Don’t think I agree about the Bissouma hype job to be honest. He’s genuinely a great player, who was just wasted last year, which makes it easy to forget how good he was at Brighton.
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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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Your premise is wrong. He's been linked to both Atletico and Lille, though Lille see him as Jonathan David's replacement so they're not pulling the trigger until he's sold.
Like I said after Kane left, people need to prepare themselves for an ultimate Levy screw job rather then assuming we have 100m to spend.
I'd lean towards us signing a player or 2 but I wouldn't be at all surprised if we signed nobody (or some desperate loan).
I'd lean towards us signing a player or 2 but I wouldn't be at all surprised if we signed nobody (or some desperate loan).
That is exactly what I'm expecting, a classic merry dance, to find out on the last day, that our business is done.
Ange is going to find out what, being the manager of Tottenham is all about.
Didn’t know Mister Byrite did underwear , thought it was just cheap suits
Assuming you mean Nostradamus rather than the hunchback of notre dam
Santini talked about being betrayed in the 2004 /2005 season . He quit after 13 games , maybe Ange will be more patient but I suspect by end of his first transfer window he will have a strong indication of how the club operates. Nothing has changed in our MO in 23 years , we have spent more recently to repair self inflicted wounds of not spending at all. It was not part of any well thought out football strategy , it was , wow we have messed up and a knee jerk flailing around . All only my opinion but I am far from alone in having zero confidence Ange won’t be let down
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Well, we have spent HALF A BILLION on players in the last 3 seasons. That is more than any other non-champions league team and, puts us as the 5th highest spender behind....United, Woolwich, Chelsea and the Toon.
Clearly not enough money spent for some fans.
In the last 2 seasons along we have pretty much replaced ALL of our squad.
| James Maddison |  | Leicester | €46.30m |
| Pedro Porro |  | Sporting CP | €40.00m |
| Micky van de Ven |  | VfL Wolfsburg | €40.00m |
| Dejan Kulusevski |  | Juventus | €30.00m |
| Guglielmo Vicario |  | FC Empoli | €20.00m |
| Alejo Véliz |  | Rosario Central | €15.00m |
| Ashley Phillips |  | Blackburn | €2.30m |
| Manor Solomon |  | Shakhtar D. | free transfer |
| Richarlison |  | Everton | €58.00m |
| Cristian Romero |  | Atalanta BC | €50.00m |
| Yves Bissouma |  | Brighton | €29.20m |
| Destiny Udogie |  | Udinese Calcio | €18.00m |
| Djed Spence |  | Middlesbrough | €14.70m |
| Pedro Porro | | Sporting CP | Loan fee: €5.00m |
| Arnaut Danjuma |  | Villarreal | Loan fee: €3.00m |
| Ivan Perisic |  | Inter | free transfer |
| Fraser Forster |  | Southampton | free transfer |
| Clément Lenglet |  | Barcelona | loan transfer |
We were a Champions League team , for some of that period, it was Woolwich and Newcastle that wasn’tWell, we have spent HALF A BILLION on players in the last 3 seasons. That is more than any other non-champions league team and, puts us as the 5th highest spender behind....United, Woolwich, Chelsea and the Toon.
Clearly not enough money spent for some fans.
In the last 2 seasons along we have pretty much replaced ALL of our squad.
James Maddison Leicester €46.30m Pedro Porro Sporting CP €40.00m Micky van de Ven VfL Wolfsburg €40.00m Dejan Kulusevski Juventus €30.00m Guglielmo Vicario FC Empoli €20.00m Alejo Véliz Rosario Central €15.00m Ashley Phillips Blackburn €2.30m Manor Solomon Shakhtar D. free transfer
Richarlison Everton €58.00m Cristian Romero Atalanta BC €50.00m Yves Bissouma Brighton €29.20m Destiny Udogie Udinese Calcio €18.00m Djed Spence Middlesbrough €14.70m Pedro Porro Sporting CP Loan fee:
€5.00mArnaut Danjuma Villarreal Loan fee:
€3.00mIvan Perisic Inter free transfer Fraser Forster Southampton free transfer Clément Lenglet Barcelona loan transfer
Also Chelsea.
Mind you, their idiot owner buys players like he's playing FIFA.
And we were also playing catch up after years of not spending.
The dirrerences in valuation are not due to being in a closed system but the monopolistic activities that are allowed in the US and won't be in European football.
Firstly NFL will never have to build a stadium that must add a billion or so, NFL can use monopoly power to set wages again not available in europe even if they take up the us model. The cost is a directreflection of profitability, the same conditions are not there nor ever will in European football closed system or not. Even things like ability to act as a franchise, setting blanket sky high ticket prices would likely to be regulated away meaning the same profit margins still are not there in a closed system.
3 times as many people watch CL final compared to the Super Bowl, football is successful
You're comparing apples and oranges.
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Seeing as the bald prick has hired two execs that are either pending prison or on extended gardening leave, leaving us without any football management structure, I’m cool with us developing a plan over time and not panic buying again
There's no conflating going on here. By the time it's all said and done, the package City pay will be well beyond the means of almost every club outside of Saudi Arabia and Real Madrid.
I wonder what the plan is. Son is captain and we've just made Kulu permanent. Either Ange adapts his system or we'll have a whole season of this. I expect we'll see Son up top in some games with Solomon and Porro on the wings. Either way, an upgrade is needed in that area. Proper competition for Kulu would be good
If Son and Kulu can't go outside on their weaker foot, I can't see why we wouldn't switch them occasionally. Seems daft to stick rigidly to one sided players on one side.
Think we are going to sign someone today or tomorrow. Or if not,another day in the remainder of the window.
Or we may decide,to stick with the squad and maybe use some of the younger players and make no more signings.
Just a feeling I've got...
#tier1
Or we may decide,to stick with the squad and maybe use some of the younger players and make no more signings.
Just a feeling I've got...
#tier1
Whilst I get this point, the problem of them being one dimensional still exists with them only going wide instead.
Look, I appreciate you took the time to write this all down, but I am beyond fucking sick of the amateur accountants repeating this time after time...
It's a fucking bookkeeping quirk that allows them to skirt by the supposed FFP rules.
It's a technicality.
They are committed to ~£1b of transfer spend, in the same time they have received ~£200m in sales. BOTH lots of sums are being paid/received over a period of years. That is the bottom line!
Just because there is a stupid loophole in the FFP rules or whatever it is that allows this, does not mean anyone beyond the most brainwashed Chav muppet should be claiming them as in fucking profit. That is like me getting a loan over the next 8 years that I am due to pay back £200 a month on, and with no other source of income claiming myself to be financially sound because I had a car boot sale this month and raked in £250... In fact, it's not even like that, because in this scenario my £250 incoming from the boot sale should be spread over 5 years too!
Not once have I ever seen anyone put forward a rational explanation for why transfers in should be considered over the duration of the contract yet transfers out, where you are receiving the money in instalments also, should be counted immediately.
I'd very much like something on that, not yet another "Well you see the transfer fee is ackshually amortised blah blah blah..." I'm pretty sure we're all well versed in that spiel by now.
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