I feel sorry for the lad tbh, assuming he wants the move. Why are our transfer deals conducted so publicly? I worry that the Glazers PR machine is trying to imply that Dortmund demands are unreasonable, either way this will drag out until Dortmund tell us to F off, or the transfer window closes.
I'm not a fan of it either, much prefer a quick and little coverage signings, however we've always had long drawn out transfers, look at Ruud and Berbatov as examples...
However I don't think you can escape the fact that people talking about United is genuinely good business and I think United have confirmed as much previously, maybe part of the reason everything seems to get played out in the open?
The biggest rumour of a stumbling block a couple of weeks ago was always “it’s not going to happen during the euros”
Who do you believe? I always took that as more of a common sense opinion opposed to a source led statement. Could totally see that as being the case, but also could see the fee being an issue along with the installment duration/payment structure holding things up. There's very few people who actually know what's going on aren't there.
If it's done before we return to pre season training then great, if it lasts longer but it's done, not ideal, but fine. If it drags on, doesn't get done and no alternatives are signed then I think United will get a heck of a lot of criticism which I genuinely don't think they'll want this summer for a number of reasons.
To me, United are appear to genuinely seem confident of getting this done.