Joao Neves: PSG watch

pascell said:
Benfica have been robbed blind. They have to pay 10% of the transfer fee to intermediaries.
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Yeah, but not the 10s of millions above market rate sponsorship deal they'll no doubt have with Qatar airways in a season or two.
 
V.O. said:
Yeah, but not the 10s of millions above market rate sponsorship deal they'll no doubt have with Qatar airways in a season or two.
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Is this really true? I was wondering how PSG got Neves for just 60m.

Sorry I haven’t really been following the Neves trade to PSG much.
 
Red Company said:
Is this really true? I was wondering how PSG got Neves for just 60m.

Sorry I haven’t really been following the Neves trade to PSG much.
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Apparently they’re sending Renato Sanches the other way. Not sure if it’s a loan or permanent deal but could explain the “softened” transfer fee? Also means less payment over to intermediaries. But again, I read that on a tweet, so not sure if Renato is really going the other way.
 
Ish said:
Apparently they’re sending Renato Sanches the other way. Not sure if it’s a loan or permanent deal but could explain the “softened” transfer fee? Also means less payment over to intermediaries. But again, I read that on a tweet, so not sure if Renato is really going the other way.
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What a strange career he's had.
 
Red Company said:
Is this really true? I was wondering how PSG got Neves for just 60m.

Sorry I haven’t really been following the Neves trade to PSG much.
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It's probably just me being cynical about how state owned clubs do business, but it wouldn't shock me at all.

Remember Trippier being sold to Newcastle for 12m after Atletico had quoted us 50m? Then a year later Atletico are being sponsored by a Saudi airline that doesn't even have any planes yet.
 
Annoying we weren’t in for him at that price. Unless we literally don’t have 60m to give them.
 
Ish said:
Yep, massive money moves. Played for some of the biggest clubs in Europe. But had next to zero impact at any of them. Another Benfica prodigy sold for ridiculous money.
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PSG has no idea what to do with him, it's his second loan already.
 
Ish said:
Apparently they’re sending Renato Sanches the other way. Not sure if it’s a loan or permanent deal but could explain the “softened” transfer fee? Also means less payment over to intermediaries. But again, I read that on a tweet, so not sure if Renato is really going the other way.
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Sanches is not worth from than 10-15m I’d assume.. I’d actually forgotten him in the last couple years..
I’m just shocked in general at the valuation because last I’d read, the asking price was a 100m
V.O. said:
It's probably just me being cynical about how state owned clubs do business, but it wouldn't shock me at all.

Remember Trippier being sold to Newcastle for 12m after Atletico had quoted us 50m? Then a year later Atletico are being sponsored by a Saudi airline that doesn't even have any planes yet.
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That’s crazy!
 
Such a shame we never were really in for him, he's a proper talent.
 


Two assists on his home debut. Not too shabby. Although the first one was all because of Barcola but what a way to start off you career at a new club. Looked very impressive in those highlights.
 
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A bit annoyed that this guy is going to cost the same as Ugarte costs us.
 
Looks like they are playing Vitinha as a deep lying playmaker and Neves and Zaire Emery slightly more advanced.

What a group of young midfield talent.
 
This one is still a mystery. Quite clearly put in a bid for him, then all of sudden, nothing is mentioned.

Wonder if that cnut Di Maria got into his head?
 
We've seen the difference Eriksen has made since being put into the team. He and Mainoo, although not defensively solid as one would like, have allowed us to dictate games a lot more. This would have been the case if we had a pivot of Mainoo and Neves, with the latter being a lot more defensively sound than Eriksen.

Would have been a steal. Not sure why we didn't pursue him more aggressively like we did with Ugarte.
 
Bothers me to no end how we seemingly we're never in for him to begin with.

Prying him away from their clutches will be pretty much impossible now, especially in our state.
 
Such a refreshing player, one of the most likeable kid that i've seen with the PSG jersey, he has a bright future ahead of him.
 
Neves & Enzo within the span of a year. I think the lesson is that big teams should be seriously monitoring who Benfica bring through in their midfield!
 
Orc said:
Neves & Enzo within the span of a year. I think the lesson is that big teams should be seriously monitoring who Benfica bring through in their midfield!
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One of them is actually good though
 
What was crazy is that he was said to have great professionalism and a great character to have in the locker room. Still pissed we didn't go for him when the ability and character were outstanding.
 
In Rainbows said:
What was crazy is that he was said to have great professionalism and a great character to have in the locker room. Still pissed we didn't go for him when the ability and character were outstanding.
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We were nice enough to fund his move to PSG, though.
 
Remember the geese said:
Rodrigo Mora
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Yes, good shout. I'm only worried about his physicality but this kid looks like the real deal. Still early stages though. Earned a portuguese national team call up already. I don't think he will move in the next two years. Porto has André Villas Boas as president now and the firesale seems to be over.
 
Fortitude said:
I'm sure that made sense in your head.

What do you think there was in that sentence to age?
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I might be wrong but I think you actually wanted him for United.
 
Orc said:
Neves & Enzo within the span of a year. I think the lesson is that big teams should be seriously monitoring who Benfica bring through in their midfield!
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Only player worth buying from Benfica if you're a big club at the moment is Tomás Araújo the CB who can also play as a RB. Out of curiosity he is already linked to PSG.
 
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