I'm excited. Yes it's a lot and no I haven't always been super impressed with Maguire but it's a good and important risk to take. We clearly haven't been the defensive powerhouse we used to be and we needed another leader in defense to whip shit into shape.
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how'd you work that one out? there was no mention of a fee being agreed?Percy’s tweets pretty much confirms it is done and dusted. The 90mil narrative has changed to 80, which will be the price. Leicester being the good guys by letting him go and they will get paid.
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Mate, give it up. It's clearly done they're just saving face and buying some time.
All this "they won't stand in his way if they get the deal they want" just shows them in a good light and shows Maguire had to actively force himself out. It's a win win situation.
50 years ago 5p got you a Snickers and we didn't call it Snickers back then
I follow John Percy, when a deal is done he says so in those terms that's not what he said, he said we won't stand in his way if the valuation is met, not that is has been
Do you really think this won't get done?
Its pretty usual that credible journalist comes out with this kind of info after a deal has been agreed. Its just a PR thing; Leicester was not bullied into selling and they would be in the players ”way” for a move he wanted. Reading between the lines here.
I might be wrong, but its unlikely all things considered.
Looks like the AWB template. Few ITKs said deal was agreed. BBC and other reporters denied agreement. Palace sources reported how they want 55 million or something and few more reports that they will let him leave if that price is met. Then we will have a deal at compromised price where every party comes out looking good
It’s pretty common in transfers for this sort of thing to come out. It’s PR work from the club, Percy will be saying what Leicester have told him. Doesn’t mean the deal isn’t done, which I think it is
What is your point exactly? those figures dont make sense.. you have to compare in % of turnover.
It is like saying a house and quality in life in Thailand is cheap.. but the wage corresponds to it.
It is like an actual carbon copy of what happened with Wan-Bissaka. I wouldn't be surprised to see this wrapped up in the coming days.
that's not what I said, I asked how he got the deal was done from the tweets Percy posted, when a deal is done he says so, did it with Tielemans when we signed him
Leicester wouldn't look like they have been bullied into selling if they get their valuation, only way they would look like they have been bullied is if they suddenly accept a much lower offer
again, I'm not saying the deal won't get done I'm saying if it was already done then Percy would have said that, he basically confirmed what we all knew, Maguire would like to talk to either Manchester club and Leicester will let him once the valuation is met
I'd prefer to trust Tuanzebe develops than overspend on Maguire is where I'm at if no other quality CB is possible.
Not done YET.
Wasn't it called a Pheidippides or something?
Could we perhaps offer Leicester a Marcos Rojo or a Jones instead of add-ons?
I don't normally do the whole 'why didn't we sign him a couple of years ago' thing, but I actually make an exception for Maguire. While I do admit that it wasn't certain that he'd end up working out at a top club, it was still obvious that he was a super talent who was 'worth' far more than the £15m or so that Leicester payed for him. I was very surprised when they got a free run and none of the top clubs took a chance on him. We payed about double that for Lindelof that same season and Bailly the season before, and they probably had more risk to them than Maguire would have (and I'm trying not to speak with the benefit of hindsight).
you say that now but if United did this and ended up finishing 7th due to defensive errors you'd be spitting feathers in May
You would think we have offered them these clowns. But I think we would need to pay them more to take them.
That's mental, Maguire has proven for club and country that he's a very good player. Tuanzebe wasn't even the best defender at Aston Villa last season. I like Tuanzebe but you're asking for trouble if you want to throw him in the deep end.
It used to buy the best player in the world.
Now Leicester think it buys you a CB who improves you on attack but not on defense
No it used to be a Marathon bar.
You could be right. And it could not be done, but it’s been 90m for as long as I can remember and now Percy Throws In 80? seems like a PR move from Leicester to me, every club does it
most Leicester sources have always said £80m, so I was surprised when you lot were talking £90m
Sorry, that was my little joke. Pheidippides was the Athenian soldier who ran 26 miles to bring news of the victory at Marathon over the Persians to the Athenians.
Still 65m + Rojo/Jones or 70m+ Darmian would have been good business
Think this way - we are overpaying him by about 25m . Given how desperate we are, think thats a decent investment.
Or tell me what are the other players who we can sign,come here and take up the job ?
Or tell me what are the other players who we can sign,come here and take up the job ?
This is Steve.
Steve likes to bash the possible Maguire signing because, “there must be a better player for cheaper, even though I can’t name very many now, although I reserve the right to look at every CB signing that costs less and is successful throughout the upcoming season and use that to prove my point.” Steve also likes to say, “We should have bought him for £4 million before he went to Hull.” As if the old punters in a pub in Salford are still debating whether we should have bought Rio from West Ham before he went to Leeds.
Don’t be Steve.
Steve likes to bash the possible Maguire signing because, “there must be a better player for cheaper, even though I can’t name very many now, although I reserve the right to look at every CB signing that costs less and is successful throughout the upcoming season and use that to prove my point.” Steve also likes to say, “We should have bought him for £4 million before he went to Hull.” As if the old punters in a pub in Salford are still debating whether we should have bought Rio from West Ham before he went to Leeds.
Don’t be Steve.
No sensible club will touch Jones or Rojo at their wages.
If Tuanzebe was going to make it at United, he would have done so already.
He's been showing promise for a number of years now, but he hasn't been capable of making that final step-up.
This Percy bloke works for Leicester or is he their official mouthpiece? Seems to put out a lot there if he doesn't
Some people prefered we didn’t buy Van Persie because it would stunt the progress of Danny Welbeck. How did that go?
If Tuanzebe is meant to make it here, he will have opportunities and take them.
The thing that irks me is that in 2016/2017 season we met Hull 4 times and Maguire played in all games, so it isn't like the coaching team in the club at the time didn't watch him closely. And if they had done their job and analyzed him properly, they would've decided if he's worth buying or not considering our manager at the time seemed to be in the market for a defender every transfer window. But after Hull had been relegated, we didn't hear any word about our interest in him. A year later and with already a considerable money Mourinho spent on defenders, Maguire started to emerge as the answer to all the team troubles defensively. No wonder Woodward refused to spend the money on him that year.
he's the midlands football reporter for the Telegraph ,has an excellent track record with info regarding Leicester
80m-90m? No thanks bye.
I've always found Sky to be a fairly trustworthy source of football-related matters. Certainly more so than the likes of Goal.com, Metro or the Sun - the typically unreliable rags that are running this story.
Magueirooooooo.
Yeah, I like that
Yeah, I like that
By this rate, in 10 years time, may get you Phil Jones.
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