Maguire | he stays!

I find that hard to believe to be true. Think custis is playing to the crowd on this one.
 
Had to laugh when the co commentator on sky said it was a testament to Maguire that ETH trusted him to sit on the bench while this move was going on.
 
Yes, let’s take a Sun article at face value as fact. That’s always the smart thing to do!!
Hes clearly asking for a payoff. Its been reported by various outlets before today
 
The United bench tonight was thin. Calls for selling Maguire and McTom on the cheap are going to leave the manager very short.

I’m not sure the owners will sanction much extra funds either this summer either.
 

If its true then ruin his career, just send him to the stands and condemn him to individual training for the duration of his contract. We are too nice so everyone thinks they can grab money from us.
 

Well within his right to ask it. Well within our right to put him train with U18 for the next two years if he maintains this demand.

Was stupid what ETH said for him and then having him on the bench. We should make to him clear that it is either West Ham or reserves.
 
Forget the 15m figure.. I don't think we are keen on any payoff.. If he wants to play, he leaves.. If not, he stays as 4th choice.. I think we are fine with both..
the transfer fee isnt large enough to considering paying him off to leave..
 
Yeah didn't come on to finish the game while hanging on, should tell you all you need to know.
 
Ah - so Neil Custis is right on this bit of news about Harry demanding 15m but he's not right when it comes to his story about the club being sold in November?

You can't be selective with news. You're either all in on the Custard Man or not at all.
 
I think the Maguire to West Ham deal is done.

Utd just want to make sure they have an adequate replacement before releasing him and rightly so. We can’t let Maguire go if we can’t bring someone in. Our 1st choice back up is already not at the level we need.
 
Well within his right to ask it. Well within our right to put him train with U18 for the next two years if he maintains this demand.

Was stupid what ETH said for him and then having him on the bench. We should make to him clear that it is either West Ham or reserves.

Isn't this against the rules?
 
Least favourite player in my time supporting United.
He clearly didn't deliver on the promise but he s had some good moments for us and other than being a donkey in Greece doesnt seem to cause trouble. I hope he won't hold the club hostage here but least favorite player at the club to me? Not by a long shot. We ve had some proper cnts and I dont consider Harry one of them.
 
Please don't lose sight of potential smear campaigns from both club and player PR, or, an opportunist throwing gasoline on the bonfire.
 
Yep, could be true but no idea why people take Custis's reporting as fact.
Not to mention this same Custis reported United had already paid 6m as Pay off to Maguire and he was leaving , how shameless and unprofessional these so called journalists are and how gullible some in our fan base are .

Custis knows jack shit he is better left ignored .
 
I don't know about "standard practice" but it happens all the time, its just rarely reported. It may not be making the player entirely whole but some level of payoff is common in these situations.

Don't believe for a second that players like RVP and Alexis walked out of big United contracts to smaller deals with new clubs in Turkey and Italy without getting payoffs of some sort.

They didn't (Not Alexis at least). But there's a difference between "a payment of some sort" and a full contract payoff.
 
That's true but the wages Maguire is on are so vast that it's slightly different, he's never going to earn that anywhere else and he's got another two years of earning more than 200k a week on his contract.

The figure mentioned that Maguire wants is reportedly 6 million quid, that's about 60 per cent of what he would lose in earnings by going to West Ham apparently.

It's not that vast - around 10 million. Reports today saying he wants 15m (but hard to know if that's true of course).
 
It is fairly standard for a player to be compensated for the remaining time on their contract. Possibly not in full, but certainly a fair chunk.

I'm pretty certain that it's why players so rarely actually hand in transfer requests when they want to move, because doing so can forfeit their compensation.

The wage at the new club is irrelevant.

Of course it's not irrelevant. You're getting compensation to persuade you to accept a lower salary. It's not like you're being kicked out of a job.
 
We’re definitely going to have to pay him off. It always happens when a player is on the sum he’s on and is dropping down a few levels.
 
According to Andy Mitten United haven’t allowed West Ham to talk to Maguire yet, they, EtH, want a replacement first.

Source: The Athletic Podcast