I don’t think many Utd fans would argue that, tbh. Certainly not on the caf, anyway.
How many players sold for £70m+ have justified the fee?
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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.
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Basing this on Transfermarkt's list of 55 players costing 70 million or more (which I know is in Euros), I think you're struggling to justify more than about a dozen.
And City not bidding any higher would be more of an indication that he wasn't worth that outlay to them.
Do you read this forum ?
These CR7 fanboys be hurting for life. The inferiority complex really gets to them that they need to put GOAT whenever Ronaldo is mentioned even though it's not relevant to the discussion.
Ronaldo to Real was a bargain for them in hindsight.
It's mad really that only 5 or so of the 55 players have actually been worth it yet clubs still do it every year. I hope Jim steers us away from overpaying on every player we go in for.
It's mad really that only 5 or so of the 55 players have actually been worth it yet clubs still do it every year. I hope Jim steers us away from overpaying on every player we go in for.
Rice ? As in Declan feckin rice ?
A bit like Ndombele innit
Dembele and James are definite "NO."
Grealish?
A high transfer fee does not always reflect the ability of a player, it's also a big reflection on the will of the buying/selling club
If you don't laugh you'll cry.
Considering PSG spent all that money to win the CL I'd not consider any of their signings a success. Especially there's some Hollywood accounting going on if you try and sell me that they made money off Neymar.
Or maybe they're just letting us know it's CR and not the original?These CR7 fanboys be hurting for life. The inferiority complex really gets to them that they need to put GOAT whenever Ronaldo is mentioned even though it's not relevant to the discussion.
Too early for Rice and Kane, not even a season down yet.
Sure, Kane is demolishing the Bundesliga, Bayern haven't won anything yet though.
Sure, Kane is demolishing the Bundesliga, Bayern haven't won anything yet though.
People putting the likes of Neymar, Pogba, Maguire, Rice, etc., are you fecking serious?
What has exactly PSG won from 220m million Neymar that they haven't already won? Also he was injured a lot and had no resale value.
Rice has just signed for Arsenal ffs, just becauseue was good for few seasons before that it doesn't mean yet that it's a great transfer, they bought him because they offered the most, there is absolutely nothing brilliant about that. But then some people think success is fighting for title for two months so maybe they think that's enough improvement for 100m player? For all we know he can become the best trasnfer of all times, but if Arsenal finish second with less points than last year, what exactly did they get?
Pogba and Maguire aren't even worth arguing, anyone saying that deserves ignore in football forum.
Comparing thise transfers with the likes of Ronaldo, Van Dijk, Zidane, de Bruyne, etc. is laughable stuff.
What has exactly PSG won from 220m million Neymar that they haven't already won? Also he was injured a lot and had no resale value.
Rice has just signed for Arsenal ffs, just becauseue was good for few seasons before that it doesn't mean yet that it's a great transfer, they bought him because they offered the most, there is absolutely nothing brilliant about that. But then some people think success is fighting for title for two months so maybe they think that's enough improvement for 100m player? For all we know he can become the best trasnfer of all times, but if Arsenal finish second with less points than last year, what exactly did they get?
Pogba and Maguire aren't even worth arguing, anyone saying that deserves ignore in football forum.
Comparing thise transfers with the likes of Ronaldo, Van Dijk, Zidane, de Bruyne, etc. is laughable stuff.
Astonishing that there are people putting maguire in the justified category.
Ronaldo, Bale & Suarez.
If that's what he meant then I still wouldn't be able to tell which Ronaldo.
Well done you
Just a few posts up
Haaland was never officially whatever the fee was claimed but definitely belongs in this thread
Looks like we agree on this one
white text because while I'm sure 80% of you know I'm taking the piss there's clearly a few who don't
Probably a higher % than say £40m, just that nobody takes much notice.
It's my view that the vast, vast majority over this price don't ever justify it.
Well its certainly between him and di stefano as the madrid goat. And recent glory counts for more.These CR7 fanboys be hurting for life. The inferiority complex really gets to them that they need to put GOAT whenever Ronaldo is mentioned even though it's not relevant to the discussion.
When we signed him, he was 26 years old, one of the best centre backs in the league and there's always the English tax, especially when United are involved. It was also during those years when centre backs started going for huge money. We overpaid by 10 or 20 million, but that's it. He was never going to leave for less than 60 million pounds. His first two seasons and then the Euros showed that he is, in fact, a great defender.
If he leaves next summer, he will have had 2 great seasons, 1 nightmare season (where every player was shockingly bad), 1 season where ETH benched him, and we'll see how this season pans out but he's been pretty good so far.
Just because you're a casual football fan who'd rather follow the social media narratives and ridicule Maguire because that's the popular thing to do, and blame him for every single goal United or England concede with him on the pitch, won't change the fact that he's a good player.
He's a good player, but he was never great defender. Just because he is underrated and ridiculed by some, doesn't mean he is a great player. Best season he's had for us was 7,5/10 at best, and everything else he was quite average to absolute shit like his last two seasons. Also I don't understand why are you explaining why we paid so much for him, there is nowhere explanation that player's value should be reduced because he is English and because ithe buyer is United.
For that kind of money you are supposed to get a defender who improves your defence single handedly, and not the one who causes havoc himself many times over these past few seasons.
Sorry but no. There's no justification for spending £80m on Harry Maguire. No club were willing to spend even half that on him last summer
Joao Felix helped Atletico get another league title so he's been worth it.
Exactly the type of responses I was expecting.
He did single-handedly make our defense better. His best season was way better than 7.5 out of 10.
If he was available for 40m, I guarantee you that at least half the PL would've taken him without hesiation. What kind of a nonsense assumption is that? 40 million for one of the best centre backs in the league aged 26 and you think teams would turn their noses up at him? Delusional.
We finished third in his best season, and that season we also signed Bissaka too that made our defence better, it wasn't single handedly by any means. And that's hardly some world class improvement, considering we spent fortune on two defenders.
But anyway, that was just one season, you do realise he cost us our entire yearly budget in some seasons?
How do you make a case for VVD? He has been one of world's best since signing for Liverpool. It's a definite yes for me.
But it's obvious from the subject matter.
He's never been one of the best, and 7.5 is at most imo.
Ya im saying that he, after the definite Ronaldo, is about next in line in terms of justification. Its a compliment
depends what side of the fence you’re on. dortmund were clearly justified in selling sancho for more than 70m.