That clause is only binding with respect to other Spanish clubs though.
That's not true. Case law (Martinez to Bayern, Herrera to United) has established that other EU clubs must be allowed to use the release clause mechanism.
That clause is only binding with respect to other Spanish clubs though.
The mind boggles. Christmas has come early for Monaco.
It's in your interest to tell English media a lower version too.
That escalated quickly. If it had been going on in the background for some time, it seems odd that he played last night.
According to the UK journos, one of which said it was straight from United.
50m for Sterling isnt cheap fella. 36m for Martial is comparable. Like i said, if the 58m gets utilised, then he and we were a success, so who cares. If not, it still isnt the end of the world. City bought players thatw ere shite for ridiculous fees in the past too without getting scrutinised.
With @GlastonSpur appearing in the thread, the fee will soon be around €120m, rising to €200m with add-ons. He's a one-man inflation army.
According to the UK journos, one of which said it was straight from United.
Who knows what the truth is?United have said that the fee is 36m and yet the people are using figures of 80m euros. Typical of some posters here.
How could it possibly be a deadline bust if he's 19 years old?
Not to the same extent.
What?Chelsea or Man City's have never topped the madness of this Martial deal if the €80m talk is true.
It'll be even more insane than spending £35m on Andy Carroll for Christ sake. @BobbyManc is spot on.
by all accounts this doesn't look like a deadline panic buy, though. I fail to see the similarities to Di Maria (who was actually bought a few weeks before the deadline iirc)We're signing him at the deadline and he could turn out to be a bust if he never lives up to his fee.
It's not. French journos saying a package worth up to 80m€. Whereas British journos saying £36m. What's not clear is how the deal is structured, certainly sure that this is not the case of journos getting confused though I'm sure some rival fans will.It's the usual press changing something in Euros to pound sterling when it comes to United transfers.
Same thing has happened quite a few times this transfer window alone.
If he costs £36m then it won't be much more than you paid for Soldado. Of course you will keep quoting him at £58m which is nonsense.
A UK footy journalist? Must be true then, they never make shit up.
When the money gets into the player's account, it's liable to a staggering 52% income tax in Spain so you'd pay almost twice as much if Atletico refuses to sell him. And even then, it isn't sure he would want to come to United.No its not people talk a lot of rubbish about these clauses.
We can give him the money to buy out his contract and, no, we wouldn't pay an extortionate amount of tax on it.
But you are a plastic club, like it or not.
Muppet suicide. Biggest you've ever seen.Whatever the fee we must sign him now. Imagine if this deal collapses somehow.
Soldado. Heh heh. How much did Spuds spunk on Lamela too?
that's what we briefed the press and that's why the BBC are running with it. French sources close to Monaco seem to put it between €60-€80m. I assume the truth lies somewhere in between.
It's in your interest to tell English media a lower version too.
A UK footy journalist? Must be true then, they never make shit up.
It was Ducker I think, I don't see what they'd have to gain by lying about what United have said to them. All the figures the moaners are quoting come from French journos.Same Uk journos that have been spewing nonsense all summer? same journos that had no clue about Martial until yesterday?
Firstly, why is Mangala's fee relevant? Secondly, he was still considerably more proven than Martial was.
Glastonomics are a truly awful invention.£7m according to Glaston. Soldado cost £2m and they made £19m on his sale.
It'll be even more insane than spending £35m on Andy Carroll for Christ sake. .
What?
£35m on Andy Carroll is the stupidest deal in English football history. Nothing will ever top that. Martial for one million more is a gamble. He might turn out to be fantastic, he might turn out to be useless, he might be something in between. It's a huge gamble.
Andy Carroll, however, wasn't a gamble. He was clearly useless. There was no chance of him ever succeeding at Liverpool because he was shite. And still is.
Yes its not like that lie could be exposed later on when United have their quarterly investor calls and are answerable to the investors...oh hang on!
If he costs £36m then it won't be much more than you paid for Soldado. Of course you will keep quoting him at £58m which is nonsense.
A UK footy journalist? Must be true then, they never make shit up.
Why? Because you support one club and not the other?
As @Cina said, the truth is probably in the middle, but acting like what Man Utd leak the fee to be is more reliable than what Monaco leak is naive. Or biased.