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iHicksy said:
For 90million you could get most of the world's top players. Which I don't think this guy is, despite the manager wanting him. if the board had been willing the spend this money before the season started we could have assembled a really good team by now (Richalison and Raphina both cost 60mil). This is the price when you wait so long and the selling club don't need to sell. They can literally name their price, and in this case it's far far too high.
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It's more like Ajax has been dragging this out and don't want to sell because they left it too late for themselves to find an adequate, yet value-based, alternative.

Raphina didn't want to stay in England once Barca's interest was sound. Everton are doing who knows what, but Richarlison wasn't going to come to United and Spurs stumped up the cash for him to be a non-guaranteed starter.

For 90 million in Antony, United are solidifying a first choice right winger/forward and have protected themselves in the future if Rashford decides to leave or if/when Rashford or Sancho is injured.
 
edcunited1878 said:
It's more like Ajax has been dragging this out and don't want to sell because they left it too late for themselves to find an adequate, yet value-based, alternative.

Raphina didn't want to stay in England once Barca's interest was sound. Everton are doing who knows what, but Richarlison wasn't going to come to United and Spurs stumped up the cash for him to be a non-guaranteed starter.

For 90 million in Antony, United are solidifying a first choice right winger/forward and have protected themselves in the future if Rashford decides to leave or if/when Rashford or Sancho is injured.
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Your last paragraph is a huge assumption, he’s from the Dutch league. No guarantee he’s even close to being a guaranteed starter in the future.
 
Devil_forever said:
Your last paragraph is a huge assumption, he’s from the Dutch league. No guarantee he’s even close to being a guaranteed starter in the future.
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You're not paying all that money for someone not to get chance after chance to make a claim. Just like Maguire, just like Sanchez before, if you're a massive signing, you'll be given a lot of leeway before you're sidelined.

Suarez was the from the Dutch league, he turned out okay. KDB came from Germany before PL. Salah from Italy before PL. Why does it matter where they're coming from? The fact that it is a huge transfer, that means the player is going to get a lot of run out to allow them to perform and play, unless they are complete crap like a Kepa or Pepe, and even then it was more than a year before either got rooted to the bench.
 
edcunited1878 said:
You're not paying all that money for someone not to get chance after chance to make a claim. Just like Maguire, just like Sanchez before, if you're a massive signing, you'll be given a lot of leeway before you're sidelined.

Suarez was the from the Dutch league, he turned out okay. KDB came from Germany before PL. Salah from Italy before PL. Why does it matter where they're coming from? The fact that it is a huge transfer, that means the player is going to get a lot of run out to allow them to perform and play, unless they are complete crap like a Kepa or Pepe, and even then it was more than a year before either got rooted to the bench.
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Suarez cost under €30m Euros ffs.
 
Couple of thoughts.

1: Ajax obviously had time to plan for a replacement, wonder if Ziyech is proving more expensive than they expected. They do like getting their ex players back late in the career.
Wonder if we might be getting coc*blocked by Chelsea here.
2: How does this make people feel about van der Sar? He’s obviously soibg a good job for getting Ajax a good fee, but could he not have done the same in the Gravenberch, Haller and Tagliafico(gentlemans agreement i think, but about €5m) transfers. Seems he is rinsing United the most with Martinez and Ntony transfers. Also seems Ajax are not doing as good seals on arrivals imo…
3: If we say to Ajax now that it was the last offer, and walk away, i believe they will either A: accept, or B: We can get a better deal in january. Antony seems thoroughly pissed at the club with those conments, and its hard to keep a 100% focus at your job when you are dissatisfied, no matter how professional you are.
 
edcunited1878 said:
If you just reference the overall fee, without any other context, that's your loss. If Gordon is rumoured to be around 50 to 60 million pounds, then Antony is definitely worth a Dan James + Gordon. Attackers should be going for high prices. And United desperately need a left footed forward, who happens to also play off the right? And has been working with EtH for a good while?

The way Antony has painted the picture from his end, it's pretty clear Ajax are playing hard ball with him and don't want to grant his wish and have rejected massive bids by United.

United could just abandon it for this transfer window and not address it until another window, whether in the winter or next summer. I don't think it's all about money for Ajax, but they are putting themselves in a corner by holding onto a want away and they are not guaranteed the same transfer fee now, as they are in the future.
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I get what yourself, @SaboTaj and @mazhar13 are all saying. The problem is that the jury is out on all those transfers. In the case of Tchouameni/Nunez they could very easily prove to be a massive waste of funds. It's not like we haven't seen much 'surer' bets for bug money go on to flop before. Fofana too is a massive risk and don't even get me started on decking Gordon. That Chelsea are being stupid don't mean we have to.

