I know we're rich and teams try to take the pee out of us but no other club in the world would have spent £90m on Pogba, £75m + 15m add-ons for Lukaku and now looks like it could be £50m for Matic.
Questions have been asked about this guy before and he's been given the benefit of doubt but if this is the best negotiating he can do then he's surely asking to be fired. What's he playing at? He can get great sponsorship deals for fun but he's useless talking to clubs clearly.
Woody back in the spotlight?
posted on 30/7/17
Fellaini
Di Maria
Lukaku
Pogba
Martial
Depay
We overpaid for all of them in my opinion.
posted on 30/7/17
Fellaini - yes we overpaid but that was Moyes fault as he didn't want to sign Fellaini first.
ADM - using earlier logic on this thread ADM was a fair price.
Lukaku - see above.
Pogba - see above.
Martial - £36m for a young player of huge potential from a club that did not want to sell.
Depay - huge potential and we got a good fee back.
Factor in that clubs know we are loaded and paying a fair fee is almost impossible.
posted on 30/7/17
ADM - using earlier logic on this thread ADM was a fair price.
Lukaku - see above.
Pogba - see above.
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shut up
posted on 30/7/17
What ?
posted on 30/7/17
"Kaka flopping is irrelevant. This is hindsight. It was an elite level player when they bought him"
posted on 30/7/17
comment by Captain Marvel (U21549)
posted 19 seconds ago
Fellaini - yes we overpaid but that was Moyes fault as he didn't want to sign Fellaini first.
ADM - using earlier logic on this thread ADM was a fair price.
Lukaku - see above.
Pogba - see above.
Martial - £36m for a young player of huge potential from a club that did not want to sell.
Depay - huge potential and we got a good fee back.
Factor in that clubs know we are loaded and paying a fair fee is almost impossible.
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Real wanted to sell ADM, yet we still paid a huge fee for him, despite the fact he didn't even want to sign for us and only came because PSG dropped out. Poor business. Once PSG dropped out we were in string position as Real wanted to sell. Should have negotiated a better deal.
Lukaku wasn't worth more than £60m for me. Isn't the deal up to £90m with addons?
Pogba isn't yet world class for me, but he does have the potential. When you are paying a world record fee, you expect the finished article, not potential. Hopefully he kicks on this season, but everyone knows we overpaid.
Martial's fee could rise to £56m. He is a very talented player, but that kind of deal should be reserved for an established player.
Depay perhaps wasn't too bad.
posted on 30/7/17
ADM was an elite player and therefore worth £60m at that time. They didn't want to sell, he wanted out because of salary. Ronaldo was very vocal about him being allowed to leave.
Lukaku is worth more than Morata as a proven prem striker. Add to the fact it's Moneybags United and you arrive at £75m.
Pogba - the guy is world class and also a of huge value commercially.
Martial was initially £36m. Compare that with Mbappe's price tag just 2 years later or Lacazette and it's a bargain given his age and potential.
posted on 30/7/17
Adm has never been an elite player. He had one good season at real. He also did not want to come here. In no way shape or form was he worth 60 mil.
Lukaku, only scores. He's never a 75 mil player. Ever
And Pogba - lmao. Most ridiculous fee of all time.
posted on 31/7/17
comment by Captain Marvel (U21549)
posted 8 minutes ago
ADM was an elite player and therefore worth £60m at that time. They didn't want to sell, he wanted out because of salary. Ronaldo was very vocal about him being allowed to leave.
Lukaku is worth more than Morata as a proven prem striker. Add to the fact it's Moneybags United and you arrive at £75m.
Pogba - the guy is world class and also a of huge value commercially.
Martial was initially £36m. Compare that with Mbappe's price tag just 2 years later or Lacazette and it's a bargain given his age and potential.
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You better tell ADM that he wanted out, because he has said on 2 separate occasions that he didn't want to leave Real Madrid. Yes, Ronaldo was vocal of Di Maria's exit - he was critical of the club for letting him go, not critical of Di Maria for wanting to leave.
Morata has proven that he can do it at CL level whereas Lukaku hasn't.
Pogba isn't world class as yet. Not based on last season. He isn't even close the having the consistency to be considered world class. Hopefully that changes that season.
posted on 31/7/17
http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/522592/Carlo-Ancelotti-Real-Madrid-Angel-Di-Maria-Manchester-United
Seeing as a strong Prem campaign is my preference then I'd take a Prem proven Lukaku over a Champs league proven Morata every day of the week.
Re Pogba, he is world class in terms of ability mate. Ask some people that know about football rather than people with an agenda.