Not looking good, mostly because we don't want to pay €120m I think.
Exactly, there is nothing to negotiate. Move on or pay up. Ridiculous.
Not looking good, mostly because we don't want to pay €120m I think.
I would assume they have something lined up in the background ready to go just in case - they don't seem to be run as poorly as we doWhen do we think the cut off point would be in Dortmund actually accepting a €120m bid? I mean it would be just like us to cave and pay it in the final week, but surely Dortmund won't accept that late in the day?
Either we expected Dortmund to cave and lower the price, or they've just been pretending to be busy to act like they tried but never actually wanted to go ahead.Still don't understand why we would spend so long negotiating agent fees / wages when we knew the price tag for Sancho and presumably knew we weren't willing to pay it.
Weird one.
That's the most sensible post on here. Well saidChill out dude. He’s just a player. The share price doesn’t depend on him, and is also not what the club were playing at as they’d plummet when folk realised we weren’t signing him. Very short-termist view.
€120m is a ridiculous price for a footballer. Utterly crazy, and certainly not ‘reasonable’. If it was, all the top clubs in Europe would be in for him. It’s not an easy transfer at all & by not spending that amount on a player is hardly ‘embarrassing’ or ‘rejecting’ him.
Enjoy supporting the club, hope that we continue the post-lockdown form we showed. We’ve got some bright things to look forward to, even if we sign no-one else.
Ultimately, come October 6th - If he's with us i'll support him, if he's not then I could give a shit what he does.Anyone still on board the Sancho train? I think i'm getting off soon. We reached 1000 pages yesterday and ironically this was the page that probably killed all hopes of him coming
It sounds like they don't expect us to pay the fee they ask for at all so they're pretty sure he'll be a Dortmund player this season. No deal happening as far as they're concerned.When do we think the cut off point would be in Dortmund actually accepting a €120m bid? I mean it would be just like us to cave and pay it in the final week, but surely Dortmund won't accept that late in the day?
Don’t think anyone knows what’s gone on - that’s the problem.Did we actually offer £120m staggered over years or have we always been haggling over the final price?
Its actually £108m and it appears we've not offered that amount in a staggered scheme. It appears what we've offered is a total sum thats lesser than that, and already includes addons.Did we actually offer £120m staggered over years or have we always been haggling over the final price?
Luckhurst is milking it. Yesterday he was saying its unlikely to happen now.Tweet
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There's no negotiations and no bids so far. They want €120m and won't accept anything less. We simply don't want to pay that much (looks that way at the moment anyway). I doubt their stance will change, all up to us, but it looks like we may be considering other options now.Did we actually offer £120m staggered over years or have we always been haggling over the final price?
I think the most annoying part has been the lack of transfers outgoing, which could've been used to strengthen other areas we're lacking real quality.Yep, they are gambling that next summer there will be more competition (I'm not sure there will be tbh)
I don't think it's been a mess yet, because as we've seen with DVB we can move swiftly. I'm just pretty annoyed we've spent so long chasing Sancho down when it's clear we have no intention of paying the price quoted. We should have redrawn the plans, especially as we know our finances better than anyone
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Thanks. I'm even saving my FT in fantasy to get him in my team for gameweek 3.I am. A bit. Hopefully all those who say move on and close the thread and it's over will look silly.
This is doing the opposite of what I needed. I don't want to lose hope just yet, with three weeks still to goNot looking good, mostly because we don't want to pay €120m I think.
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Or just pay the asking price and see him lead our attack and team to levels we want and need to be competing at. Once we are a fixture at that level we will be attractive to players and they will force their way to us on our terms.If we pay full whack then don’t think we will ever be able to broker a deal again in the future - everyone will know that we just cave in and pay full asking price.......
any sensible strategy would have been to have lined up discussions and agreements in principle way in advance rather than what appears to be our usual chaotic approach as the window closes......
we never ever learn
Here's the answer:He explains in the article how they're damned if they don't.. But not why they are damned if they do
If we pay full whack then don’t think we will ever be able to broker a deal again in the future - everyone will know that we just cave in and pay full asking price.......
any sensible strategy would have been to have lined up discussions and agreements in principle way in advance rather than what appears to be our usual chaotic approach as the window closes......
we never ever learn
Ehhhhh.... some alright points here and there but it reeks of Mou fanboyism to be honest.Absolutely quality post.
Didn't we take a similar stance with Eden Hazard?If we pay full whack then don’t think we will ever be able to broker a deal again in the future - everyone will know that we just cave in and pay full asking price.......
That went out of the window when Woodward told everyone how big our sack isIf we pay full whack then don’t think we will ever be able to broker a deal again in the future - everyone will know that we just cave in and pay full asking price.......
any sensible strategy would have been to have lined up discussions and agreements in principle way in advance rather than what appears to be our usual chaotic approach as the window closes......
we never ever learn
At this point, I rather we move on. We cant always looks like transfer mugs. I can see what Woodward and team have to drag it out. They want to show other clubs that they wont be taken for a ride or if they want to extract the highest price from United, there is a price to pay. We will drag out the negotiation for ever till its painful.Exactly, there is nothing to negotiate. Move on or pay up. Ridiculous.
I don't get the feeling that it's off yet, too much effort already invested into this deal, the groundwork is all done, so if United put the right bid in, I think Dortmund would accept it.It seems that the deal is off and has been for a while. Dortmund won't sell after their communication to the public about deadlines and that Sancho is going to remain with them. They'd look like complete tits unless they have a plan to blame the player/agent and create a victim narrative which is unlikely imo.
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Sancho can still be for sale and it be unlikely that he will be sold. Luckhurst isn't milking anything.Luckhurst is milking it. Yesterday he was saying its unlikely to happen now.
What is it with this orgamsic obssession that the CAF has over club briefings?Will the club put out a brief to say we are not interested in Sancho anymore when it comes to that point? Or will we just keep shut and hope this goes quietly away and cover up with a couple of new signings?