Transfer Deadline Day will be in our country on Monday 8 September, but abroad the deadline in the top countries is already over. And so some of the largest outgoing deals have already been over.
The biggest deal of the ‘international’ transfer Deadline Day was perhaps the transfer of Senne Lammens from Royal Antwerp FC to Manchester United.
Senne Lammens for 20 million euros from Antwerp to Manchester United
That deal has been dragging on for a few weeks and only on the last day of the Mercato did an agreement for just over twenty million euros. A solid deal, although it also criticized.
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“20 million is Peanuts in England, isn’t it. In England it is a different competition, it is another sport for goalkeepers. We will have to see how he adapts to those wars in the penalty area,” says Vanhaezebrouck at Sporza.
Manchester United’s policy is wrong for Vanhaezebrouck
“Of course he has qualities, but we are going to see it. I don’t get it as Manchester United to wait for a transfer deadline day to get him. If you are convinced from him, then you get it earlier?”
According to Vanhaezebrouck you can then test it on training and possibly adjust it. That is now more difficult, since the season is already busy. “What kind of policy is that at Manchester United?”
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