Romano and Ducker, both Tier 1 have been saying for ages that we are interested and will go for him if we can sell.
You’re not the only one to ask this question; loads of people are asking it. I don’t know why. There is interest but no bid.
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Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
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You’re not the only one to ask this question; loads of people are asking it. I don’t know why. There is interest but no bid.
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Finally, how does a loan even work though if he's got a year left on his deal??
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My god the interest was real after all. Hopefully this has moved because VDB to Lorient has surfaced.
I think they have an option to extend.
So much for it all being Italian press.
Was honestly beginning to think it was all purely agent driven. Loan with buy option id imagine. Hope it gets done.
Finally.
don't blame me. Italian clubs are known for shoehorn English clubs into every transfer
God, we really are FFP skint
In all honesty how can you blame people or mock that opinion, with it happening so so so often in the past? There’s been so much typical wishywashy tabloid nonsense coming from Italy about this deal.
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I wonder if this loan to buy option thing is either just how close to destitute we are or someone doing some financial balancing to possibly include more players in.
Finally, what a painful journey that was.
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This might be our most important signing this summer.
For the last six weeks, a lot of sources in Italy have been saying the deal is on so this felt more believable than the kind of nonsense we'd hear over Kim/Gaitan etc. Plus the fact that he'd not been in the squad or training with the first team meant that a transfer somewhere was likely to happen.
Just means we pay as a loan for this year with signing him fully next year when got more money - Fiorentina are guaranteed his sale.
Why wasn’t this an option earlier?
I can understand why people were sceptical but it became clear days ago when Ducker reported Amrabat is ten Hag's top midfield target that our interest was real. He wouldn't be getting that info from Amrabat's camp or Italy.
Why would we purchase him next year when he is out of contract
I’m not going to celebrate yet, but I’m relieved we’re actually bringing in a midfielder who is in more in line with what we actually need.
Sooooo. About those geniuses on here who thought it was all fabricated by the players agent......
Luckhurst got this one horribly wrong.
Yeah. Might be.
Finally. A link from a reliable source, this should move pretty quick now.
Yes both Ducker and Burt confirmed our interest last week along with Romano continuously pushing it even when things were quiet so it wasn't only the usual suspects in Italy.
Let's hope a deal can get done before the deadline
Looks like the club are doing what we all thought wouldn’t happen. We spoke too soon
Sign a one year extension before moving probably.
Why would they loan to us? He has 1 year left on his contract. This club....
This club....Italian clubs love a loan with buy optionWhy would they loan to us? He has 1 year left on his contract.
I prefer loan than buy. I am not convinced he's EPL quality.
I don’t understand this way of thinking. Like, at all.
You’re constructing a scenario of not enough cover based on a hypothetical of a player leaving. While the player is still here.
VDB played in all of pre-season. Do we want to sell him/loan him out? Yes, sure. Obviously. But he’s still here, with 1 day to go. We haven’t found someone to take him yet. So it’s 6, not 5.
The reason we’re not making movements for other players is very likely because we haven’t found anyone to take our own. Or because some of those are considered an option (like Gravenberch) only as cover *if* we manage to get rid of one our current players.
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Ah feck it, let's just get the player...Why would they loan to us? He has 1 year left on his contract.
They have an option to extend for another year.Why would they loan to us? He has 1 year left on his contract.
No problem with a loan, he’s not exactly a sure thing at the top level.
I can’t remember us being linked with this many loan deals in all the time I’ve been supporting United.
Man, we're broke.
Loan with an option makes sense, though. My question mark over him is his pace on and off the ball. It's definitely better to test that out considering the state of our finances.
Loan with an option makes sense, though. My question mark over him is his pace on and off the ball. It's definitely better to test that out considering the state of our finances.
I assume this would be similar to Arsenal's deal for Raya. He signs an extension at Fiorentina, we then take him on loan with obligation to buy next summer.
Loan with option to buy for reasonable fee would be ideal scenario.
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