multiple times, inspirational, interesting, etcAny of you brehs read/watched Into the Wild?
but did I go out and become a better person? ..
multiple times, inspirational, interesting, etcAny of you brehs read/watched Into the Wild?
Interesting? Yeah, definitely.multiple times, inspirational, interesting, etc
but did I go out and become a better person? ..
Everton i can see lukaku making that permament switch to ball with martinez, he'll def be first choice and would thrive with that type of confidence.
They weren't imposters.We need a Taiwanese computer animation of the United imposters
Manchester United missed out on signing the Athletic Bilbao midfielder Ander Herrera not because the deal was hijacked by "imposters", but due to their failure to understand the complexities of Spanish buy-out clauses. The Guardian understands that club were not prepared to risk testing the legal framework of the system and pulled out of the deal, later seeking to distance themselves from another unsuccessful bid by claiming the lawyers were "not acting on their behalf". Yet according to well-placed sources at the Spanish league, the three men who visited their offices were indeed working for United.
Or Wheelchair if he can stay fit for a season
They weren't imposters.
Utd had the most shambolic summer of all time.
Turned down by everybody half decent and ended up overpaying for a club-footed oaf on deadline day in a panic.
After months of on-off negotiations, the club’s chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, was made aware on Saturday that Real Madrid would be willing to sell Mesut Özil for £42 million.
The problem, however, was that Özil himself had always seen his future at Madrid and would need some convincing.
Wenger immediately broke off from his preparations for Sunday’s north London derby, dialled Özil’s phone number and, after a series of lengthy conversations in German, was quietly confident that the deal had been done.
He had outlined his vision for how he wants his team to play, how he saw Özil becoming his creative conductor and, above all, how this would just be the start of Arsenal competing with the superpowers of European football for the world’s best players. Conversations with Per Mertesacker and Lukas Podolski followed, leaving Özil convinced.
While Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy was at the Emirates watching his team lose 1-0 to Arsenal, Gazidis was arriving in Spain to conclude a deal with Madrid.
Solid transfers, 100% start, and beating United at Anfield to go top of the table. I know everyone else is feeling it too
too good for Everton. Next you gon' say Tottenham
They weren't imposters. They were Bilbao based lawyers representing Herrera. They also represented Javi Martinez(who went to Bayern). They were just waiting for United to send the money so they could pay the fee. I think the bigger problem was the 45% tax fee, united would have had to pay which would pushed the fee to 54-55 million pounds.We need a Taiwanese computer animation of the United imposters
Ander Herrera's Manchester United move: what made the deal collapse
• Three lawyers were not imposters, Spanish league sources say
• Instead legal complexity of buyout clauses led to withdrawal
- Sid Lowe in Madrid
- The Guardian, Tuesday 3 September 2013 15.45 EDT
Manchester United's bid for Ander Herrera, left, foundered on the complexities of Spanish players' buy-out clauses. Photograph: Action Images / Pool Pic/Action Images
Manchester United missed out on signing the Athletic Bilbao midfielder Ander Herrera not because the deal was hijacked by "imposters", but due to their failure to understand the complexities of Spanish buy-out clauses. The Guardian understands that the club were not prepared to risk testing the legal framework of the system and pulled out of the deal, later seeking to distance themselves from another unsuccessful bid by claiming the lawyers were "not acting on their behalf". Yet according to well-placed sources at the Spanish league, the three men who visited their offices were indeed working for United.
Rodrigo García Lucas, Alvaro Reig Gurrea and Guillermo Gutiérrez were photographed entering the league's offices on Monday afternoon, with less than 12 hours to go in the transfer window. The three men represent the Spanish law firm Laffer, which oversaw Bayern Munich's successful move for Javi Martínez. That deal was completed by paying the buyout clause, against the wishes of Athletic Bilbao.
It is understood the lawyers had been instructed by United to attempt to find a resolution to the transfer and, according to sources at the Spanish league, did so with the formal authorisation from Manchester United.
Herrera's agents were not directly involved in the operation and nor were Athletic Bilbao; they later confirmed to the league that they would seek to block the move, refusing to accept the transfer of money.
The lawyers did not deposit the €36m stipulated in the clause and were not able to meet the necessary requirements as far as documentation was concerned but they did hold talks with league officials. They departed over an hour later citing "bureaucratic difficulties".
They later briefed United as to the difficulties of closing a deal so late in the window; they could not guarantee that it would be completed successfully and without subsequent risks. The Martínez deal, by contrast, had been put together over more than a month.
Faced with the uncertainty and potentially extra costs involved in tax, United decided not to proceed, thereby forcing Herrera to stay in Spain, the sources state. United had told the midfielder to be prepared in the event of a deal going through. Once the deal collapsed, United claimed that the three men had nothing to do with them.
Spain's official buyout clauses are complex and United appeared not to be fully aware of the difficulties inherent in using them. In principle, it is the player, not the buying club, who is supposed to deposit the money with the Spanish football authorities.
However, Manchester United insiders again insisted on Tuesday night that the lawyers were not working directly for them and the deal collapsed at an early stage because they were not prepared to meet the €36m buyout fee.
One fan at the back of the crowd even gleefully announced that, "Right now us mandem are the only mandem in the country that know right now."