£100m for Sandro Tonali is an extraordinary overpay. Tottenham are happy to be rinsed in the market & give inflated wages because of the position they're in.
That's not ambition, don't confuse the two because they're throwing money around. It's two entirely different things - that's being in your Ed Woodward era.
Manchester United walked away from Tonali at the beginning of the summer because of the asking price & wages & clearly they were right to do it.
Manchester United were right not to pay £116m for Elliot Anderson & £300k+ p/w & they are right not to pay £85m for Mateus Fernandes & £250k p/w.
Not overpaying for players is something the club has to change. If they don't value players at that price they shouldn't & won't be bullied into paying it.
This is the correct decision, whether you want to or can swallow it or not. These are changes the club needed to make & they're correctly making them.
Fernandes isn't worth the wages when considering the club's wage structure. I understand frustration on time wasted, but I can't believe people think he's worth that.
There will be performative outrage, turbo tweeting temper tantrums. I understand frustration of the unknown now & what happens next. That's fair.
The double edged sword with these decisions is being able to pivot to alternative targets & find value in the market - the club have to prove they can do that.
@UEF_Podcast We paid £75m for Sancho
€100m for Antony
£80m for Maguire
£87m for Pogba
£79m for Hojlund
£75m for Lukaku
£59m for Di Maria
£55m for Mount
Which of these players matched the fee we paid for them?
If the club decide not to overpay for any player again, I am with them 100%.
UK made a new law that when you divorce your husband you are also going back to your country with him.
And now we don't see videos of Nigerian women fighting their husbands in UK anymore.
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I WATCHED MY COWORKER CRY IN HIS CAR FOR 20 MINUTES, THEN WALKED BACK IN SMILING LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. PEOPLE REALLY BE FIGHTING SILENT BATTLES EVERY DAY