Ludicrous fee for Higuain. He's never been worth anything like that much, let alone at the age of 29!
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He's 35 but I get your point.
I think most strikers would become available for that money, the issue i guess is convincing one of the top tier strikers to join a flagging Serie A at their peak. Higuain is just about the only one in that venn diagram.
Even when he was at his peak at the age of 32-33ish then he was worth like £40m tops, now he's 38 I'd not even wanna pay upward of £20m.
He's a good signing but I think the fee for him is even more ridiculous than the one we are reportedly willing to pay for Pogba. To think Juventus fans were taking the piss out of us for that 
shit old bottling cnut
Why not Ferdinand? 6 league titles, 1 cl, 2 more finals and was at one point the best defender in the world. Not to mention other trophies he went on to win.
Well you "reckon" wrongly my friend. I or anyone who thinks there is a lack of talent outside of the EPL would be daft.
Higuain would at best go back to his scoring rate of around .5 goals a game like he did for Real. Could Arsenal use that in their team? Of course. Higuain would make them title challengers but so would the likes of buying something like a Lacazette and a good cb for around the same price as Higuain. Honestly though if any club should pay too much for signings it should be Arsenal just to change popular opinion of their club.
Goalscorers are a hard-commodity to come by. This guy has consistently held a 20+ goal a season strike-rate over the last 7 or 8 years for Real Madrid and Napoli in two of the top 4 leagues in the world and hit 36 in 35 last season.
If you don't think that's worth £30m, then you don't understand the market anymore. Of courses what Juve have paid is a ridiculous amount, but let's not pretend he's a bag of shite when that clearly isn't the case.
As for the Arsenal comment - as mentioned previously if they had the guts to pull the trigger on somebody like Higuain they'd probably be favourites for the league. He'd score an absolute bucketload in their system.
This is what bothers me
If their ultimate goal is to end their CL drought, they put their fate in the hands of the worst possible player
We can't spend 90m on a player, it's not about guts. And we shouldn't anyway.
Absolute nonsense. You don't even believe that.
Didn't Mangala cost between £32m-£42m?
You think we can spend 90m on a single player?You could easily. There isn't that big of a difference between us/Madrid /barca and you guys in terms of finances. Plus with the new tv deal, even the bottom placed clubs will be rolling in it. Nah I think you can spend 90m on a player. I think it's Wenger who doesn't want to. Maybe he thinks its would mean he would have to deliver a title then, no longer would he be able to justify a top 4 finish.
We still have to bring in a CB and wide mid, having spent 40m pounds on three signings already. There's no way we're spending 90m on a striker and nor should we.
Neymar was more expensive. His "official" fee was just a lie. That would make Higuain the 4th most expensive.
£42m. He's one of the fees we also actually know because of the leaks.
So he's basically Juve's version of Carroll.
Yes, exactly. Totally similar players and similar scoring records.
Similar bottling records
Joking aside you know what I meant, overpaying for a new player after selling the star player. No way Higuain worth 50M, let alone 100M.
We don't need Higuain for bottling in champions league... we're expert in that ourselves. Lost 4 champions league finalsSimilar bottling records
Joking aside you know what I meant, overpaying for a new player after selling the star player. No way Higuain worth 50M, let alone 100M.
I think similar example would be United getting Van Persie. Quick fix by Fergie to make a push to win premier league in his last season.
I agree he is not worth that much amount. I'm still in shock that Juve will pay that much amount let alone on Higuain
. Oh well 4 years ago, our striking options were Iaquianta, Vucinic and Matri 
... have come a long way.
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Give it a rest mate. Arsenal fans are very happy with his strategy. For all it is worth they have been sold the "well run club" argument too well by the owners and Wenger. I have one at my workplace who talks the same way about not going for top players. When I suggested that it may be because Wenger doesn't want to increase expectations, he was surprised that anyone can think that way. Of course the "good football" argument started as well. Winning doesn't seem to be the ambition at that club.
