They're reportedly broke, they took a loan from the Government to buy Griezmann apparently and their books aren't looking great.
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Could all end quite badly if that’s what they are doing to fund players.
They’ve spent some eye watering money on mediocre recruitment over the past couple of years that’s for sure. They make us look shrewd
Hakimi definitely first choice at Madrid next season then
Just saw whispers that Ole still hasn't decided between Grealish & VDB. Who do you reckon he would prefer out of the two?
They both offer different things to the team but personally I see him going Grealish because Ole knows this league.
They both offer different things to the team but personally I see him going Grealish because Ole knows this league.
I guess Hakimi is going back to Real Madrid.
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At the end of next season?
I expect we'll see a lot of loan deals (rather than purchases) this summer, due to the financial impact of COVID-19.
Which is in 12 months time. We'll save on his wages too and this prospective deal could be around £25m for us.
BVB always making shrewd purchases
That's really good deal for us considering the current market situation and his age.
We have turned it around when it comes to players sales over the last couple of years
Depay £25m
Schneiderlin £25m
Fellini £12m
Lukaku £70m
Smalling £25m
No idea where are you getting these fees from but they are not very accurate at all
Perhaps Lukaku one is with add-ons included in the price. What are the others that aren't accurate?No idea where are you getting these fees from but they are not very accurate at all
We might be getting around €19-20 m including last year loan fee if there was any + current year loan fee if there is any considering media reports how highly Roma rates Smalling they aren't exactly offering big money for him and if you factor in how highly some of our fans rate him it's quite telling Roma seems to be his biggest suitors for such a lowly transfer fee.
Others fees also seems to be quite exaggerated to say the least.
those fees are what were reported at the time. I remember being impressed we got our money back on Depay and Schneiderlin.
When Messi goes they are going on have real issues. A bit like us trying to replace Fergie and Ronaldo. You can't and we haven't.
Would never happen but I’d love for us to poach him.
Meunier really isn't all that, except for amazing crosses.
Nonsense. Not all 8’s play in the same way. How much do you see Modric get in the box?
Also the statement that Frenkie and Arthur “didn’t work out” is laughable especially seeing as how many times it’s been tried and the fact that it was basically their first seasons in the same squad.
Sometimes it’s just as simple as Barca being Barca, a joke in the transfer market. Arthur is exceptional and not many players like him are around.
Bvb signing and making offers. If only they had money coming in from somewhere
Looks a very bright prospect as far his ability on the ball goes. Very elegant and classy looking player that has a very big frame for 15. He's already taller than all our CBs at 15 years old.
Yeah that’s a decent singing. Hopefully we see them start spending the Sancho money now
Seriously, I would take him back. He could be the perfect foil for Maguire.
OK he’s no Varane but better then the rest in our squad. Certainly better than Lindelof.
I do agree but want us to move on now and sign someone who is strong aerially, physically, technically and is someone that will be our alpha CB which we lack currently.
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What is it with Juve and midfielders? Feels like they sign loads then get rid of them one or two seasons later. Rabiot and Ramsey are already being linked with moves away.
I was thinking the same thing. I thought they were trying to reduce the age of their squad; aren't they looking to offload Rakitic for the same reason? Why pick up a probably past his best Pjanic.
Much better deal for Juventus I'd have said.
Looks like a Pjanic buy.
Certainly an element of Barthur involved in the trade.
I don't get this deal, I mean Arthur can't be on bigger wages than Pjanic, surely.
Me too, he'd be a great addition to our lack of attacking threat at fullback.
I’m sure that someone here watches Arthur, daily
Fools. Swap a player aged 23, not yet in his prime with a bunch of potential, for a decent player now the wrong side of 30.
That may have something to do with the non-EU player limit rule in La Liga. At the moment, here are Barcelona's non-EU players: Arthur, Vidal, Suarez, Neto, and Ronald Araujo. Moussa Wagué's another, but he's currently on loan. When Wagué comes back, Barcelona will have to drop one player from their team.
The Arthur exit rumours tell me that Barcelona may still value Suarez and Vidal. They probably don't want to go after another backup keeper (don't know why they exchanged Cillesen in the first place), and they do appear to like both Araujo and Wagué. Since Barcelona are only allowed 3 non-EU players in their matchday squads, Arthur may not be able to make it ahead of Suarez, Vidal, and Neto. If that's the case, then they're probably trying to cut their losses and exchange him for an EU player of the same profile.
This has nothing to do with his ability; Arthur's a great player. However, he's probably being seen as a luxury rather than a necessity. If they really valued him that much, they'd be looking to get him Spanish citizenship.
EDIT: I forgot about Coutinho. Barcelona really did screw up their squad building & management.
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I reckon the deal will go like this: Barca will get Pjanic + a load of cash. A season or two later, they will get Arthur back at a reduced price.
I've watched him quite a number of times. The only thing he is really good at is evading press and short passes
Makes no sense to me that
Suarez has an Italian passport as well. And Coutinho a Portuguese one.
Okay, so I found out a bit more about the supposed non-EU players. Almost all of the players that I listed have European passports, and Wagué qualifies as European due to the Cotonou Agreement. The fact that they're letting go of Arthur is quite perplexing now. Do they want someone with more defensive discipline in their deeper midfield roles?
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