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Michael Corleone says hello
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I've barely seen anything of him beyond YouTube clips but he seems to have real physicality, a decent touch and genuine pace. Seems an exciting gamble.
On the contrary it’s actually ever increasingDid we even negotiate? We got fecking rinsed here.
Its obvious EtH must've demanded a striker asap otherwise I'm sure we could have drove that price down with time.
At the wnd of the day I'm happy we're getting a striker but the reputation on serial overpayers will never leave.
Can't be any more dismissive than some on here.Can't wait to see RAWK's take on Hojlund signing with us.
This is the weirdest thing. Negotiate for weeks, decide to bid 50M+10M on Thursday and raise it to 75M+10M two days later...Wasnt our last bid 50 million euro's plus 10 million euro add-ons, how do we then jump to 75 million euro's + 10 million euro add-ons?
It doesnt make much sense. We will keep getting rinsed in the future and need a potent DOF + scouting structure sooner rather than later. This is not sustainable at all.
We don’t know what the fee is yet because there are conflicting reports, so assume the worst however I do know that add one for wining Balon D’or and CL should never be included in annual transfer fees as they are purely hypothetical values just like the £57.6m reported for Antony Martial which we never ever paid !People now posting what they think is the fee rather than accepting what actually the fee is
Ah apologies, I've fallen into the £/€ trap now! That's still a fair bit more than £77m that Jackson is apparently saying.Ornstein and Whitwell are reporting Atalanta wanted €100m
Atlanta wanted just 5m for him but we offered 72..Did we even negotiate? We got fecking rinsed here.
Its obvious EtH must've demanded a striker asap otherwise I'm sure we could have drove that price down with time.
At the wnd of the day I'm happy we're getting a striker but the reputation on serial overpayers will never leave.
Tom Heaton and M Kovar are more than adequate as number 2 and Number 3 this season.Great to see this is done.
Hopefully we can sign Amrabat in first 10 days of August so he can be in squad for Wolves. And a reserve GK I guess.
Good point.Can't be any more dismissive than some on here.
At the end of the day what's important is Hojlund, Mount and Onana have all been reliably reported as ten Hag's top targets so getting the managers top targets in is more important than winning the transfer window in fans'/pundits minds.Agreed, none wow me and I think our rivals are all doing far better business than us. This window is reminiscent of van Gaal’s first season IMO.
9 in 32 is hardly great. I was thinking someone might suggest he wasn't always starting, they were big, important goals etc.He doesn't have a poor return in Serie A.
Yeah, agree with that actually.But if they've advertised and sold Martial 9 for the kits I'm not sure they can change it
Your maths is worse than mine!Half an Enzo.
The Oshimen fee was inflated, there is no way Napoli or Lille actually thought the 4 players going the other way were worth €20m.It's basically the price of Osimhen from Lille to Napoli. There is no denying that it's a big fee but it's also not one that is special.
I like your style very much.What's Ben Jacobs saying now thought it was early next week,I would check but he's blocked me off twitter fanny
He won't be regardless of whether or not you think that's the way it should be. People always judge big fee players more harshly. That's nothing new. Almost always makes it more difficult for the player to justify the fee also, particularly when the player is young.And how is that his fault? Should he not be given same amount of time to settle as Jackson? Expectations should be the exact same.
I’m personally just a bit concerned that they were our manager’s top targets at all.At the end of the day what's important is Hojlund, Mount and Onana have all been reliably reported as ten Hag's top targets so getting the managers top targets in is more important than winning the transfer window in fans'/pundits minds.
Spoken like someone that has no clue about Onana being free last year. Just an FYI he agreed to join Inter in January months before ETH was hired.Onana was free a year ago,
A bargain in this market no doubt.Half an Enzo.
Yeah especially when you read from two of the most reliable journos that Atalanta were wanting €100m.Seems a fair price to me. Don't get the negativity on that.
Stop wumming.Wow 96 million. He must be an incredible player and I guess that cements united as challengers and co- favorites
At least you're honest.£64m plus £8m is what the Beeb and Sky are going with.
I'll be rounding it up to £75 million I guess.
You work for them now?Seems a fair price to me. Don't get the negativity on that.
I hope you are right but I don’t think so many reputable journos are getting it wrong. Simon stone, Orny, Di marzio are all saying the same thing. £64m + £8mWe don’t know what the fee is yet because there are conflicting reports, so assume the worst however I do know that add one for wining Balon D’or and CL should never be included in annual transfer fees as they are purely hypothetical values just like the £57.6m reported for Antony Martial which we never ever paid !
This is just silly reasoning. Porto signed a better striker for €7m this very summer.Delighted we got it done. We've been ripped off but with the striker market there was no choice
Thanks for turning down presumably many lucrative sporting director jobs to post on here for free.I’m personally just a bit concerned that they were our manager’s top targets at all.