We do have a very good prospect in Ethan Laird who has the potential be that sort of player at RB.
Jadon Sancho| Staying at Dortmund for now
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We need a Covid/Nandos heat scale for identifying what stage we are at with a transfer.
I like this idea.
With Sancho I'd say we've gone from Medium to Hot with CL qualification.
Grealish has gone from Medium to Lemon & Herb.
We need a Covid/Nandos heat scale for identifying what stage we are at with a transfer.
Oh I love a fresh press briefing in the morning
My body is ready. Feed me more
My body is ready. Feed me more
I think specially after Covid, Villa will want to sell their best asset to reinvest the funds into the team if they want to survive in the PL.
Is there much weight to these reports today or is it just the press jumping on it just because we qualified for CL yesterday?
Probably the latter but I do expect it to happen
This would be a really cool addition to specific transfer threads like this one, like a banner at the top of the page. I know most of us F5 the sh*t out of the page anyway but if you have to step away (or heaven forbid I have to work for a few hours) then it would be cool to check the 'transfer-o-meter'We need a Covid/Nandos heat scale for identifying what stage we are at with a transfer.
It looks like both BILD and Kicker have both been briefed by Dortmund of a potential offer so most of the leaks have come from that today rather than on United's end. That's indicating to me that Dortmund are expecting a sale and trying to spin it so it looks a very good deal for them.
Not saying he should start throwing his toys out of the pram, but merely letting Dortmund know that it would be in everyone's best interest for this to be resolved quickly.
I know, just pointing out that a fair amount of credit for his outstanding numbers this season goes to his partnership with Hakimi.
I think the news about the bid is accurate because transfers from foreign countries are normally broken first by outlets from where the selling club resides in. Herrera, Martial etc were first reported by the Spanish and French media and took our journos by surprise.Thanks for the insight. I believe it was the timing last season. Sancho needed another year at BVB and they weren’t going to let him go that soon either. He was key to their push for the BL this year.
Just seen your latest updates on Sancho. That’s a lot of news coming out a day after we secure CL don’t you think?
The report about the €98m bid is news to me! Not sure how accurate it is.
Edit: thanks for the news about Willy! Should get my muppet juices flowing at least 3 years from now
I expected Bild and Kicker to be first on this potential transfer and that's how it seems to be panning out.
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Hmm that's good if BILD and Kicker get briefed by Dortmund. I'm hoping this deal goes from Lemon & Herb to Xtra Hot by this evening.
Not so sure about that chief, seems like these briefings are from the Dortmund end. They must be expecting much activity this week.
Glad I wrote that before the tweet. Think some of you are wishing on a prayer for the hottest, most coveted asset in the game to be going for a fee that is unrepresentative of the status he has carved out for himself. I think we're looking at around 110m euros, perhaps before incentives. Most certainly a new transfer record for England.
On the world scale, Neymar and Mbappe aside, who is genuinely worth more than Sancho? Age profile is very important in your assessments. De Bruyne, Pogba, Kane and perhaps Mane?
I mean, if there's less than 10 names on the list your propose, it kind of highlights what his worth is on an open market.
One can counter that by saying: if he wants us, it's not an open market issue, but at the same time, Dortmund are not about to get fleeced. I had him at around £120m pre-Covid and with the majority of this season yet to play out. I reckon he'll go for that, all-in now, as opposed to that being the pre-supposed base fee before incentives I had it at earlier in the thread.
What say you? How much is it going to cost us (all in), if the sale goes ahead?
His partnership with Hakimi has been discussed in here before and I agree it's a concern, but we do have a potential solution.
But Sancho is entering the final year of his contract and this environment isn't comparable to the normal circumstances Mbappe and Neymar went for. I think these two factors alone are sufficient to shave £15-20m off an asking price that's already standing at a huge sum. Dortmund have been burnt with a likely ballon d'or star leaving for a free before (Lewa). Speaking of him, sad that the awards got scrapped this year because he'd be a shoe in for it.
which is?
You can even go one step further:
The deal's actually been done for a few days but Dortmund have to put on the show as you've alluded to (and we asked them to hold off until our season was over). While the unsuspecting public laps up the manufactured drama for a few days, Dortmund are working on the deals for Sancho's replacements while the Sancho money hasn't officially been disclosed. Dortmund get their guy, we get ours, papers get their clicks and ad revenue. Everybody wins.
Ethan Laird
Where does AWB go? CB?
Yeah pretty confident that any signings other than him are dependent on selling players first
Ah okay, fair enough! Cheers mate.
I didn't want to go further and set myself up for disappointment but feck it, I'm all in!
Just a thought, would Zaha be a viable replacement for Dortmund?
Is this the guy who is going to make us win the league? If not, the sums being mentioned are just ridiculous. Our scouts should be able to find cheaper alternatives in South America and across Europe. We need a central defender more than we need Sancho. For the Sancho money being mentioned, I would go and get Koulibaly. I just don't think Sancho will transform the team that much.
Let's discuss this after we've signed Sancho or the thread will go off track..
Get out!
He will be a key cog in us winning the league in the very near future IMO.
Interesting...
No we don't at all. We need to sort that RW as a priority. Greenwood will be our future CF and can rotate. We need a CB as well as Sancho but the RW is more of a pressing issue IMO.
The stories of Dortmund rejecting the first offer are a trademark of just about any high profile sale with them. It’s always been their M.O. to prolong the courtship stage for optics/PR purposes to look like they won't be 'bullied' by other clubs while they work on bringing replacements but everyone knows they're a selling club. It's the same thing with Ajax when selling their best players
We had as good a defence as city this season but scored nearly 40 less goals. The defence is not the bigger issue.
Yeah no.
boners at the ready folks, its on like donkey wong.
Choosing Koulibaly over Sancho right now is bizarre. Opinions are a funny thing.
Sancho signing time scale
Utd board are thinking about preparing a bid
Utd are in the early stages of preparing a bid
Utd are preparing a bid
Utd have made a bid
Dortmund reject bid
Woodward is in the process of making a 2nd bid
Woodward has cancelled his holiday to prepare a 2nd bid
Woodward has flown from Australia to somewhere to make a 2nd bid
Dortmund accept bid
DONE DEALIO
TOTAL AGREEMENT
Utd board are thinking about preparing a bid
Utd are in the early stages of preparing a bid
Utd are preparing a bid
Utd have made a bid
Dortmund reject bid
Woodward is in the process of making a 2nd bid
Woodward has cancelled his holiday to prepare a 2nd bid
Woodward has flown from Australia to somewhere to make a 2nd bid
Dortmund accept bid
DONE DEALIO
TOTAL AGREEMENT
He’s worse than Rafaeldagold he won’t last long here either
Not sure about that. Sancho played a lot of football from the left also and had just as much of an impact, if not more.
Yes Hakimi helped him get space on the right side but AWB is more than capable of doing overlapping runs too.
A 29 year old Koulibaly at that. Any club would be stupid to pay more than 50m for him IMO. No resale value there at all.
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