Manchester United and Lecce are €10million apart in negotiations over wing-back Patrick Dorgu.
Talks are continuing to bridge the gap, and United’s director of negotiations Matt Hargreaves travelling to Italy can be seen as a sign of optimism around a deal.
Lecce are said to want €40m for the 20-year-old, while United have indicated a willingness to go to €30m.
Hargreaves was in Milan on Tuesday for a meeting with Lecce sporting director Pantaleo Corvino. Frank Trimboli and Leon Angel, who head up sports agency CAA Base, were also in attendance to assist discussions. CAA Base have...
I wonder why Antony’s leaving on loan would help this transfer. I understand it from a wage perspective (getting some of his wages off our books) but how do wages relate to our transfer spending?
Since Antony seems to be on about £100k/week - it means that over a 6 month period he costs us £2.4M. A significant amount of money of course but nowhere near the 20-30M we are talking about here. Even if we consider a transfer of 20M would be amortized over 5 years - then that would be about 4M towards our books this season - right? So maybe that’s how it starts to make sense…
It helps because it’s mostly not about actual money, but what’s on the books. Antonys wages and transfer fee is on the books, if you loan him out for say 50k a week, that frees up 50k a week for Dorgu’s wages, at least until the end of the season, then hopefully you can sell antony after a successful loan spell.
I wonder why Antony’s leaving on loan would help this transfer. I understand it from a wage perspective (getting some of his wages off our books) but how do wages relate to our transfer spending?
Since Antony seems to be on about £100k/week - it means that over a 6 month period he costs us £2.4M. A significant amount of money of course but nowhere near the 20-30M we are talking about here. Even if we consider a transfer of 20M would be amortized over 5 years - then that would be about 4M towards our books this season - right? So maybe that’s how it starts to make sense…
It helps because it’s mostly not about actual money, but what’s on the books. Antonys wages and transfer fee is on the books, if you loan him out for say 50k a week, that frees up 50k a week for Dorgu’s wages, at least until the end of the season, then hopefully you can sell antony after a successful loan spell.