€90M I can understand for a player with a unique skillet who has had years of top level experience and who is almost guaranteed to be a success. I don't see too much of the hype with Antony. If we paid €100M for FdJ I would totally understand, getting close to that for Anthony for me is bonkers as he still has it all to prove. Just like Tchouameni and Nunez who's clubs played the champions league finals last year, unfortunately we are not in a position to be taking such gambles.
 
Kill 'em all said:
Players like Hazard, Silva, Aguero and Suarez were going for 30-40m during those times. They would all cost over 100m nowadays.
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Indeed. That's the biggest crime of our transfer stragedy over the years. You telling me we couldnt afford Silva, Aguero and Suarez in 2009? fecking "no value in the market."
 
Wow, that’s finally an actual “exclusive” from Romano. Antony is going ballistic now. And the perception he is forming is that Ajax is holding him hostage for wrong reasons
 
BarryWinks said:
I get what yourself, @SaboTaj and @mazhar13 are all saying. The problem is that the jury is out on all those transfers. In the case of Tchouameni/Nunez they could very easily prove to be a massive waste of funds. It's not like we haven't seen much 'surer' bets for bug money go on to flop before. Fofana too is a massive risk and don't even get me started on decking Gordon. That Chelsea are being stupid don't mean we have to.

€90M I can understand for a player with a unique skillet who has had years of top level experience and who is almost guaranteed to be a success. I don't see too much of the hype with Antony. If we paid €100M for FdJ I would totally understand, getting close to that for Anthony for me is bonkers as he still has it all to prove. Just like Tchouameni and Nunez who's clubs played the champions league finals last year, unfortunately we are not in a position to be taking such gambles.
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I agree with you when you say that we don’t have to mimic another club’s inane decisions in the transfer market. But what i was trying to highlight is that the precedent was already set in the market this summer (way before we put in a bid for Antony). After the Tchoumaeni and Nunez transfers, any big club with a willingness to buy young talent with high levels of potential was going to be quoted a fee in this region.
 
Ah this is disappointing, I had assumed we'd have this wrapped up but if Ajax are rejecting a 90m bid, we surely have to walk away now.
 
Need a striker that's young and can play with his back to goal not someone looking for a final pay out that relies on pace, I'd go for Shick or Dembele for me
 
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What tier is this? Smells like an obvious guess at a United brief to get Ajax down to earth. Can’t see us buying Auba unless Ronaldo gets his transfer.
Also: Don’t contribute to Barca registrations unless FDJ is involved .
 
GwilDor said:
What tier is this? Smells like an obvious guess at a United brief to get Ajax down to earth. Can’t see us buying Auba unless Ronaldo gets his transfer.
Also: Don’t contribute to Barca registrations unless FDJ is involved .
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Tier 1 since it's coming from di Marzio; with that said, this could just be United exploring other options at this time rather than fully committing to Aubameyang.
 
GwilDor said:
What tier is this? Smells like an obvious guess at a United brief to get Ajax down to earth. Can’t see us buying Auba unless Ronaldo gets his transfer.
Also: Don’t contribute to Barca registrations unless FDJ is involved .
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Don't think the two are connected in any way, if true.
 
mazhar13 said:
Tier 1 since it's coming from di Marzio; with that said, this could just be United exploring other options at this time rather than fully committing to Aubameyang.
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Scorpy said:
Don't think the two are connected in any way, if true.
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Could be United triple playing Chelsea with Ziyech(stretching, i know), (ziyech->ajax, Antony->United, Auba-> Chelsea.) <-Point being Barca can keep FDJ i guess?
Also, agree Auba is no replacement for Antony, would be for Ronaldo leaving in that case, but see it more as a point of the above, which is a stretch…
 
Tier 1:


As part of the loan, Napoli want United to cover a good part of Ronaldo's wages.
 
mazhar13 said:
Tier 1:


As part of the loan, Napoli want United to cover a good part of Ronaldo's wages.
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It’s a nice deal: we get top striker and rid of want-away Ronaldo. If it doesn’t limit our chances to get Antony, it’s worth trying. Maybe also add some players to decrease fee
 
That deal is stupider than Antony. We give them Ronaldo + €100m + we cover part of Ronaldo's wages?

Do they also want a few supermodels for a private party? feck that.
 
Alemar said:
It’s a nice deal: we get top striker and rid of want-away Ronaldo. If it doesn’t limit our chances to get Antony, it’s worth trying. Maybe also add some players to decrease fee
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You really think we’re going to part with €100m as well as covering the majority of Ronaldo’s wage on top of paying over €90m for Antony? :lol:
 
Alemar said:
It’s a nice deal: we get top striker and rid of want-away Ronaldo. If it doesn’t limit our chances to get Antony, it’s worth trying. Maybe also add some players to decrease fee
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There is not a single person in the universe that can convince me that its a nice deal. It's utterly ridiculous.
 
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