The clubs voted for it (or at least most of them did).
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The clubs voted for it (or at least most of them did).
I didn't said they shouldn't. But the only one who has quality to be a relevant squad player is Pereira. The other 2 certainly aren't. At least today.
Arsenal, Bournemouth, Brighton, Chelsea, Everton, Huddersfield Town, Leicester City, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Southampton, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United all voted for it.
United didn't and apparently Poch didn't want it, and Spurs voted without him being in the loop. You can understand why. There's like 3/4 weeks after the end of the world cup which is ridiculous especially when most players go on holiday then.
I agree, I thought it was stupid at the time and it's worse than I imagined. We also haven't seen the full scope of this cock-up yet - just wait until Real/Barca/PSG/Juve start unsettling players at EPL clubs after our window is shut but theirs are still open...
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It's not a tweet but it's on record online.
Joel Pereira on loan to Vitória de Setúbal
http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebo...l/detalhe/mourinho-empresta-joel-pereira.html
Joel Pereira on loan to Vitória de Setúbal
http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebo...l/detalhe/mourinho-empresta-joel-pereira.html
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If PL clubs choose to do transfer business (by selling players) after the 9th August, it will make a mockery of the ‘early’ closure of transfer window they voted for!
This only serves to strengthen the European clubs inflating their player prices waiting for the PL transfer window to close before doing their own business.
This only serves to strengthen the European clubs inflating their player prices waiting for the PL transfer window to close before doing their own business.
What difference does it make? There is plenty of time, this just forces clubs to stop spending so much time posturing and more time negotiating.
Take into account negotiations can be started at any point. It's not necessary to wait till last minute and if clubs are goings to wait till last minute you could have a 1 month or 11 month window, but still the clubs will wait till the end.
So shooting someone over this concept is a bit conceptually extreme!
On the one hand I'm glad the window closes early. I just can't stand the constant speculative rumours, tweets, 'ITKs' and all the feckwittery that comes with the transfer season, find it stupid and childish.
On the other hand, it doesn't leave us much time to buy someone
On the other hand, it doesn't leave us much time to buy someone
Most PL clubs will only sell if it makes sense and/ or they can negotiate a loan.
Ironically the loan system makes a mockery of the window anyway. Instead of I'll pay you £80m now, it'll be I'll pay you £79m now and £1m as an option to buy at the end of the season. The cost of the loan will mean that for all intents and purposes the player is transferred.
Glad to see him get a loan move, although I thought he would perhaps stay in England.
Looks like you're a Vitória de Setúbal supporter, which is great.
- Are you happy with the loan move?
- Do we expect Joel to be the number 1 keeper there?
- Is he highly rated in Portugal?
In which case we should buy him back
Chelsea are in the same boat as us, signed one important player for the starting 11
I wonder if he'd actually want to come back though?
Pretty sure he will end up at Spurs.
if we had appointed a a manager most of the way through the summer and it two of our best players were looking likely to move to madrid the meltdown on here would presumably be a lot worse
The English clubs closing the window early could apply both ways in and out. They can outright refuse any offers as they arrive and issue hands off warnings for all the players that want to be there. Also if the player is unsettled by one of these teams coming in then it’s clear his heart isn’t at United and shouldn’t be there anyway.
Higuain and Caldara to Milan.
Bonucci to Juve.
On the one hand I'm glad the window closes early. I just can't stand the constant speculative rumours, tweets, 'ITKs' and all the feckwittery that comes with the transfer season, find it stupid and childish.
On the other hand, it doesn't leave us much time to buy someone
We'll still have all of that speculation, only it will be with regards to sales - expect endless stories about Pogba wanting away and Juve/PSG/Barca/whoever "preparing a bid", right the way up until September.
Even with Higuain, not sure Milan can break into that Top 4. The others are still too strong for them.
Damn would have loved Bonucci. Great defender and at the right age to phase/transition one of the youngsters in
Seems more and more likely we'll play 3-5-2 more often this season, which can be good if if we actually get a ball playing CB. If we do play 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 I would love to see Pereira on the right. He is right footed as well, so would be going out wide.
Still a bit of time left in the window, so hopefully something will happen.
Thank feck for that.
Welp, they're all dead. Top 4 guaranteed.
Italian clubs only sell cheap to their rivals.
I don’t believe the Mina links at all, think it’s a typical case of our name being used.
Money laundering much.
They're a disaster to deal with. Shocked Perisic hasn't moved to Roma for €20m.
There is no fibre of my body that believes we are negotiating or even tracking Mina. Whilst we are familiar with the flaws of the UK press, our European counterparts are not too far behind in ‘promoting’ Utd interest to accelerate transfer dealings. This story is yet another example, ignore and move on!
Geez. He looks like a fat slob in this pic.
Mourinho saying he is fine by only one more signing means we aren't signing any RW. Rojo goes and we have another CB as the last signing.
Agreed.
I can't help but feel that it would be a signing based on a good WC performance and little else.
Option to buy for £32m. The transfers European clubs do amongst themselves...
The loan itself costs 18m euros. The whole transfer will cost Milan 54m euros. I guess it’s a way to spread costs in order to bypass FFP.
I think when LFC bought Fabinho, it was done very quickly, in a few hours.
It proves that it doesn't take months/weeks/days to "prepare a bid".
As you said, if you have the money, tell the seller that this is what we can offer and then begin negotiations.
Best signing Milan have made in a long time. Think they'll be top 4.
Our scouting team
No mention of Mina and Maguire pre-World Cup. Both happen to have good World Cup's. Both are apparently our top two CB targets.
What's the point of defensive scouts if our top targets are identified in the same manner that half the Cafe are accustomed to, television?
Indeed.
Our head scout recently quit, rumour has it that it was because he felt he had little power (not sure about this, though).
Perhaps he identified some young talent, but the MUFC bosses said "no, we want to go for the 2 players who did well in the WC".
As you said, what is the point in having scouts, if we are going to judge a player's value, based on performances in big competitions, which we can all view on the telly.
I mean, it doesn't need a scout, to say, "Bale, if not injured, would improve us". Or, "Perisic would improve us". Or, "Sandro in, Shaw out, would improve us". I'm not a scout and even I know these things, as do most MUFC fans.
On a positive note, we did buy Dalot. Whether he will turn out to be good is anyone's guess, but if he does, it will be the result of good scouting.
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