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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

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So close to signing VDV and hearing about how incredible he is from the Celtic & Empoli fans who inexplicably have a nan who supports Wolfsburg. And they’re armed with .. you guessed it, charts !!!

(But seriously .. is he good? And I do mean people who have watched him & not just read a hipster article on twitter or watched a YouTube comp … who is the true Bundesliga aficionado on here?)
backing up homer simpson GIF
 
All of them need to be playing games though. We have one game a week. We can't just be chopping and changing our back line.

Combined, those two would be 80m+... Not sure we're going to be bringing in that amount of centre back talent with the idea of not playing our 40m centre back already here.

If we were in Europe, yes. I'd understand. But our squad is bloated enough as it is. We currently have 6 centre backs on the books..
Jesus H Christ, you must be Levy!
 
Van de Ven is not the answer to our problems. He has played exactly 30 matches of top-level football and lacks the aggression, reading of the game, stability, and composure that we need.

He is a raw ball of clay, he has a good profile and potential, but fuck he’s going to look like a donkey on skates at times this year.

He’s not a commanding presence. Nowhere near the finished product.

I’m concerned.
 
1. Compared to other Leagues we are certainly offering top tier wages!

They're not linked with going to other leagues though are they?

2. Not at any top team in any top league are players guaranteed first team football, nor should they.

And not many top teams in top leagues spend over £100,000,000 on three centre backs, without elite wages, with the aim to not playing one in a season where rotation will be at a low with us being in one proper competition

Get real. This isn't Football Manager.
 
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Van de Ven is not the answer to our problems. He has played exactly 30 matches of top-level football and lacks the aggression, reading of the game, stability, and composure that we need.

He is a raw ball of clay, he has a good profile and potential, but fuck he’s going to look like a donkey on skates at times this year.

He’s not a commanding presence. Nowhere near the finished product.

I’m concerned.
Don’t be. We always have a great window according to the fighting cock.
 
This amortisation guff is confusing.
Here is what we have committed to spending on our players since 2020:

2020MILLIONS
Gedson (L)4
Bergwijn26
Devine0.5
Hojbjerg15
Hart0
Doherty13.5
Reguilon27.5
Bale (L)0
Paskotski0.5
Vinicius (L)2.5
Rodon11
TOTAL100.5
2021
Gollini (L)3
Gil30
Romero42.5
Sarr13
Royal21.5
TOTAL110
2022
Kulusevski 8 + 2533
Bentancur16
Perisic0
Forster0
Bissouma25
Richarlison50
Lenglet (L)4.5
Spence12.5
Udogie15
Lankshear + Sayers1.5
TOTAL157.5
2023
Danjuma (L)2.5
Soonsup-Bell1
Porro 4.3 + 34.4 + 5%39
Vicario16.5
Maddison40
TOTAL SO FAR99
GRAND
TOTAL467
 
This amortisation guff is confusing.
Here is what we have committed to spending on our players since 2020:

2020MILLIONS
Gedson (L)4
Bergwijn26
Devine0.5
Hojbjerg15
Hart0
Doherty13.5
Reguilon27.5
Bale (L)0
Paskotski0.5
Vinicius (L)2.5
Rodon11
TOTAL100.5
2021
Gollini (L)3
Gil30
Romero42.5
Sarr13
Royal21.5
TOTAL110
2022
Kulusevski 8 + 2533
Bentancur16
Perisic0
Forster0
Bissouma25
Richarlison50
Lenglet (L)4.5
Spence12.5
Udogie15
Lankshear + Sayers1.5
TOTAL157.5
2023
Danjuma (L)2.5
Soonsup-Bell1
Porro 4.3 + 34.4 + 5%39
Vicario16.5
Maddison40
TOTAL SO FAR99
GRAND
TOTAL467
Some are gone, some are going and others have also gone.

The simple fact is, no one here knows what comes in and goes out every year.
 
Was it Conte's fault he barely got a game on loan?

Is that true?

Reading Ally g loan reports he was first choice for a while and also performed well. Highlight being a game when he got rave reviews for clamping Mbappe down his flank. They won that game.

He stopped playing when their club captain came back from injury because he plays RB. Seeing as he was likely signed to help that injury, makes sense he stopped playing after that.
 
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