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Do we honestly think there's a big signing that's been done in recent years that hasn't started with tapping up?How odd, the tapping up worked again.
Do we honestly think there's a big signing that's been done in recent years that hasn't started with tapping up?How odd, the tapping up worked again.
He has a release clause which everybody knew of. Hardly tapping up since he was fair game for every club.How odd, the tapping up worked again.
Not too often as overtly as some clubs seem to get away with. There’s always going to be illegal contact, you are correct, but few do it as brazenly as some clubs do.Do we honestly think there's a big signing that's been done in recent years that hasn't started with tapping up?
That’s easy when every other team in the league is your b*tchHave to admire how Bayern is run tbh. They always sort their shit out early and with minimal fuss.
A club being so overt in the media with its adulation of a player & announcing its hopeful intentions will potentially sway decisions by said player. It may not technically break the ‘law’ of transfers, but it certainly leaves a lot to be desired.He has a release clause which everybody knew of. Hardly tapping up since he was fair game for every club.
What has the other team have to do with it here?That’s easy when every other team in the league is your b*tch
So similar to how United was under Sir Alex until he retired in the prem? German clubs don't have as much of a veto between rivals as United and Liverpool do, but pretty much any other club was fair game for us and we managed to lure stars away. Cantona and Rio from Leeds. Berba and Carrick from Spurs. Van Persie from Arsenal. Chelsea I actually can't think of any examples right now.That’s easy when every other team in the league is your b*tch
Don’t disagree. I’ve never said it’s the clubs fault - but the mindset of the players in the German league is extremely Bayern friendly, and it ruins the excitement of an otherwise talent-flooded league. They all want to play for Bayern. I don’t find that strange because it equals a title every year, plus a good shot at UCL - but I do find it unexciting.But to be fair he had a release clause and multiple international top teams wanted him. It is not Leipzig's fault that he chose Bayern over some other top teams. It was the same with Lewandowski.It is not like Bayern forced the clubs to sell those players to them, it was the players decision. If Lewandowski wouldn't have gone to Bayern, then he would have ended up at Madrid. But Lewandowski prefered Bayern, same with Upamecano. And in last 4-5 years Bayern haven't actually bought any player from their competitor who was siginificant improving Bayern/ weakening the rival team
He had a release fee and clearly had a choice of clubs to pick from. It has nothing to do with knowing how to do business in this case.When you look at the Maguire fee and what Bayern pay for this talent. You have to admit they know how to do business. What a bargain.
Hope we go all in for Konate now.
Was Sol Campbell wearing an Arsenal shirt too?I had the strangest dream the other night, I saw Petr Cech, David Luiz and Willian in an Arsenal shirt, while Giroud was wearing blue. I know I must have been dreaming because in England players never transfer to their rivals, if they really love their club.
Of course it is. They know how to spend smart = great business.He had a release fee and clearly had a choice of clubs to pick from. It has nothing to do with knowing how to do business in this case.
It actually does. We got absolutely fleeced on Maguire, no club aiming to win trophies would have spent £80M on an above average defender. We need to actually look at players with clauses like Upacemano.He had a release fee and clearly had a choice of clubs to pick from. It has nothing to do with knowing how to do business in this case.
Sol Campbell and me were nakedWas Sol Campbell wearing an Arsenal shirt too?
All players who were deemed surplus to requirements by their former clubs.I had the strangest dream the other night, I saw Petr Cech, David Luiz and Willian in an Arsenal shirt, while Giroud was wearing blue. I know I must have been dreaming because in England players never transfer to their rivals, if they really love their club.
Sounds romanticSol Campbell and me were naked
Oh, don’t get me wrong. Bayern’s open pursuit of Upamecano was embarrassing. I simply meant that it was no hidden tapping up since every club knew he could leave for 40mA club being so overt in the media with its adulation of a player & announcing its hopeful intentions will potentially sway decisions by said player. It may not technically break the ‘law’ of transfers, but it certainly leaves a lot to be desired.
But, like professional fouls, some do it until punishment, if they ever get punished.
They could have gone to hundreds of clubs in the world. They chose their club’s rival though. If I really loved my club, I’d go abroad over my club’s rival as to respect my club.All players who were deemed surplus to requirements by their former clubs.
