Just stays at Ajax and extends his contract.
Matthijs de Ligt / signs for Juventus, lowering their average age to 56
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Would laugh if after all the outrageous demands everybody just stays stuff it stay where you are lad
Matthijs de Ligt / "no" to everybodyNo they can’t ‘afford’ it if normal business, and FFP, principles apply. Apparently they are still hopeful of getting Pogba to complete their 10 Man midfield. I can only think of 3 possible scenarios:
1. They are hoping to make a fast buck on recent acquisitions, e.g sell Ramsey for a big sum having got him on a free (unlikely, but possible).
2. They are prepared to risk future sanctions against achieving winning the CL this season (quite possible).
3. There’s a loophole in FFP that allows owners to subsidise clubs, legitimately, to massively invest (most likely).
So option 3 of mine seems likeliest.
Checked transfermarkt and they’re likely to make a profit this summer.
Sold Spinazzola for 29.5 million, Audero for 20, Sturaro for 16.5, Orsolini for 15, Cerri for 9, Favilli for 7 and they’ll sell more players.
Ramsey and Rabiot are free transfers, De Ligt will cost about 70 million and Pellegrini was 22 million.
No chance they buy Pogba, probably won’t buy anyone else.
I have not heard of one of those players. Spinazzola how did they sell him for 30m? Played 10 games last season? 60 games in Serie A in total and he is 26. I'm confused.
Money laundering? Paying under the table to do shady deals and thus comply to the FFP rules? Nothing would surprise me, to be honest.
Seems too obvious if so. Crazy. Like a rival team ever would agree selling one of their top players and buy a dud with a big loss. Nothing wrong with that picture. Amazing.
It's just to balance books, it's 30 million only if Roma rates Pellegrini as 20 million player, which they do to balance their books too.
This is very common in Serie A. Not money laundering, just to balance books by inflating the price of players in swap deals
Is that not shady though?
It's not. I mean who sets the player's price?
I guess that's true. It's no more shady than offshore accounts in England.
It's clubs helping each other to settle the books. It's not something new either, Serie A clubs have done this from so long back.
Also there is no way you can prove it's illegal/shady either, as club can set any price and 2 clubs are not owned by same owner.
I'm beginning to doubt we even considered him. Some genius scout probably thought he was good enough or something. There has been time to go in was an "offer Ajax and he couldn't refuse" but as ever we've faffed about in the belief that with Smalling and Jones we've got the greatest CB pairing in the world
You’re making an incorrect assumption imho.
Ole was clearly not happy with his cbs and even ‘joked’ about it in interview
This is a common thing with young players, which are already very good. Almost everyone assumes a further (most likely linear) development. Xabi Alonso once said, he was pretty much the same player at 19 as at 30. Of cource you gain experience, but on the other hand, your body gets weaker. Maybe we have already seen the best De Ligt he can be and to remember: Most of his games were in The Cheese League.
The Juve who have generally done better than Barca in the last few years?
didn't mean Ole... meant the genius who does the transfers (or doesn't in Woodward's case). but to me, Ole's first priority should have been this - yes. ahead of AWB!
Generally? Assuming you mean CL, they went further than Barcelona one time (2016-17) since at least Calciopoli.The Juve who have generally done better than Barca in the last few years?
18-19 Barca > Juve
17-18 Barca = Juve
16-17 Barca << Juve
I said last few years, overall Juve have progressed further than Barca over the 3 seasons.
And announces his retirement
your rankings are based on your feelings aren't they. Versus actual stats. Like with 2017/18 when Barca topped their group over Juve, and with both teams going out in the QFs, albeit Barca on away goals versus Juve on actual goals. And you're calling them equal? Same season Barca was almost undefeated in winning the league versus Juve losing 5 times in a hands down, lesser league.
Conveniently missing 2015/16 when Barca beat Juve to the Champions League as well..
Yeah. Ok.
As if anyone cares about the group stage as long as they qualify for the knockout stage.
15/16 Barca progressed one more round than Juve.
Regardless of whether he signs for us or not, here's my not so bold predition: he will not be as good as peak Stam.
Not sure if he is better player as the one they signed is very highly rated.So what do Roma gain out of this?
Sell a better player for 10m less
Neymar is coming from psg far from looking as good as he did.
Is it official that he's chosen Juventus?
Nothing so far from Simon Stone.
So Barca wins the CL, makes it further than Juve, consistently, has better group stage results, and has dominated a better league and you still say Juve is ahead.As if anyone cares about the group stage as long as they qualify for the knockout stage.
15/16 Barca progressed one more round than Juve.
Funny how some find it impossible to be mistaken. It's ok, mate, not the end of the world. Juve is still a great club. But definitely not this >> level nonsense you're sticking to.
No, it is not. He is still on a holiday and he told the Dutch television many times he will decide when he returns. He also added that everything the press is writing during that time is speculation.
Cheers mate
Got a link for that by chance?
As per Di Marzio, wasn't the deal supposed to be done today. Obviously it's not, and that's because he is coming to OT
Good man
Oooh you tease
Came here to say the same, Juve teased a big announcement, prob Rabiot then?
What number will we give him?
What number will we give him?
Hopefully a proper CB number like 4 or 5
I have to think that the "exciting signings" that Woodward was talking about in his email [electronic mail] were not Longstaff and McGinn
4 for when we sell Jones
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