With the gooners spending 60+m on Havertz, and also probably end up spending 100m on rice.
Down the road, we are sitting here patiently, while levy plays the waiting game for the prices to drop
On the bright side, we're not dropping 60m on Havertz.
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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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On the bright side, we're not dropping 60m on Havertz.
No chance they'd even think about dropping Joelinton.
If anything, he'd probably play in Almirons position. He played most of the time on the right side for Leicester last season.
Yes, they gave these ridiculously long contracts (8 years!) to amortize a smaller portion of the players' transfer fees, but absent some financial gymnastics or high $$$ sales, it will come back to bite them at some point. Especially if they are not as successful on the pitch as they used to be, which is going to be tougher with more teams now challenging for honors.
Reminds me of a Lee Gunner clip I saw last night:
"Don't talk to me about negotiations.... I worked as a sales specialist for 20 years....... I know all about negotiating! A customer approaches you; you ask them what their budget is and then you quote them a price and make the sale.... It's the same when you're the buyer...... You go to the negotiating table; ask the price, pay it and get your man. Simple as that."
Absolute business genius!
That's precisely why he was a sales specialist for 20 years.
Everton had a very rich owner running up that 400m and couldn't do any more because of ffp not because they didn't have cash (skint now as the Russian sanctions). By all reports Richarlison was an FFP sale.
It has had an effect, even if it's just the increasingly stupid ways to appear compliant.
70m bid I think, they gave him a bumper contract to stay, they went off him and then he got injuredIIRC Bayern wanted him; Tuchel said no to a move and then went cold on the player.
I said as much as in the DOF thread, but I think things are playing out roughly as follows:
1. Paratici ongoing list complied since last summer by Fab & his crew.... Some general that we've had our eye on for a while (a la Maddison, CBs); some Conte types, some young bubblers similar to Sarr, Udogie etc; (Tosin, the Turkish lad, Scott) and def. some GKs.
2. The ghost of Fab or one of his crew crossed off all the Conte types when he stropped-off; creating a shorter list.... Combined with whoever the scouting team continued to churn up since.
3. Enter Levy, Ange and maybe then Munn somewhere in the deal-making phase....
He may be on a beach somewhere, but you can bet your ass Ange is watching a shit load of player vids (both current players and possible new recruits) as he sips his cocktails.
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No but we are going to challenge for the league like they are.
Let's see what we get
Do zombie players have rights?
I'm thinking we should pump all our transfer funds into the best necromancer we can find and just resurrect the best players of the past 50 years to be our squad.
If they didn't want to play for us in life, they'll play for free in death.
Just gotta see how Levy feels about white body paint and renaming the club to Quan-Chi FC.
You know what? Fuck him. I'll do it myself. Somebody get Ed Boon on the phone.
I'm thinking we should pump all our transfer funds into the best necromancer we can find and just resurrect the best players of the past 50 years to be our squad.
If they didn't want to play for us in life, they'll play for free in death.
Just gotta see how Levy feels about white body paint and renaming the club to Quan-Chi FC.
You know what? Fuck him. I'll do it myself. Somebody get Ed Boon on the phone.
Strange business from them
If they’re buying him to play up front he has an even worse goal return than Jesus, and if they’re buying him for the 3 attacking midfield spots they’re idiots because all 3 are much better than him
Stinks of needing a big name prem player to please the fans this one
You would think Paratici is still pulling the strings with multiple options on the table. Could it be that the scouting structure he set up is actually bearing fruit?
The whole DoF question seems to have passed people by.
If I was a betting man, I’d wager that we’re still working off Paratici’s notes.
.......Haven't UEFA closed that loophole effective this summer, no?
Still think we’ll end up with Raya…
Get him , keep him and give him minutes. He looks like a proper spurs player just they type to get people excited. Reminds me of gazza they way he goes past players with deceptive pace.
Yes, its because he's a better option and definitely, 100% not because he's less than half the price.
I distinctly remember Tuchel doing the 'subbed on and subbed off ten mins later' trick.
Levy is a cunt but I’m not sure we can bash him for not paying 40 mill for a keeper at a mid table club with one year left on his contractMoney saved FC