Transfer Rumours

[harv]

Yup, we've paid too much for him but that's par for the course for United. We have a ridiculous transfer budget every season so clubs whack an extra £10-20m on top of what they would get from anyone else. He'll be a great signing though, and your lot had better hope that Bakayoko is up to snuff after ;etting Matic go.

I'd still be happier if we hadn't signed him and Maureen had decided to play Timbo in the right position though, but it's looking like he's determined to have him as a defender.

Still, anything that makes our squad stronger and your squad weaker is a good thing

[harv]

Wtf, arse have accepted a £35m bid for Oxymoron from Chelsea. What is Conte thinking..?

[jman]

Why the fuck are we being linked to Andy Carroll,  he's the biggest donkey around since Heskey - if you exclude Lukaku that is

[harv]

Lukaku has scored 18 goals so far this season. Hardly a donkey.

[jman]

Heskey scored 22 in one season.. so what.. Lukaku's a certified donkey.. for sure.

[Baggio]

Quite funny looking at the stats, Wayne Rooney has a better goal per min ratio with Everton than Lukaku has with United.

Considering how bad Everton have been this season that stat becomes even more shocking 

[harv]

The Sanchez/Micki swap is close to being done apparently. arse are getting a fantastic player in that swap deal though if it happens.

[jman]

Well if the figures spouted are anything to go by:

£27m a year (for 4.5 years)
£30m Tranfser Fee
£20m Signing on fee
£10m Agents fee

Its no wonder the others walked away..


Cue harv claiming shirt sales alone will cover that

[harv]

I wouldn't pay any attention to newspaper reports about wages for ANY player.

It's going to be a straight swap so no transfer fee. The player will get a signing fee and the agent will get a fee based on the current value of the player. As for wages that wage will include a tax free cut of merchandising (and that part of his wage will differ from month to month) and a taxable cut of any commercial deals (and that part of his wage will differ from year to year).

[jman]

Yep straight swap - so you lost £30m of assets instead of money - same deal.  Papers are saying its £600k a week now

Bit of a gamble as you've still got no chance of winning anything bar the FA Cup this season and if you'd have waited until the summer - you'd have got him for a lot less and been in the driving seat in contract negotiations - Mourinho knew that Sanchez would probably preferred to have gone to Citeh though, hence why you've been properly diddled and broken the PL highest wage.. AGAIN.

[harv]

I wouldn't pay any attention to what newspapers are saying about any player's wages for ANY club, let alone United. These journalists know surprisingly little about professional footballer contract negotiations.

For starters, any footballer of note that is expecting merchandising sales to take off will NEVER want a flat fee for his image rights, he'll want a percentage because there's more money in it for them. Secondly, the merchandising and commercial deals will be separate entities because merchandising will be tax free and United/player related commercial deals are taxable.

And finally these newspapers have added a vague 'bonuses' onto the total too, and for those bonus figures to be included United have to get a top 4 place, trophy wins etc.

And even if all of this nonsense was true, United can afford it because they have over half a billion quid in revenue coming every year.

And yes, we could have got him for free in the Summer but why leave things to chance?

[harv]

Fred is rumoured to be having a medical today for United for a £53m transfer. With Carrick gone and Fellaini going he should be a great signing. One of the very few players in the world that can match the passing that Carrick used to do at his peak and he has more pace too.

Rumours of Ronaldo and Bale coming to United keep on coming, hopefully we'll sign the former and not the latter. Ronnie is older but he's in great shape, is rarely injured and scores more goals. Plus we'd end up getting the £200m back and more within a couple of years through commercial deals. He's EASILY got 3 years of top level football in those legs and will probably do a Giggsy and play until he's 40 without a problem.

[jman]

The last couple of times I've seen Fred play - he's been a pile of old pants lol.. still he can't be as bad as that wally Fellaini.. surely?

What's this, the 5th successive season you've said that Ronaldo and Bale are coming to United harv… lolol.. you keep forgetting, it would be a massive step down.. not only in prestige, but also money.. why the fuck would they want to do that?

[harv]

United, Real Madras and Barcelona are the only three clubs in the world that a player can switch between WITHOUT it being a step down.

And I didn't say that United were going to sign either one, just that IF we did we would be better off signing Ronnie than Bale because Bale would end up on the treatment table for half of the season.

As for paying them, it wouldn't be a problem. We're loaded and have so much money coming in every year that we're probably the only club in the world that doesn't have to worry about the FFP regulations.

[jman]

News for you harv... You're not signing Ronaldo...