Doing the same thing and expecting a different result. That is what utd transfer has been like under woodward since SAF left. It started with fellaini, where we negotiated ourselves into paying more than his release clause. This followed a summer woodward had choosen to announce to the world utd was flush with cash and could buy anyone.
7 years of tranfer failures (and on pitch failures tbh), I honestly do not understand why this man and his team are allowed anywhere near our transfer negotiaion. With ole utd are at a crucial junction step up as challenger or return to finishing 5th or lower. Sadly, if i was a betting man, I will bet on the latter "as things stand"
Transfer strategy
posted on 19/9/20
comment by JonVeron (U6514)
posted 32 seconds ago
I think you’re being generous on some of those “successes”... granted they weren’t all flops but I would take a neutral stance and say some neither succeeded or flopped (which probably really means they flopped)
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posted on 19/9/20
Would also question why Mkhi and Sanchez count as one player...
posted on 19/9/20
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posted on 19/9/20
No, we were strongly linked with him last summer and by all accounts he had chosen Real without it going public so any interest died down. Then the move to Real collapsed a few months ago and he became available again and I’m assuming clubs were informed and we payed the money that Ajax wanted.
We’re all happy we have him as he seems like a cracking player but I don’t think the transfer needs to be applauded for doing anything special. Like when we got Depay we paid the fee a Dutch club wanted (which is relatively cheap compared to PL fees) and everyone was happy with the move happening.
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posted on 19/9/20
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 24 seconds ago
No, we were strongly linked with him last summer and by all accounts he had chosen Real without it going public so any interest died down. Then the move to Real collapsed a few months ago and he became available again and I’m assuming clubs were informed and we payed the money that Ajax wanted.
We’re all happy we have him as he seems like a cracking player but I don’t think the transfer needs to be applauded for doing anything special. Like when we got Depay we paid the fee a Dutch club wanted (which is relatively cheap compared to PL fees) and everyone was happy with the move happening.
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Jesus wept. You can’t be this dense. Ji clearly explained what he meant and he is correct. It has nothing to do with last season or Real Madrid.
posted on 19/9/20
What are you on about? Just because the news of our recent contact and subsequent transfer for him was fairly quick the interest and contact with Ajax would have lasted a long time because he was available for a long time. The real deal is relevant because it collapsing allowed us to get him. You dense senile old fart.
posted on 19/9/20
What are you on about?
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Your lack of understanding as to what people mean.
Beakers signing came out of the blue. There wasn’t any of the usual twatbook or BBC Gossip page type of stuff until just a few days before it became confirmed.
posted on 19/9/20
Think we’ve missed a trick with Rodriguez playing front he right and looking very accomplished.
posted on 19/9/20
comment by Don Draper's dandruff (U20155)
posted 3 hours, 6 minutes ago
oh, and the reason the glazers would sell is that united really isn't the "cash cow" that some people think it is.
i can't remember the precise numbers, but i think the glazers take £20-30m from the club each year in dividends and directors' fees; value of the club is £3-4bn, less £500m of debt, let's say £2.5bn, and let's say they take out £25m pa, which makes the maths very easy, they receive a 1% cash yield every year from the club (current FTSE dividend yield is over 3%).
so they make their money as owners not from extracting cash each year, but from watching the value of the club increase. as soon as they think that has run its course - tv deals maxing out, commercial revenue on the wane as our slide into mediocrity is confirmed - then they'll sell.
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What was it worth when they brought? They’ve doubled their investment at the very least.