I thought ETH wanted him but it didn't work out
Transfer Tweets - Manchester United - 2024/25
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Except we didn’t buy them at the same time so the point is moot
I highly doubt we are going to be in the mix for players of his value and reputation this summer. We should be looking at Mateta at Place, Mbuemo at Brentford, or even Kluivert at Bournemouth. We need players to transfer us to a top ten club first and foremost. Also, we're broke.
All those clubs would put an extortionate price tag on those players. Forget about buying from Prem teams. Brentford at one point wouldn't accept anything below £100m for Toney, Palace turned down £65m for Guehi and Bournemouth got £65m+ for Solanke.
This.
Unless players are in the final year of their contract, or have a decent release clause, then don't even bother trying to sign the best players from Prem clubs, the prices are pathetic.
Agree. I'd rather invest in Sesko (or another goalscoring striker) than paying almost the same money (or more) in okayish EPL players (sure they'd update us, but for that price?)
That's all well and good to target players like Sesko, but who in their right mind is going to join us over Arsenal etc.
Sign Benjamin Sesko, make him captain and deploy him as a deep space false nine.
Get in, £58-68m for a player that was too much at £2m and we signed Hoogewerf instead.
I read in one of the fanzines a couple of months back that Welbeck was waiting most of the summer for it and was prepared to accept a Jonny Evans style squad status to come back.
The club didn’t pull the trigger on it and so eventually he renewed with Brighton.
I'm always feeling underwhelmed with this guy. Not sure why he's so highly priced.
He has a contract. The club can't simply terminate this. If he wants to stay, he'll stay.
Tier 2:
Spurs are behind all of United, Arsenal, and Chelsea, the latter three having expressed concrete interest in the player.
Spurs are behind all of United, Arsenal, and Chelsea, the latter three having expressed concrete interest in the player.
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Good news. Next year, they should pay 100% of wages and pay us a loan fee.
Not if he's on the bench until Christmas he'll be gone.
It's weird this needs to be explained. You can't force a player to leave. Not playing them doesn't always mean anything either, see Winston Bogarde for example.
If he says he's staying then he's staying, what the club wants is irrelevant.
Yes, but the club can fulfill its contractual requirements whilst making his stay as uncomfortable as possible to pressure him to leave - basically a game of chicken. For instance, removing his first-team privileges.
We don’t have a good track record with this.
Don't think that's really enforceable longterm if he doesn't have disciplinary issues