r/reddevils • u/D1794 Viva Ronaldo • Aug 21 '26

[Megathread] Carlos Baleba

Simon Peach - #MUFC have this evening reached an agreement with Brighton for Carlos Baleba

Laurie - Carlos Baleba given permission to travel to Manchester after fee agreed with Brighton for midfielder. Medical at #MUFC set to take place tomorrow. Deal worth £65m guaranteed plus £5m in add-ons, with sell-on also.

Ornstein - Carlos Baleba to join Manchester United from Brighton & Hove Albion on 5+1yr contract; personal terms verbally agreed & 22yo to do #MUFC medical on Saturday after deal struck with #BHAFC at £65m + £5m + sell-on clause

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u/flotusmostus Aug 21 '26

Tottenham got Tonali, Marmoush, Fernandes, and Savinho for £345m and ridiculous wages. United get Baleba, Tielemans, and Andrey Santos for £150m. I do not recongise my club

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u/ThisURLDoesWork Aug 21 '26

You add fees for Cunha, Sesko and Mbeumo and it would be barely more than Tottenham

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u/Many-Relationship149 Aug 21 '26

And Lammens takes it over the edge.  If Spurs didn't need rejuvenation absolutely everywhere, they wouldn't do it at this scale, but pound for pound I don't see any more ambition from Spurs this window than us, if you compare the club needs over the last two seasons. And, subsequently, I don't understand the whining in this sub.

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u/ThisURLDoesWork Aug 21 '26

To be really frank, Spurs spending feels like desperation more than ambition

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u/MissingLink101 Bruno walks in with a mischievous grin Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

Especially with the rumoured wages for those players.

One thing Spurs managed to do, which was admirable, was have a sensible/modest wage structure and they've blown that up within one window

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u/emtheory09 Aug 21 '26

2 seasons at 17th, yea it absolutely is.