https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2022/jun/11/liverpool-agree-100m-deal-to-sign-darwin-nunez-from-benfica
Apparently this morning Liverpool chief negotiator Ward was trying to drive down the price to around £60m initial with very conservative add ons
But in the face of “reported interest" from Man United he lost his bottle and agreed to €80m up front with €20m in incentives.
Nice to see our name is being used to cost other clubs money rather than Sergio Ramos esque situations.
Given Ten Hag wants accomplished close control technical players I don’t believe for a moment there was any real interest in a one season wonder with a touch like lukaku for that price playing in Portugal.
Don’t get me wrong he could turn out to be world class but he is nowhere near today and Liverpool have essentially outbid themselves to secure a talent no one else seemed interested in besides paper talk.
Guess they can claim he only “cost" them 48m pounds when mane sale is factored in, you know they love the net spend. Bit like how they got Andy Carroll for free
Speaking of, lot of similarities between those two strikers for sure ….
Nunez : Romano confirms
posted on 12/6/22
comment by Ole dirty Baztard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 3 minutes ago
I reckon ETH gets a tune out of Sancho you know (who personally I rate).
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Yeah maybe he can. Can’t see ETH being there for too long though.
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Hmmm not sure, I think he could do well for you but it's all about players really and the fact there is such stiff competition for signatures doesn't help Utd.
You've a couple of youth players already on the books that could surprise a few. Get some form out of Sancho and all of a sudden draws become wins.
You need three transfers to work out very well I feel. It can change an awful lot.
posted on 12/6/22
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 24 seconds ago
comment by Ole dirty Baztard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 3 minutes ago
I reckon ETH gets a tune out of Sancho you know (who personally I rate).
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Yeah maybe he can. Can’t see ETH being there for too long though.
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Hmmm not sure, I think he could do well for you but it's all about players really and the fact there is such stiff competition for signatures doesn't help Utd.
You've a couple of youth players already on the books that could surprise a few. Get some form out of Sancho and all of a sudden draws become wins.
You need three transfers to work out very well I feel. It can change an awful lot.
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I don’t think Sancho is that good, he’d need others to turn up too, which hopefully ETH will manage to get done. I just have this feeling that he’s not going to last all ,that long.
posted on 12/6/22
I like Sancho a lot (although there are question marks over his attitude apparently) but he has crazy balance, brilliant feet and as good a turn of pace as there is over 10 yards, which is all he needs.
But I do feel he is a system player and ETH is a system manager and that's why I think he will be the main beneficiary of his appointment.
ETH made Tadic look brilliant.
posted on 12/6/22
He’s actually looked quite slow in the league, but he does have great balance and touch. I just don’t think he’s as good as talked up to be, though I do expect him to improve under ETH, sh hopefully we’ll see much better from him
posted on 12/6/22
A lot of your players didn't look particularly fit to me.
posted on 12/6/22
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 4 hours, 1 minute ago
comment by Ole dirty Baztard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 19 seconds ago
De Jong is a strange one really, another lightweight attack minded midfielder when it’s been blatantly obvious for years that United need a CDM. No idea how Ten Hag supposedly plans to get him, Fernandes and Van De Beek into the same team, although I’ll very happy to see it happen for sure.
Not expecting it to happen though as De Jong is another player that doesn’t want to join United.
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Might do. Don’t think barca rate him that much, and we’ll come in with two Rolex’s on each arm, cash hanging out of our pockets and then wonder why he cost 90m…
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Yep pretty much, the way it’s being reported so far is that it sounds like Barca are practically dropping him off at the airport with his ticket while the player has filled his bags with narcotics to get himself stopped at departures.
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posted on 12/6/22
He’ll probably be a good signing for Liverpool, they tend to do well signing strikers. Luckily for us it saves us having to watch him turn into Lukaku at Old Trafford. Win win for both.
posted on 12/6/22
comment by Boca Seniors (U19731)
posted 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 4 hours, 1 minute ago
comment by Ole dirty Baztard - penited and penandes (U19119)
posted 14 seconds ago
comment by Neo (U9135)
posted 19 seconds ago
De Jong is a strange one really, another lightweight attack minded midfielder when it’s been blatantly obvious for years that United need a CDM. No idea how Ten Hag supposedly plans to get him, Fernandes and Van De Beek into the same team, although I’ll very happy to see it happen for sure.
Not expecting it to happen though as De Jong is another player that doesn’t want to join United.
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Might do. Don’t think barca rate him that much, and we’ll come in with two Rolex’s on each arm, cash hanging out of our pockets and then wonder why he cost 90m…
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Yep pretty much, the way it’s being reported so far is that it sounds like Barca are practically dropping him off at the airport with his ticket while the player has filled his bags with narcotics to get himself stopped at departures.
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I think it's cos they've promised Lewa a deal and then left him hanging after agitating a move, cos the leagues told em they gotta sell loads first.
posted on 12/6/22
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 6 hours, 27 minutes ago
A lot of your players didn't look particularly fit to me.
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I don’t know, Verane looks quite dapper in a suit……
posted on 12/6/22
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 9 hours, 25 minutes ago
A lot of your players didn't look particularly fit to me.
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They’re a disaster. Can press for about ten minutes and then collapse.