real loss is match-day revenue which is obviously a significant loss, but United have a lot of commercial partners which means they aren't as worse off as other clubs.


Look at it this way.

If United don't sign him at £100M they face either losing him to another team, or when there are max vaccinations (most western countries will be vaccinated by around September) if Sancho goes on to have a brilliant end of season, he could be worth even more post-covid.

Again yes Match Day loss is significant, but United can still go deep into the transfer market, the issues are other factors such as the Glazers taking dividends out the club last year.

At no point should the likes of Sancho be allowed to go to a rival.
There’s no club playing £100 million for him in the next 12 months
 

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Always had my doubts. He rarely performed outside the Bundesliga. Fully behind going for Grealish over him now.

Grealish just looks likely a player that could perform anywhere. I'd pay twice what I'd pay for Sancho.
 

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As others have said, Grealish offers much more of a guarantee and is far more flexible as a player. We've been victims of buying players from the Bundesliga who excelled in a particular system but really struggled/failed outside of it. Someone posted Sancho's numbers detailing his lack of defensive contribution which was also concerning.
I would love grealish but i dont think we should try to sign him. First of all he would cost close to what bvb were asking for sancho given his importance to villa. He also plays in attacking midfield or left forward where we have bruno and rashford. Given we have so many other areas of the team in need of improvement spending all of our transfer budget on a position of relative strength doesnt seem to make sense
 

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He’ll leave soon and it will be for far less than £100m. Good enough for the banana cnuts.
 

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Overhyped player for some random reasons. We've seen first hands plenty of players running the show in the Bundesliga playing for Dortmund to then turn into almost nothing players as soon as they moved away.

Just watching a kid like Diallo, despite lack of first team football so far looks a more talented and technical player.

These talks of 120 millions in the Summer were frankly quite disturbing. How overrated was he for his club to price him that high and worst for people to actually think he was worth that much.
 

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Unless Diallo turns into a world class prodigy, Sancho is still a no brainer signing. Yeah not a great half season, it happens. He'll be fine. He's a quality winger who both scores and creates in crazy amounts, is a great dribbler and an excellent passer. Hes also 5 years younger than Grealish, and a natural on either the right or the left, whereas Grealish is only a natural on the left or as a 10, which happen to be our 2 best positions already where he wouldn't even be an upgrade. Sancho every day would still be the perfect signing for our attack. Would help out Wan Bissaka loads as well, as evidenced by him doing better when Rashford is in front vs the usual nobody hanging out wide.
 

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Overhyped player for some random reasons. We've seen first hands plenty of players running the show in the Bundesliga playing for Dortmund to then turn into almost nothing players as soon as they moved away.

Just watching a kid like Diallo, despite lack of first team football so far looks a more talented and technical player.

These talks of 120 millions in the Summer were frankly quite disturbing. How overrated was he for his club to price him that high and worst for people to actually think he was worth that much.
Hes 20 years old and has already had 2 seasons in the league where he got roughly 15 goals and 15 assists. He's a brilliant young player. Don't be ridiculous. He's being disgustingly underrated now on the back of a slow start to the season after he didn't get the move he wanted. It happens.
 

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I'd go for a central defender, a defensive midfielder and a striker before Sancho.

Also, much credit to Ole to still make the team competitive without getting Sancho. Put us in a position of strength if we ever come back for him
 

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"The Current Climate" will only last another 12 months.

The only real loss is match-day revenue which is obviously a significant loss, but United have a lot of commercial partners which means they aren't as worse off as other clubs.


Look at it this way.

If United don't sign him at £100M they face either losing him to another team, or when there are max vaccinations (most western countries will be vaccinated by around September) if Sancho goes on to have a brilliant end of season, he could be worth even more post-covid.

Again yes Match Day loss is significant, but United can still go deep into the transfer market, the issues are other factors such as the Glazers taking dividends out the club last year.

At no point should the likes of Sancho be allowed to go to a rival.
Personally I think 12 months is optimistic. Nevertheless it would be stupid for United to pay £100m for a player that other clubs won't go that high for. Chelsea, PSG and City are the only clubs that could afford that evaluation. Chelsea, given their current level of investment, are unlikely to pursue him. The player wants to come back to England, which rules out PSG. And Pep has openly said they wouldn't sign him back.

Dortmund stuck with their evaluation last summer but I think that was foolish as they wont see that money for him this season. Fans wont be back this season and clubs are suffering because of it. More so Dortmund than us. Paying £100m for a player when you're the only ones in for him and when the selling club isn't in a great financial position is ridiculous. If the club decides to back out of this one i won't blame them - £100m for any player is a lot, especially on a young player where you're buying potential. There have been lots of examples of young players going for big money and failing to live up to the hype (Refer to Demebelle, Pullic or Kai)

I'd rather go for Grealish and Upamecano for that money (and Rice when Pogba goes) before going straight in for Sancho
 
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