Wow. That is definitely some in-their-prime heavyweights of the football world with interest from mighty Juve, PSG, Barca, Real, United, Liverpool, City and Bayern, who despite all that, chose to screw their club over, more than it was a case of zero interest from any wealthy enough foreign club which then forced the selling club to ship them off as deadweight to their rival who also only picked the player up as a squad player / short-term solution. Is your next example the mighty transfer of Silvestre going to Arsenal - because that transfer would win you the argument, since it was definitely a carbon copy of Lewandovski, Hummels or Neuer joining their rival as the whole world tried to sign them.I had the strangest dream the other night, I saw Petr Cech, David Luiz and Willian in an Arsenal shirt, while Giroud was wearing blue. I know I must have been dreaming because in England players never transfer to their rivals, if they really love their club.
Totally get what you are saying & you’re right. I may be incorrect using that term as it implies a level of covertness (if that’s a word), but I don’t think there’s a specific term for what Bayern did. Probably needs to be & needs to be more restricted.Oh, don’t get me wrong. Bayern’s open pursuit of Upamecano was embarrassing. I simply meant that it was no hidden tapping up since every club knew he could leave for 40m
Agreed.He had a release fee and clearly had a choice of clubs to pick from. It has nothing to do with knowing how to do business in this case.
Is that the best you can doI had the strangest dream the other night, I saw Petr Cech, David Luiz and Willian in an Arsenal shirt, while Giroud was wearing blue. I know I must have been dreaming because in England players never transfer to their rivals, if they really love their club.
Is that the best you can do
The only reason Bayern has been any good over the past 10 years is because you tap up and get a free pass on any talent coming out of basically any German club. I think for the good of the league as a whole they should just ban Bayern from signing Bundesliga players.
'Free pass'So we have it straight from his agent that he has a clause, wants to leave, and is considering offers from two Premier League clubs and Bayern.
Do I understand right that, when he chooses to join Bayern over those, the Bundesliga will be regarded as a worse league by the Caf than if he leaves for one of the two?
That is some sound logic.
Name 2-3 players Bayern wanted from Bundesliga teams in the past 10 yrs that have rejected them and gone elsewhere / stayed at their clubs. Go on.'Free pass'
ReusName 2-3 players Bayern wanted from Bundesliga teams in the past 10 yrs that have rejected them and gone elsewhere / stayed at their clubs. Go on.
Well KdB and Sane come to my mind but I agree with your sentiment. Sane is anyways playing there now. Bayern more often than not get the players they want from other teams participating in bayernliga.Name 2-3 players Bayern wanted from Bundesliga teams in the past 10 yrs that have rejected them and gone elsewhere / stayed at their clubs. Go on.
Of course it is. They know how to spend smart = great business.
Don’t you think we were interested in buying him? The player decides where he goes, even more so when he has a release clause. There was probably at least 10 clubs “interested”, but none would have made an official bid until they knew he was set on joining them.It actually does. We got absolutely fleeced on Maguire, no club aiming to win trophies would have spent £80M on an above average defender. We need to actually look at players with clauses like Upacemano.
Or maybe they chose to stay in London where their families are well settled?They could have gone to hundreds of clubs in the world. They chose their club’s rival though. If I really loved my club, I’d go abroad over my club’s rival as to respect my club.
You mean like Hummels going back to his family in Munich?Or maybe they chose to stay in London where their families are well settled?
Wow. That is definitely some in-their-prime heavyweights of the football world with interest from mighty Juve, PSG, Barca, Real, United, Liverpool, City and Bayern, who despite all that, chose to screw their club over, more than it was a case of zero interest from any wealthy enough foreign club which then forced the selling club to ship them off as deadweight to their rival who also only picked the player up as a squad player / short-term solution. Is your next example the mighty transfer of Silvestre going to Arsenal - because that transfer would win you the argument, since it was definitely a carbon copy of Lewandovski, Hummels or Neuer joining their rival as the whole world tried to sign them.
Diego was also one a while back. That one worked out quite well for us, though.Reus
De Bruyne
Sane
What do I win?
That's just not true. Basically a flat out lie.Is that the best you can do
The only reason Bayern has been any good over the past 10 years is because you tap up and get a free pass on any talent coming out of basically any German club. I think for the good of the league as a whole they should just ban Bayern from signing Bundesliga players.
And let's not forget, both Ribery and Robben were rejects at their old clubs. Madrid was done with Robben and Ribery's flirt with Germany largely stems from the fact that France ridiculed the shit out of his appearance.That's just not true.
The main reason for Bayerns success over the last decade were players like Ribery, Robben, Lahm, Müller and Schweinsteiger. 2 of them were at the time the most expensive purchases from abroad in club history. The other 3 came from the own youth academy.