Lot of rumors of him playing most of the WC through the pain barrier, hence big cartilage problems in his knees.
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That rumour just about sums up silly season. We will get linked with just about anyone, but why on Earth would we sign a striker on the wrong side of 30? Sure, he's a great player, but that's not going to happen. Doubt we even showed any interest...
You do realise Ligue 1 is way better than the championship right, so I would argue that Pepe is much more proven than James. Pepe has 22 goals and 11 assists this season whereas James who is just two years younger has 4 goals and 6 assists?
Not to mention players from Ligue 1 adapt very well to the PL whereas players who do well in Championship may struggle to adapt to PL, look at Neves who was tearing it up in the championship but has been hit and miss in the PL
Also mate, stop yelling. Looks like you are the one who needs to get a grip
Oh yeah let's sell Sanchez and Lingard and sign no one, let's go into the season with Martial, Lukaku, Rash and James as our attacking options and when Martial gets injured on the first game, let's throw our teenage academy products in at the deep end. Solid plan mate, who needs bench strength anyways especially when we have forwards who never get injured
Thanks for the update/response bud.
Hey, inconsistent is a lot better than completely fecking useless.
I saw plenty of him at Celtic. He was fine for the SPL and stood out as a cut above. However, unless he's improved substantially, my opinion is that we need better quality.
Not 100% sure, but i remember reading somewhere that it changed (think it was when City bought Laporte). I think the taxes thing is scrapped, so now the player only has to deposit the money he got from the club in the La Liga headquarters and he is out of contract and can sign for the new club.
I'd disagree - a player from the championship is just as likely to adapt to the PL than a foreigner. Its very naïve logic to think Pepe will settle based on the league he plays in.
Neves has been pretty solid this year - poor example but I get what your saying.
Sanchez has offered nothing since he came, Lingard is abysmal. About time we cleared some of the deadwood out, both of those two are not needed in any capacity.
If we want to progress, we need to be ruthless with players leaving
Granted this may take time, but if we continue with the same players we wont improve. Sanchez in particular is a waste of everybodys time. So yeah - we'd be better off without them
How many times is this going to be posted? Sport Witness are fine. They just translate foreign stories into English.
They also translate bullshit so not a reliable source.
Same, one reason why i don't think they should be classed as a reliable source.
Same.
Be a shocker of a signing.
He was poor for Fulham, better than most at Celtic (which isn't hard).
Not seen much of him lately, but agree - unless he has improved A LOT its probably not worth it
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So if we don't spend this summer he should be fired. He's basically said we'd spend a lot. (Talking about Woodward)
What a negotiator Woodward is.
But they're not a source (most of the time). They just reliably translate other sources.
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What is the sell on clause we have?
50% on FM!What is the sell on clause we have?
Go on Crystal Palace! Sell him for more!
Oh Ed Woodhead you really spoil us, such inspirational words, now I'm convinced.
Oh wait no...on second thought, feck off.
Oh wait no...on second thought, feck off.
Thats great
easy moneywe can do things in the Market other clubs can only dream about ...
Fired?
If we don't spend anything this summer, he probably gets an enormous bonus.
The aim is to save money, not spend it!
Why does Woodward always shout about us having and spending money? That’s not exactly a good negotiating tactic is it?
Seems 25% is the popular guessWhat is the sell on clause we have?
I think we are splitting hairs! Can they be relied upon/trusted as a transfer source was the intendard question. No was the answer. Not can they successfully translate from English to Spanish or German or Swahili. Because they aren't very selective on what they translate, we can't trust what they report as gospel. I don't see what the big deal it tbh must be a slow day today
You do you and i'll do me
People are obsessed with this man on here. Woodward is as qualified as you can get in business, I’m sure the real football world doesn’t operate in such a manner where teams, especially teams that have been appearing on the top of the Forbes list for a decade, have to pretend they are skint to fool everyone!
It’s clear as day that we need a lot of work this summer, widely reported. He’s simply said he will back the manager in the market. One person has already gleaned from that that ‘so he should be sacked if we don’t spend loads’. I mean, c’mon.
There’s absolutely nothing to see with his comments, it’s just some are so determined to see it regardless.
He'll be playing his football at CP then next season then, nobody is paying that for him!
I don't think it's a secret, but what I think IS a worry, is that he clearly likes his statement signings, rather than focusing on what would be best long term.
FM says 50% and they're supposed to be pretty accurate. The Palace chairman also said it was a large sell on fee which was the reason for the low initial fee.
Hmm, 50% and they're quoting 100m
We're buying him for 100m and getting 50m back aren't we
Keep the money, just give us awb. They can have Phil jones for free.
Totally get what you’re saying. Possibly a case of tarring with the same brush when it comes to me though because I’m not someone that speaks out about Ed in a negative way usually.
I will say though that for all his commercial acumen, there is almost zero proof that he is a good negotiator or football man, however there’s a fair bit of proof that he’s not. I’d love him to prove the doubters wrong but this manager and this squad rebuild should certainly be his final chance.
According to that Reddit "ITK" account, he instructed his agent to tell us to feck off.Hmm, 50% and they're quoting 100m
We're buying him for 100m and getting 50m back aren't we
Wouldn’t be surprised - he’s had a few interviews where he expressly states the club didn’t support him. Natural if he has bad blood against us.
It was a conference call for the third quarter finances. Knowing if we're going to be backing the manager is the kind of thing they'd be concerned with. He'd hardly be saying in the conference call "Hey, come invest in us. We've not qualified for the Champions League so naturally our earnings are going to decrease, but don't worry, we've sorted that out by not going to spend anything this summer so you can expect us to be out of the CL for the foreseeable."
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