Muggins
Player Valuation: £60m
Do you think Mirallas regrets coming to the premier league?
Do you think Mirallas regrets coming to the premier league?
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
No idea. I expect his bank manager doesnt though.
Muggins
Player Valuation: £60m
I said something similar the other day at work, and they said "what's the banks actual manager got to do with my online banking?".
I said "it's just sayi...
Oh never mind.
Brownie
Player Valuation: £70m
Dunno where to put this or if anyone's mentioned it, but an interesting little throwaway comment from Nicky Butt in an interview today. He's talking about signing young players.
"Some kids now come up and expect thigns too soon – and get given it too soon. It's the fear factor of losing him to another club and ending up losing a £50 million player. For the sake of an extra £4,000 a week.
"At Manchester United, we can compete with anybody if we want to. You've seen with Pogba. That's the first team but we've bought a few young players who've cost us a lot of money. If we don't pay it we know City, Chelsea, or even Everton, who are really aggressive in the market, will pay it. If you get a player like Marcus, and he does what he did last year this year, he's a £50 million player straight away. It's an investment."
"Some kids now come up and expect thigns too soon – and get given it too soon. It's the fear factor of losing him to another club and ending up losing a £50 million player. For the sake of an extra £4,000 a week.
"At Manchester United, we can compete with anybody if we want to. You've seen with Pogba. That's the first team but we've bought a few young players who've cost us a lot of money. If we don't pay it we know City, Chelsea, or even Everton, who are really aggressive in the market, will pay it. If you get a player like Marcus, and he does what he did last year this year, he's a £50 million player straight away. It's an investment."
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
I'd call into question his evidence for including Everton in that group of clubs. I take it he isn't saying we're in the market for the Martial's of this world?
joey_macmo
Player Valuation: £35m
Mail is reporting that Martinez got the full £10m due to an iron clad clause in his contract.
Fantastic negotiating from Kenwright that.
Fantastic negotiating from Kenwright that.
Kev The Rat
Player Valuation: £70m
What. A. Manager.
in fairness.....leaving aside annoyance with the ex boss for two seasons of mostly crap and whatever general problems people have with BK....I think the article makes the contract seem somewhat reasonable given the context at the time. At the very least I don't think its fumeworthy. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Id imagine Bobbys agent milked the situation for as much as he could get and why the hell not. FA Cup win....a great season with us....must have seemed his client was on a roll that wasnt ending soon.
Brownie
Player Valuation: £70m
I don't think so. I think he's saying that we're prepared to match the top payers for young talent, under 20s. Probably more likely to be pre-Moshiri thing to be honest, targeting youngsters with potential in the hope of a big profit e.g. John Stones.
joey_macmo
Player Valuation: £35m
As the article says it was an unusual clause and is just another decision that lacks any kind of foresight from the old regime
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
I see, yeah. Yeah, defo that has been the case. I suppose bringing the kid in from Sheffield Utd, Calvert-Lewin, suggest a continuation of that.
How can you cover three positions with a player that has only managed 17 apps in two years?
Wherever one stands on The Esk's viewpoints, how can anyone not like that kind of answer! Bravo!