Looks like we are back to playing hardball.
Victor Lindelöf
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word coming out now suggests this potential deal is dead, I hope so, I just hope this isn't some negotiation tactic employed by us with the media links saying it's off. I've never been so uninspired by any transfer deal than I have with this man. Not that he's a bad player, he is actually decent with the potential to become good, but nowhere near the price we were rumoured to be paying( is anyone these days?). I've made a point to actually watch some of his games of late, honestly if we were paying 5-10 million quid for him I still wouldn't be getting excited. The other thing is, he is nowhere near ready enough to come and start in our first 11 yet so I don't understand the rush, if there ever one was to get him in for Jan. If Jose really wants him, go back at end of the season and get him.
Agreed that the price really did seem insane considering what we paid for Bailly just this summer.
I am sorry but this is just wrong. He would cost at best 40-50 million.
I reckon Benfica are using/trolling us with this guy now that Gaitan has gone.
I think it's more the case that Bayern simply wouldn't sell Boateng. The only potential reason they would is if they received an offer that was simply stupid. So an offer of about 40-50m would just be rejected imo.
I have to admit that I've never seen this guy play but at the moment I don't think CB is the priority it once was - after all we've got this new bloke called Jones (who kidnapped the original and how much ransom are they asking?)
Sad counter argument. Surely you can do better than "this is wrong".
This is wrong also.
This says we have an option to buy in the summer:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/fo...Lindelof-Manchester-United-City-transfer-news
Foreign source:
http://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga...uardiola-na-corrida-por-lindelof-5695511.html
Google translate:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/fo...Lindelof-Manchester-United-City-transfer-news
Foreign source:
http://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga...uardiola-na-corrida-por-lindelof-5695511.html
Google translate:
I love Google translate. Also if we have a first refusal then the rest of the story is pretty pointless.
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Lindelof extends contract till 2021.
If he has a buyout which has now gone up,we can probably get someone better for the price, so not interested.
Hope this means we don't go in for him. If he wanted to join us, he surely wouldn't have signed a new contract.
Good. I was never excited about the thought of this signing.
How fecking stupid can a man get? Signs a contract until 2021 when Man United is reportedly wanting you?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! You sign a new deal with a small time club in south of europe in an irrelevant league with irrelevant players??? Are you mad? Are you fecking serious? That decision alone makes me so happy we didn't sign him. What an absolute cretin.
I can understand his commitment to them. They appear to be making steady progress and have a good chance of progressing against Dortmund. He'll still be around when we're established as a big club again.
Or maybe unlike all of us he knows the likely truth, the truth that our interest was only fleeting, and that we will be looking elsewhere in the summer, so it's best he gets as good a deal as he can with his current employers.
Worst 'of' since Hasselhoff.
Man utds transfer shambles continues if we don't get him. How can he allowed to sign a new contract?
We might not have been seriously after him. We might have had a slight interest as could be the case with a number of players. We might have been used for this lad to get a better contract.
This place sometimes.
You'd think he was the next Nesta.
"Allowed to"??? how do we stop him? Even when we were top dog in Europe (and players were desperate to join us), players could choose to stay where they were.
Prove that we're interested in him. I'll wait.
How many times have you seen him play?
Couldn't care less if we don't get him. I honestly think Bailly and Rojo together is good enough. Unless we manage to land Pique or Chiellini or something like that.
Unless your agent has had talks off the record with United and the deal is all sewed up with a nice release clause that both parties are happy with...
Even if he was, to come to the conclusion that he signed a contract because United are transfer shambles is just stupid.
Wait, a player that was very agressively linked with United in the media despite the seeming lack of any actual movement from the club to buy said player, has renewed his contract with the club he was at to begin with?!!
Shocking. I'm sure nothing like this has ever happened before. Absolutely shocking development
Shocking. I'm sure nothing like this has ever happened before. Absolutely shocking development
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Because we weren't going to buy him?
It's Portugal, hence there is a buyout clause. If United want him and he wants United there is a clear path to get it done. He probably just got more expensive, but United has the money.
All contracts do these day is add an extra £5-£10m on the transfer price tag. If he's actually that good, then he'll be worth spending £50m on him. It's not exactly like we're short on cash or anything. Having said that, last thing we need is a John Stones in our ranks.
But I think it's more the point that if Lindelof really wanted to come here, he wouldn't have signed a new contract that increases his release clause by a fair bit.
Or maybe we're looking at another centre back who'll not cost as much and is a better player?
If we want to sign him in the summer - at least there is no pending claim against benfica to stop it:
http://vskfotboll.nu/index.php?fot=nyh&newsno=4530
http://vskfotboll.nu/index.php?fot=nyh&newsno=4530
I think I lost some IQ by reading this...
They're such a small club that they've not realised that putting the VP's phone number in there is a bad idea
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