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| stacie | Jun 12 2011, 11:58 AM Post #196 |
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| EL.I.AM LEGEND | Jun 12 2011, 11:59 AM Post #197 |
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John Brewin @JohnBrewinESPN London, England, via Macc Senior Editor at ESPNsoccernet. The views expressed here are my own, and own alone, as if that needs saying. "Phil Jones deal now done at around £20m, I am now told. Expect to complete it next week. #mufc #brfc. A victory for Venky's or a lesson?" |
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| EL.I.AM LEGEND | Jun 12 2011, 12:14 PM Post #198 |
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'Prompted by a ‘hardball’ attitude from Blackburn Rovers owners and a late £22m bid on Saturday from Liverpool for Rovers’ England under-21 defender Phil Jones , Manchester United have agreed to pay £20.5m' |
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| TheReturnOfTheKing | Jun 12 2011, 12:16 PM Post #199 |
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20.5m for jones well done kenny, made them pay 4.5m more than they wanted to do still its a good deal for both clubs imo |
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| EL.I.AM LEGEND | Jun 12 2011, 12:21 PM Post #200 |
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Great deal for Rovers. Has there ever been such a high fee paid for someone who has only played 35 league games. The lad has great potential. £20 mill is very good money for us. A very reliable Rovers source has just announced that a fee hasn't been agreed yet and there a lot of background issues. Looks like both camps are playing hard ball? |
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| TheReturnOfTheKing | Jun 12 2011, 12:39 PM Post #201 |
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yup, rovers should be demanding 22m imo, same as we bid, they need to look after themselves |
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| FLOPP'D | Jun 12 2011, 01:04 PM Post #202 |
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| The Sicilian | Jun 12 2011, 01:11 PM Post #203 |
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![]() Liverpool fans thinking this is a victory. The deal will still be done @ £16m IMO. |
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| TheReturnOfTheKing | Jun 12 2011, 02:02 PM Post #204 |
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sportingintel sportingintelligence by tariqpanja Looks like Jones will imminently be Man Utd player. Story soon. Even Venky's didn't expect #mufc to cave so quick + up offer after #lfc bid By Nick Harris Prompted by a ‘hardball’ attitude from Blackburn Rovers owners and a late £22m bid on Saturday from Liverpool for Rovers’ England under-21 defender Phil Jones , Manchester United have agreed to pay £20.5m for the player and the deal is expected to be completed imminently. It is mid-afternoon in India at the time of writing and the decisions were finalised this morning, Indian time. As has been widely – and correctly – reported, there was a £16.5m release clause in the extended Rovers contract that Jones, 19, signed in February. But the Rovers owners’ contention was that it didn’t necessarily force them to sell Jones as soon as one club triggered it with a bid of that amount. A crucial fact that muddied the waters is United appeared to know precise details about the terms of the release before Rovers had given any club permission to speak to the player. The only way United could have known this is if Rovers had told them – and sources insist they didn’t – or if somebody else told them when they shouldn’t have done so under the letter of the transfer laws. This fact, as well as Liverpool’s offer of £22m, gave Rovers some traction in negotiations. Well-placed senior sources in India have made it clear that a tapping-up complaint against Manchester United was an option open to them. If Manchester United felt they were on solid ground with their £16.5m deal and no more, that’s what they’d be paying. But they’re not paying that. That’s why the deal has been agreed at £20.5m. They are paying more to make the deal happen now. Venky’s did not want to go down the acrimonious route of official complaints if it could be avoided, and clearly feel there is no point in dragging the situation out further. In any case, Jones has made it clear his preference is to join United. In the end, it was decided that holding out for more than £20.5m wasn’t going to help manager Steve Kean’s planning. Kean flew into Mumbai yesterday. The owners and Kean spent yesterday in Pune, discussing their options. The Rao family, who bought Blackburn late last year, wanted to keep Jones. That was their preference. Income from a sale is of no relevance to them. But once it was clear Jones was never going to be persuaded to stay – even on £80,000 a week and with the future captaincy as bait – the issue was getting as much above £16.5m as possible. Sportingintelligence does not know whether Liverpool would have gone higher than £22m but that bid was made yesterday. If nothing else, this saga demonstrates that United and Liverpool are both going to spend large amounts this summer. http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2011/06/12/manchester-united-set-to-pay-20-5m-for-jones-after-late-22m-offer-from-liverpool-120601/ _______________________________________________________________ a good example is our bid for Ziege's release clause and bought him although Boro had higher offers on the table, we got him at the price of his release clause but were ordered through the courts to compensate Boro |
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| mcfc1975 | Jun 12 2011, 02:11 PM Post #205 |
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thats suprising utd tapping up a player i know it happens all the time, but to publicly flaut these rules and take the player for a medical in front of the global media before being given permission takes the p*** tbh, i havent really followed this transfer saga!! |
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| stacie | Jun 12 2011, 02:44 PM Post #206 |
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I don't believe for one second United tapped him up. I still think the owners just wanted more money, although IF United have agreed to pay more they must have accepted there was something iffy about the way the original deal was done on the side of either party. |
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| TheReturnOfTheKing | Jun 12 2011, 02:50 PM Post #207 |
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if united paid more than the release clause, they did it because they did something wrong earlier if they didnt do anything wrong, they would not have paid a cent more |
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| Woody | Jun 12 2011, 02:51 PM Post #208 |
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Apparently Rovers attempt to open up the bidding for Phil Jones has failed and Manchester Utd will pay the amount stated in his release clause |
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| Monty | Jun 13 2011, 03:04 PM Post #209 |
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MUFC have officially confirmed the deal |
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| Monty | Jun 13 2011, 03:06 PM Post #210 |
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United seal Jones deal Phil Jones is set to become United's first signing of summer 2011 after the Reds successfully negotiated a transfer with his current club Blackburn Rovers. A club statement published on Monday reads as follows: "Manchester United is delighted to announce it has signed an agreement with Blackburn Rovers for the transfer of Phil Jones. "The player passed a medical in Manchester last week and has agreed a 5-year contract. The deal will be completed once the player returns from international duty." Jones, 19, came through the youth ranks at Blackburn before turning professional on 1 July 2009. He made his senior debut two months later, in a Carling Cup victory at Nottingham Forest, and went on to make a total of 40 appearances for Rovers. The robust central defender, who can also play in midfield, has been capped seven times so far by England at Under-21 level. The latest appearance was in Denmark on Sunday, when he started alongside new club colleagues Tom Cleverley, Chris Smalling and Danny Welbeck in the 1-1 draw with Spain in the UEFA Under-21 Championships. |
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