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@utdreport: #mufc are in talks with former-PSG director of football, Antero Henrique, to become the club's new 'market man'. He would be the head of transfers #mulive [tmw, @Sport_Witness]
Wasn't he a cause for ridicule at PSG?
Yes he was very terrible at PSG.
Makes sense why we would want him.
Oh, how the standards got so low? This is the lowest our club reaches in 30 yeals, but the most shocking our fans are ok with it.
Not okay with anything, but the reality is if we don't get players in to reduce the work load it's likely going to get worse next season.
As things stand we have an outside chance of top four and still have the back door route into Europe.
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Wouldn’t expect anything less from this board, eventually bring in a director of football after crying out for one for years and he’s gash.
Why can’t we go just out and get the best one possible? Throw whatever money it takes to get him here just do something right for once.
The 'best ones' possibly don't want to work under Ed Woodforahead perhaps ???Wouldn’t expect anything less from this board, eventually bring in a director of football after crying out for one for years and he’s gash.
Why can’t we go just out and get the best one possible? Throw whatever money it takes to get him here just do something right for once.
Full summary of Antero Henrique’s time as Sporting Director for PSG (Source: PSG's Reddit)
• since signing with the Club on May 2017 (during which he faced legal problems in Portugal that slowed down his signing), his predecessor Kluivert commented: “he knows nothing about football, it’s business”
• just as he arrived, the first he tried was replacing Unai Emery with Jorge Jesus (ex-Sporting manager)
• back when we were looking for a Centerback, we were offered Pepe by Jorge Mendes, everything was going well, until contract duration was brought up. Mendes wanted 2 years, Antero rejected that and offered 1 option of 1 year extension (same as Buffon currently), both stood their grounds and Pepe signed for Besiktas a couple hours later
• Thiago Motta’s contract was ending and we were without a 6, Antero negotiated with Canovi (his agent) and they reached an agreement, suddenly the verbal agreements turned out to be very different to those on the written contract, which ended in Thiago Motta remaining a free agent for 4 days
• after being offended by Mendes sending Pepe to Besiktas, Antero put an end to the very advanced negotiations with James Rodriguez. he was loaned to Bayern with a €40M purchase option (we could’ve had the same deal and what a signing this could’ve been for our midfield, perfect Pastore replacement)
• even with the 2017 transfer window being a general success,we can see the failure in negotiations for Fabinho and the lack of a CDM replacement for Motta
• off to the Winter 2018, Antero harassed Lucas Moura in order to force him to leave the club, including using some very racist remarks such as “hey little n word, when will you leave the club?” He even arranged for Kia Joorabchian to ship him off to China, which Lucas firmly refused as he wanted to stay in Europe, he signed for Spurs
• after the poaching of some youth players (Like Zagadou), Antero and Luis Fernandez offered at least 24 professional contracts to our youth players, which a dozen players signed in May and August
• Emery contract as manager was ending, 4 managers were considered:
• From the end of May until the middle of August, Antero made multiple meetings with Kanté’s representatives while trying everything including threats to sign him. The little bugger stood firm as he wanted to stay with Chelsea, and during that wasted period we missed out on signing one of William Carvalho, Steven Nzonzi, Arturo Vidal or Radja Nainggolan.
• Antero worked with 2 certain agents (Moussa Sissoko and Laurent Schmitt) on multiple occasions, including Lassana Diarra’s signing, his wasted time with Kante and promising talent Arthur Zagre’s contract for example, while multiple unknown Portuguese bizarrely joined PSG’s board, Jaime Teixeira for example
• In search of a renowned Centerback at the request of Tuchel, PSG reached an agreement with Jérôme Boateng. who even rejected an offer from Manchester United at the deadline, waiting for the Bayern - PSG deal for his transfer. Antero Henrique ended up never making an offer to Bayern Munich.
