CONFIRMED Iliman Ndiaye to Marseille

[Chingo]

That’s a. It weak. So we got a million for DCL when we were bringing in players for small amounts in the first division.

can you tell me which players we can bring in to compete in the premier league, which would also make up for the loss of Illy

Paul Mitchell’s job that , no I don’t know anyone to replace him but with how it’s all gone down he was never going to play for us in the coming season so what was the alternative to getting what we can for him?

 

[petcharlie]

Because the club allowed it to get this far. We've had 3 years to get him a contract sorted.

Same with Berge.

Well said . Now our star man has gone there could be more wanting to go .

 

[ThatJa]

You can't force anybody to sign a contract.

No you can't but I'm pretty sure the season before last he would have been very interested in signing a contract.

 

[petcharlie]

You can't force anybody to sign a contract.

but you can force them to play to their contract

 

[paidsy]

No you can't but I'm pretty sure the season before last he would have been very interested in signing a contract.

The same season he almost forced a move out because he wasn't happy. Yeah sure that year was ideal for contract negotiations.

 

[Chingo]

Offered him that contract 12/6 months ago, instead of pissing around until the last minute.

Then we could well have not got promoted and be paying him north of 40k a week in the championship!

 

[Panini]

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Why bother? A vocal minority of fans have long since decided that he's pocketing half the billions we're making for himself and propping Beerschot up with the other half.

 

[unitedbhoy]

Doesn't matter the fans know the owner/board are absolutely clueless and just lost the confidence of the majority of the fan base.

This is one of the most clueless decisions in the history of our club for the sake of peanuts in terms of Premier league fees.

Only the owners of Sheffield United could do something like this.

Because this is peak Sheffield United this is what we do.

We pull the rug from under the management team who have worked wonders and completely destroy the feel good factor around the club from promotion.

I have never known a club repeatedly make as many f*ck ups as our club.

Illiman Ndiaye brings flair and brings something that no one else can do we won't get anyone even close to Illiman level therefore we are even weaker than before.

No doubt we will sign some absolute whopper like a Craig Beattie who couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo.

Fans of our club don't ask for much and get again we have been shit on from a great height and don't learn and that is what is so infuriating because Hecky has surpassed anything we thought possible and now is having the rug pulled from under him.

The Prince and co are just another in a long list of short sighted owners.

Well said

 

[ThatJa]

The same season he almost forced a move out because he wasn't happy. Yeah sure that year was ideal for contract negotiations.

He has alot to thank this club for. We bought him from Boreham wood and gave him his chance, when no other club would.

 

[CoatesyBlade]

His message.

That’s not his account is it?

 

[petcharlie]

No you can't but I'm pretty sure the season before last he would have been very interested in signing a contract.

We were far to slow to see it or the prince did not want to part with anymore money for wages .

 

[fifty shades of blade]

That’s not his account is it?

Unless he has changed his first name, no!!

 

[paidsy]

He has alot to thank this club for. We bought him from Boreham wood and gave him his chance, when no other club would.

Yet he's not been remotely bothered about that of late with contract talks. People need to get into the real world a tad and stop living in make believe land. We can't force him to sign a contract and we are still paying the price for people being financially reckless the last time we were in the prem. It's a shit outcome, but there's not a great deal we can do is there?

 

[Grizzly blade]

Ok:
1. The season hasn’t started and the window hasn’t closed. The fact is, people like to assume knowledge about our finances and intentions based on their disposition. I’ll judge our chances when I know the squad.
2. We don’t know who might step up. Not one person thought Lunny would in PL year 1.
3. Our first choice defence is largely ok. It needs cover.
4. Midfield and attack needs additions, but see point 1.
4. We don’t know which club might shit the bed next year. Not many had Leicester to struggle.

1. Heard it all before…blind optimism.
2. No we don’t, we now have doubts over who will still be here
3. No it’s not. It’s going to be torn a new one most weeks and under twice the pressure it was last season every week.
4. Midfield and attack was average last season…bar one player.
5. We don’t have a bed, never mind one to shit on

 

[ThatJa]

Yet he's not been remotely bothered about that of late with contract talks. People need to get into the real world a tad and stop living in make believe land. We can't force him to sign a contract and we are still paying the price for people being financially reckless the last time we were in the prem. It's a shit outcome, but there's not a great deal we can do is there?

I'm not saying we can force someone to sign right now, but when things wasn't as rosy and no club was interested I'm pretty sure he would have signed. We were too slow.

