Not even in football manager
Poured scorn on it myself, so very, very impressed we’ve landed an s-tier player. Genuinely thought that was beyond us in our current guise.
Still feels unreal. I'm surprised at the swiftness with which United moved, I dont recognise my club, used to pray for times like this
Getting the best young CB in the world for ~50M is amazing business.
It happened once
Yes seen as a generational talent at present. Very good at being the last defender and clearing/blocking/intercepting chances.
its 62m guaranteed and 8m in add ons, Ornstein's confirmed it, where did you get the 20m figure from?
Is he really? Never seen him play
I can sort of understand this thinking as we have a bad record with signing players from there but work should have been done to help the players settle rather than completely ignoring recommendations from South America.
Like you said, hopefully with Ratcliffe in now we see more signings from there. Yoro is a good start. We should be doing our best to convince the best young talents to join us.
He's definitely a Phil Lynott regen.
That's all well and good if INEOS had actually appointed a manager who actually has a system.
That's what they say. Come one, its muppet season, I'm basing this on YT compilations, the best source there is.
I think he looks a bit like Wallace from The Wire.
Always makes me chuckle when people add in "add ons" to try and inflate the price, because the add ons are only activated if the player is actually good (which in that case no one gives a feck).
If every transfer was us spending 30m +50m more in add ons that required the player to be put into the TOTY and Ballon D'or voting I'd happily take that anyways
€52m base fee with €10m euros add-ons based on number of appearances+ helping us win PL/qualify for CL + €8m Balon Dor clause is my headcanon and I'm not going to hear anymore on it.
I saw a video where he was practically begging Yoro to sign for us. He's as much of a muppet as all of us.
They. Are. Worried.Absolutely loving the bitterness coming from rival fan forums right now. We’re only signing him because we’re paying him half a million a week, and not to worry as we’ll ruin him anyway! A sudden change from the we’re skint and can’t attract top young talent, only old has beens narrative.
It happened once… while we were still a force in world football.
Or, he could now be completely soured against them after their statement basically telling him to F-off if he expects them to pay for him. He surely can’t feel important to them now.
Missed their chance this summer. Will be regretting their decision pretty soon.
and if that is the case, he will sell for a hell of a lot of money
I think we are. He’s already one of the best CBs in Europe.
Glass half full kind of guy, aren't you?
I'm getting a good laugh out of Romano just saying what Ornstein is saying after Ornstein says it.
Romano doesn't give a feck
Wouldnt be surprised if this is true. 42M base + 10M achievable addons + 6M difficult ones like PL/CL trophy.€52m base fee with €10m euros add-ons based on number of appearances+ helping us win PL/qualify for CL + €8m Balon Dor clause is my headcanon and I'm not going to hear anymore on it.
It’s not a problem, if he goes and we lock him in strong contracts we will get a premium. It’s the correct transfer strategy, but he is a player that should he reach his potential is a long term risk for squad building.
The options were cat. I'm sure if someone like Xabi Alonso was available they would have made a move.
Completely agree. I agree we need to be patient with Yoro . I made a similar point yesterday in another thread. It will be way too much pressure on him way too soon if he's a starting CB for us right away.
