BonesJones Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Just now, Chris_R said: Fans being attrocious is one thing, sure, but you get to play in a massive stadium, the weather is great, the pay is phenomenal, and playing against lesser opposition most of the time isn't really that bad a thing either and you're not expected to run round at a million miles per hour like in the PL either. I'd rather play in Madrid in La Liga than Newcastle in the PL, easily. +trophies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Just now, BonesJones said: +trophies. Indeed. Historically there's only 2 teams compete for the title most years. It's perhaps 3 recently with Atletico but I doubt anyone, even their fans, expect that to be permanent and it'll shortly be back to 2 again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Casemiro literally held a press conference where he broke down in tears about leaving Real Madrid. Marcelo, Ramos, Ronaldo all left as heroes and legends. Only one to leave by the back door was Bale. And that’s because he had given up club football for about 3 years while earning £100m. Had he left after the overhead kick, he would’ve been celebrated. The British media slagged off Real fans for their treatment of Bale but when Bale came to Spurs and could barely get a kick under 3 managers, people realised he was done. Then he retires at 32/33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnbull2000 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Would prefer Madrid for the upgraded Bernabeu alone. My god it's stunning. And has a city location too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 53 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Casemiro literally held a press conference where he broke down in tears about leaving Real Madrid. Marcelo, Ramos, Ronaldo all left as heroes and legends. Only one to leave by the back door was Bale. And that’s because he had given up club football for about 3 years while earning £100m. Had he left after the overhead kick, he would’ve been celebrated. The British media slagged off Real fans for their treatment of Bale but when Bale came to Spurs and could barely get a kick under 3 managers, people realised he was done. Then he retires at 32/33 Agree, it's a bit daft to suggest Madrid isn't a dream destination for any footballer wanting to reach the top. One of the most glamorous clubs in the world, a few bell end fans (which club doesn't have them?) isn't about to deter the best players in the world from going there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Cronky said: £200m might only get you Bellingham, if there's a bidding war. It looks like his heart is set on Real, and Dortmund might not be able to get quite such a large fee if there's only one club in it. Someone else can take the risk on Rice. I’m not sure if I’m completely sold on spending 80 to 100 million on Rice, but don’t think he’d be a risk. You’d get a top proven PL player who alongside Bruno would on paper look quite formidable. Think Rice is pretty low risk in grand scheme of things, but whether he represents best value when we have other areas to strengthen would be the question. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Cronky said: £200m might only get you Bellingham, if there's a bidding war. It looks like his heart is set on Real, and Dortmund might not be able to get quite such a large fee if there's only one club in it. Someone else can take the risk on Rice. There's not going to be a bidding war though. Only PSG, Barcelona and Chelsea have spent £110m+ on a single player. None of which can spend that amount now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) Seems Mac Allister is on the move this summer., he'd be perfect. Edited April 13, 2023 by The Prophet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztoon Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Rice would be a huge statement from the club.. around 90m for a player who could be captain for the next decade.. no risk about him not settling into the league or country.. big money but if we wanna play wit the big boys this is the level we need to be at. IMO of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Even if we met WHU’s asking price, I don’t see us matching Rice’s likely salary demands. We’re still at least a couple of years away from £200k+/pw players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Also, it’s been reported by a couple of decent local hacks (Waugh, Hope) that the club want to sign half a dozen players this summer. Even if they finish in the top four the budget isn’t going to be more than £150m based upon FFP. Once you’ve sounded £90m+ on Rice, that doesn’t leave a lot of room for manoeuvre Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztoon Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said: Even if we met WHU’s asking price, I don’t see us matching Rice’s likely salary demands. We’re still at least a couple of years away from £200k+/pw players Bruno will be on that before the season ends... isak, botman not far behind him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) We wont be signing Rice and rightly so. We are not there yet to spend this much on one player. Especially with European games next season. Yes it will bring more money in but it will require us to strengthen the squad a lot more. For the price and wages for Rice we could sign and pay wages to both Ugarte and Veiga and still have some wage over probably. Never say never but i would be amazed if it happens. Not the right way to go yet either imo. Edited April 13, 2023 by Ikon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Personally think Rice is doable. If our owners think they can sign Rice, they will do it. Wages and transfer fee won't be an issue. He's a proper marquee player. He's the next england captain FFS. We would do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) Not impossible but i doubt it'll happen. He might be the next captain of England "ffs" yes. No doubting his quality. Edited April 13, 2023 by Ikon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Also, it’s been reported by a couple of decent local hacks (Waugh, Hope) that the club want to sign half a dozen players this summer. Even if they finish in the top four the budget isn’t going to be more than £150m based upon FFP. Once you’ve sounded £90m+ on Rice, that doesn’t leave a lot of room for manoeuvre We're spending £200m+ if we sign 6 imo (assuming we qualify for the CL). We spent £180m on 5 this year. How are we going to spend £150m on 6 while being int he CL? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 I think Rice would want closer to £300k than £200k and I don't think we'll do that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Just now, The College Dropout said: We're spending £200m+ if we sign 6 imo (assuming we qualify for the CL). We spent £180m on 5 this year. How are we going to spend £150m on 6 while being int he CL? Spot on. Said the same the other day. We've also got a couple of saleable assets for a change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: I think Rice would want closer to £300k than £200k and I don't think we'll do that. Most likely aye. Edited April 13, 2023 by Ikon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Sven. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 1 minute ago, STM said: Spot on. Said the same the other day. We've also got a couple of saleable assets for a change. Who do you think we would sell? I don't think we're selling anyone with sizeable minutes or value this season. I think we sell Targett. Dubs, Krafth, Murphy, Manquillo & Lascelles go for pennies imo and I don't think we sell all of them. ASM & Almiron we keep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 6 minutes ago, STM said: Personally think Rice is doable. If our owners think they can sign Rice, they will do it. Wages and transfer fee won't be an issue. He's a proper marquee player. He's the next england captain FFS. We would do it. Sounds like facts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Who do you think we would sell? I don't think we're selling anyone with sizeable minutes or value this season. I think we sell Targett. Dubs, Krafth, Murphy, Manquillo & Lascelles go for pennies imo and I don't think we sell all of them. ASM & Almiron we keep. I think we will sell ASM. Not based on anything other than a hunch. We'd get 30m. We got 17 back for Wood. I'd reckon we'd get 12/14 for Lascelles, he's our captain and a PL player (albeit a limited one). Murphy is a regular for a side in 3rd. He's not a great player and we won't sell him but we'd get more than 10m for him, easy. Someone like Burnley would snap our arms off for Murphy. There's 55m of potential sales in 3 players. I'm not saying we will or we should... just that we could. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 10 minutes ago, Ikon said: Sounds like facts Is this code for something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Wages are always going to be an issue for us in the short to medium term. We’re already at over 90% wages to turnover ratio, and although we’ll have some lovely new sponsorships sorted soon, they won’t be a silver bullet. If you bring in someone on £200k+ p/w, then if you’re Bruno’s agent you’re saying, “we know what your wage structure allows, he needs to be around the top as well”. It’s going to take a little while yet before we can start offering those kind of numbers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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