Word on the street is Roma are going to bid £500k, which isn't a big deal, but apparently it will be accepted.... If this turns out, then our bid of £1million being rejected is a bit of a joke. Also, will we be going back in for him for half the price we were willing to pay? Get him signed.
We don't actually know how much we bid though. I still think this might happen on deadline day if they can't get him to lower his demands. No one likes waiting for a tribunal because you rarely get what you should.
This'll be the thinking. It's like how Shane Long was sold to West Brom for about 2 million less than Leicester's highest offer.
If he is prepared to sell to Roma and not us, it suggests to me that if he knuckles down he could be a threat. Maybe Ferguson feels Morrison needs to get as far away from Manchester as possible. Does seem strange to me though.
I swear Morrison wants first team football and would he be prepared to go abroad, he could wait till summer and leave on a free