KaKa

5 minutes ago, Sempiternal said:

https://www.spotrac.com

Nice 

Is it just the EPL as far as European leagues though? Looks like it, which would be a shame.

4 minutes ago, SteV said:

I generally go here:

 

https://www.capology.com/player/ferran-torres-36585/

 

You’re right though, there’s often loads of differing numbers so you can never treat anything as an absolute 

Yeah, the salary information seems to vary wildly.

Site looks a good one though so probably pretty reliable or close at least 

3 minutes ago, nufc123 said:

Not sure. Career not been going in the right direction lately. Poor numbers last two seasons. Maybe he needs a new start?

Yeah, he's surprisingly young still, and I think he just got lost in the recent transfer chaos at Barca.

Has always shown flashes of quality, but has been at Man City and Barca most recently where he hasn't really gotten consistent game time.

Think he'd be an Isak and Bruno calibre of signing, and at £30 million would be a really great deal.

Just now, SteV said:

£170k? Think that would be at the very, very extreme end of what we could/would go to.

What is actually the most reliable source for player wages?

I've seen numbers ranging from £100,00 to that £170,000 figure.

1 minute ago, SteV said:

Wages probably too high unless he was willing to take a bit of a drop

I had a look around and his wages seem to be in and around what we pay our better players, so not out of the question wage wise.

1 minute ago, Joseph said:

Had on, you absolutely love posting obscure players that we “should” be in for, as if the scouting team might catch wind of your posts.

I'm so tired of this thread and the people in it man ...

If you think that comparison makes sense then good luck to you. I'll leave you lot to it.

So complain away to your heart's content.

Oh and the speculated fee was around £30 million, which would be incredible really.

https://barcauniversal.com/newcastle-united-internally-discussing-move-for-barcelona-winger-could-sign-him-for-e35-million/

Some Ferran Torres rumours have come up, with claims he's been discussed due to his experience at Man City in the prem and his versatility, as he can play either side and up top.

Only just turned 23 years old too, which surprised me. 

Think he'd be a really great pick up if true.

So do you guys think Howe logs in here to read this same stuff that gets posted after every slight link?

Or do you think posting this same thing continuously will magically make it not happen?

Before everyone starts having a melt down, I was just kidding so relax.

14 minutes ago, Ikon said:

Have a fucking break Kaka.

Make me, sissy boy ...

2 minutes ago, bowlingcrofty said:

Still think we’ll see a spend in region of £150m-£175m over 5 or 6 players, with the bulk of that on 3 or 4 biggies with a free or a couple of youngsters making up the rest 

Yeah, I think this is what our summer will look like too.

I think Levy has wanted Rodgers all along, and is pushing this narrative of them being rejected by all these people so that the Spurs fans aren't as against the Rodgers move when it eventually happens.

9 minutes ago, wyn davies said:

Deli Ali appears he may need somewhere to go, would Howe sort him out, or am I being stupid , Trips may have an influence on him

Dele is way too far gone, and on top of that didn't really suit Howe's defensive intensity even at his best. So not a chance of us having anything to do with him.

Just now, Geordie Ahmed said:

 

You've really got this twisted, at no point have I said you can't share your opinion or that you can't even disagree with people

 

I simply called you and your friend obnoxious because that's exactly how you were behaving, carry on for all I care, I just find it strange that you would behave in an obnoxious way but then get upset when you are called out on it but if that's your thing then carry on

 

 

I'm really not upset at all.

But we can leave this now, because it's getting us nowhere.

At this point I really hope we don't sign the guy, because this place is going to be unbearable if we do.

Just now, Geordie Ahmed said:

 

I really haven't 

 

Using your logic we may as well shut all the threads related to transfers, we trust Howe/the club to do the right thing and that's that, end of discussion

 

 

Not this old trope again ...

Continuously complaining about how shit a player is that we have signed or we are looking to sign, is not a discussion of any kind, and so I am not sure what the point of continuously posting that sort of thing is.

Now, having said that, no one has asked you to delete your post, and neither has anyone kicked you off the forum for it. So by all means feel free to carry on, but in the same manner I'm just as within my right to disagree with your posts too, and so here we are ...

1 minute ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

 

You're getting confused, your opinion on McTominay isn't obnoxious, it's you questioning whether someone that has a different opinion to you has a UEFA Licence, whilst presumably you don't have one? That's the obnoxious bit

 

 

No. You've missed the point I was making.

