You sound like you want it to be the high amount. This is Nabil's story. He broke it and he clearly said €50m as the base fee. Ornstein's reliable but he can still make mistakes. He seems to have here on the details of the deal.
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I'm gonna need one of those "Luckhurst is a dope" t-shirts.
No, I don't care which amount is correct. But, when the fee is unknown and a very reliable journalist is reporting up to €70m, then you very obviously don't community note someone for reporting that figure. Just like you very obviously shouldn't community note someone reporting that the fee is up to €62m.
This should be extremely obvious common sense.
Great news! Not going to lie though, I've not much knowledge on his game. Judging by his age I'd hope we'll bring in at least one more CB in De Ligt.
Hopefully they become our latest buddy duo.
Leny - "Ok, time to train and prepare for this upcoming Champions League final. I really think we can make it three in a row if we work as hard as-"
Ethan - "Mate, mate, mate, mate..."
“United fan”
Swear to god I just opened the Athletic app, there was a photo of him signing a contract with a story entitled “United complete Yoro signing,” before the app fully loaded and it disappeared.
I'm still chuckling at Everton fans and journalists being miffed at us signing him for less than what they wanted for Branthwaite.
I've searched this thread for the words "seen" and "watched", and I haven't found a single poster who has seen or watched this guy play for even two games in a row. He is a randomly generated character with a randomly generated name, for all intents and purposes. So many in unison about how he is the next generational talent, and no one - not a single poster - has a non-YouTube/fbref reason why.
I'm glad we managed to pip Real Madrid to a young scouted talent, but I don't know if he was worth 50m. No one knows but the scouts and a couple of football folks at our club, I suppose.
Big big gamble. Let's see how he does for us.
I'm glad we managed to pip Real Madrid to a young scouted talent, but I don't know if he was worth 50m. No one knows but the scouts and a couple of football folks at our club, I suppose.
Big big gamble. Let's see how he does for us.
Interesting that his “only wants Madrid “ thing was actually before United were interested. He flat out refused PSG at the end of the season saying he wanted RM.
Then United come along. It’s possible journalist were only just regurgitating what they heard from a few months back assuming that would still apply.
Then United come along. It’s possible journalist were only just regurgitating what they heard from a few months back assuming that would still apply.
This!
Very strange that Everton fans on twitter are making so much noise about us spending £42m-£52m on young centre back. Whether they just want to gain attention to get famous by using United as click bait or they’re being salty that the market of young centre back is actually nowhere near £70m.
To me it seems more logical from everything that's being reported that he was always waiting on Madrid, but once Utd bid the amount they did and it became apparent that Madrid were not going to match it or come close to it, he had a decision to make whether to stay and leave for free or join you guys. Usually players in those type of situations don't stay at the club they were at and make the move.
a real steal
Plenty of us have watched him. @Adnan was clued into him a long time ago. I started researching and watching around Christmas when trying to figure out who’d we be going after this summer for CB’s.
Absolutely bizarre. Imagine United fans getting pissy because we set Garnachos price tag at 80m and then Madrid went off and signed Martinelli instead or something. You’d think a supporter would be thrilled with keeping their generational CB
I just find it amazing that nobody has been able to take a picture of him anywhere in Manchester, arriving in Carrington, plane, anywhere. Has this ever happened with a transfer before?
I've watched every single one of his games for the past 21 years or so and let me tell you he's going to be a star
I searched your post history as well, have you mentioned anywhere you've seen him play - couldn't find any of your reports.
Adnan was the one definite oversight on my part, should have just gone through his post history earlier. But I've done it now, and feel a bit better based on the bolded bits in his posts below. Thanks for all the insight as always, @Adnan.
^ From October-Dec last year.
The rest are from this thread.
So he was to be a backup at Madrid, being slowly eased into a starting role over the years, as opposed to a more active role with us. That, and the fact that we've overpaid, shows how we pipped Real Madrid to the signing.
I'd be very happy to have other posters' opinions from having watched him play, however. Don't think its likely given how young the kid is and where he plays.
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Had no belief at all
Ineos have a team in the French league. Everyone in France has been raving about him. PSG tried to sign him, and he turned them down stating that he preferred Real Madrid. Lille wanted cash. Madrid thought they could get him on a free at the end of next season.
This outcome is good, because we can’t have Madrid getting all of the best players for free. How do you compete with that. It’s like sitting at home and Margo Robbie just pops round on the off chance that you might be up for it. We can’t let them get away with that. We have to make them work for it, like everybody else.
Time to lower our bid for Braithwaite. Then just snap up old Matt D.
So what you are trying to say here - is that Adnan might have been onto something ?
Not completely true. I watched Lille play on multiple occasions purely to see Yoro once his name started to gain attention.
