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Start of the season isn't end of the window, tbf.

 

Modric is still at Spurs

RvP is still at Arsenal.

Debuchy is still at Lille.

Chelsea/Man City haven't even swooped for Catts yet ffs.

 

Might as well cross out Modric too as Madrid have agreed a fee for him....in other words 2 down 1 to go  :snod:

 

:thup:

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Was well impressed with the look of Lille's new 50,000 seater stadium... I wonder if it will be a game changer for Lille's future... Always got the impression they got quite small crowds even when winning the double...

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Us being frugal isn't a terrible way to go in the financial climate of the game, and Pardew all but confirmed that at the talk-in last night. But it'd be absolutely f***ing scandalous if we missed out on this player over the sake of £1m, regardless of the success we've had with this policy so far. You've got to find a medium somewhere; we can't forget that Cabaye and Ben Arfa were two of the bargains of the century at less than £5m each. You can throw Ba in with that, too. Surely we can afford to relinquish our stubbornness just a bit.

 

He's a fantastic player who would improve us immeasurably, and he wants to come here. There should be no excuses if we miss out on him.

 

I don't think it's about being frugal as we agreed a price for him. If his value's gone up since then they have the option to sell elsewhere, but not many clubs want to pay £6m for a 27 yr old full back with no resale value otherwise he'd have been signed already.

Agree with this.

 

The longer this goes on, the less interested I am in seeing him here. It might be a good idea to see how young Tavernier goes in the position before shelling out shitloads on a 27 year old.

 

:serious: #Speechless

 

:lol: FFS

 

Like a 27-year old is "old" in football. Hardly shitloads either

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Ashley Cole is coming up 32 and he is by quite some distance the best fullback in the league.

Is that really the problem in this particular deal? I was of the impression it's because once he does get to that sort of his age he won't be worth very much.

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we went to six million for a 23 year old who is relatively unproven, I think they (ashley/dekka/charns) are quite rigid in their appraisals of how much a player is worth and I am sure that the mechanics to arrive at these sums are influenced by future resale value.

Cabaye's post is: nail head hit

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I don't see how the Cole example is that relevant, you could quote many many players who aren't worth buying at his age.

 

I agree 27 isn't old like obviously.

 

Even getting solid fullback work from Debuchy for 3 years would be worth it for the price, imo.

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Ashley Cole is coming up 32 and he is by quite some distance the best fullback in the league.

Is that really the problem in this particular deal? I was of the impression it's because once he does get to that sort of his age he won't be worth very much.

 

Wonder how much Cole is worth?

 

 

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