Winter Transfer Window Intrigue and Excitement.

[Özim]

Sounds pretty expensive.

Emery: "At the moment the club is telling me this is not a good moment to buy new players. But the club say to me in the summer it is going to be different, & we are going to have chances to take and spend money to buy players."

That Adidas money needs to be life changing to make any sort of real difference.

Doesn't have to be, Liverpool managed just fine signing players for reasonable amounts initially.

[Marc Overmars]

I'm patient enough to wait and see what happens in the summer.

If we don't qualify for the CL though then we will most likely struggle to recruit top players again unless we have proper money to play with.

[SMatthews]

Not sure they bought established players. No one knew a thing about Firmino, everyone laughed at how much they paid for Benteke, Lallana and Mane (the latter proved a great buy in the end). Even Wijnaldum cost about £25m. The prices they paid then were high, but the market has gone even crazier since then. Mane would prob cost £50m+ from Southampton (maybe more given how much they sold Dijk for) and Firmino would go for more than £36m now if he came from Hoffenheim. Buying established players on their mid-20s would cost a lot of money.

[Özim]

Not sure they bought established players. No one knew a thing about Firmino, everyone laughed at how much they paid for Benteke, Lallana and Mane (the latter proved a great buy in the end). Even Wijnaldum cost about £25m. The prices they paid then were high, but the market has gone even crazier since then. Mane would prob cost £50m+ from Southampton (maybe more given how much they sold Dijk for) and Firmino would go for more than £36m now if he came from Hoffenheim. Buying established players on their mid-20s would cost a lot of money.

So is paying 35-40 million for a 29 year old, they have no resale value whatsoever so it's just money down the drain in reality, better to pay a bit more for a younger player you can sell off if you need to a few years down the line than some 29-30 year old who will not only be worth nothing but will also need replacing in a few years (so in fact he'll probably cost more than buying the equivalent 25 year old).

It's pretty shortsighted to buy players of that age if your budget is relatively restricted IMO.

[Özim]

Talking about money according the to the Times:

The departure of manager Arsene Wenger and his staff from Arsenal cost the Gunners £17.1m.

Thanks Arsene!

[SMatthews]

Isn’t that the same with every manager that leaves the club early? We could’ve always let him run down his contact for another year I guess...

[SMatthews]

So is paying 35-40 million for a 29 year old, they have no resale value whatsoever so it's just money down the drain in reality, better to pay a bit more for a younger player you can sell off if you need to a few years down the line than some 29-30 year old who will not only be worth nothing but will also need replacing in a few years (so in fact he'll probably cost more than buying the equivalent 25 year old).

It's pretty shortsighted to buy players of that age if your budget is relatively restricted IMO.

We haven’t agreed to pay that have we? That’s just what Inter want from the deal. The fact we seem to be asking for a loan with an option shows we aren’t committing to that sort of money at all. If we got him on loan and he helped get us into the CL, or win the Europa, the loan would’ve been a success. But that said, I don’t think he’s coming here because of the fee we’re being asked to pay.

[Bumble]

So is paying 35-40 million for a 29 year old, they have no resale value whatsoever so it's just money down the drain in reality, better to pay a bit more for a younger player you can sell off if you need to a few years down the line than some 29-30 year old who will not only be worth nothing but will also need replacing in a few years (so in fact he'll probably cost more than buying the equivalent 25 year old).

It's pretty shortsighted to buy players of that age if your budget is relatively restricted IMO.

does it matter if a player has a resale value if its a player that we really need. you are starting to sound like Wenger :-)

[Marc Overmars]

Perisic is 30 in a couple of days, I didn't realise he was that old.

If we can get him on loan, great. However I certainly don't blame the club if they're balking at the obligation to buy him. 35m for a 30 year old who's never really excelled throughout his club career and is currently dining off a few decent performances at the World Cup.

[GP]

https://www.goal.com/en/news/henry-w...5wzrudmqzuq6fq

lol