The Prophet Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 (edited) Raphinha would be dreamland like. I wonder if Barca would be open to an economic lever. Edited August 16 by The Prophet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawalls Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 1 minute ago, Unbelievable said: https://www.football.london/womens-football/todd-boehlys-blueco-made-chelsea-29532000 just read something since i posted that, it states that they valued the womans team at £150M (as does that article) yet before that Nice Womans team which is one of the most popular ever apparantly is valued at £42M - their shit seriously needs to stop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Puppets Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 11 minutes ago, simonsays said: Conceicao? Possibly... I genuinely can't remember so I didn't want to share it. 10 minutes ago, OoOGazOoO said: I'm sure you get asked loads, so apologies to add to that but is a RW still on the agenda if we purchase Guehi do you know? I'm honestly not sure. I would imagine so, but I can't say with any certainty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 (edited) 5 minutes ago, simonsays said: Came across as a diving, cheating little turd at the Euros - much like Gordon did before he joined Just like his dad in the away Inter match, dont think i've held a grudge against a single player (and bloodline) like it since The Athletic did a video on him being the ideal RW signing for us Edited August 16 by geordie_b Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
500bhp Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 54 minutes ago, WilliamPS said: I wouldn’t worry about PSR sales, as before claiming a sale is needed you need to know the revenue and costs. On the revenue side it would be pretty dumb to do a sale they don’t want to do now, then find at the end of the year by finishing 3rd in the league and having great cup runs has generated more TV money and prize money and the sale was never needed. Or they get another commercial deal done. I notice you sensibly didn't include home gate receipts from cup games. Seven in a row away from home and counting!! That alone must be worth £3-4m per season in lost revenue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawalls Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 I do hate Footbll365 but this made me laugh Quote Can we talk about Chelsea? Specifically whatever it is that is fueling their signing and over paying for so many players. They’re about to sign Pedro Neto for £60 million. Where is this money coming from? They’re not in the champions league this season. How do they expect to be financially compliant? You could say I’m just a bitter Arsenal fan, but the fact is, that half those players they’ve signed have probably borked their whole careers. Sure, they’re on nice, 8 year contracts so financially they’re fine, but the likelihood of them succeeding now has taken a huge hit. It feels like those people who pay cash to flip some house on Homes Under the Hammer. They don’t want that 3 bed house, they just want someone to pay them either way more money for them, or they rent it out and get someone else to pay. I’m half expecting Dion Dublin to turn up at Stamford Bridge and walk around the squad pointing out flaws like ‘habitual knee injuries are something to be dealt with quickly’ etc. PSR and FFP were supposed to fix skullduggery, but it only seems to have encouraged it. Like City with their 115 charges, people are paying others a lot of money to find them loop holes to allow them to cheat. This is anathema to the spirit of fair play. Can’t wait for the season to start so we can talk about football again and not signings. post from somebody on Football365 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicente_14 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 9 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Raphinha would be dreamland like. I wonder if Barca would be open to an economic lever. They have been open to selling him and Gundogan all summer, neither want to leave and thats the problem Barca have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag3.14 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 22 minutes ago, Gawalls said: Womans team?? what's the story behind that one? Times article here, says the Premier League are again "probing" but like the other deals nowt is likely to happen https://archive.ph/Z9MVf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 1 hour ago, Shadow Puppets said: They were all in for Raphinha a month ago (not sure if that's still a goer). I've heard another couple of names more recently but can't fucking remember them. One of them plays RW for Porto I think, but I can't remember his name. The most Eddie Howe winger at Porto would have to be Galeno. Porto have used him more on the left, but think at Braga he also played on the right sometimes. Powerful and explosive winger. Reminds me a bit of Cunha at Wolves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Could be quite an exciting two weeks with £65 million burning a hole in our pockets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 2 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Could be quite an exciting two weeks with £65 million burning a hole in our pockets. Hope we shop abroad. £70m for Guehi and £60 for Madueke. Madness. We should be able to get a couple of cracking players for £65m from France/Germany/Italy/Spain etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 9 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Could be quite an exciting two weeks with £65 million burning a hole in our pockets. Shame every other club knows we do mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 (edited) Burn, Kelly and soon Botman can fill that role next to Schar. I'd really like Guehi, good player, will get better - but right forward is a more consequential position for us I believe. We had defensive issues last season, but I am convinced that was largely in proportion with Pope's absence, as the previous season our defence was the best in the league. I don't believe Guehi would be the crucial factor in solving those issues, right forward however is our weakest area of the squad by a distance. That £60+ million could get us a big player in that position and potentially elevate our forward line to be amongst the strongest in the league. Edited August 16 by Infinitely Content Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 1 minute ago, Infinitely Content said: Burn, Kelly and soon Botman can fill that role next to Schar. I'd really like Guehi, good player, will get better - but right forward is a more consequential position for us I believe. We