Why didn’t we bid it in May then? They could have rejected or accepted it - we could have moved on or signed him and actually have the players we needed weeks ago.
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how do they have the same problem? It means not affecting this season, and having a whole summer to recruit a successor if needed, who would similarly be less expensive than if we tried signing him at this stage of the window.
Its lose lose for Murtough
- Pull out and you just look like a mug, for a player who was always on Ten Hag's shortlist only to fail to sign. Added with Timber/FdJ/Darwins from the early Telegraph briefs
- Buy and you look a tit for overpaying given he could have joined us 1 month ago for cheaper, but we dicked around with a no-goer in FdJ.
- Pull out and you just look like a mug, for a player who was always on Ten Hag's shortlist only to fail to sign. Added with Timber/FdJ/Darwins from the early Telegraph briefs
- Buy and you look a tit for overpaying given he could have joined us 1 month ago for cheaper, but we dicked around with a no-goer in FdJ.
You're the team trying to sign our manager, centreback(s), winger, and transfer-targets (Brobbey) all at once.
Something like that, they’ve been hard headed on this all summer. I think if Antony kicked up the fuss earlier and/or we took our focus away from FDJ we probably could’ve got it resolved a month or so earlier.
Pretty sure we had 2 official bids (€60m and €80m) rejected already.
You think Mbappe would cost 90 million in this market?
Not sure why Felix isn't a big risk either. Seems overrated to me.
Come on now.This post looks really familiar. Could have sworn I read it yesterday. Or maybe I'm having a Twilight Zone moment.
There is a food chain.
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BREAKING: Ajax accept €25 million bid from Bayern for Antony.
We all know this would be the case for any club not named Manchester United.
We all know this would be the case for any club not named Manchester United.
If he turns out be an excellent player people will stop caring about the fee.
They’re taking the mickey though, aren’t they?
And to think we could have got both Martinez and Antony early in the window. I think we had a different budget in June and a bigger one in August
Brobbey confirmed Ten Hag (United) showed interest in an interview this week
Completely correct.
I'll be praying PSV wins the league then.
Yes and usually it doesn't involve your ex-manager trying to sign half of your already depleted squad in one summer.
If we wanted it him it should have been done at the same time as Martinez at the latest. A soon as we handed them a fortune for him it was obvious to anyone that they wouldn't want any more sales.
Ruuuuuuuuuuud
Feels like a matter of stubborn pride more than anything at this point. They want to prove a point rather than doing the financially diligent thing.
Nothing else can explain the reluctance to sell in the face of absurd amounts of money and the player actively boycotting them to force a move.
They could easily buy the best talent in Holland or abroad to replace him with the money they'll be bringing in and even without him they're still the best team in the league as is so any sporting reason rings a bit hollow.
Nothing else can explain the reluctance to sell in the face of absurd amounts of money and the player actively boycotting them to force a move.
They could easily buy the best talent in Holland or abroad to replace him with the money they'll be bringing in and even without him they're still the best team in the league as is so any sporting reason rings a bit hollow.
Tbf he's at a club which appears to have given up scouting.
Ronaldinho came to real world prominence in a team which had bigger names than him as its figureheads. Brazil are favourites and the starting RW, has a huge opportunity to make his mark. Ronaldinho was still in France at the time of the World Cup that catapulted him to superstardom. It’s a well trodden path, nothing new at all. Ajax aren’t flustered and I think it’s pretty obvious why.
Wow some of you sound like such brats “how dare they not take our money”. Their player, they don’t want to sell, upto us to make an offer they’re ok with or walk away from the deal. Stop the entitled BS.
Over the course of 2.5 fecking months. There is absolutely no justification outside of pure incompetence for us go into this season needing 2 forwards, 2 midfielders and a RB - and here we are going into the 4th game with only one of them - Casemiro - at the club.
De Jong went to Barca for €75M + €11M
Ajax also got €75M + €10.5M for De Ligt when he went to Juve
United is offering €90M for Antony, and it is not confirmed if that includes add-ons but it's still potentially more than what they received for De Jong or De Ligt
This crazy transfer getting crazier every passing day.
Exactly. The dream team were in Amsterdam. Didn’t they think to fecking mention Antony?
Stupidity all around. I've accepted we won't get him this summer. Get a loan this year and get him next year for 40m less.
Ajax are in a pretty good position all around. If the World Cup was in the summer like it is supposed to be, Antony could just basically go on strike until January.
You keep a player who clearly doesn’t want to be there.
What happens if Antony puts up a transfer request? Will Ajax then compelled to sell him? He wll lose loyalty bonuses but we can offer sign on bonus to compensate.
Same, but then again this whole transfer window has felt like the Twilight Zone.
No way is he worth twice in value to that of Gabriel Jesus.
Give Garnacho a chance, he will surprise a few.
Sancho can cover the right wing for a season.
Get someone in January or next season.
Give Garnacho a chance, he will surprise a few.
Sancho can cover the right wing for a season.
Get someone in January or next season.
This won't happen will it
Your problem is you're exclusively looking at G/A numbers.
The intensity and tempo in Antony's playing style on a whole other level to Sancho's (and Memphis' for that matter) in the Bundesliga, which is one reason I never bought the Sancho hype (he's undoubtedly extremely talented, and I still think he can be a success, but I was never convinced he could immediately translate his performances in Germany to the PL).
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