You've wasted the whole summer chasing unattainable CM targets. And now, when the season has already started, you turn to Fellaini with a lowball bid that seems purpose-designed to piss off Everton. And worse you come back in for Baines by offering the same amount that was rejected several weeks ago.
Look at the circumstances:
* He's their best player (and you also want to take their 2nd best player).
* Selling him would leave them with not much time to find a replacement.
* Compared to Everton you have huge wealth and plenty of money.
* Everton now know (after all your failed CM signing attempts) that you are desperate to sign a CM.
* Compared to the gamble they took when they signed him, he's now Prem experienced and didn't flop.
Yet you come in with an offer that - taking in account inflation - is less than what they paid for him originally (and taking into account football-fee inflation, your offer is much less than what they paid for him originally). And what's more, Fellaini now knows that at best he's 3rd or 4th target choice for United ... which is not a great incentive if you're now expecting him to kick up a fuss about wanting to leave and thereby force Everton into accepting a low offer.
To call your strategy inept would be generous.
So what now? Are you going to waste more time by incrementally increasing these derisory bid(s) every few days? Or perhaps the plan - as you've done with Baines - is to wait and then come back with an unchanged offer?
Why don't you stop pissing around? If MUFC is now resigned to seeking Fellaini and if you want Baines, then make an offer that is actually attractive to Everton, one that makes it worth their while to sell. Time is running out: you've already missed the advantage of having both players in pre-season, but now with every passing day Everton are only going to get more reluctant to sell and the fee they'll seek will only get bigger.
