Speculation The hysterical and annoying, but traditional, totally unfounded spring/summer 2019 rumours thread.

[Graz]

LCFCHQ on Twitter - who has been reliable all summer from what I've seen - says it's £80m up front with add ons that could take it to 85m. That's decent business for sure.

Glad most of the fee is actually payable and not relying on them achieving anything!

 

[homer]

One a year ain't bad. If fact, selling to reinvest is often the only way to genuinely grow a team nowadays.

Kante - cost £5.6m - sold £30m - profit £24.6m
Drinkwater - cost £1m - sold £35m - profit £34m
Mahrez - cost £0.4m - sold £60m - profit £59.6m
Maguire - cost £17m - sold £85m - profit £57.8m (less £10,2m extra to Hull)

Four players cost £24m - sold for £210m - profit £175,8m

Yeah, generating money, that’s what it’s all about

Onwards and upwards

 

[Brown Nose]

Yeah, generating money, that’s what it’s all about

Onwards and upwards

Generating money to spend. We're not using sales to pay bills like we did for decades. Every penny we make now gets reinvested into the squad.

 

[fitz]

Yeah, generating money, that’s what it’s all about

Onwards and upwards

Should we keep players who are desperate to leave? Can't see that ending any better for us than having Man U's pants down. At least we've known this transfer was likely for over a year and hopefully have something lined up. He's really not that great either...Good but no way worth breaking records.

 

[Polar Bear]

All clubs are selling clubs sometimes. Liverpool didn't want to lose Coutinho. Chelsea didn't want to lose Hazard. The important bit is how we replace, and whether that works, and that's where Ted earns his money.

 

[Robin127]

He's not as good as Van Dijk, United have paid over the odds for him. That at least makes me happy.

During one of the international breaks last year a bunch of "journos" were saying that he wouldn't be an England regular once Gomez was fit again. They'll change their tune now he's at United.

 

[M17TT C]

Ta ra.

Only CB worth signing in the PL for us would be Ake.

Not to disappointed to lose Maguire but its more the sign it shows to everyone else that we will sell to the bigger boys.

Madders and Tielemans will be off before this time next year now.

 

[pork pie fox]

I’m just pleased we don’t seem to have caved on value (as far as it looks). At least that helps set a precedent going forwards.

 

[City Fan]

Not to disappointed to lose Maguire but its more the sign it shows to everyone else that we will sell to the bigger boys.

It shows to everyone else that we just won’t cave in, and that it’ll take record amounts to sign our players.

It also shows players that if they join us they won’t be stuck here forever, and can use as a stepping stone to greater things. Good job we had that attitude when it came to Kante otherwise we may never have had that season.

 

[M17TT C]

It also shows players that if they join us they won’t be stuck here forever, and can use as a stepping stone to greater things.

Precisely - wouldn't it be better to achieve greater things with us??

Also, if we were serious about breaking into the top 6, we shouldn't be selling a player to the easiest target for that, even more so when they are up shit Street for CBs.

 

[fitz]

Ta ra.

Only CB worth signing in the PL for us would be Ake.

Not to disappointed to lose Maguire but its more the sign it shows to everyone else that we will sell to the bigger boys.

Madders and Tielemans will be off before this time next year now.

Agree on Ake.

I think the message most will get from this transfer is that we'll expect a good deal for selling players. We've kept the price high and got it. Every club is a selling club. If the price is right even Barca and Real will sell good players....

 

[TornadoShaunUK]

Yeah, generating money, that’s what it’s all about

Onwards and upwards

We'll be were Southampton are before you know it.

End of the day it's hard when the top clubs are coming in for your players but it does make me question the allure of Man U. They're one of the biggest clubs in the world undoubtedly due to what Fergie achieved with them, so the main reason for going there is a greater chance at silverware. Can you really say that about Man U right now? I'm not so sure...

