United should really sign this fella if he is available, especially at the price being quoted, unfortunately I suspect as soon as we show any interest in price will rise.
Serge Aurier | Spurs player
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I feel like this is the 10th time L'equipe have said this.
Yeah, it is like groundhog day
Quality player, despite his past antics Id like us to give him a go.
His lawyer is currently working on an official document that stipulates the outcome of the appeal (which has already been decided but has not been made public) and the non-sentencing of the player to time in prison; but he has not yet obtained it. Several law firms are working on getting this document.
Am I right in thinking that L'Equipe are pushing the Spurs angle, and Paris United are pushing the United angle?
That's correct
If we want him, surely Spurs of all clubs are not going to be able to outspend us?
Obviously if we want him we have nothing to fear from Spurs. But frankly the sources linking him with us aren't what I'd call credible.
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That's what was said when chasing after Bale at S'hampton.
Aurier isn't 16 years old and trying to be a professional footballer in the PL though.
Actually Bale was nearly 18 at the time. But if you don't like that example, try Paul Gascoigne instead.
I prefer Paul Gascoigne.
But in general the idea that a club has nothing to worry about an other one is in my opinion poor, because the context will have a big influence, a player might prefer a City or he could be seduced by the manager during a meeting.
or he'd behave like 99.9999% of adults and prefer to be paid more.I prefer Paul Gascoigne.
But in general the idea that a club has nothing to worry about an other one is in my opinion poor, because the context will have a big influence, a player might prefer a City or he could be seduced by the manager during a meeting.
No thanks we did alright without both while you lot won......um.
And that's where we need to be careful because we don't really know how much United are willing to pay for a player, we don't know the status of the player either.
If United aren't willing to pay him Spurs, clearly Jose doesn't rate him very highly, no loss.
Doesn't matter if he does rate him or not. He actually may rate him very high, but after his interview about carefully choosing players and making sure they have the right attitude to fit in with the current dressing room makes sense if we don't go for this guy.
Strange if Spurs sign him after all these talks about trusting Trippier to fill this position and extending his contract.
Not necessarily, we already have a starting right back which means that Aurier status in the team would most likely be different from United's POV than it would from Spurs's POV, generally the wage offered match the role of the player within the team, you can rate a player but have a lesser need for him.
Different times. Bale knew he was going to play at Spurs and struggle for a spot at United. Aurier is probably even more likely to nail down a starting spot at United than he would be at Spurs so there is no dilemma like that.
Excellent, choose a player who has openly admitted his biggest regret was joining Spurs over United. Suppose Spurs could do that to a player though...
But yeah, if you still wanna bang that drum it was for football reasons he chose you
Paul Gasciogne reveals he snubbed Manchester United for Tottenham because Spurs gave him a house and his sister a sunbed
And having that Kyle Walker-Peters who seems like a promising prospect, hmm don't see why Spurs would be interested unless they think he could fill in left-back.
Well, I trust Jose to handle the player should he sign him.
That's very true, but it's not like we're bidding blind, I'm sure his agent will be like "Spurs are offering xxx per week, can you better them?" and if Jose decides he's worth it, we will.
You can rationalise away as much as you like, but the simple (and proven) fact is that just because United want a player that Spurs also want doesn't necessarily mean that Spurs won't end up getting that player ahead of United.
Agree. I'd say it would be about 90% in our favour though, but yeah the odd one would choose you over us.
This has no bearing on the point I made ... but is just the usual retort to any suggestion that United are not the irresistible force you'd like to imagine them being.
Classic. If he signs for Spurs, it means United didn't want him very much (if at all).
No doubt if he signs for United then this will be acclaimed the inevitable result of United's pulling power compared to Spurs:
The process: a flexible interpretation that will swing with the wind to ensure a claimed "win-win" for United, regardless of the outcome.
Obviously if Spurs sign this will be your reasoning. He preferred Spurs all along.
Ehh.. as much as it pains me to enter this debate if a player moves to a club surely it is a fair assumption they have chosen to play there. That is at least provable by the simple fact they agreed to the move. What is not provable is if the same player turned down a move to another particular club or even less provable that any particular club never showed an interest. Those are both pure conjecture.
I'd be surprised he'd go to a club that's won the same number of championships as Nemanja Matic.
I agree with your point, as each player will have a different set of values, objectives or preferences.
But I don't think the point, in general, that United are both a bigger draw in terms of prestige and history, whilst also being able to offer higher salaries - which will result in a higher percentage of players choosing United over Spurs, is such a proposterous or outlandish notion. It seems fairly "normal" to me at least.
No, it's nothing to do with pulling power, just spending power. No one can argue we CAN offer much higher wages than you can.
Very disappointed if we dont sign him, ideally next season, as Valencia has been excellent and can't see him being dislodged at the moment, but is coming to the end phase of his career
I know you use this example a lot, but Southampton never accepted our bid. Fergie said that in his book that we made bid but didn't get any answer.
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