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Matthijs de Ligt / signs for Juventus, lowering their average age to 56
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Adidas dropping hints like the Pogba transfer
Just wait for the next Adidas stunt. They are on fire
I’m getting serious blue balls here.
Yeah well that's the pebbled stone
Adidas dropping hints like the Pogba transfer
Do you think once we sign him, they'll change these images to the real Ligt?
If we take the woe are United spectacles off, in isolation these leaks really sound like they're trying to raise the price on us and not PSG / Barca?
Always darkest before the dawn, lads.
If Ramos is leaving Real, surely Real will be in for him.
Check in the comments section to see if anyone mentions the Chevy logo. You’ll know then.
thats a big if though. But yeah, i can see them going for him if he hasnt signed for Barca til then.
Adidas dropping hints like the Pogba transfer
Wasn't there some sort of news about Nike & Barca for de ligt and how Adidas was different towards the deal? Not sure exactly what.
That was my first thought when I seen he had asked for free transfer
I am so confused, yes this image is real, I can confirm that. But that's just some guy isn't it? That's not De Ligt... Or am I missing something?
yeah it is just some guy, hence are adidas trolling using a model which could be De Ligts twin brother
Pretty sure Real told him to dream on if he thinks they are going to let him go for free. It is probably more of a negotiating tactic from Ramos to get a pay hike.
One way to generate those links I suppose
I think hes off to India, well according to Perez.
But it makes sense. Story goes that he wants to go to Barca and United have upped their wage offer to combat that so Barca now have to raise their offer which would be taken back to United. The player hasn't even said anything to say he dreams of Spain, it's leaks to the media that say it. Why would Raiola want that if that's the club he's going to anyway? Wouldn't he want to be seen to be favouring elsewhere and force Barcas hand?
Now reports of Barca dropping out and all of a sudden PSG are in the equation who just happens to be happy to match any offer the player and agents get.
It's United that's being played here.
It’s everyone that’s being played. It’s an auction for his services.
The player knows where he wants to go. There are few auctions in football anymore.
But whats happens if Ajax want more money and Barca dont want to budge? Does he sit tight another year or go to United?
Well, obviously our transfer policy has sucked over the last couple of years. That I think we can agree on. I dont agree on this age discrimination when it comes to wages though. Its understandable from a moral point of view, but not from a footballing and financial one. Who of Sanchez and De Ligt would you have at our club for 350k a week? We just have to accept that world class talent will cost that in wages nowadays. You cannot buy a 20 year old super-talent for the amount of money that is being talked about for De Ligt and not give him a salary that is equivalent to his transfer value. It will take one year and he will be poached by another club, not to mention the extreme financial setback we would take if he sees out his contract. Its a nice dream but not practically doable to offer him like 150k a week. Not to mention that his agent would laugh in our faces.
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I should say that I think that the 350k is exaggerrated. Including bonuses and incentives maybe. Base salary around 250k seems reasonable.
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Raiola is his agent. It's not far-fetched to think he's behind those MdL's social media likes.
Doesn't fecking mean anything. Depay likes United-related posts all the time even though you rarely find any of our fans who likes him
Doesn't fecking mean anything. Depay likes United-related posts all the time even though you rarely find any of our fans who likes him
You cant be serious about offering a 19YO player £350k a week and not seeing the implications of it, he wouldnt get that at any club in the world? Sanchez got that contract because he was a swap with a player who was bought for £30M.
Buckle in muppets!
Not sure, if so
Just wait for the next Adidas stunt. They are on fire
Acquire me pulling out the Adidas inside info again
The muppet in me says yes!
If PSG are in for him then I don’t hold out much hope of him coming to United, they can easily match or better anything we can offer.
I have a muppets hope but it’s certainly on the wain
I have a muppets hope but it’s certainly on the wain
Don't come talk to us about our money when your chairman probably drives a Fiat Punto.
Acquire me pulling out the Adidas inside info again
Hehe not this time. But the guys doing marketing at Adidas are great.
You did not read my EDIT I guess. I think the 350k is exagerrated. Most clubs today have incentive-based wages, so a base salary of 250k seems reasonable. Its funny, because when it comes to United they always report the max outcome for the player. Like saying Sanchez is on 500k a week. But in general I do not have a problem with paying young players a high salary. I usually take Pogba as an example. If we sell him this summer we will have made money on him even including the wages paid to him for the time at the club. If it takes that kinda wage to secure De Ligt, I am all for it. I am very much against what we did with an old player like Sanchez where we now will need to pay to get rid of him.
And I disagree btw, watch PSG offer a similar wage to De Ligt.
Ok you dont have a problem paying young players a high salary? Where exactly do you go from, even the £250K you now suggest at his next contract negotiation?
Van Dyk, arguably the best CB in the world at the moment is on £150K, Ramos, probably the highest paid and most decorated CB in the world is on £200K, what makes de Ligt worthy of £250K? CBs in general dont earn the salaries of attacking players.
*these figures are sourced.
Modern football seems to be a certain destination in mind and both clubs haggle as long as they can before the transfer happens.
Ajax and Barca would meet in the middle if that's where he truely wanted to go. sort of like Hazard and Madrid this summer.
Anyway reports are that Ajax doesn't want to hold an auction and have given the player free reign to go where he wants to
why would he go PSG? They only exist for the champions league and he can get further than them with ajax anyway
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Two things: Age and asset value. Van Dijk is 28. Ramos is what? 33? Their transfer value will depreciate over the next couple of years. That is as much of a cost to the club as wages. Look at yourselves. Eriksens transfer value has been cut in half over a year according to CIES for example. From 100m EURO to 50m EURO. Thats 50m in asset depriciation over a year and would in itself fund a new contract to him for four years at 250k a week. You have basically paid 50 m to keep him this year.
De Ligt is not going to lose value over the next three years at least. Might even increase.
So Van Dijks actual cost is 150k a week plus asset depreciation.
De Ligt would be 250k plus/minus asset depreciation OR even value increase (like Pogba, who is worth much more now compared to when we bought him.
So yeah, a no-brainer to me. If he wants to come.
If it was anything worth discussing or genuine news that nobody has yet broken they wouldn’t be sitting on it until 8pm.
You used to be one of us, Pexbo.
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