If we sign him, the deal will be announced after the Euros.
Jadon Sancho | £72.9M fee agreed
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Yeah I would like us to rebuild the midfield as well but can't see ole signing a DM let alone a CM as well this summer even though like you say McTominay & Fred should really be squad players to offer rotation with the first choices
£80/90m is a fat wedge. Given that he's extremely well regarded, already put up good numbers and the fact he could feasibly be here for the next 10+ years means it's a goer. Get it going Wood + Murtough
Why should they tbh? If they are happy to not sell they are under no obligation to drop the price.
Do you not feel the people running the club deserve it?
Objectively they do a terrible job of it.
I'm still not convinced that Sancho is an urgent requirement. There is no doubt he's a great player who would improve us no end. But if we have a limited budget, we need to 1st sign a DM and a CH rather than sign an RW. These are the two most important roles that need filling. Otherwise, we will be no better than this season. We need the spine of the team to be strong and move on from there.
Nah we definitely do need a wide forward, we drop too many points against teams that sit back, versus teams that attack us. Neither Rashford or Greenwood are natural wide forwards, neither have great dribbling ability. They've grown in their roles but our options there are weaker when compared to the likes of City, Chelsea and Liverpool.
The question is though whether Sancho's the attacker we need to sign at the quoted prices, because as you say we do also need a DM badly, and many would also like a CB (though personally I think an attacking RB is a bigger priority). If we spend £90m on one player, we probably won't be signing many more.
Rashford is definitely a natural wide forward with great dribbling ability, it's just you have to balance out the attack. We can't have 2 wide forwards flanking a classic #9 and a second striker basically in behind. We need a creative wide player on one side opposite to the wide forward to balance out the attack and Sancho would definitely bring that.
No problem, We move on and if a club is prepared to pay more than us I am sure Dortmund would sell him to them.
Not sure how to break this to you
To be fair, we are run and owned by a bunch of pricks, so it should be no surprise that negative news will elicit negative reactions by our supporters.
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My first thought upon hearing Chelsea May spend 175m on a single player isn’t to slate Manchester United. It’s a bit odd that it would be anyone’s to be honest - let alone a journalist. My first thought was actually how incredibly broken the game is and how anyone who thinks this is remotely sustainable is living with fingers in their ears.
It is sustainable gor a select group of clubs like Chelsea, City, PSG etc. because of two simple reasons.
1. They are funded by rich, passionate owners.
2. FFP is toothless and usually has its punishments overturned.
I remember how in 2005 there used to be jibes made at Chelsea that Roman would get bored and leave. Well, he's still around after muiltiple league and champions league titles and continues to show the kind of ambition that the plebs at United find embarrassingly romantic.
Yes, the game is broken of course but has been for a long while.
Did you watch the Europa League final? Didn't beat his man once. He's fast but he's nowhere near being a natural dribbler, especially on the left where if he doesn't cut in into his right he can't do anything. If anything he looks better dribbling on the right because he can zig zag both ways with his right foot.
Also this idea of needing a passer and a runner on the flanks really has no basis in anything. Look at Mane and Salah. Ronaldo and Nani. Ronaldo and Bale. All strong dribblers and finishers.
Rashford's attributes are runs in behind, finishing, and a strong passing range. Rarely dribbles past a low block. Sancho's attributes are great passing, one twos, close control, good finishing. Doesn't often dribble past men in a low block. It may somehow end up working but more likely is it'll be a continuation of what we already see against low blocks - a lot of passing sideways and backwards.
United should focus on other positions and shipping off the deadwood in the squad. This signing isn’t the most urgent plus it’s not like there is a bidding war to sign him. We should just wait till next summer and sign him for cheaper, imo.
Big day today
Say we agree a fee with Dortmund while sancho is on international dutie but then he picks up a bad injury what would happen then?
He signed then?
He went on that quite incredible run where he beat like two men. He does have the ability to dribble past men in low blocks and has done it quite often in his career. He just has terrible decision making where when he gets past one or even two he then doesn’t pass and tries too much.
If I have to pick between him and Marry Kane i'd pick him anyday. Problem is we'll be skint after signing any of them.
I would expect the contracts cover this.
Deal in principle before Euros then sign after it
IF it happens at all. I still have my doubts. This thread ans the whole situation is identical to last year. I'll only believe it when I see it.
Sancho is currently quoted at around 85m pounds by Dortmund. So perhaps we are trying our best to negotiate a 80m plus 5m add-on deal?What are these lasts tweets about the £80 million plus add-on?
Last summer the price for Sancho was £103 million.
Now they are talking about £80m PLUS add-ons....
So if the add-ons will be around £10-15 million, then the price hasn't really dropped? How that can be?
A flurry of exciting tweets to come today, I feel it in my bones.
Jan-Aage Fjorthoft will have something to say for sure, and then maybe Christian Falk will even tell us about its epistemological status.
I'm really not sure Sancho is the missing piece for us, feels like we still need a clinical goalscorer rather then a wide forward. Kane gets us the title. Haaland gets us the title. Does Sancho gets us the title?
You're delusional if you think either of Kane or Haaland get us the title. Kane, Haaland AND Ronaldo wouldn't get us the title because our midfield and defence is dead, we create minimal chances for our number 9 and we leak goals at every set piece and crossing opportunity.
JAF knows less than most on the Caf, which is not a lot.
I’m waiting for the virtual fellatio of Zorc to come from his supporters…
So many of the game we fecked up last season, Haaland would have literally made zero difference in. But that obvious sense makes no difference to a certain set on here.
People put too much stock into international performances. Look at how they perform at club level on a regular basis. Sergio Aguero's international record is a lot more modest than his club record but I don't think that anyone would hold that against him when judging his ability.
I think Kane is already married.
Respectfully disagree with this
Sancho is an Elite level creator who we are desperate for. It maybe in this thread much earlier but one of the forums esteemed members who does great work and in depth analysis on how he would vastly improve our team and the areas he would improve. The guy is not just a 'winger' and he is the right kind of player we need.
Agree we need a DM but maybe the long term view is that it's money wasted if Jimmy Garner's development continues on same trajectory and he could be first team ready within the next 12 months.
If we get a quality CM and CB, then a Kane or a Haaland would probably get ut the title instead of Sancho.
Not that i believe this will happend though.
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We played alot of games last season with James and Mata on the wings, we cannot afford to go into another season with no out and out RW.
The reason Rashford has had to play so many games, we don't have another winger with pace and output, getting sancho means we can rotate whilst not losing quality.
I agree that he would be a great signing that would help in the flow of our forward line, but if we don't sort out the midfield and defence, it would be for little progress.
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