But you were arguing that?
He is obviously not worth the money but your original comparisons to Ronaldo and Bale's transfers 12/13 years ago were crazy.
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He is obviously not worth the money but your original comparisons to Ronaldo and Bale's transfers 12/13 years ago were crazy.
Relativity of the market; late buys cost more, and, clubs know they’re minted, have need and little time to find a replacement. In fact we’re passing the baton on to them, as they want a player back who knows Ajax and, they assume, will assimilate immediately.
If we’d done what we needed to when we should have, they wouldn’t be subject to this, so we’ve ended up offsetting some of this supposed profit, should they go ahead with their buy.
Then where does Antony play? Because I'm sure Sancho best position is probably the left.
Who gives a feck about overpaying, we need players, bloody hell.
Just you wait until this time next season when it's discovered that Anthony's best position is also on the left
Player desperately wants the move that he's skipping training. There is no way they are getting similar money for Anthony next season. Ajax can easily go for other targets who are young and upcoming with that money.
Yeah no chance Ajax are paying that. Their record so far is Haller at 19M GBP.
Chelsea want to get rid, player is old, so I think they'll drop their demands quite a bit.
Chelsea want to get rid, player is old, so I think they'll drop their demands quite a bit.
Rotation. We saw against Liverpool that Sancho tires out. Martial cannot stay fit for a full season, so suspect the 4 will rotate the 3 positions up top.
I mean it's not like we hadn't tried earlier in the summer. They were rejecting bids as early as early June and had no intention to sell. It's the player himself forcing the issue that's brought this back
Would be sad if we didn't get him at this stage, TBH. Exciting prospect. Feck the money, it's not mine.
Didn't they already buy Anthony's replacement earlier in the summer? Plus the flop from Spurs
Bergwijn plays on the left
We've got three lefties? I'm all for the left but surely that's an overload. Unless Sancho plays on the right and Rashford also decides his best position is on the right.Just you wait until this time next season when it's discovered that Anthony's best position is also on the left
Nah Conceicao isn't really ready to step up like that yet and Bergwijn plays from the left
Yep and ETH even said he wants more options up top.
Ajax happy to extort an absolute fortune from clubs looking to sign their players but when the shoes on the other foot suddenly they’re bitching it’s unfair. They’ve raked in a ton of cash so far this window and with the money we’re willing to pay for Antony they can easily afford the €44m for Ziyech with plenty to spare.
Maybe they shouldn’t have waited so long in the window to make a move..
I never understood this logic.
By way of vested interest, The team is ours, the stadium is ours, the players are ours but the money isnt.
oh, no worries. Gakpo is bigger, more physically imposing, both are technically good, although Antony has more trickery, but most importantly, Gakpo has played/plays CF/centrally from time to time
What about Berghuis?
In all seriousness I think we could still discover that Sancho is incredibly effective on the right - it's a different team and different set up now, and he was largely garbage last year in general along with the team - so it's a bit of a write-off.
I think in terms of being more effective on the left over the right, I'd say Rashford and Elanga are more dependent on being over that side of the pitch then Sancho.
Right. Cheers!
He's not been great in general for them recently but he's always been shite on the right
We thought we’d get a better deal later in the window and baulked at the set price, which has cost us €10m-€20m, as they’re now demanding more than they were. We didn’t table a bid at the start of the window, otherwise this whole saga with the player acting out would’ve happened a whole lot earlier.
They’ve never had the intention to sell, so nothing changed there.
See a few people reasoning this way. I would point out two things. One, the money available for transfers isn't unlimited, so more spent on one player means less to spend on others. Two, FFP means that no matter how much money you have to spend, there's a limit to how much you're allowed to spend. With United now running a financial loss, that may begin to affect us in ways we're not accustomed to.
Bottom line is; if you want to be a successful club, you have to spend smart - especially when you're spending big.
The thrust of his post was negativity so I was joking. You're great craic.
Its about having a vested interest to see money spent well.Oh, can I use the club money to pay my rent? Where do I sign up?
If you say you dont care about that then you might as well not care about any operation of the club.
Oh, can I use the club money to pay my rent? Where do I sign up?
Unfortunately you only own the money in the same way that you own the stadium and the squad - ie, you are morally justified in whining about them.
Pfffft, sounds like you have never heard of a little thing called a "lever", my good friend
. Unlimited money lifehack, no more worries.We should drop this deal. If we can get Depay for €10m, Gakpo for €25-€35m, & possibly Asensio for €40m, that's miles better than €100m for Antony alone, even if he's the best option individually. We need squad depth more.
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Gakpo would cost closer to 50m for starters and those 3 wouldn't really improve over what we already have. Antony in the manager's opinion would.
Actually its Bergwijn this season for 30 million euros. And i now think that Chelsea is trying to make things difficult for Manchester United by upping the price for Zyech. I hope Ajax has a new southern American gem on the scouting list because whats happening now is not good for anyone involved.
Why do I feel like Ajax will be unable to sign Ziyech or an alternative so reject the crazy high offer for a player who is desperate to leave. Stupid situation all around.
That's just opting for quantity over quality
All of those players arent that good. It would be a terrible move.
Seriously though, you can't demand 100m for Antony then turn around and insist on a 'fair' price for Ziyech 
PSV want €50m for Gakpo? I thought he was available for €35m?
44m euros for 29 year old Ziyech
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