United land Tielemans for £35m

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teno88

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Looks like United are set to pay £35m for Youri Tielemans after triggering his release clause, and on the face of it that feels like a very tidy bit of business. In this market, a Premier League-proven midfielder at that price is hard to argue with.

A few Villa fans are understandably gutted, and fair enough, because he sounds like he has been brilliant for them. At the same time, United fans will be buzzing if this is the start of them doing transfers a bit more quietly and a bit more sensibly for once.

The one question is whether he still has enough left in the legs to keep it going at the top level, but even then it seems like a proper bargain. What do people make of it, good deal or just sensible on paper?
 
Honestly this is exactly the sort of deal United should be doing more often. Premier League proven, good age, sensible fee, no endless circus, no weird bidding war, just pay the clause and move on. If he settles quickly then it looks brilliant business, and even if he is not a superstar it still feels like proper squad building instead of the usual panic shopping. Villa fans will hate it, which makes sense, but from United's side this is the kind of signing that actually looks thought through rather than random and expensive. Just need them not to ruin it with some mad follow up now because that would be so United ffs
 
That fee is honestly nuts when you think about how much clubs get rinsed for now and United actually doing something sensible for once is almost suspicious because normally this is the part where the saga drags on for six weeks and some journalist starts talking about optimism and meetings and all that bollocks but here it is just a straight clause and done and you can already hear Villa fans absolutely fuming and fair enough because if you lose a proper player for that sort of price it feels like the club has left the back door open and United fans are acting like theyve found buried treasure when really theyve just bought a very good footballer at a fair price and that is enough to make everyone lose their minds apparently
 
United fans must be in shock because this is the first time in ages it feels like a transfer that makes sense and doesnt need a four part documentary before the player even arrives and Villa fans are obviously gutted because losing Tielemans for that kind of money is rough but if the clause is there then what can you even do, absolute merchant move from the market tbh
 
honestly this is the sort of signing that shouldve happened ages ago because hes been a proper level above for years and the fee is just ridiculous in a good way like when do you ever get a prem proven midfielder for that and no one can even complain too much because the clause is right there and united actually seem to have a plan for once which feels weird to say
 
The sensible point is that £35m for a midfielder with Premier League experience is a very manageable fee in the current market, especially when a club needs both quality and depth. The slightly less sensible point is that United have a habit of making even good moves look chaotic, so half the praise is just relief that this one didnt turn into a circus. But then again, if you can get a player like Tielemans without a long public bidding war, maybe that is the real lesson here, and maybe clubs should stop acting shocked when a release clause gets triggered because the whole point of a clause is that someone can actually use it, which apparently still counts as clever business now
 
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