I mean as much as I think Henderson is a tool I think it’s fairly obvious that Fergie got that one wrong.
Jarrad Branthwaite
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I mean as much as I think Henderson is a tool I think it’s fairly obvious that Fergie got that one wrong.
£35m + Antony. Best we can do.
Well, we did the same with Mount and then ended up overpaying so I'm not holding my breath
I didn't suggest it did.
Ratcliffe/Ineos made it very clear early on we won't be spending foolish amounts of money on players going forward.
I think clubs will soon realise Utd tax is a thing of the past now and if they want to do business they need to be realistic about their prices.
I said it in the Neves thread that he might be one for next summer and I wouldn't be surprised if Branthwaite ends up the same. All comes down to if Everton can really hold out for a high fee or if they end up coming down from their valuation.
Seems like we're moving fast this time btw
No but when it's clear we have fed to the media we 'want 70-80m' to make a 35m bid public is just...pathetic.
Yeah yeah Everton can posture all they want but that clocks ticking and they need to sell. Think this gets done for 50-55 which is fine.
Well, we did the same with Mount and then ended up overpaying so I'm not holding my breath
Did we? I honestly don't remember but if we did that was under the old regime
Embarrassing. Just be serious with your approach.
Seems a very Arsene Wenger era offer. Might get a 2013 style response where the bids for Baines and Fellaini were deemed to be ‘derisory’.
Good, let's start low. They started ridiculously high so we should come is low.
These wild conspiracy theories man…… Jesus Christ almighty above
I mean asking for 80m for 21 year old who's had one good season so far is a bit ridiculous too, so it deserves such a bid in return. I'm sure they'll find some compromise
It's a good bid, reckon it could be done for 45-5 in add-ons strong upfront payment structure or 50 divisible over a series of payments.
Very similar to the Ben White deal. So the market price probably is 50m + inflation for a young talented english home grown CB.
Is it? Why? Should every club bend over for you if they have a player they don't want to sell?
I think we will get this settled for something like 45m.
Yes it does.
I'm hearing of 2 bids gone in for Branthwaite today, the first day that the window officially opens.....
None of the old nonsense about monitoring or considering, action being taken it seems.
35m… let’s hope Everton reject it and we move on to other targets very quickly
Sure but it seems like you do want to sell in this case and are posturing to get as much as possible out of the deal. Both sides are playing games. You'll get a decent fee in the end. There's some reasonable way to value football players based on market reference points and such. Neither side is stupid.
Not really. It just seems like a classic case of what Brighton have been doing over the past few seasons. We don't want to sell but if you want to buy them then you'll have to pay a premium fee.
I think the 45m bid the Daily Mail reported is fake...but yeah, I expected us to start making moves as soon as the manager situation was decided, which was just this Tuesday.
I think you're being a bit silly here.
I was buzzing with the FA Cup win. Not much else to be positive about regarding the club at the moment. I just see us repeating the same mistakes every year.
No one is suggesting that, but nor should every club expect us to match a clearly ridiculous valuation, you said so yourself earlier that you expect it to get done in the £60mil range so a low bid to state interest and as a start point of negotiating is expected no ?
We are allowed to bid whatever we want, and Everton can say no to whatever they want. Simple as that really.
If this gets anywhere over 50m It looks like we've learned nothing from overpaying for players not worth their value.
Should United bid ridiculous prices right from the off just because Everton set an unrealistic asking price?
Why? Pretty much everything I've read regarding our side is suggesting we will reject swiftly anything which is far from our valuation which clearly 35m is. I'm not suggesting that United should be going balls deep with a 70m bid instantly but when you're offering a fee which is half of what a club supposedly values them at then it's a silly bid.
Fair bid
What if it gets done for 51m?
let's just move on to other targets. Not sure a 65m evaluation is even worth coming to the table to negotiate.
Excellent bid. He is worth no more than £40m and that's because of his age. Anyone willing to go higher are welcome to him. About time PL transfers returned to their senses.
Good breakdown. A lot of cases where the forward gets the step on him and he uses his pace to recover but apparently he's slow.
We have too many injury prone players. If he’s had a complete breakdown do not want.
any bites?!
Nope, but when you have a c. 70m valuation fed by the selling club and then the proposed buyers bid half of that it's way way off.
This will get done for 60 mil.
£35m bid is smart. His value is probably right inbetween what Everton reportly want and what Man Utd bid.