Now That's What I Call Transfer Rumours! 7

[SteV]

1 minute ago, midds said:

They overpaid for 1 and underpaid for the other to minimise the sell-on fees that Juve were due to pay to their previous clubs. Who says the cartel aren't rotten as fuck eh? 

Not like Juve to be fiddling the finances…

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, midds said:

They overpaid for 1 and underpaid for the other to minimise the sell-on fees that Juve were due to pay to their previous clubs. Who says the cartel aren't rotten as fuck eh? 

 

That's ridiculous.

[midds]

Just now, Optimistic Nut said:

 

That's ridiculous.

The agreed a joint fee for the pair of them but officially it was done in such a way as to protect Juve and scam the prior owners. Sure that was the plan

[ponsaelius]

Tbh as dodgy as that is, and annoying for any previous club, it's basically completely impossible to mitigate against or challenge legally. Unless it's extremely obvious like giving one away for free/nominal cost.

[midds]

1 minute ago, ponsaelius said:

Tbh as dodgy as that is, and annoying for any previous club, it's basically completely impossible to mitigate against or challenge legally. Unless it's extremely obvious like giving one away for free/nominal cost.

Like, say, 'fair market value'?

[BennyBlanco]

Would Ayoze be worth bringing back on a free? 

[The Butcher]

2 minutes ago, BennyBlanco said:

Would Ayoze be worth bringing back on a free? 

Absolutely not.

[ponsaelius]

Yeah exactly

 

The 20 million euros Spurs paid for Bentancur wasn't massively undervalued at the time, to be honest. He had been shite for Juve for a while and had definitely depreciated in value up to that point. Probably slightly under value but not hugely. I would definitely say Kulusevski being the more expensive of the two was reasonable.

[Alberto2005]

3 minutes ago, BennyBlanco said:

Would Ayoze be worth bringing back on a free? 

Has to be a windup? ?

[SUPERTOON]

Hope saying budget likely to be closer to 150 million 

[simonsays]

My guess is three top class players of about 50-60m, but with quite a few younger development players, so we can start off the Brighton plus model

[ponsaelius]

150 million would be about what I expected. That should definitely get four quality players if spent effectively.

 

Don't think we will actively try to sell any key players but also think the club would definitely be tempted to cash in on some if a team came and offered decent money for the likes of Maxi/Miggy/Murphy etc.

[sempuki]

19 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Hope saying budget likely to be closer to 150 million 

LB, 2 MF and a RW would do nicely.

[Mikky]

5 minutes ago, sempuki said:

LB, 2 MF and a RW would do nicely.

LB - CB - 2 mids - Winger - CF

 

squad complete 

[The Butcher]

https://twitter.com/MailSport/status/1663197133527216133?t=xg3RSNSTgZVVCSDHbiP2Sw&s=19

 

Ferran Torres. Yes please.

 

And

Newcastle have held discussions over the merits of Torino centre-back Perr Schuurs. 

The stylish 23-year-old Holland centre-back also has strong interest from Crystal Palace, who are wary of losing Marc Guehi this window. Torino have been trying to convince Schuurs to stay but may find it difficult to resist decent offers. 

Newcastle hold an interest in Napoli's Kim Min-jae but believe Manchester United are leading that chase ahead of themselves and PSG while Schuurs would be cheaper.

Newcastle scout Mick Tait watched Coventry City striker Viktor Gyokeres at Wembley on Saturday. The Swedish international is a £25m target for Brentford.

 

 

Edited May 29, 2023 by The Butcher

[WilliamPS]

£53m for Ugarte - worth a rival bid at that price?

[LFEE]

8 minutes ago, WilliamPS said:

£53m for Ugarte - worth a rival bid at that price?

It’s the release clause so unfortunately you’d imagine clubs offer to pay it and it’s down to the offer of the player. Chelsea seem to be in for him now.

[TRon]

We'll have to be cute with our transfer targets, a lot of our first choices will be chased by the big 6 teams, and we aren't allowed to spend like they do.

[midds]

3 x Class A - £40m plus each - stars - Botman, Bruno etc

2 x Class B - £20m each - solid pickups - Pope, Trippier

2/3 x Class C - £5m each - potential/youth - from lower leagues - Ashby etc

1 x top quality loan - if Man U and Chelsea can loan in Sabitzer and Felix then surely we can get one in too.

 

Position-wise I think we need to be a bit flexible but some areas need to be addressed this window - LB, CM/DM, RW. After that we need to think about trading and moving players on as and where necessary. Contract situations will come into things and it may make sense to make big decisions that may be initially unpopular - selling Wilson/Longstaff or something like that.

 

I'd also consider decent money for ASM, Almiron, Murphy, Burn, Lascelles and Targett provided they're replaced on top of that lot above. Obviously there are another half a dozen that need to leave for the benefit of all parties - Darlow, Lewis, Fraser etc. This window is all about trimming the fat, removing the squad of players who contribute little/nothing, next season is going to be pivotal and each one of the 25 needs to be as fit, motivated and good as possible, can't afford to carry a single one of them. 

 

Looking forward to seeing how it shapes up over the next 3 months, big task but I'm confident they'll deliver 

[McCormick]

48 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Hope saying budget likely to be closer to 150 million 

That’s more like it. Feels super entitled to say but 100m is a mid-table budget nowadays.

[M1tche]

7 hours ago, STM said:

Reet lads, first one through the door? I'm going Tierney.

I think it will be either Ugarte or Szoboszlai?

[Weezertron]

 

20 minutes ago, midds said:

3 x Class A - £40m plus each - stars - Botman, Bruno etc

2 x Class B - £20m each - solid pickups - Pope, Trippier

2/3 x Class C - £5m each - potential/youth - from lower leagues - Ashby etc

1 x top quality loan - if Man U and Chelsea can loan in Sabitzer and Felix then surely we can get one in too.

 

Position-wise I think we need to be a bit flexible but some areas need to be addressed this window - LB, CM/DM, RW. After that we need to think about trading and moving players on as and where necessary. Contract situations will come into things and it may make sense to make big decisions that may be initially unpopular - selling Wilson/Longstaff or something like that.

 

I'd also consider decent money for ASM, Almiron, Murphy, Burn, Lascelles and Targett provided they're replaced on top of that lot above. Obviously there are another half a dozen that need to leave for the benefit of all parties - Darlow, Lewis, Fraser etc. This window is all about trimming the fat, removing the squad of players who contribute little/nothing, next season is going to be pivotal and each one of the 25 needs to be as fit, motivated and good as possible, can't afford to carry a single one of them. 

 

Looking forward to seeing how it shapes up over the next 3 months, big task but I'm confident they'll deliver 

 

I'd love that, but I just can't see us getting that many players. Everyone has ideas of 7/8 players coming in at the start of every summer window,  and by the last week of it,  we're hoping we can atleast bring in a forth  

 

I reckon

2 A class

2 B class. 

 

This is more what I think will happen, rather than what we need.

 

 

[BonesJones]

Pair of druggies.

[TRon]

28 minutes ago, M1tche said:

I think it will be either Ugarte or Szoboszlai?

 

Sky Sports reporting that Ugarte is in talks with Chelsea so guess it will have to be Szoboszlai.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

19 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

Sky Sports reporting that Ugarte is in talks with Chelsea so guess it will have to be Szoboszlai.

I guess he’s speaking to Poch if there’s any chance of him going there.