Why not? Timber was reportedly a preferred target before we moved onto Martinez and we all know ETH would have preferred FDJ to Casemiro.
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Amazing that people still spout that nonsense after the past 10 years. Eth has already cost us with Antony, it's not something that should be a regular thing.
Honestly the relentless optimism on this site gets a bit boring sometimes
What a load of shite. Even if this is true, how is bargaining powered by having more money to spend?
I wouldn’t blame EtH either, it’s not his job to scout players. He just has to coach them, if our scouts actually did their job in the January window we could have signed a competent striker on loan instead of Weghorst.
There are obvious noticeable differences between this manager and previous ones, not just in the philosophy but in the culture. This is the most positive trajectory we have had since SAF, to not back the manager now would be idiotic.
If that’s the case then why aren’t we pushing to sign a striker first then we’ll have a clear idea of what sort of budget we’ll have left over.
If true then it’s time to try the next one in the list.
I think walking away from this transfer sends the right message. United are no longer transfer mugs. Hopefully….
If we overpay for this transfer then there is nothing to do when we try to sign a striker, a position even more in demand and all our targets are in longer contracts.
Because this was a straight forward deal up until the rejection yesterday. If we are true to leaks then we would probably move on to mount and return later if and when he pushes to leave, because that will reduce Chelseas bargaining position.
Opinions are fine but it's my opinion that quite a few people are carrying on as if they're experts and give out about a process they clearly don't understand because they seem to like to complain about the club. Many don't even seem to understand the concept of negotiation but clearly everything the club does is wrong.
While true, that doesn't mean we should just give him whatever player he wants. His talent id was questioned last summer too and identifying transfer targets shouldn't be his primary job, nor should he be the one driving it.
No I fecking don't
EtH is a very good coach but his knowledge on available talents is extremely limited to Dutch players and players he has worked with before. He even asked us to go for Arnautovic purely because he knows the player. Weghorst is another example. It is absolutely idiotic to blindly provide what EtH asks especially after our setbacks for the last 8 years.
But how does having more money help our bargaining position?
I bet there are videos of him berating clubs like Brighton and West Ham for overvaluing the players Chelsea want to buy. I don’t know who this idiot is though. I have never come across him before.
Do you have a reliable source for this?
Put it this way, having no money means there is no bargaining to begin with.
I dont think anyone suggesting we blindly follow Ten Hag plucking names out of the air.
So what’s unacceptable about moving on from Mount and looking at other targets?
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I wish people would use more hyperbole and make even more confident statements about the performance and playing time of players that don't align reality.
But we have money, we just have our evaluation. Having more money would mean less negotiation since we’d simply be paying what Chelsea wants
Martinez and Casemiro were our 2nd options.
It’s a fan forum. Are we not supposed to discuss about football unless we “educate” ourselves with it so we can understand? It is my opinion that there is no rocket science involved in transfers that only few experts can understand.
Not enough to sign a striker, GK.
We will try to sign him for 100m next year from another club.
