United Thread | 2025/26

  • Thread starter Thread starter Ric
  • Start date Start date
Wow, bbc reporting Barca paying a loan fee of £30 million with option to buy for pope findus, and they may not register him straight away - on what planet does that make sense? Smells a bit of shenanigans, two nearly broke clubs doing a hugely beneficial deal for each other - of course it’s Simon stone that says it’s “hugely beneficial” for Barca https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj4e71qq728o
 
Uwe Already said:
Wow, bbc reporting Barca paying a loan fee of £30 million with option to buy for pope findus, and they may not register him straight away - on what planet does that make sense? Smells a bit of shenanigans, two nearly broke clubs doing a hugely beneficial deal for each other - of course it’s Simon stone that says it’s “hugely beneficial” for Barca https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj4e71qq728o
Click to expand...

Stone will be weeping at this one. Probably got a poster of him on his wall.
 
Metal Biker said:
"I had to take the opportunity to sign for the club of my dreams; the team whose shirt I wore growing up"
cringe.gif

"This is a massive club..." HE SAID THE THING!
Click to expand...
The thing that made me wince when I read his (the club's PR) statement was that it was almost word verbatim of how we predicted it would be on this forum.
 
Half Time Draw said:
Of course he did:

View attachment 163715
Click to expand...
It's so predictable it's actually quite sad.

The rags have fallen so far down into mediocrity that this is all they've got left to hold onto.

How the mighty have fallen.

The club's PR is their biggest asset.
It's fascinating how every player they sign these days has to mention how they were a boyhood fan.

If that's true why didn't he put a transfer request in?

Oh! that's right, because he would have missed out financially.
 
deano ou812 said:
I can’t get my head around this he’s deemed surplus to requirements for the rags who have been fighting relegation yet he’s good enough for Barca in challenging for La Liga totally baffling ..
Click to expand...
Because La Liga is weaker than the Premier League.

Brokelona are one of two (maybe three) teams that win the title every year
 
What happened to the last "rag from birth" the one signed from Ukraine (?). They had a random picture of a baby in a utd babygrow claiming it was him.
 
Uwe Already said:
Wow, bbc reporting Barca paying a loan fee of £30 million with option to buy for pope findus, and they may not register him straight away - on what planet does that make sense? Smells a bit of shenanigans, two nearly broke clubs doing a hugely beneficial deal for each other - of course it’s Simon stone that says it’s “hugely beneficial” for Barca https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj4e71qq728o
Click to expand...
No, the thirty million is the option to buy- there is no loan fee
 
Tracking back said:
The thing that made me wince when I read his (the club's PR) statement was that it was almost word verbatim of how we predicted it would be on this forum.
Click to expand...
It’s been going on for years, hasn’t it?

Years before the pisscan retired. I clearly remember van Rapist (allegedly) saying it, and it wasn’t new then.
 
NZBlue said:
No, the thirty million is the option to buy- there is no loan fee
Click to expand...
Haha, might be me or maybe badly written but I read it as the loan fee with option to buy - your sentence makes considerably more sense, yet the question remains why they’d take someone they can’t register (previously reported they would pay 100% of the wages) so in my addled defence, it still stinks
 
Uwe Already said:
Haha, might be me or maybe badly written but I read it as the loan fee with option to buy - your sentence makes considerably more sense, yet the question remains why they’d take someone they can’t register (previously reported they would pay 100% of the wages) so in my addled defence, it still stinks
Click to expand...
I don't disagree with that
 
£70m for a player a top side would consider as a utility option. Bet you could have got mbuemo for half that last year.

Sadly, I do think hes the type of player they actually need and despite the fee will prove to be a good signing. A reliable, consistent player to elevate them from looking over their shoulder at the bottom 3, to the safety of midtable mediocrity.
 
ninjamonkey said:
£70m for a player a top side would consider as a utility option. Bet you could have got mbuemo for half that last year.

Sadly, I do think hes the type of player they actually need and despite the fee will prove to be a good signing. A reliable, consistent player to elevate them from looking over their shoulder at the bottom 3, to the safety of midtable mediocrity.
Click to expand...
I’m hesitant to bang on given I’m confused with the volume of scum articles (I may be in the middle of a stroke!) but if he scored 20 last season, and has 70 career goals, then that makes around 50 goals in 200 matches before last season - ok, more than me, but not great
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top