Ultimately you saying a player is poor and we shouldn't be signing them, really doesn't matter much if the manager doesn't agree with you, and wants the player signed.

Just because you think he's a poor player, doesn't mean that he actually is a poor player to everyone. I'm sure Howe and his numerous staff of analysts have their reasons for wanting him, if they are indeed interested. They aren't just a bunch of morons looking to sign 'shit' players like a bunch of you proclaim he is.

3 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

I haven't even whinged about McTominay in every thread so no idea what "you lot" are on about

 

You should try to debate the point rather than chucking nonsense about 

 

As it happens I agree with you that Howe has earned the right to sign whoever he wants, I just think the way you and that Man-U fan are going about it is completely obnoxious

You are one of many and so I have thrown you all together because you all sound the same.

There is nothing obnoxious at all about what I have said regarding McTominay or any other player the manager has signed or wants to sign. He is an excellent manager, so I say let him get on with it.

It is tiring people going on so matter of factly about who Howe should be signing, like they know better than he does! I think that's obnoxious!

Just now, Geordie Ahmed said:

 

Who on earth is you lot?

You lot that are in seemingly every thread whining about McTominay and/or Gordon.

5 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

Again it's an illogical argument

 

Sir Bobby Robson signed Bowyer, a lot of fans said he was a shite signing, that wasn't fans thinking they know better than Sir Bobby Robson when it came to football, they just knew he wasn't good enough and it turned out to be true

 

As it happens I think McTominay has some decent attributes where he can be a useful player, the big thing Howe would need to coach out of him is the way he hides but that's definitely coachable. I just don't think it's fair to be so dismissive of people that don't rate him or think we should sign him. And to use shit arguments like "stop disrespecting Howe" or "What are your UEFA qualifications?" is just pathetic 

It's not about who knows better about football, it's the fact that the manager has to be allowed to sign the players he wants to work with. Then he can be judged fairly on the results.

If he signs a bunch of duds and they flop then he's out. Simple as that. Don't see it happening with Howe though. He has consistently got the best out of the sorts of players a lot of you don't like, unfortunately for you lot. It is what it is though, these are the kind of players he has done well with.

We'll still have some players that are more like Isak and Bruno sprinkled in there too, but you lot are never happy unless every single player is of that type, but that will never be the case with Howe, so maybe you'll have to support another team while he's here.

5 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

 

I find comments like this to be completely illogical

 

If you want to disregard the opinion of someone that doesn't rate a player because they aren't UEFA qualified coaches then equally you should stop sharing yours, unless of course you are a UEFA qualified coach?

There's opinions and there's folks thinking they know better than the manager, who he should sign. Especially after he's just sealed top 4 with a pretty ordinary squad of players on the whole.

It is absolutely ridiculous.

Just now, TheDarkKnight said:

 

It's true.

 

It's amazing how many UEFA qualified coaches are on football posting boards.

 

1 hour ago, Skeletor said:

Can understand Man Utd wanting him off the books, but even Froggy has said he isn't good enough for a CL team (the other Man Utd fan disappeared sharply after his lies about McTominay were exposed in the game at SJP). I think he will end up at West Ham or somewhere on that level, which will be a decent move for all parties. We make too much of Howe getting the best out of poor players as though we always have to sign poor players. Those poor players he's getting the best out of are a hangover from the Ashley era which is dying piece by piece. Give Howe some great players and let him work his wonders on them.

 

 

 

If Howe actually does want him then he clearly doesn't think he is a poor player, and so doesn't agree with you analysts, unfortunately for you.

I wonder if we'd have another think about Zakaria if Chelsea aren't keeping him.

7 hours ago, Sufi said:

Thats a valid point. He's a feisty little guy though. I think we have enough tenacity and strength in the squad. We can afford to have a slightly smaller guy who works hard. What he lacks in size he makes up for everywhere else tbh. Reminds me a bit of a young Modric in his agility and range of passing. Obviously not comparing him to Luka in any other way asides from that and maybe the size criticism. 

I like him a lot, there's another similarish smaller midfielder that plays for Sassuolo, Maxime Lopez, that I like too.

I just think in that deeper midfield role, from most of the links we've seen, it is likely that we are looking for someone with some physical presence in there.

I might be wrong though!