kocunar Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 24 minutes ago, The Fountain said: Dubai is a city, not a country. It's one of the Emirates which make up the UAE And what did I say? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fountain Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 20 minutes ago, kocunar said: And what did I say? Aye sorry mate, thought you said other cities in Dubai. I'll blame my old eyes.?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 57 minutes ago, Viana said: They were ready to offer 700m to Mbappe for a year. If Al-Ittihad are serious Liverpool will struggle to turn it down. Say they offer 150m, that's a transformative sum for a player that's 31-year-old. If they can poach Benzema you better believe they can poach Salah. The fees haven’t been super crazy. They bank on turning the players head. I think he goes for less than £120m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Much better move for him than Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kocunar Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 I am 90% sure that Salah will go to Saudi league next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Joel Piroe is a good signing for Leeds. Was sure he'd end up at Southampton or Everton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 18 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: He was homesick at Arsenal !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 2 hours ago, KaKa said: Can't believe you think this is comparable to China and the MLS. We'll see. We're all going to be here watching it all transpire. Just to clarify though, what do you think is going to transpire? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 (edited) The money (and power) machine behind the Saudi league is a completely different animal than that of China or the MLS.. those two leagues are incomparable to what’s going on here. Look at the names that have moved to Saudi in their first big transfer window, it’s different worlds man. Anything could happen but I get the feeling that they will become serious players in world football within 5 years. They will stop at nothing to build and enhance the Saudi ‘brand’, fair play to them. Edited August 24, 2023 by Nine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 I've just been reading that the Saudi transfer window closes a week after ours, so that's a lot of managers and players getting unsettled over the next couple of weeks, with know hope of signing a replacement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 9 hours ago, Ben said: He was homesick at Arsenal !! Merino went to Real Sociedad when he was homesick and he's taken his game to new levels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 (edited) Are we potentially one of the very few clubs that are going to be untouchable for any Saudi transfer? Was just thinking of the possibility of Bruno disappearing any time soon. Guessing it would be on our terms, right? Edited August 25, 2023 by Dr.Spaceman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enthusiast Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 The fee we got for Maxi didn't do that much to suggest "our terms" to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, enthusiast said: The fee we got for Maxi didn't do that much to suggest "our terms" to me Not sure like. Was enough to allow us to buy 2 players and get a loan deal in without being above market value. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, enthusiast said: The fee we got for Maxi didn't do that much to suggest "our terms" to me Haven't checked but was it a state club? Don't even know where he went to be honest. I wasn't very invested in the steak bake years so he's been mostly injured when I watch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 15 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: Not sure like. Was enough to allow us to buy 2 players and get a loan deal in without being above market value. Under the radar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 10 hours ago, leffe186 said: Just to clarify though, what do you think is going to transpire? Think most of the top players end up there eventually. And it becomes a version of the super league where they all battle against each other on various teams. And because so much top talent is there going against each other it will be incredibly popular. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 7 minutes ago, KaKa said: Think most of the top players end up there eventually. And it becomes a version of the super league where they all battle against each other on various teams. And because so much top talent is there going against each other it will be incredibly popular. Aye. Initially it'll be a golden sands retirement home for top players. And in 5 years it'll be like when you used to make your own teams on Pro Evo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 The loan system needs scrapping… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, LFEE said: The loan system needs scrapping… https://x.com/jacobsben/status/1694859372046774775?s=61&t=kJE1AU_9T9TvzyV_ebeY8Q Completely agree, it’s been abused for well over a decade, principally by Chelsea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 I think endgame is Saudi teams are involved in some type of international super league that supersedes the champions league. You can’t replace Real Madrid and Man U, Juventus. But like City, Chelsea and potentially us - you can sit alongside them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 European Domestic leagues are needed but I can see a world where more match days are midweek. But the European comps are ripe for disruption. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: I think endgame is Saudi teams are involved in some type of international super league that supersedes the champions league. You can’t replace Real Madrid and Man U, Juventus. But like City, Chelsea and potentially us - you can sit alongside them. I think this is the most plausible scenario. Can’t see the Saudi domestic league ever becoming the most popular league. However, there’ll be a lot of top clubs that will like the money on offer from a Saudi-led super league. I think it’s almost guaranteed that SA will aim for that, what would stop it from happening? National leagues blocking entry to their clubs? Football is already ruined financially in lots of ways but if that came to pass I think I’d struggle to stay interested Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimburst Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 51 minutes ago, KaKa said: Think most of the top players end up there eventually. And it becomes a version of the super league where they all battle against each other on various teams. And because so much top talent is there going against each other it will be incredibly popular. Can't believe you're laughing at people's tunnel vision and come out with unsubstantiated stuff like this. You've no evidence to suggest there is much appetite to spend an entire career there. A large proportion of the best players in the world are European and south american, they drink, their partners are lingerie models, pop stars...culturally it just doesn't make any sense. People say the best players will never move to Newcastle imagine living somewhere that women under the age of 21 can't leave the house without a male guardian. Somewhere your gorgeous lingerie model wife can't work, can't go out partying. Anyone with their wages would rather live in London, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Berlin, Munich, New York, LA...unless you're Muslim, of course, which seems to be the profile of player they're having success with signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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