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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.

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Yorkshire Yid said:
Barca are skint so no doubt trying to get as much as they can. The have asked De Jong to leave over 14million Euros worth off unpaid wages

How they are not under a transfer embargo is beyond me
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It's because football is fucking corrupt. Big names like Barcelona, Real Madrid and those red cunts up north would never be punished the same way other teams would.

The sheer audacity of bent Barca and ropey Real complaining about Man City and PSG astounded me.
These two teams have been spending beyond FFP for ever and raising questionable funds to cover it up. And when some one comes along with more money than them and stops them getting shiny new things, they cry to the corrupt governing bodies.
 
The Oracle has spoken 😬


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kingdawson said:
Barca are absolutely fucked financially...if WE wanted an option added in order for the deal to go through an option would be added.

it seems we're not sold on the player and are just agreeing to a short term fix in the hope that the player can perform better then the expectation levels.

Its clear Conte specified a LCB and he's ok'd this one because the other options are out of reach and he probably thinks he can work his magic on him.
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I'm sure we rushed this deal with Conte wanting it done before we fly out to Korea, if we didn't need him so quickly and left it for say another month or 2 we could have easily bent them over and included some clauses on our terms because they need money and need to get players off their books to register others, oh well.
 
kingdawson said:
Barca are absolutely fucked financially...if WE wanted an option added in order for the deal to go through an option would be added.
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Ultimately; it's Barca's decision; not ours.....

And yes, Barca are cash poor, but they WILL sell players and have a reported rights sale incoming.

Their immediate FFP battle is to reduce their wage-bill.

(They have some crazy rule out there where even if you reduce the wage bill by (eg)100kpw you can only re-assign a percentage of that saving onto an incoming players wage...... )

kingdawson said:
it seems we're not sold on the player and are just agreeing to a short term fix in the hope that the player can perform better then the expectation levels.

Its clear Conte specified a LCB and he's ok'd this one because the other options are out of reach and he probably thinks he can work his magic on him.
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As stated in my OG post; if we weren't interested in the player; we wouldn't bother loaning him at all. If Conte is "ok" with Lenglet - even as an interim measure - then obviously we are interested in the player.... We aren't gonna loan players we don't think are capable of doing the job.

.......As logic goes; that's just ultra-basic & obvious.
 
Get in! said:
In which case maybe there's some sort of a sell-on clause. E.g. if Barca get anything north of X million for him, we get a cut. That way we get something out of it, in addition to having him for a year, and minimize our risk.
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Sounds creative; but not something I'm concious of happening with loans in the past.
 
DeadlyDefoe said:
Memphis : " I need a team to play around me... So I can do my thing "

Translation : " I need a team to work hard together, do my running, tracking & all off ball activities while I take the ALL the GLORY and praise while not tiring myself so i have time for all my social media accounts, posing, cigars, drinking and being papped leaving clubs at 5am in my shades"
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Don't care. Still want.
 
Shadydan said:
Rubbish deal, doesn't help us at all.

Suspect that this is 'backing Conte' or what not.
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Its a stop gap deal - and a good one.

Conte has been looking for a ball playing CB - we did not get our primary targets (Bastoni/Gvardiol)
We do see that the primary targets should be available next season.

It seems we are playing the long game. Usually we go down the pecking order & spend the budget on a avg player who will prove average - and we will look to move that player in season or 2.

Instead, we looked at the numbers and see Lenglet does have some superior ball qualities (in some aspect better than Bastoni) - may be FP, Conte took a bold bet to give him a better environment, better protection in midfield and see if he responds.

This is not first time, Conte goes into a new club and brings in a questionable defender. In 2016, his first signing at Chelsea was David Luiz , Conte helped Luiz hide his weakness in his back3 system; then went on to win the PL

I am sure by this summer windows ends, we will agree a loan with options for Lenglet.
 
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