 

[Chilttheblade]

Champions league, top 4 in French league a fair amount and another club could come in for him in 2 or 3 years...sounds better than a relegation battle even if you don't factor in the home ties

Good point,well made

 

[metalblade]

I'm not sure this is a good career move for Illy the French league is nowhere near the quality of the Premier League. As it stands he is not proven at the top level, sure he will make lots of money at his boyhood club but will he improve much more as a player in a league with as many good teams you can count on your fingers.

Gutted but good luck to him, we move on, back to Yorkshire derbies for us next season

 

[Blade56]

Get CONFIRMED on it

 

[Stretch]

He has alot to thank this club for. We bought him from Boreham wood and gave him his chance, when no other club would.

I suppose he could argue that he has repaid us. He drove us to a promotion that stopped us from potentially going into administration. He didn't do it single handedly, but was the spearhead of the campaign.

 

[Davalon]

Unfortunately people saying its not 13 million isn't going to cut it with a lot of fans.

It may be much higher but until anything more official or trustworthy spells it out, then some will just see it as propaganda, rightly or not.

It's OK people being all self righteous and talking down to those royally pissed off but football fans aren't all like that.

If nothing credible comes out showing a decent deal on our side and replacements are meh loans, then the atmosphere will sadly contribute to our already very slim chances.

 

[A Storm of Blades]

1. Heard it all before…blind optimism.
2. No we don’t, we now have doubts over who will still be here
3. No it’s not. It’s going to be torn a new one most weeks and under twice the pressure it was last season every week.
4. Midfield and attack was average last season…bar one player.
5. We don’t have a bed, never mind one to shit on

Christ. Where to even begin with this

 

[petcharlie]

Let's hope it's a big fee. Then we can go and get Barry Bannan.

We could not afford him ,now that just about sums up what a bloody mess we are in . We must be the poorest club to grace the prem

 

[K1 flabby stick]

Ffs what a bunch of moaning tossers.
I'm getting another Super Bock.
That's all from Portugal.

 

[ThatJa]

Should have negotiated in January and accepted 25mil and asked for a loan back til end of season just gone, would have worked out as a better deal.

 

[paidsy]

I'm not saying we can force someone to sign right now, but when things wasn't as rosy and no club was interested I'm pretty sure he would have signed. We were too slow.

So that would have to have been before the Slav season, when he hadn't kicked a ball. Not sure this has been thought through much.

 

[Chingo]

Unless he has changed his first name, no!!

Ok we offer Ndaiye and Berge 40k a week 18 months ago and then don’t go up … could we afford those kind of wages in the championship?

 

[Panini]

1. Heard it all before…blind optimism.
2. No we don’t, we now have doubts over who will still be here
3. No it’s not. It’s going to be torn a new one most weeks and under twice the pressure it was last season every week.
4. Midfield and attack was average last season…bar one player.
5. We don’t have a bed, never mind one to shit on

Ok, you win on all 5 counts.

Now what?

 

[Working Class Hero]

Do what i am doing stopping at home . Do not see the point on spoiling my weekends supporting a club so badly run with no ambition no money even though they have had parachute payments biggest gates in the championship plus two lots of promotion money 35 million for their goalie and now this and they expect the supporters to be happy spending 3 million on signings with no chance of survival in the prem being used as cannon fodder . No thanks . Hope you enjoy it mate i do feel for most supporters on here others deserve what is coming to them .

I won't be stopping at home because it's a hobby and a social thing, but there really is a sense of apathy about United now. Not just from me and not just because we've apparently sold Ndiaye. It's been there since Covid if we're all honest. It's definitely worsened today though!

 

[Davalon]

Gutted.

We’ll never know whether it was always his intention to go to OM or whether circumstances have made the move viable for both parties.

My feeling is that if we’d not messed him about the last contract he signed (refusing to play him until he signed) he’d have had more reason to stay.

He’s the best player I’ve ever seen for us in 32 years of watching the Blades and it will leave a big hole in an already threadbare squad, we aren’t replacing him for any amount of money.

If he wanted to leave and we’re brassic then I can see the logic.

Sheffield United can’t have nice things though, things like this happen when we do.

Tis true sadly.

Most clubs sell their players at some point but we're masters at selling our crown jewels at the worst possible times.

I've honestly felt things have changed in recent years but I feel like this will have greater knock on effects than just losing our best and most exciting player.

 

[ThatJa]

So that would have to have been before the Slav season, when he hadn't kicked a ball. Not sure this has been thought through much.

Exactly, so why wouldn't he sign on better terms at that point? If the club truly believed he would be one of the best, which the Prince is on record saying, then why not give him that bit of a wage hike on a 5 year deal? Now we would have a player worth 40million quid.

Instead, the club let it get to this.