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Froggy

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Just now, Shearergol said:

They're taken from club accounts, not internet rumours, no?

 

I've overestimated on every player based on the most reliable sources, and included all add-ons.

 

It's just flat out wrong. It's over £300m out.

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Two words for me. 

 

Jesse.

Lingard.

 

Man United can literally fuck off with their whining - I hope the club make them bend over backwards. I hope we take them all to the cleaners.

 

If people continue to joke that our owners, mainly the Saudi connection, are ruthless then that's exactly what we should give them. 

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4 minutes ago, Shearergol said:

It's taken directly from your accounts. How can it be wrong? :lol:

 

We can see the accounts. We know what the transfer fees are. :lol:  Some are undisclosed but widely reported. The experts aren't getting these wrong by £30/40m. :lol:

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2 hours ago, brummie said:

 

'68 here and I definitely hate Liverpool more. 

 

Worth remembering, anyone our sort of age, Man U didn't win the league in the first 24 years of our lives and also managed to get relegated. That lent them a certain shitness that softened things, but Liverpool hoovered up silverware and their fucking fans, and the media, were unbearable.

 

I don't give a fuck about Arsenal, but I remember sitting in our student house in Gateshead watching that Michael Thomas championship decider in 1989 and every single one of the dozen or so of us watching really, really wanted Liverpool to fuck it. It remains one of the best football events I've ever seen in terms of schadenfreude.

 

Definitely an era thing then. I could have typed that word for word.

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43 minutes ago, thebalersfull said:

I got some info about this (from his best mate) and apparently he's not been happy for a while, PIF have restricted his role and he doesn't get the freedom he was expecting to do his job, so I guess can't blame him for wanting to leave

 

Considering his penchant for job-hopping, I'd say it was a wise move to restrict his role. Hopefully that means he won't have had access to all of our intel, although in reality he probably has.

 

The Times was reporting today that we are looking for £15m compensation, not the £20m reported yesterday. Hard to tell if that is accurate, as the national rags are probably negotiating on Man U's behalf.

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I’m mostly intrigued by his motivations for leaving. Could be as simple as he’s friends with Ratcliffe and the allure of rebuilding one of the largest clubs in world football is too good an opportunity to pass up.


I don’t imagine money is a driver, since we’re likely paying him top dollar as it is.

 

The narrative coming out of his camp seems to be that he feels he’s been misled regarding his role here and/or cut out of the inner circle. If true, I’m curious as to why that’s the case. It’s not preposterous to wonder if he has been treated unfairly by PIF.
 

Could be a combination of those things! At this point it’s pure speculation.

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1 minute ago, Deuce said:

I’m mostly intrigued by his motivations for leaving. Could be as simple as he’s friends with Ratcliffe and the allure of rebuilding one of the largest clubs in world football is too good an opportunity to pass up.


I don’t imagine money is a driver, since we’re likely paying him top dollar as it is.

 

The narrative coming out of his camp seems to be that he feels he’s been misled regarding his role here and/or cut out of the inner circle. If true, I’m curious as to why that’s the case. It’s not preposterous to wonder if he has been treated unfairly by PIF.
 

Could be a combination of those things! At this point it’s pure speculation.

 

Because it soon became apparent he's a snakey cunt would be my guess. I reckon Eddie sussed him out pretty quickly and tipped off the bigwigs upstairs.

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14 minutes ago, TRon said:

Considering his penchant for job-hopping


I’m still not sure I buy this framing. He did three years at Brighton, six with the national team, and five with West Brom before that. Are front office staff meant to spend their entire careers with a single club? 
 

Given that he’s spent at least a few years at each of his previous roles, the fact that he’s looking to leave now after only what, a season and a half?, suggests to me that there’s more afoot than him simply being a “greedy snake.”

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Deuce said:

I’m mostly intrigued by his motivations for leaving. Could be as simple as he’s friends with Ratcliffe and the allure of rebuilding one of the largest clubs in world football is too good an opportunity to pass up.


I don’t imagine money is a driver, since we’re likely paying him top dollar as it is.

 

The narrative coming out of his camp seems to be that he feels he’s been misled regarding his role here and/or cut out of the inner circle. If true, I’m curious as to why that’s the case. It’s not preposterous to wonder if he has been treated unfairly by PIF.
 

Could be a combination of those things! At this point it’s pure speculation.

It's not out of the realms of possibility that he would've been given some serious shit, along with others, for Tonali considering how big that fee was in relation to our now-obvious FFP situation?

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Just now, TRon said:

 

Because it soon became apparent he's a snakey cunt would be my guess. I reckon Eddie sussed him out pretty quickly and tipped off the bigwigs upstairs.


For which there is zero evidence, mind.

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3 minutes ago, Deuce said:


For which there is zero evidence, mind.

 

I'm reading between the lines. How often do you see Howe commenting on matters above his station? He didn't say it in so many words but I don't think he wants Ashworth around the place.

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Just now, TRon said:

 

I'm reading between the lines. How often do you see Howe commenting on matters above his station? He didn't say it in so many words but I don't think he wants Ashworth around the place.


Maybe Howe’s the cunt.

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18 minutes ago, Deuce said:

I’m mostly intrigued by his motivations for leaving. Could be as simple as he’s friends with Ratcliffe and the allure of rebuilding one of the largest clubs in world football is too good an opportunity to pass up.


I don’t imagine money is a driver, since we’re likely paying him top dollar as it is.

 

The narrative coming out of his camp seems to be that he feels he’s been misled regarding his role here and/or cut out of the inner circle. If true, I’m curious as to why that’s the case. It’s not preposterous to wonder if he has been treated unfairly by PIF.
 

Could be a combination of those things! At this point it’s pure speculation.

 

He's leaving because he's close with one of the key people involved in the new Man Utd group. I forget the name, but it has been reported already. Think they worked together at Brighton.

 

I'm excited to see who we bring in to be honest. Be interesting to go back and see who else we interviewed at the time we appointed Ashworth. Think Emenalo was one, but he's now working in Saudi.

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8 hours ago, Gazzaschicken said:

I don't recall ashworth being this much of a coup when we signed him but now he's going to manure he's Jesus Christ reincarnated.

 

Although I would have liked to keep him it looks like he's gone regardless.

Bit late here but are you kidding?  People were going mad about him and his work for Brighton, he was interviewed on sky or bt

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20 minutes ago, Displayname said:

That doesnt make any sense tbh. Either both or neither count one should think.


FFP is calculated on total income, but then certain things are not included in outgoings like academy, women’s team and any money spent behind the scenes on infrastructure etc.

 

I am not sure if non-first team staff are included in the calculation or not, which is what Ashworth would fall under.

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