Summer Transfer Window Thread 2015

[Just Joe]

We need defenders more than we do attackers but I'll be pleased with Borini, he was good for us on loan. Wasn't the agreed fee with some Italian sides meant to be £4million though? This is £7m with £10m add ons based on performance etc.

Edited August 31, 2015 by FrostyPickle_3:16

[Rafael]

Liverpool and Everton have joined Arsenal in the pursuit for Yarmolenko.

The Gunners apparently have had a 32M pounds bid rejected for Inter's Mauro Icardi.

Nottingham Forest have accepted a 7M bid from West Ham for Michail Antonio.

[Baddar]

It's a massive gamble but to be honest, no team would let us sign their top striker without us paying over the odds. They know we have the money to do it.

City just spunked 50 odd million on a player who is unproven in the PL, regardless of how he's done at Wolfsburg. This isn't me comparing the two players as I'm aware he's done well there, but again, United aren't getting anyone on the cheap, and neither are their rivals. 

'Unproven in the Premier League' and spending £36mil on a 19 year old who's made 50 career appearances are two very different things. De Bruyne is also definitely proven, he got nearly 30 assists last year, it's not as if the gulf in quality between the Bundesliga isn't negligible. He's not going to forget how to play football because he's now playing in England, with a better team.

Fees are going up but that's absolutely crazy money for Martial. That's almost Raheem Sterling money, only he's a year younger, way less experience and isn't English. 

 

But it's the type of money United are going to have to pay for any promising forward nowadays. The money we paid for Memphis is also "crazy money". Using Thauvin as an example, Newcastle got him for roughly £12m - you can bet that if it were Man Utd who wanted him, they'd have held out for much more than that.

I would rather spend £36m on Martial at 19 than £15m for Austin who's 26 (?) and would offer nothing different to what we already have. It's clear we needed to sign a forward. Could this have been done earlier? Obviously. But Monaco clearly weren't going to budge on the price they had in mind for Martial. That's probably why Spurs never ended up getting him.

[Rafael]

Jonathan De Guzman is set to join Bournemouth on a season-long loan deal.

[TCO]

It's a massive gamble but to be honest, no team would let us sign their top striker without us paying over the odds. They know we have the money to do it.

City just spunked 50 odd million on a player who is unproven in the PL, regardless of how he's done at Wolfsburg. This isn't me comparing the two players as I'm aware he's done well there, but again, United aren't getting anyone on the cheap, and neither are their rivals. 

'Unproven in the Premier League' and spending £36mil on a 19 year old who's made 50 career appearances are two very different things. De Bruyne is also definitely proven, he got nearly 30 assists last year, it's not as if the gulf in quality between the Bundesliga isn't negligible. He's not going to forget how to play football because he's now playing in England, with a better team.

Fees are going up but that's absolutely crazy money for Martial. That's almost Raheem Sterling money, only he's a year younger, way less experience and isn't English. 

 

But it's the type of money United are going to have to pay for any promising forward nowadays. The money we paid for Memphis is also "crazy money". Using Thauvin as an example, Newcastle got him for roughly £12m - you can bet that if it were Man Utd who wanted him, they'd have held out for much more than that.

I would rather spend £36m on Martial at 19 than £15m for Austin who's 26 (?) and would offer nothing different to what we already have. It's clear we needed to sign a forward. Could this have been done earlier? Obviously. But Monaco clearly weren't going to budge on the price they had in mind for Martial. That's probably why Spurs never ended up getting him.

I understand that inflated prices are parcel of dealings with top clubs, but that being said it's still stupid money involved. I don't anybody can say United overpaid for Memphis. He cost roughly £11mil cheaper than Martial, only he has a World Cup under his belt, is more experienced and had nearly a 1 in 2 goal ratio from midfield. 

He could be a world beater but he's not going to offer much this season. At his age, it'll be a tough ask to deliver immediately.

[Baddar]

Tbf Di Maria was proven, a CL Final MOTM and we still paid too much for him - and that one didn't work out.

It's a massive risk but I wouldn't put it into the "panic buy" category. He's only 19 but if you're good enough, you're old enough.

[Rafael]

Martial tore apart Arsenal in the Champions League. The guy's 19 and he's already shown what he can do in big games. How ''unproven'' is that?

[Baddar]

At this point I truly believe United could sign Messi tomorrow and people would still come up with reasons why it was a bad idea.

[Lineker]

Utd signing Messi would be a terrible idea. 

[Gazz]

Sunday - Van Gaal: 'We're not going to panic buy'.

Monday - *blasts £36m on an unproven striker with a 1 in 5 strike rate and has to pull him out of the French squad to have a medical*

[unitedツ]

He actually said we wouldn't panic buy anyone that we hadn't previously scouted, not that we wouldn't panic buy at all. #Philosophy #Process

 

[Baddar]

Martial is part of the process. 

[brenchill]

I bet the press can't wait to break out "MARTIAL LAW" in the headlines.  It'll be their new favourite since they're struggling to print "KANE IS ABEL" so far these year.

[Gazz]

Have they used 'Walking in Memphis' yet?

[unitedツ]

Martial Starts will probably be the first one.

[Arjen Robben]

Lovely stuff.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Lovely stuff.

They're missing the key fact that Spurs bid that before he'd signed a new contract. Went on to sign a new one after until 2019.

[MDK]

Martial Starts will probably be the first one.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Also confirmed Januzaj on a season long loan to Dortmund, bit gutted about that. Ridiculous how quick some United fans have turned on him after they all praised him as if he was the next Messi over a year back.

[Baddar]

I like Januzaj a lot, but in the games he's featured in so far this season, he's been getting bullied off the ball far too easily. Heading out on loan sometimes means a player won't return, but I hope that isn't the case.