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1 minute ago, Shearergol said:

 

So, are we aiming far too high, or is it just going to be incredibly difficult to sign anyone (other than massively overpriced end of career type strikers from relegation rivals)?

In January its hard to sign any good player.

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3 minutes ago, Mattoon said:

From what I've read Martial went on loan to Sevilla for free, they just had to pay his wages but man u quoted us £5m for the same loan. I think its obvious whats going on here.

Yeah I saw that too but that could be bollocks

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4 minutes ago, Mattoon said:

From what I've read Martial went on loan to Sevilla for free, they just had to pay his wages but man u quoted us £5m for the same loan. I think its obvious whats going on here.

 

Well not really, the 2 situations are not remotely comparable.

 

In Martial, they'll still have a saleable player in the summer who - if he does well in Spain - could increase in value

In Lingard, if they loan him to us now rather than selling him to someone now then they lose any possibility of ever getting a transfer fee from him

 

I'm not saying Man U are being fair to us, but A) why should they? and B) if they're not, I don't think them not wanting a fee for Martial is any kind of proof of that

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8 minutes ago, Sima said:

Read somewhere that due to the Webster ruling, Lingard can buy himself out of his contract for £2.6m.

Could explore that?

 

That's an easy fix if it's true. Can't believe if it would be that simple though.

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12 minutes ago, Sima said:

Read somewhere that due to the Webster ruling, Lingard can buy himself out of his contract for £2.6m.

Could explore that?

No

 

 

 

 

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Sorry haven't kept up. So is it that Man Utd are not allowing this to happen instead of the player himself does not want to join us? Such a weird move. He's out of contract, we want to pay a loan fee and cover his wages yet Man Utd want to punish a player that they rarely play because he doesn't want to sign a new deal? And paying him to get punished too? Such cuntish and kinky behaviour.

 

 

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Yep that’s where we’re at unfortunately. We’re in a position of weakness and other clubs will try to milk that for all they can get. Annoyingly they don’t have to sell/ loan even if it’s against the players wishes. 
 

Even if we ‘just paid it’ you can’t guarantee they wouldn’t have tried to squeeze a bit more out before the deal was signed. 

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2 minutes ago, Shays Given Tim Flowers said:


its not though. We would be the top payers of a loan fee given our league position and income. Man Utd can get him to us for money and not have to pay his wages or lose him for free in six months whilst paying his contract. 

 

We can either pay it or risk relegation.

 

I don't advocate us paying it, it's just clear to me our negotiating position is weak.

 

 

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