Paywall so to summary:
- Desperate last minute scramble to close a £60 million profit hole in the last week or face 10 point deduction.
- Talks with Chelsea about Isak but £200 mil was a no go.
- Howe made it clear he didn't want to sell Guimares, Isak or Gordon though.
- The Gordon to Liverpool thing was for real… he wanted to go (childhood club), but Liverpool weren't interested.
- They were hoping to sell Callum Wilson but weren't able to generate interest
- Mintah refused to go to anyone but Everton or Brighton – in the end went for £33 million.
- forest came in for Anderson – £35 million of pure profit.
- still left a £2 million profit hole – the Dan Ashworth deal got them over the line – not the £20 million asked for, but not far off.
by OnceUponATime_UK
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Love to know who at the club is leaking finance info. Absolutely wild.
Does it say “not far off” £20m? Only reports I’ve seen said it was under 10. I’m thinking we’ve accepted a pretty low number out of PSR desperation and made Man Utd sign an NDA or something as part of the terms so we can pretend we’ve played hardball
I don’t begrudge Gordon for wanting that move. We all know what we would do. & He didn’t push for it. Doubt he even thought about it until it was put to him. That said, Liverpool rejecting him might work in our favour…
No offence, OP – but, this is Luke Edwards. If he told me the time I’d check with ten other people.
– Gordon doesn’t want to leave, Liverpool have asked
– We’ve offered Gordon to Liverpool, he doesn’t want to leave
– Gordon now wants to leave after being offered to Liverpool
– Gordon wants to leave but Liverpool aren’t interested
Any other permutations? Can’t wait for the next one
Isn’t the 10 point deduction for administration. Can’t imagine you’d get 10 points for breaking psr