Because his all out price would have been nearly 54€.. Porto only owned 54% of the player and Porto wanted a 20m deal already. The rest of player rights were owned by some investment bank. Basically on that deal City/Monaco/PSG are only stupid enough to buy out those players.Btw, why did we not even try for Mangala? I think he'd even given out a statement stating he'd prefer United or Chelsea over other clubs? Definitely talented, and he could have worked under a 3 man defence..
Because his all out price would have been nearly 54€.. Porto only owned 54% of the player and Porto wanted a 20m deal already. The rest of player rights were owned by some investment bank. Basically on that deal City/Monaco/PSG are only stupid enough to buy out those players.
48 hours since LVG mentioned Di Maria and we haven't signed him yet? #WoodyOut
Give it chance man! If we're three games in with 2 or 3 points and no more signings have been made then fair enough you might have a small point to make. But even then....
Unbeliveable really. I have no idea how the window will turn out. But the hysteria is insane.
Let's not forget that LVG explictly didnt want to sign players till he had seen what he had on tour. That didnt stop them looking at their options though.
I can only assume that he is panicking because he's not paid attention to all of the conferences, because he only seems to pick out the parts that go with his panic.
Holy ****, are you actually like this? I just assumed you acted like it to troll the other threads.
Take a chill pill man, no sense in getting so negative until the window is over.
Btw, why did we not even try for Mangala? I think he'd even given out a statement stating he'd prefer United or Chelsea over other clubs? Definitely talented, and he could have worked under a 3 man defence..
No clue, from what I heard Mangala was very reluctant to go to City so there must of been little competition for him, kind of think we are aiming for an experienced CB though..... but then again the only one remotely left realistically now is Benatia and we'll have to pay quite a bit for him.
How can anyone argue that the best time to do your business is before the season starts to have a settled squad? I only have to look at what Chelsea have done to realise this as well. Most of your new players will have had an opportunity to play already and adapt to life with the new team/surroundings, therefore giving you the best chance possible of starting well and you never know how important each point is.
Delaying transfers until nearer the end of the window is a recipe for disaster because it makes it a lot harder in most cases and one only has to point to the panic buy of Fellaini.
You guys throwing out names without even thinking that not every world class defender fit into 3 man line - that's rather uncommon choice so far, that being said I am pretty sure LvG have specially looking for players who have previous experience in that type of play or CB's who have played on right or left flank before.
In ideal circumstances, you would have all your business done by now, but you were not in ideal circumstances. You had a squad of players that were of varying worth, and LvG rightly wanted to assess them himself before he made any decisions.
Yes, that time has passed, he knows what he needs, he has mentioned what he needs to the press, defenders in particular. Said the squad is broken and is unbalanced, he knows the problems and he handed a list of targets to Woodward that he was meant to be working on... I think the problem is him delivering these more than anything.
Yes, that time has passed, he knows what he needs, he has mentioned what he needs to the press, defenders in particular. Said the squad is broken and is unbalanced, he knows the problems and he handed a list of targets to Woodward that he was meant to be working on... I think the problem is him delivering these more than anything.
Lol, some rumours indicate we've submitted a 16 Million bid for Marcos Rojo, after he refused to turn up for training. I think he's more of a LB than CB, although he can play both.
You finished your tour a week ago and the club is clearly working towards getting players in. I seriously don't know what you're expecting here: it's not like you were going to play Liverpool, get rid of 7 players the next day and then sign 4 more the day after. These things take time, and all the signs suggest that you are actively chasing 2-4 players for the first team.
A team that I feel is ready and competent to give us the best chance of going into the start of a pivotal season, where anything outside top 4 is a failure and is going to effect the club big time.
At the moment we've lost all the main experience in defence and are relying on 2 totally unproven youth players in defence as backup. Midfield is reliant on Fletcher staying injury free or else we're screwed and we have to rely on the failures of last season again.. Cleverley.... even worse... Fellaini.... even worse again... Anderson. (If he makes it to the bench).
If we are really wanting these players such as Vidal or Di Maria who have been available for a good few weeks or more now at a premium price admittedly, we have to pay it and stop pussyfooting around it because we all know that we'll end up with none of them in the end.