They were already the richest club in the world and now the TV deal has pushed them beyond the stratosphere.
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They were already the richest club in the world and now the TV deal has pushed them beyond the stratosphere.
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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
90mill for Pogba, now 75mill for his club footed brother. Mad world.
Aye, he's basically a direct replacement for Zlatan who to be fair did very well for them last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Lukaku will bag them 25+ goals a season. I think they definitely need more additions to challenge though, something still not quite right with their team IMO.
Magic Money Tree. :bow:
You're still the biggest Pogba fan I've ever known!Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Pogba is just a dabbing Djemba-Djemba
Even if you don't get out much, what's that got to do with anything? Maureen's game means they could have paid 90 quid for Lee Cattermole and coaxed Emile Heskey out of retirement and they'd get the same result.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
We have a new goalkeeping coach apparently.
https://twitter.com/DarrenArsenal1/s...65718379606018
Bibbo Baggins. :bow:
Leicester reportedly value Mahrez at 50m. :lol:
That's the kind of money you have to spend to buy a premier league player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Pickford cost Everton 30million
Unbelievable :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
He'll definitely score goals, but he's the type of player who will wont chase the ball or battle with a defender if he doesn't feel like it. Mourinho might try to beat that out of him so we'll see.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
£75m is crazy but I guess that's the market these days.
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Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
At 50 mill they need to find a bridge they can jump from. Monaco would probably talk for 50 mill and Leicester probably figured that out. Not sure why they want to keep Mahrez. He's not worth a penny if he doesn't fancy the task.
I approve of your correctionQuote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Everton now want 90m for Lukaku :lol:
At even the current market rate, I dont think he is worth a penny more than 40-45m quid.
They said he wasn't for sale at any price. Unless that price was 80 million.Quote:
Arsenal have returned with a £40million bid for Monaco star Thomas Lemar after seeing their initial £30m approach rejected.
Monaco have previously stated their refusal to sell the talented 21-year-old midfielder at any price this summer but the Gunners are testing that resolve.
The Frenchman is known to have a strong friendship with new Arsenal signing and compatriot Alexandre Lacazette.
So how can bidding half of what they demand be a worthwhile move?
We're just wasting time. Pay them 50 mill and then pay Alexis 300k per week and we're done. Why are we fucking around on 275k per week? What's the difference? It's all funny money.
Sign Lemar, secure Alexis. If we do that then I'll hold my hands up and say great transfer window.
However, anything other that that, not signing Alexis one way or the other, and not adding more quality to the squad on top, represents a total and comprehensive failure. There's no middle ground here at all. Not after all the years of fucking around.
Most interesting thing I've heard about Lemar is the comparison with Santi Cazorla a French journalist apparently made. If he had that kind of ability and skill set I'd say we should have made 50 million the initial offer.
Odd comparison. Few as technical as Santi. Lemar is not two footed, he's bigger, faster and more powerful. More Bale than Santi IMO. Apparently he's agreed personal terms with us now, but the 40 mill bid has already been rejected. Journos reporting that Monaco think they'll get the 80 mill next season so they are desperate to hold onto him. We'll have to break the transfer record again I think and I can't see that happening. Then again, football is so crazy now and heading fast in an even crazier direction, maybe 50, 60 mill will be a bargain by comparison to next summer's prices. 50 mill for Mbappe last season might have been seen as madness at the time, maybe not one year on though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Mahrez for 50 mill after his antics last season? No thanks.
Alexis wants 400k a week, so it's a decent sized difference if the media reports are true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
United confirm Lukaku agreement. 75m+15m add ons. :lol:
Wazza going the other way.
I was surprised to hear the comparison but I've no real view as I don't remember Lemar on the few ocassions I watched Monaco. I guess the journo was alluding to what he is AND what he could be.... a central player, lots of little touches, eye for a pass quick short interchanges..... rather than whatever role he performs now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
I'm surprised nobody has speculated too much here that our business is now over....as it's normally what we'd be saying by now.
