27 Aug 2024 19:51:05
Somebody please tell me that reports of United in talks to swap Sandro for Sterling is some kind of weird joke?
Who in their right mind would want to take on an almost 30 year old winger who hasn't been great for a while and is on over £300k a week. Along with helping a rival team get rid of a player and a financial burden they no longer want.
27 Aug 2024 20:36:45
It's the kind of move in previous years we would of done without thinking I hope the new regime don't go for a move like this because there signings have been positive so far it really would be a backward step.
27 Aug 2024 21:09:01
This is real head scratcher. I don't believe for a minute he would be a player we have on our list of wingers and there must be some serious positive financial ramifications or things about sancho we are not aware of that they would be willing to look at sterling just to get sancho out the door. Very very strange if this happens.
27 Aug 2024 21:48:28
Who knows what will happen. It's not a move I'd advocate for.
If we are looking to do some kind of swap deal then I'd approach Barcelona who have shown an interest in Sancho and who are open to moving on Raphinha and see if some sort of deal can be thrashed out.
27 Aug 2024 21:50:37
It seems that it’s being pushed more from Chelsea’s side, and this won’t be a popular opinion, but I’m actually warming to the idea ? I think Sterling would offer a lot more effective than Rashford, Sancho and Antony.
27 Aug 2024 22:03:35
He wouldn’t be on anywhere near the money he’s on at Chelsea or the money sancho is currently stealing at United
If it’s sterling and money and we get sancho gone and financially suits the club then although not my choice I don’t have an issue with it
But maybe we can get that cb we were interested in from them as part of any deal
Let’s be clear the new people
In charge are not idiots which they have shown so far this window
I’m sure any deal if it happens would be benifical to United.
27 Aug 2024 22:13:25
There's no cash to buy without a major sale ie Sancho / Maguire / Casemiro and there's no sign of any of those happening by friday apart from maybe a loan for Sancho.
Which leaves us skint and forced to utilise out of form players like Antony and Rash in the attacking dept. If we want to add then we need to get creative. Sorry, there'll be no shock Kvaratskhelia or Osimhen annoucements here this week.
If there's anything in it then it's an opportunist move. Maybe PSG and Utd were discussing something similar but it didn't work both ways. I'm not entirely opposed to a short loan for the guy if it gives us a boost up front.
28 Aug 2024 00:01:24
How can this be a straight swap?
Sancho is 5 years younger, and definitely has more value than sterling.
Sterling + money
Or sterling + some academy player would be more apt.
Someone like a chukwuemeka or some other good young player.
28 Aug 2024 02:55:56
Pretty sure the move was proposed by Sancho’s agent not Chelsea.
Backpass, why would Chelsea offer a good young player on top of Sterling for a player Utd want rid of?
28 Aug 2024 06:39:29
Reality is sterling would not get you more than 25m in this market and no one would pay his wages. No chance this is a straight swap, impossible.
He also has 3 years left on his contract where Sancho has 2 years. The math given their age, wages, contracts says it will be a lot more than a straight swap, if it happens. Personally never rated him.
chelsea are on the hook for 50m pounds given sterlings wages and he will be 33 when his contract is up. we are on the hook about half that with sancho.
Given how we have conducted our business its such a far fetched/ left field idea, its hard to process.
28 Aug 2024 09:39:33
Both unwanted, both on extortionate wages, swap for the season (or xmas? ), done.
28 Aug 2024 09:48:52
Has to be coming from Chelsea, just has to be.
28 Aug 2024 10:25:49
Thinking about it, if Sterling could recapture his City form and Chilwell could stay fit, this might not actually be a terrible deal. Those are two very big ifs though.
28 Aug 2024 10:46:26
Supposedly Sancho's agent offered him to Chelsea, whether that was down to United saying to his agent it might be best to try and find his client a new club or whether it was Sancho who has asked his agent to try and find him a new club who knows.
Chelsea have a number of players they will need to sell/ move on if they can either permanently or on loan as they cannot register the sheer number of players they have. Ideally You'd imagine they will want to get rid of the highest earners who are offering the least return on the pitch. Sterling sits that description. They also need to raise funds to help balance the books.
I think they would like to get rid of Sterling as much or more than we would like to move on Sancho and maybe they are looking at that situation and trying to find a solution.
I doubt we'll see Sancho head to Chelsea, I expect we'll see a loan to Juventus with an option to buy rather than an obligation. There will probably be some jiggery pokery with the wages/ loan fee so that United pick up some of his wages, but its mostly covered by the loan fee effectively.
Then next summer he will either be bought by Juventus, or we can sell him easier at a price that means we break-even on him rather than him going down as a loss.
{Ed002's Note - Chelsea have had more departures than additions already this summer and players are still departing - three left yesterday for example. Chelsea do not have any problem "balancing the books" for this season.}
28 Aug 2024 11:00:12
Should we read any emphasis on your last 2 words there Ed?
{Ed002's Note - I have no idea what you mean. Much of what was written is simply misinformation.}
28 Aug 2024 22:30:08
Chelsea sell plenty of players every season. Their outgoing sales every year go onto that seasons accounts but they have also removed some very high earners and bought in younger cheaper options over the last few years meaning whilst they have to account for amortised fees, their large squad, their very productive academy and presumably lower wage bill are enough to balance the books and continue the spending.
So whilst they have balanced the books for this year, they will have to in subsequent years but are in a strong position to be able to do so.