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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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For a man the wrong side of middle age, you don't half come out with some juvenile stuff.
Well if you want to go down that route, we're spending £40M on Raya, £60M on Madison, £30M on Barnes, £20M on Hatate...
We haven't spent anything, neither have the filth.
£40m for Raya isn't that bad a deal, even with one year left on his deal.
He's a good age, PL experience, counts as home-grown, settled in London, it's a no brainer as far as I'm concerned.
But Levy will haggle and haggle until we either manager to shave off a few mill but much later in the window or someone else pays what he's worth and we end up holding our dicks.
We've seen this story before.
He's a good age, PL experience, counts as home-grown, settled in London, it's a no brainer as far as I'm concerned.
But Levy will haggle and haggle until we either manager to shave off a few mill but much later in the window or someone else pays what he's worth and we end up holding our dicks.
We've seen this story before.
Incredible isn't it?
It happens every transfer window. Despite years and years of rumours that blow out, the same lemons keep reacting in the same way.
I swear there are people on this forum who live in a perpetual state of anger.
Don’t rate either of them that highly tbh. Maddison seems to have a little fan club but he’s nothing special. Neither of these 2 are a step up on the level of player we already have.
That is a shame. I love the way this guy plays. Animal. Needs to find a home. London wound suit him
Wouldn't touch him with a barge-pole... Too many red flags.
But... His mum
I'm all for ambition but making Brentfords goalkeeper the fourth most expensive goalkeeper of all time when he has one year left of his contract is just stupid.
This is why we are desparately needing more data nerds in the back. To find the alternatives that prove to perform just as well.
I’m not angry in the least.
I just don’t trust our scouting network. When we take a punt, it’s almost always absolute pants. We’re just not very good at it.
Almost certainly Nkunku's salary will be way higher than what we would offer.
They have a recent history of winning, ENIC doesn't.
We haven't seen him in the prem yet...Werner was hot shit, scoring 28 goals the season before he arrived..
Why get hung up on the numbers, the value of the player has to be calculated with more to it than that.
What is his replacement value to Brentford and also to us?
Brentford just paid 11m for his replacement that doesn't help them much in terms of charging 40m.
If you look at the points he would have saved us vs the ones Lloris cost us last year, his value is pretty close to 40m because it's the difference between Europe or not.
Further perception debunking facts (also as per TFM).....
Since NWHL opened:
For all that so-called extra “ambition” people have been frothing about recently; they’ve spent just 15m euro more than us.
They apparently never actually sent an offer.
For all the good will, they send and offer of 65m in 1 or 2 instalments, Levy is thinking pretty hard.
Same for Liverpool and Salah, anything close to 100m for a 30-31-year-old, you take that.
How dare you bring facts into this?Further perception debunking facts (also as per TFM).....
Since NWHL opened:
For all that so-called extra “ambition” people have been frothing about recently; they’ve spent just 15m euro more than us.
This is about emotion. Post-modernist world we live in.
Further perception debunking facts (also as per TFM).....
Since NWHL opened:
For all that so-called extra “ambition” people have been frothing about recently; they’ve spent just 15m euro more than us.
Any argument only including transfer fees and ignoring wages is either dishonest or clueless.
Then look at the concentration of spending too. 167m and 192m in 21/22 and 22/23 are both higher than our highest ever spend. This squad cycle they have been more ambitious/brave in their spending.
Also, where did we spend 75 in 23/24? and if we did, where did we spend 178 in 22/23?
Edit: Finally, if we are going to be really honest, should we do it since they opened their stadium as well?
If that's what you want to call them ?