Luke Shaw | Deal done! Almost...

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How many actual public bids were there last summer? Just loads of claims and speculation, mostly.
The Fabregas bids were "public" weren't they? As was the Baines / Fellaini joint bid if I'm not mistaken (Everton published that one, I think.)

Hopefully we'll tie this one up quickly. Would be great to sort at least one or a couple of purchases early.
 
I thought it was a long trip for Sir Bobby and Woody to be making for a rather pointless game.
 
On Rodriguez, Wolfsburg are minted and Real Madrid want him. It won't be £15m he goes for.
 
Worth every single penny.

For me already up their among the best fullbacks in the league and he's 18 years old. Potential to sort out our LB position for over a decade and he's bloody fantastic both defensive wise and going forward. Hope we can get this done.
 
He's already better than Evra and will solve a big issue in our team for the next 10+ years. 30 million is a lot of money for a fullback, but he'll be worth it.
 
I really don't understand what's in this for Shaw.

I imagine this might change based on managerial alterations, but it would make more sense for him to stick at Southampton one more year.

It's perfect timing with United needing a new first choice left back; he won't be moving with a chance of just sitting on the bench. A year down the line, all the top teams in England might just be happy with their left backs.
 
I really don't understand what's in this for Shaw.

I imagine this might change based on managerial alterations, but it would make more sense for him to stick at Southampton one more year.

For what reason? He's more likely to have success in all competitions with United than Southampton and he gets a big payday. There's no benefit to staying
 
Definitely more than usual. Off the top of my head - Fabregas, Baines, Fellaini, Khedeira, Coentrao, De Rossi. All of those were unanimously confirmed by the press, the club or the player himself. That didn't happen during Gill's time.

Ah, public in the sense that the public are able to read whatever a newspaper print, I see.

In absolutely no way did we officially or verifiably put in bids for all of those.
 
I thought it was a long trip for Sir Bobby and Woody to be making for a rather pointless game.
Sir Bobby Charlton is the last person I would expect to be involved in an official bid for a player. It was our last game of the season so pretty far from pointless.
 
It's perfect timing with United needing a new first choice left back; he won't be moving with a chance of just sitting on the bench. A year down the line, all the top teams in England might just be happy with their left backs.

I wonder whether Chelsea can compete with you with FFP. They're also massively in the market for a LB who could be there for a decade or more.
 
Could it become true? van Gaal in a press conference with Reus, Hummels and Shaw all sitting near each other? :drool:
 
I really don't understand what's in this for Shaw.

I imagine this might change based on managerial alterations, but it would make more sense for him to stick at Southampton one more year.
With Evra in all likelihood leaving, the timing is perfect for Shaw. It's his chance to nail down a spot in the starting 11 at what will certainly be a top club both domestically and likely in Europe throughout his entire career.
 
I took the liberty of putting that in the title for muppetary reasons.

Don't do this to us, fellow muppet.

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Got to feel for Southampton. Hasn't even been 24 hours since the Premiership season has ended and they've already received bids for both Lallana and Shaw.
 
Perfect timing!

First we ruined Liverpool's title charge, when we sacked Moyes.
Now we're gonna take some of the attention away from City's win
:lol:
 
So Southampton will decline, Chelsea will make a counter bid.

how much will we end up shelling out for him?

I think it will be about 31 million + add ons.
For a player of his potential, we shouldn't be worried about shelling out extra 5M than what we valued him at to beat our rivals off. Fellaini on the other hand though.... well it was a shocker, we just have to accept and move on.
 
Got to feel for Southampton. Hasn't even been 24 hours since the Premiership season has ended and they've already received bids for both Lallana and Shaw.

It's testament to their fantastic youth academy that it continues to produce top players like this. I think their biggest task is keeping hold of their manager.
 
Jesus this has started earlier than expected. Looks like we haven't gotten a plumber to fix those leaks yet either.
 
I assume the club already spoke to Shaw and he told us he wants to come to the club, which is great news.
 
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