Super duper monster transfers Summer 19 |
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HuntysCousin
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Looks like Icardi is off to PSG on loan for the season. Tuchel must be f*cking delighted to be in that dressing room, Neymar staying and now this headbanger coming in
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Territorial
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Apologies for quoting own post, but I see Stan Kroenke's wee lad is bumming to the media about how successful their signing processes have been this window. Apparently their EL Final stuffing told them they needed to act (didn't mention the fan protests, though). Anyhow, as this BBC article points out, their "spree" wasn't quite what it seems: "It was understood that missing out on Champions League qualification
would leave Arsenal with a transfer budget of roughly £45m in addition
to any income they could generate. Although the signings of Gabriel Martinelli, Dani Ceballos (loan), William Saliba, Nicolas Pepe, Kieran Tierney and David Luiz cost well in excess of £100m, much of that outlay will be paid by way of instalments over the course of their contracts. Meanwhile, money was recouped via the sales of Alex
Iwobi, Krystian Bielik, Laurent Koscielny, David Ospina, Dominic
Thompson, Xavier Amaechi and Carl Jenkinson, Eddie Nketiah's loan and
sell-on clauses related to Ismael Bennacer and Jeff Reine-Adelaide." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49401513 As I suggested elsewhere, Emery/Arsenal are clearly gambling future transfer funding on qualifying for the CL this season. If they don't make it - though MU and Chelsea could certainly help them - then there may not be too much left in the kitty next season? And Emery has a record of not sticking around too long at any club. |
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Territorial
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At least some of these are football's equivalent of "easy payment terms" - see Arsenal as a prime example. That is, the buying clubs can't afford to pay big fees up front, with wages to match, and so are staggering the payments over the length of the contract against future receipts from TV, sponsorship and European prize money etc. This is esp so for clubs from Spain and Italy who I'm sure are hitting the club credit card hard to try to keep up with EPL clubs who are finally making the most of their financial advantage on the field. Meanwhile, though English clubs are better able to pay "money down", the way Sterling has fallen against the Euro and Dollar recently means they've had to take a 10-15% cut to their spending power this window as well. (Another reason why English/homegrown players are currently so sought after, therefore expensive)
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t_rAndy
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A lot of these super duper monster transfers appear to be ending up as loans with option or commitment to buy. Would love to read a piece on way that type of transfer is becoming more prevalent for these huge deals
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pre Madonna
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It certainly made my Saturday night!
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colemanY2K
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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The Huntacha
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He's completely different to those players tbh. He's great at dribbling at pace with the ball, but can often lack the end product as he's not as technically gifted as Sigurdsson or Bernard. He improved a lot under Emery, seemed to play with more confidence and was a good impact player off the bench at times. It's a pity he didn't succeed at Arsenal as he has a good attitude. If he can get a level of consistency, he'll be a good player for Everton.
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Territorial
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Tielemans, club record £40m-odd from Monaco, Perez from Newcastle (£30m) and Praet from Sampdoria (£18m): Don't know much about the other two, but having seen Tielemans last season, he could just turn out to be the signing of the summer, even at that price.
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colemanY2K
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I wouldn't say he is an upgrade on any of them.
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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Not sure how to define best summer signing but certainly one of the clubs who have made the shrewdest number of signings is Brighton. Among the new arrivals Mooy, Trossard and Maupay stand out as players who could have a significant impact on their survival. In fact I don't see them anywhere near the relegation spots come May. One other important signing is Potter. Expect a radically different style of play from the seagulls this season with Montoya and March bombing on from their wingback positions. At the other end of the scale is Everton. A scatter gun approach from them in the transfer market. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Silva is bulleted before the end of the season.
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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£66m net spend for City this summer, compared with £17m last summer.
Who have Leicester signed?
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Best summer signing?
Rodri - Man City? Tierney - Arsenal? AWB - Man U? Ndombele - Spurs? Heeeead - Man U? Surprised that Arsenal spent the most. Without being biased I think Spurs has the best. Only lost Trippier but got 3 good players in. |
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Shedite
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I suspect Simone knows whatever it was and realises it's nothing too major. You can't imagine he's going to spend £25m on someone he thinks is a bad player As for other English teams, I suspect Spurs didn't want to sell him to a rival
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Territorial
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You can't have watched him last season, when with the exception of one CL game against City, he was absolute dogsh*t just about every single game he played. Really terrible. So ask yourself this: why were Spurs so happy to let him go, even though they are light at RB? How come Levy only got £20m, when he got £50m for Walker a couple of seasons earlier? Why did Southgate drop him like a stone? Why did no other English club come in for him when he was gping so cheaply, relatively speaking? I don't know the answer to these questions, but something has gone seriously wrong, as he alluded to here: Mauricio Pochettino allowed the ex-Burnley ace to leave North London, with Trippier claiming it was the right time for him to leave the club. He told Sky Sports: "I think it was time for me to change and move on. "I don't necessarily mean that I needed to move on, but things happened behind the scenes at Tottenham, which I don't really want to go into. "But I needed to move on from that." https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9598044/trippier-spurs-atletico-madrid-things-happened/ I don't wish the guy any harm, but Spurs fans are as happy to move on as he is, you can count on that. |
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The Huntacha
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He'll have a decent start and do alright for about 20 games until he implodes again. Bizarre signing. A pairing of Luiz and Mustafi is lunacy
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Great strike.
And his hat-trick against Arsenal, double against Swansea in 2014 to send WHU 3rd in the league in December 14, there were high points.
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Shedite
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Scored one of my favourite West Ham goals |
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