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I would say that about journalists like Delaney, James Robson, or even Odgen, but regarding Peach specifically, I'd go with what Lash said.

Aye that’s fine. Again I’m just saying ‘monitoring’ is a meaningless expression and doesn’t tell us anything.
 
Would be a good move for Romero. He'd take Pickford's place in a month.
 
We love to monitor situations don’t we? Monitor what exactly, wait till another club makes a move for him first then bid and make it harder for ourselves? Woody logic.

Monitoring him yes, feeling out the situation

Clubs don’t just bid and hope for the best, most clubs talk and monitor the situation and don’t actually bid unless it’s going to be accepted

Hence why United haven’t actually lodged a bid yet in the Sancho debacle, the 80-20-20 was suggested to Dortmund but a bid hasn’t officially been submitted yet

So monitoring doesn’t literally mean sitting there and watching from a far.

They’re feeling out the situation and seeing if he actually wants to come here before lodging a bid
 
All this time, Valencia tried to get him to make up for Ferran Torres, and now, they might lose out on him to Granada.


Translation:
After agreeing with Manchester City until 2024, Yangel Herrera agrees his loan to Granada for the 2020/21 season.

The club will have a purchase option of 20 million Euros.

He was Valencia's primary option [to replace Ferran Torres, I'm guessing?].
 
I understand, and that's fine. Maybe this might be more meaningful:


Yeah, I get where you’re coming from. I think we’re actually saying the same thing really. I just get a bit tired journalist trotting out the ‘monitoring’ and ‘preparing’ bids guff.

No offence to you.
 
Yeah, I get where you’re coming from. I think we’re actually saying the same thing really. I just get a bit tired journalist trotting out the ‘monitoring’ and ‘preparing’ bids guff.

No offence to you.
Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if we are. :lol:

I look at it as more of a positive and that we're well-aware of the weaknesses in our team.
 
Monitoring him yes, feeling out the situation

Clubs don’t just bid and hope for the best, most clubs talk and monitor the situation and don’t actually bid unless it’s going to be accepted

Hence why United haven’t actually lodged a bid yet in the Sancho debacle, the 80-20-20 was suggested to Dortmund but a bid hasn’t officially been submitted yet

So monitoring doesn’t literally mean sitting there and watching from a far.

They’re feeling out the situation and seeing if he actually wants to come here before lodging a bid

I know what it means, my comment came with a hint of sarcasm. I mean we’re well aware of Van de Beek we were linked with him last summer and would’ve had scouts watching him last season. we know what Sort of player he is and surely would’ve sounded out roughly how much Ajax valued him at so at this point how much monitoring do we have left to do? We should be either making a formal bid or not. The only thing would be if we were still considering Grealish as first choice as a midfield option but seeing how reluctant we are spending the money on Sancho our main target I can’t see us forking out potentially £70m on him.
 
I know what it means, my comment came with a hint of sarcasm. I mean we’re well aware of Van de Beek we were linked with him last summer and would’ve had scouts watching him last season. we know what Sort of player he is and surely would’ve sounded out roughly how much Ajax valued him at so at this point how much monitoring do we have left to do? We should be either making a formal bid or not. The only thing would be if we were still considering Grealish as first choice as a midfield option but seeing how reluctant we are spending the money on Sancho our main target I can’t see us forking out potentially £70m on him.
We can see if he's keen on joining us or has his heart set elsewhere. The other thing is that, if we make a formal offer, it could make other clubs act and put us in a potential bidding war.
 
We can see if he's keen on joining us or has his heart set elsewhere. The other thing is that, if we make a formal offer, it could make other clubs act and put us in a potential bidding war.

True. But it doesn’t take a lot to see if a player is interested in joining Man Utd or not. Also it works both ways, yes making a formal bid could potentially cause other teams to make a move but sitting back and monitoring the situation will eventually result in other teams bidding anyway. You can’t sign a player unless you formally make an offer, if other teams get involved you can’t help that you can only offer a better deal and hope for the best.
 
True. But it doesn’t take a lot to see if a player is interested in joining Man Utd or not.
Interesting point. What would the signs be if a player was interested in joining United or any other club?

Also it works both ways, yes making a formal bid could potentially cause other teams to make a move but sitting back and monitoring the situation will eventually result in other teams bidding anyway. You can’t sign a player unless to formally make an offer, if other teams get involved you can’t help that you can only offer a better deal and hope for the best.
That's why you try to stay one step ahead by going through the player's agents to determine what a club would accept as a good offer. The fact that we're in touch with van de Beek's agents means that we've probably approached Ajax already by now.
 
Weird transfer. Good athlete, bad footballer. I reckon even Schalke fans aren't too fussed about this.

Fully admitting my American biased goggles are fully on, I think this is a bit harsh. The last few years he has not been able to settle into a stable position as both of his previous coaches have plugged him into whatever role they are lacking (RB,CB,CM,RM). He has looked great for the national team when slotted in the midfield. Let's see what he can do if he gets a steady run in midfield.
 
Pool won't make another signings after Thiago, right? So a bit crazy they didn't immediately pay 30M for a player of his qualities.
 
Pool won't make another signings after Thiago, right? So a bit crazy they didn't immediately pay 30M for a player of his qualities.
I think they're waiting on Wijnaldum before signing up Thiago. If Wijnaldum wants to leave, they'll go all in on Thiago. If not, then they might try and negotiate a lower fee for him.
 
We can't just be 'monitoring' the situation if Van de Beek was left out of the team because of transfer developments. I reckon there is something going on already (contract talks etc.) and we will close this one soon.
 
We can't just be 'monitoring' the situation if Van de Beek was left out of the team because of transfer developments. I reckon there is something going on already (contract talks etc.) and we will close this one soon.

That’s how I see it.
 
I have the feeling we are trying to clear out dead wood and players we don't need so we get a clear picture of how much we can save and how much is left to invest.
All of a sudden from the papers being full of stories about us chasing Sancho, VDB and those central defenders the articles' topics shifted to Sanchez being moved on, Roma trying to find money, Fred being rumored to Turkey, Romero to Everton, etc.
It definitely feels as if priority is to sort out finances intended to cover wages and raise whatever we can through sales, before we move in for targets.
Which makes sense considering the squad is bloated with players lacking quality to carry on playing for us and the hit from COVID.
 


Not saying it will happen but it seems to fit the type of midfielder that Ole is looking for, calm under pressure and good work rate on and off the ball.
 
Highly doubt we're in for Thiago. He's a great player, but we can't get him, Bruno and Pogba in the same midfield. Van De Beek may accept being a rotational option but no way Thiago does. Only way I could see it is if Pogba was leaving which doesn't seem to be the case.
 
Probably a ploy to make Liverpool pay up?
If he is available at 30m and we are looking at Grealish and VDB no way are we not looking at Thiago. The question really is will Liverpool pay up.
 
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