Sports Direct and JD sports in the near vicinity stock them which I find odd. But the people who actually make the shirts don't.
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Transfers Summer 2021 - Transfer Thread
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Im confident even if he missed 10 Prem games he would score more than any other striker we would get in
None of their good players want to come here
There’s no right model unfortunately.
Shearer won nothing but personal accolades. Newcastle had their neutral fanbase before shearer and never really challenged again after keegan.
they were making the investment as the 2nd best team on the country - we’re selling the best cf in the uk whilst languishing in 6/7th place to take a punt on another striker few have seen much of.
Shearer was a sure thing as was Cole.
kane is too but is vlahovic?
What it achieved was not Fraser Campbell or a few million, it was the fear of approaching us.
Cant remember the interview exactly, but it was essentially "what do you think of getting that Spurs player" and Fergie saying "Fuck that! Its too much effort..."
THAT is what it achieves. Similarly Modric and Bale. There is a precedent that has helped protect our assets while we try to build and compete. Its very important, IMO.
If City are to get Kane, as looks fairly likely, its needs to hurt them, needs to cost them, and needs to leave them thinking twice about coming back for someone else in a couple of seasons.
THAT is the key to standing fast on a price that works for us.
Aside from which, as I said initially, I dont really disagree with getting the deal done for the betterment of the club in the bigger picture.
If the difference really is £10m but allows us better business this summer, Id take it. Providing it still leaves City's fingers burned
I think this is because we’re not in the CL. Back when we were, you couldn’t walk into a sports store without seeing Lillywhites everywhere on display.
Why wouldnt there be players available in a year too? Different ones, of course, but Martinez and Vlahovic arent the only possible options over the next year or so, are they?
Who is to say Scarlett or someone from within wont make a break through?
And as much as you are looking at the 'cost' of keeping Kane - what of the benefit? What if keeping him fires us to the CL and allows a whole different strata of players to sign next season? What if getting there makes him want to stay? Or if he leaves - you lose maybe £40m off his price tag, but gain £100m from that qualification....
I understand the logic of your point, but I dont think its the only thing that makes sense.
Because we dont want him and he isnt that good?
Nobody was talking about a team full of them. There's no point in discussing this any further, as you clearly haven't a single clue about football.
They sold Cole 94/95 and signed Shearer 96/97, spending ~£22m the season in between (partially on Ferdinand and Ginola incidentally).
Sure you can make a solid argument that without the sale they wouldn't have eventually signed Shearer, but the two aren't intrinsically linked as you seem to be suggesting.
Thank goodness 1996 was a real stormer of a year eh, good omens and all that...
In 2 years time Kane will be 30. It’s unlikely that any club that can “guarantee” trophies will be looking to bring him in. Maybe on a free, if Kane doesn’t re-sign, but we’d have had all of his best years anyway by then. It’s not like we’ll be losing what we’ve outlaid for him either, he’s an academy product.
Don’t get me wrong here, I’m still of the mindset that we sell him, but for the right price, and if the rumours are to be believed, £120M is simply not even close. Even with add ins I’d tell them to do one. At this point in time, there isn’t a single striker on Earth who can replicate what Kane does, so his fee should reflect that, not equal the fee for an inferior striker in Lukaku.
As to your Cole/Shearer example, it is inherently flawed. They sold a very good striker and bought the best in the league. We’d be doing the opposite, as any striker(s) we buy would be inferior. We would need to buy two and, as we’ve been seeing from reports, getting in 2 strikers who “potentially” could replicate his productivity could possibly cost us more.
Bollox to that!
OK, I just tried that. You get the same message for PSG, Barcelona and Chelsea.
'There are no stores within 50 mi of your location.'
Thing is, Newcastle as a club haven't won't anything since pre 70s iirc. So for them, where they were at that time was glorious over achievement. Evidenced by what has followed. They're now the West Ham of the North. Actually probably worse.
The reason a lot of players potentially available now might not be in a year is the effect of Covid. It appears most of Europe are struggling including Inter, Juve, Milan, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern... Give it a year of crowds back in the grounds and those teams will be back at the table outgunning us.
Point taken, I'm doing this from memory. Ferdinand was more than a capable replacement for Cole and scored as frequently and, now you mentioned it, was signed for a similar amount. 50 goals in 84 games over 2 seasons. 1.68 games per goal.
Andy Cole, 3 seasons 84 games 68 goals 1.23 games per goal.
I'd say Ferdinand did a good/great job of holding that spot until they got Shearer.
As above, forgot entirely about Sir Les
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