But now he's a £50m player. So doubt we will pay that.
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But now he's a £50m player. So doubt we will pay that.
And the wages would be higher too.
Its Brexit madness on the Caf today 
Sterling dropped 8% against the euro so would be about £33m if €40m.
It's not been great news today (my point of view) but people need to stop panicking and scaremongering. It might get a bit worse and take a year to recover the pound value.
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Panic because we'll have to make do with what we have. No more buying.
Exactly. Everyone seems to be losing their shit over Brexit right now when in truth, no-one actually knows what impact it will have on signing new players from abroad.
The strength of the pound fluctuates every day anyway doesn't it? It will recover. Let's not forget the state of the Euro at one time either.
I'm sure United were sensible enough to understand the political situation tied in with the football situation. They were holding these transfers out in hope that if we remain then the pound would be worth more which obviously means that transfers would cost less.
Obviously that didn't happen so I can see transfers speeding up, but that's hypothetical.
Obviously that didn't happen so I can see transfers speeding up, but that's hypothetical.
I think as someone else mentioned, United will have money in different currencies so it should effect anything as the can pay in Euro's to save a bit dosh and juggle the money later. Only slowing effect that i would forsee would be if they were taking stock of the situation and planning strategy accordingly.
Our dollar inflows were primarily from Nike and they were matched against the dollar interest payments. I'm sure the Adidas contracts are denominated in euros or pounds. The dollar interest payments are presumably hedged, so I can't think why we'd have a stack of dollars lying around. There are no free lunches here. Even if we have commercial contracts denominated in, say, dollars, using the dollars to buy euros reduces the (pound) cash flow to United by just the same amount that using devalued pounds to buy the euros would cost.
Bild saying they reckon this will be announced in July
These summer tourney's are playing havoc with the transfer market. My guess is things will really pick up in the next week or so and then probably die down again during the Olympics.. only to pick up again until the period ends!
He is not a "pound" player, he never was and never would have been. United will pay euros to Dortmund from clubs euros account.
Jesus, guys, am i the only one who has dollar, euros bank deposits and use them in travels instead of exposing myself to bsnk commissions and unfavorable currency conversion rates? Come on, it's 21 century already.
I was thinking the same thing
it's like everyone thinks we are cluelessI just have a revolut card, much easier.
Whatever the currency, would welcome this transfer with open arms. Last season's horrorshow with about two chances per game left me in a sad state. It's great to feel hope and actually look forward to a United game again. Mourinho, Bailly and Mkhitaryan is an amazing start imo. (assuming this is happening)
Samiul Haque @samiutd06 10s11 seconds ago
Manchester United don't want to pay more than €37m for Henrikh Mkitaryan. Borussia Dortmund want €40m. [@RNBVB] #MUFC
Manchester United don't want to pay more than €37m for Henrikh Mkitaryan. Borussia Dortmund want €40m. [@RNBVB] #MUFC
This makes no sense whatsoever!
I guess another club will come in and pay the asking price and then Utd will say we were never interested in the player.The signs are ominous.
Yep, that chair wasn't worth 3mil.
It can be worked out through bonuses, I imagine Dortmund will compromise on a €3m Euro difference.
I doubt 3 mil will deter us from signing him.
Aren't those guys quite reliable?
It will be a massive joke if we don't get him now. Quabbling over 3 million is something only United can do.
It will be a massive joke if we don't get him now. Quabbling over 3 million is something only United can do.
No way is that true
Doubt we would pass on signing him over a couple of mil. Not like there's loads of options for RW
€40m for a player of his calibre is good business, whether or not if he had one year left on his contract. This is a guy that was one of the best players in the league last season.
The league that consists of Aubameyang, Muller, Lewnadowski, Costa. We cannot pass this up.
The league that consists of Aubameyang, Muller, Lewnadowski, Costa. We cannot pass this up.
United transfer fees it is always one of two things
1) OMG we paid too much, why do we get taken for such mugs. Woodie needs to learn to negotiate
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2) OMG why are we negotiating just pay the price the want and get the guy. Why are we such mugs?
1) OMG we paid too much, why do we get taken for such mugs. Woodie needs to learn to negotiate
or
2) OMG why are we negotiating just pay the price the want and get the guy. Why are we such mugs?
Micky for £32M is great business when you consider reports that Soton want £40M for Mane.
Too right.Forget the transfer fee.. The wages are going to hurt us now.
Zlatan will want 800k/week. This guy would probably demand 500k/week.
the pound is worthless now.
Zlatan will want 800k/week. This guy would probably demand 500k/week.
the pound is worthless now.
So true - just depends on if the player in question is rated by the poster or not for which one they'll pick.
Hopefully this is done soon.
3m euro gap is obviously made up nonsense.
At wages of more than £100k per week it makes financial sense to complete the deal as late as possible as it costs a shit load more to have him on the books through the summer.
Its hard to a imagine a club worth of billion pounds will have that mentality.Only a shop owner will have that mentality.
I'm sure the attorneys that draft up the contracts take into consideration that a player doesn't collect a paycheck until training begins. If he signed this week, and players didn't have to report for two more weeks, we're not going to pay him £200k to go on holiday. The contact would probably state his pay begins when he reports for training. The flip side to signing a player at the end of the windows is that the player is not acclimated to his new team and possible already played with his old team. 2-3 weeks could go by before he gets a start. Best to sign him as soon as possible in my opinion.
Not when you consider in the next week, those that were not on international duty are supposed to be coming back and starting pre-season training. Plus, probably more of a risk to delay over saving a small amount of money in the grand scheme of things.
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