At this stage just take the £20m and try to squeeze some add ons. Otherwise we end up losing a fairly average player for free next summer. He’s not pivotal to our success. Too much love affair with players from our youth system. So many are average at best and end up lingering at the club for way too long.
McTominay (Out) | announced - signed for Napoli
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Or you can re-sign him... Tough decision but I'd hold for the fee and worst case we keep him.
That's what elite level transfer negotiations looks like. So glad we have actual competent people in charge.
The rest of your clamoring to sell at sub 30M are just poor negotiators. You got to risk it to win the biscuit.
That's what elite level transfer negotiations looks like. So glad we have actual competent people in charge.
The rest of your clamoring to sell at sub 30M are just poor negotiators. You got to risk it to win the biscuit.
fairly good cameo, classic McT turning up once in 20 games, should nick 5m million in transfer fee after this. Reinvest the money straight away.
Just get Ugarte over the line and another smart loan.
Just get Ugarte over the line and another smart loan.
As in take up the one year option to extend? It would be wise to sell for £20m this summer. Next summer you'll be getting offers of £10-15m and you'll have to pay him a big chunk of that as severance.
Got this sinking feeling it will be McTominay out with Ugarte in and then sadly down come shutters. We need to making two signings this week whether it's a CM or a proven goalscorer
Deal agreed
Hallelujah!!!!
Napoli saw that performance yesterday and paid up that extra €5m. Good job.
LFG!!
Sad news. He’d have done well for United in a different era.
This is the worst day in the history of Man Utd 
I'm sad
I hope he does well over there but he’s genuinely one of the most limited players to ever get significant game time for us. I feel like the main loss to the team will be his personality as he seems like a decent lad.
We’ve done well here getting that fee. All the best Scotty.
We’ve done well here getting that fee. All the best Scotty.
End of the McFred era!
I actually really liked Mct from the LvG Days and was hopeful that he would anchor our midfield. But sadly, he never kicked on and improved...
I actually really liked Mct from the LvG Days and was hopeful that he would anchor our midfield. But sadly, he never kicked on and improved...
Game moves on and he's very limited in what he offers us.
Not sure how much the percentage of a future sale will actually be worth unless he has quite a short stint at Napoli. He'll be 28 before this year is out, so his value is only going to decline with each year that passes.
But still, good to see the sale get done.
But still, good to see the sale get done.
I don't mind him leaving, but I wouldn't have minded if he stayed one more season and left next summer either. There was plenty of interest in him both this and last summer, so with 1 year left on his deal, we could've still got a decent fee for him in 2025. All in all, this feels a bit sad as I feel like he's a really underrated player and I already see the masses celebrating his departure, which is just wrong.
I think he has the tools to do very well in Italy, especially in a Conte team.
I think he has the tools to do very well in Italy, especially in a Conte team.
That's a great deal and just shows patience and holding firm in negotiations pays off. I'm so glad some members on Caf don't negotiate for us, they would have taken peanuts :-)
£25.4m / €30m plus a future sell on fee
£25.4m / €30m plus a future sell on fee
Great advice, glad they listened.
I wish him all the best, seems like a great lad.
How do you say McSauce and McTerminator in Italian
As with AWB, there's many players I'd have loved gone before him, but he's just too limited in what he offers. Mind you in their sales AWB and MCT will still be providing more usefulness than the deadwood of Sancho etc.
Wish him success, thanks for actually caring about the club.
Wish him success, thanks for actually caring about the club.
Have a hunch he'll choose to stay.
Great news and an excellent deal by the club to get £25m from Napoli.
Wait so this deal is important for FFP, meaning we can't get in another midfielder just Ugarte in Scotty out and that'll be it?
Happy for Napoli though. Just like we never truly replaced Keane, Napoli never truly replaced Maradona. Until now.
I wish him all the best at Napoli. He's been a great servant to the club.
Ditto. Will be fun to follow how he does in Italy.
Good fee and a chance of more down the line. Squeezing that out of an Italian club isn't half bad.
Depends on the sauce. McSugo or McSalsa or maybe McCondimento. McTerminator is just McTerminator.
Let’s go! Hopefully McT accepts but wouldn’t think Napoli would go through all this trouble if he hadn’t given him any indication he’s willing to join them.
Nothing against McT but he just doesn’t fit into our team. Wish him all the best.
Nothing against McT but he just doesn’t fit into our team. Wish him all the best.
Appreciate the service. Should never have started so many games for us but that's not on him.
Great to see the gaffer cleaning out all the goal threats.
Which era would that be? The 1920s? I jest, i jest.
Same thing can be said for about 99% of this squad as there's a stark difference playing for an elite manager compared to an average one.
That is an excellent deal, especially with the sell-on and compared to our previous history of sales. Thanks for the memories Scott, and good luck in Serie A.
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