I still don't get why we didn't just put the bid in, just for shits and giggles, why not.
Jadon Sancho| Staying at Dortmund for now
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That win against Leicester on the final day of the season feels like a different universe now.
Negotiators should sepukku, but no doubt will get a bonus instead.
Now whilst that may be true, i just don't understand the logic behind it.
They told us they'd reject the full asking price, because we took the piss, knowing full well that next year things could be much worse financially and they could get much much less for him? Sounds to me like the BS excuses are coming out thick and fast now, as i'm sure that if United were to offer the full price, guaranteed, Dortmund would have accepted.Just my opinion, but 120m Euro in this current climate would not be rejected by any club to be totally fair.
If Utd were to go back in for him next summer, one thing is guaranteed that Dortmund won't accept anything less than 120m euros considering we were willing to pay it at the end. If anything, they'll happily sell to other buyers for the same price.
Yes, our last buy was crap and thats exactly why I want to invest again. We aren't getting Sancho this year but you can invest in other areas.
We'd better have that 100m ready by January.
I imagine Utd thought the same thing that Dortmund wouldn't reject a 120m euro bid, which is why they tried to be too clever knowing they are the only buyers. If they already rejected our previous bid of 110m euro, I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't going to accept 120m euro either.
I honestly would not be surprised if Dortmund have already had discussions with another club who have assured them they would be interested in purchasing Sancho next summer for the same price. Dortmund are not as financially in trouble as many believe.
I would say it's incredibly unlikely Dortmund would sell him in January. In fact, I'd expect very little transfer activity in January across the whole of Europe. Clubs revenue streams won't have improved in 3 months time. Clubs will have spent what they needed to this summer. If Dortmund weren't willing to accept 120m Euro right now, it would make no sense for them to accept it 3 months later when they are most likely still in the Champions league. Like I said, I don't see them doing business with us regarding Sancho if there are other buyers in the market next summer (which I believe there will be).
This is such an epic fail that they will make a documentary (or maybe mockumentary) about it. Heads should roll but won't. That's the next epic failure to be written.
I suppose, at this stage, it just adds to the embarrassment.
I bet the club are going to try to use some other angle as an excuse as to why 'they never placed a bid.' Such a fecking waste of a transfer window.
Totally unacceptable.
No they're not, i agree, but who else can afford to buy him next summer?? No club is going to commit to a 120m signing when theres a realistic chance that a few clubs might not even exist this time next year if things remain the way they are (unlikely for the huge clubs, but who really knows)
Chelsea won't buy him because they're stacked in his position. Barca are skint. Real won't want him. PSG i doubt it too. Liverpool won't be able to afford him.
Unless Bayern come along and pluck him out from the club, but would they really need him? Leaves United as the main front runner again, but if we don't make top 4, then there is no chance.
I trust that Sancho wants to come to Manchester United only. Otherwise, he wouldn't be the right signing for us anyway.
But I also believe that other than city or chelski, nobody else would be crazy enough to pay 120m euros upfront with very little in add-ons.
You can also point to the case that chelski have bought a few wingers in the last two windows. We will always have the bigger pull.
Where are you getting this information?
The only thing guaranteed and free of covid crisis sensitivity are dividents going to Glazers, this will be done on time, 100%.
The usual types are spouting a similar story to that. It's all whispers at the moment clearly.
I've been saying it all summer. He's a poor man's Pellistri. Fact. The only reason he gets the plaudits is because Pellistri is ripping it up at Penarol and Sancho is "proving" himself versus the "likes of Bayern".
You could cry.
I honestly think there's only one realistic threat to a team buying Sancho which I've mentioned a few times and that's Chelsea. One thing is clear, sancho is desperate to return to England and the Prem. Yes, Chelsea have bought heavily in those positions already, but they are also not shy to replace a player if there is a better one available. They have unlimited cash and as long as their activity remains within the flimsy FFP regulations, they will happilly spend. This summer, their priorities were in multiple positions as opposed to a big signing. Next summer it will be different. Sancho is a greater talent than Ziyech, Havertz and Pullisic. There is no reason why he doesn't walk into that team. For me, Chelsea are the most viable option for Sancho. It ticks all the boxes. Prem team, living in London where he was born and playing for the team he's reported to support as a kid.
When Chelsea signed Morata for £70m, we would never imagine they would improve that position the following summer. Similarly, they spent £70m on Kepa and identified he wasn't good enough and got a replacement. Chelsea being owned by a Billionaire does not make them shy in buying to improve the team regardless of who they have. They bought Jorginho when they already had the best CDM in the world in Kante. Moving players on is not a problem for Chelsea.
There was a report midway on Woodward tried to gazunder BVB.
Does Woody have the bollocks to put in a 100m bid?
feck sake.
feck sake.
Am sure plenty of leaks will be released as soon as window closes.
We will have spunked a good portion of that money away by close of this window.
Feel sorry for Sancho. That’s a lot of emotional uncertainty to deal with for a young guy. And now he probably feels like an idiot having to return to Dortmund, despite being promised it was a done deal.
wouldn’t surprise me if he has lost all confidence and respect for seniors at our club.
Not only that, they could sell a player or 2 and have the money. It will depend how much they want him I guess.
I can't help but feel we missed the boat on this. What if Ole is not our manager then?
It will never be this easy as it was this summer IMO.
If I was Sancho I wouldn’t want to come here after this window.
I don't agree at all with Liverpool not being in the race, they could get a deal done on instalments, their negotiators are smart enough to do that, and probably for quite a bit less than United were quoted too.
It's not at all beyond the realms of possibility, especially if they win the Premier League again, so I will not be at all surprised if Sancho is a Liverpool player this time next year.
i really hope the media are all over this failure and shame the board. Even if they take the angle a young England international has missed a move back to the Prem
Heard Cavani maybe getting the number 7 shirt....
they made an absolute shite of this transfer and it was obvious back in August. No amount of people coming on here calling them a small club was ever going to change the fact that Ed tried to lowball and hold out and got ran rings around. As always.
There seems to a trend that people will only be satisfied with what they want. With lots of posters on here they cant fathom not getting Sancho.
Its the same with the manager situation, they have their specific target and only that one is the right one..
Its the same with the manager situation, they have their specific target and only that one is the right one..
It’s all over. We’re at the back of the shed now just waiting for the bullet in the back of the head.
same. I think it’s over. If he has any other choice next year he’ll probably take it. We really need to turn it around without him this year to make it seem like he’s missing out which probably won’t happen. Haaland also on the market next summer. I see us missing out big time.
This still happening?
Why? Go to someone else who didnt show interest in him at all?
If anything he would blame the selling club surely?
I could watch that all day.'It's about the journey, not the destination.'
We didn't pay 120 mil for Sancho because we didn't value him that much. It is as simple as that. Does anyone other than Dortmund actually believe he is worth that?
Woodward you absolute piece of sh!t.
I worry about signing him next year even if another big club doesn’t make room for him. We know now he won’t be entering the last year of his contract, so no discount there. Transfer prices are not dropping as fast as the broader economy, and the whole world might still be upside down then.
Joel G and the money-men might take a look at the books and decide to cinch up the purse strings, leaving us only enough for Upa and another South American kid no one has heard of (not that I’m negative on that one, the kid sounds good).
Joel G and the money-men might take a look at the books and decide to cinch up the purse strings, leaving us only enough for Upa and another South American kid no one has heard of (not that I’m negative on that one, the kid sounds good).
In the famous words of Jean Luc Picard....make it so.
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