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...
LFEE Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Wonder what Villa's wage bill is. They went big last summer then in January and looking like it again this window but I don't really hear of anyone leaving of note. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Wonder what Villa's wage bill is. They went big last summer then in January and looking like it again this window but I don't really hear of anyone leaving of note. Think Mrs Doubtfire will have them challenging for promotion. Mackems are up against it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 All this Neymar/PSG stuff sounds dodgy as fuck. Apparently trying to get him to pay his own release clause off through a company to avoid FFP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 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. People said that at the last TV deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 All this Neymar/PSG stuff sounds dodgy as fuck. Apparently trying to get him to pay his own release clause off through a company to avoid FFP. Ahh, the contractor route role. It maybe more to avoid paying VAT on the deal, as in spain if you meet the release clause then you need to pay VAT on top. It's what did Man Utd initially when they tried to sign Herrera under Moyes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Samba, Terry, Whelan, Jedinak. Quite the pacey quartet there. Every upcoming opposition's report on Villa: They won't play a high line, try and somehow get them to play a high line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic 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. Everton paid 28m for Lukaku 3 years ago and he's scored over 70 goals since then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Aye, Lukaku is easily worth 50m in prices from a couple years ago. He would had went for over £100m if he had longer than year on his contract. 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. Everton paid 28m for Lukaku 3 years ago and he's scored over 70 goals since then. Fucking hell, aye. You've got a point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Yeah, when you think Torres went for 50m 6 years ago now and he'd been out of form for the previous 18 months, was regarded a daft fee though mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic 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. Everton paid 28m for Lukaku 3 years ago and he's scored over 70 goals since then. Fucking hell, aye. You've got a point. No need to be so shocked m8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I still don't understand how Sky are making this work financially. Desperate for the bubble to burst. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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