Depay?
Jadon Sancho| Staying at Dortmund for now
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Agree. He’s been up for sale all summer. It’s not as if they are saying he can’t go.
There's another video a couple of weeks ago which I can't find now where he was being so aggressive and patronising because of Utd missing the deadline. It was actually cringe to watch.
Surely this deal would have been agreed by now if they didn't have any issue with addons included
If I had to take one of Zaha or Depay I would go for Zaha, has done it in the BPL and it more a winger which is what we need.
My only hope for Sancho is that we aren't hearing anything concrete on alternatives which suggests we must have hope.
I just wouldn't have faith in this board completing a 5 piece Jigsaw!
I can't quite wrap my head round why people think that signing Sancho for the full 120 million Euros would signify us 'winning'. It would just mean that Dortmund had played us like a violin.
We aren't paying it in one go
Smugness is basically main requirement for that job more than football knowledge in ESPN. If it is directed against United then its a huge plus.
I meant to say upfront which from what I understand is what they want.
Nah I just meant that I don’t understand our point of view on it. Unless we had add ons like winning the Ballon Dor, or winning the CL, we might as well just offer it all in instalments to get it done.
Most add ons we seem to do is stupid stuff like 50 appearances.
The only way to win is to sign the player - and to Dortmund's credit, they've seemingly been upfront the whole time in saying its 120m or he doesn't leave. We've shown our hand too many times now. we'll dither about trying to negotiate a firm price down, fail, and pay up in the end. As soon as Judge/Woodward agreed to 80m for Maguire, they lost a lot of bargaining power moving forward.
So... nothing has changed.
I'm off the Muppet train. Looking back, we wanted a cheap signing for midfield depth, now the door is shut. They won't spend another cent.
Probably the most embarassing part of this whole saga was actually briefing we agreed a deal with Sancho a month after BVB said no deal. Woodward looks like an even bigger fool than he did in the Fellaini window with that recent brief. He did it for nothing more than social media clicks. For shame.
Probably the most embarassing part of this whole saga was actually briefing we agreed a deal with Sancho a month after BVB said no deal. Woodward looks like an even bigger fool than he did in the Fellaini window with that recent brief. He did it for nothing more than social media clicks. For shame.
I have to admire the muppets who are sticking to their guns in this. You're all rock solid.
The ONLY thing that gives me a tiny bit of hope is our complete lack of other transfer activity. It does suggest we've stuck all our eggs in the Sancho basket
Rock solid muppets, I salute you but I've basically given up.
The ONLY thing that gives me a tiny bit of hope is our complete lack of other transfer activity. It does suggest we've stuck all our eggs in the Sancho basket
Rock solid muppets, I salute you but I've basically given up.
Do your homework before you launch an attack Freddie. I was very optimistic until last week, however, Simon Stone has said it's off. When Simon Stone says it's off, that means we're done.
Hang in there buddy. Not long left now. This will be done. Utd transfer negotiations read like the same book every transfer now. It's so common it's actually boring now. But it always gets forgotten because we end up giving the fans what they wanted.
Sorry to hear you're leaving. Wish you all the best for the future.
I think Zaha is a fall-back option that we should seriously be considering.
Where did he say it's off? His last tweet on the matter was that there's three weeks to go.
He didn't say it. The poster is just feeling a little emotional. Gone all irrational. Bless him.
I'll be quoting you in three week when this is all over and you will be sharing my frustration regarding our utter incompetence.
I still think it is fully on.
Bolded parts are narcissistic behavior patterns. Plus how he dealt with Evra and Rio, Klopp, etc. Literally everyone in the footballing world will have at least some - if not complete and utter - contempt for him. This is not the kind of person you want representing you in any field. Sticking it to a person like this becomes a point of principle among industry veterans.