had defensive issues last season, but I am convinced that was largely in proportion with Pope's absence, as the previous season our defence was the best in the league. I don't believe Guehi would be the crucial factor in solving those issues, right forward however is our weakest area of the squad by a distance. That £60+ million could get us a big player in that position and potentially elevate our forward line to be amongst the strongest in the league. No Pope and the severely diminished press I reckon, aye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 10 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Could be quite an exciting two weeks with £65 million burning a hole in our pockets. The problem is the next defender we try to buy know will know they are not our 1st choice? also other clubs will know we were willing to spend £65m on a RCB price will then be inflated , whoever we go in for I can see us trying a 5th time and hopefully in private 🥸 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 1 minute ago, JonBez comesock said: The problem is the next defender we try to buy know will know they are not our 1st choice? also other clubs will know we were willing to spend £65m on a RCB price will then be inflated , whoever we go in for I can see us trying a 5th time and hopefully in private 🥸 Isak wasn’t our first choice. That worked out OK! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 7 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said: Isak wasn’t our first choice. That worked out OK! Who says he wasn’t first choice I heard he was the one everyone agreed on and all wanted originally , early talks seemed to suggest we didn't have a chance to get him and price was too high Then (later in the window) they went all in , and got their man and paid the price they wanted after French kid turned us down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 31 minutes ago, Infinitely Content said: Burn, Kelly and soon Botman can fill that role next to Schar. I'd really like Guehi, good player, will get better - but right forward is a more consequential position for us I believe. We had defensive issues last season, but I am convinced that was largely in proportion with Pope's absence, as the previous season our defence was the best in the league. I don't believe Guehi would be the crucial factor in solving those issues, right forward however is our weakest area of the squad by a distance. That £60+ million could get us a big player in that position and potentially elevate our forward line to be amongst the strongest in the league. Fully agree, but we'd be a Schär injury away from a bit of a nightmare. In an ideal world we'll get both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 29 minutes ago, JonBez comesock said: The problem is the next defender we try to buy know will know they are not our 1st choice? also other clubs will know we were willing to spend £65m on a RCB price will then be inflated , whoever we go in for I can see us trying a 5th time and hopefully in private 🥸 We are willing to spend £65m on a player we think is worth that. It doesn’t mean we’re going to spend that on anyone and we’ll happily tell other clubs that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnbull2000 Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 36 minutes ago, Infinitely Content said: Burn, Kelly and soon Botman can fill that role next to Schar. I'd really like Guehi, good player, will get better - but right forward is a more consequential position for us I believe. We had defensive issues last season, but I am convinced that was largely in proportion with Pope's absence, as the previous season our defence was the best in the league. I don't believe Guehi would be the crucial factor in solving those issues, right forward however is our weakest area of the squad by a distance. That £60+ million could get us a big player in that position and potentially elevate our forward line to be amongst the strongest in the league. It's extremely risky basing our defensive play around a keeper who's popped his shoulder on more than one occasion, and will be highly susceptible to doing so again. Either bring in a keeper equivalent to Pope, or change our play. Otherwise we're looking very fragile going into this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 33 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said: Isak wasn’t our first choice. That worked out OK! Think it's the inverse, Isak was first choice but the fee was massive so we went for somethimg cheap. Wilson injury forced us to pay up. Seems we're willing to just pay what it takes now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Just now, HaydnNUFC said: Fully agree, but we'd be a Schär injury away from a bit of a nightmare. In an ideal world we'll get both. I agree, which is perhaps why it appears we tried to get both Kelly & Tosin on free transfers. We perhaps have reason to believe Schar will be mostly present and available for us though, and should that be the case, he's head and shoulders above Guehi and our other central defenders imo. The most underrated player in the league, such is my conviction anyway. When c.£60 million could potentially get us a high class right forward, it's a clear preference for me at this point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Just now, Infinitely Content said: I agree, which is perhaps why it appears we tried to get both Kelly & Tosin on free transfers. We perhaps have reason to believe Schar will be mostly present and available for us though, and should that be the case, he's head and shoulders above Guehi and our other central defenders imo. The most underrated player in the league, such is my conviction anyway. When c.£60 million could potentially get us a high class right forward, it's a clear preference for me at this point. With you totally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 39 minutes ago, JonBez comesock said: The problem is the next defender we try to buy know will know they are not our 1st choice? That’s football. Who cares? Craig Bellamy and Laurent Robert weren’t our first choice years ago that Yoro wasn’t Man Utd’s first choice and Man Utd wasn’t his first choice either. Countless transfers over the years haven’t been first choice they still get done Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigen Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 1 hour ago, sempuki said: Hope we shop abroad. £70m for Guehi and £60 for Madueke. Madness. We should be able to get a couple of cracking players for £65m from France/Germany/Italy/Spain etc. But Howe wants only PL players. This is your problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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