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Transfers Summer 2021 - Transfer Thread

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skywalker68 said:
I think we can see why Nuno was brought in over say a Conte because he appears a yes man a nice fella but a yes man.
We we know we don't win anything so that's out and top four is not available so fifth or sixth will have to do.
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Considering he was 8th choice and every other candidate before him was told winning trophies is not required as long as we stay profitable - stands to reason this is most likely true. He was also sacked by an underachieving Wolves team which speaks volumes

Yes man or not - hope he has the balls to try something different compared to his 3 predecessors other than playing Winks in a pivot, 2 DMs vs bottom 5 teams, boring turgid football, etc.
 
FightingIllini said:
So, put yourself in the shoes of Qatar or Abu Dhabi. What those kingdoms have been desperate to do for decades is diversify their wealth and asset portfolio beyond just oil extraction, both due to the economic problems caused by price fluctuation and the knowledge that one way or another that market will eventually end. This isn't armchair psychology, this is the constantly expressed guiding ideology of these governments.

This is why Dubai is a gleaming tourist mecca subsidized by state-owned luxury airlines, this is why they're always partnering with American and other foreign Universities, this is why MBS in Saudi Arabia is always coming up with hare-brained schemes, it's all about establishing sources of state revenue that are not oil-based. Money is no object now, but they need future dollars, their opportunity costs and incentives are different than a western investor.

These are also, as we know, deeply authoritarian, brutal, and corrupt regimes. They are badly in need of guillotine insurance, so to speak. And their population is among the most football-obsessed in the world.

Investing in European clubs solves both problems! The "sportswashing" to the extent "look at our shiny winning football team a continent away" is part of the motivation isn't meant to influence Europeans, it's meant to influence their own people.

Two very obvious things that reveal the sportswashing narrative to have no clothes are first that these projects have brought more spotlight on the awfulness of these regimes than anything in decades and everyone hates their clubs, and second that the existentially important ally of these regimes is not the European voter but the American military-industrial complex, which recent positive trends notwithstanding doesn't know or care the first thing about football.

The sheikhs are in this to create a sustainable revenue stream that isn't oil-dependent, and they, exactly like ENIC, exactly like the PL American contingent, all see the top of European football as an undervalued future growth market, based heavily on the potential to transform into an anti-competitive NFL of Pan-European Football. Their underlying imperatives and motivations are different, but they are in football to accomplish the same goal and they understand one another as allies, not competitors.

(Abramovich is fundamentally all the same shit, just with slightly different particulars)
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BS it is about power and keeping it these tin pot tyrants do not care about their people. The fact is Football opens the door to business and governments in a more respectable way than spending billions on weapons you just need to sell on and most end up in hands of extremists. The fact is Abu Dhabi has been involved with Saudi Arabia in god knows how many under reported tragedies in Yemen. These people are evil.
 
Matt1882 said:
Kane should never have been playing in the ropey league last season.
People also seem to forget Son get's over used. I think he runs himself into the ground inside 70 minutes most matches.
I think the only coach that knew it was Poch who subbed him off before the end in most matches.
Mourinho played him for 90 minutes week after week and he visibly burnt out befoe the end of the season last season.
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Agreed. All the more reason our transfer window is a farce. No one to replace either Kane or Son.
 
nigel6305 said:
A goalkeeper we didn't need,
A young winger nobody had heard of who maybe decent in a few years.
A centre back who is apparently decent but who still has not really played and doesn't look like doing so for a while due to internationals and then quarantine after which he has another international break ...
A midfielder who is about 15 and again maybe one for the future, who has been loaned back to his French team .
And eventually a right back, who I am slightly concerned about as he is an unknown quantity and Barca happily gave him up with no buy back of anything....
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An Italian international goalie who is 8 years younger than our current keeper that’s entered the final year of his contract.


A Spanish international winger who by all accounts lit up La Liga last season while playing for a small unfancied club.

