03 Aug 2021 18:02:41
We have probably all seen the reports of Atletico Madrid looking for €40 million for Trippier. If the club spend more than €10 million on him it is utter lunacy.
What are your thoughts guys?

1.) 03 Aug 2021
03 Aug 2021 18:05:18
Couldn't care less. He is worth whatever the club are willing to pay for him.

If they think he's worth that and want him, they should get him.

2.) 03 Aug 2021
03 Aug 2021 18:54:22
Angelred, that's just rubbish mate. Pay what they want?

3.) 03 Aug 2021
03 Aug 2021 19:51:00
I honestly can't understand why people keep running with this narrative of "It's not my money so I don't care".

If you pay over the odds for a player, or put them on an unjustifiably high wage, it is more difficult to move them on.

Players like Jones, Pogba, Fred all come to mind. Why would anyone think it's ok for us to just break the bank for a right back, who probably isn't even better than Wan Bissaka, When we need a CDM.

4.) 03 Aug 2021
03 Aug 2021 23:45:13
We need another right back ideally a snr pro. Trippier is a very good player awb will learn loads from him. If they get him for £20 / 25m that would be a good buy imo. 3 seasons in him easily. Fit as a flea and great delivery from dead balls and on the run. Cavani will live him.
I do agree that we should stick to our valuation of him and if the numbers don't work then they don't work. All deals have their tipping point.

5.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 02:05:09
€10m or it’s utter lunacy? The way the market is going I think I’d probably be worth that these days.

6.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 02:52:19
Nah, your just a poor man's GDS1. $3m tops ;)

7.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 04:26:46
You can't just pay what they want. Trippier is not some young talented boy like Amad that we invest a huge amount of money for.

On top of that he is just going to be a backup for AWB and it would be stupid if we spend too much on him especially when we really need a DM.

We have got ourselves into a mess with too many players whom haven't warranted the huge transfer fees and wages.

We need to behave like a big club and stop being desperate by throwing money at players.

{Ed0666's Note - I’m sure tripper is not coming to be an understudy if he comes

8.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 04:53:45
Ed0666, I just can't see Trippier who is soon going to be 31 getting ahead of AWB and starting too many games in the PL.

And I didn't say understudy, I said backup.

{Ed0666's Note - I was using understudy in the vernacular. What is the difference between understudy and back up? If you go to a Broadway show and the lead character goes down with food poisoning it’s the back up/ understudy that takes his or her place no? Alas were getting bogged down in semantics but I’m sure trippier is not coming to be back up but to be the lead.

9.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 05:33:52
Cantonas best friend, why rubbish? Isn't that what the club have done over the years, pay what the asking club wants?

10.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 06:56:43
angelred, it's time to correct the mistakes done in the past.

It's alright to pay a few million more to get a top player or some young player with great potential but we have been overpaying for even some decent enough players.

We have looked far too amateurish in transfer dealings that in the end we ended being too desperate to do the deal on inflated fees and wages.

It's almost like we have become the jackpot for other clubs having players we are interested in.

11.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 07:13:16
Trippier would be an outstanding signing.
He’d start ahead of AWB in any game where we’d be likely to dominate the ball, for me.
Plus can cover LB.

Sell Dalot, loan Williams, get Trippier. Simple.

12.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 08:20:13
trippier for not too big of a fee eg 20-25m would give us a much needed rb option and hopefully bring on awb.
Tbh with the players we already have I don't see it as the next position to address: more focused on the midfield conundrumas lots of different ways to go.
Will pp stay or go? Lingard do we get or try for money now or is he more valuable staying? Vdeb, is it his chance to shine?
Once we we address the mid we have gk, cb mid and hopefully striker next year for a really solid spine.

13.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 09:16:53
LPU, a simplistic view when we have no idea the ins and outs of transfers.

Not sure why any of us on here are bothered about what we pay for a transfer, makes no odds at all.

A club has a value for a player, either pay it or not.

14.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 09:40:26
angelred, yes there is a value for a player but whenever it's us the valuation seems to be much higher than usual. Unless we are dealing with a top world class player the valuation should be reasonable enough.

The clubs we have dealt with in the past few years seem to have sensed a sign of desperation during negotiations and have forced us to pay closer to whatever they want in the end.

It is probably all down to our amateurish way of handling transfers at the club.

15.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 11:24:42
Gds2 I'm not sure you are worth that. I'd imagine if your wife had that on a life assurance policy for you, you would have to sleep with 1 eye open🤣.

16.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 06:41:49
Ed0666, if Ole looks at Trippier to be his first choice then it would be the wrong move and isn't going to help AWB. I guess AWB would not be pleased with that and probably would not stick around for long.

Going further down the line in a couple of years we could once again be looking for a RB again - a position which looked resolved with AWB.

I would rather have Dalot/ Williams as backup to AWB and concentrate on getting a DM which should be a higher priority.

{Ed0666's Note - it doesent me sense to pay so much for a no 2 right back. He’s come to challenge AWB and take his place. If he does so be it and if AWB moves on then so be it.

17.) 04 Aug 2021
04 Aug 2021 19:55:19
Whereas most of us want to see younger players come in who are good enough and can challenge enough to start soon, with Trippier it's definitely a case of a player probably being available who hasn't got long left at the top but is still useful and good enough to challenge what we have. AWB for me offers very little in an attacking sense and England were able to use Trippier in a few ways, either through his set-pieces or ability to at least cover well at LB. Utd haven't had many great free kick options since Becks left. Fernades has changed that a tad but it had become repetitive watching Rashford being the one to place the ball and punt aimlessly from 40 yards every game.
The £30m seems pricey but a little less and he could be a useful, if not paramount, signing.

18.) 09 Aug 2021
09 Aug 2021 02:28:56
I do anyway Ken, you just never know.