54 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Ooh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Interesting. West Ham are closing on a £16million transfer for Bayer Leverkusen striker Javier Hernandez.-Daily mail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Stoke finally got rid of Glenn Whelan. Him and Jedinak in midfield for Villa has potential to be very slow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Stoke getting Delph too. They're going to look very solid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Not sure Delph will ever regain his form and motivation. I'd have taken him here, like but largely to keep Colback away from the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Don't rate him, reckon Stoke will underperform as they always do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Don't rate him, reckon Stoke will underperform as they always do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Milan certainly going for it! About time Juve had some competition! Revealed: The story behind AC Milan's £160m spending spree http://dailym.ai/2vlRQqH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 West Ham assembling a 2011 Premier League dream team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Why aren't we in for him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Barcelona have bid €80million (£72m) for Liverpool's Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Barcelona have bid €80million (£72m) for Liverpool's Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho. Good price in today's market if they get him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Considering Lukaku's £75m, £72m for Coutinho is a snip like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I really rate Coutinho but the money is really fucking stupid now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Increasingly obvious it's a bubble, which at some point will pop. All of a sudden no-one will be willing to match expected TV rights on the next deal and suddenly clubs will find themselves with ludicrous financial obligations and much less income, or something of the sort. It may be a long time till it pops who knows but it's getting so far out of line with any kind of sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I reckon these fees are about three times what I'd say would seem appropriate (whatever that means when we're talking about buying footballers). £24m for Coutinho, £25m for Lukaku, £18m for Walker seems alright; big money for top players but fair enough. It's just gone ballistic in the last year or so. This market is mental. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 The rate of it getting out of control has accelerated so much in the past year. Generally speaking, above average players go for what you would have paid for an excellent player just a few years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I still can't see Neymar leaving but if Coutinho is his replacement then RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I reckon these fees are about three times what I'd say would seem appropriate (whatever that means when we're talking about buying footballers). £24m for Coutinho, £25m for Lukaku, £18m for Walker seems alright; big money for top players but fair enough. It's just gone ballistic in the last year or so. This market is mental. £20m for Walker £30m for Lukaku £40m for Coutinho In old money probably. There's nowhere to go with it. In the current market you'd be paying half a billion for Messi tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Totally agree with the view that prices are ridiculous, but aren't the prices roughly the same percentage of turnover as they have been for the last 15-20 years? Turnover has increased hugely and so fees have increased proportionately. Just a shame some of the extra cash hasn't gone towards lower ticket prices or stadium/academy spend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 CLEAR THE FRONT PAGE! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Samba, Terry, Whelan, Jedinak. Quite the pacey quartet there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Fucking hell I forgot he was still alive. What a shit signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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