Last seasons Serie A defender of the year and recent Copa America winner in the position we were most in need of improvement in.

An 18 year old midfielder who already starts for the highest ranked African nation, who appears to have a complete skillet which should only improve with another season of first team football in familiar settings.

A current Brazil international right back who is only behind Jordan Alba in assists from defenders in La Liga over the past two seasons and would’ve stayed at Barca to compete with Dest had it not been for their severe financial troubles and need to get in any money they could.

Spin is a wonderful thing. Clearly not a perfect window but on paper these are all good signings, 3 of whom should have a tangible impact on the first team this season. I think we’re short in attack and should’ve signed either Traore or a number 9 but there’s 5 signings that all have a clear thought process behind them.
 
BringBack_leGin said:
An Italian international goalie who is 8 years younger than our current keeper that’s entered the final year of his contract.


A Spanish international winger who by all accounts lit up La Liga last season while playing for a small unfancied club.

Last seasons Serie A defender of the year and recent Copa America winner in the position we were most in need of improvement in.

An 18 year old midfielder who already starts for the highest ranked African nation, who appears to have a complete skillet which should only improve with another season of first team football in familiar settings.

A current Brazil international right back who is only behind Jordan Alba in assists from defenders in La Liga over the past two seasons and would’ve stayed at Barca to compete with Dest had it not been for their severe financial troubles and need to get in any money they could.

Spin is a wonderful thing. Clearly not a perfect window but on paper these are all good signings, 3 of whom should have a tangible impact on the first team this season. I think we’re short in attack and should’ve signed either Traore or a number 9 but there’s 5 signings that all have a clear thought process behind them.
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Sorry, too sensible.

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Get in! said:
Woolwich have been on a downward spiral for a few years now. We're just having a blip, due to the squad not being refreshed when it should. Even last year we could have comfortably made top 4, bar those stupid last minute goals we conceded in 4-5 matches. Fine margins.
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I don't think we're anywhere near able to call ourselves a CL Club.
Especially because there are 4 teams that are clearly stronger than us.
 
BringBack_leGin said:
An Italian international goalie who is 8 years younger than our current keeper that’s entered the final year of his contract.


A Spanish international winger who by all accounts lit up La Liga last season while playing for a small unfancied club.

Last seasons Serie A defender of the year and recent Copa America winner in the position we were most in need of improvement in.

An 18 year old midfielder who already starts for the highest ranked African nation, who appears to have a complete skillet which should only improve with another season of first team football in familiar settings.

A current Brazil international right back who is only behind Jordan Alba in assists from defenders in La Liga over the past two seasons and would’ve stayed at Barca to compete with Dest had it not been for their severe financial troubles and need to get in any money they could.

Spin is a wonderful thing. Clearly not a perfect window but on paper these are all good signings, 3 of whom should have a tangible impact on the first team this season. I think we’re short in attack and should’ve signed either Traore or a number 9 but there’s 5 signings that all have a clear thought process behind them.
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What a wonderful post.

👍🏾
 
BringBack_leGin said:
An Italian international goalie who is 8 years younger than our current keeper that’s entered the final year of his contract.


A Spanish international winger who by all accounts lit up La Liga last season while playing for a small unfancied club.

Last seasons Serie A defender of the year and recent Copa America winner in the position we were most in need of improvement in.

An 18 year old midfielder who already starts for the highest ranked African nation, who appears to have a complete skillet which should only improve with another season of first team football in familiar settings.

A current Brazil international right back who is only behind Jordan Alba in assists from defenders in La Liga over the past two seasons and would’ve stayed at Barca to compete with Dest had it not been for their severe financial troubles and need to get in any money they could.

Spin is a wonderful thing. Clearly not a perfect window but on paper these are all good signings, 3 of whom should have a tangible impact on the first team this season. I think we’re short in attack and should’ve signed either Traore or a number 9 but there’s 5 signings that all have a clear thought process behind them.
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Plus Skipp and Sessegnon back into the squad 👍
 
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