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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024
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Depends on what the green light is
If the green light was teams not wanting to push the button until they got replacements in but have failed in doing so, then again, not really on us.
We may have others on the list we are happy to move onto, but I think Ange would rather wait and see it out to get the first choice players, even if it means waiting a bit.
Which is frustrating and is a bit of a gamble tbh.
You remember that window but you don't remember the window we got Lloris, Dembele, and Vertonghen, that is the classic negative bias people here were talking about earlier.
This will be ignored and you'll be told that we need to do more compared to our rivals or something.
True... which is the context but we need a couple of players who raise our bar. No doubt.
Its similar. You kept on thinking something would happen, they must have something up their sleeve, keeping a tight lid on things etc and nothing.
Thats not to say i think we'll do nothing this time but no excuse for this pissing around. Its fine waiting for 1 specific target maybe until the last week but i just think leaving your entire business until the last 3 weeks just smacks of naivety. Things will obviously go wrong if they havent already.
Does your Ma charge you rent too?
As Master Yoda likes to say:
Football doesn't care why you didn't get the deal done. It doesn't care why you didn't win the trophy either.
Academy CM I believe.
Finally, the dominoes are about to fall...
Was talking about his ability as a well rounded player, there are quotes from Klopp and mourinho.
Quite rare for players to go back to previous clubs
Liverpool has since signed Nunez and Chelsea now have Jackson and among some other young signings
Yep cos we're at the same level as them quality wise right? Rivals being the top 3 as the manager and his devotees told us it was a title challenge in the 2nd season.
My observation about our Most Beloved Chairman was about wages - not transfer fees.
Not controversial that Levy is not willing to pay top wages. Given our revenues, we should right up there with Chavs, Red Scum and the Scouse
Premier League clubs ranked by revenue 2023| Statista
Which Premier League team generates the most revenue? In 2022/23, Manchester City's total revenue amounted to nearly 720 million British pounds.
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but instead our wages are the same as teams with much less revenue than we have
All 20 Premier League clubs ranked by their wage bills
All clubs' spending on transfers, wages and agent fees will be limited to around five times the amount earned by the top-flight's bottom club in TV and prize money.
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It’s why we are never in contention for top players in the market like Osimhen or Nico Williams - if you feel these players are Not good enuf from a footballing perspective then fine but that’s not the reason with us. Instead we take punts on potential like BJ (which sometimes works great but not in BJ’s case so far). There’s also a ceiling on what our Most Beloved Chairman seems to be willing to spend on a single transfer but that’s another topic.
Finally - yes - even if you are willing to spend - of course competence matters - Throwing money around like Clownlake without a clue is indeed stupid and worthy of ridicule.
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I remember all the windows.
I didn't know who Lloris or Vertonghen were, but I was excited for Dembele.
As usual though, it was a new manager. New manager = new signings.
More that it was a big sale that summer, Modric.
Poch in 2018 "It's so hard to improve this squad"
Ange 2024 "we can't do it all at once" (or something to that effect)
Don't blame others if you fail to set your own expectations.
That was the one main reason I could never see it happening!