Yea total fiction. It's very difficult to remember Dortmund posting a clear deadline which United chose to ignore as they thought they knew better.
Don't blame him, we are done. Come for money or go elsewhere for slightly less money and win trophies.
Juve will probably fail again in the CL but they really made a clearance (apart of Khedira, the utmost freerider...) while adding fresh legs and youth.
Wish I still had access to the Athletic for this.
If he feels undervalued during these unprecedented times then we should move on because there's alternatives we could/should target IMO.
You have conveniently ignored how these same journalists were saying different things all together earlier and just as the window has closed they have such detailed account of how things panned out completely ignoring their own previous reports and if they had so much information why the hell they were reporting completely different things earlier and they are now just feeding the negativity because it's open season on United.
In that case i don't want him in here if he's only coming for the money.
We had a whole fecking window to identify alternative targets and get them, and we did feck all. Wake up.
According to the article Dortmund argue that he was available for 120 (rather than the bigger fee they sold Dembele for) because of the Covid.
Absolutely agree with that. If he's after the money and a spot on the pedestal as one of the most expensive transfers, than good riddance we didn't succumb to BVB's demands.
I can't imagine that's true, but I would steer well clear of him if that is.
How arrogant of Man Utd thinking they were going to pay what they wanted and ignored the terms set out by Dortmund.
exactly. load of horse shit. i thought the athletic was meant to the best of the best, just more usual rubbish it seems. the idea that sancho would feel undervalued by us when literally no other team entertained their ridiculous valuation is clearly the workings of a journalist with a deadline to meet.
You guys need to wake up because I didn't expect us to challenge for the league even with Sancho. Maybe the club didn't think there was good enough alternatives hence they bought young Diallo who they probably believe will become good enough rather than spend money on a average RWF to appease the fickle.
there is negotiation in all business exchanges, particularly at this level. the fact Dortmund weren't willing to budge at all reflects more on the fact they didn't really want or care about selling.
I don't think Atlético are so surprised.
Okay so there's not a single RW in the world we can buy for a decent fee. Alrighty then.
They've bought Diallo as the alternative IMO and I believe the club has gone the 'young exceptional talent' route, even if he is unproven. If he had signed Douglas Costa people would've moaned, perisic the same, Dembele the same, Bale the same, Ocampos the same. The club can't win.
Absolute bs in this instance, they don't need to sell, his contract is another few years. They set a price and we either pay or leave.
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Overall package too expensive.
Why would he feel “undervalued” by the only club that’s shown serious interest in him the last 18 months but is now thinking of going elsewhere to a club that hasn’t even bothered with him during the same time frame? Doesn’t add up.
Its mostly made up bs me thinks.
Other clubs have shown serious interest though and have sounded him out for next summer. We've messed up, there's no doubt about it, Liverpool were even in talks with him but found the agent fee too much, so there's serious interest from them.
The alternative to a world class right winger who was meant to take us to a new level was an 18 year old kid who won't even arrive this window?
We don't want a decent RWF because there's plenty decent ones littered across Europe. We want a exceptional player for the role and if you can't get a established one who is exceptional then going down the route we've gone down with young Diallo is the way to go IMO. It's not only about this season but also about the coming seasons which need to be planned/prepared for.
If only the professionals could see this.
Who did you want as the alternative?
i agree, they didn't want or care about selling because they didn't need to. they will ask for the same amount next summer and will (probably) get it, assuming he continues to perform.
Because United allowed this whole thing to drag on while we gave him the impression that we were still going to sign him. It's happened many times before where a player feels they have been messed around by a club and it's understandable.
If you call our "interest" and approach serious, then you don't know what serious means
True I think CB and DM were always more important which is why the decision to hand Matic a three year deal was baffling. With Rashford, Martial and Bruno we already have enough goal threat in forward areas which means that the teenagers we have can rotate in and out plus Mata is still a viable option in certain games.
Paying 20 + 20 millions for a player with 30 minutes of adult football under his belt surely undermines all of the supposed “positives” of this approach?
€20m is a but pricey for a young talent, but regarding the other €20m if those bonus clauses get activated I'm sure we would all agree it was worth it.
Well it clearly was serious as we made a bid(eventually) and were the only club to do so. Now I’m not saying we’ve handled it well, it’s been an absolute shit show there’s no doubt about it but we have been the only club showing real interest at this point. I expect that to change next summer though.
The fact that some people fins this in any way hard to grasp is beyond me
