And he’s since broken a number of transfer records. Of course, our fans want more though.
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Meh, didnt like him anyway. Lets increase the wages for Lingard and Pereira , I’m sure that will help.
Poch rates Bruno as well
Ah the benefits of having a Director of Football, if only ...
We can spend 80mill on Maguire, but stall for other players, Dortmund get Haggland for a very good deal, but when it comes to us, people just love ripping us off, because they know our negotiator s are shit
This is like telling them ‘you won’t be getting any bonus and we’ll give you much less than your asking price’.
It's easy to overpay for things when you walk into the marketplace shouting about how much money you've got!
Be careful what you believe.
They rejected the same from Spurs so i don't believe that. As bad as we are, we can't be that inept.
stones cost around 50 million, Laporte 57 and Otamendi 30
Only thing that has confirmed in the last few weeks is all sources are crap. Nobody has any idea what are the terms and clauses that are being negotiated.
Okay. ‘Shhh, it’s a secret!’ from now on.
I really hope we don't overpay. We've been down that road and should tread carefully. Bruno comes from an inferior league and there is a very good chance that he'll end up being another mikhi type signing who fares well among peers who are below his level.
In this case, we have to protect our interests in terms of fee and salary.
In this case, we have to protect our interests in terms of fee and salary.
Correct.
Not really been following this saga because I don't have any faith in us genuinely trying to do business in January. But it looks like the club are having the fans over again with their "mouthpiece" journalists making us look busier than we actually are.
Honestly this has been rumbling on for weeks and it actually appears there was a 5 minute conversation where it was established that we're way apart in valuations. How has that been made into such a big, ongoing story? Yet more United PR bullshit.
Honestly this has been rumbling on for weeks and it actually appears there was a 5 minute conversation where it was established that we're way apart in valuations. How has that been made into such a big, ongoing story? Yet more United PR bullshit.
Jesus Imagine fans wanting more . Imagine fans wanting a competent board and a team that can compete .
Seems reasonable to me. I haven't seen enough of him to know definitively, but any player, at his age, arriving from an inferior league will have a bit to prove, so spending that sort of fee would be a massive risk. If we genuinely don't think he's worth that then walking away is the right thing to do in the long term.
The more odd aspect is that we have seen other clubs negotiate for the player and, in fact there are stories that we were in for him last summer, so we should really have some sense of how much give there is in the fee. If we get him for £10m less, or whatever, then job done, but if we end up spending a couple of weeks chasing a guy, similar to Maguire, whose price never changes, only to walk away because we couldn't get the price down, then it doesn't seem a great use of our time.
The more odd aspect is that we have seen other clubs negotiate for the player and, in fact there are stories that we were in for him last summer, so we should really have some sense of how much give there is in the fee. If we get him for £10m less, or whatever, then job done, but if we end up spending a couple of weeks chasing a guy, similar to Maguire, whose price never changes, only to walk away because we couldn't get the price down, then it doesn't seem a great use of our time.
Then they win trophies while playing nice football, elevating their club stature.
Us though..
More likely to win the Championship under Solskjaer. This deal ain't gonna be done let's face it. United are a shower of shit when it comes to negotiating transfers. Wouldn't surprise me if United back out of this deal now and then go back in this summer and end up paying 90million euros. Similar to what happened with Maguire.
Point clearly missed.
Sure, but that's got bothing to do with the discussion...
They lose some, but the gain much more. Cherry picking is for the losers.
The manager is no longer in charge of transfers
But it still hasn't nothing to do with the original point.
How did he get on yesterday?
We would have got Haaland for the same price Dortmund did. It was a release clause.
The way we perform in negotiations I would not be surprised if we messed up trying to abandon this deal. Perhaps that was the plan in the first place, make it look like we were after someone when we really had no intention to sign. Who knows how, or even if, Ed‘s brain works.
'Haggland' deal isn't very good at all. It's actually quite the opposite. Huge agent fees and a minimum release clause at a fairly low price. Very unsurprisingly we declined.
What does it matter to you of United spend 50 million or 90million on him ? I seriously can't understand fans saying yeah don't let them fleece us . We need players and we shouldn't care less what is paid
Sadly we can't bank roll what city do. Only PSG can match that. They have replaced near enough the whole back 5 twice over under Pep and it still isn't right. That's not mentioning the other big money signings.
I guess because it means to those fans that they're less likely to see us buy players they'd absolutely love to see here due to less funds left over and a precedent set that we'll willingly get ripped off.
Of course we should care what's paid. I assume you don't go to any games so wouldn't be affected by price increases? Or you don't want to spend money on other areas of development? We aren't like city and PSG. We have to act within the business model and rightly so. Look at Leeds United.
When was the last time the ticket prices rose? Haven’t they been frozen for ages?
I watched the whole game yesterday generally focusing on Bruno.
He hardly played as a midfielder. Seemed to be very indisciplined, or was he asked to play a free role? During the game, he was occasionally ahead of the striker, on the right-wing a lot, rarely in the centre, and even defending in his own penalty area.
@SportingCP96 if you can kindly give us some insight if this was a one-off or his general style of play?
He hardly played as a midfielder. Seemed to be very indisciplined, or was he asked to play a free role? During the game, he was occasionally ahead of the striker, on the right-wing a lot, rarely in the centre, and even defending in his own penalty area.
@SportingCP96 if you can kindly give us some insight if this was a one-off or his general style of play?
I've been a season ticket holder for 20 odd years so you assume wrong . We are a business we are no longer a football club and look at Leeds ? We are one of the richest clubs in the world yet have a 2nd rate team .
Development you talk about ? Do you go to OT because if you did then you would already know they ground is in need of some major work our underage teams train at inferior facilities compared to some of our PL rivals .
Shh don't reveal our secret else they might end 5th or 7th as we do.
That's because we aren't doing what he says!
I have the same opinion about this as i had about Dybala. There is time when you must overpay a player. Overpaying Maguire for example was wrong imo but overpaying midfielder who shits goals and assists would be a good move. Tbh, i don't have doubts that we will sign him. If he is in another top club then it is different story but in this case it is only matter of time
Seems like the type of dreams he meant was nightmares.
If we spend more on player A and need player B we have less budget. Business is about what you save as much as what you make.
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