Stretch
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That was because Chelsea had shown interest in Rooney the previous summer iirc. Damn...what could have been...Pretty sure we signed Mata without the two clubs talking to each other.
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My suspicion is the same. First offer to be knocked back, but won't be the last.Juve will turn down the offer i think.
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Duck it get him to!According to Nabil Djellit, Emery doesn't want Matuidi in Paris next year.Tweet
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Not directly they're not. I get the sentiment though. I want the best players here and the best players cost money.(although getting a steal does feel better).It's happening!
Also, I couldn't give a flying feck how much he costs. He'll improve us considerably and we can afford the fee. What's the problem? It's not like the club is going to ask us to chip in! It's also not like we're scraping the barrel for pennies. We're absolutely loaded. And it pisses our rivals off so much.
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Hope we have clauses where we will a percentage of a future fee though. Wilson at the very least will move on later on for considerably more than what we we'll receive.No issues with any of them leaving personally, don't think any of them will cut it for various reasons.
Yeh we don't really need the cash and they won't go for much so sell them at even further discounted rates wither either buyback clauses or percentage sell on cuts.We should start selling these youngsters with buy-back clauses like Madrid. Better safe than sorry.
Makes sense. We have a glut of youngsters at the moment so the likes of Januzaj, Pereira, TFM, CBJ, and Rashford is plenty to work with.Tweet
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We should start selling these youngsters with buy-back clauses like Madrid. Better safe than sorry.
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Its how Mourinho works. Says he can tell in 10 minutes whether a player is good enough for him. After the Wigan match he said he saw the potential in that time.Would hate for Wilson to be sold off with only being given 45 minutes of football. Fine with keane leaving as he is at a stage where he needs to play regular football. Blackett is crap, so no loss there.
Strange not wanting what has been one of the first names on the team sheet, guess he's not a fanAccording to Nabil Djellit, Emery doesn't want Matuidi in Paris next year.Tweet
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I hope Woodward is on the same page as youYeh we don't really need the cash and they won't go for much so sell them at even further discounted rates wither either buyback clauses or percentage sell on cuts.
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That sounds about right - I think we had the Rooney issue hanging between the clubs at that time, so direct contact from our side was minimal. I think I remember rumours of Mendes taking a proactive role in the deal, and also that Sir Alex and David Gill took charge after the mess that had been made of the summer window by Moyes and Woodward, but who knows what the truth actually was.Pretty sure we signed Mata without the two clubs talking to each other.
Absolutely - as we are not a sugar daddy club, all of United's money comes from the fans, either directly from match day or mercendising, MUTV, etc., or indirectly from things like TV revenue or sponsorships (driven by how many fans we have for the club to sell to TV companies or advertisers. Then of course there are things like prize money, player sales, the academy revenue and the rest that flows from the spending of the previous revenue. But once we've paid our money, it's United's/the Glazers' money to spend as they wish.Not directly they're not. I get the sentiment though. I want the best players here and the best players cost money.(although getting a steal does feel better).
However to your point, fans are indirectly chipping in. If the operating cost of a business goes up, they will have to transfer that cost to their customers (or get many more customers)
Definitely agree - we get such crap money for players anyway that I think insisting on a sell-on clause makes sense. If even one player gets re-sold for decent money then we'd probably be up on the situation.We should start selling these youngsters with buy-back clauses like Madrid. Better safe than sorry.
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