Ah, thanks for the correction. That guys a proper nob.
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Ah, thanks for the correction. That guys a proper nob.
#mufc are indeed attempting to sign Ander Herrera. Could be done by end of the week, £28.8m. Still as surprised as last night..!
I think almost everyone is surprised that Woody could pull this off with such minimal media coverage? I have my hopes up, looking at how we've gone about the Herrera transfer.. Press didn't know about till what seems like the last stages of the transfer, there was no speculation linking us to the player.. Just out of the blue.
To everyone saying this came out of the blue, didn't somebody link us to Herrera a few weeks ago? Could be wrong, I'm sure I remember posting a tweet or reading one that said we're back in for him.
Barcelona were very interested in Luis Suarez during his Ajax days. In fact, I believe they came close to signing him once. This was long before the Liverpool deal even if I recall.
Worried that it's slipping. Was "Tuesday", then "48 hours", now it's "could be by end of the week".
Gotta love Butters thats a class quote fair play to him.
More guess work, just like no journo seems to have known jack about us signing him in the first place.
Thought he was locked in for Arsenal?
yeah strange that journos who had no idea about the deal happening are suddenly putting a time line on things.
Arsenal didn't want to take up the buy back option and have permanently sold him to Sociedad for €11m.
You sure you're not thinking of the incident with the three amigos either last window or the one before?
Why do Arsenal have buy back options put into contracts, they never seem to take them up?
If we pull this off Woodward deserves credit keeping everything under the radar. Maybe people should give him some lea way.
I see, thanks
Don't be mistaken, it's because of Van Gaal's arrival everything is being done quietly.
It's Herrera we are taking about, not Fabregas(Fabregas would be much harder to keep under the radar). Al though I do think he will be a good signing. Woodward still has a lot to prove in my opinion, transfer window is far from done and neither is the Herrera deal yet al though it is looking likely.
Yep. It wasnt out of the blue we just didnt talk about it for long. Its in the thread.
Nope he is still shit.
Nope! I'm just going through this thread to see if I can find anything. Looking for it now. Hopefully it wasn't in the previous one.
Ander heading to Manchester now. Has just been saying his goodbyes to Athletic players.
To be honest I have no idea, especially on this one. Although when the original loan was near to ending back in 2012, Vela did say he didn't want to return to Arsenal and that's probably had something to do with this.
But at the end of it all Arsenal could potentially earn €14m for Vela after the initial fee of €3m 2 years ago and the deal they've agreed today. Good business.
Surely they can't sell a player that isn't theirs? Have they 'sold' the buyback clause for €11m?
Good - I was keen for Shaw to join us, but anything above the original £28m is outrageous and after seeing R. Rodriguez playing some more in the World Cup we should really be turning our attention to him. Wishful thinking though.
I think James Ducker said the same. That is good, we shouldnt be held hostage for him.
Many still believe the deal to be closer to £28/30m so we'll see what happens.. I don't get why everyone thinks Rodriquez is going to cost little though I must admit.
Pretty much, would love to know how that works, but they've technically sold the buy back clause
No he wouldn't. Maybe pre-World Cup he would of been about £15-18m, now I'd expect £22-25m to get him
Southampton are playing one hell of a risky game here, they could have one very upset player. They also taking the risk that Koeman appointment will work and that Shaw keeps up the form. He is a left back, they will never ever be offered that sort of money for him again.
I still find it strange. Surely Vela could have refused to sign any contract with Arsenal even if they triggered his buyback clause? Why would Sociedad need to pay Arsenal money just to keep him?
Think the clue is what Ogden said last night, we've told the media we were not going back in for him.
We've briefed the press he's not a target, they have focused elsewhere whilst Woody has snuck around in the shadows.
It's very strange indeed, he was under contract with Sociedad until 2016 before this deal went ahead, so if Arsenal said no and the option expired - what then? There's probably a lot more to it then we know or hear and it seems Arsenal held all the cards somehow. They could of threatened Sociedad to by him for the buy back and sell him on to another club for profit, so then they agreed to pay the €11m, most likely scenario imo.
They could have 3 - Lovren apparently wants to leave and Lallana wants to go to Liverpool. It's the kind of situation where I understand every part. I understand why Southampton do not first want to lose their manager, and then 3 of their 4-5 best players (even if they get £60 million for them) - and if they sell Shaw and Lallana, they might as well kiss Lovren, Schneiderlin and a few more goodbye as well.
Tough situation for Soton indeed
Tough situation for Soton indeed
Could this day get any better?
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