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Giggsforever

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Invictus said:
No mate not Real. I meant PSG. They've already signed Luiz for around 50 million. The reported Di Maria purchase would take them beyond 110 million. This after the sanctions and bogus 200 million per year Qatar Tourism sponsorship deals (the highest genuine deal is United-Chevrolet is about a third of that).. If Michel had any balls or integrity they should be banned for blatant flouting of the rules and undermining the objectives of FFP. Though I doubt it'll happen what with the FIFA/ UEFA politics and Qatar hosting the next World Cup. All this really shows an ugly, corrupt side to the game.
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UEFA has ruled that this sponsorship deal has failed their FFP test, so that will at least not count in full for balancing their budget. It could very well be the case that Di Maria will choose PSG over us, also because they play in the CL, but ironically the possible purchase of him could be so costly it could trow them out of the CL.
 

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Giggsforever said:
UEFA has ruled that this sponsorship deal has failed their FFP test, so that will at least not count in full for balancing their budget. It could very well be the case that Di Maria will choose PSG over us, also because they play in the CL, but ironically the possible purchase of him could be so costly it could trow them out of the CL.
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Thanks for the info reg. the sponsorship deal mate. Wasn't aware that it'd been ruled out. :)

Yes indeed it seems strange that they're relentlessly pursuing top end player when it might cost them European football and organic revenue to balance the books. Confounds basic logic.
 

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Strange how Sky Sports go with that headline, when clearly Vidal could have denied he could leave and is happy at Juve.

The defining quote for me is "I'm very calm, but anyone would love to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world."

 

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I think we'll look at Depay if Di Maria heads to PSG. I'm quite glad we weren't signing him for the figures banded about, he wasn't a cert to excel in the PL. His playing acting and inconsistency would be awful to watch, much rather we bought another young, talented winger who isn't afraid to take a player on and doesn't fill his kegs up if he has a stinker of a match.
 

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Offside said:
I don't think we need an experienced defender. Johnny Evans is now exactly that. We do need a top defender though whether he is young or old. Not really sure is De Vrij fits that billing.
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It's numbers we need at the back. There's always one of them injured at some time or other.
 
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