We feel that the unique selling point of soccersweep is that we don’t just report but also give you our strong opinions on players. We don’t sit on the fence where it comes to transfers.
And while we are sad to see Angel di Maria potentially depart – his best football could be ahead of him – we never thought Manchester United should have signed him in the first place. We caused outrage at the time but the lad has proved to be a poor signing.
Similarly the idea of spending £100m on Thomas Muller is very difficult for us to digest.
Manchester United clearly have huge wads of cash to spend on players and the sale of Di Maria will further boost the coffers.
But that doesn’t mean money is no issue and the club will only be able to afford one marquee signing this summer.
If Muller was available for, say, 50m Euros he might be worth a punt.
After all this lad can affect the biggest games on the biggest stages. What’s more he is an ultimate professional and won’t struggle to acclimatise to England in the same way as Di Maria did.
But surely figures like 100m Euros should be reserved for players who defy the laws of physics. The only players that we would spend that sum on are Messi, Ronaldo, Bale, Suarez and Rooney in his pomp. Neymar? No. Muller? Not a chance.
Muller: Open to United move
Yet German media outlet Bild says that Manchester United have submitted a bid of 100m Euros for the German international. The Guardian reports:
Manchester United have submitted a €100m (£70m) bid for the Bayern Munich forward Thomas Müller, according to reports in Germany.
This would represent the biggest deal ever done in Euros and trump the 94m paid for Bale and the 97m paid for Ronaldo.
The report also suggests that the player is open to a move and this could be crucial to the deal. Because Bayern Munchen themselves seem uninterested in allowing the transfer to happen.
After Bastian Schweinsteiger completed his move to Manchester United last week, the Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge stated:
“I can totally reassure all the fans we will issue no further players more towards Manchester United,”
So perhaps the club simply has to reject any bid for the player, however big, simply to save face and preserve the dignity of their iconic chairman.
We hope that Muller stays at Bayern. Because Manchester United would be wasting their money on a player who is hugely effective but lacks the overall technique to be worth anywhere near 100m.
Manchester United fans: worth the cash?
Jimmy Mac
Jul 23, 2015 at 7:52 am
The amount of money sloshing around in football these days is obscene. The figures being quoted really beggar belief and imho its very irresponsible and not good for society, its like they are throwing Monopoly money around. There should be a cap set, as employed in American football.
Having said that, if you spread the cost of the transfer over five years and factor in shirt sales, inflation and a resale fee of £20-25m then from a business pov it could work. Would Müller be the final peice in the jigsaw that would turn United into a BPL title and UCL trophy winning team though? Imho no, we would still be well short and would probably need Ricardo Rodriguez Thiago Silva, Hummels, Lahm, Pogba, De Bruyne, Messi and Benzema too and Pep and Klopp as co-managers although Im sure The Glazers would fork out all the Adidas, Chevrolet and DHL money to get them if they could.
As for Ibrahimovic, I would love to see him play in the BPL, but not for United. I could see him joining the circus at the Etihad though.