People need to stop taking what Romano says as gospel. Like you have mentioned, he has mentioned alot of things and have turned out the opposite.
1. That deal isn't done yet either.
I don't know if you are adding to my post or think that I said something else? Havertz negotiations have been as protracted.
Yeah he's taken the muppets on a real ride this summer. He gets stuff wrong too. Plenty of stuff.
Chelsea spent about 130m when they were banned, thats long gone
Don't tell him, he's a homeowner!
They have signed Kovacic (last summer), Ziyech n Werner. What am I missing?
That was spent on the above mentioned players, its quite obvious what you are missing.
Hahahahahaha
Nothing prepares you better for running a football club with revenue streams of 800m and whose assets are worth in the billions than having a mortgage on a house
Goldbridge will hate you for this
"Keep trying to get involved"?
Let's say that you are right. What is the point in pursuing a player that we can't afford buying? It would be like a working class person walking into a ferrari store with his piggy bank in his hands
You said sales from Hazard and Morata. They also pre spent before the ban came into place hence the world record for a fee for Kepa and signing Pulisic. Its not as simple as you’re making out.
Maybe our interest came and went in the flash when we learned the asking price and its the media pushing the agenda perhaps?
They bought Pulisic and permanently signed Kovacic. Kepa for 70m
Yes they have a transfer budget too don't they? Or does that budget from last summer get taken away because they made a lot of money through departures?
Kepa was 2 seasons ago was he not? Pulisic was also signed in January 2019 wasn't he even though he didn't come immediately.
Think we can afford him, I just think we then cant afford anyone else if the deal isnt structured well enough for us.
No one said they are not, you have just made an assertion on funds from departures which has been pointed out as incorrect.
Probably, but who cares. He has been making a fool of himself, having a daily briefing about Sancho.
Chelsea are completely different to Manutd.
If that last bit is true then what are we even arguing about? I'm trying to tell all the cry babies that Chelsea had a bit of a head start for the reasons stated previously. If they have to sell players now before buying anymore then they are in no stronger position than we are.
Wow, cretins? You barely know these folks on an internet forum.
The fact you made a false statement about funds from sales
He’s been one of the most productive players in the whole of Europe this season. He’s scored 17 and assisted 16 in 32 games in the Bundesliga vs Gnabry’s 12 goals and 10 assists in 31 games. If that isn’t world class end product then I don’t know what is.
It's like you watched Bayern the other day and have decided based on one goal.
Let me tell you a real story. I was a very young supporter back then and Sir Alex came to my country for a holiday. He loved our supporters club and Malta as a whole. In fact he would come to Malta regularly throughout his career even bringing the entire squad at one point. Anyway, at the end of his holiday he turned to us and told us to watch the space as on Monday we're going to sign Gazza. The fans lost it, first of all because Sir Alex wasn't the kind to spill the beans like that which meant that Gazza was indeed in the bag, secondly because that transfer was huge, way bigger than Sancho's signing would be.Turned out that it wasn't the case. Gazza chose in the 11th hour to sign for Spurs and that was it.
It is his money, but it's a bit rich to talk about wanting a better deal when United have paid out dividends in Jan. (declared Nov. 2019) and again in June (declared Feb. 25, less than three weeks before the PL shut down), netting the Glazers upwards of 11.4 million euros. I'll admit that it's hard to blame the Glazers for the Jan. dividend, as it was declared last year and follows the predictable distribution pattern of the club since it went public. I take issue with the June dividend in the context of us having less to spend this summer, because declaring in Feb. (that was the last week that my university had in-person classes) looks from the outside to be either a) financially irresponsible, or b) a way to extract one last chunk of cash before the pandemic really blew the economy up. I don't argue that 11.4 million is the difference between what we're willing to pay and Dortmund's valuation, but it's hard to feel as though Joel is acting in the best interest of the club when considering not only the historical financial shithousery that the family has pulled on the club, but also when looking at 2020 financials.
I agree, look at Willian to Chelsea, he was having a medical at Spurs. So, I am not disputing transfers are difficult, but Manutd do have a history of making them alot more complicated than they are.
That is why I specifically mentioned “footballer inflation” which is not the same as rest of the world markets inflation quite clearly. Just for fun we can do this exercise using Manchester United’s revenue growth since you mention it.
