When you look at the prices for Sigurdsson and others, i think it's safe to say the 60m is the new 30m. Values have practically doubled in football.
Transfer Tweets - Summer 2017 | Keep it on topic
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
What about Seri, seems a bit odd you are willing to pay way over the odds for this lad. However maybe he is really that good
Would have loved him here a few years ago but he's not what we need for the upcoming season. Unless Herrera gets converted into a DM for sure.Reds 'on alert for Ivan Rakitic'
A new name in the frame.
United have been linked with defensive midfield targets Eric Dier, Nemanja Matic and Fabinho this summer without getting a deal done.
Now Spanish media have thrown the name of Barcelona’s Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic into the mix.
Barca are reportedly willing to sell in order to move for PSG’s to sell Marco Verratti.
He is expected to cost around £75m and Don Balon says the Catalan giants will need to sell Rakitic to finance a swoop, leaving United and AC Milan as potential destinations for him.
I know. As soon as our name gets mentioned the price rockets. I know nothing about Don Balon.£75mDon Balon
Ah I see, still Don Balon
It means prophet btw.
Mou seems to have developed a fetish for names ending 'ic'
Can we sign Messic then?
Is it me or does the state of Barca and RM finances equate to living paycheck to paycheck? Seems they always need to raise funds to buy.£75m
Barca for sure, due to their crazy wage structure. Probably the same at Madrid but to a lesser extent.
We already have.
It could well be that he has had a purple patch, but sometimes you have to take the risk. If he was to have another blinder this season what chance and at what price would there be next summer?
Sure that's not profit
£48m is his release clause next summer.
There is risk and there is recklessness. This seems a little but reckless to me. Either way lets see what happens.
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Who?
It's the grinning short bloke again.
man on the right
Did Sane and David Luiz have a child together? Dude on the right looks like a troll or elf from Lord of the Rings
Person on right is Txiki Begiristain. He was Director of Football at Barcelona before moving to City.
Leipzig are rich, so are the PL clubs. There's no way Pool or any other club can get him for 30mil in such a scenario, especially the PL clubs. Just see the amount were being quoted for Perisic, Everton for Sigurdsson etc. In a crazy market, you gotta pay the crazy money or see a club like Pool snap him up.
What??? You don't know who Doug is???
Best player on the planet, ask Bluemoon. I bet they' been following him since he was fetus.
Wtf is Douglas Luiz?
Yeah but its not a wise strategy to buy a player just so another club doesn't buy him.
He is too much of a gamble at the price bring offered imo. If he replicates last seasons form in the new season then fair enough. Even then 65m is crazy, but then the release clause is there.
Man city love signing players don't they. What is actually the point in their state of the art youth academy? Have they brought anyone through their ranks at all?
Iheanacho is probably the closest and he was bought when he was 17 so doesn't really count.
Oh yes, wasn't suggesting a club go in for him just so Pool don't get him. Just that I'm surprise that others clubs aren't in for him. Really good player.
Yeah, that's how I see it too. Immense season, yes but it's still just been 1 season only.
Girona wait with baited breath...
Not even going to pretend I know who this is. Is he a holding midfielder because they need some of those.
Omg this kid is sooo Douglas Costa & David Luiz made one aka Douglas Luiz, serious eugenics going on in Brazil
Wasn't part of their whole "youth revamp" just exaggeration that journalists wrote about in return for favors or something?
Didn't realise he needed a new contractReds 'on alert for Ivan Rakitic'
A new name in the frame.
United have been linked with defensive midfield targets Eric Dier, Nemanja Matic and Fabinho this summer without getting a deal done.
Now Spanish media have thrown the name of Barcelona’s Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic into the mix.
Barca are reportedly willing to sell in order to move for PSG’s to sell Marco Verratti.
He is expected to cost around £75m and Don Balon says the Catalan giants will need to sell Rakitic to finance a swoop, leaving United and AC Milan as potential destinations for him.
£75m
The article isn't stating that Rakatic would cost £75M. It's stating that Verratti would cost £75M and that Barcelona need to sell players (in this case, Rakatic) in order to help fund any move for Verratti.
However, the poor editing and presentation structure of the writing in the article makes it seem like they were saying it was Rakatic who would cost £75M. Reading the actual words yields a different result though.
I think he just signed one. I maybe wrong though
stupid name
You know that is not my name right ? I agree - if my parents gave me that name, it would be stupid
loan fee from Fulham pays his new wage rise he gets and Chelsea get a profit
with the way players fees are going up by time they sell him will make about £10m proft no doubt
they dont have the same stadium income of Arsenal and Man Utd this is their new way to earn extra cash and try and keep up with us been happening for a few years hence why they have 38 players on loan by time summer window ends
Abramovich said they must be self-sufficient now
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Agreed. However if he does have another blinder then that £48m will be the starting price in a bidding war no doubt. I think if we want him that badly then we need to take that risk now.