Just buy Lukaku, Griezmann and Fabinho and be done with all this. Oh, and put in a cheeky bid for Alexis Sanchez.
Antoine Griezmann| Signs a new contract till 2022
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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They want a huge sum as well, i would go for Lukaku and tell him to put a transfer request and offer Everton 70-80m.
FFS, this is going to drag out like pogba.
How does it? With both Ibra and Rooney leaving this summer we will need to replace both.
Chill guys, we're just pretending we're not buying him so Atletico can spend the money before they have a huge Griezmann tax added onto the fee. Because of their transfer ban, we're now going to have to pretend we haven't already bought him for the next 6 months. No biggie.
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Surely that's just United playing hardball after this ban was upheld?
I can't imagine they're stupid enough to not want one of the best players in the World
I can't imagine they're stupid enough to not want one of the best players in the World
Ducker vs Acquire me, who will come out on top of the battle of the real ITK...stay tuned.
I can't see Morata choosing Milan over United and Mourinho, not to mention the difference in wages. If Mourinho wants him, I think he'll be ours.
I actually thought before this news that we'd end up signing Griezmann as well as a #9. I still do.
So the Ibra Injury that happened months ago has made United change their mind only now, the day Atleti's ban is upheld? Sounds like a bit of saving face tbh, don't think this one will happen.
Onto the Lukaku thread.
It wouldn't be a proper transfer thread without more of a muppet roller coaster. It was going way too smoothly.
feck sake, BBC now on it, it's a brief from woodward.
It's a matter of when not if, just looks like it's going to drag on which is honestly just tedious for everyone.
It's a bit worrying really. We've lost Zlatan (most likely) so we need a #9 and I get that, but signing someone like Lukaku would be a direct replacement which is good, but if we don't also buy some top class creative players, then we're in the exact same position (attacking wise) that we were in this season. In fact, probably slightly less well-off because we'd miss the presence, experience and passion of Zlatan by comparison. We were hardly setting the world on fire before, so there's no reason to think we'll suddenly be an attacking force with a new, arguably less talented striker.
I will.
but, but, but...Woody has had the transfer targets for two months. 
I reckon we could offer them even less; with Costa probably staying at Chelsea now, they won't have many other clubs to sell to, and if we offer them Rooney (or if they don't want, Jones or Smalling) into the mix we might just get them down to a pretty reasonable price. I do think Belotti might operate better with Griezmann though...
Sounds like damage control to save face if they really been briefing the press with this.
This has to surely be a fecking joke though right? It's fecking Griezmann, the guy will elevate the whole squad a level. He's genuinely in the top 5 players in World football and willing to join and we are going to turn our noses up at him in favour of fecking Lukaku or Belotti?
Not as simple as that
As I said before, I am skeptical this move happens due to the failure of the CAS appeal
I know it's not a negative enough thought for the caf right now, but I imagine with the suspicious timing of this leak this is a negotiating tactic on our behalf.
Athletico are going to be a lot more resistant to us working out a deal that's not a flat fee up front now that the ban has been upheld, Griezmnan has already indicated to them that he wants to leave, and now we're publicly leaking that we want to back off the deal. Leave them to stew for a couple of weeks and then come back with a better structured payment deal.
Athletico are going to be a lot more resistant to us working out a deal that's not a flat fee up front now that the ban has been upheld, Griezmnan has already indicated to them that he wants to leave, and now we're publicly leaking that we want to back off the deal. Leave them to stew for a couple of weeks and then come back with a better structured payment deal.
It was always going to be the case. It's a good sign though. If he were staying, that contract would have been signed last week.
No. I hate repeating myself, Di Marzio reported the exact same thing a couple of days ago. Our priorities are #1 Morata, #2 Mbappe, #3 Griezmann.
We are not not interested in him, the ban made the deal very unlikely.
Oh dear
three journo now all saying we've cooled on griezmann within minutes. It's a club briefing. It's over.
We've known that Ibra had a serious injury for a lot longer than this has been mooted. Makes no sense.
Seems like a briefing after the CAS verdict.
Perhaps it all hinged on the verdict, Griezmann may have had an agreement with Atleti that if the ban was overturned they'd let him leave but he'd stay if they're not able to sign any players.
Perhaps it all hinged on the verdict, Griezmann may have had an agreement with Atleti that if the ban was overturned they'd let him leave but he'd stay if they're not able to sign any players.
Get the feeling Morata is wanted as an out and out striker and Greizmann would play in the hole behind. Meaning Rooney is surplus to requirements also.
It's almost like we are trying to take the pressure/attention off ever since the news about Atleti's ban broke...
Di Marzio really knows his sh*t.
Thank feck we're going for a number 9 first. Makes sense tbf.
are we giving up because of James Duckweed?Amazing autocorrect ^^
He sure does.
I don't think Griezman's the kind of guy to play second fiddle in terms of deals, it gets done soon or it won't get done he isn't gonna sit tight all summer hoping a bid comes in.
He will commit to Athletico in the coming days if United's lack of interest is true. We've completely fecked this up.
He will commit to Athletico in the coming days if United's lack of interest is true. We've completely fecked this up.
May be atletico has refused to do the deal after the transfer ban.
Never doubt the man, makes the others look like bloggers.
Something must have changed behind the scenes then? Bigger contract, reluctance to sell or waiting to secure a replacement first?
It's not exactly turning our noses up. The transfer ban for Atletico means that we are forced to pay the €100m in one lump sum rather than instalments. This changes things and it makes sense that our priorities have changes. It's a smart move from the club. Get the players we need first and foremost, and if there is scope there to purchase Griezmann then I've no doubt we will, even if he doesn't come until January/next summer.
Ohh my. Here we go. Watch the emotional rollercoaster go in 3...2...1
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