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Can't be true, surely. The state of those bonuses
Not the first time we have included that type of clause, but the situation we are in they are ridiculous and to be honest a bit arrogant.
Might as well include Jones winning the GQ' sexiest man alive clause
Not even sure when we'll next play in the Champions League, nevermind be in with a reasonable chance of winning it. Can understand Sporting's reservations.
Should be geared towards goals, appearances and assists, then league positions and things like cups. It will be a long time before we challenge for the league.
Banter FC. Sporting are actually laughing at us winning anything important anytime soon.
Disagree entirely,
Our 'cultural reboot' has been aimed around blooding youth and hungry young players, Chong fits into this category, he turned down a loan to claim a first team spot here.
Pointless in giving up in these players after a handful of sub apps in games whereby it's difficult to make an impact.
This club really does leave extra piss on your chips these days.
Arrogant for wanting to pay a fair market value for a player? They’ve been trying to flog him forever and no a single sniff of anyone wanting to pay over £50 million outright for him. Long may we continue to be arrogant.
I'm waiting for the briefed 'Man Utd have no interest in signing Bruno Fernandes and are baffled by their links to him in the media' tweets
Those clauses are always unrealistic. If Sporting dont think he can help get us there then he isnt an 80m player anyway.
A winning the CL clause would be daft. Him winning a Balon D'or clause is stupid. They put loads of clauses in that they know will not be met. I am still waiting for Martial to win the Balon D'or. Make them reachable clauses, which funny enough might mean we actually qualify for the CL, we have to at least do that before we can win it.
And half our fans will lap it up...
Point taken about the CL clause but don't see the issue with the Balon one. It's smart from United to add such clauses.
Can we interest them in a promising young interpreter of space going by the name of “Beans”?
Clauses have to be realistic. He’s a good player but Ballon d’or winner material especially with us? Not a chance.
I agree with this - they're in need of the money, yet they're keeping hold of a player by demanding a ridiculous fee, fact of the matter is no one was going to pay 80m for him in the summer then no one is going to do so now, we've actually been kind enough to entertain the idea of paying that much by adding a clause.
If Sporting actually thought he was an 80m player then they'd agree to the Balon Do'r clause as they would be confident of him getting there, alas they're not.
If Sporting actually thought he was an 80m player then they'd agree to the Balon Do'r clause as they would be confident of him getting there, alas they're not.
@yumtum is correct
Any clause that United deem is smart to insert is one that Sporting, per definition, will find stupid and bad.
I mean, you could offer them £1m up front and £600m after he scores five hundred goals, which would be smart business by United, but why would Sporting accept that?
So any players costing up to £68m after clauses (realistic ones, not ones like us winning the CL) have to be potential Balon Do'r winners...
So if we sign Madison from Leicester they will happily take an add on clause about him being the future best player in the world?
Should just add a clause like 10 million after 200/250 appearances. If he stays 5 seasons then he’s clearly worth the extra.
isn't that ironic too? if a player can win a balon d'or in a few years then obviously his transfer fee should be more considering the potential.
Not to mention the politics involved in assigning the Ballon d or
Until Messi/Ronaldo go nothing will change.
We should forget Fernandes and get Grealish agreed when Villa get relegated.
I know people think we are stingy and we need to pay up but to double a players valuation like that off the back of nothing is ludicrous.
They risk doing a Napoli and regretting not cashing in on there star player (Koulibaly).
I think ultimately Fernandes will have to push for the move.
Inter wanted 50M and left a deal haggling over 5M for Perisic, now they are loaning him out to Bayern and last week Bayern refused the option to buy him for 17M. They can't use him either as Conte doesn't rate him. Sporting can do one as well.
As much as I want United to get him. They can get fecked.
This is precisely why waiting until January to negotiate was a mistake. If we had a pre-arranged price prior to Pogba and McTominay being ruled out mid-to-long term then they wouldn't have played such hardball on the valuation. Now they know we're desperate and they're hiking the price because there's a chance we'll capitulate.
So basically they wanted £39m in the summer, and we're offering them an overall package of £60m 5 months later? We're run by imbecils if that's at all true.
Also Sporting suddenly wanting £68m means they'll quickly run out of suitors as were9the only ones actually nibbling.
Seems both clubs aren't the smartest.
This!
The bonuses are unrealistic believe winning the Ballon d'or and champions league are amongst those which is why Sporting aren't happy with that structure.
Still £47million and 17 in bonuses is the best they'll get from us I think.
What an indredible bunch of results today.
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