They're perfectly entitled to set whatever price they want, but the meltdown from some of their fans and that Liverpool Echo journo because... we decided to go for somebody else instead is properly baffling.
Jarrad Branthwaite
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Shouldn't they be happy they're keeping their generational talent? Strange reaction to us signing a different player.
I see people keep using Antony and Maguire as benchmarks for any potential transfer fees when United are involved. Isn't the general consensus also that United grossly overpaid for those players? Then why are those fees mentioned at all in these discussions - it's as if opposition fans expect United to continue overpaying for average players for eternity. The same opposition fans would be making a laughing stock of Branthwaite and United if we signed him for a big fee and he didn't live up to it. Then when we go for the next player, the argument becomes we overpaid for Maguire, Antony and Branthwaite and the cycle continues.
We've moved on from their "£100 million player" and signed someone (arguably more highly rated) for half the price, and now they're left having to explain to him why they can't quadruple his £35k a week wage, despite him apparently being a priceless, generational talent.
Was never worth the price they were asking. Glad we moved on instead of spending all summer haggling and overpaying at the end.
Positive signs with the new management
Positive signs with the new management
There is absolutely no need to do this
Wow. Completely unhinged
That Everton forum...It's like reading Bluemoon, so much bile and hatred towards United. Also Branthwhite is a "generational talent" like Rooney, doesn't make mistakes, Real Madrid will buy him, etc. It's what decades of hovering slightly above relegation does to you I guess.
Lets see if anyone buys branthwaite this year, noone is paying more than 50m other than us
I think this is not over yet. If we sell a few more defenders then he could be the alternative to De Ligt still.
45 +5, would be enough. We are still Manchester United, we just were under shit owners.
I'm convinced United are getting De ligt instead. A player just as ambidextrous with twice the experience and cheaper. Only Bayern's Tah deal is holding it up
Even we won't.
I've read the full article. I've also looked on an Everton forum and seen an endless barrage of Everton fans being upset and having hissy fits about Utds offer far more than being pleased he seems to be staying.
I've also seen you express your distaste for Utd making a transfer offer then walk it back to claim you were "just explaining that Everton have set a price".
A lot of Everton fans are clearly upset that Utd don't see their best player as being as valuable as they seem to. That's fine but then acting like we have done anything remotely wrong is ridiculous.
If it's a fire then it's the sort you get from a cheap pack of matches on a windy day.
Imagine being this offended a club bought someone else for a cheaper price and they can do one about this "premier league proven" stuff, he played 1 season in the most defensive minded system in the league.
Obviously we are all just guessing, but I don’t think we will get anywhere close to 70 million for Branthwaite.
What's silly is the clubs greed has now left you with a player who obviously wanted to leave. Also you've shown him his value and his wage doesn't reflect that price. He'll be after a lot more now if he doesn't leave before September. Also, Utd isn't driving anything. We found a better deal and now all of a sudden everyone else is butt hurt that we got a deal that nobody said we had a chance at over the line, so the narrative is now that Yoro is not as good as everyone was making him out to be but Branthwaite is our loss. I'm pretty sure he wasn't the answer after 1 good season when we were bidding for him. Funny how things change with Utd isn't it
Don’t understand why fans of a club that is nothing better than relegation level are so butthurt that we didn’t buy their player.
Someone else will and you will still be looking at 18-20
Someone else will and you will still be looking at 18-20
Uh oh, they're on to me
Hi u/longers!
Hi u/longers!
After reading their forum a bit i totally get why some could be furious we aren't throwing them a huge fee.
The only transfer speculation is about Phillips on a loan and they aren't universally disgusted about it, a lot of them are resigned to it. Most of the rest is hoping they can get a new deal with Calvert Lewin and obscure guys i've never heard of (i guess they shop in a different market to be fair). Oh and wishing they bought Wharton.
Its just pretty grim. Brantwaithe is their ticket to transfer muppetry and hope vs Dyche ball and Kalvin Phillips.
