23 Jun 2021 12:44:59
Good afternoon All.
Ed002 if you're available, are reports that United are looking to include players in the Sancho deal accurate? VdB is being reported by one media outlet.
Thanks and hope you're keeping well.

{Ed002's Note - I am not aware of any Borussia Dortmund interested in DvdB nor of him being offered as apart of any deal. The situation is very simple - Manchester United need to agree to pay the asking price shortly and then pay the fees being requested by his "agent" and they should be able to conclude the transfer.}

1.) 23 Jun 2021
23 Jun 2021 14:10:19
Hi Ed, you mentioned in a previous post that Chelsea were looking to deal directly with BD to avoid the agents fee - is this an approach open to united?

{Ed002's Note - That is partly correct. They are not looking to avoid agent fees but looking to keep them to a reasonable level. Manchester United are not taking that route except in the terms of any offers.}

2.) 23 Jun 2021
23 Jun 2021 15:05:33
Thanks Ed - makes sense. I would have assumed that clubs would have looked at every opportunity to keep the costs low - esp. when it amounts to £50m. Is it that Man Utd don't have the ability to do what Chelsea were looking to do?

{Ed002's Note - They have messed everyone around.}

3.) 23 Jun 2021
23 Jun 2021 17:08:35
I don’t have a great grasp of FFP so I was just wondering whether paying say £50m as an agents fee on top of a transfer affects FFP or is it purely transfers and wages? Thanks.

{Ed002's Note - It is a case of balancing the books and doing what is right. Over the years some clubs have spent huge amounts on agents - and Manchester United are not the worst.}

4.) 23 Jun 2021
23 Jun 2021 21:08:47
Apologies if this is not for these pages Ed, but could you shed some light on what these Agents fees comprises of and if is it a legal requirement? And, how much say do players have in how much the agents fees for their transfers are? I ask because in Sancho’s case, had his agent asked for £5m rather than £50, he may have ended up at Chelsea like he wants or may have got a transfer last year.

{Ed002's Note - The fees are nothing to do with the players themselves, but are for the efforts of the agents in identifying, achieving and resolving issues in relation to the players - most significantly transfers. Inb terms of some extreme cases, including Sancho, the agent fees are very significant.}

5.) 24 Jun 2021
24 Jun 2021 00:48:57
Thanks for sharing that Ed.

6.) 24 Jun 2021
24 Jun 2021 14:34:26
Ed002 if you will- seem to remember some talk a year or more back about agents fees being capped? Not sure if its the memory playing up or misreading the original staus. Any clarification please?

{Ed002's Note - Yes but nothing has happened yet.}

7.) 24 Jun 2021
24 Jun 2021 16:56:48
thanks for the update.