Bruno to do a Berba on the last day? 
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We aren't seriously trying to put in a Ballon D'Or add-on are we?
That is embarrassing - we not even going to play in the Champions League for a while......no Utd player is winning BD any year soon......
What kind of moron would try and use this to price chip?
If it's true we deserve to be laughed at. We did similar with Martial FIVE YEARS AGO. how many times did we even qualify in those 4-5yrs?
I'm sort of glad teams are now calling us out on bullshit, if this is true
Should have just offered an extra 10 Mil once he hits 50 goals.
If the Glazers aren't willing to spend an extra 5-10M on this deal then they're just killing their golden goose.
All they have to do is walk away from a few more deals because of 5/10/15M pounds and their investment in United will tank.
Would you not rather pay an extra 40M and have 4 solid additions to the squad? The situation United are in warrant that over spending to get deals over the line. The alternative is not buying players and that is not an option if we want to compete.
All they have to do is walk away from a few more deals because of 5/10/15M pounds and their investment in United will tank.
Would you not rather pay an extra 40M and have 4 solid additions to the squad? The situation United are in warrant that over spending to get deals over the line. The alternative is not buying players and that is not an option if we want to compete.
The world knows we’re desperate and we’ll be even more desperate come the summer, that issue isn’t going to get any better because we’ve waited 6 months. If you think we’re over paying now, wait until you see what we get quoted in the summer for players.
But you know what, as long as we’ve got a big pile of cash sitting in our bank account everything will work out just fine.
I find the comparisons between this deal and a new home/used car as wrong. I mean, if you don't buy your dream house because you don't want to meet the price then tough, you go back home. Same with a second car. You still own a car or at least you're wise enough to make sure that you are living in an area with good public transport before selling your own car.
United aren't in that situation. The squad is at its bare bones, key players are injured, we have no choice but playing players who are carrying injuries/ are tired and the January window will soon close. If we don't buy anyone then we risk
a- we don't make it to the CL
b- that we rush players in with the risk of them picking career threatening injuries.
That would cost us way more then the rumoured 10m we're trying to spare.
If Woodward wanted to play this game then he could
a- kept Herrera and possibly Fellaini with United. That would allow the club to revert to those players if we're not able to buy new players
b- he should have bought 1-2 midfielders during the summer
United aren't in that situation. The squad is at its bare bones, key players are injured, we have no choice but playing players who are carrying injuries/ are tired and the January window will soon close. If we don't buy anyone then we risk
a- we don't make it to the CL
b- that we rush players in with the risk of them picking career threatening injuries.
That would cost us way more then the rumoured 10m we're trying to spare.
If Woodward wanted to play this game then he could
a- kept Herrera and possibly Fellaini with United. That would allow the club to revert to those players if we're not able to buy new players
b- he should have bought 1-2 midfielders during the summer
Then in that case the owner should sell the property as its evident that he can't afford it anymore. Its pointless keeping a property with a very leaky and unstable roof with no money left to fix it + no idea how to properly maintain the place.
This is all bollocks like I said days ago. He is not going to be signed if we were serious it would have been done way earlier
Rude
No need to be nasty. It's not happening is it
If he scores 50 goals over the next 3 years, they're welcome to it.
It's obviously not all bollocks, but yes at this point it seems very unlikely. Even if it happens, we still look like mugs for dragging it out this long, but at least we'd get the player.
I agree with that.
The Glazers would order him benched at 49 and sold in the next window...
Well I think that's down to their negotiation stance. If they're saying he's a future world class player, hence the price, we've got every right to say that we'll pay them more in that case should he win it if that's what they're implying.
We’ll sign him. Even if it’s for £75m on deadline day, we’ll get this done.
My interpretation is that Woodward will fire Ole over the next few months and doesn't want to commit funds that would otherwise go to Pochettino, who I believe the club will bring in.
It's quite obvious isn't it? He will already have been signed by next week. Or not.
It is now. Thank you.
We all said the same about maguire tbh, then right at the last minute we caved. I suspect the same will happen again.
Demand and Supply.
We are in a desperate situation and Sporting know it.
Why would someone like Pochetino opt in to this shit storm really. The quality of this squad is comparable to Wolves and WestHam right now. Yah we have injuries well guess what if you have a paper thin team that tends to happen. Plus Pogba is probably a goner. Would Pochetino really join to coach teenagers and JLingzzz?
Thats not how supply and demand works since nobody is willing to pay the fee.
Pochettino went after Fernandes in the summer, so if we are talking to Poch about taking over next year, getting this deal done could still make sense. It's been said Sporting are going to sell him in the Summer (would be three windows that we hear this now) and given that it's a tournament year you can bet Sporting will want to hold on to him in the event of a good Euro performance. We've got another long summer of Bruno to United rumors ahead of us.
I believe that we keep putting winning the CL clauses in these contracts amongst stupid items like ballon dor...
Just no chance of it being achieved.
Goals/appearance based objectives should do for us. We need goals.
Just no chance of it being achieved.
Goals/appearance based objectives should do for us. We need goals.
Yeah, but so are they. Seeing they are in financial difficulties and Bruno wants to go.
Both clubs are trying to take advantage of the other club’s desperation, I guess thats why its so messi.
Exactly. It's on or off like donkey kong.
Whatever you say Woody. Just make sure you round off the week with a lucrative sponsorship deal.
We've only had four winners in our entire history. Only one of those recently. As clauses go it's beyond unlikely to pay out.
We're the only ones in for him so the demand isn't that high.
If there is a balloon d'Or clause, isn't that more likely to be part of the tit-for-tat of negotiations? Their manager keeps saying he's the best in the league, generational talent etc, so maybe United have said,
'if you rate him that highly, you'll surely understand us having an extra £2m clause for winning the balloon d'Or, right?'
Sporting then either say 'yes, he's amazing and could well win it. Lovely clause.
Or they could refuse it as unrealistic, which in turn weakens their argument that he's super-amazing and worth 70m.
I know everyone likes to trash the club, but these people have enough experience to know how to conduct a transfer.
'if you rate him that highly, you'll surely understand us having an extra £2m clause for winning the balloon d'Or, right?'
Sporting then either say 'yes, he's amazing and could well win it. Lovely clause.
Or they could refuse it as unrealistic, which in turn weakens their argument that he's super-amazing and worth 70m.
I know everyone likes to trash the club, but these people have enough experience to know how to conduct a transfer.
They know we are desperate.
Either way this has been handled so poorly from the start.
But Sporting has also been unprofessional.
a complete shit show.
Took my son to get his hair cut, walked in and barber had Bruno Mars playing on radio. It's on, that has to be a sign, right....
How so?
I take it Woody has go the ok from Poch then.
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