The Great DOF Hunt of 2024

[Gemmill 49975]

38 minutes ago, Dazzler said:

I don’t see the point in negotiations if you’re that far apart tbh. Ratcliffe is bat shit insane if he thinks he’ll big time us, didn’t we pay more than £2m to get him from Brighton?

 

The article claims that £2m is what we paid Brighton, and that the £4m reported at the time was wrong. 

 

Either way, the position is clear. If you want him early Jim, you pay what we want, not what you think. 

[Alex 36727]

Difficult to see how Man Utd, Ratcliffe, Brailsford or, indeed, Ashworth could’ve handled this more clumsily. It’ll be amusing to see them try and negotiate transfers etc like this. Also, Ashworth could have knackered his career. Man Utd can’t afford to wait around for ever, I can’t see us budging and it’ll be difficult for other clubs to trust him to hang around long enough to see tangible results. Other clubs will no doubt show an interest but there won’t be many opportunities like the one he had here if Man Utd don’t get him 

[ewerk 33226]

Ratcliffe massively overpaid for a minority share in the club but is baulking at pay £15m for the man he sees as integral to the success of that purchase? How the fuck did this man become a billionaire? There's a touch of the Mike Ashleys about him.

[The Fish 11323]

Still don't understand the Man Utd fans reaction to is holding a man to the terms in his contract? Apparently it's small time to state that they either pay an acceptable amount of compensation, or they wait until his gardening leave finishes. 

 

 

[Alex 36727]

What was the way they behaved over Lingard then? Which was worse because they didn’t even want him or were giving him a game and he was out of contract at the end of that season. 

[Howmanheyman 36612]

Just now, The Fish said:

Still don't understand the Man Utd fans reaction to is holding a man to the terms in his contract? Apparently it's small time to state that they either pay an acceptable amount of compensation, or they wait until his gardening leave finishes. 

 

 

 

It's the NW red cunt massive sense of entitlement syndrome. Your neck of the woods now, fish, are you now desensitised to it? 

[The Fish 11323]

Just now, Howmanheyman said:

 

It's the NW red cunt massive sense of entitlement syndrome. Your neck of the woods now, fish, are you now desensitised to it? 

 

To be fair the Man Utd fans I know are pretty reasonable. They don't think £20m is a fair price but agree £2m is just them chancing their arm. 

 

But then I'm in Cheshire, so it's not like I'm having to explain it with crayons for lads from Longsight or Moss Side. 

 

Mind, even the lads I do know still have that sense of entitlement. I'm sure I said it on here before, but some were bemoaning how dominant Man City are and how that's made the league boring. I pointed out the irony with a "What? Like you lot in the 90s?" 

 

Unsurprisingly they're in favour of PSR, to stop 'mental spending'. 😂 They also agree with scrapping replays, because they've so many injuries. Like I said, that sense of entitlement remains.

[Dr Gloom 23642]

£20m is outlandish - i've never heard of that sort of compensation paid out for a dof before. £2m is a pisstake too, of course. 

 

i'm sure sanity will prevail as get closer to the summer window and they do a deal for nearer to 10m 

[Tom 14083]

I wonder how many Man U fans would be arsed about PSR etc if it suddenly incorporated debt - i.e you cant owe £1bn out 

[RobElliott 1807]

Ratcliffe is going about this like he is buying a set of lamps on The Apprentice during a task.

Ratcliffe: How much are these lamps mate?

Mandy: £20 but would do them for £15

Ratcliffe: How about £2?

 

Mandy: FML

[wykikitoon 22904]

He was interviewed at the end of the London Marathon, he is a brexit nonce.  Came across as a right cunt. 

[PaddockLad 19013]

Am sure I’ve posted this before but you really don’t need to know anything else about the cunt bar this

 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/billionaire-british-boss-plans-axe-9014329.amp

[Kid Dynamite 7638]

4 hours ago, Alex said:

What was the way they behaved over Lingard then? Which was worse because they didn’t even want him or were giving him a game and he was out of contract at the end of that season. 

Exactly, the wanted £6mil similar for a 6month loan deal for a player they didn't want, but expect to pay us £2mil for our DOF  

[PaddockLad 19013]

“Man Utd are in for him too mind, they haven’t got enough new back room staff yet”  

 

 

 

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 4269]

10 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

“Man Utd are in for him too mind, they haven’t got enough new back room staff yet”  

 

 

 

By the time they’ve hired all the backroom staff they won’t have any wages left.

[ewerk 33226]

The 🐍 Ashworth is taking us to arbitration to try to get out of the terms of his contract.

[Howmanheyman 36612]

10 minutes ago, ewerk said:

The 🐍 Ashworth is taking us to arbitration to try to get out of the terms of his contract.

 

 

 

I hope he's got deep pockets or his prospective new employers have?

[wykikitoon 22904]

35 minutes ago, ewerk said:

The 🐍 Ashworth is taking us to arbitration to try to get out of the terms of his contract.

 

 

 

[aimaad22 4690]

Probably ManUtd pushing him on this so a lower fee can be negotiated.

 

Still what a massive prick Ashworth has turned out to be though.

[ewerk 33226]

Man who negotiates contract for a living complains about the contract he negotiated. Boris Johnsonesque.

[ewerk 33226]

 

[wykikitoon 22904]

34 minutes ago, ewerk said:

 

Tbf I thought it was going to be monty don getting out of the car 😂

[Howmanheyman 36612]

3 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

Tbf I thought it was going to be monty don getting out of the car 😂

 

I thought it was Monkfish.

[RobinRobin 12486]

Deano? 

[Howay 12496]

18 hours ago, ewerk said:

Man who negotiates contract for a living complains about the contract he negotiated. Boris Johnsonesque.

 I’m really enjoying it mind. 
 

The Man U fans are in a massive melt down how unreasonable Newcastle are being saying no one will want to work for us now. So Man U go directly to an NUFC employee, who has important insider knowledge of the club, and create a position where his role is untenable, then they launch several public attacks at Newcastle (including insulting the people running the club) before supposedly offering around 10% of his clause. In reaction to all of the above Newcastle have simply asked the terms of the contract be met, some rumours state they may have even shaved 25% off the fee (despite having no reason to do so), and this makes us unreasonable?  

 

Maybe the correct approach would have been to show some fucking respect, approach the club immediately and negotiate from there? You know like we did with Brighton and we still ended up paying £6m and him having 8 month or so leave…