James Trafford: has "agreed personal terms" with NUFC but fee still to be agreed with Burnley (Romano)

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1 hour ago, GeordieDazzler said:

Seems a good egg

 

 

Like him already

[PauloGeordio]

1 hour ago, GeordieDazzler said:

Seems a good egg

 

 

Bless him. Great lad. Bring him herm.

[black_n_white]

1 hour ago, Vaj said:

Need to start him straight away to be honest. £30m to be on the bench is a lot of money on a goalkeeper and his passing could open so many doors for us. If he signs get him straight in there!

Who said it was 30million? Heard it was closer to 20 Million

[jack j]

2 hours ago, Disco said:

Let's hope SJP becomes a theatre of dreams for him and he's not despised for being hapless old Trafford.

Trafford in the centre of our goal

[Dr.Spaceman]

I just hope young Trafford is with us for a while and our defence doesn't become too leaky.

[olliemort]

2 hours ago, STM said:

I think we'd be rather cheeky to expect a fee for Dubravka, after we begged him to stay. Im sure we'd let him go wherever he liked without much fuss.

 

He will be fondly remembered.

Only thing il remember he joined Man U on loan and said that was his “dream” fucking lucky he got to come back and play for us at all 

[Mazzy]

2 hours ago, STM said:

 

We don't know the fee yet but if its 30m, that's not alot for someone who could be your number 1 goalkeeper for the next decade and potentially be England's goalkeeper too.

 

If you look at it this way, we are getting our long term goalkeeper, rather than spending multiple fees on other goalkeepers who are here for a few years and the gone again.

 

It might be frustrating that it eats into this year's coffers but it will save us money in the long run.

 

I get that and I'm all for Trafford 100%. I just think it rarely works out very well when you have two keepers thinking they should be number one and competing throughout a season.  Pope is absolutely the keeper I would prefer to see stay and help Trafford progress but he'll want to be playing 40 games this season and so will Trafford. It's going to be tricky to keep them both happy.

[Miggys First Goal]

Six keepers on the books. Three on the subs bench each game next season. 

[gbandit]

2 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said:

Six keepers on the books. Three on the subs bench each game next season. 

Might be time for Vlach to undergo the Big Jow treatment and fashion himself a role in central midfield 

[McDog]

2 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said:

Six keepers on the books. Three on the subs bench each game next season. 

 

 

Seems reasonable, it always worked in the past.

[Sean]

45 minutes ago, olliemort said:

Only thing il remember he joined Man U on loan and said that was his “dream” fucking lucky he got to come back and play for us at all 

Don't really remember him saying this, even if he did - get a thicker skin ffs

[nemtizz]

£30m+ for a keeper not proven in a top league is crazy but as always we trust Howe and co.

 

Hope Pope stays and keeps him out the team until he's ready. Get Dubs tae fuck.

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by nemtizz

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3 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

£30m+ for a keeper not proven in a top league is crazy but as always we trust Howe and co.

 

Hope Pope stays and keeps him out the team until he's ready. Get Dubs tae fuck.

 

 

 

He's played a whole season in the PL tbf so I'd say he's proven

[olliemort]

6 minutes ago, Sean said:

Don't really remember him saying this, even if he did - get a thicker skin ffs

Google it or don’t  you will see it ….yes he said “it’s  a dream to play for a club like Man Utd” and “ a massive step in his career”. If he was joining as there no 1 i wouldn’t have being as bothered but he joined on loan as there second choice. Thicker skin 😂. It’s how I feel so don’t know why your whinging about it 

[Checko]

3 hours ago, Geordie_once_removed said:

Forgive me if this has already been asked but when did agreeing personal terms with players while they play for other clubs cease to be "tapping up". I remember a few teams in the mid noughties being given slaps on the wrist for doing this but these days it seems to be accepted.

You can negotiate with the player if you have written permission from his club.

[Sibierski]

15 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

£30m+ for a keeper not proven in a top league is crazy but as always we trust Howe and co.

 

Hope Pope stays and keeps him out the team until he's ready. Get Dubs tae fuck.

 

 

 

Championship is probably like the 6th top league in Europe  As much proven as any keeper outside of the traditional top leagues IMO. 

[SteV]

13 minutes ago, olliemort said:

Google it or don’t  you will see it ….yes he said “it’s  a dream to play for a club like Man Utd” and “ a massive step in his career”. If he was joining as there no 1 i wouldn’t have being as bothered but he joined on loan as there second choice. Thicker skin 😂. It’s how I feel so don’t know why your whinging about it 

Googled it a can’t find any record of him saying “it’s a dream to play for a club like Man Utd” ?

[McDog]

4 minutes ago, SteV said:

Googled it a can’t find any record of him saying “it’s a dream to play for a club like Man Utd” ?

 

Maybe he didn't say it but was just thinking it.

[Rod]

2 hours ago, black_n_white said:

Who said it was 30million? Heard it was closer to 20 Million

Pope will be number 1.

[LFEE]

Wonder if Burnley would take Vlac. Wouldn’t be the worst move for all parties.

[Optimistic Nut]

33 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

£30m+ for a keeper not proven in a top league is crazy but as always we trust Howe and co.

 

Hope Pope stays and keeps him out the team until he's ready. Get Dubs tae fuck.

 

 

 

 

Pickford cost that 8 years ago tbf after conceding 69 goals in his one season in the PL. 

[SUPERTOON]

4 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Wonder if Burnley would take Vlac. Wouldn’t be the worst move for all parties.

Apart from Burnley.

[Ellis H]

17 minutes ago, SteV said:

Googled it a can’t find any record of him saying “it’s a dream to play for a club like Man Utd” ?

And growing up, what did the name Manchester United mean to you and were there any specific players you admired?

"I think everyone in the world knows what Manchester United is. In my country it's [United] huge and obviously every kid dreams to play for a club like this so, as I said, I'm very happy to be here."

 

Off their official site. Very generic stuff tbh.

[Fak]

As if people are still displaying such faux outrage over that remark from Dubravka. 

[STM]

Seems a nice lad but the Cumbrian accent is absolute rancid.