That is a real shame for both of you:(Quote:
Originally Posted by KSE Comedy Club
I really hope you find something else soon and that you can put to use your 11 years of experience :good:
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That is a real shame for both of you:(Quote:
Originally Posted by KSE Comedy Club
I really hope you find something else soon and that you can put to use your 11 years of experience :good:
wow, that really is rough, still you should hopefully get decent redundancy payment after that length of time?Quote:
Originally Posted by KSE Comedy Club
They are going with Government statutory - which is shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Missus has done 25 years but she'll be capped at 20 and our weekly salary is above the statutory as well so that's capped too.
They are literally shafting us, we don't have a union or anything so we are on our own.
I would understand it if we were a private company and the business was struggling - but we are talking about a global corporation here, getting away with the bare minimum
Arseholes
well I guess that's how they became a global corporation, still bloody mean though, I feel for you manQuote:
Originally Posted by KSE Comedy Club
I don’t know enough about Rodriygo to form a definitive view, but my preference is definitely Rodgers alsoQuote:
Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE
Rodrygo on the left absolutely would deliver quality - what does luxury signing even mean?
If I had to guess, it’s someone who is a bit of a primadonna who brings a bit of star quality but a bit like Ozil not prepared to roll his sleeves up.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
But a) that would be a guess as to what his opinion is and b) I don’t myself have a strong opinion on Rodryigo
Interesting how that will marry up with those that lament we ask Saka to do so much defensive work.
Yup, you got it right the first time, weighing "talent" over application....I had hoped those days were gone .Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
I don’t know, it feels to me that we’ve got plenty of hard workers in the team but that we could do with some talentQuote:
Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE
Plus as I’ve said I don’t know enough about Rodryigo to say that he’s not hard working. But from what I’m reading it doesn’t sound like your characterisation of him is that accurate as it sounds like he’s far more likely to track back, play out of position to facilitate others etc
I’d prefer Watkins because he marries physical strength with technical ability. And I think Villa are in a position where they need to sell. But I certainly couldn’t say, I would be unhappy with Rodryigo as an alternative
that's me then, we do ask him to do too much defensive workQuote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Look at Salah, he apparently said to Slot - "I'll get you lots of goals and assists but the deal is I don't track back"
I'd say that worked pretty well
The interesting thing about Rodryigo is that he primarily plays on the right, so I don’t know whether the plan would be to move him left (he is right footed which could suit that) or if not what that would mean either for Nwaneri or whether we’d keep Trossard or not
Rodryigo is the unassuming character that’s allowed the galactico’s around him to take centre stage. He’s definitely a player of quality though and I would suggest it’s the type of competition that Martinelli needs too.
I like what Trossard has delivered for us but he’s never really going to be a certified stater. Only reason he played so much this year was because of the injury situation. It would be tough to see him go but if we can get a decent offer for him I would move him on.
Ornstein has us for Kepa.
Why must we buy/loan Chelsea players every window?
Fine with that. Cheap and reasonably good keeper for back up.
Almost forgot that Chelsea paid 70m for him. :haha:
My main issue with buying Chelsea players is potential wages. But let’s be fair, that club has so many players on its books it’s like a boot sale. Not terrible to have experienced backupQuote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
I don't think he's particularly good, will play in the cups and probably cost us.
He's the right level for what we need I think, he was actually quite good for BournemouthQuote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
The clubs do seem to have a good off pitch relationship when it comes to transfers and it kinda makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
They're the two most successful teams in London and can offer reasonably equivalent wages and on pitch success (obviously this varies from year to year) without the player having to uproot his life to move across the country.
Yeah and we’re the mugs who are always happy to do them a favour and take their scraps.
Kepa's the best we're likely to get as a backup, I'm fine with it, just as I was fine with Jorginho whem we bought him, Willian and Cech were bad buys, Jorg wasn't and nor will Kepa be for that price
Much better this than £30m on Garcia
Have to say I agree. I’m not expecting Kepa to dislodge Raya from no1 spot (though he does have a height advantage over him) but helps to have someone to keep him on his toes I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Zubimendi's making us look like fools, if he doesn't sign we'd better have a good backup option ready
Meanwhile Osimhen's not keen on Saudi apparently, 26 and a proven goalscorer
If either Gyokeres or Osimhen come to the PL and do significantly better than Sesko, Arteta will have a lot of explaining to do
Osimhen who was sent to Galatasaray on loan by Napoli?
Something not quite right there is there? I think even Chelsea decided to look elsewhere
https://x.com/afcstuff/status/193168...k_DvSqUkaQFrjw
If this is true I will complain
No defenders. What is wrong with Arteta ? It’s a sick addiction. We don’t need a defender
Dont forget that footballers have no loyalty to anyone. They just want the cash.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
And, is it him that is messing around, or is it our inabilty to tie up a deal.
This is going to be a very painful window.
What I have heard is a) Zubimendi won’t be announced until July and b) Berta likes to work on several transfers at once
How true either of these are I don’t know, but frankly I’m more disturbed a) by the lack of links to a creative central midfielder and b) that we are being linked with defenders, a line has to be drawn there….no more defenders
Well according to the Madrid press (yep I know) they're going after Zubimendi and Sesko and anyone footballer will a pulse (not sure whet the overdraft they have with the Bank Of Madrid is but it must be huge)
The problem is Zubimendi is said to prefer to want to stay in Spain (who can blame him tbh) so if Madrid are up for it, it's a problem
Apparently Liepzig want over 80m euros for Sesko and are not budging on that.
That is too much for 'potential'
The more this goes on the less I like the sound of it.
We'll probably end up with Jamie Vardy in a last minute deal <_<
80 million euros is about 67 million (which is the price I’ve heard stated for some considerable time)Quote:
Originally Posted by KSE Comedy Club
I don’t think you’ll find a striker with any reasonably good profile for much less than that anyway. They are a prime commodity.
And that's fine, but if it starts going higher then it does start to become questionable.Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
Gyokeres is still a little 'cheaper' I think, TransferMkt says 75m euros
Yes the “gentleman’s agreement” understanding he has with Sporting, as opposed to his minimum release fee of 100 million eurosQuote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Looks like United have made an official approach, my feeling on that (which I know isn’t the popular one on here) is that they are welcome to him
I could be wrong and he could be a revelation in the premier league. But given his goal output (in the Portuguese league) there doesn’t seem to be many takers
Chelsea seemingly trying to hijack Sesko deal now.
Good thing we are taking our time with our business :rolleyes:
So you’re both worried that we are paying too much and worried that we aren’t doing things more quickly (presumably to negotiate a price that is reasonable) because of another club swooping in?.Quote:
Originally Posted by KSE Comedy Club
I do find it quite interesting how so many big clubs need (or needed last summer) a striker seems to have passed on him. The fee, comparatively, isn't outrageous (that in itself is insane), you'd think his wage demands wouldn't be mental, and yet there doesn't seem to be much appetite so much so that United of all cluster fucks are most heavily linked.Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
On the other hand, I know fuck all about football. He'll probably be brilliant.