Gedson Fernandes
Bruno Fernandes | Signed
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If that was the case he should have been signed straight when the window opened we have had plenty of time to do so. I still think this is not planned at all just trying to fix current situation we are in. Not that I have anything against us signing him this just reeks of panic buy if there ever was one.
This is ban worthy.
living up to your name here, @Massive Spanner 
Duncan castles in his podcast.
Said we met on Friday with sporting.
Significant progress made. They want 75 mil but we won't do that.
We proposed Joel Peirera and Gomes on loan but they look non starters.
Gomes might be possible but contract situation makes things difficult.
Obviously Rojo another one discussed (Salary too high)
Will update if he says anything more significant.
Sporting expect deal to go through.
Said we met on Friday with sporting.
Significant progress made. They want 75 mil but we won't do that.
We proposed Joel Peirera and Gomes on loan but they look non starters.
Gomes might be possible but contract situation makes things difficult.
Obviously Rojo another one discussed (Salary too high)
Will update if he says anything more significant.
Sporting expect deal to go through.
Username checks out.
Sorry guys, genuine mistake, can happen to anyone, I just missed the massive "Tottenham" thing in the banner and the feck that his first name is different.living up to your name here, @Massive Spanner
Lucky you! I'd love it if my wife was also into football and silly season.
You can't always depend on tugging harder or faster for these things to work. Sometimes a slower hand with great eye contact can get things flowing.
Most fans knew we needed a replacement, but it is quite possible that Ole did not understand this.
The other possibility is that Woodward said that we could sign him in the Summer, but let's hold off (to save money). If it turns out that we do need a CM, then we can buy him in January.
The positive with this plan is that it might save money (if we don't have to buy in Jan and there is no CM emergency).
The negative is that if we run out of CMs, then our results will suffer, even if we do buy in Jan.
Remember, whenever we make an obvious screw up and Woodward is behind it, it usually relates to saving money.
Even now, I still don't know if we will sign him in January or not.
The incompetence of Woodward and his staff is staggering.
But when do they break that before its reported in every other outlet?
Have the BBC ever broken a story? Furthered it with an exclusive?
Its all well and good being this reliable but it cones with a price, and that price is being beaten to everything by everyone else. Everyone can be relaible if they just wait for official confirmation.
Saying that, Stone has specualated many times so its not gospel.
They were the first British journos to throw their hat on this on Friday.
If the firming up lasts longer than 6 hours, should I be contacting my physician?
If this goes tits up....the scenes.
The Pattern of Ed's play is getting quite predictable.
Leak Van De Beek rumours as soon as the city humiliation
Get Bruno rumours started and drag till end of the month and pull away with quotes "Sporting wanted too much", 'Agent wanted a part of OT as negotiations' etc and sustain the 'No value in the market' statements.
We might still get Bruno but the pattern emerging is not going to fool anyone
Leak Van De Beek rumours as soon as the city humiliation
Get Bruno rumours started and drag till end of the month and pull away with quotes "Sporting wanted too much", 'Agent wanted a part of OT as negotiations' etc and sustain the 'No value in the market' statements.
We might still get Bruno but the pattern emerging is not going to fool anyone
Yeah that's the trade off, though I think they were the first this side of the channel to report it. So while other journalists might jump the gun in order to get ahead of the pack, it won't necessarily be 100% accurate. Every other outlet will also report countless things that won't happen or is largely fictitious. BBC and Simon Stone won't.
This signing would really excite me if it happens. I darent get my hopes up but i am now.
You cannot argue with his end product and if he can he bring this to United he will be a superstar. For me it is a no brainer and we should have sealed this in the summer.
If i was religious i would pray.
You cannot argue with his end product and if he can he bring this to United he will be a superstar. For me it is a no brainer and we should have sealed this in the summer.
If i was religious i would pray.
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I think it's a fecking disgrace that a national broadcaster is actually a reputable source and doesn't make stuff up.
He's a funny one, under Moyes he was basically gosepl then for a few years he didn't seem to get given much by the club then over the last few years we seem to have made him our most reliable journalist again.
If we get Bruno how is that still part of the pattern?
That was Ogden.
Sorry to be frank, but I can't believe anyone would genuinely believe this horseshit. And the fact you've included that last sentence just invalidates everything you've said before it.
Imagine his relief when he signs for us and no longer has to carry a midfield...
The clue is in the name. Leave well alone i say.living up to your name here, @Massive Spanner
Damn ... I thought this was a joke. Surely it is not sheer stupidity. Surely
Cannot get excited by this for some reason. I would be delighted if we do sign him, don't get me wrong, but then what? I really hope this doesn't stop the Woodward / Glazer songs from the weekend and general discontent towards the club at the moment.
Talks held, no fee agreed as of yet.
I heard that Frank Vincent at Torquay United would be interested in joining Manchester United but no guarantees as yet.
My fear is that we laboriously spin this out a'la Perisic and then mess it all up. But let's just pray.
Must be done then, if the talks broke down we'd know by now. He's a United player.
From what the reports at the time suggested, we walked away from the Perisic deal because they were asking way too much for a player of his age and they wanted Martial as part of the deal which we felt didn't represent good value, hard to see us walking away from this one for such reasons.
To be fair, Woodward does leak positive news the moment we lose a game. Remember when we were having our poor transfer window and all of a sudden papers were talking about a change in structure with a technical specialist coming in?
I think Fernandes happens. BUT there's a strong possibility he's a Pogba replacement. Woodward and our planners ARE that stupid.
Getting more legs
Can actually see us getting this one over the line. Just the sort of player we need to improve our squad.
It will happen this time but I doubt it will be this week.
I really think that it's Sporting who have been driving this transfer and United are open to signing him just not at a marquee price which is sensible because we need numbers in midfield but really should be cautious about how Fernandes might adapt to the league and whether he's a long term first XI option.
If we can get them to agree to a deal that is below £45m as a base fee and below £60m with addons then I think we will go for it, otherwise we will quite rightly back away.
If we can get them to agree to a deal that is below £45m as a base fee and below £60m with addons then I think we will go for it, otherwise we will quite rightly back away.
Not at all.
If Simon Stone says "it's not finalised" "still work to be done" "not guaranteed" etc. - that usually means it's gonna happen.
EDIT: example below
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