You mean like Ramos?
Let's be honest... did they really want to give a 100 year old defender a new mega money contract though?
Ramos is 35. His best years are behind him. RM didn’t make much of an effort to keep him.
Ronaldo.
He's absolutely right. This smacks of Varane using Utd's name to get a new contract from Real to be honest. Every time Ramos wanted a new deal the Utd rumours would come out.
C’mon now, It was no secret Ronaldo was leaving. He’d fallen out with Perez and the new manager.
So did Messi... There's no way they willingly wanted to sell the best player in the world though
Yeah top speed doesn't say much, was more a point about Nacho "being known for being slow". Literally the one thing he's known for is that he's one of the fastest CBs in the leagueTbh that's new to me but someone has explained above top speed doesn't mean much in football. It's rather how fast the player can be in the first 5-10m that counts I think.
Whenever I watch Nacho I always feel he's really slow and some people I talked to also think the same. Maybe I'm wrong I hardly watch Madrid anyway.
Let's hope it's not the case if we sign him then
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They'd be breaking it everywhere either way if they knew what had been said
Sorry I worded that wrong. Surely Real Madrid would break it to all news outlets if Varane had opted to stay?
We actually have no clue what's holding the transfer up.
You lack the positivity of Corporal Jones.
I'd imagine that they'd want to sort a replacement before confirming any deal or even negotiating a price for him. Has there been any news on who they're after?
I think the point is that Madrid will know what was said and if it was news that favoured them, we would know what was said.
It does if it's like a note to self (take your meds; be wary of strangers). It's obviously not working though.I
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Point taken. I'm sure it doesn't take a meeting for the club to know his intentions by now though.
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Considering our negotiators then we'll probably settle for 62m instead. A win win for both.
History would say you're probably correct but I do feel it's different this time around. Real Madrid aren't exactly at the peak of their powers right now; they're not in a strong financial position, their squad is really in need of an overhaul and they look quite someway off challenging for the top honours at the moment. Their short term future (1-3 years) doesn't look particularly bright. He apparently has a desire to play in the Premier League at some point and it seems like everything is aligning for that to happen, and realistically, it's probably now or never for him.
I also thought United werent even going to make a bid until Varane agreed personal terms with us?‘JUST IN’
We’ve known this all along.
Might as well add that Madrid aren’t willing to lose him for free next summer. Which is why we’ll get him for about €50m
Like we did with Sancho?
We’ve always been able to say that.
If we use Sancho as an example it will be 20-30% down from the original asking price. So many experts on negotiating of football transfers here. It’s probably easier on Football Manager than in real life. The criticism towards our club is weird. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. There are so many things one could criticise on our ownership, negotiating and getting a better deal should not be one.
They want us to pay 60m? Since we are prepared to offer 45m.. I think we will close this deal next week as we are not that far off. That ofcourse if 45m report is true
It does not suit there agenda. I swear some on here would love us to pay Dortmund’s full price because it would suit their weird world view that prices on football players are fixed.
