@RobertQPRST: Reliably informed that Charlie Austin will undergo his Man Utd medical tonight. Fee around £15 million + add ons. I wish him all the best. Tweeter is the chairman of the QPR supporters trust
Putting aside the fact that I don't want Charlie to leave, I don't think this would be a good move for him.
I'd be immensely underwhelmed as a Utd fan. What to you think? If true, I hope we are spending £5-10m on a replacement.
This has all come from a Twitter account which is clearly a fake, it was in French until today and now suddenly it's apparently the head of qpr supporters trust, complete load of bollox!! What it has highlighted is that A. It's easy to wind up a lot of people on line. and B. Charlie is currently on the lash at Reading festival, can't see him doing a medical anywhere tomorrow!!
No matter how much we intend to spend on a replacement, which I would expect to be no more than 2.5 million, we are leaving ourselves woefully short of time to push a deal through before 18:00 on Tuesday. Unless of course a replacement is already lined up.
If true, good luck Charlie. Also, can Utd let us have someone (or two) as a p/x, a defender and striker would be nice - and no hopeless cast offs (Ferdinand and Machado come to mind).
Charlie not in the England Squad, And UNITED BID FOR MARTIAL Manchester United have bid in excess of €50million for Monaco forward Anthony Martial, according to French media outlet RMC.
Austin - called up alongside Vardy in the summer - is not selected after scoring four goals in five games in the Championship.