Schneiderlin signs for Man U - official

I cannot help but wonder if Utd are waiting to see if Schweinsteiger signs for them for less than half the price being quoted for Morgan and if that stops them looking at Morgan. If Arsenal do sign Vidal; where does that leave Morgan also?

 

It's a sign. Just after 6am this morning, the first lorry I see: Morgan on the move

 

Hopefully you'll see a Dutch reg lorry going in the other direction

 

Don't worry that's just his watch collection

 

At the moment it feels like your much loved son may change his mind and stay, but only after you've let his room.

P.s. No, I don't think he'll still be here when the window shuts.

 

Liverpool obviously feel the same about Sterling as we feel about Morgan, don't really want him to go, so we'll price him high and see what bites we get.

 

The trouble with that is we don't want to get to the end of August with an unsettled player only for someone like Manure to buy him for the inflated asking price on deadline day when we haven't got time to get the replacement we need. I can see LVG and Wenger playing the waiting game to try and get the price down whilst unsettling the player
We could put pressure back on Morgan's preferred options to come up with the asking price by threatening to play him in the Europa Cup thus making him cup tied if he moves. Anything to get this sorted quickly really

 

If we intend to sell him, we won't play him in the Europa, although anyone who can afford him is probably in the Champions' League. I am assuming that wouldn't be a bar. It's an unusual season in having competitive matches arriving so early.

Just had a thought...playing him in the Europa could be a problem for a CL club who drops down to the Europa.

 

LvG won't like that

 

Though ****e to LGV

 

Or TGV, HGV... Sod it, can't think of any more.

 

I saw a report this morning that we are asking Utd if they are going to make a serious offer or not before we travel to Austria for preseason training. If true, this would suggest that we want to get the deal done soonest so his replacement can be bought and delivered to the training camp.

 

Can't quite see us asking United if they are making another offer...smacks of begging and gives the other team the strong hand. There is no point anyway...they are going to make another offer or they aren't. If we wanted to sell Morgan to fund some plans, we took a risk refusing the offer....when you do that you have to be able to live with the consequences if you miss out. Annoying to be left in limbo if we hoped to sell him, especially if Spider is unsettled, but fine if we are happy to keep him another season.

 

If he were an English player his fee would increase massively. Trouble is there are other foreigners about with equal ability, although not necessarily an international, for a lot less. (Am I allowed to say Foreigner these days or is that politically incorrect?)

 

Doesn't Morgan count as home grown under the rules?

 

Never thought of that to be honest......yes I think he does as he has been here for over 5 years and was part of our under 21 set up.

 

Yep I believe he does after 7 years and his age.

 

I thought so, so in theory his fee should be as high as an English CM of equal talent. Trouble is, I can't think of one!

 

Sadly that is so true.......!!!!!

 

I dare not to hope that we can keep Morgan for another year. It would be a fantastic bit of business, even if it means that we will be forced to sell him for a cut price next year.