Can’t really see how sacking your manager and director of football is a positive for any incoming player. It’ll certainly change their plans.
Matthijs de Ligt / signs for Juventus, lowering their average age to 56
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Muppet galore this summer, you know Ed goes crazy whenever we miss out on the CL.
No it doesn't pain me one bit. They finished comfortably below us last season and we won more than them over the last 3 seasons too. Yeah they have had a very good season, but one good season doesn't mean they are in the same discussion as Barca, Bayern or Madrid or heck even City.
just logging on to say marvelous.
Muppets need feeding, it's quiet.
Calm before the storm bro.
Yes. Something great will happen. Do you feel confident bro?
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As the title says no significant news. Gerard Romero said Barca are looking for alternatives to De Ligt (and Griezmann), Castles said yesterday Utd's offer is far superior to Barca (5 mil per year more if he's right) and the most reliable journo on Barca said that Utd are in for De Ligt but are not close to signing him yet. And then said the same Catalan propaganda shite that De Ligt only wants to go to there.
Just 12 days 9 hours left of this saga! <3
Genuine question with two ifs: If we were to sign him, and if rumours of a +300K deal are true, do people think that's a sensible move?
Yes. He's going to be world class.
I honestly feel that this would be a Rio type signing.
2 months 11 days and 37 minutes more like, but who’s counting?
De Ligt joins Barca on a 5 year contract.Announcement imminent
I don't think he's done as much to show his worth as Rio did when we bought him. But yes, he's the hottest CB talent around. Still, +300K? I think that would mean we've completely lost control of the wage structure.
What would your top figure be?
You need to keep up with reality.
I don't know. I mean, money would obviously be a huge factor in him coming to us if that would indeed happen. Part of it would be the agent fee (don't mind that given the opportunity and our shite defense, though that whole part of the game is out of control) but I'm hoping it's nearer 150-200K. Then there's room to increase his wages and tie him down further when he inevitably would get linked to Barca/Real/Bayern later on.
Let's say rumours of 350K is true, what is then the new benchmark for squad players? 200K? And if he wouldn't have a great time of it for the first 1-2 seasons, what would the other players be asking for? That's sort of what I'd worry about.
Don't get me wrong, I'd absolutely love for us to sign him. But not at any cost though.
Likewise, I really hope rumours of 300K for Rashford are widely off the mark. He's not proven anything yet really. Should be incentivised deal starting at 150 maybe. If he plays well, he earns more (goals, trophies, etc.)
All the reports in Spain state 14m euros, which is about 240k a week. It's a lot, but I think there is potential for an increase there, especially with the way revenue is rising in football.
It's certainly better than 350K.
This transfer imo could make or break our summer. If we can land de Ligt I think it would go a long way in convincing other potential signings that its worth the risk to join us, and if we can't get him it may well make our summer much more difficult.
Party pooper.
Can someone pretend to be ITK and say they've spotted his parents at their local Tesco or something... This saga is losing momentum
Just like Thiago, all the back and forth between United signing him and Barca wanting to keep him, only for him to end up at Bayern
I learned a valuable lesson that day. I learned that muppetry can really hurt you.
What are we gonna call his partnership with Lindelof?
LindeLigt? Ligtelof?
LindeLigt? Ligtelof?
We cannot fight the market and inflation. Wages are going up because the transfer market has exploded. Transfer value and wages are correlated, its just how it is. We cant buy a player for 70-80m like De Ligt and expect him to settle for anything less than 250k or even more. It does not compute.
This idea that we should battle wage increases by ourselves are naive. Todays football market is global and wages and transfer fees are not so negotiable that people seem to think. The football market is not that different from a stock or commodity market where wages and transfer fees are decided by simple economic theory.
This idea that we can affect transfer fees and wages more than marginally by our own behaviour is again: naive.
If we do sign De Ligt; then his transfer fee and wages is market value.
Rashford demanding 300k is also quite reasonable due to his transfer value, which being English and everything probably is close to 100m.
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Can someone pretend to be ITK and say they've spotted his parents at their local Tesco or something... This saga is losing momentum
I went to the local Tesco and left my dog at my neighbour's mother-in-law. She took him to the local grooming salon, where he met Raiola's dog, and sniffed her ass. Upon return, dog took a piss on the newspaper speaking about United's and Barca's interest. Staying at Ajax obviously.
United are gonna pay De Ligt €400k a week
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£400k a week would be a joke. Haven't we learned from the Sanchez fiasco?
It’s 400k euros. About 350k GBP.
You don't really believe this BS do you.Didn't De Ligt himself say that he read his rumoured salary and laughed about it? It's obviously not true.
We've got the second highest wage bill in world football, it's hardly inconceivable that we would offer such a ludicrous amount to a 19 year old based on our track record.
We are not offering £350k a week for him.
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