• with a gaping hole in midfield, Antero called and promised a PSG signing for Lobotka, the player was enchanted with the idea of joining the capital club, he waited for a Celta Vigo - PSG agreement until the end of the transfer window. Antero ended up never making an offer to Celta Vigo
• despite months of negotiations, and after rejecting offers up to €60M for Guedes, he finally gave in at the end, he sold Guedes to Valencia for €40M paid over 6 years, a disaster of a deal
• despite a gaping hole in midfield, Lo Celso was loaned out at the very end of the transfer window:
• the PSG summer window was a failure, no midfield signings, a late Bernat arrival and Rabiot not extending
• in October 2018, Luis Fernandez was close to getting booted by Antero for no reason, no motive whatsoever, without being told or warned in any way, right now he is being paid to do nothing
• although relations between Henrique and Rabiot with his representatives was already heated, he announced in November 2018 there will be no contract extension, an extension that should’ve been done and dandy way back in June 2017
• after being in contact with Eder Militao for ages, he refused to pay the €5M demanded by his club, so he signed for Porto in July 2018. Real Madrid is preparing to sign him for €50M next summer because he turned out to be a beast
• here comes the big one, while he was searching for a financial solution to pay the €75M demanded by Ajax, Barca came in and it was a done deal only in 48 hours. Another botched transfer by Antero
• the reason the talented youngster Nsoki’s contract signature was delayed is: Antero was pressuring him to change his agent in order to have a lucrative professional contract, he suggested his associates Moussa Sissoko and Laurent Schmitt
• since signing with the Club on May 2017 (during which he faced legal problems in Portugal that slowed down his signing), his predecessor Kluivert commented: “he knows nothing about football, it’s business”
• just as he arrived, the first he tried was replacing Unai Emery with Jorge Jesus (ex-Sporting manager)
• back when we were looking for a Centerback, we were offered Pepe by Jorge Mendes, everything was going well, until contract duration was brought up. Mendes wanted 2 years, Antero rejected that and offered 1 option of 1 year extension (same as Buffon currently), both stood their grounds and Pepe signed for Besiktas a couple hours later
• Thiago Motta’s contract was ending and we were without a 6, Antero negotiated with Canovi (his agent) and they reached an agreement, suddenly the verbal agreements turned out to be very different to those on the written contract, which ended in Thiago Motta remaining a free agent for 4 days
• after being offended by Mendes sending Pepe to Besiktas, Antero put an end to the very advanced negotiations with James Rodriguez. he was loaned to Bayern with a €40M purchase option (we could’ve had the same deal and what a signing this could’ve been for our midfield, perfect Pastore replacement)
• even with the 2017 transfer window being a general success,we can see the failure in negotiations for Fabinho and the lack of a CDM replacement for Motta
• off to the Winter 2018, Antero harassed Lucas Moura in order to force him to leave the club, including using some very racist remarks such as “hey little n word, when will you leave the club?” He even arranged for Kia Joorabchian to ship him off to China, which Lucas firmly refused as he wanted to stay in Europe, he signed for Spurs
• after the poaching of some youth players (Like Zagadou), Antero and Luis Fernandez offered at least 24 professional contracts to our youth players, which a dozen players signed in May and August
• Emery contract as manager was ending, 4 managers were considered:
- Neymar and his agents’ pick: Luis Enrique
- The owners’ choice: Pochettino or Tuchel
- Antero’s Choice: Sergio Conceicao!
• From the end of May until the middle of August, Antero made multiple meetings with Kanté’s representatives while trying everything including threats to sign him. The little bugger stood firm as he wanted to stay with Chelsea, and during that wasted period we missed out on signing one of William Carvalho, Steven Nzonzi, Arturo Vidal or Radja Nainggolan.
• Antero worked with 2 certain agents (Moussa Sissoko and Laurent Schmitt) on multiple occasions, including Lassana Diarra’s signing, his wasted time with Kante and promising talent Arthur Zagre’s contract for example, while multiple unknown Portuguese bizarrely joined PSG’s board, Jaime Teixeira for example
• In search of a renowned Centerback at the request of Tuchel, PSG reached an agreement with Jérôme Boateng. who even rejected an offer from Manchester United at the deadline, waiting for the Bayern - PSG deal for his transfer. Antero Henrique ended up never making an offer to Bayern Munich.
• with a gaping hole in midfield, Antero called and promised a PSG signing for Lobotka, the player was enchanted with the idea of joining the capital club, he waited for a Celta Vigo - PSG agreement until the end of the transfer window. Antero ended up never making an offer to Celta Vigo
• despite months of negotiations, and after rejecting offers up to €60M for Guedes, he finally gave in at the end, he sold Guedes to Valencia for €40M paid over 6 years, a disaster of a deal
• despite a gaping hole in midfield, Lo Celso was loaned out at the very end of the transfer window:
- Obligatory €25M purchase if Betis reaches a European football spot, Optional purchase option if they don’t
• the PSG summer window was a failure, no midfield signings, a late Bernat arrival and Rabiot not extending
• in October 2018, Luis Fernandez was close to getting booted by Antero for no reason, no motive whatsoever, without being told or warned in any way, right now he is being paid to do nothing
• although relations between Henrique and Rabiot with his representatives was already heated, he announced in November 2018 there will be no contract extension, an extension that should’ve been done and dandy way back in June 2017
• after being in contact with Eder Militao for ages, he refused to pay the €5M demanded by his club, so he signed for Porto in July 2018. Real Madrid is preparing to sign him for €50M next summer because he turned out to be a beast
• here comes the big one, while he was searching for a financial solution to pay the €75M demanded by Ajax, Barca came in and it was a done deal only in 48 hours. Another botched transfer by Antero
• the reason the talented youngster Nsoki’s contract signature was delayed is: Antero was pressuring him to change his agent in order to have a lucrative professional contract, he suggested his associates Moussa Sissoko and Laurent Schmitt
Yeah there’s that, but I’m sure Luis Campos said he wouldn’t taking the job a while back and he’s pretty good at his job.
