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Transfers January Transfer Thread 24/25

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What we now need is a stellar last third of the season.
It'll encourage the likes of Tel, Guehi, Disasi and all the others that we don't know about, to say yes to a team on the up.
No one of quality will want to join a lower/mid table, stagnating team for next season who can't offer European football.
We'll become West Ham, Everton or Palace.
... or Man U.
 
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Poor old TOZ is having a bit of a mare.
 
I know we’ve bought for the system/future, but Ange has been backed better than any other manager since Eric took over.

Next season, assuming he survives, is his biggest ever. Have a feeling he’ll be here.

When you buy young players you are backing the club. When you buy established players for now you are backing the current coach.

If Ange is still here in 2 years time then he was backed in these last 2 windows with the young players we bought but you also have to say that these young players came here because of conversations with Ange and his willingness to trust them with minutes, so it's not as clear cut as that. Ange has basically said he's prepared to gamble his short term survival on trusting an unusually high number of teenagers in his squad.
 
Villa's transfer strategy is mental and totally unsustainable, they've already reached their ceiling until they can increase their revenue.
 
Palmer stands out for me, but not the norm admittedly
Palmer was not "elite" when Chelski bought him, though - but he very soon became one. If he was "elite" at the time of Man City sold him he'd cost almost the double (it is rumoured that Chelski have received an offer of £150m: European giants 'tipped to make £150m bid' for Cole Palmer as Chelsea star drops masterclass vs Tottenham)
But, despite of me pushing for Spurs to buy him while he was at Man City, he was not a ready made "elite" player.
 
Key points about "option to buy" loans:
  • Choice lies with the loaning club:
    The club that has the player on loan decides whether to activate the option to buy or not.

  • No obligation to sell:
    The parent club is not obligated to sell the player even if the option to buy is triggered, they can still choose to not sell.
Why are 3 people liking this nonsense? What is described above is simply a loan - how does it differ from a loan if no one has any clause that forces the other side to do something?

If we have a buy option, then the parent club DOES have an obligation to sell to us at the pre-agreed price (other conditional clauses not withstanding), that's the whole point of the 'buy option' clause. Sorry but what's written above is utter nonsense. It's one thing having one person make a mistake, but 3 others liking it is just bizarre.
 
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They've certainly been playing funny buggers with other clubs to all get round PSR but that wage bill... That's gonna sting at some point.

It has already, they've already sold 3 key players over the last 2 windows (Luiz, Diaby, Duran) They were looking to sell Watkins as well.

That method is all well and good but it takes some really smart signings and a huge dose of luck if you really want to progress, I think that method doesn't break the top 4 consistently though, also they have a really good coach too.
 
They were already running at 92% wages to turnover even before this window.
No, they were 92% last season. CL this season brings in a big spike, especially to Villa with 40k capacity. It’s also clearly a speculate to accumulate strategy, gambling on making Europe again, going further in the CL and the associate commercial uplifts that likely brings.

Bet next accounts it’s dropped to 80% max. Still obscene, but, they can send Rashford and Asensio back and have banked £70m odd from Simon LeBon.
 
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