Manchester United Part V / ETH Sack Watch

danyjr wrote:Inter with Lukaku, Icardi, Lautaro and Sánchez

danyjr wrote:Inter with Lukaku, Icardi, Lautaro and Sánchez

danyjr wrote:Inter with Lukaku, Icardi, Lautaro and Sánchez

NeganIsco wrote:paying 60% of the wages for a player playing for a foreign club

brb... gonna go pay 60% of mortgage for someone else to live in my house.

Doc wrote:

NeganIsco wrote:paying 60% of the wages for a player playing for a foreign club

brb... gonna go pay 60% of mortgage for someone else to live in my house.

That is actually "normal" for big clubs/franchises to do tbh. If they really don't want you around, they'll gladly pay the salary while the player is somewhere else. Obviously this doesn't apply to how regular folks (or regular companies to be frank) operate but sports is a bit different to say the least.

futbol_bill wrote:Poison in locker room?

Art Morte wrote:

futbol_bill wrote:Poison in locker room?

Also don't get where people are getting that from. Sanchez has never had a reputation of a troublemaker and I haven't seen any news about him kicking up a fuss in the locker room. If this "we're paying half or more of his wages" deal was the best they could get, they should have kept him.

Art Morte wrote:

futbol_bill wrote:Poison in locker room?

Also don't get where people are getting that from. Sanchez has never had a reputation of a troublemaker and I haven't seen any news about him kicking up a fuss in the locker room. If this "we're paying half or more of his wages" deal was the best they could get, they should have kept him.

Doc wrote:

NeganIsco wrote:paying 60% of the wages for a player playing for a foreign club

brb... gonna go pay 60% of mortgage for someone else to live in my house.

That is actually "normal" for big clubs/franchises to do tbh. If they really don't want you around, they'll gladly pay the salary while the player is somewhere else. Obviously this doesn't apply to how regular folks (or regular companies to be frank) operate but sports is a bit different to say the least.

Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa wrote:For us, the Casillas deal was highly attractive in terms of costs. At 34 years of age he still has three of four seasons left at the highest level. I wonder if any club in the world would turn down the chance to sign Casillas for wages equivalent to two of our outgoing loanees, Andres Fernandez and Fabiano.

I chose it was better to sign Casillas. Mourinho inconceivably made fun of the Casillas deal, but he's shot himself in the foot as Porto are paying less than a third of his salary – Madrid pay the rest

The Demon of Carthage wrote:I'll give you a club that paid at least 66.67% of their former player's wages while he played for another club: Real Madrid.

When Casillas first moved to Porto, his new club only had to pay less than one third of his salary while the rest was paid by Madrid.

And please, don't take my word for it, here's a direct quote from the president of FC Porto himself:

Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa wrote:For us, the Casillas deal was highly attractive in terms of costs. At 34 years of age he still has three of four seasons left at the highest level. I wonder if any club in the world would turn down the chance to sign Casillas for wages equivalent to two of our outgoing loanees, Andres Fernandez and Fabiano.

I chose it was better to sign Casillas. Mourinho inconceivably made fun of the Casillas deal, but he's shot himself in the foot as Porto are paying less than a third of his salary – Madrid pay the rest

Also, and this is just a tip if you want to survive this forum: try to be less hostile and disrespectful. You're coming across as too arrogant, too hostile and (sorry if I'm being brutally blunt here) but also too ignorant. I don't even know you and you have already given me enough reasons to hate you for three consecutive lifetimes. And I promise you I'm not the only one here.

Vibe wrote:Tbh NeganIsco is a carbon copy of a common GL troll from 5 years ago, so probably someone who was here before.

I miss those times so I support it

Hapless_Hans wrote:Full disclosure, @NeganIsco is actually my alt account, sorry folks.

Arquitescu wrote:'Sanchez, Lukaku, Fellaini, Herrera, Valencia, Smalling all gone.

Matic, Rojo, Jones, Darmian, Young all dropped.

Gomes, Chong and Greenwood promoted.'

I may have to take back my doubts on Solskjær being soft but as Glory summed it up it is hard he remains rather too malleable in some areas whereas the evidence above tells me he has his own vision, whether it is headed for disaster or not.

It is hard to trust a manager with no definitive success for such large scale moves, and one who has performed them where previous ones failed to have the courage to do so (or option?) but regardless it is admirable he has caused such a giant conveyance to a squad we have basically seen for years on paper.

Glory wrote:

Arquitescu wrote:'Sanchez, Lukaku, Fellaini, Herrera, Valencia, Smalling all gone.

Matic, Rojo, Jones, Darmian, Young all dropped.

Gomes, Chong and Greenwood promoted.'

I may have to take back my doubts on Solskjær being soft but as Glory summed it up it is hard he remains rather too malleable in some areas whereas the evidence above tells me he has his own vision, whether it is headed for disaster or not.

It is hard to trust a manager with no definitive success for such large scale moves, and one who has performed them where previous ones failed to have the courage to do so (or option?) but regardless it is admirable he has caused such a giant conveyance to a squad we have basically seen for years on paper.

Ya Darmian going too. I feel regardless whatever is going to happen with Ole's stint, the board must have themselves felt they need to finally flush out the deadwood and build for the future. So, it must not be entirely Solksjaer behind this exodus.

The massive overhaul of the academy and buying foreign youth fr big money (like Hannibal Mejbri for 10m) have been happening in the past couple of years. I will be glad if this strategy is all connected to that, I mean pushing more and more academy players into the 1st team. Going by how ineffective we have been with transfers of late and how the prices are going up, and well clubs rinsing us when we approach to buy their players, they must have felt this is the right way. If so, I am glad.

However having said that, how much this is all going to affect the present United is the biggest worry yea. You got to have a heady mix of experience too and not just youth especially towards the end of the season to handle pressure and currently we are well short on that aspect. Also the brand Man United is going to be the biggest headache for Ole and crew I feel. They will ideally want a lot of time to develop this young team, but the fans, and the footballing world in general might not be willing to give them that.
So yea may be, pushing this youth, courage, success shit a tad too much will be his undoing