Other clubs' transfers

[nufcjmc]

18 minutes ago, Anderson said:

 

£22m seems ridiculously lowball, like one of our fake deadline days bids in times gone by.

It does but signed a 3 year deal in 2023 so only 18 months left maybe a factor?

[Bunk Moreland]

 

fuck off

[Froggy]

Leipzig have no chance of signing him.

[Smal]

he had to move back to Southampton because he got homesick in London.

[Sibierski]

1 hour ago, healthyaddiction said:

That's part of the problem though isn't it. They buy Alvarez, don't actually play him that much and then sell him for triple what they bought him. They then use that money to buy Khusonov and Vitor Reiss, will again sell them in a few years for double or triple.

 

It's why Liverpool fans going on about their net spend is nonsense. It's all a lot easier when you've already got a massive squad filled with valuable players you don't even need.

Man City used Alvarez loads, one of the reasons for their drop off. And for all of Man City recent stuff, they have made some seriously bad buys which will come at losses and they’ve decimated their youth team so will need to wait a few years to be able to sell again on same scale.

 

They will be restricted in coming seasons unless they move on O’Riley, McAtee, Savinho for good money. But then their squad is aging so can’t afford to lose them.

[Froggy]

1 minute ago, Sibierski said:

Man City used Alvarez loads, one of the reasons for their drop off. And for all of Man City recent stuff, they have made some seriously bad buys which will come at losses and they’ve decimated their youth team so will need to wait a few years to be able to sell again on same scale.

 

They will be restricted in coming seasons unless they move on O’Riley, McAtee, Savinho for good money. But then their squad is aging so can’t afford to lose them.

 

From their academy alone the last two summer windows:

 

Palmer - £43m

Charles - £10m

Trafford - £15m

Forbs - £12m

Harwood-Bellis - £20m

Delap - £15m

 

That's £115m of pure profit PSR wise. They can spend a fortune off the back of that alone and that's not even including the Alvarez deals plus the sales of Mahrez/Laporte/Cancelo to Saudi. 

 

They are golden for a while yet.

[healthyaddiction]

6 minutes ago, Sibierski said:

Man City used Alvarez loads, one of the reasons for their drop off. And for all of Man City recent stuff, they have made some seriously bad buys which will come at losses and they’ve decimated their youth team so will need to wait a few years to be able to sell again on same scale.

 

They will be restricted in coming seasons unless they move on O’Riley, McAtee, Savinho for good money. But then their squad is aging so can’t afford to lose them.

He played loads last season because of De Bruyne and Haaland's injuries. ALvarez's whole reason for leaving was to be a first team regular and not back up for Haaland.

[toon25]

59 minutes ago, Anderson said:

 

£22m seems ridiculously lowball, like one of our fake deadline days bids in times gone by.

 

Aye. Proper cheeky cunt bid 

 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by toon25

[Yorkie]

5 minutes ago, Froggy said:

 

From their academy alone the last two summer windows:

 

Palmer - £43m

Charles - £10m

Trafford - £15m

Forbs - £12m

Harwood-Bellis - £20m

Delap - £15m

 

That's £115m of pure profit PSR wise. They can spend a fortune off the back of that alone and that's not even including the Alvarez deals plus the sales of Mahrez/Laporte/Cancelo to Saudi. 

 

They are golden for a while yet.

 

Sure, but the issue is they benefitted from unfettered investment in order to establish this current position - something others now aren't allowed to do. It demonstrates the drawbridge better than anything.

[Sibierski]

1 minute ago, Froggy said:

 

From their academy alone the last two summer windows:

 

Palmer - £43m

Charles - £10m

Trafford - £15m

Forbs - £12m

Harwood-Bellis - £20m

Delap - £15m

 

That's £115m of pure profit PSR wise. They can spend a fortune off the back of that alone and that's not even including the Alvarez deals plus the sales of Mahrez/Laporte/Cancelo to Saudi. 

 

They are golden for a while yet.

They will drop off soon and in that time they’ve signed Kovacic, Doku, Nunes for £135m, all who won’t have much of a market to recoup unless Saudis bail

them out.

 

Ederson, Ake, Stones, Akanji, Walker, Gundogan, KDB, Silva, Kovacic and Grealish. That’s a big group of players where Ederson aside, the sales are likely not there for good money. So need to find funds from somewhere in coming seasons and they can’t keep selling off the youth. 
 

Bobb / McAtee / O’Riley / Lewis all need to be key squad players and pathways open for them over next 18 months or they will be fucked. Do think Pep will hold the side together next season, but when he goes, people will act shocked at the drop off because the squad is overlooked. 

[LFEE]

22 minutes ago, Sibierski said:

Man City used Alvarez loads, one of the reasons for their drop off. And for all of Man City recent stuff, they have made some seriously bad buys which will come at losses and they’ve decimated their youth team so will need to wait a few years to be able to sell again on same scale.

 

They will be restricted in coming seasons unless they move on O’Riley, McAtee, Savinho for good money. But then their squad is aging so can’t afford to lose them.

Restricted? They have a £260m head start of us each season regardless of what they do.

[The Prophet]

Worth remembering City recorded £715m in revenue last season.

[Shearergol]

2 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Worth remembering City recorded £715m in revenue last season.

They're literally playing a completely different game to the rest of us.

[duo]

25 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

Sure, but the issue is they benefitted from unfettered investment in order to establish this current position - something others now aren't allowed to do. It demonstrates the drawbridge better than anything.

Also inflated income so they could continue to spend even once rules came in. They really are the untouchables - PSR is literally creating a one team league. 

[MagPar]

What makes West Ham think that Dhuran would be interested in going there? It's utter madness. He's worshipped at a much bigger club and has some of Europe's biggest teams keeping tabs on him. 

 

Did I mention utter madness? 

[Ben]

6 minutes ago, MagPar said:

What makes West Ham think that Dhuran would be interested in going there? It's utter madness. He's worshipped at a much bigger club and has some of Europe's biggest teams keeping tabs on him. 

 

Did I mention utter madness? 

 

Did he not agree to go there in the summer ?

[joeyt]

9 hours ago, r0cafella said:

Romano linking Kayode to Brentford, has he been bad this season or something? Was meant to be an elite talent. 

 

Brentford have agreed a deal with Fiorentina to sign Michael Kayode.  It is an initial loan until the summer with an optional £13.5m (€16m) purchase clause. 

 

Seems cheap for a highly rated talent

[Elliottman]

Taking City out of the equation, clubs have spent circa £90 million with the majority spending next to nothing. 
 

Could change before it closes but the whole thing looks fucked 

[Groundhog63]

As people have said, repeatedly, the agents must be pulling their kids out of private school atm. VAT and plummeting graft 

[kingxlnc]

Depressing

[Shearergol]

3 hours ago, MagPar said:

What makes West Ham think that Dhuran would be interested in going there? It's utter madness. He's worshipped at a much bigger club and has some of Europe's biggest teams keeping tabs on him. 

 

Did I mention utter madness? 

 

The higher the bids Villa turn down the more Isak's value goes up. I'm loving it. Hopefully West Ham come back with a £80m bid and get that turned down too.

 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Shearergol

[joeyt]

Ipswich signing Julio Enciso from Brighton on loan

[Bunk Moreland]

 

[ponsaelius]

That would be very annoying

[Shearergol]

42 minutes ago, joeyt said:

Ipswich signing Julio Enciso from Brighton on loan

Some weird stuff going on at Brighton with talented youngsters just dropping off form.