bowlingcrofty Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Given (a) the price tag with potential FFP limitations and (b) the fact some of the biggest teams in Europe want him, I think we can safely put the Nunez chat to bed. He won’t be coming here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztoon Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 1 hour ago, bowlingcrofty said: Jonathan David would suit the mould we’re after. Exciting, young, potential to improve a lot under Howe and probably not quite at the level (yet) where the top four are looking to sign him. Names not sexy enough... sounds welsh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 53 minutes ago, bowlingcrofty said: Given (a) the price tag with potential FFP limitations and (b) the fact some of the biggest teams in Europe want him, I think we can safely put the Nunez chat to bed. He won’t be coming here. I refuse to accept that until I see him wearing another shirt. Just hope he doesn't come to this league if it's not with us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: So this is now a bidding war? Awesome. I do think we need him though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 24 minutes ago, Shearergol said: So this is now a bidding war? Awesome. I do think we need him though. We make them pay over the odds or take them out of the running with our clout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 It will come down to wages… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztoon Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 We could make a huge statement here by blowing Milan out the water. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 If Botman is around 40m to 60m and Paqueta is around 60m thats gonna be a massive chunk of our summer spending. And its not including the RW or Striker we need. Mandy is gonna have get working on those sponsorship deals i think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 45 minutes ago, RodneyCisse said: We make them pay over the odds or take them out of the running with our clout. Maybe not. If the player wants to go there they could offer less than us and its up to Lille to accept or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 22 minutes ago, Lazarus said: If Botman is around 40m to 60m and Paqueta is around 60m thats gonna be a massive chunk of our summer spending. And its not including the RW or Striker we need. Mandy is gonna have get working on those sponsorship deals i think. Two excellent players for at least the next 4/5 years though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said: Two excellent players for at least the next 4/5 years though... Yeah agreed. I'd be happy with that, as long as we still sign a striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 If we can’t sign Botman can we turn to Pau Torres? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 29 minutes ago, Kanji said: If we can’t sign Botman can we turn to Pau Torres? Not sure he’s got the right attributes for the league from what I have seen of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 I could be totally wrong here but I thought I had read that the FFP hit is spread over the term of their initial contract? So a £30m signed on a 3 year contract has the same FFP hit as a £60m player signed on an initial 6 year contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, KDT said: I could be totally wrong here but I thought I had read that the FFP hit is spread over the term of their initial contract? So a £30m signed on a 3 year contract has the same FFP hit as a £60m player signed on an initial 6 year contract. I think it depends on the payment agreement, in your examples that works if the payment is spread over the life of the contract rather than all up front Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Why do AC Milan want Botman? Would he play ahead of Romagnoli and Tomori? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Think i'd rather want Bremer from Torino or Badiashile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, Ikon said: Think i'd rather want Bremer from Torino or Badiashile. Bremer is class - sadly I think he is Inter bound Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Lazarus said: If Botman is around 40m to 60m and Paqueta is around 60m thats gonna be a massive chunk of our summer spending. And its not including the RW or Striker we need. Mandy is gonna have get working on those sponsorship deals i think. Yeah very unlikely that we spend like that this summer, I think it terms of money spent and the quality of players signed it won’t be a whole lot different than the Jan window. No way will we spend anywhere over 150m (I’d be suprised if it was that high), it’s going to take a season or two of moderate spending in comparison to our owners wealth.. we need to build the core of the squad and more importantly the wage structure for a couple of seasons before we move into spending huge money on established players. Edited April 14, 2022 by Nine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 I disagree with you wholeheartedly, I think they will spend a fuck ton and aren’t going to give any hints what the budget is or could be. I severely doubt there is a true firm number. The only way to grow this club is to be opportunistic and if there’s a way they can secure several top names they will do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 If we want to challenge for top 4 anytime soon we will have to invest. It’s as simple as that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Kanji said: I disagree with you wholeheartedly, I think they will spend a fuck ton and aren’t going to give any hints what the budget is or could be. I severely doubt there is a true firm number. The only way to grow this club is to be opportunistic and if there’s a way they can secure several top names they will do it. I hope you are right but there simply has to be a balance to it, we cant go and sign 4/5 top players this summer on bigger wages than our current core of players - it just doesnt work that way. Edited April 14, 2022 by Nine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 (edited) I think we’ll be cautiously ambitious in the summer, with sensible buys like in January. Wouldn’t be surprised to see a net spend of c£120m, with us spending about £150m in total and recouping £30m or so in sales. Can’t see us being reckless and spending over £200m etc. Something along the lines of this would be unreal: Henderson (£20m) Botman (£40m) Paqueta (£50m) Targett (£15m) J.David (£30m) Lingard (Free) Broja (loan) Out: Darlow, Woodman, Lewis, Clark, Hayden, Ritchie, Gayle, Fernandez, Murphy, M Longstaff Edited April 14, 2022 by bowlingcrofty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, bowlingcrofty said: I think we’ll be cautiously ambitious in the summer, with sensible buys like in January. Wouldn’t be surprised to see a net spend of c£120m, with us spending about £150m in total and recouping £30m or so in sales. Can’t see us being reckless and spending over £200m etc. Something along the lines of this would be unreal: Henderson (£20m) Botman (£40m) Paqueta (£50m) Targett (£15m) J.David (£30m) Lingard (Free) Broja (loan) Out: Darlow, Woodman, Lewis, Clark, Hayden, Ritchie, Gayle, Fernandez, Murphy, M Longstaff Yeah this is pretty much how I see it, and our squad is massively stronger just off of those players you listed. It would be epic to see us splash 250/300m but its just not realistic at all. Edited April 14, 2022 by Nine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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