Man United fans are being lied to

09/06/2020 Sports



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The transfer saga that revolves around Manchester United’s goal, Jadon Sancho, has become increasingly complicated in recent days.

The English press continues to cover the story every day, suggesting that Sancho remains United’s main focus for this transfer window, stating that a deal could still be reached before United begins their season on September 19, or at least, before the transfer window closes on October 6.

And yet, in Germany, nobody mentions Sancho at United anymore. A deal was believed to be close and expected to come before Dortmund’s August 10 deadline, but nothing happened, and that was it. German transfer expert Christian Falk has not tweeted about Sancho since.

Borussia Dortmund confirmed it several times. The decision is “final,” they said. The club’s sporting director, Michael Zorc, said so, CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said so and director Sebastian Kehl said so.

So what’s going on? Are the hopes of Man United fans alive just to sell English newspapers when there really is no hope? Or is the German press helping Dortmund put on one of the biggest bluffs in football transfer history?

Someone is lying to the fans in this situation. But by whom?

Norwegian journalist and former Middlesbrough player Jan-Aage Fjortoft posted two updates on Twitter yesterday.

The first said: ‘A well-connected Norwegian journalist writes that Solskjær has spoken to Sancho many times. That Sancho wants to leave. That Solskjær has said to Woodward: Fix it !!

The well-connected journalist Fjortoft is referring to is Fredrik Filtvedt, who was also responsible for initiating the Thiago rumors at United last week.

Fjortoft then added ‘Dortmund very clear. I don’t want to sell it. Set a deadline of August 10 for any offer. It’s interesting that Man UTD still hasn’t given up.

Meanwhile, the English press, particularly Sky Sports, claim that the stumbling block in the negotiations is Sancho’s salaries and his agent’s fees, which are described as “outrageous”.

On August 5th The Telegraph He stated that ‘talking about a £ 340,000 a week contract is outlandish. Agent fees are also potentially a complicating factor. ”

Other reports claimed that the agents’ salaries and fees would add another £ 100 million to the net outlay for Sancho, that if the salaries were actually £ 340,000 per week, they would put the agent’s fees at around £ 30 million or £ 12 million. , depending on whether a four- or five-year contract was on the table.

Extravagant, indeed. And yet transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has consistently asserted and continues to insist that personal terms are not and never were a problem, as they were agreed long ago. He confirmed it again yesterday:

Another highly reliable source, The athletic, has joined the rest of the English press in insisting that negotiations are ongoing, despite German denials. However, the outlet also made a very significant claim on August 19, saying ‘[United controlling shareholder] Joel Glazer is the one holding firm to United’s position … Joel is paying particular attention to big spending and has expressed reluctance to hit Dortmund’s € 120 million asking price, plus additional salary costs and commission said to be significant. ‘

Simply put, the Glazers won’t pay the fee.

Where does this lead us?

First, the hopes on the United side seem to rest on a fallacy that Zorc has a habit of saying a player is not for sale, only to reverse his decision later.

The fact is that this happened only once, in the case of the transfer of Ousmane Dembélé to Barcelona. It didn’t happen in 2013, when Zorc said Dortmund would not sell Robert Lewandowski to Bayern Munich that summer; in fact they did not.

It didn’t happen in 2017 when Zorc said Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang would not be sold in that window. The player did stay at the club for another year.

And in fairness to Zorc, on the one occasion when he broke his word, he did so for good reason: Barcelona came up with an extravagant offer of € 138 million for a player Zorc himself had signed for just € 15 million. euros. 12 months before.

I mean, who wouldn’t?

Suppose for a moment that the English press is getting information mainly from United, that Falk is getting his information from Dortmund, that Romano is getting his information from agents and that the Norwegians Fjortoft and Filtvedt are getting their information from … a former teammate. Fjortoft’s Norwegian team, which plays a big role in our saga, let’s say … then the picture becomes a little clearer.

The angles of Norway, Germany and Roman coincide.

Norway’s message is not to blame Sancho and his salary and fees. The boy wants to come. And don’t think for a minute that Solskjaer isn’t pushing for that to happen.

Romano’s message is the same: the deal is made with Sancho and his agents.

So why are we getting a different story from the English press?

If United were still in negotiations and they really believed that Dortmund’s decision was not final, why would they cite agent salaries and fees as the cause of the delay?

The logical conclusion is that United are using the British press to play the blame game. They first blamed the middlemen for slowing down the process. Now they blame poor Jadon and his agent for being too greedy.

The Glazer family and Executive Vice President Ed Woodward seem to simply be trying to avoid the fallout from an angry fanbase, and potentially an angry Solskjaer, for simply refusing to drop what was needed, when it was needed.

Of course, this is all speculation and maybe Jadon Sancho will actually wear that red number seven jersey in two weeks. But as things stand, the most logical scenario is that the 20-year-old will still wear Dortmund yellow for at least ten more months.

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