There's a whole back-story to Haaland.
Release clauses, massive massive wages etc. etc. His agents have been calling the tune at every step of his career.
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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)
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There's a whole back-story to Haaland.
Release clauses, massive massive wages etc. etc. His agents have been calling the tune at every step of his career.
Losing Dav in a deal for Johnson (regardless of his glimour of potential) would actually make the trf window worse.
I actually like Johnson, good PL player, great athlete, very direct. Harvey Barnes level player, which isn't bad as squad depth. Not sure why we'd be targeting him now tbh, I do think we need pace and power, but not much in his skillset makes me think his signing helps us bridge the gap to top clubs.
Neymar Inc. will secure more money for their player's services over the course of his career than Haaland Inc. will.
But Haaland will become generationally wealthy just as surely, and experience and look back on his footballing career with much more satisfaction.
The Haaland crew is reinventing the game, they are just the beginning.
Huh? Half our starting XI are 23 and under.
Only one club has ever been banned in Europe from breaking FFP, Galatasaray in 2016.
I think they know exactly what they are doing, just as Leicester did to gain entry to PL which gave them £100m extra revenue, The settlement they negotiated for breaking FFP that enabled their promotion? £3m! 100% worth it as a cost of business.
Why would he went to go to Spam of all places?
I dunno what Raola's crew stand to make; but I was just alluding to the fact everything's mapped out and the clubs are just dancing to their tune.
TBH, if this is the way it goes and the fees get driven right down and we see an increase in the amount of release clauses then so be it; it will save a lot of bollocks.
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The figure I had in my head included wages now I've done some googling, so you're correct its still pretty cheap. Still more expensive than the widely reported number. What a transfer costs a club =/= the transfer fee always was the point.
I'm saying the fee was much higher than reported. Even if both excluded agents fees and signing bonuses, you think a team paying 100m+ for Rice is gonna pay the same extras that a team paying 65m for Haaland will?
No one bigger wants him presumably..... Porbably happy enough to use them as a stepping stone too.
Leicester did, settled on a £3m fine, well worth it considering the payoff was entry into the PL and instantly gained an additional £100m in revenues.
No, he's not. And I don't think Brighton would want any of the players we'd want to offer them.
Yeh, I knew about Leicester; but I just meant the bazillian $$$ spending petro clubs at the very top essentially flaunting FFP to buy titles.
We are short of quality HG players under PL rules this season too
That's fair, but the problem remains we don't really know what those other fees are right?
I don't know what extras they're going to pay, but typically agent's fees are based off percentages no?
Honestly not trying to argue here, but while the fee reported for Haaland is likely much less than what they actually spent, I still think it's pretty easy to see they got him for far less than market value.
Something interesting about Johnson - we’ve been wondering why data-led clubs like Brentford Chelsea and us have landed on him as a target despite his disappointing fbref stats
Well, 3 statistics where he leads the PL below:
Seems to me that, if the article about Ange and Gabbiani working together is true, maybe one of the request was a direct winger who can run with the ball at speed, who is a big threat in behind the defense, and can chip in with goals and assists from out wide. And crucially he’s someone who makes a lot of off ball runs to open up space and stretch the defense.
The Johnson profile actually does seem like a good fit for the team on paper. It’s just that the further you get away from the pitch the better he looks, and that always worries me in a player.
Well, 3 statistics where he leads the PL below:
Seems to me that, if the article about Ange and Gabbiani working together is true, maybe one of the request was a direct winger who can run with the ball at speed, who is a big threat in behind the defense, and can chip in with goals and assists from out wide. And crucially he’s someone who makes a lot of off ball runs to open up space and stretch the defense.
The Johnson profile actually does seem like a good fit for the team on paper. It’s just that the further you get away from the pitch the better he looks, and that always worries me in a player.
We signing Johnson or what?
Don't disagree, but they still got him below market value, IMO. That's all i'm saying.