This one will go on til the end of January. See Gaitan every year
Victor Lindelöf
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I meant that he has done it with the new contract with Benfica, so that he gets a percentage from the sale from his ownership. Although I just realised that if they are selling him for a reduced fee anyway it doesn't really make sense
What killed the deal?
Lindelon or Lindeloff?
How did it take so long? Well done.Some stuff about a sell on clause.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/manchester-uniteds-deal-victor-lindelof-9568116
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/manchester-uniteds-deal-victor-lindelof-9568116
The cheek of it! So they want us to pay more because of a 20% sell on clause that they argeed to. I hope we tell Benfica to feck off!
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We should move on from this deal if Benfica want us to pay the sell-on clause. Absolutely ridiculous if true.
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Agreed, the reported fee was ridiculous enough as it was.
Personally I would rather we stick with what we've got in defence, and then look again in the summer.
If that has any truth then well handled, Utd.
Great news! But I don't know anything about that site. Is Sport Witness a reliable source?
They're pretty good, they always credit their sources and often dispel nonsense stories
They just collect and pass on info from other media, throughout Europe. I like them though. They filter out the cheap gossip and tabloid shite.
Did we cave in on the sell on then or why would Benfica agree to sell already and not later in the window?
Is this guy potential like Bailly or a fully developed incoming? If potential, how does that affect TFM. Surely one of Jones rojo and Smalling would also be sold?
Expressen is one of the two most sold evening papers in Sweden together with Aftonbladet, therefore might not have the credibility of most morning papers, but still. According to them, the sporting director of Västerås is "hoping" they can reach a conclusion with Benfica since there now finally has been contact after being ignored for a long time. They report that they might have to settle for less than 20%, but that they won't bend over completely just because they're a small club from the nordic region.
Didn't think we really needed him, but I'd prefer him over Fonte every day of the week. Once Rojo gets his inevitable red card for a two-footed challenge, I'm guessing he'll slowly become a peripheral figure once again, our 4 CBs Bailly, Smalling, Jones and Lindelöf fighting for the two positions. If we decide to play 3 at the back in some games, Bailly-Smalling-Lindelöf sounds ridiculously strong physically!
Didn't think we really needed him, but I'd prefer him over Fonte every day of the week. Once Rojo gets his inevitable red card for a two-footed challenge, I'm guessing he'll slowly become a peripheral figure once again, our 4 CBs Bailly, Smalling, Jones and Lindelöf fighting for the two positions. If we decide to play 3 at the back in some games, Bailly-Smalling-Lindelöf sounds ridiculously strong physically!
Still hoping TFM is seen as a future DM, here's hoping he'll get his chance in the cup games coming up!
SW are great. They just translate foreign media soruces and try to filter out of the guff
Sun saying we are switching targets to Manolas instead of Lindelof. Possibly true if Benfica are asking silly money, but more likely a negotiating strategy. But I wonder, who is better between them right now? And which has the more potential?
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Lindelof's girlfriend posted that. Looks like they might be moving out ?
Yeah, that's what the picture seems to be hinting at, open suitcase, no desk, art work on the floor. Very interesting that this image comes out the same day the news broke that Benfica had agreed a deal with Lindelof's old club regarding the fee.
A shame it wasn't a gif so we could see Lindelöf's celebration scoring a header himself from a Blind corner against his mate in charge of Liverpool two seconds later.
Judging from the rest of her twitter, she'll be a full-time attention whore if he comes here. She even posted a whatsapp convo of him telling her not to post something "funny". Imagine her upturn in followers posting all their personal life!
Judging from the rest of her twitter, she'll be a full-time attention whore if he comes here. She even posted a whatsapp convo of him telling her not to post something "funny". Imagine her upturn in followers posting all their personal life!
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€350k a season salary after tax is pretty low for a signing who is supposed to cost us a record for a defender.Tweet
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http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/fo...y-star-football+(Daily+Star+::+Football+Feed)
Dailystar has not a good record with transfers, but Jeremy Cross seem certain Lindelof will join us and even goes on by saying he will sign a 4 year deal worth £120.000/week. It's weird all round.
Dailystar has not a good record with transfers, but Jeremy Cross seem certain Lindelof will join us and even goes on by saying he will sign a 4 year deal worth £120.000/week. It's weird all round.
£120.000/week?? We've been had.
That's about 20k a week. Highly doubt it. Even Romero is on 25-30k
Romero is actually speculated to be on 50k
Lindelof's old club has actually confirmed they've agreed the fee with Benfica, more specifically their chairman.
Current situation is
Benfica have to be one of the biggest cheapskates in world football.
If the Vasteras issue was the stumbling block then this deal might be closed rapidly. Which would rule out Fonte and Manolas. Wonder though if they've missed their chance already.
This is a strange one alright. Lots of sources are saying it's practically done and yet nobody on here seems overly convinced
Then again, BBC are the most reputable ones to chime in so far, and they've said it's off. So that probably contributes
Then again, BBC are the most reputable ones to chime in so far, and they've said it's off. So that probably contributes
Would much rather us get Manolas, very good player and weakens a direct EL rival.
Somehow I couldn't be less excited about this potential transfer. Nothing to do with the player, who I know nothing about. It's just the exorbitant price for a 22 year old with 30 senior games under his belt, a 22 year old CB being pretty far from our biggest need right now, Benfica being the thundercunts they are, and CB's in general just don't get the muppet juices flowing, unless it's someone like prime Baresi/Nesta/Rio.
Its probably because the transfer just makes no sense. He's not better than the CBs you have. You are not in a need for a CB with five decent ones, and especially three who's done a great job. He is a great talent, but not in any way a finished, established world-class player. He may become one, but i don't think buying him now in January is the best way to make him one.
Talking about the Benfica-Västerås situation. If the transfer is still on, then Benfica has obviously slowed things down by purpose to threaten Västerås with no money at all if the transfers not happening. If it would have been like in Lindelöfs contract, Västerås would have the right to around 10 million, which would make the fairly small club the next richest in Sweden. Incredibly a lot is at stake for them. So when Benfica suddenly say that the transfer may not happened with no money to Västerås at all, they probably gets very keen on making a new deal so they could at least get some of the money they are entitled to.
its like Garay, he ends up in Russia just people to forget about him that once he was world class talent he wasn't.I have no idea if he's good or not, just doesn't seem cut above any of our current options so why to spend money on him?
It's not "Linda", but rather "Lind-e" where the "e" is pronounced like the first "e" in "extremely."
It's a bit hard to describe how "ö" is pronounced through text. Löf is pronounced kind of like you'd say "love" but with an "f" instead. I.e.: "lofe" (it's NOT pronounced like "loaf).
I suppose the closest I can describe it is: Lind-e-lovf
You'd really need to know how to pronounce "ö" to say it properly though!
It's pronounced Lindor. Like the chocolate
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