It has previously been reported that the limited scope of the role proved anathema for anyone half-decent who might have otherwise been interested.
Exactly. Power mad Ed won't budge. And his side kick Matt Judge.
It's almost comical at this point how far off course we've gone.
This bit about Henriques is interesting
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• since signing with the Club on May 2017 (during which he faced legal problems in Portugal that slowed down his signing), his predecessor Kluivert commented: “he knows nothing about football, it’s business”
He knows nothing about football ....makes him perfect for us...
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• since signing with the Club on May 2017 (during which he faced legal problems in Portugal that slowed down his signing), his predecessor Kluivert commented: “he knows nothing about football, it’s business”
He knows nothing about football ....makes him perfect for us...
Thanks for the insight. All I can say is that i hope we stay clear, we need someone who knows what they’re doing. I recognize that all Dofs will make mistakes in the transfer market but this guy is a disaster
Indeed. Sounds like he'd fit in perfectly with Woodward and Judge.
If we get this Henrique guy, lets pack up and go home. He sounds like a fecking horrific choice.
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I wouldn't believe Tuttomercatoweb on this one. No way would we go for Henrique with his track record.
Ugh I'm getting sick of out of context quotes from UtdReport qualifying as transfer news. They're banned anyway according to the OP.
That's fecking rich. We've constantly been briefing the British press.Yeah, Woody has a real love-hate affair with the media doesn't he. Loves it when he can use them as a mouthpiece, hates them reporting on stuff that actually matters such as us buying or not buying players.
You don't bite the hand that feeds you, I guess. All these journos will be buzzing to get a "scoop" and will take any nugget the club hands them. Controlling the narrative.
What is the point of this?
Cavani very near Atlético. His surroundings are very optimistic. PSG gave the OK. It could be official in the next hours
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To give hope to the fans I guess, so they look like they are doing something.
Dangerous to say if you dont get anyone though.
Sounds more like clickbait bollocks to me.
Why would you say that ed?
Oh i don't know, a little thing i like to call moral.
Well surely it'll be worse for caf moral in the long run when we sign no one and you've been briefing the press saying we will.
..... they won't remember.
Signing Piatek and Fernandes would be a successful January window.
Why the feck would we not just do it?
£70-80m max for two solid starting lineup players.
Why the feck would we not just do it?
£70-80m max for two solid starting lineup players.
Mourinho and Ole are opposites while being similar as well. By that I mean, Ole is very passive and provides full support to the board and will accept anything while Jose turned on the board when the resources to achieve his goals weren't provided. As far as being similar is concerned, Ole employs the same counter-attacking football philosophy that Jose tried.
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done dealio
That's actually so weird, which many of us can't understand. Let's leave out all the meme's and calling out Woodward or Ole, try to look behind it all. Everyone can see the gaping holes in our squad and it's so easy to identify who we need. So why? Don't we really have the funds anymore or the knowledge of scouting to identify the targets or what? Why?
But they have no reservations when it comes to paying out dividends and leveraging the club. Leeches.
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Averaging 1.5 players per window. Going to be a slow rebuild, will need to start all over again when the team is complete in 10 years
6 players ( one of them a 3rd keeper) in 4 windows....and the dimwits still blame our managers. In the same period: Darmian, Young, Smalling, Fellaini, Herrera, Sanchez, Lukaku and Valencia left the club.(not sure if I left someone out)
Just look at what's happening with Pogba. He was supposed to start our rebuild but it's so slow that by the time we get another two players of his quality into the side he's bored with the lack of progress and ends up leaving (and who can blame him?). Then in three years when we get another big signing in Bruno (or whoever it is) will be miffed with the lack of progress and us finishing in 5th-7th place every year that he'll feck off. And then we'll start all over again.Averaging 1.5 players per window. Going to be a slow rebuild, will need to start all over again when the team is complete in 10 years
And in the middle of it all we have a yes man managing the team who's saying that he's only had one 'proper' window, as if one month to buy players is not a 'proper' window.
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