I'm sad to see Harry go but we can at least be happy that we pulled their pants down on the deal. Now the question is will we and who will we try and replace with? I think we need to and I'd like to see someone bought in who is a bit more solid and dependable (a fighter like Van Dijk) and has a presence at the back rather than someone famed for his passing/ball control qualities.

Maguire would have been better off IMO staying here and waiting for Man City who I expect would happily have waited til next summer in the hope they could snap him up cheaper... He'd have suited them better but his chances of ever playing for them have surely now gone down the shitter.

 

[fitz]

Precisely - wouldn't it be better to achieve greater things with us??

Also, if we were serious about breaking into the top 6, we shouldn't be selling a player to the easiest target for that, even more so when they are up shit Street for CBs.

Ideally he'd go to man city.....was never going to happen as they'd not pay what we want, manure are desperate but that's helped us get the fee. theyre also not the only team looking dodgy for the new season. I personally reckon Chelsea will be below them anyway.

 

[fitz]

We'll be were Southampton are before you know it.

End of the day it's hard when the top clubs are coming in for your players but it does make me question the allure of Man U. They're one of the biggest clubs in the world undoubtedly due to what Fergie achieved with them, so the main reason for going there is a greater chance at silverware. Can you really say that about Man U right now? I'm not so sure...

I'm sad to see Harry go but we can at least be happy that we pulled their pants down on the deal. Now the question is will we and who will we try and replace with? I think we need to and I'd like to see someone bought in who is a bit more solid and dependable (a fighter like Van Dijk) and has a presence at the back rather than someone famed for his passing/ball control qualities.

Maguire would have been better off IMO staying here and waiting for Man City who I expect would happily have waited til next summer in the hope they could snap him up cheaper... He'd have suited them better but his chances of ever playing for them have surely now gone down the shitter.

Man u still have an attraction because they'll offer more obscene wages than we can. Sanchez ended up at them rather than man city. They can pay 3 times what we can for players who don't even start games....part of their downfall IMO. Selling 1 player a season (or less than 1 as Drinkwater was included) is a long way from Southampton's annual clear out.

Speaking of that....

 

[Micky]

We'll be were Southampton are before you know it.

End of the day it's hard when the top clubs are coming in for your players but it does make me question the allure of Man U. They're one of the biggest clubs in the world undoubtedly due to what Fergie achieved with them, so the main reason for going there is a greater chance at silverware. Can you really say that about Man U right now? I'm not so sure...

I'm sad to see Harry go but we can at least be happy that we pulled their pants down on the deal. Now the question is will we and who will we try and replace with? I think we need to and I'd like to see someone bought in who is a bit more solid and dependable (a fighter like Van Dijk) and has a presence at the back rather than someone famed for his passing/ball control qualities.

Maguire would have been better off IMO staying here and waiting for Man City who I expect would happily have waited til next summer in the hope they could snap him up cheaper... He'd have suited them better but his chances of ever playing for them have surely now gone down the shitter.

Alternatively we'll be like Tottenham after they sold Gareth Bale for ridiculous money.

 

[SilverFox]

Selling club. Pissed off with this. I had hoped we’d have some balls and try and push the top 4 but plainly we don’t have the ambition to do what it takes to go to the next level. A mistake for us and Maguire. The hobbit will do nothing and their dressing room is loaded with cancer.

We don’t have to sell... yet we always do.

 

[glyn]

We didn’t move the dial even after winning the PL and lasting longest out of the English clubs in the CL. We are where we are and Man U are still one of the biggest clubs in the world. Feels like better business than the Drinkwater and Mahrez moves, if we’ve got a world record out of it.

The only way we can stop this is to be serial top 4 contenders, and even then Spurs have to put up with rumours about their best players and manager going to “bigger clubs”.

Will miss him, loved watching him play, would rather have him stay but this is nowhere near a Kante/Mahrez level departure.

And as others have said we’ll have plans already made and have a week rather than a few minutes to implement them.

 

[Miles Away]

We've sold much better players for a lot less.

 

[pork pie fox]

 

[City Fan]

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