We seem to certainly think so. Do the club feel the same though
Jadon Sancho| Staying at Dortmund for now
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If Ed is only prepared to pay 75m and 35m in add-ons, and not any outrageous agent fee why do we still bother? BvD demand 108m, they will lose face if they let him leave for a much lesser amount.
CP and Leicester got what they wanted last year. They did not lower their asking price.
CP and Leicester got what they wanted last year. They did not lower their asking price.
He is worth that, but there is no club around that can pay the majority of that up front. If Liverpool can't pay €30m up front, what hope do other teams without sugar daddies have. By all accounts even Chelsea sacked him off because they couldn't afford him at that price.
120 mln € is a discount, its 107 mln £,
if Arsenal paid 80 mln £ for Pepe, Barcelona 138 mln € for Dembele, 145 mln € for Coutinho, Atletico 126 mln € for Fekix, PSG 145 mln € for Mbappe ( few years ago, when he was still a gamble)
with his age, stats, image and status in non covid times Sancho would be easy 150 mln, so get it done for 120 or give up because trying to lower that price is ridiculous its Ronaldinho all over again he was worth lot more than set Price but we heard about PSG financial problems and tried to lower it...
Feel like it’s so rare a talent like Sancho comes along AND we end up front of the queue. Losing out would be a big blow. Understand the club want to get value in the COVID climate, but if we don’t get him in a few years time are we going to look back and think we missed out and a chance to close the gap? If he’s the generational talent most think he is, the money ends up falling away as a concern.
Of course it's not up to him but he's surely in conversations with both clubs over the potential move. If he genuinely believed Dortmund will not sell this summer now the deadline has passed, I'd expect his comments to be very different.
Be different to what? The comment I remember is something like "I love playing with these youngsters, I want to teach them".
Absolutely 100% this. Even if we do wait another season, we'll be lucky to beat off far more attractive clubs next summer, plus the competition will drive the price above what BVB are asking this time around. I get that we don't want to be mugged off in the manner we were with certain deals in the past, but Sancho is a completely different kettle of fish. He's so young and exciting, even if he was shite for 2/3 seasons he'd still have a significant sell-on value. If we have the money, we need to pay it and get this one over the line.
Unfortunately I think we all just need to accept this is over for the summer. United won't pay the fee Dortmund have in mind for Sancho and they have made it clear he's not going anywhere this summer.
Dortmund are a club that generally stands by its word. They will know they can get the same fee next summer so why accept a lower bid from United when you haven't got a replacement in mind.
Next summer could see a number of clubs willing to do business so they could command the fee they originally set for him. Maybe even more if he has a good season.
Dortmund are a club that generally stands by its word. They will know they can get the same fee next summer so why accept a lower bid from United when you haven't got a replacement in mind.
Next summer could see a number of clubs willing to do business so they could command the fee they originally set for him. Maybe even more if he has a good season.
Different to this:
'I try not to look at the media because I think once you start looking at all that it would be easy to get carried away with it,' Sancho told Soccerbible, at the launch event of his personalised Nike collection.
'It can affect players. For me it’s about not looking at those things and just focusing on trying to do the best I can on the pitch. Especially in training.
'For me it’s about improving every single day. It’s important for me to keep a smile on my face and keep happy.
'I don’t really look at all the noise and all that stuff. I’d rather keep my head down, keep focus and improve every day.'
The muppets are dropping like flies. I'm still not giving up on this.
Nope, tend to be the exact opposite if anything.
If they can't get that fee this summer, there's zero guarantee they'll get it next year, no one knows how the world will look by then.
Moot point anyway as he's ours.
For the future i expect more contracts to be made like Haaland with a couple of years and after that a reasonable release clause activated.
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I'm sure this will happen, but it will be the most dragged saga ever, ending with us paying the full amount few days before the window closes.
I’m here till the bitter end. Might as well take the full storm of disappointment now, I’ve been all in from the start.
Until we brief we’ve pulled out. Which will be gutting.
On that note I bet Ed has to brief his missus when he’s pulled out.
Depends really. Have they already lined up a replacement? Will that replacement be available next year? How are their finances? Will 100m be worth more in the market this year than next? Do they have a youth player who can make the step up? There’s a lot of nuances to consider.
I personally think the deal has already been done, both clubs are now securing their other targets without anyone thinking we're both laden with dough.
Could well be, in that situation both clubs wouldn’t confirm that to any journo’s either (in order to retain that appearance to selling clubs.)
It’s an interesting way to think about it when you consider both teams will want to sign additional players and United still haven’t briefed that we’ve pulled the plug on the Sancho negotiations.
I'm sure this is just becoming an exercise to see if we can make the quietest transfer saga we've had reach 1000 pages.
Any news on BVB targets?
Any news on BVB targets?
Well that lasted long
Clearly been told to shut up and not give it away. It's on.
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It's damage limitation. His paltry apologies is not going to mean anything now. Sancho to United is written in Stone
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He’s obviously been told to shut the feck up.
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This is still on.
Credit to people’s optimism in this thread they think this deal is still on. It’s been dead for over a week now as far as I’m concerned.
That kit doesn't even look close to a United kit.
Looks like he’s crying. Don’t blame him, being made to stay when he wants to come back to
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England.
Some of you are reaching way too much. This isn't happening.
What happened a week ago?
What was it ?
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What was the instagram post?
He (mcfox) just put his Instagram account in private mode, he’s been reprimanded for leaking transfer info me thinks.
Sancho’s cousin posted implying he was heading to United
It's not meant to?
I see.
These things are usually from opportunist relatives who the individual in question hasn't spoken to in about 10 yrs.
A picture of Sancho holding his signature boot with a blue nike jersey, with "poppin 24hours" sponsor on the chest.
His cousin said he mistook that for a United jersey, higly unlikely as it doesn’t even look close to one.
I mean that's just a "think positive, train hard" statement.
Dortmund saying he’s staying which granted doesn’t necessarily mean too much but then a number of teammates coming out also saying he’s staying. Then there’s the fact we’ve heard absolutely nothing new from anyone reliable on this even remotely moving forward, the likes of Romano have stated it’s pay the €120m in full or it ain’t happening which I just can’t see the Glazers doing especially not in this current Corona climate.
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