Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 26.09.24

It's gonna cost him nothing long term. He's still gonna get his massive wages for the year and still walk into another deal he doesn't deserve in 12 months. Out the door ASAP and save yourself some money while hopefully at least getting a couple of mill in the deal for ourselves too. The only loser in Sancho staying at United this season is United.

If true, that figure for Baleba is nuts. Exciting talent by the looks of things but that's a serious amount of money for a 21 year old defensive minded midfielder with very little senior football behind him.

A wage somewhere, sure, like Deli Ali and Lingard picked up wages as they circled down the drain.

But nobody is offering him 250k a week ever again, so if he is at the point of treating football like a job then he absolutely should stay on that contract as long as possible.

Taking Roma or Juve money involves working hard to make the most of the chance such a move would give him. It would not surprise me if he simply doesn't want to do that work.

That's "prime years, best in the world" money.

And almost guaranteed to miss January. Cameroon are always there or there abouts at AFCON.

By all means buy him, but for that amount is crazy in my opinion.

But why's Caicedo the benchmark? He's been decent but I don't think he's been anywhere near worth £115 million either.

It's not my money etc. etc. but it's a risky transfer. Even Declan Rice had a lot more high-level experience when he was signed for a big fee.

Not sure that account were first to break anything. Someone has dug out their Baleba/Brighton tweet and they were just reporting what someone else had reported, even tagging the original reporters in it.

A lot of people delighted with the transfers this summer.

Fact is that Sesko and Baleba are huge risks, nowhere near guarantees. It wouldn't surprise me one little bit if in 6 months time people are making excuses for them and lamenting their struggles.

Any transfer is a risk, I'm not saying don't take those risks. They have to take a chance on somebody.

But 100m+ and 70m for 2 young lads with their body of work? I don't know.

Yeah both of these are very risky at the money involved. I like the Cunha and Mbuemo deals but the other 2 (if Baleba does happen) seem very pricey considering the age and experience of the players. Obviously could pay off hugely if it works.

The figures we've spent are nit the actual money spent so far. With the Cuhna and Mbeumo deals its the 65ish over a the len5of the contract…so 20ish million per year.

The 2 wanted to come to utd and Mebumo asked for a transfer request.

Sesko we paid a good amount towards getting that up front, wasn't broken down as muchmas the above but by all reports hes been on the scouting radar for years.

Belaba, if they can come to a deal where the pay is segmented then why not. We are not paying 100 mil now its a spread even cost.

Still have lads to ship out, which will plus our psr for next year when I'm co.es in to affect in Cas, Antony and Sancho.

Edit: Garna sale is pure profit.

Its about psr regulations now, not so much what a bought vs what they sell for. Antony and Cas won't hinder us next summer to.e osr evaluation

Rather sign 1 quality midfiethen 3 run of the mill midfielders.

100%

We have average midfielders (at best) in Ugarte and Casemiro. Why bother spending £40m on similar quality?

What we're missing is a superstar midfielder and if Amorim & the club feel that Baleba is that, then we might just have to spend the money.

But as Ratcliffe said before, we need to start buying these stars when they're pups. Maybe we should have signed Caicedo when he was a few million. Sesko too. Rather than waiting til they're near triple figures.

But then again that seems to be what we're trying to do, grabbing the likes of Obi, Heaven, Kone etc.

That's been my thinking. I estimated 7th, increasing to maybe 5th if we get a good enough midfielder.

Same way a previous years transfers spread over 5 years affect this years available budget.

How likely is 5th place to get a CL place this year? I know it'll come down to the clubs in Europe this seasons performance, but with 6 in the CL, that surely puts England in a favourable position.?

Are any points carried over from last year?