Premier League 2019-2020 we’re off

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F1 money has ruined the sport decades ago and so we all know its basically a two team event. My point was these awards seemingly go to managers with large budgets, better resources and rarely does a role like Espirito Santo and guiding Wolves to 7th and Europa league get the recognition it deserves.

They have done in the past though, George Burley, Tony Pulis and Pardew have won it with lesser sides.
 
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sounds like Leicester going to pay £45m for Dunk from Brighton to replace him :eek:

£80mil for Maguire is madness - decent defender but £80mil 😲

And then £45mil for Dunk 😲😲😲😲😲

Madness
 

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Story's been going around for a while so should have got my head around it by now, but I just can't, £80m for Maguire is an insane amount of money. Not to say he's bad, but this is a world record for a defender, it's absolute insanity. There must be better options around Europe for cheaper - I'm thinking Ruben Dias, Milan Skriniar, Jonathan Tah, all would have been cheaper and probably better and I imagine Nathan Ake would have been significantly cheaper too.
 

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£80mil for Maguire is madness - decent defender but £80mil 😲

And then £45mil for Dunk 😲😲😲😲😲

Madness

The cost of players is so silly that it's becoming largely meaningless and irrelevant.
It's now just a number.
The thing is that Maguire is making United a stronger team and that's all that matters these days.
They'll get most of that back by selling Lukaku, that makes it a good deal in my eyes.
 

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The cost of players is so silly that it's becoming largely meaningless and irrelevant.
It's now just a number.
The thing is that Maguire is making United a stronger team and that's all that matters these days.
They'll get most of that back by selling Lukaku, that makes it a good deal in my eyes.
Are you meant to be swapping Lukaku for Dybala?
 

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Story's been going around for a while so should have got my head around it by now, but I just can't, £80m for Maguire is an insane amount of money. Not to say he's bad, but this is a world record for a defender, it's absolute insanity. There must be better options around Europe for cheaper - I'm thinking Ruben Dias, Milan Skriniar, Jonathan Tah, all would have been cheaper and probably better and I imagine Nathan Ake would have been significantly cheaper too.

£59m release clause for Dias as well. Utd paying the English tax.
 

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The cost of players is so silly that it's becoming largely meaningless and irrelevant.
It's now just a number.
The thing is that Maguire is making United a stronger team and that's all that matters these days.
They'll get most of that back by selling Lukaku, that makes it a good deal in my eyes.


sorry how is it largely meaningless and irrelevant? Surely its more relevant than ever as it gets more and more obscene! especially as it filters down into the costs of the fans
 
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The cost of players is so silly that it's becoming largely meaningless and irrelevant.
It's now just a number.
The thing is that Maguire is making United a stronger team and that's all that matters these days.
They'll get most of that back by selling Lukaku, that makes it a good deal in my eyes.

You just need to find someone who is willing to take Lukaku of your hands for the reported fee - no one appears to want to pay the reported £80mil

And yep Maguire is better than Jones etc but £80mil is madness for a decent Prem CB - Edit- it’s £85 mil 😲😲😲😲
 
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You just need to find someone who is willing to take Lukaku of your hands for the reported fee - no one appears to want to pay the reported £80mil

And yep Maguire is better than Jones etc but £80mil is madness for a decent Prem CB - Edit- it’s £85 mil 😲😲😲😲

To be fair though LP it wasn't that long ago that many people (myself included) were questioning the £75 million that Liverpool paid for VVD. If Maguire has the same effect on the defence at Man U that VVD has had at Liverpool then it's money well spent. Only time will tell if this is a good signing or not.
 
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