Other clubs' transfers

[Kid Icarus]

They really love spending loads of money on players just over the cusp of the hill don't they. 

[aussiemag]

47 mill for Paulinha, one of the finest defensive midfielders in the premier league at his peak. 35 mill for Elliot Anderson. Make it make sense. 

[The College Dropout]

1 hour ago, joeyt said:

Ipswich splashing the cash

 

 

 

 

Philogene is a great signing.

 

De Light tossed around elite clubs like Morata

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Palhinha is good but can't help thinking he's a bit limited for a top team to spend £50m on. 

[Ben]

1 hour ago, joeyt said:

Ipswich splashing the cash

 

 

 

 

 

This is why PSR is shit, it prevents more transfers like this, this money will go down the pyramid and help out loads of clubs, restricting that cash fucks over all football.

[r0cafella]

4 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

They really love spending loads of money on players just over the cusp of the hill don't they. 

They’ve completely lost the plot. 

[Dr.Spaceman]

5 hours ago, SUPERTOON said:

 

 

Excellent, they've now got some pennies to throw our way for Longstaff.

 

 

Edited July 3, 2024 by Dr.Spaceman

[Upthemags]

6 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

They’ve completely lost the plot. 

Really not that surprising a deal. One of the best defensive midfielders in the world, and Bayern don't have to worry about resale value for every talent they bring in.

[Slim]

13 minutes ago, aussiemag said:

47 mill for Paulinha, one of the finest defensive midfielders in the premier league at his peak. 35 mill for Elliot Anderson. Make it make sense. 

Anderson will be a better player at his age.

[The Prophet]

49 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Philogene is a great signing.

 

De Light tossed around elite clubs like Morata

 

Greaves looks excellent too, to be fair.

[The College Dropout]

9 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

Greaves looks excellent too, to be fair.

I’ve paid less attention to Greaves. 
 

I like these types of signings. 

[ponsaelius]

1 hour ago, aussiemag said:

47 mill for Paulinha, one of the finest defensive midfielders in the premier league at his peak. 35 mill for Elliot Anderson. Make it make sense. 

 

Age and wages.

 

Not having a go at you in particular but it's always surprising to me how many people are still struggling with the economic element of signings in the modern era.

 

Paulinha might be at his peak now but in 4/5 years time at end of his contract he will be 32/33 so becomes an effective dead weight financially. Still worth it to a club like Bayern who have the money to burn and are looking for instant impact.

 

Anderson will likely improve or at least be the same by year 4 of his contract, and will be only 25. Value either the same or more at that point. His wage package will be very reasonable for a PL player hence the high fee is more reasonable for a club to pay.

 

The economics of the market is why we are able to find interest in our young players but almost none for those in their late 20s - even if they're good.

[joeyt]

Love the random throwback names you see in the Turkish league you forget were there. These have all been released on free transfers:

 

 

[Sibierski]

Bayern are fortunate they’re so far ahead of rest of Germany, they can make weird signings. Losing so many players with no income, aging squad in areas, yet won’t impact them as they will always have UCL money and big commercial revenues. 
 

Should open the door though whilst they go through this weird phase for more titles to be won outside them.

[The College Dropout]

Anderson was obly 35m cos of PSR fuckery.  I’m scared of anyone that thinks that transfer and fee is genuine. Anderson cost more than Douglas Luiz.   
 

We signed the Forest GK for more than Forest bought him for. And he flopped. He was behind Sels for them. 
 

 

 

 

Edited July 3, 2024 by The College Dropout

[BrianSwan]

4 hours ago, Sibierski said:

Bayern are fortunate they’re so far ahead of rest of Germany, they can make weird signings. Losing so many players with no income, aging squad in areas, yet won’t impact them as they will always have UCL money and big commercial revenues. 
 

Should open the door though whilst they go through this weird phase for more titles to be won outside them.

they were....  not anymore.

[MidfieldGeneral]

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Would his ban not stop him playing in Brazil then?

[Yorkie]

6 hours ago, ponsaelius said:

 

Age and wages.

 

Not having a go at you in particular but it's always surprising to me how many people are still struggling with the economic element of signings in the modern era.

 

Paulinha might be at his peak now but in 4/5 years time at end of his contract he will be 32/33 so becomes an effective dead weight financially. Still worth it to a club like Bayern who have the money to burn and are looking for instant impact.

 

Anderson will likely improve or at least be the same by year 4 of his contract, and will be only 25. Value either the same or more at that point. His wage package will be very reasonable for a PL player hence the high fee is more reasonable for a club to pay.

 

The economics of the market is why we are able to find interest in our young players but almost none for those in their late 20s - even if they're good.

 

All of that is true but I can't believe the Anderson transfer passed the scrutiny of a fair market value test.   I've a hunch that we might not have heard the last about that deal, particularly with that random goalie coming the other way. Such is the determination to make an example of us. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

£35m for a young Englishman who has done quite well in PL doesn't seem arguable at all to me. It's a bit expensive but hardly ridiculous. 

[MidfieldGeneral]

13 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Would his ban not stop him playing in Brazil then?

You'd definitely think the only chance of him going there is if any possible ban only covers Europe. 

[r0cafella]

20 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

All of that is true but I can't believe the Anderson transfer passed the scrutiny of a fair market value test.   I've a hunch that we might not have heard the last about that deal, particularly with that random goalie coming the other way. Such is the determination to make an example of us. 

No such test exists as it wasn’t a related party transfer. 

[LFEE]

26 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

All of that is true but I can't believe the Anderson transfer passed the scrutiny of a fair market value test.   I've a hunch that we might not have heard the last about that deal, particularly with that random goalie coming the other way. Such is the determination to make an example of us. 

Surely not much different to Spurs signing a championship player from Leeds for £40m who’s had far less experience.

[Kanj]

Anderson had 50 odd PL appearances for a club who qualified for CL and finished top 10 the following, made cup and champions league appearances too and is young with time on his side. About time our own fans stop talking so much shit about our own players. 

[Yorkie]

 Steady on. I always liked Anderson but the fee is obscene, whilst coincidentally also being just high enough to rescue us from the PSR abyss. You could argue that spending that amount on a complete unknown quantity like Gray is more explicable than spending it on someone who's played loads but shown little evidence that they're gonna reach the top. 

 

If there's a mechanism to scrutinise the deal - if not FMV, then something else - would anyone be surprised if it happened? Ornstein said as much on that podcast the other day.