There's also been a fair few people pointing out that it would help the forum to have this information stickied. Even in this thread there are posters going 'jUsT rEleAsE tHe FuNDs U sTuPid GlaZeRs'
Woodward and Judge's insecurity (and their very possibly being in cahoots with the debt-holders) leading to overpaying players has added about 100m to the wage bill. If they hadn't done that, we'd be pretty healthy. (They'd still be clueless in recruitment, of course)
Based on the recent Romano tweet about the deal having been very close in late July, along with all the "70+30+20" tweets (journos catching whiff of the structure and how 'close' it was and trying to be 'right'), I think that was true. Unfortunately what's also looking true is the story that the intermediaries struck an agreement around that time only for Woodward to try to undercut.
Happy to be quoted my friend. We will be rejoicing in the arrival of Sancho together. Sadly, we are losing passengers on the train in the meantime. Our club is terribly incompetent. But they hide it by splashing silly money.
I’m trying to do my homework but the last tweet I found regarding United is this from Monday:
“United want a wide player. Few options if Dortmund don’t relent on Sancho but three weeks to go.”
When did he say it’s off?
All too obvious for this club mate...
Gonna be electric innit when Sancho bombs down our wing to put in that perfect crosser where Rashy and Greenwood fights to be the last man on the ball.
Properly chuffed for it!
Properly chuffed for it!
Talking to my Palace mate this morning, he has heard rumours that Dortmund have an interest in Zaha....wouldn't that be ironic, if we got a 25% cut of that fee...?!?!?
Am here til the end!
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This was reported awhile back, don't think he fits there profile either. He also struggled to settle in Manchester and was homesick, good luck in Germany.
I hear you brother. I'm beginning to know the names off by heart of all the people on the train as there are so few now! The train will be very busy when positive news of the transfer breaks out in the coming days.
We should almost collect some sort of screenshot like of the Ole in poll back in January.
All the naysayers don't deserve to celebrate with us when Sancho day is finally upon us.
Now up to 1040 pages of desperation.
Give it up boys, it ain't happening.
Give it up boys, it ain't happening.
This has the hallmarks of January 2020. It's deja vu. Utter despair from fans due to shocking results on the field and then Glazers dragging us right to the brink before finally succumbing at the end of the month by handing us Bruno to take us off life support machine and letting us live another day!
We might be wanting him for over a year but did we know that we will be in the CL up until we faced Leicester? We didn't know the outcome of the EL and we certainly didn't know the impact covid has had.
That's why it makes it so unreasonable asking to stump up 120m just 2 weeks after our season ended.
It took chelsea time to sign Havertz, Koulibaly is still ongoing negotiations. This is not an ordinary summer.
We are owned and run by inept grifters. They remind me of a line in a poem by Ewan McTeagle. "Lend us a couple of bob till Thursday. I'm absolutely skint. But I'm expecting a postal order and I can pay you back as soon as it comes."
"........because I believed in you, like I believe in each and every one of you muppets!!!"
"You know, for years I’ve been telling you guys not to take no for an answer, to keep posting, to not close the cafe tab ‘til you get what you want. This deal we're about to sign, barring us from the signing Sancho, barring me from posting on this muppets haven, my home… What the f*** is that? I’ll tell you what it is, it’s me being an anti-muppet. It’s me taking no for an answer. It’s them briefing me, not the other way around!"
.........dramatic pause.....
"You know what? I’m not leaving. I’m not leaving… I’m not f****** leaving!
THE THREAD GOES ON!
"You know, for years I’ve been telling you guys not to take no for an answer, to keep posting, to not close the cafe tab ‘til you get what you want. This deal we're about to sign, barring us from the signing Sancho, barring me from posting on this muppets haven, my home… What the f*** is that? I’ll tell you what it is, it’s me being an anti-muppet. It’s me taking no for an answer. It’s them briefing me, not the other way around!"
.........dramatic pause.....
"You know what? I’m not leaving. I’m not leaving… I’m not f****** leaving!
THE THREAD GOES ON!
But surely we had been speaking to them in the expectation that we would get CL. The price shouldn’t have been a surprise.
I remember when there was interest in players in the past and we didn't stop believing until the window shut, pulling off some brilliant last day deals. It's not over till the window shuts.
Also less stressful when you don't focus on finding every piece of news.
Have faith.
Also less stressful when you don't focus on finding every piece of news.
Have faith.- Status