I agree he is an upgrade on Mike and Phil, but the lack of real pace of both Lindelof and Maguire isn't ideal, hopefully he is bought as part of a restructure.
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Lack of pace isn't that much of a concern as long as the defender is good at positioning himself. The importance of pace is, to an extent, overrated.
I reckon it's dead.
Leicester aren't in a need to sell, Maguire isn't making enough noise and we clearly aren't interested in paying an absurd fee.
If Maguire told his board that he is keen to move, maybe it's not dead.
Seems like it'll go to the wire. I still expect a deal to be done as I can't see why Leicester would want to keep an unhappy player there.
Reports have suggested we haven't walked away as of yet this one will go till deadline day it seems
We already submitted a £70 million offer. The club is clearly willing to pay an absurd fee. Not just more absurd.
But for all we know the fee is already agreed on, and all they stick on now are normal things like sell on% and add-ons.
Maybe like a Ronaldo / Van Dijk situation though where the player agrees to stay one more season on the promise of getting his big move after that (probably to City!)
Yes I agree, players like Terry did great. But the modern game is getting faster and faster and CB are required to be very nimble. Just look at the body builds of modern CBs compared to Sol Campbell, Terry etc.
They want £90m don’t they? We’d be mad paying that, and like Bob said Maguire himself isn’t making enough commotion to force it through at a lower price.
At this point we should pray Tzunabe is ready to step up.
There's been many more reports that Leicester want £80 million. £90m has only been mentioned a couple times, but of course the figure is higher than what the club originally offered.
Maguire has everything to lose by making noise in the public eye so I can't fault him for not turning on his club and potentially fans by going public or handing in a transfer request.
TuanzebeSince when did we sign a Japanese CB?
No idea what you mean ref Terry, Sol Campbell is the outlier in terms of size, and I doubt either of them would struggle in modern football.
At this point in time I would just pay them what they want as well but can't see that happening and don't think we will sign him.
If Leicester said £90m straight off and we were only prepared to go top £70m. We should have moved on a long time ago in my opinion.
I can see this going on unti;l the end and see us ultimately failing. Leicester said they wanted time to go for a replacement. We are not leaving them much time unless they have someone immeditely lined up. Totally agree with your point in bold as I think if we dont sign a central defender it is going to negatively affect come the start of the season.
Transfer request wouldn't lose fans support, Muzzy Izzet once played half a season for us after handing in a transfer request as he wanted us to let him move to West Ham, he still performed, was still loved, still is to this day, and ended up withdrawing the request and signing a new contract.
I would back Harry, if he handed in a request but no deal was agreed to perform in much the same way and retain his popularity with the fans
Been negotiating deal for two years and now up against the deadline yet again with no back up targets. Shameful really. Either pay what Leicester wants or move on. It's obvious they don't want to sell him and he won't have in a transfer request, so that's that. Circus.
75m is an absurd sum of money for Maguire and more than a reasonable compensation for Leicester, so all in all, ball is Maguire's court to make this move happen as surely even he can't expect us to pay 90m.
I think that figure is just paper talk.....If we do manage to sign Maguire I'd be surprised if its for much more than £75m
First it was that we need to match the £75m van Dijk fee. Then it was we need to pay £80m. Now it's £90m. Paper-talk nonsense. Complete guessing game from the English media just because it hasn't been done yet. I imagine it will be done for £80m (which is still absurd money) and we are just waiting for Leicester to find a replacement. As Di Marzio says "one step away".
Agreed.
I think it's a chain of events that'll eventually pinball into action in the last week or so.
Wouldn't be surprised if we get a Berbatov style last minute in the window jobbie
Wouldn't mind if we can buy Umtiti new knees as well.
Is this dead in the water? Surely it should be wrapped up by now.
See, people going on about Maguire being over priced at £80m, but if we end up with the forever-injured Umtiti for £50m that is dreadful value for money.
Buy umtiti for 50m, spend 5m on a set of robotic legs for him.
Personally I think this has been leaked out to show Leicester that Utd have other options and are willing to walk away. I am still confident of signing him and this tactic might see the deal suddenly pick up pace again. Maybe I am completely wrong but going to remain positive on the situation.
Just sign the slabby one and get it over with. If we don't sign a new CB we're fecked.
Thanks for the feedback from a fan of the team. I guess my opinion might be wrong in that case
You have a fantastic player in Maguire, I really hope he does join Man United in the end.
It isn't my money so pay what we need to get the man. After last season, everyone should be taking a pay cut, starting from management and players to fund these purchases
leaking something to show you are willing to walk away only works if the other team is trying to sell, which we aren't
Don't think they give a shit about our options tbh. They don't want to sell him.
I think Leicester are just calling United's bluff and will accept an offer on deadline day if it goes that long. On the other hand, if it fails to happen, I doubt Maguire is the type of player to go on strike or throw a fit. He'll be irritated but play on and maybe be sold for more in the next window depending on his performances.
You will definitely not sell him at the same or higher price next season, as he will be a year older already. He may still command say 70m, but not more any longer - and that’s if he has a good season (which is never a guarantee if the guy is pissed by being denied a move).
It only makes sense if you don’t plan to cash in on players at all - that’s another story of course
If we could get this signing done especially for £75m. I would be very happy
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