A clever deal? Sounds much more palatable than 500k and I hope the lad manages to settle and turn his career around. It’s tragic what has happened to him since he came to England.
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A clever deal? Sounds much more palatable than 500k and I hope the lad manages to settle and turn his career around. It’s tragic what has happened to him since he came to England.
Eh what? (give me a clue
)Eh what? (give me a clue
What is that, some kind of man maths?
It’s the relative cost per year of the two deals (wages are taken as annual, but fee is amortised over the contract). So, he’s pointing out the impact on how finances are calculated - PSR. Not a lot in them.
It's a lot of bollocks
Van de Beek has been a massive failure but that fee is outrageous.
Yep. I'm hoping over time the new group of talented appointments will make us much better at buying and selling. But, with the rather haphazard summer where the appointments are only arriving / being able to start work, bit by bit, and with the existing mess of big contracts and failures that they're inheriting, then I guess there's still going to be some pretty low fees received at first just to get some off the books (or honouring existing poor agreed fees, like with Alvaro Fernandez).
Banking on add ons and sell on fees to make up for a low initial fee is always a big gamble, as the player may not kick on, or there's always ways the other club can try and work around it, or lose them on a free at the end of their contract, etc.
I guess it was probably felt the only way to get a club to take a gamble on VDB. But it also means we have to gamble on him being a success there (in order to meet the add ons) and Girona happy to sell him in due course (and give us our 'big sell on clause').
It gets his wages off the books, at least - provided we're not covering any of them! But I'm not sure how much of the potential extra money we'll end up receiving given his performances over the last number of years.
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I agree, but hey, Girona are free to spend their money as they are fit.
I’m amazed we’re getting money for him at all. He’s essentially played a handful of games in 4 years.
I read it as next to nothing initial fee, slightly better fee if he actually plays for them and decent fee if he wins something.
Not exactly 'outrageous'.
Ben Jacobs should be banned as a source on here.
Wout Weghorst.
Wout redemption arc. Make it happen.
Brian Brobbey, be careful what you wish for
Yeah, year left on his contract on a player that's barely played here, or been rubbish, injured or both at any club we've sent him to. It's a good deal upto 5 mil depending on playing time alone.
Plus his wages off the books.
Striker really is a dead position these days. Zirkee doesn't look like he'd be any improvement whatsoever. Surely there's som hidden gem in South America that would be cheap and effective
So are we gonna pay or match the release clause?
I swear Romano has recycled the same tweet for about a week.
He has. His way of saying the deal is still very much on. To be fair to him if he didn't do this he'd probably be invaded with a mountain of DMs and chats asking for why it's gone quiet.
So, erm...the first two players we could be signing this summer are Dutch, dare I say, double Dutch. 
United: We want Zirkzee.
Bologna: Release clause is 40m.
United: We are prepared to activate the clause.
Bologna: Great. 40 mil please.
United: We are prepared to activate the clause.
Bologna: Yeah pay us the 40m and he’s yours.
United: We are prepared to activate the clause.
Bologna: Err ok..
United: We are prepared to activate the clause.
Bologna: ……..
United: Brace yourself.
Lot has changed management wise, but we are still targeting Dutch players, who can't even start for an average Dutch team. Doesn't fill me with confidence.
Looks better than Hojlund in a few ways to be honest.
Both have the potential to be quality strikers.
Van Dijk hasnt even started for the Holland team at De Ligt's age.
United: We are counting the money...
United: We are fetching a suitcase...
United: We are putting the money in the suitcase...
United: We are sending someone to the airport now...
United: We are waiting for him to come back from the airport since he forgot the suitcase...
You could, to a degree, understand why a new manager would bring in players that know exactly how he wants them to play.
But this only works in the first season in my opinion.
It's not like we have Dutch sides tearing up trees in Europe
Our interest in de Ligt dates back to 2019 and why does his nationality matter? He's a good player that's all I care about.
You clearly are clueless about preparing. You do your hair. You stand in a Ronaldo free-kick statue pose. You eye the opponent. You do do breathing exercises…
We are waitinig for that sweet money from VdB sale.
It does feel strange to be so underwhelmed and under hyped for a potential striker signing, usually the position easiest to get excited about.
Hopefully it goes well.
Hopefully it goes well.
Looking likely that Zirkzee, De Ligt and Ugarte will be our signings irrespective of the outgoings.
And then if we can shift the likes of Casemiro, Sancho and Greenwood, we'll probably look at another CB ( Brainthwate maybe) and a CM. Maybe a LB depending on how confident the club feels with Malacia, Shaw and Amass.
And then if we can shift the likes of Casemiro, Sancho and Greenwood, we'll probably look at another CB ( Brainthwate maybe) and a CM. Maybe a LB depending on how confident the club feels with Malacia, Shaw and Amass.
Why?
So, erm...the first two players we could be signing this summer are Dutch, dare I say, double Dutch.
And the two coaches!
Leaves me very underwhelmed. I do like Ugarte but not particularly impressed with Zirkzee. Scoring goals has been a problem at times so I do hope they plan on bringing in someone who can add more goals/assists from the wing.