Ye, at the beginning of the window it was all about Kim, which tells me we’re after a CB aswell. Since Bayern swooped in it’s gone quiet, there’s been bits about Hojlund but nothing serious… it’s mainly about Mount. Don’t get why we only ever focus on 1 signing at a time. City have signed Kovacic, they’re speaking to Rice and also speaking to that CB from Leipzig. We can’t do that apparently it’s to difficult.I can't believe that Mount is ten Hag's one and ONLY target this year. Just concentrate on his other targets for now and if we have 70 million spare at the end of summer, we do this.
Why are transfers always so laboured with this club?
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So who’ve we moved our interest on to? The money suggested for Mount is fecking stupid.
Yeah I know. I think is mostly Chelsea trying to panic us into giving into them.
Best transfer decision United have made in years.
Is it Euros or pounds? Bayern wouldn’t need to offer 250k but isn’t it what Mount wanted? He could make a lot more money if he held on and signed for free(taking a cool signing on bonus as well)
Let him go to Bayern.
Or let him stay at Chelsea and leave for free next year.
Who cares. It’s Chelsea’s problem.
Go buy Caicedo.
Or let him stay at Chelsea and leave for free next year.
Who cares. It’s Chelsea’s problem.
Go buy Caicedo.
We haven't moved on. This club gives manager too much power and no lessons have been learnt.
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There isn't a club that doesn't have long laboured sagas by that logic. City had Kane, Stones etc in recent times, Pool have had Bellingham. Every selling club will dig in its feet to get the best deal possible and if you really want top players, they are not gonna come cheap or easy.
If this transfer falls through, then there's a real possibility that he will sign a new contract with Chelsea. He's only what? 24 years old, he might want financial security.
We never really get a good deal out of these sagas though. If they join, we overpay every single time, by a long way. And that makes the transfer almost doomed from the start, unless the player is truly stellar. If they don't join, the saga derails our transfer strategy for the summer and leaves us unprepared for the new season.
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Well fingers crossed, we make a bid instead of just 'monitoring the situation'
I am only guessing here but I don't think United will go beyond the 55m total, but they might negotiate the full 55m to paid as guaranteed and no add-ons
Mount is a decent pressing workhorse with some end product and there's the English tax pushing the price up.
Can see why ETH would want him. I think not having to deal with favouritism issues can be good for him also..
£50m + add-ons is a reasonable deal and that'll be ballpark where it ends up.
Can see why ETH would want him. I think not having to deal with favouritism issues can be good for him also..
£50m + add-ons is a reasonable deal and that'll be ballpark where it ends up.
Yep, that’s my concern, like Antony all over again and others before him. We have zero strategy outside of who the manager fancies or Kane.
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There are plenty of other examples of players in their final years of contract, still being used by their club. Sometimes it's a matter of understanding
You watch him sign a new contract next week.
Brilliant we can finally put an end to this saga and sign an actual CM
He won’t
“Monitoring” is a perfectly acceptable term to use. Explained it plenty of times when discussing Caicedo last night.
If you think that you could juggle 100m better and try to leave wiggle room for multiple signings then you must be a magician, why haven’t they hired you!?
Well had talking through one's ass was a skill valued by Football Clubs then the poster definitely could have been hired .
The quality of opinions this year is a joke. I feel like I’m on the otherside for once.
Is it always this bad? I’m normal against the club most transfer windows.
The negative **** seems to be growing.. I think Qatar potentially taking over must have an impact… like PSG don’t do bad business
I understand people think that positions like DoF can be upgraded but they need to understand that you can only get so much out of a limited budget with huge restrictions. Having a new DoF would just mean the same issues with a new face.
It's getting worse by the year. Many posters believe Qatar will just waive with the magic wand and everything will be terrific.The quality of opinions this year is a joke. I feel like I’m on the otherside for once.
Is it always this bad? I’m normal against the club most transfer windows.
The negative **** seems to be growing.. I think Qatar potentially taking over must have an impact… like PSG don’t do bad business
People aren’t thinking logically and this year seems worse than ever. Perhaps ETHs relevant success in the first season has driven expectation’s too high. But I really don’t know what they think murtough etc can do with huge restrictions this summer. They are literally going from player to player to seemingly find out that clubs are pricing them out of our reachThe quality of opinions this year is a joke. I feel like I’m on the otherside for once.
Is it always this bad? I’m normal against the club most transfer windows.
The negative **** seems to be growing.. I think Qatar potentially taking over must have an impact… like PSG don’t do bad business
How about offload some players and increase the budget? And not sell a prospect for a measly 850k?
How about not massively overpay for Antony last summer and screw the budget?
It's a blessing that ten hag has missed out on mount as his main target, I find it worrying that ten hag wanted him because of his performances in the Dutch league years ago which tells me we are still all over the place with recruitment that we are still relying on ten hag to do all work in identifying targets, nothing seems to have been learned since ferguson left.
also did the club not learn from sancho and Maguire that it is not worth time and money chasing overhyped above average English players
also did the club not learn from sancho and Maguire that it is not worth time and money chasing overhyped above average English players
I cant get my head around people being pleased with the idea of us just walking away. If Mount is the player the manager wants we shouldn't be posturing over £5m. If we are on a limited budget and have to strengthen multiple areas where the hell is the logic in taking a stand over this while then deciding to pursue "other targets" with the one being suggested (Caicedo) by any report Ive read costing £30m more?!
The same people want transfer business done early seem equally happy to sack this deal off and start an entire process again for a much more expensive player. Leaving aside who we rate more highly and the fact they are completely different types of midfielder.
The same people want transfer business done early seem equally happy to sack this deal off and start an entire process again for a much more expensive player. Leaving aside who we rate more highly and the fact they are completely different types of midfielder.
How do you know that ETH wanted him because of his performances in the Dutch league? He's been a really good player in the EPL... Do you not think that's a factor?
I definitely don't believe that,however still hoping they come out on top and we see an improvement in transfers come January
Yeah very true,however people who bring up Klopp wanting someone else over Salah is a good example of manager not always getting in right
Mo Salah was a club target way before Klopp who they tried to by before he went to Chelsea. They also brought him off his best season ever out of Switzerland.
Who are you suggesting our Mo Salah is in this scenario as the context has to match.
Caicedo
How much do people think that prospects get sold for normally?
I think other clubs do a better job of developing them (loans etc) to improve their sale value
We literally tried to sign Caicedo from Ecuador.
No chance it won’t get done. People thinking we have moved on from Mount are wrong. United just showing a strong hand. He will be our player soon. You can quote me on this.
Yeah I’d agree. But don’t you also agree the club and ETH are both on the same page with Mount. Where you could see Liverpool and Klopp not being eye to eye with Brandt.
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