Mahoneys Tache Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 16 hours ago, Nucasol said: Like Blair was a NUFC fan, sat watching Jackie Milburn amongst rivers of piss in the Gallowgate? Or actually an Arsenal fan? I thought he mentioned hughie Gallagher who died before he was born. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Mahoneys Tache said: I thought he mentioned hughie Gallagher who died before he was born. Genius. Piss soaked Blair sat on the Gallowgate watching the ghost of Hughie Gallagher thundering them in from 18 yards. Things can only get wetter. Edited April 23 by Nucasol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Six million? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLUMPO235 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 4 hours ago, Mahoneys Tache said: I thought he mentioned hughie Gallagher who died before he was born. You can’t really blame Blair, it was Alastair Campbell who will have told him what to say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack27 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Quote Manchester United remain at least £13 million apart from Newcastle in their negotiations over a compensation agreement for sporting director Dan Ashworth, Telegraph Sport understands. Newcastle want around £15 million plus a further £5 million in add-ons for Ashworth, who is currently on gardening leave after stepping down as the club’s sporting director in February amid the interest from Old Trafford. United are proposing compensation around the £2 million mark, similar to the fee Newcastle paid to prise Ashworth away from Brighton two years ago and less than the £4 million reported at the time. Sir Jim Ratcliffe, United’s new minority shareholder, held talks with Newcastle director Amanda Staveley earlier this month in a bid to break the deadlock but the two clubs still remain well apart in their valuations. United feel their approach for Ashworth is no different to the way Newcastle pursued the former Football Association technical director when he was at Brighton and have been surprised by the Tyneside club’s financial demands. Ratcliffe has been critical publicly of Newcastle’s positioning. Unless there is a significant softening of Newcastle’s stance, there is little expectation at Old Trafford of Ashworth starting before the summer but they are prepared to sit tight if necessary. It is understood United would be willing to pay a small uplift on that £2 million figure if there was the prospect of bringing in Ashworth before the summer but they have no intention of being strong-armed. United confirmed the appointment of Jason Wilcox as technical director on Friday after agreeing a compensation package with Southampton and are prepared to wait until the autumn or end of the calendar year if necessary for Ashworth. Privately, United – who are operating to a tight budget this summer – feel that the extra £10 million-plus it might take solely to shorten Ashworth’s gardening leave would be better invested in playing talent. Ashworth’s gardening leave is due to expire at the end of 2025. His envisaged role at United is to oversee the management of the entire football operation by putting the correct processes in place, creating the right scouting network and building the appropriate analytics and performance departments. In other words, ensuring there is a cohesive, highly functioning structure around the manager/head coach, technical director and all other key football departments. The task of settling on a very defined, clear playing style and identity – the so-called “game model” – and ensuring they have a manager/head coach who fits with that, and that the club recruit according to that way of playing, will be shaped predominantly by Wilcox. Wilcox will take the lead on this summer’s transfer window and, should Ashworth not be in place by then, the former Blackburn winger will be assisted by chief executive Omar Berrada, who worked closely with Manchester City’s director of football Txiki Begiristain and is skilled himself in football negotiation and recruitment. Berrada played a key role in City’s signing of Norway striker Erling Haaland. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/04/23/manchester-united-newcastle-dan-ashworth-13-million-deal/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 £2m - get fucked. Hope we just laughed at them and hung up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Is it time for them to set up a taskforce that includes Seb Coe, Barack Obama and Greta Thunberg so they can make the case to the UK government that they should finance their sporting director acquisition? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 £2m is a derisory offer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack27 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 You can have him in 2026 then lads Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 £2m? Tell the old cunt where to shove his money and tell that cunt on gardening leave that he’s staying on gardening leave until the end of 2025. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 King Rat trying to make out like we’re the problem here. Senile dickhead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Another 20 months of gardening leave. At best that's 10-20% of the time Ratface has left on this planet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Does he not understand we hold all the cards here? We want X. Pay us X and he’s all yours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack27 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 NUFCWill1892 said it was close though, remember that the next time you want to believe an ITK who actually doesn’t know much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 I hope Ashworth, while tending to his roses, goes off into a daydream about what a terrible mistake he’s made and how Man Utd are acting like a tinpot club, and he’s only brought back to reality by cutting his finger on a thorn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 It makes you wonder just how close to FFP breach Man U are Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BergenMagpie Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 2m? Less than we paid Brighton? Someone should check on Ratcunts mental health at this point Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 It's strange, he's simultaneously the best in the business, his immediate unavailability a source of great frustration to the minority owner...and only worth about £2m? Schrodinger's Technical Director... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 6 minutes ago, BergenMagpie said: 2m? Less than we paid Brighton? Someone should check on Ratcunts mental health at this point For someone who is “very good at their job” according to Radcliffe you’re not expecting to get him for less than we paid. Wonder if Creepy Jim has been on the gummies? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 12 minutes ago, OCK said: It makes you wonder just how close to FFP breach Man U are Would not be surprised in the slightest if this goes through when the new financial season starts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Weird if they really only offered £2m. I assume Rattledcliffe wants to show everyone he’s a tough negotiator, and an opening bid is expected to be low, but if they do want him then they’ll have to at least quadruple that bid, which would make him look like a shit negotiator. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 £2m They can buy a bunch of his roses for that, it'll give him something to do at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Don’t even want us to get a penny for him. Want the skinny little rat on gardening leave as long as contractually possible Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Honestly, it's really shown INEOS to be a joke. What's the point of best-in-class hires if your project can't really get started until 2026. Arguably Ashworth as the guy to tie everything together would have been the first in the door, to lay the foundations and strategy. If the amount we want is 20m and they offered 10m as a starting point, negotiating can commence. If you're starting at 2m - you'd think the other party aren't serious and you'd walk away for such an insulting offer. 20m or no deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 I just can't comprehend how we are being made to look the arses in this. Pay the money and he's yours, don't and he will sit on gardening leave. It's in nobodies interest for the latter, so pay up ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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