As much as this transfer window has fecked me off thus far, I agree with this. Porto are taking the piss a bit, as it's likely our lack of activity has given them the impression that we're desperate for signings, so they're trying to take advantage of our situation.
I am pretty sure this will not be the case under OGS
The last part is a nice observation. Good post. I would also like to think that Ed would understand the effect it has on the club, the fans etc. but shit don't change... So either they flat out do not care about the narratives being created around the club and just try to save money in any way possible which is a really defensive approach, even if it doesn't put a dent in the brand.
Sure. But the fact we are not making move in this transfer window while all our rivals are strengthening their squad, is the biggest issue here.
Me too, but you know what the proof is in the pudding and it's not much Ole can do now is there. He can do as much as those before him who all had their targets mostly ignored, while having to settle for less. If you get 3 out of a list of 15 it might be good enough so that Ed thinks job done, but if all three is bottom of the pick and we paid over the odds for all those players it's not really the right way to bring about the consistency Ole is looking for. Barely improving for huge money spent = False expectations, unrealistic and toxic work environment.
or we could be setting an important precedent here of not overpaying given our propensity to do so previously ....but quite frankly hoping to underpay is equally silly
The £36.6 Million is his release clause and his contract is up next year. He should go for about half of that amount, but with Matt Judge on the case anything is possible.
For sure. And we will either have amo to complain or not once the window is shut Until then I wouldn't be losing my marbles over the likes of Telles and co as we have seen similar rumours that were just click bait. Social media fans complain about left back then they link us to all left backs. My bet is were not even looking at left backs.
It depends. Porto has to sell as he is on his last year of contract. This is a Pandemic season and clubs are desperate for money. So no,a comparison with Fellaini transfer doesn't make any sense this year
You do realise he will be able to sign a pre-contract with United in January and join next Summer for nothing and there is feck all Porto can do about it. The only thing in Porto's favour negotiating a fee with United at the minute is .... we have no interest in the player.
If we didn't panic buy last window then why would we now? Last summer we were in a worse situation squad wise.
That is true. Last season was a disaster then mid season window saved us with Bruno. Maybe we are getting Sancho come next February.
My comment isn't directly related to Telles, it's related to our transfer policy in general. We massively overpaid on Maguire because we dithered and portrayed desperation, same goes with Fellaini.
But, but it's in a thread about Telles. There are numerous other we are crap at transfer threads available.
How does anyone actually know we have any interest in him? Is it not very very typical for Portuguese clubs to leak information about United being interest in their players. Gaitan, Talisca, Mangala and Fernando, to name but a very few.
That's the spirit. Probably 100% correct.
So... very similar to the Thiago deal then, which dragged on for over a month despite it being Liverpool who are the greatest ran club since time began?
Not really comparable though, Liverpool were in a situation where they were unsure whether Wijnaldum wanted to go to Barcelona. It didn't matter much in the end nonetheless.
It would have been done in fecking May actually. But hey everything is fine, everybody is overreacting.
Plenty of sites are reporting above £35 million, which I’d agree is a little silly for a 28 year old, with a year on his contract.
I don't know if this is true or not, but it seems from reports we keep going through intermediaries, as opposed to direct to the club. This just bumps the price up.
We're asking 18 million for Smalling who is older and also in the last year of his contract. 20 million is nothing these days.
And it doesn't look like we're getting that either for somone who is more proven, has one more on his contract, and Roma already knows he fits them well enough.
I don't think anyone is making excuses. But we're in a climate where income is not guaranteed so it's imperative to not overpay
Quite a difference between them is that Telles is a dead certain starter for Porto who would love to keep him at the club. Smalling on the other hand has been more or less offered around and the club has shown that he's not really wanted here. That makes a huge difference in negotiation positioning.
And we had months and months to work out deals.
