Sadio Mane

[VladimirIlyich]

12 hours ago, DalyanPete said:

Well it's the GF and someone has to ask.

Is she tidy?

If he likes her then good luck to him.

[DalyanPete]

12 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

If he likes her then good luck to him.

Is the right answer.

[Scott_M]

9 hours ago, Vincent Vega said:

Bayern trying to take the piss.

 

Whst are they smoking at the Allianz?

[Daisy]

Looks like he will be going on a free as well then next summer. No way bayern will double their bid

[Elite]

Not worth letting go for that amount. Double it or fuck off.

[Dave D]

Seen mention of Saka as a possible replacement for Mane.

 

Almost on a par with replacing Suarez with Ballotelli 

[dave u]

45 minutes ago, Dave D said:

Seen mention of Saka as a possible replacement for Mane.

 

Almost on a par with replacing Suarez with Ballotelli 

 

No way, I think Saka is really talented but he has that Arsenal stench on him. He's young enough that he could get rid of that though. I'd defo take him if that release clause thing is true (40m). 

[Section_31]

Bayern will deffo double that, easy, Mane is worth £150m to any side. There's no guarantee he'd go there next year if he was a free agent, he strikes me as the type to possibly see his arse if they don't make an effort. Like a bird. 

[gkmacca]

"plus £4m in add-ons payable if, for example, Bayern won the Champions League" - oh that would be a treat. Always happy to help. Spare a pahnd fer a cuppa tea, guvnor, gawd bless yer". They can sod off and not come back until they pay enough to help US win the Champions League.

[Dave D]

1 hour ago, dave u said:

 

No way, I think Saka is really talented but he has that Arsenal stench on him. He's young enough that he could get rid of that though. I'd defo take him if that release clause thing is true (40m). 

Not sure, I watched him a few times as he was getting rave reviews and I thought he looked very limited. Massive step down from Mane.  

As you say, maybe its the Arsenal effect  

[dave u]

He's what, 19? 20 maybe? Defo a step down from Mané but potentially he could end up being a lot better, depending on how he develops. How good was Sadio at that age?

 

I actually see him more as the eventual replacement for Salah (he mainly plays on the right) but if that clause is a thing then it's now or never really, so I'd get him this summer and then rotate him in and out of the line up this season. 

 

I'd also sign a number nine though. I'd be happy with Nunez.

[Dave D]

4 minutes ago, dave u said:

He's what, 19? 20 maybe? Defo a step down from Mané but potentially he could end up being a lot better, depending on how he develops. How good was Sadio at that age?

 

I actually see him more as the eventual replacement for Salah (he mainly plays on the right) but if that clause is a thing then it's now or never really, so I'd get him this summer and then rotate him in and out of the line up this season. 

 

I'd also sign a number nine though. I'd be happy with Nunez.

As a potential for the future I see the logic- as long as FSG are feeling frivolous enough to do both that and a direct replacement of the required quality to hit the ground running     

[SasaS]

Frivolous FSG. Somehow, don't see it.

 

Good name for a rapper though. 

[Jimmy Hills Chin]

Saka is already hated by Ingurland fans so he’d fit in great with us.

[Chris]

Bayern’s bid is definitely based on what we paid for Thiago. Very similar age, similar pedigree and same one year left on the contract. I can’t see them going that much higher. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

4 minutes ago, Chris said:

Bayern’s bid is definitely based on what we paid for Thiago. Very similar age, similar pedigree and same one year left on the contract. I can’t see them going that much higher. 

As you know Mane is never injured and is currently in great form, they can fuck off!

[JohnnyH]

3 minutes ago, Chris said:

Bayern’s bid is definitely based on what we paid for Thiago. Very similar age, similar pedigree and same one year left on the contract. I can’t see them going that much higher. 

I agree that’s why Bayern have started with that offer. But it’s a silly thing to do because if they try and compare the players then Bayern actually make the argument for a much higher transfer fee.  Thiago is extremely injury prone and has been his whole career and as he gets older the injuries will be more frequent and will take longer to recover from. Mane doesn’t get injured and is at peak fitness. Mane will probably play more game this season than Thiago does in the next 2 seasons. 

[Chris]

19 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

As you know Mane is never injured and is currently in great form, they can fuck off!

Of course they can, but still. The logic is sound from their perspective. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

12 minutes ago, Chris said:

Of course they can, but still. The logic is sound from their perspective. 

Yes it is, but it won’t work.

[SasaS]

If they are confident he is dead set on going there, they will not go much over the initial valuation. From their perspective, we can let him go there for 25-30 mil. this year or for nothing the next.  

[Barrington Womble]

I think ward needs to show he's not a pushover. So I think Bayern will need to get a lot closer to our asking price. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

World Cup year let him rot in the reserves muhahaha!

[JagSquared]

He’s worth more than 21m next season so I’d happily keep him. Bayern should

realise we’re not their bundesliga rivals where they can usually pick off the best for peanuts. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

He'll probably go for forty odd million. Our journos will take the higher figure, theirs will say it's in the thirties.

 

We've done this dance many times.

[El Dangerous]

For £25m we might as well let him sit his contract out. We’d never replace his input for £25m. I’d take Saka at £40m but the fact that City, United and Chelsea aren’t swarming around him probably tells you that the release clause is bobbins.