The only transfer speculation is about Phillips on a loan and they aren't universally disgusted about it, a lot of them are resigned to it. Most of the rest is hoping they can get a new deal with Calvert Lewin and obscure guys i've never heard of (i guess they shop in a different market to be fair). Oh and wishing they bought Wharton.
Its just pretty grim. Brantwaithe is their ticket to transfer muppetry and hope vs Dyche ball and Kalvin Phillips.
If he is really that good then surely Everton fans should be over the moon and it’s him staying (for now) rather than being so irate.
Silentwitness is getting a fair bit of unfair flak here. Most of what he said was sensible. Ultimately, it made better sense for Everton to keep Branthwaite than sell him to United unless we were willing to pay an inflated price as they would find it difficult to replace Branthwaite on the cheap. Just like it made sense for United to walk away and buy Yoro at a lower price, with plenty of upsides. English clubs are a lot richer than clubs from other leagues and it is just more difficult to get good value when buying from English clubs.
You're missing the point. Everton didn't sell him to us for a far lower valuation than what was considered acceptable and logical by them. That's enough reason to be upset with them and go on a random rampage on Everton fans. How dare that puny lot does this to the mighty Man Utd?
I am not referring to the entire Everton fanbase. I was only talking about Silentwitness, who I don't think said much wrong. That article that decried United for daring to bid more for Yoro than for Branthwaite was hilarious
The irony from the "Grand old team" fan is incredibly amusing.
I was being sarcastic. Both clubs did what was logical to them. Neither lost out IMO.
It is absolutely fine that Everton rejected our bid. God speed to them. I hope they get a bid for 100m for him, I quite like Everton as a club.
It is totally ridiculous to imagine that Man Utd did anything even remotely wrong by making the bid.
oh! My bad!
The only thing better than their current meltdown, would be the meltdown that would ensue if we end up actually signing him for less than the 70m they want.
So if we do end up buying him, do Everton's fan celebrate? I don't remember ever seeing this sort of reaction before.
This may seem like a pretty intangible thing, but I have always liked United having a strong english cb at the heart of the defense. Literally for that reason alone I hope we get him in over De Ligt
"The only embarrassment is united fans who still think they're a major player. 31 points behind City.Yeah you've still got it." from an Everton fan?
We have one. His name is Harry Maguire and we're trying to desperately get rid of him...
Can anyone confirm De Ligt is ambidextrous
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Maybe there’s more to life?No evertonian is angry or unhinged at it. We simply don't care.
We are delighted it looks like you've moved on. We didn't and don't want to sell branthwaite.
We've reacted to utd fans all over Twitter acting like utd have got some kind of win over Everton. I've seen things like 'Everton fans bitter cos Ineos won't play 3D chess with Everton'
Like.... What? We didn't even want to talk to you about branthwaite
We are delighted it looks like you've moved on. We didn't and don't want to sell branthwaite.
We've reacted to utd fans all over Twitter acting like utd have got some kind of win over Everton. I've seen things like 'Everton fans bitter cos Ineos won't play 3D chess with Everton'
Like.... What? We didn't even want to talk to you about branthwaite
My opinion regarding that price is not to be insulted by the bid of 35m because I think he's worth 70m. Rather that we have always set a clear price of 70m so it's utterly pointless to bid anything less due to what the club have said for the reasons pointed out in my response to Benito. I think it was stupid, much like many responses in this thread are stupid and at times pointless responding to but unfortunately every transfer thread on here has Muppets running around.
I don't think they do. A large majority don't care what you value him at, they're happy with him as a player and the player hasn't made any indication that he wants to leave. If you don't value him at 70m, then our stance is why are you bothering then? Because the club have stated that is what he's worth to them and he won't be sold for less.
I think they're more so laughing at the fact that many of the things that were being said about Branthwaite suddenly don't apply to Yoro which is slightly amusing. I think Yoro is the elite standout CB of his generation and he's far ahead of Branthwaite when he was 18, but both are elite talents in the CB bracket and will become the CL/International CBs of the future.
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