In the same way that Bernardo Silva was worth double what Benjamin Mendy was worth? Clubs don't do the calculations like that.£40 millionwhat a pathetically miserly bid. We just paid £50 million for a defender FFS. Zaha will be worth up to double that.
"Contributed" = goals and assists combined.
I’ve never been a fan of arguing the toss about transfer fees but surely you have to take into account the fact that Zaha only just signed a new long term contract. That puts the onus on Arsenal to make an offer that CP can’t refuse. Hence coming in with a 40m bid really is kind of laughable.
How is 40m for Zaha laughable? He's worth prob around max 50. No one else has bid all summer and no big club since he's been at palace right? What was our first bid for AWB? I see no difference in our low balling over the years or this example? These sums prob trump what we'd get for Martial who I'd never swap for Zaha.
The offer is laughable based on the going rate for top players changing PL clubs in recent years.
Doesn't mean initial offers are not regularly way off true value. I'm just unclear as to why Arsenal doing the same is in any way news? Arsenal don't have the United tax.....no reason they should use us as an example on how to conduct transfer business.
Why are their owners twats - because they want the best price for players they are selling?
Arsenal owners (or lets say Kroenke). Whats their summer budget? 40m?
Ok - thought the comment was aimed at Palace.Arsenal owners (or lets say Kroenke). Whats their summer budget? 40m?
Nah, they are alright. Gave us AWB for 50m and the 25% clause is still in the contract of Zaha. Love them
Andy Johnson had one good season in the PL, Zaha has had a few now. Not sure it's a fair comparison... still thanks for the blast from the past. I thought Johnson was such a prick. I remember him making such an outrageously over the top dive once that he landed on his head and nearly seriously hurt himself
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They’re basically United without the lucrative noodle sponsorships.
My bad then.
Ivan Gazidis is basically very shit at his job but somehow commands top wages.
Your gobshite at least knows how to make you money. Our gobshite promised us we'd be competing with Bayern and then fecked off to Milan after failing at his job
Its just last season's penalty stats that I'm seeing.Andy Johnson had one good season in the PL, Zaha has had a few now. Not sure it's a fair comparison... still thanks for the blast from the past. I thought Johnson was such a prick. I remember him making such an outrageously over the top dive once that he landed on his head and nearly seriously hurt himself
And the one and only club in the PL whose owner has injected precisely 0£.
When did the Glazers inject money? Must have missed that.
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Maybe so. I look at someone like Everton selling Stones for 50m and buying Bolasie for 26m and think the situations here are pretty comparable. Bolasie was obviously a better player then, in his prime, and more important to the club, but as he'd proven himself over the years to be nowhere near the top tier, he was nowhere top tier prices. Stones showed himself to be potentially top tier but there's still a significant risk 3 years on that he'll never make it. Or a world class Aubameyang being sold in his prime for 58m while a potentially world class (but currently inferior) Dembele goes for nearly double that, and 6 months later a potentially world class (but currently much inferior) Pulisic was sold for 50m.
Partly due to overpaying wages to absolute dross like Mustafi, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan etc. Overpaying Özil who has massively underperformed (particularly since signing the deal).
