We set a precedent by paying £27m for Fellaini so of course Soton are going to try and squeeze us for more money in regards to the highly superior Schneiderlin.
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I still can't believe we did that despite him having a release clause of £24million
Then all Utd have to do is ask the players agent and dispel that. No club listens to what a manager says in press conferences. That would be stupid.
Moyes and Woodward were a pair of utter clowns that Summer. Has to be the worst transfer window for any club ever, right up to the last day and the Herrera fiasco.I still can't believe we did that despite him having a release clause of £24million
I didn't know this... how did we end up paying £3m more then?I still can't believe we did that despite him having a release clause of £24million
The release clause expired.
Buyout clause in his contract expired mid transfer window. If we signed him earlier we would've saved 3m.
Dithering Dave happened...
It always comes back to Fellaini change the fecking record already
As I remember it: Fellaini had a buy out clause that expired on a certain date. However, we were trying to get both Fellaini and Baines and decided that joint bids were the best way to go as if we just signed one of them then Everton would have the money to turn down bids for the other. We tried to make it an all or nothing deal, Everton called our bluff, we ended up paying over the odds for Fellaini after his release clause had expired.
Isn't the Fellaini deal 20m plus add ons to 27m? or something like that
If we bought him at his release clause price we would have had to pay everything straight up.
If we bought him at his release clause price we would have had to pay everything straight up.
I see this ending like the Friends ending with Schneiderlin as Rachel, Woodward as Ross and LvG as phoebe where they goto the airport to catch him
Surely this would've had to be dealt with today or tomorrow morning to ensure he doesn't go away on tour with them?
Based on Koeman's comments, it's exactly how it appeared...stalling. If we are legitimately interested in him as a major recruit, just get it done. If it is just one offer that Saints regard as 'not serious' it's a bit worrying.
Based on Koeman's comments, it's exactly how it appeared...stalling. If we are legitimately interested in him as a major recruit, just get it done. If it is just one offer that Saints regard as 'not serious' it's a bit worrying.
I still can't believe we did that despite him having a release clause of £24million
Moyes and Woodie were like the blind leading the blind that summer. I have never seen a club of this stature completely feck up its succession planning in that manner. How on earth did MUFC expect to lose SAF and Gill the same summer and expect it to be business as usual? It was lunacy.
Anyways IMO Schneiderlin this week!
I'm confident we'll sign him next week and when asked why the deal wasnt done earlier Woody will flat out say "I didnt want to get the vom off him."
It's a pretty hilarious record.
I'll go absolutely mad if we don't get him and/or allow Arsenal to snap him up.
He is a perfect player for exactly what we need in midfield.
He is a perfect player for exactly what we need in midfield.
What record? I like Fellaini, I'm referring to his transfer fee, other clubs will look at what we paid for him and demand more for their players.
Exactly why I can't see this not happening, same as for Memphis.
I still can't believe we did that despite him having a release clause of £24million
Moyes himself took full responsibility for that. Said he always intended to buy him but felt it important he didn't have the stigma of being his first signing. He pissed around chasing Fabregas and then had to go in for Fellaini when it was too late and his clause had expired and we were left with no choice but to pay up.
In Moyes' words, Fellaini was never signed to be a first choice midfielder but a squad player and useful tool.
That will happen regardless and it happened before Fellaini.
I certainly hope so.
2 years ago. Look how much we paid for what could be a superstar in Depay and look what LFC paid for Firmino. Its bollocks that notion about Fellaini. Van Gaal isnt dithering Dave
Unlike Moyes himself who proved to be a useless tool
the beauty of it all, was that the club were boasting for a while about how everything was planned and in good future hands!
The worst thing was that Moyes tried to backtrack from his initial thoughts on his squad "full of champions", to suddenly saying he needed monumental surgery to finish anywhere.
Some serious dicking around is going on. I cant find an explanation as to why we havent bid for Schneiderlin again what are they possibly waiting for?
And we waited till he was cup tied as well!I still can't believe we did that despite him having a release clause of £24million
Schneiderlin's pulled a sickie, good lad, I wonder if he got his mum to ring in for him?
Schneirderlin not present at training suggests something is happening in the background. I think they'll be some serious discussions between the clubs before Southampton fly out on their tour. United and Southampton both want to avoid that scenario.
We have too much access to bids now. Its killing the muppets. I doubt Madrid came and offered us 80m straight for Ronaldo without any negotiations. But we never heard anything about any bids then, so it probably seemed more straight forward than it really was.
Having said that, De Gea apart, Madrid seem to always pay the selling clubs valuation of a player. Which in turn makes their transfers go through quick.
Having said that, De Gea apart, Madrid seem to always pay the selling clubs valuation of a player. Which in turn makes their transfers go through quick.
Omg omg wheres a 2nd bid!?
Seriously him being allegedly sick and koeman sayimg it he talked to him gives me a feeling sthing is going on.
Seriously him being allegedly sick and koeman sayimg it he talked to him gives me a feeling sthing is going on.
More quotes due at 10.30 tonight apparently. Presumably been embargoed until then.
If we don't sign him tonight, I propose a witch hunt. @Dracula seems like the ideal target
Seriously...
Apparently so.
If so then they will be about potential acquisitions not sales.
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