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Post by geoffscott on Sept 1, 2014 11:15:35 GMT
Sporting Life / SkyBet, are reporting money for Ryan Shawcross to join Man Utd.
Hope that's just a few speculative punts from people with more money than sense.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Sept 1, 2014 11:18:48 GMT
Woy wont like that, it would mean he would have to pick him.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 11:19:10 GMT
Go away. Not today.
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Post by coates on Sept 1, 2014 11:20:18 GMT
Won't happen.
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Post by LGH87 on Sept 1, 2014 11:20:49 GMT
This late in the window it would take a very large bid plus a player in return, can't see it happening somehow.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 11:22:10 GMT
This late in the window it would take a very large bid plus a player in return, can't see it happening somehow. They could offer £20m plus Jones, Evans and Blackett and I'd still tell them to fuck off. |
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Post by heavysoul on Sept 1, 2014 11:23:59 GMT
United possibly willing to pay over the odds as they have done with recent signings?
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Sept 1, 2014 11:25:15 GMT
40m pleaseeeee
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Post by ohbottom on Sept 1, 2014 11:27:11 GMT
Another example of how the many parts of the Murdoch empire feed each other.
Sky bet provide "news" about money for x,y,z.
News outlets provide free advertising for the gambling providers, while at the same time persuading some gormless punters into making bets that Skybet probably have a pretty good idea are highly unlikely to come off.
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Post by Clayton Wood on Sept 1, 2014 11:27:44 GMT
Is this the same SkyBet that took a wedge on him going to Everton last night?
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Post by ohbottom on Sept 1, 2014 11:28:18 GMT
This late in the window it would take a very large bid plus a player in return, can't see it happening somehow. They could offer £20m plus Jones, Evans and Blackett and I'd still tell them to fuck off. Or 15m and they keep Jones |
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Post by jeycov on Sept 1, 2014 11:29:09 GMT
Hands off
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Post by foster on Sept 1, 2014 11:29:53 GMT
Not gonna happen, BUT if they pay well over the odds then we'd be fools not to.
Player - 20m
Loss of Captain damages - 5m
Future loss of value damages - 5m
Hated by Arsenal bonus - 10m
= 40m.
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Post by rockzscfc on Sept 1, 2014 11:30:04 GMT
60m or no deal. Since they have that kinda money  Bargain. |
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Post by nott1 on Sept 1, 2014 11:30:02 GMT
Is this the same SkyBet that took a wedge on him going to Everton last night? Murdoch has still to be locked up for his part in the phone hacking scandal in my view. |
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Post by geoffscott on Sept 1, 2014 11:30:34 GMT
Another example of how the many parts of the Murdoch empire feed each other. Sky bet provide "news" about money for x,y,z. News outlets provide free advertising for the gambling providers, while at the same time persuading some gormless punters into making bets that Skybet probably have a pretty good idea are highly unlikely to come off. Cynical but true on so many levels. In this instance I just hope it is the Murdoch empire and said gormless punters who are the only ones involved. |
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Post by Mr Jon on Sept 1, 2014 11:31:59 GMT
In the (hopefully!) unlikely event that this happened and if Smalling came to Stoke as part of the deal, I wonder which player would feature in Woy's next England squad....?  |
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Post by StokieAsh13 on Sept 1, 2014 11:33:58 GMT
25/1 to 10/1 bit of money there.
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Post by rawli on Sept 1, 2014 11:35:25 GMT
Why would Ryan choose to sit on the bench as understudy to such established internationals as Jones, Smalling and Evans?
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Post by sage on Sept 1, 2014 11:39:15 GMT
Unless they went absolutely mad on an Andy Carroll/Fellaini level with a bid, AND we had a replacement lined up, there's no way we'd sell Ryan today (not that I believe there's any truth in this rumour). The premier league's worth too much these days for a club to threaten their survival in it by selling their captain and best defender on deadline day just cos some gimp's turned up with a wodge of cash.
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Post by jeycov on Sept 1, 2014 11:40:00 GMT
Not gonna happen, BUT if they pay well over the odds then we'd be fools not to. Player - 20m Loss of Captain damages - 5m Future loss of value damages - 5m Hated by Arsenal bonus - 10m = 40m. Not to mention that he would add to their home grown quota He is nailed on to start here too. |
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Post by lastoftheldk on Sept 1, 2014 11:40:41 GMT
twenty pages probadly
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 11:41:56 GMT
Tell them fuck off. Right off!
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Post by partickpotter on Sept 1, 2014 11:46:00 GMT
That is the starting price - but be ready to drive it up. At £50m it would still be a bargain for Man U; the mainstay of their team for the next 7 seasons - oh, and their captain to boot within 3 months. But, better still, tell them to lump it. Edit; include an add on clause as well; 1 million for every England cap. That'll double our money over time! |
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Post by kevan45 on Sept 1, 2014 11:48:58 GMT
Do they still have first refusal?
Anyways, he's at a club on the way up, why would he want to go to a club in decline?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 11:51:02 GMT
don't see any need for Man Utd. to panic buy anyway. if they play like they did against Burnley then they've probably got just enough to stay up this season anyway and then try to consolidate next year, maybe even nick a top 10 spot!
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Post by kevan45 on Sept 1, 2014 11:52:31 GMT
don't see any need for Man Utd. to panic buy anyway. if they play like they did against Burnley then they've probably got just enough to stay up this season anyway and then try to consolidate next year, maybe even nick a top 10 spot! Very droll  |
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Post by sage on Sept 1, 2014 11:52:59 GMT
don't see any need for Man Utd. to panic buy anyway. if they play like they did against Burnley then they've probably got just enough to stay up this season anyway and then try to consolidate next year, maybe even nick a top 10 spot! Don't go overboard, a good 5 years of consolidation is needed in this league before you can start even thinking about top 10! |
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Post by jeycov on Sept 1, 2014 11:56:51 GMT
Do they still have first refusal? Anyways, he's at a club on the way up, why would he want to go to a club in decline? I think that deal has expired since he signed a new contract here. Man Utd - no European football, no Capital Cup football, currently below us in the league, current England players at the club ahead of him? The main temptation (more money of course) is that he has always been a Man Utd fan - MH would understand any possible dilemma at returning to his boyhood club, as he returned there in 1988 |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 11:58:42 GMT
don't see any need for Man Utd. to panic buy anyway. if they play like they did against Burnley then they've probably got just enough to stay up this season anyway and then try to consolidate next year, maybe even nick a top 10 spot! Don't go overboard, a good 5 years of consolidation is needed in this league before you can start even thinking about top 10! they have got a Pulis-esque 5 year plan in place already that they started last seaon: 1st year = Get a Prem class managaer, play shit and blame it on the manager 2nd year = Get a World Class manager in, play shit then blame it on the fact that Fergie left them a shit squad 3rd year = Tell everyone it's a rebuilding job so they then have an excuse for being so shit 3 years in a row 4th year = Continue to "evolve" their game whilst underperforming after spending £630 million in one transfer window 5th year = Bring back Fergie out of pure desperation it's all (as a great man once said) about "Managing expectations"....you basically just lower them like mad for a few years then anything you do subsequently is seen as a "Step in the right direction" . piece of piss this managing lark! |
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Bargain.
