The Official Manchester United Thread [Vol 4]

The Official Manchester United Thread [Vol 4]

TOPIC CLOSED
TOPIC CLOSED
Author
Discussion

jammy_basturd

29,776 posts

211 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
quotequote all
Woody let is be known at the beginning of the summer that Utd had £200m to spend on players.

STW2010

5,714 posts

161 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
quotequote all
Ah yes, so he did. I remember now.

My point from earlier still stands though- we won't just spend it for the sake of it.

London424

12,826 posts

174 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
quotequote all
STW2010 said:
London424 said:
So he's come out in the media saying he CAN spend that amount of money on a player if they wanted to...what do you think will happen to the value of any player you now approach? You get the "Utd have a st load of money to spend" tax added on.

Surely he could have kept his mouth shut and just gone about his business.
We have just signed a new monster sponsorship deal. The level of debt has been massively reduced over the years and the financial reports consistently show growth in revenue and profits.

Did he say anything that clubs didn't already know? Of course not.
What's the most Utd have ever spent on 1 player?

Bit of a Unit

6,663 posts

196 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
quotequote all
Mata, 37m

London424

12,826 posts

174 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
quotequote all
So saying we will spend double what we've ever spent before surely isn't the greatest negotiating tactic.

STW2010

5,714 posts

161 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
quotequote all
Depends on the player. If it is someone of the standard of Messi then yes, paying £74 million would be expected. Transfer fees have gone mental now. In the last month we have seen some truly mad fees being paid (but Kroos only cost £20 million- that seems a relative bargain to me).

If Utd go for Vidal and Juventus say something daft like 'well, we know you can afford it, so that'll be £74 million please' do you really see Utd saying 'true, we can afford it, here you go'? Of course not. The scouting of the player would have included other targets and Utd will know the maximum that he should cost (plus adding the merchandising benefits and whatever else factors in).

If a club over-values a player and then fails to sell him then they risk having a very unhappy player at the club.

STW2010

5,714 posts

161 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
quotequote all
London424 said:
So saying we will spend double what we've ever spent before surely isn't the greatest negotiating tactic.
To follow on from my previous comment. If Utd were linked with a £40 million player and Woodward said 'we want him and are willing to double our record fee' then that would be a stupid thing to do.

I only view his comments as stating the obvious and being very ambitious. "Utd are the biggest club in the world".

Bit of a Unit

6,663 posts

196 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
quotequote all
London424 said:
So saying we will spend double what we've ever spent before surely isn't the greatest negotiating tactic.
It's not negotiating though is it? It's answering a journos question about transfer funds available. United have always had fortunes to spend and have always been made to pay more by frustrated less affluent rivals. How much extra did Levy milk out of United for Carrick and Berbatov? Just the way transfers work.

I don't get this assumption/idea Woodward is out of his depth. You don't get into his position without a huge amount of ability. He's come across well in the interviews I've seen recently on MUTV. When he arrived at United he'd never negotiated a Football sponsorship deal before now each new one breaks records. God help everyone else if he masters the transfer market in the same way.

Anyway on a more exciting note LVG's first team sheet and game is only a few hours away!!

lazyitus

19,926 posts

265 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
quotequote all
7-0 against L.A. Galaxy.

Nice little opener for old Lou and the boys.

McClure

2,173 posts

145 months

slimtater

1,035 posts

169 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
quotequote all
Some nicely taken goals there!

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
quotequote all
slimtater said:
Some nicely taken goals there!
yes

Shame 2 of em were Young biggrin

Reading the Caf it seems Hererra was very impressive

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 24th July 08:49

Cie

18,752 posts

192 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
quotequote all
Pfft Vidal Shmidal.

lazyitus

19,926 posts

265 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
quotequote all
Cie said:
Pfft Vidal Shmidal.
biglaugh

franki68

10,330 posts

220 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
quotequote all
anonymous said:
[redacted]
Yep,those who watched it were buzzing off Herrera.

N88

1,299 posts

178 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
quotequote all
lazyitus said:
7-0 against L.A. Galaxy.

Nice little opener for old Lou and the boys.
Of course you have to consider the opposition, but I can't help thinking it still would have been a 1-1 draw under Moyes! hehe

MiniMan64

16,863 posts

189 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
quotequote all
Did I read right that he had some lined up with 3 at the back and Shaw and Valencia as wing backs? How did that look?

curlie467

7,650 posts

200 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
quotequote all
Well well well. You can actually play football still!
What the fook did Moyes do to that bloody team last season? Crazy

wink

Erudite geezer

576 posts

120 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
quotequote all
rofl at our 3rd goal; never knew Jamie Carragher had signed for LA Galaxy wink

aberdeeneuan

1,339 posts

177 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
quotequote all
franki68 said:
anonymous said:
[redacted]
Yep,those who watched it were buzzing off Herrera.
You can see it in the highlights, he was involved in a good few of the goals.

TOPIC CLOSED
TOPIC CLOSED