But Juventus would win Serie A regardless of this signing and you are very unlikely to win CL even with Higuain. €90m for around 3 years of good service which won't really make you much better is an absurd sum to pay.We don't need Higuain for bottling in champions league... we're expert in that ourselves. Lost 3 champions league finals
I think similar example would be United getting Van Persie. Quick fix by Fergie to make a push to win premier league in his last season.
I agree he is not worth that much amount. I'm still in shock that Juve will pay that much amount let alone on Higuain
Are we 100% sure this isn't some shady deal by Serie A teams? I can't believe Juventus are a) stupid enough to pay that kind of money for Higuain, b) have that kind of money to spend on one player who isn't even that special?
Van Persie was a brilliant move by Fergie, without him we wouldn't have won the title. If Higuain will have the same impact at Juve then it's a great move regardless of how much he cost. However you and me in the same boat about that, the shocking fee Juventus paid is an unfortunate proof for you and a encouraging proof for me that Pogba's announcement is imminent.We don't need Higuain for bottling in champions league... we're expert in that ourselves. Lost 3 champions league finals
I think similar example would be United getting Van Persie. Quick fix by Fergie to make a push to win premier league in his last season.
I agree he is not worth that much amount. I'm still in shock that Juve will pay that much amount let alone on Higuain
The Higuain bottling I was referring to was in regard to his performances in the national team, he's doing great in Italy.
And sorry about the CL finals, I always have sympathized Juve ever since the epic 1999 battle, and last time I really wanted you guys to win it especially for Evra and Buffon.
Vucinic! PES legend.
Yes Juventus have already been well received at Old Trafford. Remember Fergie always praising Lippi's teams and can't forget Del Piero getting standing ovation.
and it's 4 champions league final defeats, by the way *cries*
He also bottled a pen that should've sent Napoli to the CL, though tbf, he was a beast in that game and they wouldn't have been in that situation without him
The bottler tag actually started in those knockout games in the CL with Real Madrid
Could be possible. Unlike England or Spain, Italian teams usually don't have any problem with selling to rivals.
Thank you. Then Ferdinand shouldn't be in that 'most expensive 11' lineup.
it's the biggest joke ever...okay I know there is a lack of "top" strikers around the world and he's proven one but he's turning 29 soon and he's never been that good. It's simply ridiculous. H's not even worth the third of the price and I'm the one who says Pogba is totally worth the money we are paying for him even though his real price could be obviously lower... It's just one of the best deals in the history of football made by Napoli... I actually smell some money laundering there.
the positive thing about is that Pogba is sold
the positive thing about is that Pogba is sold
Yeah, just amazes me that he has them so convinced.
Yeah horseshit. We're in for players amounting to about 150m pounds net without Higuain transfer.
The price on this team is correct. His official price by Barca when they signed him was around 55m euros.
I said at the 'time of transfer' Basically, what the player had achieved up to that point.
I see people continuously under rate players in other leagues in here, I mean someone said 30m would be too much for this guy! I bet they wouldn't say that if it was Harry Kane. Considering the fact that Lyon just said Lacazette is untransferable in an official statement, they would not be able to get him for cheap. The issue with Arsene for me is, he doesn't do whats necessary to make Arsenal title favourites. 3 years ago he thought Suarez wasn't worth 60m+, but he bought Ozil that summer then Sanchez the next for around 75m and now still needs a striker so will need to spend 30+ for that position too - Totalling 100m+. Had he pulled the trigger on Suarez and Ozil in the same summer, they would have won the league by now I am pretty sure of that.
Thank God he didn't. Ozil feeding the vampire would have been a nightmare for all pl teams...an ambitious manager would have done it though
His transfer is a special case since they paid his parents a lot of money and they are neither his agents nor owned a part of him. That fee doesn't count as agent fees so in reality he cost about 87m euros plus agent fees.
The 87m includes the 40 odd paid to his agents/parents. Barcelona president had to reveal that when hecwas charged with fraud.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26512767
The prices these days are doing my head in. Higuain is a top striker, no doubt about that but 90M €? Holy hell.