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Transfers The Winter Transfer Thread - 25/26

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Players rejecting us before we can even claim "we tried" :ange-hands-head:

"Tottenham make enquiry"

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Less mental than we would be in going for him as a priority signing.

You obviously like the player but disregard his lack of goals or physicality

In other words bias plays tricks.

I don’t think all that much of him. I do think going from this city team to us (17th now 14th) would be a strange decision barring huge financial incentive.
 
Yeah I think so. I suppose the buying club needs to be assured the player wants the move and the selling club are happy not to hold out for a better offer.
Wasn't Haaland a buy out clause as well?

I think it pretty much boiled down to who he wanted to go to, and City offered him a ridiculous wage, which they've since increased, I believe.

I make you right on the last bit though, where a buy out isn't part of the deal, which is why we've tended to struggle to secure high end players early. We've always tried to get value on both transfer fee and wages, which always leaves us open to be blown out of the water. Couple them with the ridiculous fees that agents demand for themselves, then we've always been at a disadvantage due to our previous approach.

Until we match the stupidity, or is it calculated inflation, of these bankrolled, or outright cheating (or both), clubs, we'll always be playing second fiddle. Particularly when you know that the PL will come down on us like the wrath of God if they got a sniff we might be bending the rules.
 
Exactly the sort of thing we should do, every window

(and everyone else, to be fair, not that anyone ever really seems to)
Maybe clubs don't like their players being unsettled throughout the season with offers or queries, so it's not against the rules but perhaps poor etiquette. And it seems as soon as a club talks to a player's agent, the agent tells the world because they want to create a market with other clubs bidding and gazumping. So it only really works if the selling club agrees not to look at other offers. Maybe the buying club offers to play up in fewer instalments or something as a way of keeping the selling club on side.
 
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Wasn't Haaland a buy out clause as well?
I don't know about his initial contract but apparently he signed a new 9.5 year contract last season which removes any exit clause that may have previously existed, with City until 2034.

 
Maybe clubs don't like their players being unsettled throughout the season with offers or queries, so it's not against the rules but perhaps poor etiquette. And it seems as soon as a club talks to a player's agent, the agent tells the world because they want to create a market with other clubs bidding and gazumping. So it only really works if the selling club agrees not to look at other offers. Maybe the buying club offers to play up in fewer instalments or something as a way of keeping the selling club on side.
It happens regardless, better to be forthcoming imo

And it gets it done quick as well, best for all parties
 
Wasn't Haaland a buy out clause as well?

I think it pretty much boiled down to who he wanted to go to, and City offered him a ridiculous wage, which they've since increased, I believe.

I make you right on the last bit though, where a buy out isn't part of the deal, which is why we've tended to struggle to secure high end players early. We've always tried to get value on both transfer fee and wages, which always leaves us open to be blown out of the water. Couple them with the ridiculous fees that agents demand for themselves, then we've always been at a disadvantage due to our previous approach.

Until we match the stupidity, or is it calculated inflation, of these bankrolled, or outright cheating (or both), clubs, we'll always be playing second fiddle. Particularly when you know that the PL will come down on us like the wrath of God if they got a sniff we might be bending the rules.
There's an idiom here in Scotland ''Fur coat and nae knickers'' it means someone with a well dressed appearance that hides a poor reality.

I'm not suggesting our club is at all poor, but the stadium is the fur coat. the manager and the playing staff are the no knickers.
 
I want a reckless Chelsea-esque transfer window, with money being sloshed around every which way. This squad needs an overhaul.

Fuck yeah! That would be an incredible way to show off the 'new-look' leadership team.

I expect the BBC to use the uppercase B for the first time when discussing our transfer dealings. I want players to smell the money from South America, Spain and Spain. I want agents fawning at our feet and players hanging up on Chav and Plastics alike. I want opponents to be subdued as our players roll in like a shuttle arriving with Darth fucking Vader on board.

Fuck yeah.












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