Bruno Fernandes | Signed
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Because it is called negotiation and it goes something like this;
We like your player but we have a different valuation on him and this is our offer.
If Sporting were not prepared to lower their fee then it would have gone no further but because it is still happening it is obvious they will take less.
Something like selling a house, you always set the price higher than what you will actually take,
I'm not gonna read 123 pages of discussion. Can anyone summerize what is the current situation as of now?
Some people think he is coming. Some dont.
Most people think woodward is a tool.
I think that covers the gist.
The fact that BT are showing our game against Burnley I am sure Fletcher will love to ramp up the toxic atmosphere, especially if he is commentating.
Juan Mata but 5 years younger would be exactly what this team would need now, and if he were we wouldnt need Bruno.
Alexis was 30 when we bought him, and not a comparable signing regarding position.
I wouldnt call it a panic buy, but ofcourse there is a risk , all signings are.
But if you look at our current options we just need to try. At least we’re trying something.
The chap plays for Lisbon.
There are rumours from Twitter people that want attention.
There are debates on here about his quality.
He still plays for Lisbon.
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Can you keep up from here?
We signed Mata 6 years ago and he turned out to be not much more than an expensive squad player, a very useful one but not a first XI starter. Scholes said he was never a Utd player. He's a very handy squad player to have but often you can produce someone from the academy who can make a similar impact for far less spending, when producing squad players.
And Jose is the King of panic buys as he does not respect the long term future of clubs he works at, as he only cares about saving his reputation. Today Bayern announced they've no interest in keeping Perisic beyond his loan. Then Bayern have desperately been trying to offload Jerome Boateng for a couple of seasons now. They would have turned out to be another 100 million down the drain had we let Jose do whatever he wanted, and of course Jose would have found a way to blame the club for those signings, whether it was our fault because our academy was so bad that he had no choice but to sign them, or something along those lines.
Theres a flight due in to Manchester at 10.45 am from Lisbon. He'll be on that. That's all you need to know.
Bruno is the complete opposite to Mata though. The former is a leader and a hardworking player who would kick doors when he loses, the latter is a luxury signing who can't be bothered running too much but is top notch out of the playing field. Also you do notice that we had been scouting Bruno for at least a year?
Think of a light switch, on, off, on, off for 123 pages.
seeing as we need reinforcements this January, I hope utd have more irons in the fire rather than just this one in case it doesn't happen
This wasn’t happening in the summer and it’s not happening in a January! Personally I’m pleased as I’m not sure this guy is all that, most of you are so desperate you’d think Tony Cascarino is R9
Our big name signings/flops can be grouped in two categories
a- they were already on the wane when they came to United. Bastian, Mata, Valdes, Sanchez, Falcao etc
b- they didn't want to be here in the first place. ADM and Veron for example
Bruno has the right attitude to be with United. At Sampdoria he took Mancini's number despite the enormous responsibility that entailed. He ran like mad and always gave his all despite being played in different roles. At Sporting he became their captain something that many feel he totally deserved. We're talking here of a guy who would always give his best on the pitch and will leave on a foul mood when his team loses. He wants to come to United and he's in his prime.
It's amazing how much the mood about him has seemingly swung now that I assume people actually watched him for the first time last night 
I still want and think this transfer to happen, but I've always thought that even when/if he's signed, we'll rightfully be looking at Grealish and Maddison in the summer still (I hope).
I still want and think this transfer to happen, but I've always thought that even when/if he's signed, we'll rightfully be looking at Grealish and Maddison in the summer still (I hope).
The real desperation here is you bizarrely trying to find a way to squeeze Tony Cascarino’s name into a post. Odd.
It's amazing how much the mood about him has seemingly swung now that I assume people actually watched him for the first time last night
For sure, although most of these have almost certainly just watched that every touch video from last night, and well, it wasn’t all that, ergo, he’s shite.
I dont give a shit if we pay 50 or 80, we fecking need a midfielder better tan the likes of Lingard and Perriera. If the extra money we pay means we dont get to see Lingard, I will be more than happy to do so. How the feck some people are calm about our midfield situation?
I know we shouldn't go off one game but he didnt impress me at all last night. Also given that nobody else is really in for him gives me a bad feeling in my stomach.
I think id now be OK if this transfer falls through
I think id now be OK if this transfer falls through
Mata at the time was frigging quality. He was chelseas best player just a year before then
No he hasnt. He watched a match between 2 top sides in Portugal, he could have been scouting anyone
No offence to you personally but posts like this really make me question why I’m on this forum sometimes.
But it was just coincidental he happened to watch a game Bruno played in just a few days before his agent flew into London for negotiations with our club.
Christ.
And Matt Judge. Don't forget Matt Judge.
80 or close to that would be madness. We also have to stop overpaying for players same as with the wages because every club will go into negotiations with a smile on their face once we're interested. If we are not talking about an absolute world-class player that is, which Bruno doesn't seem to be.
More then happy for club to tell them to do one if they are looking for crazy money.
I’ll be consistent in saying that we should only be getting him for 40m max, he’s really not worth more, he might be for Sporting but not necessarily for us. People asking the club to sign him for whatever it takes haven’t seen him play much I can assure you.
Ofcours hé didn't impress among these circumstances
A lot of people hadn’t even heard of Martial when we signed him? And I don’t think anyone else was interested in him.
Well at least Craig David knew exactly what he was doing for those seven days, us on the other hand!
That’s nonsense, these United players kick doors and care you just don’t get camera footage of it.
No plenty where which is why we made the move when we did instead of waiting another year.
Does it not bother you that nobody else is seemingly in for him?
Martial was a highly touted youngster. Thats different to a 25 year old whos been producing great numbers for 18 months, and is clearly available.
He’s signed -he hasn’t - some people want him- some don’t - SP have agreed- SP haven’t agreed-The Lisbon Derby was his last game - no it wasn’t - we’re none the wiser
Have you one too many?
Don’t Judge!
Mata runs a lot, these days at least. He’s just slow.
He has poor ball retention, low pass completion and highish dispossessions + bad touches. He isn’t technically gifted, he’s an end product player and in the absence of that product you have a low bottom level.
I have a feeling that Bruno will turn out similar to Fred. Solid and useful player to have but nowhere near the money we would have to pay or in the case of Fred paid. A player like Eriksen or even a younger player like Olmo would make more sense if we are to go and splash on Maddison or Grealish in the summer.
That doesn't really matter.
We probably won't.
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