Fair offer. I really want him but if they continue to ask for up to £90m we should walk away.
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It would be absurd if they turned this offer down. They're extremely unlikely to get an offer like this again for him, imo. Whilst i think he's a good defender, i don't see him as world class, so this is more than a fair offer. And that's an understatement.
Either that or we prioritize a CDM and go with Tuanzebe-Lindelof as starting CBs, which I'm starting to warm on considering how shit Matic is.If they turn that down, I hope we already have replacement lined up and move fast
Who gives a feck about banter.If true...80million
If it makes us better then brilliant.
Yeah I think it'd be absurd too but Leicester hold all the cards here and if they want to hold out for £90m then they have every right to, if we're willing to go up to £80m for him there's a very good chance we may end up paying the full £90m.
at this point i wonder if they would even sell at 90. kind of feel like it's all just a stalling tactic to keep him.
I think we also need a CDM as I fell the same way about Matic. I don't think this deal is going to happen and they way we have been moving in the market, it's going to be hard to to get replacement in, even if we have one lined up.
We bought Lindelof and Bailly cost about £66m combined to solve the CB issue. In the current market, that's comparable to the £80-90m that Maguire is going for.
If I had to pick between Lindelof+Bailly or Maguire on his own, I'd pick the latter.
HM is as close to a sure thing as you'll find anywhere.
If I had to pick between Lindelof+Bailly or Maguire on his own, I'd pick the latter.
HM is as close to a sure thing as you'll find anywhere.
We could mug them and go to 80 plus Rojo.
They'd probably ask for £100m if we included Rojo.
Yup. 'Fair value' would be something like 60m + 10m even in today's carzy market, if they turn down 80m then walk away. He lacks acceleration which is a major flaw in a world class defender and he is not worth 80m.
We need a DM more than we need Maguire.
We've not been playing with a DM though, we've been playing with a #10.
Have you not seen the state of our pathetic defense?
Let's wait and see I guess.
In my life time we've never played with a DM
Hope they reject those 80mil.
A center back is required. Of our current options only Lindelof is good enough, and Tuanzebe has the potential to be good enough, but is not ready to be our unequivocal starter. Maguire is a leader, and an excellent defender. His high press is great, he's dominant in the air, and he's fantastic bringing the ball out from the back. I couldn't give two shits how much he costs. It's not my money. I just want the best players we can get, playing in our team, in a clear, cohesive system. Bailly is broken, Jones and Smalling are cack, and Rojo is a liability. I pray to god we sign Maguire. And if not him, Ummmm Titties.
Maguire needs to get with the programme and start throwing a wobbler.
I see foxestalk are still mentioning us.
I don't get this attitude why would you want someone that behaves so unprofessionally? It just means he'd do it to you if a better offer comes along
Realistically, Maguire isn't going any higher than United, so don't think we have to worry about him doing the same to us.
Someone like Pogba probably will at some stage, such is life.
I have, and part of the reason they are pathetic is how absurdly easy it to get through our midfield. Matic is finished and Pogba gets bored of defending after 15 mins. Unless we fix that problem I wouldn't expect a massive improvement.
Probably BS. Kaveh is as unreliable a reporter as I've seen work for Sky.... just says everything he hears.
Come on it's unlikely Maguire is ever going to get a better offer than us
reality is we need both. I'll happily have the defense fixed first.
there's always a better offer somewhere
Not for Harry Maguire there's not
I don't think Slabhead is ever going to be on Real Madrid's radar
On the balance of probability, we wouldn't have that problem with Maguire.
I can move on but it’s other clubs that will cling on when Ed is sitting in a negotiation table. You say years ago but what has he done ever since he tried acting like billy big balls?
Not really. I personally like players who would do anything to play for Manchester United. Opportunities like that don't come around twice in a lifetime.
Shall we go through all the players that done this and came in to your club being very professional after?
He needs the move make it happen. His character will never be judged by United.
and 3 years ago you would have said he'd never be on Manchester United's radar, or in the England team
feel free I cannot remember signing someone who acted like a twat to force a move to us and I wouldn't have wanted to sign them if they did so if you can pull one out I have forgotten then by all means
I dislike players who go on strike to force a move, for sure. But Maguire has been extremely professional through it all, hasn't he? If (and it's a huge IF because the Sky news could very well be BS) you guys reject 80m I'd understand him if here were pissed though, to be honest.
In fairness quite a few did seem to rate him, although this was after he'd bossed us over the course of three games.
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/harry-maguire.425839/
Wrong he looked a good CB at Hull (not future most expensive CB in the world good granted) and much worse players than him have become England regulars
thats just a silly valuation. Maguire is a good defender but is massively overrated here. 60 million is more than a good deal but I guess Leicester want to rinse us. Its okay if we dont get maguire given we are being outpriced. Its only at Manchester United nobody bats an eye paying 90 million for a good defender. The only issue we should have as fans is if we dont have a replacement target given bailly is out.
Dont get me wrong I want maguire here as much as you do but like Ed not for 80/90 million.
by all accounts he has, which is why no Leicester fan (who isn't a total feckwhit), would begrudge him the move as he has done it the right way, doesn't mean we want it to happen mind
Fair enough. After a couple of seasons at most people will be talking about him in the same terms as VVD, so he will attract interest from other European giants
Ooof, now that'd be nice. Can't see it personally, do think he's a very good player though.
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