Willow Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Glad I haven't followed any news this summer so these are not as big blows as normally. tbh it's best to avoid the forum rumour threads until late july, they're horrible places Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Never really expected this one to happen when we didn't get him in January.. he got far to big and noticed this year. The minute any champions league side was coming in for him we were done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Surely no one is shocked by this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Oh, Pierre. Pierre, Pierre, Pierre. What could have been. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Surely no one is shocked by this Of course not. We wouldnt even pay the reasonable fee for him let alone manage to persuade him to pick us over Dortmund Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Surely no one is shocked by this http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2013/6/21/1371833932630/Joe-Kinnear-008.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 At least it won't turn into an Erdinc scenario Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 No surprise here - what decent young player would join the shambles that is NUFC when he can go to one of the best-supported clubs in the best-run league in Europe ? NUFC are second rate at best under this administration and are basically a make-up-the-numbers club. Get used to it - for the foreseeable future. Still, who cares as long as a past-his-best former Mackem is still a possibility..? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Wonder if we even made a real offer for him, has he chosen them over us or were we not even in the running? Swansea and Westham are both trying to sign Bony for £10.2m surely we can throw our hat into the ring too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Remy or bust Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I don't think we ever made a bid, we asked to be "kept in the loop" but no bid was made. This. The fact that he is going for a quite affordable fee suggests we were just hoping a bargain would emerge rather than actively trying to sign up a player we have wasted 18 months scouting and watching regularly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesPaul Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Surely no one is shocked by this http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2013/6/21/1371833932630/Joe-Kinnear-008.jpg Peter Erick A Boomerang. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Hope Remy gets stuck at QPR tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I don't think we ever made a bid, we asked to be "kept in the loop" but no bid was made. This. The fact that he is going for a quite affordable fee suggests we were just hoping a bargain would emerge rather than actively trying to sign up a player we have wasted 18 months scouting and watching regularly. Yep. The Journal: United had been in contact with the Ligue 1 club over the last 10 days but do not appear to have been involved when things heated up over the last 48 hours. They had been encouraged by agents working on his behalf – and by Aubameyang himself – in the last week, but Mike Ashley appears keen to recruit within a budget again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I don't think we ever made a bid, we asked to be "kept in the loop" but no bid was made. This. The fact that he is going for a quite affordable fee suggests we were just hoping a bargain would emerge rather than actively trying to sign up a player we have wasted 18 months scouting and watching regularly. Had on. What suggests that, exactly? The fact we didn't get involved when he was about to join a club that can offer Champions Legaue football? If they're getting him for 13m euro, that's not too far off the £10m we bid for him in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Hope Remy gets stuck at QPR tbh. Me too. This view will drastically change towards the end of the transfer window mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 What has his destination got to do with the fact we never actually bid for him between January & July? It was only a week or so ago that he showed willingness to come here so its not a big push to think we could have sealed a deal some time before BVB came in, we had 6 months to do so if we really wanted. Seeing as the fee is £13m then its more likely we passed off a chance to pay a reasonable amount for our number one target in favour of waiting and losing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I don't think we ever made a bid, we asked to be "kept in the loop" but no bid was made. This. The fact that he is going for a quite affordable fee suggests we were just hoping a bargain would emerge rather than actively trying to sign up a player we have wasted 18 months scouting and watching regularly. Had on. What suggests that, exactly? The fact we didn't get involved when he was about to join a club that can offer Champions Legaue football? If they're getting him for 13m euro, that's not too far off the £10m we bid for him in January. i think the fact we didn't make a bid suggests that we didn't make a bid tbh. We had time to make a bid before Dortmund emerged that was a fairly recent development, but we didn't. but Mike Ashley appears keen to recruit within a budget again. Now, now. You know that's not what I meant, nor was it what Roger said. Since Ashley got his fingers burned, we've operated on a budget, hence our miniscule nett spend on players. I see no reason why that was to change. Perhaps you know better? The interest from Dortmund has been reported for a fair while now. I'd say we probably knew quite a bit more about it than is public, due to our ongoing dialogue with his club and the player's agent. I dare say that, had we made an decent bid (like in January), Dortmund may have been prompted into making a bid of their own. I appreciate that this is quite a leap, but I hope you can understand where I'm coming from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 All to do with the price nothing else, wants any signing on the cheap or we just move on, its utterly ridiculous. Yes get bargains in when you can but a proven striker will cost good money. We cannot scout our top targets then put such a cheap limit on what we would pay for them, the club is a joke right now with the JFK farce so its going to be hard enough to attract players anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 What has his destination got to do with the fact we never actually bid for him between January & July? It was only a week or so ago that he showed willingness to come here so its not a big push to think we could have sealed a deal some time before BVB came in, we had 6 months to do so if we really wanted. Seeing as the fee is £13m then its more likely we passed off a chance to pay a reasonable amount for our number one target in favour of waiting and losing. Bent or bust I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I think we informed them of the highest we would pay, and basically if no one else had come in with a higher offer, we would then push for them to accept ours. Hence the keep us in the loop spiel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I don't think we ever made a bid, we asked to be "kept in the loop" but no bid was made. This. The fact that he is going for a quite affordable fee suggests we were just hoping a bargain would emerge rather than actively trying to sign up a player we have wasted 18 months scouting and watching regularly. Had on. What suggests that, exactly? The fact we didn't get involved when he was about to join a club that can offer Champions Legaue football? If they're getting him for 13m euro, that's not too far off the £10m we bid for him in January. i think the fact we didn't make a bid suggests that we didn't make a bid tbh. We had time to make a bid before Dortmund emerged that was a fairly recent development, but we didn't. but Mike Ashley appears keen to recruit within a budget again. You don't think that just maybe, like most clubs looking at a transfer, we've spoken to the players representatives and knew that at this stage he wasn't willing to sign for us? So naturally we've asked his club and his representatives to keep us informed so that we can react accordingly. Unfortunately the only reaction that's worth considering when a club like Dortmund comes in is "Oh well, next". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Maybe with all the perch money we can launch an improved last minute bid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturla Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 We missed out on: Gomis - done ok with Lyon Gaimero- Has had limited opertunety with PSG Gervinho- Has been a disappointment with Arsenal Erdinc - Has done ok with PSG and Rennes Luuk de Jong - Had a disappointing season with Mönchengladbach Remy - did reasonably well in a disappointing QPR team It's not like any of the players we missed out on have turned out to be superstars. Not really bothered we are missing out on PEA to Dortmund. More bothered about my lack of faith that we will bring in what is needed during the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pedro_de_geordieo Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Confirmed at BD now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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