Now That's What I Call Transfer Rumours! 7

[STM]

I think what drives me crazy is the not knowing.

 

I'm certain we will sign someone but who? If someone could just tell me, I could relax.

[STM]

Either:

 

1. We go back for Maddison because we know the price that gets him

2. We have someone unknown (probably abroad) who we know we can get

3. We are waiting until the last week when the market opens up and stuff starts happening to find a suitable target

[The College Dropout]

A lot of players I would've liked us to go for have gone elsewhere.

 

Outside of the other Chelsea lot there's not many I can think of. We'll have to go outside of the box.

[gbandit]

I reckon it’ll come from the French market and will be with the same sort of profile as Ekitike or Mara. We’ve clearly extensively scouted France based on the reports that have come out of our interest in players

[Unbelievable]

1 hour ago, snakzz said:

 

Thank God. Not what we need at all.

[NWMag]

10 minutes ago, STM said:

I think what drives me crazy is the not knowing.

 

I'm certain we will sign someone but who? If someone could just tell me, I could relax.

Paqueta 

[sempuki]

How much would Cody Gakpo cost?

[B-more Mag]

8 minutes ago, sempuki said:

How much would Cody Gakpo cost?

“Between £33.5million and £38m,” for whatever this is worth: 

 

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1646695/Arsenal-transfer-news-Cody-Gakpo-price-Edu-mystery-winger

 

 

Edited August 7, 2022 by B-more Mag

[duo]

1 hour ago, toon25 said:

What a complete waste of a couple of years for Werner 

He'd have made his money though

[B-more Mag]

I’ve decided we should get Artur Victor Guimarães from Bragantino. 

[duo]

1 hour ago, STM said:

We will be 100% be making a move of some sort this week. Fuck knows who.

 

Back in for Maddison with a final bid would be my guess.

 

Dangle Dubravka in front of them.

 

 

 

 

I like us to purchase...

 

And loan....

 

Job done.

[Milanista]

On 03/08/2022 at 08:23, Manxst said:

@Milanistasays Berardi is shite which is why Milan haven’t bought him, despite crying out for a player in that position. 

He is utter garbage. He's slow, freezes up whenever there's the tiniest bit of pressure or something on-the-line.

 

Yes, he puts up impressive numbers, but, there's a reason not a single big club in Italy has seriously went after him. Last summer Fiorentina offered 15m for him, they wouldn't go higher.

 

Italian players go for a premium for homegrown rules and all that, but the fact that Roma, Napoli, Inter, Juve, Milan, none of them have seriously went after him, he's 28, he "burst onto the scene" years ago.

 

I think many of you know that I tend to shy away from the idea that the EPL is some other-wordly league, but, I will say that speed is incredibly important when you're... a winger, but he would get eaten up by EPL speed, he just would.

 

He's not skilled enough to overcome his lack-of-pace, and I think a big reason why he's been able to survive, even in Italy, where the pace can be slower (but the tactics suffocating) is because Berardi is actually a big boy. He's taller than you think and I think he's used his frame and skill to good effect, but if he's not your focal point of your team, he's terrible. Also, the rest of his team's attack is filled with pace. Hamed Traore (who is the better player), Raspadori (who I don't rate [I'd say that's an unpopular opinion in Italy, but one I would stick to]), Frattesi (a CM), and even Scamacca, who is fast for his size, all are able to compensate for his lack of speed.

 

We bought De Ketelaere the new Belgian star, and it seems we will be using him and Yacine Adli, another gem we found in France, to add to our attack with Rafa Leao. Plus, our made-for-a-movie story of a former delivery man turned professional player Junior Messias is looking like he'll be much better in his second season. Anyway, the point is, several teams in Italy have needed a winger, not just Milan, but Napoli as well, and they've both snubbed him. The fact that only Fiorentina wanted to take a punt on him, and only at 15m, while Sassuolo demand 30m for him--it just goes to show you that he's just... he's not that good. Yes, he's capable of doing a job for a club, and he'll do it well, but not a single club in the European places in Italy want him, doesn't that tell you everything you need to know?

 

Everyone misses, but, he missed this, against Macedonia:

 

 

I cannot get over it. Italy was plagued by injuries in this game, and there's a reason why when we won the Euros, it was mostly down to Berardi being benched in favor of Chiesa--who is Italy's best attacking talent, the only issue being that he tore his ACL, just like Zaniolo (twice), which is why Berardi even gets game-time.

 

When you look past his stats, you see a limited player. Even when you look at a lot of his "assists" they are other players doing incredible things. Yes, Berardi has his moments, he does, but, would I pay 30m for him? I realize that 30m for the EPL (25m pounds) is nothing, but, to me, that's a lot of money for a player, especially from a team that is in 8-10th place. We bought Rafa Leao for 29m, and he's looking like one of the best LW in the world right now. We bought Tomori for 28m, or Theo Hernandez for 20m, and these are all world-class players. So, I just don't think he's worth the money.

 

Congrats are your first win of the season by the way!

[Happinesstan]

2 hours ago, duo said:

He'd have made his money though

Fair play to him. Be interesting to see if he's taken a pay cut. I mean, after 2 years on that salary he can afford it. Would like to see more players do that, accept they got lucky with a contract then come back to [relative] reality.

[LFEE]

Thought best here…

 

 

[The Prophet]

It certainly explains why, like most clubs, the structure of any deal is so important to us.