I mentioned earlier that he is still raw, but his natural abilities are phenomenal for his age. He won't be ready to play 50+ games in all competitions from this season, no way. But we are signing a huge huge talent.
We need to supplement this signing with another signing who can be relied upon when we are rotating Yoro in his earlier years.
He is the clear premier defensive talent in world football. These players are very rarely on the market.
you're tripping, man
I haven't really posted on here because I just don't really post much in terms of reports when we have others that enjoy it much more. But personally think he's the best CB prospect that's come around at that young of an age in a while. Excellent athleticism and pace, good frame and good in the air, and incredibly comfortable on the ball. He instantly raises our physical levels (which were in the dirt last season) and is in ideal partner for Martinez who is comfortable defending high and wide. Plays with extreme calmness/maturity for his age (most defenders that are "hyped" this young often are the other way around where they are charging and aggressive in everything they do), and the spots in his game that need improvement are ones that seem quite feasible with natural growth and development (notably that you'd like to see him win a bit more in the air, and be more adventurous with the ball going forward).
He also grades out extremely well metrics wise for duel winning, and comes from a league that is very fast and physical so he's not going to need some huge bedding in period to get used to the speed of the game. As far as beating out Madrid, yeah it seems clear that he appreciated how forward we were in agreeing fee and conveying to him that he'd instantly be an important part of the team. I don't have any issue with that, and quite frankly think people acting like this is a Di Maria situation are pretty stupid as the circumstances couldn't be more different.
The final thing, and people seem to always factor this out when talking about how "risky" a signing is, is that getting a player as highly rated as Yoro in at this age means that even in a worst case scenario where he didn't work out and grab a hole of that CB spot, he'll still be easily moved on and we'll be able to recoup much of the fee we just paid to Lille. It's why I've been so adamant in wanting us to go all out for more of these types of prospects, because it's a better risk getting them from a smaller club sooner instead of waiting for them to become "proven" at the top level and then having to break records to signs them while taking on the same risk that the player might not work out.
So what you are trying to say here - is that Adnan might have been onto something ?
Who is Adnan?
Nah, I'm saying it's funny how a large majority of posters are getting excited about a signing based on hype and no first hand evidence.
I was also saying none of us, literally, have watched the kid play. But finding Adnan's posts made me eat humble pie (and also feel a bit relieved about where we are throwing money), so I'll revise it to 'almost none of us have watched the kid play'.
I'd never seen Antony, and look how that turned out. Or Onana. Or Van de Beek. The only young player I'd seen play before a big money move to us in recent times, Sancho, turned out to be a dud.
We have good reason to be skeptical.
Good catch.
this is exactly what talent acquisition is about. Finding the next big thing is always a gamble but you can’t stand still if you want to be the best again. If Yoro doesn’t develop there will always be another player breaking through who looks potentially top class. Madrid just gamble on these players over and over until it eventually works for them.
Wasn't Varane 18 when he went to Real? A comparison between him at that age and Yoro now would be interesting. Sure I read we almost signed Varane back then but ended up with Phil JonesYoung Varane vibes
Whats cheap?
Who said Madrid won't sign Saliba, or any of the other big talents?
Leny Yoro isn't some boyhood Madrid fan who is desperate to go to Madrid.
He was given the option of Madrid, United, PSG and Liverpool. He preferred Real Madrid.
He couldve literally gone there for free and signed a huge signing on fee in less than 12 months. He could've stuck it out until January and Lille probably would've accepted peanuts at that stage.
He is at United, there is a significant chance he will be here in 10 years time if things go well.
It's actually silly isn't it.
Its Madrid, they will have to replace Rudiger and Alaba in the next 2 years, they will find the next two best talents and sign them up.
Hopefully they do us a favor and take Saliba from Arsenal, or one of City's centre backs.
Say less
We're getting our transfer business done early?! I thought we were supposed to dither around chasing unobtainable targets until we panic buy and overpay for our 3rd choice targets at the very end of the window?!?
"LENY!"
I basically work under the assumption that anyone adnan is mentioning semi regularly is going to be great. Pretty solid theory to date, pity we missed out on Nico Williams who he's been talking about for at least a year i'd say.Who is Adnan?
Nah, I'm saying it's funny how a large majority of posters are getting excited about a signing based on hype and no first hand evidence.
I was also saying none of us, literally, have watched the kid play. But finding Adnan's posts made me eat humble pie (and also feel a bit relieved about where we are throwing money), so I'll revise it to 'almost none of us have watched the kid play'.
I'd never seen Antony, and look how that turned out. Or Onana. Or Van de Beek. The only young player I'd seen play before a big money move to us in recent times, Sancho, turned out to be a dud.
We have good reason to be skeptical.
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