21 Jul 2026 20:11:29
It seems Al-Hilal have agreed a £68m fee with West Ham for Crysencio Summerville.

That is a hell of a lot for someone who has been talked of as a £40m player. Suppose it will come down to whether he wants to go to Saudi.

Wonder if the wages on offer could influence his decision in any way. ??

1.) 21 Jul 2026
21 Jul 2026 21:30:34
£68m???? Madness. He's ok at best.

Does make sense why we've gone for the young lad at Spurs, and the likelihood of Rashford staying increases every day.

2.) 22 Jul 2026
21 Jul 2026 23:55:58
Yep, that's right, Eric, it is madness. Thing is, though, this is becoming the new normal.

I posted some weeks past that last year's record fees would become this summer's usual, and regrettably, we are going to have to adapt to this.

This evening Bournemouth have rejected an offer of £64m from Chelsea for Alex Scott. I suspect Chelsea will go back with an offer of about £80m+ and get their man.



If we are genuinely interested in Manu Kone, I think we need to move fairly quickly. Further delay only gives the selling club reason to increase the fee requested.

Seemingly, we have decided against trying for Alex Scott and Carlos Baleba due to cost. Clearly, Jason Wilcox and Christopher Vivell are going to have to pull some rabbits out of the hat to fill the available spaces. I wish them luck!

3.) 22 Jul 2026
22 Jul 2026 04:57:13
Imagine if we didn't pay so much for these players and they accepted realistic wages, how much cheaper a ticket would be! Well theoretically anyway. ?

Sad times indeed when average players demand command such a fee.

4.) 22 Jul 2026
22 Jul 2026 06:20:44
The management are facing a lose-lose position because of the stupid amounts being paid for players elsewhere. Selling clubs now are raising their prices to sell, based on the frankly idiotic prices paid by the likes of Chelsea for Rogers.

If he is worth 117m, then Scott of Bournemouth, who is probably at least 70% as good, logically is worth more than the £64m apparently rejected by Bournemouth.

Are Utd going to just pay ever-increasing, stupidly high prices, or be sensible and refuse, and try to find value in other places whilst accepting it's more than likely that the club will be handicapped in winning trophies and even finishing in the Champions League, thereby reducing future prospects and income to get better players? As fans, will we have the patience and willingness to be uncompetitive? Or will we urge Utd to spend, spend, spend, and yet complain at the ever-increasing ticket prices and commercial exploitation needed to fund the spending.



I would love us to be principled and blood a team of youngsters from the academy into a successful first team, but that's virtually impossible today while remaining competitive.

The Premier League needs to get a grip on this and find a way to really limit the absurd amounts being spent.

5.) 22 Jul 2026
22 Jul 2026 08:28:52
It's not up to the EPL. It's up to responsible and effective leadership from company execs to not pay.

6.) 22 Jul 2026
22 Jul 2026 11:01:48
Yes Ken, but the clubs' managements in general show little desire to control expenditure, and the game ultimately will be taken away from the most important element... us, the fans. And, if we can't afford to go, don't buy overpriced merchandise, don't pay ever-increasing TV subscriptions.

Then the clubs' incomes will fall, and the clubs' existence will be in jeopardy, so that the league structures fail. Therefore, its supposed guardians, the Premier League, need to reign in the overspending.

7.) 22 Jul 2026
22 Jul 2026 11:08:06
Fees are out of control. Rogers is now the most expensive transfer ever, which is ridiculous. He's decent, but it's still a mad fee.

It seems we aren't getting involved in the madness, which is limiting our options.

I have mixed feelings about that. We don't have the funds to splurge £100M on a player without it massively impacting our ability to strengthen the squad, but it will mean we will likely miss out on first choices.

8.) 22 Jul 2026
22 Jul 2026 11:37:33
Football was taken away from the fans long ago. It's just now a billion pound business. It's all got out of hand and will continue to go even further until the bubble bursts, which it will. The question is just when. Until then, you either move with it or fall by the wayside. It's very romantic thinking you can build a team these days on potential and cheap buys, but it's just that romance; it won't happen. Ex-players moan about players' salaries, but they did exactly the same; it's all relevant.

Let's be honest, clubs don't really care about the fans. They try to sing that tune, but get real: it's no longer about your local team, it's a billion pound industry and its supply and demand...
So players' fees will become extortionate like salaries they already are, but they will keep rising. You either move with it or don't. If you take the don't route, don't moan when you win FA.