I genuinely think some people are losing their marbles
Antony | Here we go! €100mill, contract until June 2027, option 'til 2028.
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I genuinely think some people are losing their marbles
Make the 80 million € bid and sit back and watch Antony throw a tantrum. They should be ok with that price.
He is worth more than 50 million because he has many years left on his contract, so stop moaning.
He is worth more than 50 million because he has many years left on his contract, so stop moaning.
He does look good, I want him. Might not have the numbers but looks infinitely more talented than Gapko.
The funniest thing I saw is that people are saying he is a bad example for demanding to move and skipping training. In a time where we complain about the lack of players who play for the badge, here is a player who wants to play for the badge, and he's being bashed for that!
If this was an English player with a 100 mil price tag then people would be losing their mind.
A Brazilian prospect from the eredivise people are more open with..
A Brazilian prospect from the eredivise people are more open with..
We lost a 100M value asset in Greenwood, this is a must replacement.
Very good point
Ruud!
Grealish?
They all look pretty much done desperate deals I’m assuming you meant PTSD supporting united will do that to you!
Who has shown quite a lot more than Antony, in a tougher league, for a team that didn't dominate most of the time. Still people were very sceptic of the fee City paid
Infact Grealish was £100m not €100m
Mase will be back.
Agree to disagree, but Grealish for £100m was a far safer bet than Antony for €100m in my opinion. And he still has to be considered something of a failure up to now at least
80+20 is steep, granted, but this is the cost of ten Hag insisting on certain targets. No doubt he's communicated to Arnold and Murtaugh that certain players are necessity and almost certainly heavily plan A and plan B. We could move onto a secondary target, and a cheaper one at that, but undoubtedly ten Hag will stress that certain players must be gotten whatever the cost.
Something about Antony. A touch of potential world class about him. Honestly, it might not work out, but we'd get gutted if he got a move to City and lit it up for Pep.
Something about Antony. A touch of potential world class about him. Honestly, it might not work out, but we'd get gutted if he got a move to City and lit it up for Pep.
Erik, we got you your winger, Gordon.
I agree with this. Ajax is a very likeable team and the best when it comes to developing young talents. I would do the same with Antony under current circumstances. Just pay the fecking fee.
Will he feck. Good riddance.
Do you even believe that yourself?
He will if there is no case to answer.
Incredible you actually think it would be even remotely acceptable after what we’ve all seen and heard.
he will not, and thank feck for that.
In fairness, he did return briefly, but honestly, the album was shite.
Antony is 4 years younger than Grealish, unproven in the PL but has more CL experience. Both are full internationals.
United are trying to get the player from the best domestic team from that country. City were poaching from a smaller club.
Obviously there are differences and both are overpriced but it is what it is. Don’t see too much fuss really.
Liverpool signed Suarez from Ajax as well.
In truth I'm more concerned with the potential salary we'd offer rather then the transfer fee.
An £85m fee with a 6 year contract at £120k a week is a totally different gamble than an £85m fee with a 6 year contract at £280k a week.
An £85m fee with a 6 year contract at £120k a week is a totally different gamble than an £85m fee with a 6 year contract at £280k a week.
Sure, we have extra room to manouver this summer due to the wages lost, no doubt.
But it's still a limited budget. And we still have several more transfer windows of rebuilding ahead after this, during which we will no doubt see posters complaining about us not being able to spend more on X position or Y player. Dropping an extra 50m or whatever now is what adds to those future constraints, so it's right that people are concious of how much we spend.
But as I say, if we're going to overspend (and we probably have to given the circumstances) it's better that it's on first choice picks like Antony. Because for all we know passing on him will just lead to us overpaying for a lesser option down the line, which is a bit of a false economy.
Doesn't that tweet say they've raised their price tag meaning it was once 80m?
Yeah. Makes sense.
erm.. our coach wanted them mate
Fair enough, but I still think those two was in the "We want English players who knows PL"-area. But what we really got was two players good at defending their own penalty area in lesser teams. Not "pro-active" players who are capable of the modern type of players able to do the offensive part as well.
No chance, we aren’t Arsenal.
It'd definitely be a cheaper option.
For €26m.
Especially long term and if ETH stays as our manager long enough. Solid investment right there
You're incredibly deluded, mate.
11 years ago. I'm sure you know transfer fees have changed since then.
Yes, they haven't quadrupled
In all of the world of football, you are telling me there is no other winger we can buy with similar qualities? At this price he needs to come and carry the attack.
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