If we're playing well and winning things it's amazing how even disruptive or greedy players are happy or at least content and quiet. The more we miss out to rivals when top players are available, the less likely it is we will win as much. So far there's been Hazard, RVP, Mbappe (to a CL rival) a now Sanchez. How many more will we miss just to appease fucking accountants? I thought we were meant to be the richest club in the world? About time we acted like it and created a dynasty and pushed the rags further behind while we're on top and have a manager capable of attracting almost any player to us.
United might even have done this with a long term strategy against us in mind. Drive prices up to ludicrous levels for top players. Get us to take a stand on not paying more than we regard as appropriate or when an agent hikes it further. United say we are okay to pay that and can afford it and respect the player more by doing so. They get hailed by Arsenal as a well run club for what anyone looking at this dispassionately seems suicidal. United call us and Chelsea too out - even though Chelsea were barely involved in this - so why? - as having been humiliated by United's love for the player and willingness to pay him what he is worth.
And all played out against the backdrop of Amazon filming us in a deal that United and Arsenal seem to have been upset over. Almost hoping it will highlight their victory in what otherwise would look to be a series about anything but United in any way.
This may be a strategy not so much to get Sanchez for United's benefit but a price they think worth paying if the long term consequence is all big players go to the traditional elite knowing only the likes of United will pay them 'what they are worth' - as in 'whatever fantasy sum it takes to get them'.
This might have little to do with Sanchez helping United or his loss destabilising us on the pitch and all to do with seeing us off as the go to choice for lets face it anyone with any player with brain who puts football ahead of big money - sadly, as they know, few and far between.
Sanchez could have helped himself play in a team he would suit and win things and do football in general one huge favour by taking less to get into the side he obviously wanted.
Instead he will be seen as just another mercenary not worth the big bucks unless he plays out of his skin every week and his legacy will be as far as most football fans are concerned that their ability to sign the best players has evaporated as they are all earmarked for whoever can pay them insane amounts.
I know this might not be popular, but I'd take either Rashford or Martial if they get their noses pushed out. Pep would turn them into top notch players.
Exactly, and from this position of strength we should have strengthened further, not let the worst and most dangerous of our rivals catch up a bit and get an ego boost.
Yeah its not like our very young squad and a 12 point gap as it stands, top of our CL group, semi final of the league cup and in the next round of the FA cup has anyone worried about us for the foreseeable future lol.
Did i mention the best manager in the business and finances the envy of world football as well?
If he has a blinder in Russia they will be fine on him when the bigger teams come a calling who have no qualms in beating Manure at their own game but they will have lost the player they build their future on within 3 years of getting him and what would they have to show for it in Europe and also perhaps domestically.
RVP was gone after one season and would you really want Sanchez if the figures being bandied around are even some distance from being on the mark.
You don't think with the best manager in the premiership and perhaps in the top few going around we can't do better in the summer.
Patience is a virtue.
United might even have done this with a long term strategy against us in mind. Drive prices up to ludicrous levels for top players. Get us to take a stand on not paying more than we regard as appropriate or when an agent hikes it further. United say we are okay to pay that and can afford it and respect the player more by doing so. They get hailed by Arsenal as a well run club for what anyone looking at this dispassionately seems suicidal. United call us and Chelsea too out - even though Chelsea were barely involved in this - so why? - as having been humiliated by United's love for the player and willingness to pay him what he is worth.
And all played out against the backdrop of Amazon filming us in a deal that United and Arsenal seem to have been upset over. Almost hoping it will highlight their victory in what otherwise would look to be a series about anything but United in any way.
This may be a strategy not so much to get Sanchez for United's benefit but a price they think worth paying if the long term consequence is all big players go to the traditional elite knowing only the likes of United will pay them 'what they are worth' - as in 'whatever fantasy sum it takes to get them'.
This might have little to do with Sanchez helping United or his loss destabilising us on the pitch and all to do with seeing us off as the go to choice for lets face it anyone with any player with brain who puts football ahead of big money - sadly, as they know, few and far between.
Sanchez could have helped himself play in a team he would suit and win things and do football in general one huge favour by taking less to get into the side he obviously wanted.
Instead he will be seen as just another mercenary not worth the big bucks unless he plays out of his skin every week and his legacy will be as far as most football fans are concerned that their ability to sign the best players has evaporated as they are all earmarked for whoever can pay them insane amounts.
From a financial point of view.
But from the football point of view, if Utd don't nail it quickly on the pitch, the willy have their star player agitating for a move whilst they try to hold on for a fee few are willing to pay & the players agent asks for money even fewer are willing to pay, whilst the manager fart about in the middle. In other words, they become Arsenal.
They really need to start playing football & competing properly now, or it will be one hell of a bus crash over there.
RVP was a success for 1 season and then nothing, Mbappe was going for astronomical amounts and seemed to only want Paris, Hazard, whilst superb has been a bit hit and miss and Sanchez is another going for crazy figures. You seriously think we should be matching his supposed wages from the rags?
How have they "caught" us up?
Do you get points for signing a player in January?
That's been the sticking point. United and Arsenal are arguing the toss over who pays what of it. That's before any signing-on fee he gets at Arsenal.
Mkhitryan will make more money in the immediacy than Sanchez!
And here's what really makes me question how much more I will continue to love the game.
Most agents are now asking for uplifts in contracts commensurate with whether the TV deal goes up.
Not down. Just up.
Maureen isn't orchestrating it, Mendes isn't involved in this one.Insane.How much is going to be enough? Greed is at the back of all this.
And Mourinho orchestrating it
Thanks for your reply,Tolmie, and fair enough.
Just curious. Can you now explain yesterdays thunder video? This deal looks like it was dead days ago.
Is there any thunder out there or are we done this window?
Or was there still a feeling the deal might fall through as late as yesterday when you posted?
They will never play football under Mourinho, he can't bring himself to do it and he knows they actually can't take teams on punch for punch anyway. It's all poised perfectly to go completely tits up for them with this contract extension about to be announced.
Fuck me are you for real? Rags have done well, how? What was the next highest bid for him (to quote the dippers chairman), how much was anyone else offering? They've thrown a shitload of money for a player in a position they have plenty of options for, he'll stiffle Rashford. Lingard or Martial and cause them untold problems when players contracts are up for renewal, see De Gea asking for similar now and then everyone else will follow. Woodward and Mourinho have just fucked up the club for the foreseeable imo.
HAHAHA
The thunder lyrics were simply about Sanchez thinking he was the big star and we were still waiting for a deal to be announced.
Looking at the figures, I'm surprised we didn't distance ourselves even more quickly than we did.
Still apart on the Jonny Evans interest.
Mourinho went in for Sanchez . It has now ballooned to 180 million and counting .Maureen isn't orchestrating it, Mendes isn't involved in this one.