HabeasC
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Would be a very disappointing alternative if we don't get Sancho. Just read the Barca Forum thread on him - sounds like they would be keen to get rid of him.
Anything achieved outside of the Isle means feck all on the Caf2 La Liga medals and a WC is feck all?
Where are you getting that from?The lad plays five games and is out, regularly, and seemingly has no desire to play. There is no way Barca are selling for anything under 80m, it would be a disaster on their accounting. They heavily rely on the valuation of players to keep the club finances going. Selling Dembele for a massive 70-90m loss isn't happening (35m is only about 10m more than they would want as a loan fee). The best we could see is a loan with an obligation to buy, they are not going to let us just loan him even to get his salary and if they do we should probably be wary anyway.
Would love to see him come good, but if we go down that route we are still looking to spend 80m. Has shown nothing but to like to be out of the game on a regular basis.
Sounds exactly like the kind of thing we would do.
Doesn't necessarily mean he is a bad player though,sometimes a change of environment and surroundings can do wonders for a players confidence.Would be a very disappointing alternative if we don't get Sancho. Just read the Barca Forum thread on him - sounds like they would be keen to get rid of him.
We already have more than enough crocksWe would be insane to buy Dembele with his injury record. His talent is irrelevant when he’s on the treatment table all the time.
How do you convince Barca to make it loan with obligation to buy only if he completes a certain number of games though,surely if they can understand us being wary of paying €100 for a player who needs to prove his fitness.Would be an amazing addition to our squad. Monumental player.
His injury issues are not as bad as some make it out to be.
He's had 7 separate injuries (2 of which are recurring ones) over the past 2 seasons, missing a total of 53 games. That's pretty bad.Would be an amazing addition to our squad. Monumental player.
His injury issues are not as bad as some make it out to be.
As bad as it gets, gives Jones a run for his money.He's had 7 separate injuries (2 of which are recurring ones) over the past 2 seasons, missing a total of 53 games. That's pretty bad.
His injury issues are not as bad as some make it out to be.
Yep and this is reportedly our main Sancho alternative.He's had 7 separate injuries (2 of which are recurring ones) over the past 2 seasons, missing a total of 53 games. That's pretty bad.
As I understand it, we've turned down spending £108m on Sancho. Barcelona wants €100m for Dembele not £100m. That's about £20m less than what Dortmund want for Sancho. If Barcelona can be more flexible about the payment schedule than Dortmund as well, I can see this deal being done.If Barcelona price him at 100M, why would United agree to that option after turning their noses at paying 108M for Sancho? This after walking away from the Reguilon deal over even lesser terms of disagreement.
Is this a joke?Would be an amazing addition to our squad. Monumental player.
His injury issues are not as bad as some make it out to be.
The gap between £108M and €100M is far less than the gap between Sancho and Dembele. There are more red flags on Dembele than the old Soviet Union.As I understand it, we've turned down spending £108m on Sancho. Barcelona wants €100m for Dembele not £100m. That's about £20m less than what Dortmund want for Sancho. If Barcelona can be more flexible about the payment schedule than Dortmund as well, I can see this deal being done.
Difference is, Sancho is worth the money whereas Dembele most certainly is not.As I understand it, we've turned down spending £108m on Sancho. Barcelona wants €100m for Dembele not £100m. That's about £20m less than what Dortmund want for Sancho. If Barcelona can be more flexible about the payment schedule than Dortmund as well, I can see this deal being done.
If there is a serious medical problem then the transfer would fail anyway. But I guess the loan option (with a mandatory number of appearances in order to be obligated to buy) would let us use him for a year and work out whether he is worth keeping.A fit Dembele wouldn't even have been available for Utd.
Same here.I think he'd be a disaster, with our luck with injuries, with his injury record, I can't get very enthusiastic about the idea really.
Bloody hell that's awful.He's had 7 separate injuries (2 of which are recurring ones) over the past 2 seasons, missing a total of 53 games. That's pretty bad.
If Dembele price is anywhere near 100m euro then I don’t see Utd doing the deal.As I understand it, we've turned down spending £108m on Sancho. Barcelona wants €100m for Dembele not £100m. That's about £20m less than what Dortmund want for Sancho. If Barcelona can be more flexible about the payment schedule than Dortmund as well, I can see this deal being done.
Yep, best option by a mile.Bloody hell that's awful.
Just pay 120 for Sancho FFS
Yep, and made all the more dangerous as we have a sizeable chunk of money to be frittered away...!!we're in the panicking stage right?
Would be an amazing addition to our squad. Monumental player.
His injury issues are not as bad as some make it out to be.
More likely it's just a load of shite, doubt our plan to pressure Dortmund is to give Duncan Castles a call and tell him to run a story in the Daily Record.This seems a pretty transparent attempt to suggest to Dortmund we have alternatives...