Goes into a box with Ravel Morrison. Two outrageously talented footballers, who could have been amongst the best players of their generation, who ruined their own United careers. MG is one of the best players I have ever seen to come through our academy, but I highly doubt he will ever fulfill his potential now. And I frankly couldn’t care less about that.
This is a great fee for the club, and I am glad we can all move on from this dark chapter. The 50% share of future profit is fascinating. If he ever does fulfill his potential, and moved on for a 75m fee, for example…that would be another 25m in our pocket.
Well done to our negotiating team. Despite the hysteria of some fans at the start of this summer, the new leadership team has acted with extreme competency thus far. Happy to see this 26m fee go down as pure profit in PSR terms, which can be spun out into multiple signings.