Other clubs' transfers

[midds]

13 minutes ago, gbandit said:

We should have listened to Boehly when he told us that what mattered was “human capital” he meant it in the most literal sense possible 

They just strike me as a club that is more interested in making money on each deal they pull off rather than getting 3 points each weekend. Making a book profit on a 21 year old player by farming him out on loan for 2 seasons for fees, absorbing the drop in amortisation into the accounts and flipping him for a £8.4m profit 3 years later (or whatever) is way more important than how that player develops as a footballer and his career. They're just pieces of valuable meat and treated like cattle. It's as equally vile as it is profitable  

[Moose]

Brighton might as well join BlueCo as well the absolute fannies

[Pixelphish]

23 minutes ago, gbandit said:

If I was a Brighton fan I’d be so confused. It’s both the best time to be their fan in history and yet everything about how they act means they’ll never ever achieve anything meaningful. At what point do you ask, is just being in the premier league every season the only thing that matters to me? Does selling our players at every opportunity make us the most soulless club in that league too?

Don't think they had any fans before the PL. Don't think they come close to Parish in the cuckening ranks though.

[gbandit]

1 minute ago, midds said:

They just strike me as a club that is more interested in making money on each deal they pull off rather than getting 3 points each weekend. Making a book profit on a 21 year old player by farming him out on loan for 2 seasons for fees, absorbing the drop in amortisation into the accounts and flipping him for a £8.4m profit 3 years later (or whatever) is way more important than how that player develops as a footballer and his career. They're just pieces of valuable meat and treated like cattle. It's as equally vile as it is profitable  

That is absolutely 100% what Bloom cares about 

[Slim]

https://x.com/JacobsBen/status/1961518347062808876?t=ljgepuzHjpIZi1QtbaDAdg&s=19

[gbandit]

Where does he stand in Man U’s all time worst signings? Can’t be more than two or three names ahead of him but Onana is committed to hunting him down 

[joeyt]

6 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Where does he stand in Man U’s all time worst signings? Can’t be more than two or three names ahead of him but Onana is committed to hunting him down 

 

Definitely up there

 

Honourable mentions to Hojlund, Sancho, Martial, di Maria. I want to put Pogba in there too just for spending £100mil on a player released on a free 4 years earlier

 

Maybe harsh on Martial

 

 

Edited August 29, 2025 by joeyt

[Froggy]

2 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Where does he stand in Man U’s all time worst signings? Can’t be more than two or three names ahead of him but Onana is committed to hunting him down 

 

There's two or three names ahead of him that are still on our books now.

 

€25m isn't awful with a 50% sell on clause like. That has the potential to be massive in the future if he keeps playing well in Spain. 

 

£40m for Garnacho and a 10% sell on.

 

£5m loan fee for Hojlund plus a £38m obligation to buy should Napoli make the Champions League.

 

That's some decent money coming in now and in the future.

[Froggy]

4 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

Definitely up there

 

Honourable mentions to Hojlund, Sancho, Martial, di Maria. I want to put Pogba in there too just for spending £100mil on a player released on a free 4 years earlier

 

Maybe harsh on Martial

 

You edited this as I was about to reply.

 

More than harsh on Martial. We had some great years with him. 

 

Sancho miles clear of all those lads. Sanchez would be as well. 

[spudwiser]

2 hours ago, The Prophet said:

This doesn't look sus at all.

So much wrong with this. The most obvious being the horrifically mangled AI picture and the God awful, gaudy cwc badge that is being highlighted. Absolutely disgusting on so many levels. 

[spudwiser]

46 minutes ago, Slim said:

https://x.com/JacobsBen/status/1961518347062808876?t=ljgepuzHjpIZi1QtbaDAdg&s=19

Seems to be confusion over this. Betis saying that no deal has been accepted apparently. 

[alexf]

What are people's thoughts on Xavi Simons? Will he be like Coutinho was in the prem or will he struggle with the "pace and physicality of the premier league" as people often say. 

 

Think spurs are like us. Have been gazumped a couple of times for the odd player but quietly have picked up alot of really decent players. 

 

Probably most worried about them of all our "rivals" overtaking us potentially.

