Man United and the £140million bid for a player

[TomandJerry]

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"Manchester United have made a colossal £140m bid for Neymar, according to reports in Brazil."

(Source: Daily Mirror)

And The Sun is reporting this:

"Manchester United are willing to spend £240m on a deal for Barcelona's Brazil forward Neymar, 23."

 

[Kosmonaut]

Probably bullshit.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

"Manchester United have made a colossal £140m bid for Neymar, according to reports in Brazil."


"Manchester United are willing to spend £240m on a deal for Barcelona's Brazil forward Neymar, 23."

Bid £140m but said they were willing to pay £240m?

I'm no David Dickinson but I would suggest that those are poor bartering skills.

 

[TomandJerry]

Bid £140m but said they were willing to pay £240m?

I'm no David Dickinson but I would suggest that those are poor bartering skills.

Depends what Barca want...I think he is in contract till 2018 (money for Barca is no issue)

 

[TomandJerry]

Probably bullshit.

"And according to*The Metro, the Brazilian's desire to play in England has prompted the Premier League giants to make a move for the former Santos star."

 

[royceyboy]

That is stupid money for a player! He is bloody good, but he's not even worth 50 million. I don't think he's strong enough for the PL, and he won't get the sort of service he's been used to at Barca.

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

Bens Grandad has got a job writing for the Daily Mirror.

 

[W.C.]

If true, what a joke. Is Neymar that much of a guaranteed success? Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez (although he carries baggage) I'd say it wasn't a risk. Stupid money.

 

[Woodchip]

Spend £140million and he could suffer a career ending injury in his first game. Why would you take that much of a risk?

 

[s5.bha]

Spend £140million and he could suffer a career ending injury in his first game. Why would you take that much of a risk?

Got a feeling insurance may cover it .

 

[nwgull]

Got a feeling insurance may cover it .

Be paying some huge premiums to cover a £150m loss!

 

[Baaaald]

He will be following the examples of Ramos and alves and getting himself a nice shiny new contracts while flirting with Utd.

 

[Bakero]

Bid £140m but said they were willing to pay £240m?

I'm no David Dickinson but I would suggest that those are poor bartering skills.

Wages.

 

[studio150]

FFP? or is this now dead or does next seasons TV deal permit this silly money bid. Based on bid what would wages be £300k a week?

 

[KZNSeagull]

FFP? or is this now dead or does next seasons TV deal permit this silly money bid. Based on bid what would wages be £300k a week?

PL clubs can still lose 105m over 3 years and nearly all of them made an operating profit in 2013/14.

 

[fat old seagull]

FFS! Don't let this be true. Has the World gone feckin mad? I don't want to give the impression I'm Mother Theresa, I'm as some of you will know, far from that. But when you realise the amazing life changing or even life saving opportunities this sort of cash could offer really worthy causes, it would be a monumental disgrace.
I'm sure this can't be true..... though of course it will only be a matter of time before it is, unless Sky, BT etc pull the plug.

 

[Stat Brother]

Shirts, sponsorship, world wide media.

These figures aren't plucked out of nowhere.
Singing Naymar is a licence to print money.
Sure they'll have to print a lot to get a profit, but Utd won't have time to count the money coming in.

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

They are probably thinking if Dunk is worth more then £5m, then Neymar is probably worth about £140m.

 

[trueblue]

£140m for a player who's not even the second best striker at Barcelona! And the least suited to playing in England I reckon.

 

[Foolg]

Non story.


Neymar will sign a new contract this week or next, it's all just agent talk to ensure Barca offer him the best deal. Seen that said by a fair few fairly 'in the know' sources - believe Guillem Balague was one.