Not in the slightest. Bad for the game.
Play the rules as they're given to you of course, but the rules should clear, legible, and public.
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Transfers January 2023 Transfer Thread. The Big One
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Play the rules as they're given to you of course, but the rules should clear, legible, and public.
He is fucking shit. If we bring him to this club, somebody wants shooting. The game will be over.
I thought you said yesterday that you wanted to keep Paratici for such reasons..... Never miind; maybe i had the wrong end of the stick.
Part of me thinks fine; lowering the chance of getting stuck with a dud is great; but the other part of me thinks either you can afford to commit to the risk of purchase or you shouldn't be allowed to sign the player.
There is a lot of work to do on rebuilding our team and squad. Out of 31 players I can only name 8 that have a long term future.
Romero
Skipp
Hojbjerg
Kulusevski
Sarr
Bentancur
Bissouma
Richi
A couple of those are debatable!!
I have not included Dier because he's 29, Kane 30 ? and maybe to be sold or Son who is over 30 and possibly in decline.
This does not include youngsters like White and Devine etc.
If Paratici is to be sacked, whoever comes in has a hell of a task getting the squad up to top 4 standard. It might even be impossible on a budget or take too long to find hidden gems.
Romero
Skipp
Hojbjerg
Kulusevski
Sarr
Bentancur
Bissouma
Richi
A couple of those are debatable!!
I have not included Dier because he's 29, Kane 30 ? and maybe to be sold or Son who is over 30 and possibly in decline.
This does not include youngsters like White and Devine etc.
If Paratici is to be sacked, whoever comes in has a hell of a task getting the squad up to top 4 standard. It might even be impossible on a budget or take too long to find hidden gems.
Plus Spence and Udogie I guess ... ?
Football is so fucked because even if we do elite scouting and find a hidden gem, the selling club will leak news to Boehly who will randomly bid 3x the asking price to secure the player.
Hojbjerg that you?!
I want to keep Paratici because he's a good scout and seems able to operate with a modicum of freedom from Levy in a way previous occupants of that position haven't, and I think THAT is due to his fluency in dodgy deal structuring buying Levy's trust.
But that's symptomatic of why this club is shit, and shouldn't be allowed in football generally.
Players out of contract this summer that we could sign now for free (Bosman ruling):
Skriniar (Inter)
Ndicka (Frankfurt)
de Vrij (Inter)
Rabiot (Juventus)
Modric (Madrid)
Kroos (Madrid)
N'Golo Kante (Chavski)
Ross Barkley (Nice)
Thuram (M'Gladbach)
Adama Traore (Wolves)
Zaha (Palace)
Messi (PSG)
Giroud (Milan)
Skriniar (Inter)
Ndicka (Frankfurt)
de Vrij (Inter)
Rabiot (Juventus)
Modric (Madrid)
Kroos (Madrid)
N'Golo Kante (Chavski)
Ross Barkley (Nice)
Thuram (M'Gladbach)
Adama Traore (Wolves)
Zaha (Palace)
Messi (PSG)
Giroud (Milan)
Are you suggesting we go in with a cut price offer or it’s a lucky miss?
5 subs, better training methods, continental clubs are skint, more and more of these name players are running their contracts down, it just feels like there would be a way to exploit the increasing availability of these resources.Players out of contract this summer that we could sign now for free (Bosman ruling):
Skriniar (Inter)
Ndicka (Frankfurt)
de Vrij (Inter)
Rabiot (Juventus)
Modric (Madrid)
Kroos (Madrid)
N'Golo Kante (Chavski)
Ross Barkley (Nice)
Thuram (M'Gladbach)
Adama Traore (Wolves)
Zaha (Palace)
Messi (PSG)
Giroud (Milan)
I didn't include because I don't know if they are good enough to have a future.
Up there with “touch of a rapist” for my favourite football cliches."Turn like an oil tanker"--that may be the best thing I've read all week.
Although my all time top expression was when somebody said that Sissoko plays football like a dog chasing a balloon
Tottenham, meanwhile, are making a long-term succession plan for captain Hugo Lloris and are also interested in Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak.
Oblak is ready to move to the Premier League but would cost significantly more than Raya.
Chelsea to rival Tottenham for Brentford goalkeeper Raya
The Brentford shotstopper is considered among the best in the Premier League and will be available for a reduced fee in the summerwww.standard.co.uk
What is most staggering to me is that the club has no viable back up from the youth academy. Replacing Hugo has been inevitable and our set up doesn't seem equipped to replace him. This was supposed to be a major strength of ours. Hundreds of millions invested, where are the results.
Anthony Gordon is a brilliant player, but also young and English and contracted for another 2 and a half years.
Too expensive for ENIC.
Too expensive for ENIC.
If the board decides that Zaniolo is a better 35-40M investment than Mitoma (and I rate Zaniolo), then all of them deserve to be shot.
Can we not just do it anyway
Does 40m get Mitoma?
Not sure tbh. Japan is a huge market and we are only just starting to see how good he is. Could easily be 70-80m by the time they decide to sell.
40M (or close to it) gets him now. It won't in the summer or next year.
Quite appropriate, we are currently the Exxon Valdez"Turn like an oil tanker"--that may be the best thing I've read all week.