 

 

Edited August 29, 2025 by alexf

[Doctor Zaius]

3 hours ago, midds said:

They just strike me as a club that is more interested in making money on each deal they pull off rather than getting 3 points each weekend. Making a book profit on a 21 year old player by farming him out on loan for 2 seasons for fees, absorbing the drop in amortisation into the accounts and flipping him for a £8.4m profit 3 years later (or whatever) is way more important than how that player develops as a footballer and his career. They're just pieces of valuable meat and treated like cattle. It's as equally vile as it is profitable  

 

In an era of the joy being torn out of football, its the relentless accountancy chat that is the most vapid and soul destroying of all. 

 

 

 

Edited August 29, 2025 by Doctor Zaius

[r0cafella]

Bloom is a money man, I can guarantee he erupts with joy every time he gets the call for Chelsea. 

[John P]

3 hours ago, Froggy said:

 

There's two or three names ahead of him that are still on our books now.

 

€25m isn't awful with a 50% sell on clause like. That has the potential to be massive in the future if he keeps playing well in Spain. 

 

£40m for Garnacho and a 10% sell on.

 

£5m loan fee for Hojlund plus a £38m obligation to buy should Napoli make the Champions League.

 

That's some decent money coming in now and in the future.

 

Would the Antony and Hojlund fees not be losses from a PSR perspective though? Not sure on the contract lengths etc, but the Antony fee was ~£80m and Hojlund was ~£70m right? You're probably making a loss PSR-wise on both players

[Conjo]

Are there any videos about that explains the BlueCo stuff easily? I thought 3rd party ownership was banned after the Teves & Mascherano debacle. Or are we just calling Chelsea BlueCo because they are capitalist swines as a joke?

[r0cafella]

1 minute ago, Conjo said:

Are there any videos about that explains the BlueCo stuff easily? I thought 3rd party ownership was banned after the Teves & Mascherano debacle. Or are we just calling Chelsea BlueCo because they are capitalist swines as a joke?

Just means farmed to strasbourg first. Aka not an immediate Chelsea signing but if he performs he might get a chance (high unlikely given they are obviously addicted to buying players)

[Froggy]

5 hours ago, John P said:

Would the Antony and Hojlund fees not be losses from a PSR perspective though? Not sure on the contract lengths etc, but the Antony fee was ~£80m and Hojlund was ~£70m right? You're probably making a loss PSR-wise on both players

 

Antony will definitely be a book loss. A big one as well. 

 

We paid £64m for Hojlund though. No add ons were hit. Will be a PSR profit if and when the transfer goes through. 

[Pixelphish]

4 hours ago, Conjo said:

Are there any videos about that explains the BlueCo stuff easily? I thought 3rd party ownership was banned after the Teves & Mascherano debacle. Or are we just calling Chelsea BlueCo because they are capitalist swines as a joke?

 

Think it's come about from their social media stooges brazenly calling them 'BlueCo' in their transfer dealings.

[Pixelphish]

To expand its just yet another entry on the ever growing list of why football is a fucking disaster now.

 

 

Edited August 30, 2025 by Pixelphish

[Pearljam10]

 

[Froggy]

Well that's not getting triggered. Serious loan fee though. 

[gbandit]

The fuck is happening with loan fees nowadays? It’s like the rental and buyers market for houses. Mortgages used to be so much higher, now you can sink way more into just renting compared with paying off your mortgage. Corrupt market where those in at the top basically can’t fail

[Nucasol]

5 minutes ago, gbandit said:

The fuck is happening with loan fees nowadays? It’s like the rental and buyers market for houses. Mortgages used to be so much higher, now you can sink way more into just renting compared with paying off your mortgage. Corrupt market where those in at the top basically can’t fail

I think it’s a premium where there isn’t a mandatory option. Bayern essentially buying a 1 year stopgap striker until they can buy the right one next summer for the right price. Unlike us, Man Utd and Liverpool who have paid a Bundesliga to PL rate due to this summer’s mental market.

[GeordieDazzler]

15 minutes ago, Pearljam10 said:

 

I can see why we have this deal a wide berth now