Stop believing 'football insider' ffs.
Maguire | he stays!
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Fair play if they've really negotiated this, but let's perhaps wait until Stone starts tweeting this out before we get too ecstatic...
You just know who they would be scoring headers from set pieces against
Does it matter much at this stage, insider or not? This transfer has got traction now, so updates may come from various sources.
35-40M is fair for England's starting CB. I think that covers whatever payments we have to make to Maguire to make him accept the lower deal West Ham will throw at him. (90k p/w for 2 more years = 10M or so).
They are stupid, he's a fine defender. He'll shine for them when he's out of the spotlight a bit and he isn't asked to carry / pass the ball under pressure. The midblock Moyes plays will also suit him very well.
They are stupid, he's a fine defender. He'll shine for them when he's out of the spotlight a bit and he isn't asked to carry / pass the ball under pressure. The midblock Moyes plays will also suit him very well.
JWP delivering them, but with Alvarez and Fullkrug (or Broja) taking Soucek and Antonio's places.
The new Jagielka
I wouldn't say they're stupid to be concerned about Maguire for that fee.
It doesn't paint the best picture of the style of play and progression of the club going forward to be going for an aging centre back in terrible form that can only sit deep.
I think they've every right to be concerned with the manner of their window and stumping up that much at the end of it on Harry. Panic stations.
Personally think he might do okay under Moyes style but I can totally see why as a fanbase it would not be setting too many pulses racing. Would probably prefer to see some better planning.
Maguire can be their talisman, great for all parties. Get it signed.
Quite possibly. There are definitely similarities. I still feel like Jagielka got caught out less often, but maybe it was just the types of teams/set-ups he was playing within...The new Jagielka
Brakes on everyone, who's on £37M
Maybe it’s a brief from West Ham’s side. Negotiating through the public.
Reckon this will get done around 33-35 million. Both sides claim a negotiating victory.
We just need to get it done quickly.
Won't raise their bid, but hope to get it done. How does that work? Unless United go back and say "yeah, alright then" on a bid that they've rejected.
Two of those in Mainoo and Mejbri are kids whilst Amrabat would be coming to a new league in a different country, Eriksen’s legs have gone and Casemiro is 31-32 so needs to be used right so we do need 8 people for 3 positions when you think about potentially 60+ games and injuries.
I don’t see McTominay as being good enough to start BUT as a squad player in a box to box role rather than a Casemiro back up he’s a good option to have, he’s much better when allowed to burst forward rather than a defensive role as positionally he’s awful and hides but further up the pitch he’s decent.
£30m seems fine, we should accept IMO.
The article states they are going to try and bridge the gap on his wages so that would make sense. I believe our reluctance to accept 30M was based on us having to pay up a certain amount of his salary to make the move happen, if we no longer need to do that or at least the amount we are making up is reduced by a few million then the 30M fee becomes more palatable.
Right, makes sense. Forgot to factor in his wages in all of this.
I'd honestly take £30m anyway. That was my opinion yesterday when they initially came in with that bid. We need to get this moving.
We should negotiate but have to recognise that we will be lucky to have any clubs match or better what we’ve already received from West Ham.
Talk of Mctominay costing 40m might not be ridiculous when looking at other fees but how many teams have that kind of money and will regard him as a guaranteed starter or suited to their system etc. I’d say probably no other team in the league so it’s finding a balance between getting a better deal but also making sure the deal doesn’t fall apart.
30m plus a bigger portion of his wages is absolutely fine, the club needs not to mess this up.
30M is fine if we don't have to subsidize his wages. If we receive 30M and we have to pay him 90k p/w for two years then it's not worth it. Just let him see out his contract as 4th choice CB, you could do worse than Maguire for that spot and the same amount of money.
Watch us get 30+5 for Maguire and 30+10 for Scott, and the media still report it as 60m
No, just no mate.
How long is actually left on his contract? Club would be thick to not accept the 30m cos next year playing no games and in the last 12 months he probably fetches 10/15m
30m is more than fine, 37m would reach dodgy territory.
Meet in the middle somewhere but certainly didn't believe a word from Football Insider
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Call me stupid but if we just lost the best player we produced in over 15 years and dithered around all summer before spending the better part of £40m on an out of form 30 year old centre back, I wouldn't be best pleased either.
liverpool supporter by any chance?
West Ham fans will rightly be doing the united fan speciality wondering why they’re signing the old reject and not the guy the selling club are replacing him with
What's all this paying part of his wages stuff about?
Surely insinuating that United are paying all their wages for the duration of the contract, even beyond their original deal with us.
If they get both, they should aim to finish in top 8.
Assuming we’re signing Amrabat and Todibo to replace Maguire and McT, pretty clear that we’re signing backup players while West Ham are signing for their first team. Signing Amrabat or Todibo would be very risky to them and may turn out to be extremely bad investment. We could stomach the risk because they’re back-up for the time being.
They would ask for 40 only to buy him from ud for 45!