More importantly he's going to united rather than Chelsea because they are happy to stump up the agents feesQuote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Lukaku has same agent as Ibrahimovic, Mkhytarian and Pogba
The 400k is bullshit one way or another. Either it's made up media shite, or it's Alexis saying he's not staying under any terms. But nobody outside China will be paying him 400k.Quote:
Originally Posted by mastermind84
All depends on Alexis. Our business probably is over if he can be persuaded to stay. But if he's going then we are only just getting started in this window. I assume. Because you never know with this club.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
I think Monaco were posturing re: Lemar 80mill price in a similar way to what we are doing to Alexis with City. From what I understand Lemar wants to join us and work under Wenger. We are currently in negotiations with Monaco and I believe we will eventually sign him, I reckon it will be around 50mill + add-ons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
We won't secure Alexis because he doesn't want to play for us anymore, he wants to go and work for Guardiola at City. If we offered him 400k per week he would want 500k per week, Alexis doesn't want to be here.
I personally think the Alexis situation will pan out similarly to the Lemar situation, we will eventually cave in and sell Alexis to City, I think we'll get at least 50mill for him but that won't cushion the blow as we will be a weaker team without him and City will be a stronger team with him.
If we sell Alexis to the gypos, this club is finished in terms of football and competitiveness. Alexis still has a year left on his contract, so we can keep him here and pay him the 140k he's currently on. And that's exactly what we must do without any consideration of a meaningless transfer fee or the fact he walks next season. We've easily, easily got our money's worth with Alexis so we won't be losing anything at all if he leaves on a free. But if we sell him to one of our major rivals we lose everything, especially in light of what we saw when we allowed RvC to go to Utd. If we make that mistake again then everybody in a decision making role at the club must be hounded and pilloried mercilessly and until such a time as they fuck right off and get jobs in banks or insurance firms.
You seem pretty sure we'll sign Lemar Sellasie..... was our bid before official then?
I agree NQ and I hope I'm being dramatic in my assessment that Alexis will be sold to City, I've just got this horrible feeling it's going to happen though. ��Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Our first bid of 30million was official and according to Lequipe and RMC in France we have gone back with a second bid of 40million. I can't claim to have any insider knowledge but from what I have read from more reputable sources, Lemar is keen to join and Monaco will sell. The stories of Monaco wanting 80million are only being published in the UK press, Monaco just want a decent fee, I reckon 50Million + add-ons will be enough, they got 42Million + add-ons for Silva to City, they can't expect much more for Lemar IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
It came from John Cross. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
If we signed Lemar....I wonder what that says to Iwobi and Chamberlain given their age.
As much as it may have been pie in the sky....kinda disappointed we won't sign Mbappe.
Leicester close to signing Iheanacho. Not a bad move for 20m tbh.
That seems like a good buy. Whenever I've seen him play he's been sharp. He needs regular football.
Apparently the Ox is very unlikely to sign a new deal. Bad news if his form from last season is anything to go by.
The contract situation is very odd, 3 important players with 1 year left and none of them signed up, pretty shoddy by us don't know we got ourselves in this situation, we seem to have no problem signing up the rubbish players for longer even though they have plenty of time left on their contracts but agruably our 3 most important players we allow to run down their contracts.
I'm not sure what's going on, do we need to gt rid of players in order to be able to re-sign them up but are unable to as noone wants people like Gibbs, Jenkinson etc.
This club is run terribly.
Aidy Ward is Ox's agent, same agent as Raheem Sterling. Aidy Ward is a grade A c*nt, he has been whoring Ox out for the best part of this summer, he is desperate to get him a deal elsewhere and get a huge slice of the pie. If Ox wants to go let him go, he has only really consistently produced over a small period last season, let's face it he wasn't actually that great, he was just better than the shite everyone else was dishing up with the exception of one or two.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Screw Ox, let him play "jack of all trades" elsewhere.
Very good buy, I think Kelechi has a lot of upside. I wouldn't be surprised if he moves back to a top 4 club in a few seasons time, I think he will do very well at Leicester.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
Yep, that Ward cunt is a cancer. The lowest of the low in the agent scum rankings, and that takes some doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Thing is, I reckon Ox is about as good as most of these 50, 60 mill "superstars" that are filling up agents' pockets with their ship jumping. When it all comes down to it, there is a handful of genuine talent out there and then all these other hype merchants who are commanding big fees. On a practical level, we'll get no more out of hype merchants than an Ox or Ramsey or even Wilshere can already give us. We've already seen that with our 30 mill signings. And up north, that 55 mill Sterling bloke is a joke.
So in this silly market it'll cost us 50 mill to replace Ox. Might as well hang on to him. He's a decent player. Not a world beater, but better than some of the shite that is being hawked around for mega fees.
Aye, my preference would be to keep Ox, but if he is playing games then get rid. We technically have a couple of players already at the club who could replace him immediately, Alex Iwobi for example could do IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn