Ah well at least we're getting him cheaper this summer. 120m was insane for him... we're still paying a LOT but I can see why we chose to wait and, tbf, it paid off.
Jadon Sancho | £72.9M fee agreed
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I read Gary's tweet as saying that the saga is boring at this stage because it has seemed a given for so long. And not excited about the pending official deal because he already considers him a United player. I mean, he literally says that in the tweet, but some people keep taking his comment like he thinks Sancho himself isn't exciting as a player.
Guess I'll be rooting for Die Mannschaft then...
Giving them a take it or leave it offer to test their resolve in the dying moments of the window is hardly evidence of us constantly chasing him throughout.
We would have been happy to take him a year ago, but not for any price. So we waited, and now looks to be more in line with how we value him.
people don’t read what they see, they read what they want to see.
It's enough evidence to show that we didn't give up trying to sign him until the last moments of the window, that was the point.
But that also shows that we were only ready to buy him last season on terms and money that we found appropriate.
Same this year.
Why does that have to be taken negatively?
So Tuesday it is then.
Not funny. I've actually become more bald and grown more white beard hairs since the start of this
Who cares, today is big day
I'm not saying it's good or bad, I was responding to the request of evidence that we didn't walk away from the €120 mil asking price and that it was a drawn out process:
This below is from the Athletic (Laurie Whitwell, David Ornstein and Raphael Honigstein) regarding what happened last summer
So, last summer the club waited till very late to sign other targets because they hoped a last min offer to BVB for Sancho will be accepted.
Well, the fact remains that the club wasted an entire summer on Sancho last year and could've moved on early on since they knew BVB were adamant about their demands on Sancho.
This summer is different of course.
I actually refuse to believe that your club would have been that daft.
The only thing that puzzles me is why they kept telling it to the press (i.e. their fans).
Woodward is a big fan of social media engagement.
They thought it was all negotiation tactics by Dortmund to keep the price high but they were actually fully transparent saying buy him for this by then or look elsewhere because we are relying on him for next season. That’s how out of touch we’ve been with the market thinking we could bluff them into selling cheaper later on. It seems a lot smoother this summer. It was always going to happen after the Euros so I don’t get the gnashing over this deal. We are actually doing the transfer right this year, with full respect to Dortmund and we’ve saved a nice wedge of cash in the process. That tells me we’ve hopefully learned a lesson or two along the way. I’m not saying it’s the end of marathon sagas but hopefully with a dedicated recruitment team with a background in football ops we can build lasting positive relationships within the game that we can use to our advantage in the future.
There is no amount of daftness that anyone should refuse to believe is possible when the Glazers, Woodward, and Judge are involved in a transfer.
We also could’ve been spared the German brigade (neither invited nor wanted) on a United fan forum standing up for one other like some small pricked insecure bastards.
fixedWe also could’ve been spared the German brigade (neither invited nor wanted) on a United fan forumstanding up for one other like some small pricked insecure bastards.presenting common knowledge of the German public which turned out to be correct, who would have thought
Ok, but what did we lose by 'wasting the entire summer'?
Read my reply to this post. Youl have one.
Honestly I don't know why posters try to rewrite history just because the club fecked up.
Potential targets that could have been impactful outside of this position.
This.
Last summer( and many summers before that) made it evident that we are run by a CEO that only has experience in business outside football and is out of his depth.
Time, obviously, the club entered into panic mode to conclude deals in the last 48 hrs of the summer window, which is not good and very risky, and those deals amounted to 2 kids, backup LB, and backup striker, not bad signings but could've been done sooner
the only thing that still irks me about last summer was the fact that we spent close to €40m on a player who apparently wasn't part of the manager's plans and was rarely used at all. The whole Sancho thing was weird and I wanted us to sign him badly even for the price back then, but in the end, I understand that such a fee was hard to justify during a pandemic. Just could/should have spent the money more wisely then.
I like most of the German fans on here. It’s always good to hear both sides.
Could be very soon, Southgate is shit.
That’s what I’m saying, last summer they tried ripping us off, we’re now paying a much fairer price.
The wait was worthwhile because paying £110 million last summer window during a pandemic would have been a joke.
We need to start being respected in negotiations, clubs have taken us for a ride for a long time now. We don’t have the same money City and Chelsea have to throw away.
I mean I want marquee players signed and quickly, the same as all of us. But we need to think of the bigger picture and the club as well.
Other clubs would be praised for playing hardball and getting the player we wanted and for the right price, it’s what clubs like Bayern do well.
Yeah decent posters in the main, bit protective of German clubs though, even ones they don’t support which is an odd concept to me.
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Wasn't his father in the military. He alluded to having a strict and disciplined upbringing. He chose football over a career in the military.
Amad is going to be 19 in a couple of weeks. Jadon turned 21 in March, roughly 2 years apart. At the same age of 18, Sancho had 13 goals and 16 assists in 42 appearances for Dortmund. Amad had 4 appearances and 1 goal…Amad is going to be amazing, but he just needs to fill out slightly. I think this season, if he gets the sort of minutes that Mata usually gets, that would be great progress for him. But no doubt the prospect of Amad backing up Sancho for the next couple of seasons or so before ultimately stamping his own authority on the team is a tantalising one.
Also, if we actually think about it, with Sancho and Amad there, is RW now one of our strongest areas after such a long time where it was our weakest? Which is pretty mental
I understand that our fan base is dying to see Amad succeed, but Sancho was a much more accomplished player at the same age. Prospects progress at different rates, Amad may become a great player, but he’s proven nothing at the top levels and is basically just potential at this point. Mason Greenwood is basically 200 days older than Amad and he’s WAY ahead of him in terms of development and although his goals were down last campaign, his link up play, passing and crossing improved immensely.
‘If we complete the Sancho transfer, I seriously doubt Amad will play a big role this season, barring injuries. There is just too much proven talent ahead of him.
Let’s let the kid develop without a lot of pressure.
If they beat Germany the route to the final is as easy as you could ever ask for.
yes very. Odd. Can’t say I’d be posting on a German forum, defending Liverpool.
Utterly bizarre
Sancho was just at a different club at the same age. There’s no telling whether he was a different level at the same age. Numbers are silly with kids of that age. The data is so small. How many international goals did Sancho have at 18? Are we supposed to read something into the fact that Amad has more international goals at 18?
Amad will still be potential in 10 years if he never plays. All that means little. He’s 18, and hasn’t played much. At rhis age, such sweeping statements as you have made literally change within one month of football.
What's really bizarre is your relentless, undeterable douchiness, really
so close. Very close. Super close. Closer than ever before.
Are you saying that there's a direct correlation?
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