Spuds
22-06-2011, 09:42 PM
At what point will this come into question. The last time I highlighted it was the Berbatov deal. At the time Manchester United engaged in contract talks with Berbatov, who was in Manchester after Manchester City had a bid accepted, Manchester United had not registered a bid with Tottenham. As we should all know, this means the club had no right to talk to the player. Thankfully Berbatov agreed terms with Manchester United and so they paid a few extra million to prevent Tottenham reporting them to the FA for investigation.
Recently we've seen a blatant attempt at tapping up from Slur Ferguson with regards to the De Gea deal. Manchester United hadn't lodged a bid for De Gea and yet were openly telling the media they expect him to sign in the coming weeks. It was only yesterday that reports suggested they would be left red faced after De Gea may have made a u-turn, although that is more than likely media trash.
And then we have Jones. The chicken farmers made it public knowledge that Manchester United engaged in talks before bidding (and triggering the clause) which would have rubbished the clause. Other clubs were happy to match this clause however Manchester United tapped him up. Once again, they've paid a few extra million to move the deal along.
Perhaps if Manchester United were to keep the millions they've wasted on Bebe, Veron, Foster, Djemba Djemba (so bad they named him twice)... the list goes, they would have more money to complete better deals by paying off the clubs to keep them hushed after tapping the player up.
Recently we've seen a blatant attempt at tapping up from Slur Ferguson with regards to the De Gea deal. Manchester United hadn't lodged a bid for De Gea and yet were openly telling the media they expect him to sign in the coming weeks. It was only yesterday that reports suggested they would be left red faced after De Gea may have made a u-turn, although that is more than likely media trash.
And then we have Jones. The chicken farmers made it public knowledge that Manchester United engaged in talks before bidding (and triggering the clause) which would have rubbished the clause. Other clubs were happy to match this clause however Manchester United tapped him up. Once again, they've paid a few extra million to move the deal along.
Perhaps if Manchester United were to keep the millions they've wasted on Bebe, Veron, Foster, Djemba Djemba (so bad they named him twice)... the list goes, they would have more money to complete better deals by paying off the clubs to keep them hushed after tapping the player up.