[Ben]

It'd the perfect scheme to keep the top clubs at the top abd doesn't allow anyone else to catch up, the fact we can't even pump money in through sponsorship is just Bollocks tbf

[The Prophet]

1 minute ago, Ben said:

It'd the perfect scheme to keep the top clubs at the top abd doesn't allow anyone else to catch up, the fact we can't even pump money in through sponsorship is just Bollocks tbf

 

The whole idea of FFP and S & P is exactly that. It's cartel behaviour masquerading as equity. 

[Keegans Export]

15 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

The whole idea of FFP and S & P is exactly that. It's cartel behaviour masquerading as equity. 

The idea that they called it Financial Fair Play (when it is anything but) then Profitability & Sustainability (see debts at Man Utd, Spurs etc) is a bit of a joke.

 

If they just called it the Annoying Upstarts Prevention Rule then at least I'd appreciate their honesty...

[Doctor Zaius]

As well as we played on Saturday I think we really need a few more like.

 

Almiron has been decent in pre season but a good right sided forward/winger changes this side. It adds much needed quality and frees up ASM from getting doubled up on as much. Desperate to get one over the line and a backup striker for Wilson too.

 

Feel like we're so close to a very good side, but just a little off being there. It'll be frustrating if we don't get anyone. I'm pretty sure Bruno will be off at the end of the season if he maintains this form, regardless of who we sign like but we need to be matching the ambitions of our players.

 

Mind, I do recognise how difficult it is with the players available and the FFP constraints. 

[Tiresias]

I dunno, I appreciate it is maybe poorly implemented but as a measure to make sure clubs aren't spending beyond their means it still strikes me as sensible but it does seem bafflingly implemented. Nottingham Forest's spending looks very worrying to me as i think they are very probable to go back down and then can they afford that? Equally you look at the bonkers spending of Chelsea and you think are they really earning enough to offset that? (The answer is yes by all accounts but it still looks baffling). This is all aggravated by clubs taking full advantage of the Covid rules that were there for good reason and yet some clearly taken the piss with it.

 

We are hamstrung by Ashley's total uninterest in developing our income. We will fix this and there will be a lot of low hanging fruit for the new regime to get the income up so our spending power will progress. The other problem is the Bruce years led to us having a squad with very few saleable assets to raise funds. Of the players we would be willing to sell we could maybe get £15m for Miggy max? This is a situation of the clubs making even if it's not the present owners own fault. 

 

Unfortunately though FFP is not about making the top of the league more fair, and never will be while the clubs have voting power. If you were serious about that you would look at wage caps seriously.

 

 

Edited August 8, 2022 by Tiresias

[The College Dropout]

Said it in the other thread. A major goal of the season is to get sponsorships, commercial deals and such that navigate the FFP rules smartly.

[The Prophet]

It's been said all summer, but we're a midfielder and winger away from having a really exciting first team. It appears the club are rightly looking at quality over quantity though, so it might take another transfer window or so to fill both of those positions, especially with a back up for Wilson required.

[The College Dropout]

1 minute ago, Tiresias said:

I dunno, I appreciate it is maybe poorly implemented but as a measure to make sure clubs aren't spending beyond their means it still strikes me as sensible but it does seem bafflingly implemented. Nottingham Forest's spending looks very worrying to me as i think they are very probable to go back down and then can they afford that? Equally you look at the bonkers spending of Chelsea and you think are they really earning enough to offset that? (The answer is yes by all accounts but it still looks baffling). This is all aggravated by clubs taking full advantage of the Covid rules that were there for good reason and yet some clearly taken the piss with it.

 

We are hamstrung by Ashley's total uninterest in developing our income. We will fix this and there will be a lot of low hanging fruit for the new regime to get the income up so our spending power will progress. The other problem is the Bruce years led to us having a squad with very few saleable assets to raise funds. Of the players we would be willing to sell we could maybe get £15m for Miggy max? This is a situation of the clubs making even if it's not the present owners own fault. 

 

Unfortunately though FFP is not about making the top of the league more fair, and never will be while the clubs have voting power. If you were serious about that you would look at wage caps seriously.

 

 

 

For the 1000th time. Nobody is going to spend £15m on a 0 G/A attacking midfielder.

 

No, FFP is a cartel. All that needs doing is to ensure owners will personally/professionally underwrite the losses. FFP is there to stop new Chelsea, PSG & Man City's. If FFP was about protecting football clubs - they would prevent leveraged takeovers that take profitable clubs into huge debts.

[The College Dropout]

2 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

It's been said all summer, but we're a midfielder and winger away from having a really exciting first team. It appears the club are rightly looking at quality over quantity though, so it might take another transfer window or so to fill both of those positions, especially with a back up for Wilson required.

With the momentum we have now - it would feel like a missed opportunity.

 

I think we are 2-3 away from being a really useful team.

[Yorkie]

11 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said:

Feel like we're so close to a very good side, but just a little off being there. It'll be frustrating if we don't get anyone.

 

Totally agree with this and ironically, having seen us play so well, now is actually the most anxious I've been this transfer window. 

 

We're really onto something here. If we don't find that additional player to put the gloss on this really, really solid team, then it feels like it could be a massive opportunity missed. 

 

If our constraints are as such that we can't find the horse to bolt onto this cart, then fair enough, but with the money they've offered for players so far I feel like we've enough resources to find someone. 

 

We shouldn't be afraid of anyone from 6th downwards.