Not necessarily,Coutinho cost 160m and an unproven lad from the Portuguese league with less than 30 apps cost 125m. The market has been absurd in recent years
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Sorry I'm confused. Aren't we on agreement here?
We have been working on other players. Bellingham and Cavani to name two. Whether they get done is another matter.
It means "in" or "in the".
Seems like I've missed a hell of a lot. Is this definitely a done deal now? BBC report it being close but I don't even know who is trustworthy these days
It does make you wonder. The price reported doesn't seem that bad and it looks like it is essentially lower than what Sporting asked for.
He's supposed to be in Manchester on Wednesday or Thursday. You'll know then.
Not really, but it looks like he's saying the same thing.
My brain isn't working well here.It's not happening. It's all usual Portugese media thing.
yeh. Much much lower, even after those increased bids. No wonder this thing last so long. Just imagine how low our initial bid was
That's not working. Let's try 'ANNUNCIATE BRUNO'!
So he will cost us around 55m pounds (including realistic adds-on), which is fair price. Afterall, he is Portugal international player, and best player in Portugal league in past 2 season, wouldn't say its cheap, but its about the right price in this market. (established top Portugal international player, apart from Ronaldo, Silva and Felix, usually cost around that price range)
What era are you in?
Neymar moved for 198 million pounds, that changed the whole thing.
Transfers are like this for big clubs:
1. Get the quality players and pay premium.
2. Get the unearthed gems for peanuts.
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Absolutely buzzing. He will be a huge addition. Elite stamina, shooting and creative passing. Exactly what we needed.
A bargain at that price too.
A bargain at that price too.
When I see a transfer news confirmed on the Guardian I know its real. He can only improve our squad.
Have been hoping we find a Talisman. Hope it is him!
Have been hoping we find a Talisman. Hope it is him!
Wow, so this is really happening huh. I genuinely thought this was going to go the way of Sneijder. Looks like he’ll be a good addition to the team though. Can’t wait to see him in action
Can we make this thread 300 pages?
Despite differing opinions on the quality of our starting 11, in my opinion, the number 10 spot was the last huge, huge hole to fill. Pereira and Lingard are both nowhere near good enough to be starting there and Mata's not got the legs to be playing week in week out anymore. I don't make predictions like this usually but I think he'll take us up a level, that's how important it was to sign a number 10, he provides so much of what we've been lacking in that role all season. He may take some time to adapt like Fred so I hope we show some patience allowing him to bed in.
Sancho, a quality DM and a back up ST are now the priorities on my summer wish list, fingers crossed.
Sancho, a quality DM and a back up ST are now the priorities on my summer wish list, fingers crossed.
I will hold my hands up and admit I didn't think we would react so quickly to the Barca rumours, was so sure we were going to walk away from this guy for the second window in a row
Good to see us getting the player we wanted. Hope he proved to be a top player given the outlay and need in midfield. I'm a little skeptical given his lack of dribbling ability/quality in tight spaces.
Who is everyone? Should the club consult Red Cafe and it’s collective?
There is a bit of an overreaction, to our so called “buying British policy”. usually by some of our Irish followers, taking it literally. Any perceived existence in this, If it helps, probably includes Irish players too. I think the motivation is based around players being more loyal and inclined to play for the badge than players from more distant countries where they tend not to value the Club’s stature so much. (Again, please don’t take this literally) As is usually the case, these perceived policies are knee-jerk interpretations of recent activity and by no means literal, long term or binding. I think too many people believe all they read. These same people probably now believe we are only interested in Portuguese players.
I always thought it was more to do with eliminiting the problem of adapting to life in the country and playing style of the league.
Im still not sure about him, he seems too good to be true, player of the year the last two years in portugal, starter with Portugal, captain, great stats, leadership skills (captain), relatively young, for 50 million he seems a bargain why is nobody else interested?
Yup. But people have to find something to moan about.
It was complete rubbish anyway. We've tried for Haaland and Bruno this window. We tried for Dybala and Erikssen in the summer.
It was just another in a long list of bad faith attacks on Ole.
I still think this is a mistake, he'll be Pogba's replacement and it'll also mean no Grealish who I think has a much higher ceiling, it also does nothing to solve our CM situation when Matic's battery runs out like it does after 7 or 8 games without lots of rest.
wHy iS nObOdY eLsE iNtErEsTeD??????
Dont worry about it. He's exactly what we need. Ideal signing.
If he's Pogbas replacement we can still go for for Grealish. City have about 5 AMs. Why can't we have 2?
So this seems to be on.
Just give him till late next season before judging him based on most of our winter signings.
I've noticed. This place rivals 4chan for toxicity levels, atm.
If is such an stupid question, then explain why funny guy
There isn't a silver bullet to our troubles. It will be a multiple transfer windows process.
How badly have we needed somebody who can do this?
super Bok all the way! fernandessshhh! He might smack one really hard off lingard and get him out of his slump hahaa 80% off jlings collection and flares in Woodward’s garden and Bruno arriving in the morning! What a time to be alive
I dunno, mate, maybe read like nearly every other page of this thread, where that exact same question has been asked.
Why is nobody else in for him?
Well, for a start, Spurs tried to sign him in the summer. Secondly, all the other top teams already have quality players in his position. Thirdly, his prefered destination is the PL, maybe his agent has made that known to other clubs?
Also, I was only winding you up in a friendly way, don't take it badly.
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